{"id":199259,"date":"2026-03-01T12:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199259\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T12:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:18:08","slug":"thomas-throws-gem-in-8-0-win-over-gaels-sjsu-athletics-official-athletics-website-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199259\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Throws Gem in 8-0 Win over Gaels &#8211; SJSU Athletics &#8211; Official Athletics Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2013 Behind a dominant complete-game shutout from starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/player\/david-thomas\" title=\"David Thomas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Thomas<\/a> and a powered-up offense, the San Jos\u00e9 State baseball team (4-6, 0-0 Mountain West) defeated Saint Mary&#8217;s College (6-4, 0-0 WCC) 8-0 on Saturday afternoon at Excite Ballpark.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Thomas (1-1) was masterful on the mound against his former school for the Spartans, scattering just four hits across nine scoreless innings to earn his first win of the season, first-ever complete game, and first career shutout. The right-hander struck out six batters and issued only one walk, throwing 91 pitches in the efficient outing.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Offensively, the Spartans tallied 12 hits, led by third baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/player\/alan-ramirez\" title=\"Alan Ramirez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Ramirez<\/a>, who provided the early spark with his first career hit in only his second career at-bat, a three-run home run in the third inning to break a scoreless tie and put SJSU ahead for good. Right fielder <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/player\/alex-fernandes\" title=\"Alex Fernandes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Fernandes<\/a>, who went 4-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored, also had a big game for the Spartans.<\/p>\n<p>After two quiet innings, the Spartans erupted for four runs in the bottom of the third. With two outs, Ramirez connected on a three-run homer off Saint Mary&#8217;s starter Cam Staton.<br \/>\nFernandes stayed hot at the plate, doubling twice in the contest to fuel the Spartan attack.<br \/>\nSan Jos\u00e9 State added insurance late, scoring two runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth to secure the 8-0 victory.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/player\/jake-mccoy\" title=\"Jake McCoy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake McCoy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/player\/brent-cota\" title=\"Brent Cota\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brent Cota<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/player\/rocco-caballero\" title=\"Rocco Caballero\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rocco Caballero<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/player\/peyton-rowles\" title=\"Peyton Rowles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peyton Rowles<\/a> all had an RBI on the day, while Caballero scored a pair of runs.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">UP NEXT: The Spartans and Gaels conclude their series tomorrow. First pitch from Excite Ballpark is scheduled for 1:05 p.m., and you can see it on the Mountain West Network.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">#AllSpartans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2013 Behind a dominant complete-game shutout from starting pitcher David Thomas and a powered-up offense,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-199259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199259","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=199259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}