San José State 7, Nevada 1
Friday, May 19, 2023
San Jose, Calif. - Excite Ballpark

WP - Micky Thompson (3-5)
LP - Jason Doktorczyk (3-5)
SV - None

SAN JOSE - Nevada bats were stymied for the second night in a row, managing just five hits in Friday night's 7-1 loss at San José State.

The Wolf Pack (20-32, 10-19 MW) will close the season Saturday at 2:05 p.m., attempting to avoid being swept for the first time this season.

Friday, two Nevada errors with two out in the third helped San José State (26-24, 17-11 MW) open up its lead for good. First, Kyle Becker dropped Charles McAdoo's fly ball to deep center, allowing James Shimashita to score form second and McAdoo to reach third. McAdoo would score a second unearned run against Pack starter Jason Doktorczyk when Jack Colette reached on Jake Harvey's throwing error to first on a chopper in front of the plate.

Another two-out rally opened the gap for the Spartans in the fourth, as Shimashita  went deep down the right-field line to make it 5-1.

Meanwhile, Spartan starter Micky Thompson allowed just one run on four hits and struck out six over seven innings, improving to 3-5 on the year.

For Nevada, Doktorczyk took a tough loss to fall to 3-5, despite a career-high 12 strikeouts over 5.2 innings. Doktorczyk's second strikeout of the game, against Theo Hardy as the second batter of the game, set a Nevada single-season team record as the staff's 441st strikeout of the campaign, eclipsing the previous benchmark of 440 set in 2002.

Nevada got its lone run of the contest in the top of the third, answering Colette's second-inning solo shot with Matt Clayton's RBI fielder's choice. But the Pack, which had loaded the bases with none out, could only manage the single run, as Thompson got JR Freethy to foul out to third and Henry Strmecki to fly to right to escape the threat.

Jesse Pierce had two of the Pack's four hits, including a double. For San José State, Shimashita and Hardy had two hits apiece.