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<\/p>\n SANTA CLARA, Calif.\u00a0\u2013 For the second consecutive day, Santa Clara softball split a doubleheader, this time against Fresno State at home on Sunday.\u00a0 In the first game, Bronco pitchers\u00a0Hazyl Gray<\/a> and Ellison Schroeder<\/a> combined to hold the Bulldogs to just one run while Robynn Balmediano<\/a> drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth to give SCU a\u00a02-1 win.\u00a0 Game 1:\u00a0Santa Clara 2 – Fresno State 1<\/p>\n HOW IT HAPPENED:<\/p>\n
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\nIn the backend contest, Fresno State scored five runs in the the fourth to break a 3-all tie, aided by three Bronco errors, to earn the split with a 11-8 victory.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tStarting pitcher Gray and Schroeder who came in relief in the fifth kept the Fresno State (10-9) bats quiet allowing the only run in the top of the first on a double steal by Emma Martinez and Alysa Rebolledo.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\tSanta Clara (11-13) answered with a run in the second.\u00a0 Taryn Clements<\/a> led off the inning with a single, stole second and came around to score on Caitlyn Golob’s base hit.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\tFresno State starter Lauryn Carranco went the distance and Gray threw\u00a04 1\/3 innings as the score remained knotted at 1-all heading into the bottom of the sixth.\u00a0
\n\tIn the sixth, Elle Merlino<\/a> reached on an error before making her way to third before\u00a0Robynn Balmediiano came through with a single up the middle to bring her home\u00a0for the game-winning run.
\n\tSchroeder allowed one hit in her 2 2\/3 innings of work to pick up her fourth win of the season.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\tCarranco was the hard luck losing pitcher giving up five hits two runs, one earned over six innings to drop to 6-5.\u00a0\u00a0
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\n\tFresno State (11-9) won\u00a0the second game 11-8, breaking the game open with a five-run fourth inning to take the lead for good.\u00a0 In the frame, the first three balls that were put in play all resulted in Bronco errors and\u00a0combined with three Bulldog hits resulted in five runs, all unearned.\u00a0 Olivia Hill and\u00a0Jamie Hicks combined to go 7-for-7 with six RBIs.\u00a0 They had a hit in the frame that drove in three runs total.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\tThe two teams each had four errors\u00a0as\u00a0only eight of the 19 runs scored were earned.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\tCarranco\u00a0(7-5) threw the final 3 2\/3 innings to pick up the win while starter Cari Ferguson<\/a> (5-7) took the loss giving up seven runs, just one earned, over three innings.
\n\tCairah Curran<\/a>, Rebecca Rubio<\/a>, Gray and Leiora Davidson<\/a> had two hits apiece for Santa Clara (11-14).\u00a0\u00a0
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\n\tSanta Clara plays a three-game series against Montana at home next weekend.\u00a0 They play a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday at the SCU Softball Stadium.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0
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