Diamond 'Dogs defend Mountain West title, Sky Collins ambulanced off after slide

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Diamond 'Dogs person successfully defended their Mountain West title.

Fresno State took down rivals San Jose State successful a 9-1 rout Sunday to gain its archetypal back-to-back league tourney titles since 2011-2012.

However, the Diamond 'Dogs would person to flooded adversity aft losing 1 of their ain to injury.

In the bottommost of the 7th, Fresno autochthonal and erstwhile Buchanan Bear Sky Collins would descent into 2nd basal during a treble play attempt. During the slide, Collins would clip Spartan's shortstop Rocco Caballero and 2nd basal and suffered what appeared to beryllium a near limb injury.

Medical unit rushed onto the tract to cheque connected Collins, who would aboriginal request to beryllium stretchered disconnected the tract into an ambulance. The crippled was delayed by astir 30 minutes arsenic Collins was attended to.

Collins would aboriginal gain a Mountain West Championship All-Tournament Team honor.

Junior 3rd baseman and erstwhile Madera South Stallion Murf Gray was named the tourney MVP, acknowledgment to a three-run location tally successful the bottommost of the fourth.

Redshirt elder LHP Bryce Armstrong got the win, allowing conscionable 1 earned tally with 8 strikeouts done 5.2 IP.

Fresno State present punches its summons to an NCAA determination for the 2nd consecutive year.