Fresno State Athletics
Friday, April 6
Fresno, Calif.
2:30 PM
Fresno State
vs
Utah State
Bulldogs return home for MW series with Utah State
4/5/2018 3:50:00 PM | Softball
Utah State (13-19, 3-6 MW) at Fresno State (21-15, 4-2 MW)
April 6-8, 2018 | Fresno, Calif. | Margie Wright Diamond (3,288)
First Pitch:Â Fri: 2:30Â p.m., Sat: 3:00 p.m., Sun: 11:00 a.m.
Video:Â Mountain West Network
Radio: None
Live Stats:Â Sidearm
Series History: Fresno State leads 40-14
Streak:Â Utah State Won 2
Complete Game Notes (PDF): Fresno State | Utah State
Promotions
Friday, April 6
• Fresno State has won four straight games while outscoring its opponents 41-3 over the last 21 innings. The Bulldogs are 12-5 at home this season, having outscored the opposition 107-57.
• Freshman Danielle East threw a no-hitter, recording all 15 outs on strikeouts, in a 10-0 win at New Mexico in five innings last Saturday. In her last three games East has 43 strikeouts in 24.2 innings.
• Hayleigh Galvan is on a 17-game hitting streak, matching the longest by a Bulldog since 2008. She leads the MW and is 17th in NCAA Div. I with a .542 on-base percentage this year and is hitting .404.
• The Bulldogs rank in the top-25 in Div. I in hit-by-pitches (2nd-49), double plays (T8th-19), on-base percentage (10th-.416), slugging percentage (22nd-.488), and fielding percentage (23rd-.974).
• Through six MW games Fresno State is hitting .315 as a team with a 3.35 ERA. Fresno State has the third best ERA and batting average in league games and leads with a .472 on-base percentage.
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Scouting Utah State (13-19, 3-6 MW)
• Utah State was picked fourth in the preseason MW coaches' poll after going 33-18 overall last season and tying for third in the MW with at 14-9. The Aggies lost four starters to graduation.
• This season Utah State has had its most success on the road as the Aggies are 6-2 in road games but just 1-6 at home and 6-11 in neutral site games. USU beat Cal State Fullerton and UC Davis and won 2-of-3 games at UNLV but lost home MW series to Boise State and Nevada.
• The Aggies lead the MW with 57 stolen bases and have seven triples but are last in the league with a .937 fielding percentage, having committed 62 errors in 32 games played this season.
• Utah State is hitting .288 as a team as six starters are hitting better than .300 led by a .382 average as well as six home runs and 30 RBIs from Brina Buttacavoli. The pitching staff, which has totaled a 3.94 ERA, is led by Delaney Hull, who is 7-4 with a 2.29 ERA over 79.1 innings.
• Fresno State is 40-14 all-time against Utah State but the Aggies beat the 'Dogs twice in 2017.
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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 last Saturday afternoon. 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.
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Galvan-izing the Offense
• Sophomore Hayleigh Galvan enters the Utah State series on a 17-game hitting streak, the longest by a Bulldog since Haley Gilleland had a 17-game hitting streak of her own in 2008.
• Hitting in the clean-up spot, Galvan leads the MW and ranks 17th in NCAA Div. I with a .542 on-base percentage this season while also leading the team in batting average (.404).
• With 36 hits (including five home runs, eight doubles, and a triple), 20 walks, and eight hit-by-pitches Galvan has reached base in more than half of her plate appearances this year.
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So. Many. Strikeouts.
• Before Danielle East threw a 15-strikeout no-hitter on Saturday she set a career-high with 13 strikeouts against New Mexico in the series opener on Thursday. In two games in the series she totaled 28 strikeouts over 11.2 inning pitched with 28 of her 35 recorded outs (80%) on strikeouts.
• East added four strikeouts in her second win of the season against Stanford on Tuesday and in her last three games the freshman lefty has 43 strikeouts in 24.2 innings, averaging nearly two strikeouts per inning.
