{"id":284985,"date":"2026-04-25T04:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284985\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T04:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:48:26","slug":"walk-off-home-run-from-di-genova-gives-nevada-the-win-over-fresno-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284985\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk off home run from Di Genova gives Nevada the win over Fresno State"},"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\/03\/1773465489_364_fresnostate_200x200.png\" alt=\"Fresno State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Fresno State<\/p>\n<p>4\/25\/2026 | 3:00 P.M.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 25 (Sat) \/ 3:00 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\/03\/1773465489_364_fresnostate_200x200.png\" alt=\"Fresno State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Fresno State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    Nevada (35\u201314, 15\u20135 MW) vs. Fresno State (20\u201321, 9\u201311 MW)<br \/>\nApril 24, 2026<br \/>\nReno, Nev. \u2013 Christina M. Hixson Park<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRENO, Nev. \u2014 Nevada (35\u201314, 15\u20135 MW) opened its weekend series with a dramatic 9\u20138 walk\u2011off win over Fresno State (20\u201321, 9\u201311 MW) on Friday night at Christina M. Hixson Softball Park.<\/p>\n<p>After falling behind 1\u20130 in the first, Nevada answered with a four\u2011run second inning. <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/lexi-o-gorman\/12271\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12271\" target=\"_blank\">Lexi O&#8217;Gorman<\/a> opened the frame with a double, before <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/rylie-haith\/12290\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12290\" target=\"_blank\">Rylie Haith<\/a> tied the game with an RBI single. <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/madison-clark\/12277\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12277\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Clark<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/karolyn-glover\/12289\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12289\" target=\"_blank\">Karolyn Glover<\/a> each added sacrifice flies, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/anna-braukus\/12283\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12283\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Braukus<\/a> capped the surge with an RBI groundout to give the Pack a 4\u20131 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno State countered with four runs in the fourth and three more in the sixth to move ahead 8\u20135, but Nevada answered back. The Pack had for four runs in the bottom of the sixth, beginning with Haith&#8217;s first home run in the Silver and Blue. O&#8217;Gorman followed with a second double, and pinch\u2011hitter <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/maya-larsen\/12282\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12282\" target=\"_blank\">Maya Larsen<\/a> launched a two\u2011run home run to tie the game. Clark later pushed across the go\u2011ahead run with her second sacrifice fly of the night.<\/p>\n<p>With the game tied in the bottom of the seventh, <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/hannah-di-genova\/12269\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12269\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Di Genova<\/a> stepped in with two outs and delivered a walk\u2011off solo home run, her team\u2011leading 21st of the season, to seal the 9\u20138 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Nevada used four arms in the win, with a back\u2011and\u2011forth offensive night from Fresno State. <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/tess-bumiller\/12274\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12274\" target=\"_blank\">Tess Bumiller<\/a> opened the game and worked three innings, while <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/hailey-mclean\/12272\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12272\" target=\"_blank\">Hailey McLean<\/a> steadied the Pack with 1.2 scoreless frames, allowing just one hit and striking out three. <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/ainsley-berlingeri\/12276\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12276\" target=\"_blank\">Ainsley Berlingeri<\/a> handled the fifth and sixth before <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/talia-tretton\/12288\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12288\" target=\"_blank\">Talia Tretton<\/a> took over in the seventh, delivering the game&#8217;s most important outs. Tretton allowed just one hit and struck out one in the final inning to earn the win.<\/p>\n<p>Nevada and Fresno State continue the series Saturday at 3:05 PM in Reno.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Fresno State 4\/25\/2026 | 3:00 P.M. &#13; Apr. 25 (Sat) \/ 3:00 P.M.&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-284985","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\/284985","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=284985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}