{"id":166362,"date":"2026-02-06T06:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166362\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T06:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:58:09","slug":"wolves-open-season-with-a-bang-in-17-0-win-at-fresno-pacific-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166362\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves open season with a bang in 17-0 win at Fresno Pacific on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sunbirdhead.png\" alt=\"Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)<\/p>\n<p>2\/6\/2026 | 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 06 (Fri) \/ 2 p.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sunbirdhead.png\" alt=\"Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/wouwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/fresno-pacific-university-calif-\/81\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"182\" data-start=\"0\">FRESNO, Calif. \u2014 The Western Oregon baseball team opened its season Thursday with a dominant 17\u20130 win over Fresno Pacific at Dan Martin Stadium.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"568\" data-start=\"184\">The Wolves (1\u20130) set the tone early, scoring four runs in the first inning behind run-producing hits from <a href=\"https:\/\/wouwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/chris-arce\/8956\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8956\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Arce<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wouwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tyler-mohler\/8937\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8937\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Mohler<\/a> before <a href=\"https:\/\/wouwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/alex-harden\/8930\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8930\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Harden<\/a> capped the frame with a two-run home run to right. Western Oregon added three more in the third when Mohler launched a three-run homer, then blew the game open in the fourth with a 10-run outburst that put the contest out of reach.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"956\" data-start=\"570\">Western Oregon sent 15 batters to the plate in the fourth, scoring on a mix of pressure and power. <a href=\"https:\/\/wouwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/collin-irwin\/8932\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8932\" target=\"_blank\">Collin Irwin<\/a> drove in a run on a fielder&#8217;s choice, <a href=\"https:\/\/wouwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/robby-shepherd\/8939\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8939\" target=\"_blank\">Robby Shepherd<\/a> added an RBI on a Sunbirds error, and multiple Wolves crossed the plate on hit-by-pitches and a wild pitch before <a href=\"https:\/\/wouwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jason-olsen\/8959\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8959\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Olsen<\/a> crushed a three-run home run to left. Shepherd later delivered an RBI single to cap the inning.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1220\" data-start=\"958\">Mohler led the Wolves offensively, going 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. Olsen finished 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and three RBI, while Shepherd was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Arce went 2-for-2 with an RBI, and <a href=\"https:\/\/wouwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/zane-garvey\/8929\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8929\" target=\"_blank\">Zane Garvey<\/a> added a 2-for-4 day with a double.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1473\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"1222\">On the mound, <a href=\"https:\/\/wouwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ayden-holker\/8931\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8931\" target=\"_blank\">Ayden Holker<\/a> earned the win in the season opener, tossing six scoreless innings while allowing four hits and striking out five. <a href=\"https:\/\/wouwolves.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ethan-yazzie\/8960\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8960\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Yazzie<\/a> followed with a scoreless seventh to complete the shutout.<\/p>\n<p>The Wolves play a doubleheader against FPU starting at 2 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) 2\/6\/2026 | 2 p.m. &#13; Feb. 06 (Fri)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-166362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}