FRESNO, Calif. \u2013 The San Diego State softball team (23-25, 8-15 Mountain West) dropped its game at Fresno State (22-22, 11-12 MW) by an 8-2 score on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
Senior Lala Macario<\/a> led off the game with a single and advanced on a wild pitch and a fly ball but was stranded on third base. The Bulldogs pulled ahead in the bottom of the frame. Alyssa Rebolledo walked and Jamie Hicks singled before Mallory Vancleave added a single of her own. Rebolledo crossed the plate on an error on the play. The next hitter, Alyssa Ramirez, homered to center field to make it 4-0 Bulldogs. After another single by Rylee Bocchini, Key-annah Pu\u2019a<\/a> got Olivia Hill to hit into an inning-ending double play on a line drive to third base.<\/p>\n Gabriella Terrones<\/a> reached base with two outs in the second inning when she was hit by a pitch. Ava Schaffel<\/a> pitched in the bottom of the frame and finished a scoreless inning with a strikeout.<\/p>\n The Aztecs got on the scoreboard in the third inning. Macario bunted for another single and advanced on a throwing error by the pitcher, Lauryn Carranco. When Jade Ignacio<\/a> walked, the fourth ball was wild and Macario raced to third base. Angie Yellen<\/a> followed with a squeeze bunt and Macario came home on the play. Fresno State responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning when Jamie Hicks led off with a double and advanced on a flyout before scoring on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Ramirez.<\/p>\n In the fourth, the bottom of the Aztecs\u2019 order scraped across another run. Terrones reached on a single before scoring all the way from first base on a double down the left field line by Ally Dueker<\/a>. Fresno State responded. Olivia Hill led off with a single and Jayda Crosby followed her with a two-run home run to make it 7-2 Bulldogs. Schaffel retired the next three hitters to end the inning.<\/p>\n Angie Yellen<\/a> singled for the Aztecs in the top of the fifth. Hicks led off with a single for the Bulldogs and scored on a double by Vancleave, who advanced to third based on the throw. Schaffel limited the damage with three straight outs to strand Vancleave at third.<\/p>\n Following a leadoff walk in the bottom of the sixth, Faith Jordan<\/a> induced a trio of consecutive outs to end the inning.<\/p>\n Jazmin Williams<\/a> appeared to beat out an infield single to open the seventh inning, but after a Fresno State challenge, she was ruled out. Macario followed with a single, her third hit of the ball game. Then, Kaila Pollard<\/a> hit an infield single but back-to-back fly outs ended the game in favor of Fresno State by an 8-2 score.<\/p>\n THE NOTE UP NEXT Fresno State 8, San Diego State 2
Gabriella Terrones<\/a> was hit by a pitch for the ninth time this season, moving into sole possession of third in the program record book. She trails just Shelby Thompson<\/a> (2021) and Sydnee Cable<\/a> (2014), who were each hit 14 times.<\/p>\n
San Diego State and Fresno State have two more games in this series. They are scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday and both games will be streamed on Mountain West Network.<\/p>\n
San Diego State (23-25, 8-15)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 001 100 0 \u2013 2 \u00a0\u00a08 1
Fresno State (22-22, 11-12) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 401 210 X \u2013 8 10 2
W \u2013 Carranco, 15-11; L \u2013 Pu\u2019a, 6-10
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