Despite leading for all but three innings Friday, No. 7 Dixie State came away with a split of a Pacific West Conference doubleheader with Fresno Pacific at the FPU Diamond. The Trailblazers got a masterful pitching performance from senior righthander Mason Hilty in taking the opener by a 5-1 count, while two costly sixth-inning errors led to two FPU runs as the Sunbirds rallied to take the nightcap, 4-3 in seven innings.
In game one, the Trailblazers (25-8, 14-5 PacWest) plated runs in each of the first three innings to bolt out to an early 3-0 lead. Trey Kamachi got DSU on the board in the first as he extended his hitting streak to 17-straight games with an RBI single, then Tyler Baker cashed in a Trey Reineke walk with a two-out double to the gap in left center to spot Dixie State to a two-run advantage.