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Offense on Fire
• Over its last 21 innings played (starting with the third inning at New Mexico on March 30) Fresno State has outscored its opponents 41-3. The 'Dogs had scored 31 unanswered runs before Stanford scored in the 6th inning.
• Over the last four games (all on the road) the Bulldogs have hit .407 with 4 home runs, six doubles, and 4 triples with a .648 slugging percentage. Fresno State is also 6-for-7 in stolen base attempts during the stretch.
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Taking Several for the Team
• Fresno State broke the MW single season hit-by-pitch record last Saturday. Bulldog batters were hit six times in the game (one shy of the single game MW record) and have now been hit 49 times this season, topping the previous record of 47 set last year by San Jose State.
• No other MW team has been plunked more than 22 times and the 'Dogs rank second in NCAA Div. I behind only South Carolina, which has amassed 58 hit-by-pitches.
• Hayleigh Galvan, Emily Brodner, Katie Castellon, and Schuylar Broussard are all tied for the Mountain West lead with eight hit-by-pitches this year.
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On Base a Lot
• As a team the Bulldogs lead the MW and rank 10th in NCAA Div. I with a .416 on-base percentage. The number has skyrocketed in MW play as the 'Dogs have a .472 OBP in league games after having a .399 on-base percent in non-conference play.
• Hayleigh Galvan leads the MW with a .542 on-base percentage this year while five other Bulldog starters have an on-base percentage above .400.
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Home Cooking
• In 17 home games this year the 'Dogs are 12-5, having outscored the opposition 107-57 while hitting .310 with 14 home runs and tallying a 3.01 team ERA.
• The win over Monmouth on Mar. 11 was the 900th home victory in program history. The 'Dogs are 904-235-1 all-time at home over 41 seasons.
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Mountain West Momentum
• The Bulldogs have started MW conference play 4-2 and have been strong both at the plate and in the circle, hitting .315 as a team with a 3.35 ERA through six league games.
• Fresno State has the third best ERA among MW teams in league games and the second best opposing batting average (.230) as Daniele East has a 2.62 MW ERA and Samantha Mejia has thrown eight scoreless innings with a .083 opposing batting average.
• The Bulldog offense leads the league in on-base percentage (.472) and is third in batting average in MW games.
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Doubling Up
• Fresno State is second in the MW and tied for eighth in NCAA Div. I with 16 double plays turned this year.
• The 'Dogs have turned a pair of double plays in three games this season, all against Power 5 opponents (Wisconsin, LSU, Stanford).
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On a Rohl
• Sophomore Miranda Rohleder has reached base in 17 consecutive games and ranks 2nd in the MW with 35 runs scored this season.
• Rohleder is also tied for 9th in NCAA Div. I with five triples and has 18 stolen bases this year, tied for the 8th most in a season in program history.
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Powered Down
• The Bulldogs picked up their second win over Stanford and fourth overall victory of the season against a Power-5 school on Tuesday.
• Fresno State opened the 2018 season with three wins over Power-5 schools at the Kajikawa Classic as the 'Dogs took down Stanford, Purdue, and Notre Dame, earning wins against the Pac-12, Big 10, and ACC schools, respectively.
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Working the Field
• Fresno State has committed just seven errors in the last 17 games and now ranks second in the MW and 23rd in NCAA Div. I with a .972 fielding percentage this year.
• The Bulldogs have 18 error-free games this season and have committed multiple errors just twice over the last 26 games.
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Super Support
• The red wave has averaged 1,056 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 17,967 this season is the 10th 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.
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 They've Got the Power
• Fresno State leads the Mountain West and is tied for 26th in NCAA Div. I with 35 home runs this season.
• The Bulldogs have hit at least one home run in 16 of their last 24 games and have hit multiple homers in nine games this year.
• Savannah McHellon leads the MW with 12 home runs as eight 'Dogs have homered and six have hit multiple home runs.
