{"id":189272,"date":"2026-02-22T22:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189272\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:47:23","slug":"dogs-use-late-surge-to-defeat-pepperdine-10-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189272\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dogs use late surge to defeat Pepperdine, 10-6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/fresno-state-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fresno State<\/a> baseball team rallied to overcome an early deficit against <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/pepperdine-waves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pepperdine<\/a>, ultimately winning 10-6. After falling behind 3-0, the Bulldogs surged in the sixth inning with a four-run rally, highlighted by clutch hits from Michael Boyd and Mikey Pickett. A three-run homer by Griffen Sotomayor in the seventh extended their lead, though Pepperdine made a late push in the eighth, narrowing the score to 8-6. Fresno State secured the victory by scoring two more runs in the eighth, aided by a defensive error from Pepperdine.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersFresno State scored six runs between the sixth and eighth innings.Griffen Sotomayor hit a pivotal three-run home run in the seventh to boost the score to 8-3. State of PlayThe Bulldogs improved their performance after struggling early in the game.Fresno State is aiming to maintain momentum as they continue the series against Pepperdine. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs will look to continue their winning streak as they face Pepperdine again in the series finale tomorrow at 2:05 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>This victory is crucial for Fresno State as it demonstrates their resilience and ability to capitalize on moments of opportunity, setting a positive tone for the remainder of the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fresno State baseball team rallied to overcome an early deficit against Pepperdine, ultimately winning 10-6. After falling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-189272","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\/189272","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=189272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}