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Skippy Ferreria
Marty Bicek
5
Cal State L.A. CSULA 23-13, 18-10 CCAA
6
Winner Cal State Stanislaus CSUS 17-20, 12-15 CCAA
Cal State L.A. CSULA
23-13, 18-10 CCAA
5
Final
6
Cal State Stanislaus CSUS
17-20, 12-15 CCAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal State L.A. CSULA 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 7 0
Cal State Stanislaus CSUS 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 12 2

W: Godinez, Aaron (4-1) L: CASILLAS, Marcos (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Warriors shine in another walk-off victory, win series over L.A.

TURLOCK — The victory "W" flag is flying down the left-field line for the third time this weekend as Cal State Stanislaus earns another walk-off win over Cal State L.A. in dramatic fashion in the series finale on Sunday.

The Warriors rallied for three runs in their final at-bats ending with Cal State L.A. centerfielder Kyle Peralta losing Skippy Ferreria's long drive in the sun as Cal State Stanislaus won 6-4 to win the rubber game and the conference series.

Cal State Stanislaus, now 11-3 in its last 14 games, has won three consecutive conference series for the first time since 2008. The Warriors improved to 17-20 overall and 12-15 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. Back on March 20, before this surge started, the Warriors were 1-12 in CCAA play.

Cal State L.A., which began Friday in first place, will return to Southern California at 23-13 overall and 18-10, in third place, in the CCAA.

Stanislaus had won Friday's opener with a walk-off home run by Patrick Mulry in the 11th inning. The Warriors split with the Golden Eagles on Saturday with an 8-4 nightcap win.

In the ninth inning of Sunday's game, with two outs and two on, Ferreria sent a towering fly ball to straight-away center with Peralta running back towards the wall. Peralta — and rest of the L.A. outfielders — had made great circuits catches all weekend. But this time, with the winning run at second in pinch-runner Mulry, Peralta got turned around and lost the ball in the bright afternoon sun.

By the time Peralta picks up the ball, Mulry had scored the winning run while the entire Stanislaus team mugged Ferreria around second base in celebration.

The magical ninth inning rally started with a leadoff single by Nick Ippolito. After a strikeout, three straight singles plated Ippolito and pinch-runner Dante Broome to tie the game. Michael Chavarria tied the score with an infield single to the shortstop hole to drive in Broome to even the game at 5-5.

Then, after a flyout, Ferrerria provided the heroic at-bat.

The win bailed out freshman starter Blake Wilson and reliever Colby DeVries. While Wilson pitched decently, he left the game in the seventh on the hook with the Warriors trailing. DeVries had allowed the go-ahead run in the eighth after walking three batters while the Golden Eagles scored an unearned run.

Work-horse and head coach Kenny Leonesio's go-to man out of the bullpen Aaron Godinez got three easy groundouts in the ninth to keep the game at 5-4 to give the Warriors a chance. Godinez would pick up his second win in the series.

Chavarria finished the game 2-for-3 and drove in two scores. It was his sacrifice fly in the seventh that made it 4-4 to answer a two-run seventh by Cal State L.A. on a two-run homer by Trevor Meleski.

Stevie Robinson extended his hitting streak to eight games with two more hits and Scott Stetson also sprayed two singles on Sunday. Ferreria finished the day 2-for-4 with two RBIs. He, too, sent home a run with a flyout in the third inning.

The Warriors will host Chico State on Tuesday in a make-up game with the first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m. Stanislaus hosts first place UC San Diego for four games next weekend, starting with game one on Friday at 6 p.m.
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