March 19, 2018
San Jose, Calif. --- The San Jose State University baseball (9-10, 2-6 MW) team defeated Dartmouth (3-9) Monday afternoon at Municipal Stadium to get their third win in the last four games. Relief pitcher, Wesley "clutch" Clawson (0-1), induced Matt Feinstein (0-for-3, R) to hit into a game-ending double play to secure the 4-3 victory.
Clawson pitched the ninth inning for the Spartans and struck out one batter to tally his fourth save on the year.
In the Spartan's sixth, Ruben Ibarra (1-for-2, 2RBI) entered the game as a pinch hitter and had the game winning hit to secure the Spartans win. In the freshman's first career hit, he had his first career game winner. Ibarra went 1-for-2, 2 RBI to help the Spartans win 4-3.
Also starring offensively was Chris Williams who continued his hot streak going 3-for-4 and scoring two runs. In the last four games, Williams is 8-for-14 with five RBI and three runs.
The Big Green would answer in the third scoring two runs with hits from Kyle Holbrook (3-for-4, RBI) and Dustin Shirley (1-for-4, RBI) to take the lead at 2-1. The Spartans would tie things up in their fourth when Jace Duty (0-for-2, RBI) squeezed home and scored Shane Timmons (1-for-3, 2R, BB.)
Josh Zanger (1-0) entered the game as a relief pitcher and pitched three shutout innings to record his first win of the season.
"It was not our best baseball but, we are happy to get out of here with a win," said interim head coach Brad Sanfilippo. "It is nice to be able to call on some guys that have not played much, but were ready to perform. We were happy with the performances of Zanger, and Ruben with the game-winning hit. It's great to see those guys have some success."
The Spartans are traveling to Santa Barbara to take on the Gauchos in a three-game series. The first game will start March 23 at 3:00 p.m. You can follow the live stats here.