'Dogs dominate season finale in Reno

Saturday, May 21

Reno, NV

1 P.M. PT

Fresno State

27-28, 15-15

Nevada

28-24, 18-12

Fresno State

Nevada

Photo by: Samuel Marshall

'Dogs dominate season finale in Reno

5/21/2022 5:30:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Travis Blanshan / Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

RENO, Nev. - The Diamond 'Dogs closed out the season strong on Saturday afternoon with a 10-2 victory over Nevada at Peccole Park.

Eliminated from Mountain West Tournament contention earlier in the day after Air Force knocked off New Mexico, Fresno State (27-28, 15-15 MW) brought the offense in the season finale racking up 19 hits and belted three home runs.

The Bulldogs got base knocks from 12 different 'Dogs with Ivan Luna and Tyler Davis leading the charge with three apiece.

Bobby Blandford, Vinny Bologna and Nate Thimjon each smacked long balls to give the Bulldogs 68 as a team for their most in a season since 2017 (76).

On the mound, Trevor Garcia tossed a season-high five innings holding the Wolf Pack scoreless and to four hits & one walk.

Kyle Pruhsmeier, Robbie Peters and Nikoh Mitchell closed out the game combining to keep Nevada to four hits and two runs.

How It Happened
The 'Dogs jumped on the board first with Blanford's two-run bomb in the second, Luna added a sacrifice fly in the third before the Bulldogs broke open the game with a four-run fifth.

A leadoff double by Davis and a single by Luna put a pair on base for Bologna who rocketed his seventh long ball of the year to left-center for a six-run lead. A solo line drive home run by Thimjon down the left field line pushed the 'Dogs in front, 7-0.

Bologna added a sacrifice fly to center in the sixth and after Nevada broke up the 'Dogs shutout bid with an RBI single, the 'Dogs got the run back in the seventh with an RBI single back up the middle by Nikoh Mitchell.

Davis added an RBI single in the ninth to push the 'Dogs to double-digits for the 10th time this season.

Notables

The 'Dogs finish the season tied for fourth in the Mountain West with Air Force, but dropped the head-to-head tiebreaker (4-2).
Finishing 15-15 in MW action, the 'Dogs finish .500 or better for the fifth time as members of the MW joining 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2019.
The Bulldogs closed out the season with 604 hits, their most in a season since 2017 (700).
Zach Morgan finished the season hitting .381 from the plate and lead the team in hits (83), doubles (20) and runs (47).
Morgan's .381 average equaled that of Zach Ashford in 2019 while his 83 hits were the most since McCarthy Tatum tallied 84 in 2019.
Ixan Henderson tallied seven wins on the mound for the most victories since Ryan Jensen won 12 in 2019.
Cooper Bergman racked up five saves and ends the year tied for 10th in program history in career saves with seven.

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