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Cougars Drop Conference Contest at Fresno State
April 26, 2025 | Baseball
FRESNO, Calif. (April 26, 2025) – Washington State dropped an 8-0 contest to Fresno State at Bob Bennett Stadium Saturday afternoon.
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The Cougars received hits from Will Cresswell, Luke Thiele, Jonah Shull and Kyler Northrop while reliever Trevor Stowe fired three scoreless frames with three strikeouts for his best outing of the season.
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Fresno State, who entered the weekend first in the Mountain West Conference standings, used a pair of three-run second and third innings to back starter Aidan Cremarosa who struck out 11 and allowed four hits over eight innings.
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KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
WSU threatened with the first after putting runners on the corners but the FSU leftfielder made a nice running catch near the left field line to end the inning. In the second, a two-out three-run home run to right field gave Fresno State a 3-0 lead.
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The Bulldogs pushed their lead to 6-0 with three runs in the third on four hits and added two more in the fifth on two hits and an error for an 8-0 lead.
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INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Kyler Northrop singled in the 8th to extend his hitting streak to 14 games
Logan Johnstone had his 14-game on-base streak and 12-game hitting streak snapped
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NEXT UP
The series wraps up Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
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The Cougars received hits from Will Cresswell, Luke Thiele, Jonah Shull and Kyler Northrop while reliever Trevor Stowe fired three scoreless frames with three strikeouts for his best outing of the season.
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Fresno State, who entered the weekend first in the Mountain West Conference standings, used a pair of three-run second and third innings to back starter Aidan Cremarosa who struck out 11 and allowed four hits over eight innings.
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KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
WSU threatened with the first after putting runners on the corners but the FSU leftfielder made a nice running catch near the left field line to end the inning. In the second, a two-out three-run home run to right field gave Fresno State a 3-0 lead.
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The Bulldogs pushed their lead to 6-0 with three runs in the third on four hits and added two more in the fifth on two hits and an error for an 8-0 lead.
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INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Kyler Northrop singled in the 8th to extend his hitting streak to 14 games
Logan Johnstone had his 14-game on-base streak and 12-game hitting streak snapped
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NEXT UP
The series wraps up Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CREMAROSA, Aidan (5-5)
L: Lewis, Nick (3-6)

Base Running:
CS: Thiele, Luke 1
HBP: Obenour, Ollie 1

Batting:
2B: SOTOMAYOR, Griffen 1 ; BLANDFORD, Bobby 2
HR: MUNSTER, Cayden 1
RBI: BLANDFORD, Bobby 1 ; TREVINO, Lee 3 ; SCHNEIDER, Cam 1 ; MUNSTER, Cayden 3
SH: SCHNEIDER, Cam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: GRAY, Triston "Murf" 1 ; SOTOMAYOR, Griffen 2 ; BLANDFORD, Bobby 3 ; SCHNEIDER, Cam 1 ; MUNSTER, Cayden 1
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