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Walk-Offs
• Fresno State has totaled eighth walk-off wins this season.Â
• The Bulldogs have recorded three traditional walk-offs with two by Castellon and one from Savannah McHellon. The other five walk-off wins have come via the 8-run mercy rule.
• McHellon (3), Castellon, and Schuylar Broussard have hit walk-off homers.
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McHellon Mashing
• Senior Savannah McHellon leads the MW and is tied for 12th in NCAA Div. I with 12 homers this season. She is also third in the MW in slugging percentage (.712) and is fourth in RBIs (33).
• McHellon has hit six homers and driven in 20 runs over the last 17 games with two run-rule walk-off homers, her second 2-homer game of the season, and her second grand slam this year.
• She is also 2-0 as a starting pitcher during the stretch.
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High RPI
• In the most recent NCAA Rating Percentage Index (RPI) rankings Fresno State is No. 81, the third highest in the MW behind only No. 43 San Jose State and No. 68 Colorado 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. 40).
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20th Anniversary of WCWS Title
• Coach Margie Wright and nine members of the 1998 National Championship team were in attendance on March 24 as Fresno State celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first national championship in school history.
• Fresno State is the only non-Power 5 school that has won a WCWS national title since 1986 and is one of just two non-Power 5 schools to ever win the WCWS since its inception in 1982 (Cal State Fullerton, 1986).
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Irregular Innings
• Sixteen of Fresno State's 36 games this season were not completed in the standard seven innings. The team has played nine 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.
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Running Free
• Fresno State had been successful on 27 of its last 28 stolen base attempts over the last 21 games.
• The Bulldogs were 15-for-15 in steals in the Fresno State Invitational and rank third in the MW with 39 stolen bases this year.
• Miranda Rohleder, who leads the team with 18 steals in 19 attempts, has been successful on 11 straight steal attempts while Brooke Coates is five of her last five.
"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.
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April 6-8, 2018 | Fresno, Calif. | Margie Wright Diamond (3,288)
First Pitch:Â Fri: 2:30Â p.m., Sat: 3:00 p.m., Sun: 11:00 a.m.
Video:Â Mountain West Network
Radio: None
Live Stats:Â Sidearm
Series History: Fresno State leads 40-14
Streak:Â Utah State Won 2
Complete Game Notes (PDF): Fresno State | Utah State
Promotions
Friday, April 6
- High School Day
- All high school students get in FREE with school ID
- Youth Jersey Friday
- All kids (8th grade and under) get in FREE with a jersey!
- JR Bulldog Kids Club Day
- 1 paid adult gets in unlimited kids for FREE
- Salute to Service Saturdays
- All active military and veterans receive free admission with ID
- JR Bulldog Kids Club Sunday
- Post-game all JR Bulldogs are invited to come run the bases!
• Fresno State has won four straight games while outscoring its opponents 41-3 over the last 21 innings. The Bulldogs are 12-5 at home this season, having outscored the opposition 107-57.
• Freshman Danielle East threw a no-hitter, recording all 15 outs on strikeouts, in a 10-0 win at New Mexico in five innings last Saturday. In her last three games East has 43 strikeouts in 24.2 innings.
• Hayleigh Galvan is on a 17-game hitting streak, matching the longest by a Bulldog since 2008. She leads the MW and is 17th in NCAA Div. I with a .542 on-base percentage this year and is hitting .404.
• The Bulldogs rank in the top-25 in Div. I in hit-by-pitches (2nd-49), double plays (T8th-19), on-base percentage (10th-.416), slugging percentage (22nd-.488), and fielding percentage (23rd-.974).
• Through six MW games Fresno State is hitting .315 as a team with a 3.35 ERA. Fresno State has the third best ERA and batting average in league games and leads with a .472 on-base percentage.
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Scouting Utah State (13-19, 3-6 MW)
• Utah State was picked fourth in the preseason MW coaches' poll after going 33-18 overall last season and tying for third in the MW with at 14-9. The Aggies lost four starters to graduation.
