<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" language="java" import="java.sql.*" errorPage="" %> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/article_sports.dwt.jsp" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" --> <head> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" --> <title>Collegian • Sports • Baseball</title> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link href="../../../../../stylesheets/collegianstyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <link href="../../../../../stylesheets/links.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="head" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </head> <body> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="575"> <!-- fwtable fwsrc="thecollegian.png" fwbase="thecollegian.jpg" fwstyle="Dreamweaver" fwdocid = "742308039" fwnested="0" --> <tr> <td colspan="3"><a href="../../../../../default.html"><img name="banner_main" src="../../../../../images/banner/banner_main.jpg" width="575" height="58" border="0" alt="The Collegian"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10" valign="top"></td> <td width="343" valign="bottom"><p class="date"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="date" --><a href="default.html">02/09/04• Vol. 128, No. 8</a><!-- InstanceEndEditable --></p></td> <td width="222" valign="top"><a href="../../../../../default.html"><img name="banner_rtcorner" src="../../../../../images/banner/banner_rtcorner.jpg" width="222" height="17" border="0" alt=""></a></td> </tr> </table> <table width="575" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="topnav"> <tr> <td id="topnav"><p><a href="../../../../../default.html">Home</a> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="sections" --><jsp:include page="../../../../nav/sports.jsp" flush="true" /><!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <a href="../../../../../gallery">Gallery</a> <a href="../../../../../advertise">Advertise</a> <a href="../../../../../archive">Archive</a> <a href="../../../../../aboutus">About Us</a></p> </td></tr> </table> <table width="575" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="storyText"> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td> <table width="150" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="storiesnav"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" id="storiesnav"> <a href="default.jsp">Sports</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="sectionheadlines" --> <p><a href="baseball.jsp">Baseball takes 1 of 3 against Stanford</a></p> <p><a href="putting.jsp">Putting an end to a bad streak</a></p> <p><a href="not.jsp">Not there, but close</a></p> <p><a href="dogs.jsp">'Dogs win in OT this time</a></p> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td> </tr> </table> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="storybody" --> <h1>Baseball takes 1 of 3 against Stanford</h1> <p><strong><font size="3">Fresno State beats Stanford Friday before dropping the last two straight</font></strong></p> <p><font size="2"><strong>By Zack Walton</strong></font></p> <table width="100" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="storyText" id="teasterbox"> <tr> <td><p><a href="BBall%202.jpg"><img src="BBall%202_t.jpg" alt="" name="Photo" width="150" height="258" border="0"></a></p> <p align="justify">Matt Scott gave up three earned runs i two- plus innings during Sunday's loss</p> <p class="byline">-Photo by Justin Kase Conder</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p>It’s not how you start, but how you finish—and the Bulldogs couldn’t finish Stanford.</p> <p> Fresno State blew early leads in the final two games against No. 6 Stanford and dropped the weekend series after winning Friday night’s season opener 3-1 at Beiden Field.</p> <p> The Bulldogs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in Saturday’s game, only to lose 13-4 while giving up five Stanford home runs, including two by sophomore John Mayberry Jr.</p> <p> Fresno State experienced the same fate in the series finale, after pushing three runs across the plate in the first inning, in a 10-3 loss in front of an announced crowd of 3,353.</p> <p> Stanford’s Donny Lucy started the Cardinal’s rally when he led off the third inning with a line-drive double down the left field line. Adam Sorgi followed with a single and a walk to lead-off man Sam Fuld loaded the bases. </p> <p> Cardinal third baseman Jonny Ash singled home Stanford’s first run and then the flood-gates opened. Jed Lowrie hit a ground ball to Fresno State first baseman Kyle Wilson, who threw into the runner sliding at second base and the ball bounced into left field. </p> <p> The throwing error allowed Fuld to score and the following hitter, Danny Putnam, who went 3 for 5, had a run scoring single. A Bulldogs’ wild-pitch brought another run across to make it 5-3 Stanford. </p> <p> Senior second baseman Ryan Haag said the five-run third inning, in which Stanford sent 10 men to the plate, deflated the Bulldogs.</p> <p>“ We have a young team and we showed sparks of greatness but we needed to keep it going,” said Haag, who went 5 for 13 in the series and had the go-ahead single in the opener. “Once we got down, there wasn’t a sense of urgency.”</p> <p> Stanford would add another three runs in the fifth and two more in the seventh, while pounding out 16 hits.</p> <p> Overall, the Cardinals had 24 runs on 32 hits against the Bulldogs—the weekend after sweeping No. 4 Cal State Fullerton by scoring 28 runs on 30 hits.</p> <p> The Bulldogs batted around in the first inning—having the first five hitters reach base safely—and knocked starter Mark Jecmen out before he could record an out.</p> <p> Right-hander David O’Hagan came in and shut down Fresno State, throwing six shutout innings and striking out eight while earning the victory.</p> <p> Fresno State used six pitchers in the loss on Sunday and tied a school record with five double plays, including four in the first five innings.</p> <p> Starter Matt Scott, who suffered the loss, was one of two juniors coach Mike Batesole used.</p> <p> Batesole put two sophomores and two freshmen on the mound in the series finale and said he would continue using his young pitchers.</p> <p> “ The kids have earned a chance and we’ll keep running them out there,” Batesole said.</p> <p> Fresno State was able to get on the board first in all three games of the series, but stuggled to keep leads against Stanford.</p> <p> “ We took a team—that at the end of the season will be one of the best in the nation—and handled them on Friday,” Batesole said. “And we got the lead [in the final two games] we just didn’t hold it.”</p> <p> Fresno State hosts Cal Poly on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Beiden Field.</p> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td> </tr> </table> <table width="575" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="footer"> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td id="footer" colspan="2"><p><a href="javascript:history.go(-1);">Back</a> <a href="../../../../../aboutus/disclaimer.html"> Disclaimer</a> <a href="../../../../../aboutus/policy.html">Policy</a></p> </td></tr> </table> </body> <!-- InstanceEnd --></html>