Fresno State Athletics
Friday, April 20
Fresno, Calif.
6:00 PM
Fresno State
vs
San Diego State
‘Dogs home to host San Diego State on 10-game winning streak
4/18/2018 11:51:00 AM | Softball
San Diego State (13-26, 4-8 MW) at Fresno State (27-15, 10-2 MW)
April 20-22, 2018 | Fresno, Calif. | Margie Wright Diamond (3,288)
First Pitch: Fri: 6:00 p.m., Sat: 3:00 p.m., Sun: 12:00 p.m.
Video: Mountain West Network (Fri: Eric Bentley, Sat/Sun: Matt Norville)
Radio: 790 AM ESPN2 (Saturday only)
Live Stats: Sidearm
Series History: Fresno State leads 64-13
Streak: San Diego State Won 1
Complete Game Notes (PDF): Fresno State | San Diego State
Promotions
Friday, April 20
• With eight straight wins in MW play, including a sweep at defending MW champion San Jose State, the Bulldogs sit atop the MW standings at 10-2. No other MW team has fewer than five MW losses.
• The Bulldogs are on a 10-game winning streak overall, the longest since a program-record 23-game winning streak in 2016, having outscored their opponents 85-14 during the streak.
• In 20 home games this year the 'Dogs are 15-5, having outscored the opposition 132-62 while hitting .317 with 15 home runs and tallying a 2.68 team ERA. The 'Dogs are 5-1 in home MW games.
• Fresno State ranks in the top-25 in NCAA Div. I in hit-by-pitches (2nd-53), on-base percentage (8th-.417), double plays (T8th-23), triples (T10th-15), slugging pct. (15th-.495), and doubles (T20th-63).
• Senior Katie Castellon leads NCAA Div. I with 15 sacrifice bunts, two more than any other player. She also leads the MW in slugging percentage in league games (.861) and is hitting .444 in the MW.
Scouting San Diego State (13-26, 4-8 MW)
• San Diego State was picked to win the MW in the preseason coaches' poll after going 31-18 (15-9 MW) last season to place second, returning seven starters and three pitchers this season.
• The Aztecs went just 9-18 in non-conference play but did have wins over ranked teams Notre Dame and Minnesota. The Aztecs have lost three of four MW series, winning 2-of-3 at UNLV.
• With reigning MW Player of the Year Jenavee Peres missing the entire season due to injury the Aztecs are last in the MW and 276th in NCAA Div. I hitting just .228 this season. SDSU is 7th to last in Div. I with a .287 slugging percentage and is scoring just 2.64 runs per game this year.
• San Diego State has a 3.37 team ERA overall but a 4.03 ERA and .310 opposing avg. in the MW.
• Katie Byrd is the only Aztec hitting above .300 for the season, at .309, and has 20 RBIs. Alex Formby is 8-10 despite a 2.69 ERA and .221 opposing average overall with a 4.11 ERA in MW.
• Fresno State and San Diego State have combined to win five of the last six MW titles.
Going Streaking
• Fresno State has won 10 consecutive games, including eight straight MW games, as the 'Dogs have outscored their opponents 85-14 during the streak.
• The Bulldogs are hitting .364 with a 1.11 team ERA during the winning streak. Four starters are hitting over .400 in the streak, with Vanessa Hernandez hitting .500 with 18 RBIs and 13 runs off three homers and six doubles.
• The 10-game winning streak is the longest recorded by the Bulldogs since a program-record 23-game winning streak in 2016.
Atop the Mountain
• With eight straight wins in MW play, including a sweep at defending MW champion San Jose State, the Bulldogs sit atop the MW standings at 10-2. No other MW team has fewer than five losses in league games.
• Fresno State dominated the series at San Jose State after the Spartans entered the week leading the league. The 'Dogs outscored the Spartans 19-2 with a pair of shutouts as SJSU scored in just one of 21 innings.
• In MW games the Bulldogs lead the league with a 1.89 team ERA and in doubles, triples, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage while hitting .326.
Dominant Duo
• In MW play LHP Danielle East and RHP Samantha Mejia have confounded hitters from both arms as the pair has combined to allow just nine earned runs in 62.2 innings pitched.
• The duo are a combined 10-1 in MW games and have 88 total strikeouts. The two were the only pitchers used in the San Jose State series, combining to allow just one earned run with a 0.33 ERA and a .162 opposing batting average.