• This season Utah State has had its most success on the road as the Aggies are 6-2 in road games but just 1-6 at home and 6-11 in neutral site games. USU beat Cal State Fullerton and UC Davis and won 2-of-3 games at UNLV but lost home MW series to Boise State and Nevada.
• The Aggies lead the MW with 57 stolen bases and have seven triples but are last in the league with a .937 fielding percentage, having committed 62 errors in 32 games played this season.
• Utah State is hitting .288 as a team as six starters are hitting better than .300 led by a .382 average as well as six home runs and 30 RBIs from Brina Buttacavoli. The pitching staff, which has totaled a 3.94 ERA, is led by Delaney Hull, who is 7-4 with a 2.29 ERA over 79.1 innings.
• Fresno State is 40-14 all-time against Utah State but the Aggies beat the 'Dogs twice in 2017.
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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 last Saturday afternoon. 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.
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Galvan-izing the Offense
• Sophomore Hayleigh Galvan enters the Utah State series on a 17-game hitting streak, the longest by a Bulldog since Haley Gilleland had a 17-game hitting streak of her own in 2008.
• Hitting in the clean-up spot, Galvan leads the MW and ranks 17th in NCAA Div. I with a .542 on-base percentage this season while also leading the team in batting average (.404).
• With 36 hits (including five home runs, eight doubles, and a triple), 20 walks, and eight hit-by-pitches Galvan has reached base in more than half of her plate appearances this year.
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So. Many. Strikeouts.
• Before Danielle East threw a 15-strikeout no-hitter on Saturday she set a career-high with 13 strikeouts against New Mexico in the series opener on Thursday. In two games in the series she totaled 28 strikeouts over 11.2 inning pitched with 28 of her 35 recorded outs (80%) on strikeouts.
• East added four strikeouts in her second win of the season against Stanford on Tuesday and in her last three games the freshman lefty has 43 strikeouts in 24.2 innings, averaging nearly two strikeouts per inning.
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Offense on Fire
• Over its last 21 innings played (starting with the third inning at New Mexico on March 30) Fresno State has outscored its opponents 41-3. The 'Dogs had scored 31 unanswered runs before Stanford scored in the 6th inning.
• Over the last four games (all on the road) the Bulldogs have hit .407 with 4 home runs, six doubles, and 4 triples with a .648 slugging percentage. Fresno State is also 6-for-7 in stolen base attempts during the stretch.
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Taking Several for the Team
• Fresno State broke the MW single season hit-by-pitch record last Saturday. Bulldog batters were hit six times in the game (one shy of the single game MW record) and have now been hit 49 times this season, topping the previous record of 47 set last year by San Jose State.
• No other MW team has been plunked more than 22 times and the 'Dogs rank second in NCAA Div. I behind only South Carolina, which has amassed 58 hit-by-pitches.
• Hayleigh Galvan, Emily Brodner, Katie Castellon, and Schuylar Broussard are all tied for the Mountain West lead with eight hit-by-pitches this year.
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On Base a Lot
• As a team the Bulldogs lead the MW and rank 10th in NCAA Div. I with a .416 on-base percentage. The number has skyrocketed in MW play as the 'Dogs have a .472 OBP in league games after having a .399 on-base percent in non-conference play.
• Hayleigh Galvan leads the MW with a .542 on-base percentage this year while five other Bulldog starters have an on-base percentage above .400.
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Home Cooking
• In 17 home games this year the 'Dogs are 12-5, having outscored the opposition 107-57 while hitting .310 with 14 home runs and tallying a 3.01 team ERA.
• The win over Monmouth on Mar. 11 was the 900th home victory in program history. The 'Dogs are 904-235-1 all-time at home over 41 seasons.
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Mountain West Momentum
• The Bulldogs have started MW conference play 4-2 and have been strong both at the plate and in the circle, hitting .315 as a team with a 3.35 ERA through six league games.
