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Photo by: Samuel Marshall
'Dogs sweep pair over Spartans
4/24/2021 7:45:00 PM | Baseball
SAN JOSE, Calif. -Â The Diamond 'Dogs swept both ends of a doubleheader over San Jose State on Saturday at Excite Ballpark.
Fresno State (12-19, 9-12 MW) won game one, 4-2 and game two, 12-2 as both contests went only seven innings. The opener saw the Bulldogs play as the home team in a designated seven-inning game while the nightcap only went seven innings as the 'Dogs claimed a run-rule victory for the first time in Mountain West action.
The 'Dogs were held to four hits in game one before exploding for 15 base knocks in game two. Zach Morgan and Blake Wink each notched a single, scored a run and drove in a RBI in game one.
Vinny Bologna tallied a double, triple, scored two runs and drove home two RBIs while Ryan Higgins matched his career high with three hits, including a triple, scored two runs and knocked in two RBIs in game two. EJ Andrews, Jr., Morgan and Emilio Nogales also notched two hits apiece.
On the pitching side, the 'Dogs nearly got back-to-back complete games from starting pitcher Jamison Hill and Jake Dixon.
Hill improved to 4-1 on the season going 7.0Â innings limiting the Spartans to six hits, two earned runs, walked two and stuck out four.
Dixon followed up Hill in game two tossing 6.2 innings matching his career high with seven strikeouts and held SJSU (4-9, 2-4 MW) to six hits, two earned runs and four walks to move to 5-2. Cooper Bergman came on for the final out stranding a pair of Spartans on base.
How It Happened
The 'Dogs got the scoring started in game one with a sacrifice fly by Andrews, Jr. (watch) and an RBI double by Andrew Kachel (watch) in the bottom of the third inning for a 2-0 lead.
A solo home run by the Spartans' Ruben Ibarra in the top of the fourth cut the 'Dogs lead in half and SJSU tied the game at two in the top of the sixth on an RBI single.
The Bulldogs quickly answered back with two runs in the bottom of the frame to take a 4-2 lead getting RBI singles from Morgan (watch) and Wink (watch). A leadoff single by Andrew Jurado brought up the tying run for the Spartans, but Hill was able to retire the next three Spartans to seal the win.
Game two saw Higgins get the Diamond 'Dogs scoring started early with a two-run RBI triple (watch) in the top of the first and an RBI groundout by Ivan Luna (watch).
A two-out triple by Bologna to center field (watch) in the third inning brought in two runs while an RBI single by Wink (watch) pushed the 'Dogs lead to 6-0. A fielding error by the Spartans' shortstop kept the inning alive allowing Nogales to score and the five-run frame closed out with an RBI single by Andrews, Jr. (watch).
A solo home run by Ibarra in the fourth broke up the 'Dogs shutout bid, but two more runs came across for the Diamond 'Dogs in the fourth scoring on a fielding error by the Spartans' center fielder and an RBI single by Nogales (watch) for a 10-1 lead.
Two more runs in the sixth put the 'Dogs in front 12-1 on an RBI double by Bologna (watch) and and RBI single up the middle by pinch-hitter Josh Lauck (watch).
The final run of the contest was scored by the Spartans in the bottom of the sixth and the home team threatened to close the 10-run lead in the bottom of the seventh putting runners on first and second for Bergman who quickly got a groundout to end the game.
Quotes
Head Coach Mike Batesole
On the pitching today...
"I thought both guys pitched well today and it is great to have many arms in the bullpen for tomorrow."
Up next
The Bulldogs and Spartans close out the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Fresno State (12-19, 9-12 MW) won game one, 4-2 and game two, 12-2 as both contests went only seven innings. The opener saw the Bulldogs play as the home team in a designated seven-inning game while the nightcap only went seven innings as the 'Dogs claimed a run-rule victory for the first time in Mountain West action.
