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Mike Batesole wins 600th game in double header against Air Force

When head coach Mike Batesole arrived in 2003, he followed in the footsteps of the two winningest baseball coaches in Fresno State history — Pete Beiden and Bob Bennett.

On Saturday, 19 seasons after he first set foot in Fresno, Batesole joined Beiden (601) and Bennett (1,302) with a historic milestone — 600 wins in a Bulldog uniform. That makes Fresno State the first baseball program ever to have three consecutive head coaches win 600 games at the same school.

Fresno State erased an early 2-0 deficit against Air Force with a fifth inning grand slam by Ryan Higgins, powering its way to an 8-3 victory in game one of the doubleheader.