• Fresno State has the third best ERA among MW teams in league games and the second best opposing batting average (.230) as Daniele East has a 2.62 MW ERA and Samantha Mejia has thrown eight scoreless innings with a .083 opposing batting average.
• The Bulldog offense leads the league in on-base percentage (.472) and is third in batting average in MW games.
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Doubling Up
• Fresno State is second in the MW and tied for eighth in NCAA Div. I with 16 double plays turned this year.
• The 'Dogs have turned a pair of double plays in three games this season, all against Power 5 opponents (Wisconsin, LSU, Stanford).
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On a Rohl
• Sophomore Miranda Rohleder has reached base in 17 consecutive games and ranks 2nd in the MW with 35 runs scored this season.
• Rohleder is also tied for 9th in NCAA Div. I with five triples and has 18 stolen bases this year, tied for the 8th most in a season in program history.
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Powered Down
• The Bulldogs picked up their second win over Stanford and fourth overall victory of the season against a Power-5 school on Tuesday.
• Fresno State opened the 2018 season with three wins over Power-5 schools at the Kajikawa Classic as the 'Dogs took down Stanford, Purdue, and Notre Dame, earning wins against the Pac-12, Big 10, and ACC schools, respectively.
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Working the Field
• Fresno State has committed just seven errors in the last 17 games and now ranks second in the MW and 23rd in NCAA Div. I with a .972 fielding percentage this year.
• The Bulldogs have 18 error-free games this season and have committed multiple errors just twice over the last 26 games.
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Super Support
• The red wave has averaged 1,056 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 17,967 this season is the 10th 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.
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 They've Got the Power
• Fresno State leads the Mountain West and is tied for 26th in NCAA Div. I with 35 home runs this season.
• The Bulldogs have hit at least one home run in 16 of their last 24 games and have hit multiple homers in nine games this year.
• Savannah McHellon leads the MW with 12 home runs as eight 'Dogs have homered and six have hit multiple home runs.
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Walk-Offs
• Fresno State has totaled eighth walk-off wins this season.Â
• The Bulldogs have recorded three traditional walk-offs with two by Castellon and one from Savannah McHellon. The other five walk-off wins have come via the 8-run mercy rule.
• McHellon (3), Castellon, and Schuylar Broussard have hit walk-off homers.
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McHellon Mashing
• Senior Savannah McHellon leads the MW and is tied for 12th in NCAA Div. I with 12 homers this season. She is also third in the MW in slugging percentage (.712) and is fourth in RBIs (33).
• McHellon has hit six homers and driven in 20 runs over the last 17 games with two run-rule walk-off homers, her second 2-homer game of the season, and her second grand slam this year.
• She is also 2-0 as a starting pitcher during the stretch.
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High RPI
• In the most recent NCAA Rating Percentage Index (RPI) rankings Fresno State is No. 81, the third highest in the MW behind only No. 43 San Jose State and No. 68 Colorado 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. 40).
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20th Anniversary of WCWS Title
• Coach Margie Wright and nine members of the 1998 National Championship team were in attendance on March 24 as Fresno State celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first national championship in school history.
• Fresno State is the only non-Power 5 school that has won a WCWS national title since 1986 and is one of just two non-Power 5 schools to ever win the WCWS since its inception in 1982 (Cal State Fullerton, 1986).
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Irregular Innings
• Sixteen of Fresno State's 36 games this season were not completed in the standard seven innings. The team has played nine 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.
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Running Free
• Fresno State had been successful on 27 of its last 28 stolen base attempts over the last 21 games.
• The Bulldogs were 15-for-15 in steals in the Fresno State Invitational and rank third in the MW with 39 stolen bases this year.
• Miranda Rohleder, who leads the team with 18 steals in 19 attempts, has been successful on 11 straight steal attempts while Brooke Coates is five of her last five.
"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.
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