On Base a Lot
• As a team the Bulldogs lead the MW and rank 8th in NCAA Div. I with a .417 on-base percentage. The number has skyrocketed in MW play as the 'Dogs have a .447 OBP in league games after having a .399 on-base percent in non-conference play.
• Hayleigh Galvan leads the MW and is 17th in Div. I with a .536 on-base percentage this year while five other Bulldog starters have an on-base percentage above .400.
Team Player
• Hitting second in the lineup, Katie Castellon leads NCAA Div. I with 15 sacrifice bunts this season, two more than any other player.
• That doesn't mean she can't hit, however, as she is hitting .444 in MW play, leads the league with an .861 slugging percentage in conference games, and is third on the team with 33 RBIs overall this season. She has two homers, two triples, five doubles, and 13 RBIs through 12 MW games.
East Meets (Mountain) West
• In her first seven starts against MW opponents, freshman Danielle East is 6-1 with a 1.35 ERA and a .170 opposing batting average.
• East has recorded 74 strikeouts in 41.1 innings pitched against MW batters, averaging 1.8 strikeouts per inning. She has tallied double-digit strikeouts in five MW games and has three shutouts in conference.
• East's 74 strikeouts in MW games are just one shy of the MW record for freshman strikeouts in league play, set at 75 by New Mexico's Hayley Punter in 2001. The overall record is 128 and the MW freshman strike out record for all games is 180 (East has 132 total strikeouts).
Taking Several for the Team
• Fresno State batters rank second in NCAA Div. I with 53 hit-by-pitches this season, trailing only South Carolina (61 HBP). No other MW team has been hit more than 24 times.
• The 'Dogs broke the MW single season hit-by-pitch record on March 31, just 34 games into the season, topping the previous record of 47 set last year by San Jose State.
Galvan-izing the Offense
• Sophomore Hayleigh Galvan reached base in 20 consecutive games and had an 18-game hitting streak, the longest by a Bulldog in more than a decade.
• Hitting in the clean-up spot, Galvan leads the MW and ranks 17th in NCAA Div. I with a .536 on-base percentage this season while also leading the team in batting average (.406).
• In 12 MW games Galvan is hitting .471 with a .568 on-base percentage to lead the league in both categories.
Red Hot Hernandez
• Vanessa Hernandez enters the week on a 10-game hitting streak, during which she has hit .500 with 3 home runs, 6 doubles, 18 RBIs, 13 runs, and a .941 slugging percentage.
• Hernandez drove in eight runs against San Jose State and has six multi-hit and six multi-RBI games during the streak.
Samtastic
• In MW play Samantha Mejia is 4-0 with a 0.33 ERA, allowing just one earned run and nine hits in 21.1 innings. She made her first MW start last Saturday and threw her first complete game of the year allowing just two runs (one earned) in an 8-2 win.
• In her last eight pitching appearances (28.0 innings) Mejia has allowed just 12 hits (all singles) and has 19 strikeouts with a 0.25 ERA. In three relief appearances in MW play Mejia is 3-0, throwing 14.1 scoreless innings with a .091 opposing average.
Home Cooking
• In 20 home games this year the 'Dogs are 15-5, having outscored the opposition 132-62 while hitting .317 with 15 home runs and tallying a 2.68 team ERA.
• The win over Monmouth on Mar. 11 was the 900th home victory in program history. The 'Dogs are 907-235-1 all-time at home over 41 seasons.
Super Support
• The red wave has averaged 1,019 fans per game this season, the most among all 20 NCAA Div. I schools in California and the 15th highest attendance average in the nation. The team's total attendance of 20,392 this season is the 14th most in all of Div. I.
• Last season Fresno State led the MW and ranked 13th in NCAA Div. I averaging 1,101 fans per game. The 'Dogs drew more fans than any other team in California last year and have averaged more than 1,000 fans per game for 25 consecutive seasons.
15 Outs, 15 Strikeouts, No-Hitter
• Freshman Danielle East threw her first career no-hitter, recording all 15 outs via the strikeout, as Fresno State beat New Mexico, 10-0, in five innings on March 30. It is believed to be the first Fresno State no-hitter in which every out was a strikeout.
