{"id":297547,"date":"2026-05-03T05:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/297547\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:01:10","slug":"bats-catch-fire-in-17-0-series-clinching-win-over-fresno-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/297547\/","title":{"rendered":"Bats Catch Fire in 17-0 Series-Clinching Win Over Fresno State"},"content":{"rendered":"

PULLMAN, Wash. (May 2, 2026) \u2013 Washington State used 17 hits to score a season-high 17\u00a0runs in a series-clinching 17-0 victory in front of 1,254 fans at Bailey-Brayton Field Saturday evening.
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\nThe Cougars (25-21, 13-7 Mountain West) clinch their fifth straight weekend series win for the first time since 1999.
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\nTen Cougars collected hits led by Cam Macleod’s<\/a> three hits including a double, homer and six RBI. Ollie Obenour<\/a> added three hits, drove in three and scored three runs while Ryan Skjonsby<\/a> scored three times, Matt Priest<\/a> had three hits and three runs scored while Max Hartman<\/a> homered. Kyler Northrop<\/a> added two hits to extend his hitting streak to 15 games and Gavin Roy<\/a> added two hits to extend his on-base streak to 33 games, the seventh-longest on-base streak in WSU history.
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\nWSU starter Griffin Smith<\/a> fired six scoreless innings, striking out five and allowed just three hits before Erik Rodriguez<\/a> worked a scoreless seventh to seal the run-rule win.
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\nFresno State dropped to 12-31-1 overall and 1-15-1 in conference play.
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\nKEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
\nThe Cougars sent 12 men to the plate and used seven hits to score seven runs in the first inning. Matt Priest<\/a> and Dustin Robinson<\/a> each singled home a run, Ollie Obenour<\/a> and Cam Macleod<\/a> followed with back-to-back two-run doubles before Trevor Smith<\/a> capped the scoring with an RBI-sacrifice fly.
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\nWSU added four more in the second after an Obenour RBI-single and a long three-run homer to left field from Macleod for an 11-0 lead.
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\nTrevor Smith<\/a> had an RBI-single in the fourth before WSU blew things up with five more runs in the fifth. Hartman led off the inning with a solo homer to right field, Skjonsby doubled home a run, Dane Chavez<\/a> had a pinch-hit two-run double down the left field line and Macleod picked up his sixth RBI of the night with an RBI-groundout.
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\nINSIDE THE BOX SCORE
\nGavin Roy<\/a> singled in the 1st to extend his on-base streak to 33 games, the 7th-longest on-base streak in WSU history
\nMax Hartman<\/a> was hit by a pitch in the 1st to extend his on-base streak to 13 games
\nKyler Northrop<\/a> singled in the 1st to extend his on-base streak to 28 games and hitting streak to 15 games
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\nON DECK
\nThe series wraps up Sunday at 12:05 p.m.
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