The 'Dogs were held to four hits in game one before exploding for 15 base knocks in game two. Zach Morgan and Blake Wink each notched a single, scored a run and drove in a RBI in game one.
Vinny Bologna tallied a double, triple, scored two runs and drove home two RBIs while Ryan Higgins matched his career high with three hits, including a triple, scored two runs and knocked in two RBIs in game two. EJ Andrews, Jr., Morgan and Emilio Nogales also notched two hits apiece.
On the pitching side, the 'Dogs nearly got back-to-back complete games from starting pitcher Jamison Hill and Jake Dixon.
Hill improved to 4-1 on the season going 7.0Â innings limiting the Spartans to six hits, two earned runs, walked two and stuck out four.
Dixon followed up Hill in game two tossing 6.2 innings matching his career high with seven strikeouts and held SJSU (4-9, 2-4 MW) to six hits, two earned runs and four walks to move to 5-2. Cooper Bergman came on for the final out stranding a pair of Spartans on base.
How It Happened
The 'Dogs got the scoring started in game one with a sacrifice fly by Andrews, Jr. (watch) and an RBI double by Andrew Kachel (watch) in the bottom of the third inning for a 2-0 lead.
A solo home run by the Spartans' Ruben Ibarra in the top of the fourth cut the 'Dogs lead in half and SJSU tied the game at two in the top of the sixth on an RBI single.
The Bulldogs quickly answered back with two runs in the bottom of the frame to take a 4-2 lead getting RBI singles from Morgan (watch) and Wink (watch). A leadoff single by Andrew Jurado brought up the tying run for the Spartans, but Hill was able to retire the next three Spartans to seal the win.
Game two saw Higgins get the Diamond 'Dogs scoring started early with a two-run RBI triple (watch) in the top of the first and an RBI groundout by Ivan Luna (watch).
A two-out triple by Bologna to center field (watch) in the third inning brought in two runs while an RBI single by Wink (watch) pushed the 'Dogs lead to 6-0. A fielding error by the Spartans' shortstop kept the inning alive allowing Nogales to score and the five-run frame closed out with an RBI single by Andrews, Jr. (watch).
A solo home run by Ibarra in the fourth broke up the 'Dogs shutout bid, but two more runs came across for the Diamond 'Dogs in the fourth scoring on a fielding error by the Spartans' center fielder and an RBI single by Nogales (watch) for a 10-1 lead.
Two more runs in the sixth put the 'Dogs in front 12-1 on an RBI double by Bologna (watch) and and RBI single up the middle by pinch-hitter Josh Lauck (watch).
The final run of the contest was scored by the Spartans in the bottom of the sixth and the home team threatened to close the 10-run lead in the bottom of the seventh putting runners on first and second for Bergman who quickly got a groundout to end the game.
Quotes
Head Coach Mike Batesole
On the pitching today...
"I thought both guys pitched well today and it is great to have many arms in the bullpen for tomorrow."
Up next
The Bulldogs and Spartans close out the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Twitter:Â @FresnoStateBSB
Instagram:Â fresnostbaseball
Facebook:Â FresnoStateAthletics
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hill, Jamison (4-1)
L: CLARK, Jonathan (0-4)
Batting:
HR: IBARRA, Ruben 1
RBI: IBARRA, Ruben 1 ; SATERSTROM, Kai 1
Base Running:
RUNS: IBARRA, Ruben 2
SB: FORBES, Jackson 1
CS: JURADO, Andrew 1
HBP: JURADO, Andrew 1
Batting:
2B: Kachel, Andrew 1
RBI: Andrews, Jr., EJ 1 ; Kachel, Andrew 1 ; Morgan, Zach 1 ; Wink, Blake 1
SF: Andrews, Jr., EJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jamison, Jeff 1 ; Morgan, Zach 1 ; Nogales, Emilio 1 ; Wink, Blake 1
SB: Jamison, Jeff 1 ; Nogales, Emilio 1
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