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            <p><a href="baseball.jsp">Baseball takes 1 of 3 against Stanford</a></p>
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      <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>
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              <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>
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      <p>It&#8217;s not how you start, but how you finish&#8212;and the Bulldogs
      couldn&#8217;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&#8217;s season
        opener 3-1 at Beiden Field.</p>
      <p> The Bulldogs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in Saturday&#8217;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&#8217;s Donny Lucy started the Cardinal&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217; 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>&#8220;
        We have a young team and we showed sparks of greatness but we needed
        to keep it going,&#8221; said Haag, who went 5 for 13 in the series and
        had the go-ahead single in the opener. &#8220;Once we got down, there
        wasn&#8217;t a sense of urgency.&#8221;</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&#8212;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&#8212;having the first
        five hitters reach base safely&#8212;and knocked starter Mark Jecmen
        out before he could record an out.</p>
      <p> Right-hander David O&#8217;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> &#8220;
        The kids have earned a chance and we&#8217;ll keep running them out there,&#8221; 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> &#8220;
        We took a team&#8212;that at the end of the season will be one of the
        best in the nation&#8212;and handled them on Friday,&#8221; Batesole
        said. &#8220;And we got the lead [in the final two games] we just didn&#8217;t
        hold it.&#8221;</p>
      <p> Fresno State hosts Cal Poly on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Beiden Field.</p>
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