With yesterday's walk-off win over Western Oregon, head coach Oscar Hirschkorn picked up the 400th victory of his FPU career!
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Just heard the horrible news about Coach Sam Flores at
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. He will be missed. The Central Valley baseball community lost someone truly important. The FPU Baseball program will be praying for the Flores family and FCC Baseball. We are so sorry.
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With back to back strikeouts to end the third inning today, senior RHP Nic Boatman has become the program's all-time leader in strikeouts!
Congrats, Nic!
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Wild ending that resulted in a walk-off win over No. 25 Chico State!
Back for games two and three tomorrow to close out the series.
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"It's essential to our program, and it's an event our school can be proud of. It's a family event, and it is so meaningful to our program in every way." - head coach Oscar Hirsckorn
⚾️: Brian Hefner went deep twice on Saturday, helping
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salvage a doubleheader split against Holy Names.
Recap -
The Birds are back at home next week to host Concordia in
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action.
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Lizaola's night comes to a close, as it's LHP Kobie Anton taking the hill for the eighth. Back-to-back nine strikeout starts for Lizaola.
Birds lead it 5-2.
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Garrett Cooper gives us the rundown after picking up a multi-hit day and making a couple nice snags in Game 1 before throwing a complete game on the mound in Game 2.
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⚾️ | 'Birds picked 4th in PacWest Preseason poll.
Justin Fuson selected as Preseason Pitcher of the Year, Garrett Cooper and Jared Aguilar selected to All-PacWest Preseason Team.
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With no fans allowed at home games until further notice, we wanted to remind you that all of our home games will have video and stats available free of charge.
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Lackey puts one on the far tennis court for his first career dinger, and the Birds are now in front 8-5!
Approximate distance: 1,000 feet.
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"It means a lot to come back and see all the guys. It's cool to come back every year, and it's something I'll continue to do until my legs stop working."
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Birds take the opener against Sonoma State by a final of 7-5 in 11 innings.
Alvarez: 5-5, 2B, 3 RBI
Haynes: 2-5, HR, RBI
Hefner: 2-4
W: Acosta (1-0)
S: Aguilar (1)
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FPU is a tough academic school. You will be pushed by our amazing faculty. With that said, I’m very proud to say that 21 of 36 baseball players earned a 3.0 or higher in the fall semester. There are no gimme classes at FPU. This is a great achievement!
🚨 BYE BYE, BODIE! 🚨
Vegely leaves the yard for the first time this year, and the Birds take a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second!
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Hear from sophomore Jared Aguilar after he hit a homer and recorded a save to help the Birds pick up a pair of wins on the first day of the season.
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Big time outing for the Sunbird southpaw.
Rumbaugh finishes his night with 5.1 innings, 91 pitches in relief, and two earned runs. Currently in line for the win.
Birds in front 10-7 in the top of the 7th.
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FINAL | FPU 14, ART U 7.
Aguilar, Lackey, Pinheiro all go deep, Foote and Warkentin combine for 7 RBI, Boatman fans 7 in 6.0 innings to get the win.
Birds look for a doubleheader sweep in 30 minutes or so.
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Donte Valdez had the big bat today, hitting a two-run bomb in the first inning and a go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning of game one!
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Complete game shut piece from Coop and plenty of offense makes for a great start to the series. Game two starts at 9 p.m. PST.
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Congrats to RHP Alex Garcia, who was named to the
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Preseason All-Region Team this week! 👏🌶
The Exeter native struck out 7️⃣6️⃣ batters over 8️⃣5️⃣ innings last season, while posting the second-best single-season ERA (2.11) in program history.
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IT'S A WALKOFF!
Birds take the opener 4-3 as Cooper legs it out at first base!
W: Rumbaugh (2-0)
Warkentin: 3-4
Lackey: 2-3, 2 RBI
Birds and Wolves back at it tomorrow with a twin bill beginning at 2 pm.
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⭐️ | Dealin' Derek!
Derek McNary's looked like a vet in his first collegiate start.
The Hanford product only allowed 1 unearned run and pitched the Sunbirds to a series victory.
McNary earns Prime Time Events Player of the Game!
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📈 | Sunbirds to open season ranked 9th in the West Region!
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released its pre-season poll, placing FPU as the third of four teams in
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.
Season opener is less than two weeks away as Fresno Pacific hosts Western Oregon beginning on Feb 2.
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FINAL: FPU 11, HNU 10.