• New Mexico did not but a ball in play as the only Lobo baserunners came on one walk and one hit batter. East's 15 strikeouts are a new program record for a 5-inning game and were just three shy of the 7-inning program record of 18.
• East became the 22nd pitcher in program history to throw a no-hitter while tallying the 74th no-no all-time.
On a Rohl
• Sophomore Miranda Rohleder reached base in 18 consecutive games and leads the MW with 43 runs scored this season.
• Rohleder is also tied for 5th in NCAA Div. I with six triples and has 18 stolen bases this year, which is already tied for the 8th most in a season in program history.
Doubling Up
• Fresno State is tied for the MW lead and nine in NCAA Div. I with 23 double plays turned this year. The Bulldogs have also only hit into 10 double plays this season.
• The 'Dogs have turned a pair of double plays in four games this season, three of them against Power 5 opponents (Wisconsin, LSU, Stanford).
Irregular Innings
• Fresno State was played 17 games this season were not completed in the standard seven innings. The team has played 10 5-inning games, four 6-inning games, two 8-inning games, and one 9-inning game.
• The Bulldogs did not play a seven-inning game until their fifth contest of the season.
Working the Field
• Fresno State ranks second in the MW and 30th in NCAA Div. I with a .972 fielding percentage this year.
• The Bulldogs have 20 error-free games this season and have committed multiple errors just four times over the last 32 games.
High RPI
• In the most recent NCAA Rating Percentage Index (RPI) rankings Fresno State is No. 63, the second highest in the MW behind only No. 46 San Jose State.
• The RPI rankings reflect quality wins and strength of schedule as the 'Dogs played a very difficult non-conference slate and have wins over highly ranked teams, including a victory over Notre Dame (No. 39) and three wins last week against the Spartans.
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April 20-22, 2018 | Fresno, Calif. | Margie Wright Diamond (3,288)
First Pitch: Fri: 6:00 p.m., Sat: 3:00 p.m., Sun: 12:00 p.m.
Video: Mountain West Network (Fri: Eric Bentley, Sat/Sun: Matt Norville)
Radio: 790 AM ESPN2 (Saturday only)
Live Stats: Sidearm
Series History: Fresno State leads 64-13
Streak: San Diego State Won 1
Complete Game Notes (PDF): Fresno State | San Diego State
Promotions
Friday, April 20
- Staff and Faculty Appreciation Night
- Join us as we spotlight some special members of our campus community!
- Special first pitch thrown by some of the players favorite professors!
- Youth Jersey Friday
- All kids (8th grade and under) get in FREE with a jersey!
- Bark in the Park
- Bring your favorite four legged friend to the game! Victor E. Bulldog and TimeOut will be in attendance!
- All dogs get into the game for FREE!
- Don't have a 4-legged best friend yet? Stop by the berm and check out some of the great local adoptable dogs who are looking for their forever home!
- Salute to Service Saturdays
- All active military and veterans receive free admission with ID
- Club Sports Day
- Join us as we welcome students from a variety of different clubs and organizations to the game!
- JR Bulldog Kids Club Sunday
- Post-game all JR Bulldogs are invited to run the bases!
• With eight straight wins in MW play, including a sweep at defending MW champion San Jose State, the Bulldogs sit atop the MW standings at 10-2. No other MW team has fewer than five MW losses.
• The Bulldogs are on a 10-game winning streak overall, the longest since a program-record 23-game winning streak in 2016, having outscored their opponents 85-14 during the streak.
• In 20 home games this year the 'Dogs are 15-5, having outscored the opposition 132-62 while hitting .317 with 15 home runs and tallying a 2.68 team ERA. The 'Dogs are 5-1 in home MW games.
• Fresno State ranks in the top-25 in NCAA Div. I in hit-by-pitches (2nd-53), on-base percentage (8th-.417), double plays (T8th-23), triples (T10th-15), slugging pct. (15th-.495), and doubles (T20th-63).
• Senior Katie Castellon leads NCAA Div. I with 15 sacrifice bunts, two more than any other player. She also leads the MW in slugging percentage in league games (.861) and is hitting .444 in the MW.
Scouting San Diego State (13-26, 4-8 MW)
• San Diego State was picked to win the MW in the preseason coaches' poll after going 31-18 (15-9 MW) last season to place second, returning seven starters and three pitchers this season.
