TURLOCK, Calif.---  Heading into this week, Stan State is tied for fifth place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) standings with Cal State Dominguez Hills.  The Warriors are one-game out fourth place and two out of third place.  The top six teams at the end of the regular season will receive a berth to the 2023 CCAA Championships, May 10-13, on the campus of Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside, Calif.  Stan State will host San Francisco State, who is in fourth place, this Friday-Sunday, April 14-16 in a four-game series at Warrior Stadium.

LAST TIME:  Stan State captured is third series of the season, April 1-3, when the Warriors took two out of three games on the road from Cal State San Marcos.  The Warriors won the series opener 4-3 and the finale 15-8 but lost the second game 2-0.  Three players hit .300 or higher in Flavio Perez (.417), Tyler Van Dyk (.333), and Alex Soli (.300).  Mac Cabero drove in five runs while Perez scored a team leading four runs. Ryan Leonesio hit a grand slam home run and Robert Valdivia had a solo home run. Tony Jacob and Damian Vallejos each posted victories for the Warriors with Anthony Ramirez recording his fifth save of the season.  The Warriors had 19 strikeouts with Jacob leading the way with six followed by Casey Carr with four. Last Tuesday, the Warriors lost 8-2 in an exhibition game to the Oakland Athletics' Single A Affiliate Stockton Ports.  Jacob Baker and Ryan Leonesio each had a hit and scored a run.  LaKeal Morris, Noah Chelberg, Kody Cardoza, and Alex Kendrick combined to pitch four scoreless innings of relief, giving up no hits and one unearned run while striking out seven and walking one

WARRIORS IN REVIEW:  Stan State is 18-15 overall and 11-12 in the CCAA heading in its four-game series with San Francisco State.  The Warriors have a team .264 batting average with a 4.52 team earned run average.  Tony Jacob leads the pitching staff with his 2.25 earned run average.  Casey Carr leads the staff with his three victories and Anthony Ramirez has recorded a team leading five saves.  Four Warrior pitchers have recorded thirty strikeouts or higher in Maxwell Pappas (35), Casey Carr (34), Austin Balentine (32), and Tony Jacob (30). 

Four Stan State positional players are hitting .275 or higher in Flavio Perez (.328), Tyler Van Dyk (.308), Alex Solis (.299), and Robert Valdivia (.275).  Perez leads the team his 45 hits, 12 doubles, 26 runs batted in, and .518 slugging percentage.  He is tied with Tyler Van Dyk each with four home runs.  Four Warriors have one triple each in Perez, Jacob Baker, Ryan Leonesio, and JD Madrigal.  Baker leads the team with his 12 stolen bases in as many attempts.  Kyle Rachels has scored a team high 26 times and Van Dyk has a team leading .413 on-base percentage.

FOURTEEN AND COUNTING:  Robert Valdivia is on a 14-game reached base safely streak.  Kyle Rachels had his 17-game reached base safely streak snapped in the Warriors' four-game series at Cal State San Marcos.  Alex Solis saw his 12-game hitting streak snapped also at Cal State San Marcos.  Flavio Perez leads the Warriors with his 17-multiple hit games followed by Tyler Van Dyk at 12, Kyle Rachels at 11, and Valdivia at 10.  Perez leads Stan State with his eight multiple-RBI games followed by Mac Cabero and Valdivia each with five.

CCAA TEAM LEADERS:  Heading into this week's games, Stan State is in the top half of the CCAA in eleven team statistical categories.  The Warriors lead the conference with 37 stolen bases and 32 sacrifice hits.  They are second with 259 strikeouts and .250 opponents' batting average.  Stan State is tied for fourth with two shutouts and 64 doubles while the Warriors are fifth with 302 hits and 18 victories. The Warriors are tied for sixth with six saves and 181 runs scored.

CCAA INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES:  Ten Warriors in Jacob Baker, Casey Carr, Tony Jacob, Danny Murphy, Maxwell Pappas, Flavio Perez, Kyle Rachels, Anthony Ramirez, Robert Valdivia, and Tyler Van Dyk are in the top half of the CCAA in several individual statistical categories.  Perez is first in doubles, tied for first in sacrifice flies, fifth in hits, and tied for eighth in runs batted in.  Valdivia is tied for first in sacrifice hits and tied for seventh in walks.  Van Dyk is tied for fourth in sacrifice hits and tied for seventh in walks.  Rachels is tied for fourth in walks and tied for seventh in runs scored. Baker is the CCAA leader in hit by pitches and second in stolen bases.  Jacob is fourth in earned run average and opponents batting average. Carr is eighth in opponents batting average and ninth in earned run average.  Pappas is ninth in strikeouts and opponents' batting average.  Murphy is third in sacrifice hits and Ramirez is tied for third in saves.

RANKED NATIONALLY:  As a team, the Warriors are ninth in the nation in sacrifice bunts.  Robert Valdivia, Danny Murphy, and Anthony Ramirez are in the top twenty in the nation in sacrifice bunts and saves.  Valdivia is tenth in sacrifice bunts while Murphy is twentieth.  Ramirez is sixteenth in the nation in saves.