Greene hits a solo homer in the top of the ninth to give the Birds a win in the front end of today’s doubleheader!
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A Chilly Night, indeed.
Garcia tosses FPU's first complete game of the season, whiffing seven along the way. #️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ is now 2-0 with 22 Ks in 19 innings of work this season.
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⭐️ | Garrett Cooper allowed just three baserunners in 7 innings of work on Thursday as the Sunbirds jumped behind the righty's arm for a win in the PacWest opener.
Cooper earns Prime Time Events Player of the Game!
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⚾️ | Nolan Brown's 2-run single in the 8th rewarded the FPU bullpen's stellar day and clinched the series against Western Oregon.
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⚾️ | The 'Birds are back!
Fresno Pacific Baseball opens the season Thursday with a four-game homestand against Western Oregon.
Come support the 'Birds for their only homestand in February.
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Lizaola picks up the complete game and gives the pen the night off.
At least six strikeouts in six straight starts for the righthander.
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The Sunbirds finished off the four-game sweep on Saturday, and we caught up with head coach Oscar Hirschkorn to get his thoughts.
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Jared Aguilar had it going on all levels on Saturday, bringing in four of the five runs in game two, including a home run, while also striking out eight batters on the mound in a complete-game win.
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⚾️ | Garrett Cooper spins another gem, his longest outing of the season as the offense backs him with 8 more runs.
Sunbirds take game 1 from Hawai'i Pacific.
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Lizaola's day comes to a close after a leadoff single in the seventh. Still responsible for the runner at first.
LHP Kobie Anton takes over on the mound.
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⭐️ | Justin Fuson earns PacWest Pitcher of the Week after striking out 10 over 5 scoreless innings to pick up the win in his season debut.
'Birds got the series and Fuson gets the weekly award!
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Birds take the finale to win their first series of the year.
FINAL: FPU 12,
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6.
Alvarez: 3-5, 2B
Aguilar: 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
Dodd: 1-1, 2B, 3 RBI
Hefner: 2-5, 2 RBI
W: Fuson (1)
FPU back in action on Thursday for the opener of a four-game set with WOU.
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WALKOFF!
Flores singles through the left side to plate the winning run, and the Birds take the opener over
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8-7 in 10 innings!
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⚾️ | Aguilar's 9th inning, pinch-hit homer sent it to extras, Matsumaru's homer gave FPU the lead and Ortiz's sacrifice fly proved to be the winning run!
Game 2 of the double-header will decide the series.
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FINAL:
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3,
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1. Birds pick up their second win of the series!
Lizaola: W (1), 7.1 IP, 0 ER, 6 K
Cooper: S (4), 1.2 IP, 1 H, 3 K
Alvarez: 2-4
Flores: 1-4, HR, RBI
Hefner: 1-4, HR, RBI
Dodds: 1-4, 2B, RBI
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Cole Yoshida hit his first home run of the season in game two on Friday while going 4-for-5, totaling six hits in doubleheader!
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Birds take the series with a 7-3 win in Game 2.
W: Fuson (1-0)
S: Boatman (1)
McGrady: 3-4, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
Lackey: 2-4, 2 RBI
Cooper: 3-4, 2B
FPU will look for the sweep in about 40 minutes.
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BALLGAME! Sunbirds take the series finale over Chico State by a final of 6-3!
W: Molina (1-0)
Sievers: 2-4, RBI
Dodds: 2-4, 2 RBI, 2B
Alvarez: 2-3, HR, RBI
Home opener on Friday against
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⚾️ | 'Birds use extra base hits to separate from Western Oregon.
Garrett Cooper and Riley Creech combine to stifle the Wolves.
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FINAL:
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7,
@ARTU_Knights
0.
W: Fuson (4-1)
Dodd: 2-3, HR, 3 RBI
Greene: 1-1, RBI
Cooper: 1-4, 2B RBI
Hefner: 2-4, RBI
Sunbirds look to win the series in the back end of today's doubleheader.
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Birds take the opener by a final of 2-0.
W: Boatman (1-1)
S: Barker: (2)
Foote: 2-3, 2B, RBI
Lewis: 1-2, RBI
FPU and
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back at it tomorrow with a twin bill at 2 pm.
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⭐️ ⭐️| Another day, another honor for Justin Fuson.
The Senior Starter earns NCBWA West Region Pitcher of the Week honors for his 10k performance against Western Oregon.
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