• The Aztecs went just 9-18 in non-conference play but did have wins over ranked teams Notre Dame and Minnesota. The Aztecs have lost three of four MW series, winning 2-of-3 at UNLV.
• With reigning MW Player of the Year Jenavee Peres missing the entire season due to injury the Aztecs are last in the MW and 276th in NCAA Div. I hitting just .228 this season. SDSU is 7th to last in Div. I with a .287 slugging percentage and is scoring just 2.64 runs per game this year.
• San Diego State has a 3.37 team ERA overall but a 4.03 ERA and .310 opposing avg. in the MW.
• Katie Byrd is the only Aztec hitting above .300 for the season, at .309, and has 20 RBIs. Alex Formby is 8-10 despite a 2.69 ERA and .221 opposing average overall with a 4.11 ERA in MW.
• Fresno State and San Diego State have combined to win five of the last six MW titles.
Going Streaking
• Fresno State has won 10 consecutive games, including eight straight MW games, as the 'Dogs have outscored their opponents 85-14 during the streak.
• The Bulldogs are hitting .364 with a 1.11 team ERA during the winning streak. Four starters are hitting over .400 in the streak, with Vanessa Hernandez hitting .500 with 18 RBIs and 13 runs off three homers and six doubles.
• The 10-game winning streak is the longest recorded by the Bulldogs since a program-record 23-game winning streak in 2016.
Atop the Mountain
• With eight straight wins in MW play, including a sweep at defending MW champion San Jose State, the Bulldogs sit atop the MW standings at 10-2. No other MW team has fewer than five losses in league games.
• Fresno State dominated the series at San Jose State after the Spartans entered the week leading the league. The 'Dogs outscored the Spartans 19-2 with a pair of shutouts as SJSU scored in just one of 21 innings.
• In MW games the Bulldogs lead the league with a 1.89 team ERA and in doubles, triples, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage while hitting .326.
Dominant Duo
• In MW play LHP Danielle East and RHP Samantha Mejia have confounded hitters from both arms as the pair has combined to allow just nine earned runs in 62.2 innings pitched.
• The duo are a combined 10-1 in MW games and have 88 total strikeouts. The two were the only pitchers used in the San Jose State series, combining to allow just one earned run with a 0.33 ERA and a .162 opposing batting average.
On Base a Lot
• As a team the Bulldogs lead the MW and rank 8th in NCAA Div. I with a .417 on-base percentage. The number has skyrocketed in MW play as the 'Dogs have a .447 OBP in league games after having a .399 on-base percent in non-conference play.
• Hayleigh Galvan leads the MW and is 17th in Div. I with a .536 on-base percentage this year while five other Bulldog starters have an on-base percentage above .400.
Team Player
• Hitting second in the lineup, Katie Castellon leads NCAA Div. I with 15 sacrifice bunts this season, two more than any other player.
• That doesn't mean she can't hit, however, as she is hitting .444 in MW play, leads the league with an .861 slugging percentage in conference games, and is third on the team with 33 RBIs overall this season. She has two homers, two triples, five doubles, and 13 RBIs through 12 MW games.
East Meets (Mountain) West
• In her first seven starts against MW opponents, freshman Danielle East is 6-1 with a 1.35 ERA and a .170 opposing batting average.
• East has recorded 74 strikeouts in 41.1 innings pitched against MW batters, averaging 1.8 strikeouts per inning. She has tallied double-digit strikeouts in five MW games and has three shutouts in conference.
• East's 74 strikeouts in MW games are just one shy of the MW record for freshman strikeouts in league play, set at 75 by New Mexico's Hayley Punter in 2001. The overall record is 128 and the MW freshman strike out record for all games is 180 (East has 132 total strikeouts).
Taking Several for the Team
• Fresno State batters rank second in NCAA Div. I with 53 hit-by-pitches this season, trailing only South Carolina (61 HBP). No other MW team has been hit more than 24 times.
• The 'Dogs broke the MW single season hit-by-pitch record on March 31, just 34 games into the season, topping the previous record of 47 set last year by San Jose State.
Galvan-izing the Offense
• Sophomore Hayleigh Galvan reached base in 20 consecutive games and had an 18-game hitting streak, the longest by a Bulldog in more than a decade.
