Play Ball! Bobcats Enjoy Grizzlies Baseball Game
Baseball fans from the 国产传媒 campus community celebrated the start of the fall semester by witnessing a barnburner of a game at Fresno鈥檚 Chukchansi Park.
More than 250 Bobcat students, along with 100 alumni and their families, received tickets to the Aug. 29 game. 国产传媒 staff and faculty, along with Chancellor Juan S谩nchez Mu帽oz, also attended at the downtown stadium.
Each聽alumnus received a box filled with mementos that commemorate 国产传媒鈥檚 20th anniversary this semester of the start of undergraduate instruction.
Miguel Lopez, 鈥�12, president of the , threw the ceremonial first pitch before the game between the Grizzlies and Inland Empire 66ers, members of the professional Single A California League.
The Grizzlies treated the Bobcats to a wild, high-scoring contest. Tied at seven runs each in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and a runner at first and third, leftfielder Kevin Fitzer poked a single to center for a walk-off home team victory.
鈥湽� has been working with the Fresno Grizzlies all season聽to build connections between our students, alumni and the community,鈥� Vice Chancellor for External Relations E. Edward Klotzbier said. 鈥淭his聽was a great evening聽to have fun together at the ballpark as our academic year starts and the Grizzlies' regular聽season winds down.鈥�
The game capped several busy days for the campus. Students began moving into residence halls the week of Aug. 18. On Aug. 26, the annual for first-year and transfer students was held under a rare cloudburst. Fall semester classes began the next day.