HAYWARD — After winning a game that took 22 hours and 22 minutes to complete, the No. 19 Stanislaus State Warriors dropped the series finale by one run to split the four-game set against Cal State East Bay.
The Warriors won game three of the series on Sunday, 6-4, in 13 innings. Then the host Pioneers held off a late Stan State surge to take the finale, 7-6, for the split.
Stanislaus State, which entered the week at No. 19 in the NCBWA national poll and No. 3 in the West, is now 11-3 overall and 5-3 in CCAA play.
The 13-inning Marathon
• Game three of the series — second game of Saturday's doubleheader — took more than 22 hours to complete.
• The scheduled 7-inning game, which started on time at 2 p.m., was halted at 4-4 in the 12
th inning Saturday evening when it got too dark at 5:54 p.m.
• The game resumed at Noon on Sunday and took 22 minutes to complete the 13-inning marathon.
• The score was 4-4 after four innings as teams traded zeros for the next eight frames.
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Matt Elser's double to center scored two Stan State runs in the top of the 13
th for the go-ahead runs.
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Alexis Paz ended up 4 for 7 in the long game.
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Jacob Garcia was 3-for-6.
• The Warriors bullpen outlasted CSUEB's with
Maxwell Pappas earning the win with two shutout innings.
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Anthony Ramirez threw 6 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball. He gave up just three hits and struck out six.
The Finale Game
• Sunday's regular game took 3 hours and 30 minutes to play after it started at 12:45 p.m.
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Jayce Gardner went 3-for-5 to lead the offense.
• Stan State capitalized on Cal State East Bay errors early to plate the first three runs.
• A bases loaded walk in the eighth scored a run in the eighth, too.
• Down 7-3, the Warriors scored twice in the eighth and a run in the ninth but came up short.
Numbers vs. CSUEB
• Stan State hit .279 in the four-game set, led by
Dylon Jackson who was 7 for 17 (.412) with two doubles.
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Jayce Gardner was 6 for 15 (.400) with three doubles in the four games against the Pioneers.
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Alexis Paz also had seven hits in the series (7 for 21) and drove in four runs.
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Anthony Ramirez had the best pitching numbers, going 6 1/3 in relief without allowing a run.
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Rylan Tinsley threw a complete game in Friday's win.
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Nathan Gutierrez also had a good outing on Saturday, with 4 2/3 innings and gave up just a run on four hits.
• Stan State committed just one error in four games.
Next Series
The Warriors are back home, where they are 9-1 this season, next weekend as they host Cal State Monterey Bay. Game one of the series is Friday night at. 6 p.m.