• Hitting in the clean-up spot, Galvan leads the MW and ranks 17th in NCAA Div. I with a .536 on-base percentage this season while also leading the team in batting average (.406).
• In 12 MW games Galvan is hitting .471 with a .568 on-base percentage to lead the league in both categories.
Red Hot Hernandez
• Vanessa Hernandez enters the week on a 10-game hitting streak, during which she has hit .500 with 3 home runs, 6 doubles, 18 RBIs, 13 runs, and a .941 slugging percentage.
• Hernandez drove in eight runs against San Jose State and has six multi-hit and six multi-RBI games during the streak.
Samtastic
• In MW play Samantha Mejia is 4-0 with a 0.33 ERA, allowing just one earned run and nine hits in 21.1 innings. She made her first MW start last Saturday and threw her first complete game of the year allowing just two runs (one earned) in an 8-2 win.
• In her last eight pitching appearances (28.0 innings) Mejia has allowed just 12 hits (all singles) and has 19 strikeouts with a 0.25 ERA. In three relief appearances in MW play Mejia is 3-0, throwing 14.1 scoreless innings with a .091 opposing average.
Home Cooking
• In 20 home games this year the 'Dogs are 15-5, having outscored the opposition 132-62 while hitting .317 with 15 home runs and tallying a 2.68 team ERA.
• The win over Monmouth on Mar. 11 was the 900th home victory in program history. The 'Dogs are 907-235-1 all-time at home over 41 seasons.
Super Support
• The red wave has averaged 1,019 fans per game this season, the most among all 20 NCAA Div. I schools in California and the 15th highest attendance average in the nation. The team's total attendance of 20,392 this season is the 14th most in all of Div. I.
• Last season Fresno State led the MW and ranked 13th in NCAA Div. I averaging 1,101 fans per game. The 'Dogs drew more fans than any other team in California last year and have averaged more than 1,000 fans per game for 25 consecutive seasons.
15 Outs, 15 Strikeouts, No-Hitter
• Freshman Danielle East threw her first career no-hitter, recording all 15 outs via the strikeout, as Fresno State beat New Mexico, 10-0, in five innings on March 30. It is believed to be the first Fresno State no-hitter in which every out was a strikeout.
• New Mexico did not but a ball in play as the only Lobo baserunners came on one walk and one hit batter. East's 15 strikeouts are a new program record for a 5-inning game and were just three shy of the 7-inning program record of 18.
• East became the 22nd pitcher in program history to throw a no-hitter while tallying the 74th no-no all-time.
On a Rohl
• Sophomore Miranda Rohleder reached base in 18 consecutive games and leads the MW with 43 runs scored this season.
• Rohleder is also tied for 5th in NCAA Div. I with six triples and has 18 stolen bases this year, which is already tied for the 8th most in a season in program history.
Doubling Up
• Fresno State is tied for the MW lead and nine in NCAA Div. I with 23 double plays turned this year. The Bulldogs have also only hit into 10 double plays this season.
• The 'Dogs have turned a pair of double plays in four games this season, three of them against Power 5 opponents (Wisconsin, LSU, Stanford).
Irregular Innings
• Fresno State was played 17 games this season were not completed in the standard seven innings. The team has played 10 5-inning games, four 6-inning games, two 8-inning games, and one 9-inning game.
• The Bulldogs did not play a seven-inning game until their fifth contest of the season.
Working the Field
• Fresno State ranks second in the MW and 30th in NCAA Div. I with a .972 fielding percentage this year.
• The Bulldogs have 20 error-free games this season and have committed multiple errors just four times over the last 32 games.
High RPI
• In the most recent NCAA Rating Percentage Index (RPI) rankings Fresno State is No. 63, the second highest in the MW behind only No. 46 San Jose State.
• The RPI rankings reflect quality wins and strength of schedule as the 'Dogs played a very difficult non-conference slate and have wins over highly ranked teams, including a victory over Notre Dame (No. 39) and three wins last week against the Spartans.
"Just the Ticket to Build Our Community" – The Bulldog Scholarship Fund gives Bulldog alumni, fans and friends the opportunity to support Fresno State Athletics and the student-athletes who inspire them. For information about how you can support the Bulldog Scholarship Fund, please visit www.bulldogscholarshipfund.com or call 559-278-7160.
Follow us on:
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