Sacramento State 7, Hawai‘i 6 (12)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – (Sacramento State Media Relations) Derrick Chung notched his second walk-off hit of the week in the 12th inning and the Sacramento State baseball team clinched a spot in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament with a 7-6 win over first-place Hawai’i on Friday afternoon at John Smith Field.
The Hornets (27-23, 9-7 WAC), who last made the WAC Tournament in 2008, sealed their bid with seven runs on 12 hits with two errors. None of those hits was bigger than Chung’s walk-off single to left with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning that drove in freshman Scotty Burcham from second. Chung also had a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 10th inning on Tuesday in the Hornets’ 2-1 win over Saint Mary’s.
Friday’s win against Hawai’i guaranteed the fourth-place Hornets nine conference wins and the best sixth-place Louisiana Tech can do is match them at nine wins. Sacramento State has the tiebreaker in that scenario, after taking 2-of-3 from the Bulldogs in its first WAC series of the season. Louisiana Tech is still battling Fresno State and San Jose State for the final two spots in the tournament. The double-elimination WAC Tournament runs from May 24-27 at HoHoKam Park in Mesa, Ariz.
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Nevada 4, San Jose State 1
RENO, Nev. –(Nevada Media Relations) University of Nevada (28-21, 8-5 WAC) sophomore Bradey Shipley pitched his first complete game as the Wolf Pack defeat San Jose State University (21-23, 5-8 WAC) by a score of 4-1, in the first game of Western Athletic Conference series at Peccole Park tonight. With the victory the Pack improved to 8-5 in the WAC which moved them into a tie with Hawai`i atop the conference standings as the Rainbows lost 7-6 in 12 innings at Sacramento State today.
Overall Nevada is 28-21 while SJSU dropped to 21-23 and 5-8 in WAC action.
SJSU scored its only run of the game in the top of the second inning but Nevada scored twice in the bottom of the inning. Brooks Klein’s double tied the game and Kyle Hunt’s single put the Pack ahead to stay.
Nevada added a run in the seventh on Hunt’s RBI double. Jamison Rowe doubled home Klein in the eighth to make the final score 4-1.
After allowing the run in the second inning Shipley (8-3) pitched seven shutout innings to toss his first complete game for the Pack. The win was his eighth of the season which tops the team and is tied for first in the WAC. Johnny Melero (2-6) also pitched a complete game but suffered the loss giving up four runs on 11 hits.
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Fresno State 12, New Mexico State 2
LAS CRUCES -- (Fresno State Media Relations) Fresno State pummeled New Mexico State 12-2 in its Western Athletic Conference series opener in Las Cruces behind the power of Aaron Judge's fourth homer of the season and four RBI off the bat of Chris Mariscal.
Fresno State sophomore starting pitcher Tyler Linehan went the distance for his first complete of the season and picked up his fourth victory of the year. Linehan retired ten straight and 14 of 15 Aggies at one point, and finished with seven strikeouts.
The Bulldogs took advantage early by scoring five times and batting around in the top of the first.
The first run came in on a bases-loaded walk to Bulldog catcher Austin Wynns issued by NMSU southpaw Ryan Beck, who also hit Kenny Wise a batter later and gave up a bases-clearing three RBI double to Chris Mariscal, for the 5-0 lead.
Fresno State tacked on three runs in the top of the sixth when Jordan Luplow ripped a RBI double and Mariscal and Patrick Hutcheson added RBI singles.
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New Mexico State 2, Fresno State 1 (12)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - (NMSU Media Relations) The New Mexico State baseball team ended it seven-game losing streak on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 12th inning by senior shortstop Zach Voight to defeat Fresno State 2-1 at Presley Askew Field, Friday, May 11.
With the count 2-1 in the bottom of the 12th, Voight hammered a ball over the left-field wall to end the Aggie losing streak and take NM State to 31-18 overall and 8-6 in Western Athletic Conference play. Fresno State falls to 22-24 overall and 5-9 in league play.
The game was scoreless through seven innings of play before Fresno State put the first run up on the board in the top of the eighth on a double to left-centerfield. The Aggies matched that run in the bottom of the eighth when senior left fielder Tanner Rust tallied an RBI on a walk. It was his 23rd RBI of the year and his nation-leading 60th walk of the season.
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