TAMPA, Fla. – Fresno State (RV) scored a run in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to win the pitcher's duel against Illinois State on Saturday morning, 3-0. Junior Morgan Day matched a career-high 12 strikeouts in the circle, making it the third-consecutive game the right-handed pitcher has fanned 12 batters, dating back to last season. Â
BIRD BITS
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Pitching Breakdown:
- Morgan Day: 7.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 12 K (matches career high)
BY THE NUMBERS / KEY INNINGS
- Morgan Day fanned five of the first seven batters she faced through the first two innings.
- Fresno State jumped on the board first with a two-out RBI triple to right center field for a 1-0 lead in the fourth, before adding an insurance run in the fifth.
- The Bulldogs extended their lead with a lead-off home run in the sixth.
- Illinois State threatened in the bottom of the seventh, as Alyssa Wiebel and Brittni LaFountaine tallied back-to-back hits, but Fresno State held on to take the game, 3-0.
- Mack Leonard turned in her third multi-hit game of the season, registering the first hit for either team in the first inning.
ON DECK
Illinois State will close out the USF-Rawlings Invitational tonight against Georgia State (5:30 p.m. CT).
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