Eastern Michigan Athletics
Eastern Michigan University
3-13
Fresno State
8-6
Baseball Drops Series Finale to Fresno State, 6-3
3/12/2017 7:10:00 PM | Baseball
Freshman Devin Hager had a two-hit, two-RBI game
A pair of Eagles (3-13) had two-hit days, including freshman Devin Hager (Commerce Township, Mich.-Walled Lake Northern), who wrapped up his productive offensive weekend with a 2-for-3 day including two RBI's and a walk. Fellow freshman Nick Jones (Battle Creek, Mich.-Lakeview) also notched a two-hit performance, his third of the season.
The first inning went scoreless before Fresno (8-6) got one in each of the second and third innings to lead it 2-0 into the fourth inning.
Leading off the fourth, senior John Montgomery (Anaheim Hills, Calif.-JSerra) ripped a double, and advanced to third on a wild throw on a play at second. One batter later, redshirt senior Mike Mioduszewski (Dexter, Mich.-Dexter) was able to drive the run home with a sacrifice fly to cut it to 2-1.The Eagles went on to tie it after a walk from freshman Zachary Owings (Saline, Mich.-Saline) and back-to-back singles from Jones and Hager, the latter an RBI knock, tied the ball game heading into the bottom of the fourth.
Fresno State was able to respond immediately, regaining a three-run lead in the bottom of the fourth with three runs on five hits and an error to take the 5-2 advantage after four frames. One more Bulldog run came around in the fifth, making the tally 6-2 into the sixth.
The Eagles were not able to get anything going offensively over the next three innings, but solid pitching efforts from sophomore Davis Feldman (Warren, Mich.-Brother Rice) and senior Sam Delaplane (San Jose, Calif.-Leigh) kept FS off the board in the sixth, seventh, and eighth to maintain the score into the ninth.
In the ninth inning, EMU threatened after a lead off hit by pitch came around on a two-out single from Hager, but Fresno was able to lock down the three-run victory to take the weekend series.
The Eagles will have the midweek off before heading south once again for a three-game weekend series against Samford University. The first game in Birmingham is set for a 5 p.m. first pitch, Friday, March 17.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: MOORE, Davis (2-0)
L: Harness, James (0-2)
S: SANTA CRUZ, J.J. (2)
Batting:
2B: Montgomery, John 1
RBI: Mioduszewski, Mike 1 ; Hager, Devin 2
SF: Mioduszewski, Mike 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Montgomery, John 1 ; Mioduszewski, Mike 1 ; Owings, Zachary 1
CS: Owings, Zachary 1
HBP: Gill, Marquise 1 ; Mioduszewski, Mike 2
Batting:
2B: AKINS, Jared 1
RBI: AKINS, Jared 1 ; ARRUDA, Aaron 1 ; BINS, Carter 1 ; BATESOLE, Korby 2
SH: ARRUDA, Aaron 1 ; BATESOLE, Korby 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SILVA, Scott 1 ; STONE, Jake 1 ; MEDRANO, Jesse 2 ; ASHFORD, Zach 1 ; BINS, Carter 1
SB: MEDRANO, Jesse 1
HBP: GUIBOR, Austin 1 ; ARRUDA, Aaron 1
