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Fresno Pacific FPU 14-13, 11-10 PacWest
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Winner Dixie State DX-BASE 16-19, 12-13 PacWest
Fresno Pacific FPU
14-13, 11-10 PacWest
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Final
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Dixie State DX-BASE
16-19, 12-13 PacWest
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fresno Pacific FPU 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 3
Dixie State DX-BASE 0 2 2 2 0 1 3 3 X 13 16 1

W: Harper, Tanner (4-3) L: Lizaola, Esteban (2-3) S: Borzone, Jimmy (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | by DSU Athletic Media Relations

Trailblazers Blitz Fresno Pacific in Series Opener, 13-3


Joe Raymond (Foresthill, Calif./Del Oro HS) connected for his first collegiate home run and drove in a career-high three runs to help lead Dixie State to a convincing 13-3 series-opening win over Fresno Pacific Thursday night at Bruce Hurst Field. The Trailblazers won for the 10th-time in their last 13 games overall to improve to 16-19 on the year, 12-13 in Pacific West Conference play.

After spotting the Sunbirds (14-13/11-10 PacWest) a 1-0 lead on a Hunter Villanueva home run to lead off the second, DSU came back with two runs in each of its next three offensive frames to bolt to a 6-1 advantage after four complete. Jake Engel (Tucson, Ariz./Ironwood HS) got the Trailblazers on the board with an RBI-double after Logan Porter (Surprise, Ariz./Valley Vista HS) was hit by a pitch lead off the home second. Engel would take third on an errant pick-off through and would scamper home on a Jake Davison (Taylorsville, Utah/Taylorsville HS) single to stake DSU to a 2-1 lead.

Dixie State struck for two quick runs in the third thanks to a Jagun Leavitt (St. George, Utah/Pine View HS) lead-off double, which was followed by a two-run Raymond blast over the left field wall to extend to a 4-1 cushion. Raymond would single home another run in the fourth, then after a wild pitch, Gabe Taylor (Pittsburg, Calif./Clayton Valley Charter School) rapped a hit through the left side of the Sunbird infield to bring home Raymond carrying DSU's sixth run of the night.

FPU would score single runs in the fifth and seventh stanzas, but Dixie State erased any chance of a Sunbird rally as the Trailblazers scored seven runs over their final three innings to put the game away.

Raymond wound up going 2-for-4 with two runs scored to go with his homer and three RBI, while Taylor drove in three and recorded his 13th multi-hit game of the year with a 4-for-5 night, and Leavitt finished with two stolen bases and a career-high four runs scored. DSU outhit FPU 16-6 and had five batters collect at least two base hits.

The offensive support was more than enough for senior southpaw Matt Mosca (Las Vegas, Nev./Cimarron Memorial HS) (W, 4-3), who struck out three and limited the Sunbirds to three hits and two run over six innings of work. Meanwhile, freshman reliever Jimmy Borzone (Vancouver, Wash./Union HS) (S, 1) fanned four in three innings of one-run, three-hit relief to earn his first collegiate save.

The two teams will continue their four-game conference series with a doubleheader Friday afternoon beginning at 4 p.m. (MT).  

 
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