GATORS IN REVIEW: Heading into their two games with Chico State on Tuesday and Wednesday, the San Francisco State Gators are 19-12 overall and 12-11 in the CCAA which places them in fourth place.  The Gators are 6-2 in their last eight games including taking three out of four games from Cal State Los Angeles and Cal State San Marcos.  They are hitting .337 as a team with six players hitting over .300 in Nick Upstill (.395), Gavin Haimovitz (.375), Kody Gardner (.347), Michael Cunningham (.333), Daniel Santos (.328), and Sammy Gonzalez (>317).  Upstill leads SF State with his 26 runs scored, 47 hits, seven triples, and .459 on-base percentage.  AJ Schrader hit a team leading seven home runs and Justin Clark has a team high of ten doubles.  Gardner leads the Gators with his 27 runs batted in and Gonzalez has stolen as team high seven bases.  Gator pitchers are led by Nathan Shin's 4-2 record.  Gary Grosjean struck out a team high 43 batters and Andrew Silva has a team leading two saves.   Their team's earned run average is 4.84 and led by Jordyn Eglite's 4.89 earned run average.

ALL-TIME SERIES:  Stan State leads the all-time series with the Gators 38-23 including taking ten of the last fifteen meetings.  The two teams split their four-game series last season in San Francisco.  The Warriors won the series opener 4-0 behind Anthony Ramirez's complete game four-hit shutout.  Ramirez struck out six Gators.  Danny Murphy was three-for-five with a run batted in and a run scored while Ryan Leonesio was three-for-four with a run scored.  SF State swept the doubleheader 5-2 and 13-12. Maxwell Pappas took the loss in the 5-2 game despite striking out nine batters.  Patrick Sweeney took the loss in the 13-12 seven-inning game with Casey Carr recording the no-decision.  Alex Solis was three-for-five with four runs batted in and two runs scored, and Murphy was two-for-three with two runs scored.  The Warriors took the series finale 8-6 with Noah Chelberg picking up the win and Trent Huff recording the save.

16-GAME REMAINING IN THE REGULAR SEASON:  There sixteen conference games are left in the regular season for the Warriors beginning with their four-game series this weekend with San Francisco State.  After this weekend, Stan State is at Cal Poly Pomona (April 21-23), hosting Sonoma State (April 28-30), and at Cal State East Bay (May 4-6).  Heading into this week, Stan State is tied for fifth place with Cal State Dominguez Hills.  The Warriors are just one game out of fourth place (San Francisco State) and two games out of third place (Cal Poly Pomona). The top six teams at the end of the regular season will receive a berth to the CCAA Baseball Championships, May 10-13, at Cal State Monterey Bay.  The winner of the CCAA Baseball Championships will receive the CCAA's automatic berth to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championships. The CCAA Standings below are as of April 11, 2023

PLACE	TEAM	CCAA RECORD	CCAA PERCENTAGE POINTS	THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT	WHAT WEEKEND OFF IF STILL HAS ONE
1.	Cal State Monterey Bay	20-4	.833	At Cal State San Bernardino	Already had weekend off
2.	Cal State San Bernardino	18-8	.692	Hosting Cal State Monterey Bay	April 28-30
3.	Cal Poly Pomona	13-10	.565	At Cal State San Marcos	May 4-6
4.	San Francisco State	13-11	.541	At Stanislaus State	April 21-23
5	Cal State Dominguez Hills	12-12	.500	Hosting Cal State East Bay	Already had weekend off
6.	Stan State	11-12	.478	Hosting San Francisco State	Already had weekend off
7.	Chico State	9-11	.450	Off	April 14-16
8.	Cal State East Bay	9-13	.409	At Cal State Dominguez Hills	Already had weekend off
9.	Cal State Los Angeles	7-15	.318	Hosting Sonoma State	Already had weekend off
10.	Sonoma State	6-14	.300	At Cal State Los Angeles	Already had weekend off
11.	Cal State San Marcos	6-13	.316	Hosting Cal Poly Pomona	Already had weekend off

 
LIVE STATS/VIDEO:  To view the live stats, go to https://warriorathletics.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary and for the CCAA network go to www.ccaanetwork.com/Stan.  The CCAA network has a monthly subscription rate of $9.95, which can watch any CCAA sport that is hosted at any CCAA institution during that 30-day period. You can also listen to Bryan Nelson call the game at http://bluechipbroadcasting.com/.

UP NEXT:  After their four-game series this weekend at home versus San Francisco State, the Warriors will return to Southern California for the final time this regular season for a four-game series at Cal Poly Pomona (April 21-23). They will return home April 28-30 for a four-game series with Sonoma State.  On Sunday, April 30, the Warriors will recognize their seniors on Senior Day.  Their final four games of the regular season will be in Hayward against Cal State East Bay (May 4-6).