Morgan Melloh pitched a four-hitter with 13 strikeouts and Aja Scheuber singled in the winner, as 10th-ranked Fresno State beat New Mexico State 3-2 in nine innings Friday in the opener of a three-game Western Athletic Conference series at Bulldog Diamond.
Melloh improved to 35-5 and needs one more win to tie Robin Mackin and Maureen Brady for the school's single-season record.
Fresno State (47-9) is 12-3 in the WAC, but still trails Nevada by one in the loss column. Nevada beat San Jose State on Friday. Should the Wolf Pack win once Saturday, they will clinch the WAC title because it owns the tie-breaker against Fresno State.
Scheuber had three of the Bulldogs' eight hits and drove in all three runs. She raised her average to .356 and is second on the team with 40 RBIs.
Haley Perkins opened the bottom of the ninth getting hit by a pitch for the second time in the game. Haley Gilleland singled to center, moving Perkins to second.
But when Scheuber came up, there were two outs. She hit a 3-1 pitch to center and Perkins scored standing up.
The teams will conclude the regular season today with a doubleheader starting at 4:30 p.m. The games were scheduled for 1 p.m. start.