TURLOCK, Calif.---  Stan State won its fourth weekend series of the season and third conference series as the Warriors defeated San Francisco State 4-2 this afternoon at Warrior Stadium.  Maxwell Pappas (3-3) picked up the win, pitching six scoreless innings of two-hit ball while walking four and striking out four.  The Warriors had four two-out runs batted in to key the series finale victory. 
 
Stan State took the 1-0 lead in its half of the second inning.  Alex Solis had a lead-off single, went to second when Kyle Rachels walked.  With the bases loaded and two outs, Ryan Leonesio drew a bases loaded walk which scored Rachels with the game's first run. The Warriors doubled their lead in the bottom of the fifth inning.  With two outs, Flavio Perez reached base when he was hit by a pitch.  He advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on a Solis single to right center to double the hosts' lead to 2-0.
 
In the Warrior sixth, Leonesio was hit by a pitch with two outs.  He went to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Robert Valdivia to increase Stan State's lead to 3-0. 
 
San Francisco State (22-15, 15-14 CCAA) cut the Warrior lead to 3-2 with a two-run eighth inning capped by a successful double steal attempt by Sammy Gonzalez and Nick Upstill with Upstill stealing home.  Warrior reliever, Noah Chelberg, came in to strike out the final Gator batter of the inning to end the SF State scoring threat.
 
Stan State (21-16, 14-13 CCAA) added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth.  Leonesio and Valdivia had back-to-back one-out singles.  With two outs, Leonesio scored on a Perez single to left field to increase the Warrior lead to 4-2.
 
The Gators had a chance to tie the game in the top of the ninth.  With one out, Derek Laferierre and Matt Sugden were each hit by pitch.  Stan State reliever, Anthony Ramirez, induced the next two Gators to strike out and to ground out to Valdivia at short as the Warriors took the series finale 4-2 victory.
 
STAN STATE BATTERS:  The Warriors had eleven hits on the day.  Flavio Perez went two-for-four with a run batted in and a run scored.  Robert Valdivia and Alex Solis each were two-for-five with a run batted in and Kyle Rachels was two-for-three with a run scored.  Ryan Leonesio scored two runs and was one-for-two with a run batted in for the victors.
 
WARRIOR PITCHERS:  Maxwell Pappas (3-3) picked up the win in the start, his first in three weeks.  Pappas pitched six scoreless innings of two-hit ball while walking four and striking out four.  Noah Chelberg pitched 0.2 scoreless innings while striking out one.  Anthony Ramirez pitched 0.2 scoreless innings, striking out one en route to his seventh save of the season.
 
AT EIGHTEEN:  Robert Valdivia extended his reached base streak to 18 while Ryan Leonesio is at 11.  With their multiple-hit games today, Flavio Perez has 19, Kyle Rachels 13, Robert Valdivia 12 and Alex Solis 10 multiple-hit games this season.
 
MOVED INTO FOURTH PLACE:  With taking three out of four from SF State this weekend, the Warriors have moved into fourth place in the CCAA regular season standings.  They are just one game out of third place (Cal Poly Pomona).  The top six teams heading into this week in the CCAA are:  1.) Cal State Monterey Bay 22-6 (.786) 2.) Cal State San Bernardino 20-10 (.667), 3.) Cal Poly Pomona 15-12 (.556), 4.) Stan State 14-13(.519), 5.) SF State 15-14 (.517) and 6.) Cal State Dominguez Hills 13-14 (.464).  Cal State East Bay is in seventh place at 12-14 (.462) followed by Chico State in eighth place at 9-12 (.429), Sonoma State in ninth at 8-15 (.348), Cal State Los Angeles in tenth at 9-17 (.346) and Cal State San Marcos at eleventh at 7-16 (.304).  The top six teams at the end of the regular season will receive a berth in the 2023 CCAA Baseball Championships, May 10-13, at the Otters Sports Complex on the campus of Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside, Calif.  The winner of the CCAA's will receive the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Division II Championships. 
 
UPDATED CCAA STANDINGS: 
 

PLACE	TEAM	CCAA RECORD	CCAA PERCENTAGE POINTS	THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT	WHAT WEEKEND OFF IF STILL HAS ONE
1.	Cal State Monterey Bay	22-6	.786	Cal State Dominguez Hills	Already had weekend off
2.	Cal State San Bernardino	20-10	.667	At Cal State Los Angeles (Tues.), at Chico State	April 28-30
3.	Cal Poly Pomona	15-12	.556	Hosting Stanislaus State	May 4-6
4.	Stan State	14-13	.519	At Cal Poly Pomona	Already had weekend off
5.	San Francisco State	15-14	.517	Hosting Chico State (Wed.)	April 21-23
6.	Cal State Dominguez Hills	13-15	.464	At Cal State Monterey Bay	Already had weekend off
7.	Cal State East Bay	12-14	.462	At Sonoma State (Tues.) Hosting Cal State Los Angeles	Already had weekend off
8.	Chico State	9-12	.429	At SF State (Wed.), Hosting Cal State San Bernardino	Already had weekend off
9.	Sonoma State	8-15	.348	Hosting Cal State East Bay (Tues.), Hosting Cal State San Marcos	Already had weekend off
10.	Cal State Los Angeles	9-17	.346	Hosting CSUSB (Tues.) at Cal State East Bay	Already had weekend off
11.	Cal State San Marcos	7-16	.3014	At Sonoma State	Already had weekend off

 
SUNDAY'S RESULTS:
At Stan State 4, San Francisco State 2
Sonoma State 11, at Cal State Los Angeles 6
Cal Poly Pomona 7, at Cal State San Marcos 4
At Cal State San Bernardino 5, Cal State Monterey Bay 3
At Cal State Dominguez Hills 11, Cal State East Bay
 
UP NEXT:  Stan State will be back in Southern California for a four-game series at Cal Poly Pomona (April 21-23).  The Warriors will return home to entertain Sonoma State (April 28-30). This will be Senior Weekend as on Sunday Stan State will recognize its seniors in Casey Carr, Maxwell Pappas, Tony Jacob, Bobby Garcia, and Anthony Ramirez.