1995_03 The Daily Collegian March 1995

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Wednesday; March 22,1995     The Daily CoH
Diamond Dogs pummel USF Softball wins one
before rain arrives
By ChadHolcomb
Staffwriter
. If the ccM didn't bite the Uni¬
versity of SanFraiscjscpDons, then
the Bulldogs night at the plate
sure did, winning the non-con¬
ference game 10-1 last night at
BeidenField.
The Bulldogs, who captured
win number 20 with the win over
the West Coast Conference Dons,
put together 14 hits, six of which
were extra-base hits, including a
triple by center fielder Ryan
Wodd-   ;
TtebatsoftheTtogsweredefi-
nitely nof hampered by the 45
degree and below weather
throughout the game last night,
putting up at least one run for six.
consecutive innings, with four
coining in the seventh and final
inning of the streak.   -^
Fresno State (2D^*put up a
team effort for the sparse crowd
of 343 fans who braved the cold,
with seven Bulldogs picking up
R Bis, and 10 grabbing hits.
"I think we hit the ball pretty
well, and the pitching was good;
hut we seemed to get a run every
inning and mat was it," said head
coach Bob Bennett
The hitting wasn't the only
thing going well for the Bulldogs,
who were corning off the champi¬
onship game of the Pepsi/Johnny
Quik Classic The pitching of
starter Scoft Navarro and reliever
"Shorty" Farfan gave up the sole
run with only six hits, and re¬
corded 11 strikeouts for the win.
Navarro (2-0), who made has
second start of the season, pitched
wefoj^ng down eight Don bat¬
ters 6Ti only three hits. Navarro
battled tough until he ran into
some trouble in the sixth, j\fter
striking Out the first batter, who
reached on a wild pitch, a single
and a sacrifice fly by Jermaine
Clark brought in the orUy run of
the game for USF. i\fteraPaul
McDaniels fly out to center, two
walks loaded up the bases, but
Navarro got out of the jam with
his eighth strikeout
Reliever Farfan came on in the
seventh, and finished off the Dons
throwing three ironings, giving up
only three hits arid added three
strikeouts for his eighth save of
rheseason.   , s       '■
Farfan gave up two singles
with two outs in the top of the
nin^butheMstrongstrikingout
the final batter.
"If it is snowing, raining, or 102
degrees, I have to come in and
throw strikes," said Farfan on the
effect of the weather on his pitch¬
ing.
The Bulldogs seventh inning
was the most productive inning
of the night With one out, second
baseman Jim Fisher doubled to
left center to get things started,
resulting in the removal of start¬
ing and losing USF pitcher Phil
Cutti. Designated hitter Quentin
Stone followed with a single to
advance Fisher to third. Joseph
Freitas drove home Fisher with a
single up the middle off reliever
Derek Johnson. After two barters,
Sean Buller came in for USF and
gave upvan RBI single to third
baseman Matt Curtis. .After an
intentional walk granted to James
Borges, catcher Giuseppe
Crua^amonte, drove home the
third run of the inning, his second
of the game, with a sacrifice fly to
center. Curtis scored when Borges
was caught in a run down for the
final out of the inning.
'Curtis, who was three for four
with two RBIs and three runs
scored, had two doubles bringing
the team leader to 14 doubles on
the season and 20 RBIs. Stone
addesTfothe cause'wirh two hits
of his own, a run and an RBI of the
night
. The.Bulldogs will take their
two-game winning streak, and the
recent tournament championship,
- into an important series with fel¬
low first place conference foe San
, Diego State in a three game series
this weekend.
'Tt is a real important series for
both teams, they have good hit-
ting and have good pitching," said
Bennett ctvthe series with SDSU.
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By Douglas Stolhand
Sports editor
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For the second straight day,
the Fresno State softball team
took the first game of a double-
header before seeing the second
game get rained out Yesterday,
the Bulldogs defeated the Or-
egonlDucksl(Wmtase*firstgame
i in five innings.
Maureen Brady, whosawher
streak of 28 consecutive score1"
less innings come to an end yes¬
terday when Bowling Green
scored one unearned run off of
her in the second inning, now
has a 10 inning streak going as
she threw her second complete
game victory in as many days.
Brady wept all five innings
against the Ducks, allowing only
two hits, both to Ducks center
fielder Lisa Preston; and im-
rjrovedherrecordtol7-3. Brady
has started 17 games this year,
all of them being complete
Another streak that was con¬
tinued yesterday was the streak
of Robyn Yorke,'who now has a
29 game hitting streak. The
streak would be at 30, one be¬
hind the second best all-time
streak, but the second game was
rained out after Yorke singled in
the firsjt inning. "Any smart
bhaUplayerVould^ry to jump
on her bandwagon, and we have
lots of them." said head coach
Margie Wright Yorke went 1
for 3 in the first game, and will
get anotherchance to try to catch
second place this weekend at
the Cal-State Fullerton Pony/
Louisville Tournament
"It's going to be a tough tour¬
nament We're going to win it
not just to play games."  said
Wright Oposable opponents for
the Ttogs are No. 1 Arizona as
well as defending tcrurnament
champion Sou thwestem Louisi¬
ana.
Back in the line-up yesterday
for the Ttogs after a one game
absence were starters Jo Pini and
AmberWalL BothWaUahdPmi
missed Monday's game against
Bowling] Green as head coach
Margie Wright decided to give
them the day off. Wall, the start¬
ing catcher for the Bulldogs, went
0 for 3 but had an RBL PinibacK
at the first base position, went 1
for 2 with an RBL
The only Bulldogs that did not
have an RBI in the first game were
Laura Berg and Robyn Yorke.
Every other Bulldog had at least
one RBI, and Melissa Thatcher
and Randi Berg both had two RBI
days.
Without star pitcher Barbie
McGillivary, who is out with an
injury and is no longer on the
team, the Ducks were forced to go
to formeroutfidder turned pitcher
KimKampfer. Kampfer entered
the game with a 2-4 record an a
2.45 era. Kampfer was fine
through two innings, keeping the
Ttogs from scoring in the first and
the second inning.
In the third inning, the flood
gates broke wide open on
Kempfer, who saw the Ttogs score
six runs on seven hits.'  , .-.
Once head coach Tami Brown
had seen enough, she toolc*
Kempfer out of the game and in¬
serted pitcher Petrina Martinez.
Martinez was unable to put out '
the fire, as the Ttogs continued
their onslaught and took a 6-C
lead in to the fourth inning.
The Ttogs are now 29-4 on the
season and still ranked No. 3 in
the nation.
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