{"id":240798,"date":"2026-03-28T13:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240798\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:28:35","slug":"dirtbags-fall-on-the-road-to-fresno-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240798\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirtbags Fall On The Road To Fresno State"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO, Calif. \u2014 Long Beach State (8-16, 3-6 Big West) continued to create opportunities throughout Monday night’s non-conference matchup, with\u00a0Trevor Goldenetz<\/a>\u00a0collecting three hits, but the Fresno State Bulldogs (8-14, 0-3 Mountain West)\u00a0pulled away for an 8-1 decision at Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium.<\/p>\n

Long Beach State pressured early when Goldenetz opened the game with a single to shallow right, stole second, then moved to third on a foul out to right by\u00a0Smith Chandler<\/a>. A walk to\u00a0Trotter Enright<\/a>\u00a0and a hit-by-pitch to\u00a0Dylan Lina<\/a>\u00a0loaded the bases, but Fresno State worked out of the inning. Goldenetz later added two more singles and finished 3-5 to lead the Dirtbags offensively.<\/p>\n

Freshman right-hander\u00a0Jaxon Baker<\/a>\u00a0kept Fresno State quiet through the first two innings, striking out three and not allowing a hit, but the Bulldogs changed the game in the third after a Dirtbags pitching change put\u00a0Ka’imi Kahalekai<\/a>\u00a0on the mound. A leadoff walk and single put two aboard before Mikey Boyd drove a three-run home run to deep right field. Fresno State added another run later in the inning on a sacrifice fly to take a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n

After Fresno State built a 4-0 lead in the third, the Bulldogs added to the margin in the fifth when a hit batter and walk put two aboard before a three-run home run extended the score to 7-0.<\/p>\n

Joey Iglesias<\/a>\u00a0helped settle the game in the middle innings, working through two scoreless frames after inheriting traffic in the third. He stranded three runners in the fourth, using a strikeout and an infield fly to keep Fresno State from extending the lead.<\/p>\n

The Dirtbags broke through in the sixth after\u00a0Camden Gasser<\/a>\u00a0was hit by a pitch with two outs and\u00a0Trevor Goldenetz<\/a>\u00a0followed with a single to shallow left, moving Gasser to third. A full-count walk to\u00a0Smith Chandler<\/a>\u00a0loaded the bases before\u00a0Trotter Enright<\/a>\u00a0drew a four-pitch walk that forced Gasser home for Long Beach State’s lone run. trimming the deficit to 7-1.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs added one final run in the eighth on a solo homer from Brady Hewitt, for an 8-1 final score.<\/p>\n

Goldenetz finished 3-\u00a05 to lead Long Beach State’s six-hit effort, while Enright added an RBI and three walks. Perez and\u00a0Reid Montgomery<\/a>\u00a0also recorded hits. On the mound, Baker struck out three in two scoreless innings to start, while\u00a0Mason Tymick<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Tyler Gebb<\/a>\u00a0each delivered scoreless relief appearances late.<\/p>\n

Long Beach State turns its attention back to The Big West play this weekend, opening a three-game series against UC Irvine Anteaters baseball on Friday. First pitch is set for 6:05 p.m. and the game will stream on ESPN+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. \u2014 Long Beach State (8-16, 3-6 Big West) continued to create opportunities throughout Monday night’s non-conference…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-240798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240798","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=240798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}