Softball. Spartans Defeat Bulldogs 4-3

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The Spartans out hit Fresno State 9-to-8 and Katelyn Linford earned her 18th win of the season.



April 22, 2017

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Fresno, Calif. – The San José State softball team scored a run in the first inning and never trailed en route defeating Fresno State 4-3 on Saturday night. The win squared the three-game series at a game apiece and sets up a rubber match on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.The Spartans faced two Bulldogs’ pitchers and banged out nine hits, the first two off starter Samantha Mejia.   Emma Entzminger led off with a walk and Casey Watt (1-for-4) followed her with a single, which got Entzminger to third. On the first pitch of Cassidy Clark’s at bat, Fresno State catcher Lindsey Willmon booted a pitch off her glove allowing Entzminger (0-for-1, R, RBI) to score and Watt to move to second on the passed ball. Clark singled to put runners on the corners spelling the end of the night for Mejia. She faced two batters gave up two hits, a walk and a run.Kamalani Dung, the winning pitcher from last night’s game, came on and got the Bulldogs out of the inning allowing just the single run. In the bottom of the third, with a runner on second and one out, Fresno State got a single to short center. The runner on second was waved home, but a laser shot from centerfielder Brittany Abacherli to catcher Alyssa Avila caught the runner in no man’s land between third and home. Avila drove her back to third, flipped the ball to Entzminger who made the tag keeping Fresno State off the scoreboard.







In the fourth SJSU (28-15, 8-6 MW) doubled its lead. With one out Chelsea Jenner (3-for-4, R) singled to right center. Two batters later Avila (1-for-4) hit a shot deep in the hole at short. The Fresno ...

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