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TURLOCK — Late inning drama stretched Sunday's series finale much longer than the Warriors would have liked. In the end Cal State Stanislaus was able to pick up a 6-5 win, in 10 innings, to avoid the sweep.

Cal Poly Pomona scored twice in the top of the ninth to force extra innings before No. 18 Cal State Stanislaus used a single, two intentional walks and an error to win in the 10th.

The win, another one-run Stanislaus victory, was much needed as the Warriors are now 14-6 overall and 8-6 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The Broncos ended a five-game winning streak and fall to 15-7 and 9-7 in conference play.

Michael Johnson, whose error in the ninth helped Pomona scored twice, got the Warriors going in the 10th with a leadoff single through the left side. Johnson eventually moved over to third on a passed ball and a wild pitch with nobody out.

Pinch hitter Thomas Shull then struck out just ahead of two international walks to set up a force play for the Pomona defense. After moving the defensive players around for the second time in the inning, Cal Poly Pomona brought in Michael Parker as its third pitcher of the frame.

The strategies almost worked perfectly for Pomona head coach Randy Betten — almost.

With five infielders -- left fielder Allen Rodarte (he's the fourth left fielder for CPP at this point) moved in to play behind the bag at second -- Parker got a grounder to first to get the force out at home for out number two.

Stanislaus shortstop Ross Gonsalves then hit a grounder to shortstop that would have ended the inning. However, Pomona's Ryan Goodman -- the only infielder that didn't get moved during the course of the inning -- couldn't come up with the ball cleanly as Kory Vitato scored the game-winner for the Warriors.

Cal State Stanislaus had taken a 1-0 lead in the second after Johnson scored on a Colton Beatty single. Cal Poly Pomona, though, scored twice in the sixth to go up 2-1. The second run in the inning came on a double steal run-down with two outs as the Broncos continue to produce runs in the series.

The Warriors, however, answered with three runs in the sixth that was highlighted by a run-scoring squeeze play by Vince Hungerford and a RBI double by Beatty. Zach Cadet had score a run earlier from second on a John Canepa single to right that Pomona's right fielder kicked around.

The pesky Broncos didn't go away. With the score at 5-3 going into the ninth, they scratched for two more runs. A missed-tag and dropped ball by Warrior first baseman Johnson gave the Broncos life. A bunt and two wild pitches later, Pomona was within one run. CPP then tied the game on a sac fly to left that would have been the third out.

Gonsalves finished with a 2-for-5 game including a double off the left field wall in the fifth. Johnson was 2-for-2 with a double, walked three times and scored twice. Fred Atkins, Cadet and Beatty all had two hits apiece.

Reliever Phil Quade (3-0) pitched the final 1 1/3 innings to pick up the win. He did not allow a hit and struck out two. Leonard Giammanco had came in in the seventh in relief of starter Vinny Pacchetti. Giammanco gave up two unearned runs on three hits in 2 1/3 innings of work. Pacchetti tossed 6 1/3 and allowed three runs on six hits. He struck out six and walked three.

Goodmand and Chris Miller each went 2-for-5 for Pomona. Travis Taijeron was 1-for-3 and was walked twice intentionally.