TURLOCK, Calif.---  After going 3-1 in their four-game home series with San Francisco State this weekend, the Stan State Warriors moved up to fourth in the CCAA standings with twelve games left in the regular season.  The Warriors return to the diamond this weekend in Pomona, Calif., for a four-game series with Cal Poly Pomona who is one-game ahead of Stan State in third place in the standings.  The series will begin this Friday, April 21 with a single game at 1pm.  The two teams will play a noon starting doubleheader on Saturday, April 22.  The series will conclude with a noon starting game on Sunday, April 23.
 
LAST TIME:  Stan State went 3-1 against San Francisco State this weekend.  The Warriors started the series with an 8-2 victory on Friday.  Tony Jacob picked up the win while Jacob Baker went three-for-three, driving in a run, stealing two bases, and scoring three times.  Stan State won the second game of the series 3-1 on Saturday with Casey Carr picking up his fourth win of the season.  Anthony Ramirez recorded the first of his two saves during the series.  Baker had two hits and drove in a run in the win for the hosts.  The Warriors lost the night cap on Saturday 5-1 with Damian Vallejos recording the loss.  Will Crookham recorded the no-decision, pitching four innings, giving up two hits and no runs while striking out two and walking one in the start.  Stan State won the series finale on Sunday 4-2.  Maxwell Pappas pitched six scoreless innings in the start, striking out four and walking four and giving up just two hits for his third win of the season.  Ramirez recorded his seventh save of the season. Four Warriors had multiple-hit games in Robert Valdivia, Flavio Perez, Alex Solis, and Kyle Rachels.  Ryan Leonesio scored two of the four runs.
 
UPDATE ON THE WARRIORS:  The Warriors improved to 21-16 overall and 14-13 after their 3-1 weekend with the Gators.  Stan State have a team batting average of .268 and a team earned run average of 4.29. 
 
Tony Jacob leads the Warrior pitching staff with his 2.14 earned run average.  Casey Carr has recorded a team leading four victories followed by Jacob and Maxwell Pappas each with three.  Pappas leads the team with his 39 strikeouts and is one four Warriors with at least thirty strikeouts.  The other three are Carr (37), Jacob (35), and Austin Balentine (32).  Anthony Ramirez leads the team with his seven saves and 18 appearances. 
 
Six Warriors are hitting .275 or higher in Flavio Perez (.340), Alex Solis (.298), Tyler Van Dyk (.283), Kyle Rachels (.283), Robert Valdivia (.281), and Jacob Baker (.278).  Perez leads the team with his 52 hits, 12 doubles, 28 runs batted in, and .510 slugging percentage.  He is tied with Van Dyk for the team lead in home runs with four.  Five different Warriors have one triple each in Perez, Baker, Mac Cabero, Ryan Leonesio, and JD Madrigal.  Baker leads Stan State with his .407 on-base percentage and 14 stolen bases.  Rachels has scored a team leading 29 runs.
 
18 AND COUNTING:  Robert Valdivia has an 18-game reached base safely streak going while Ryan Leonesio has an 11-game same streak going heading into this week.  Kyle Rachels recently had his 17-game streak snapped, Alex Solis his 13-game streak snapped, and Jacob Baker his 10-game streak snapped.  Solis also had his 12-game hitting streak snapped over the weekend.  Flavio Perez leads the team with his 19 multiple-hit games and eight multiple-runs batted in games.  Other Warriors with double digit multiple-hit games are Rachels (13), Tyler Van Dyk (12), Valdivia (12), and Solis (10). 
 
41 for 43:  Stan State is 41 for 43 in stolen base attempts with Jacob Baker leading the way going 14-for-14.  Kyle Rachels and Ryan Leonesio each are six-for-six while Alex Solis and Robert Valdivia are three-for-three.  Mac Cabero is four-for-five in stolen base attempts while Jonluke Goldman (1-2), Flavio Perez (1-1), and JD Madrigal (1-1) each have a stolen base.
 
FOURTH PLACE:  Heading into this week and with twelve games left in the regular season, Stan State sits in fourth place in the CCAA standings just one game out of third place (Cal Poly Pomona). The Warriors are just percentage points ahead of San Francisco State.  The top six teams at the end of the regular season will receive a berth to the CCAA Baseball Championships, May 10-13, at the Otter 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 2023 NCAA Division II Baseball Championships. 
 
CONFERENCE LEADERS:  Stan State is in the top six in the CCAA in five team statistical categories.  The Warriors lead the conference in sacrifice hits (36) and are second in stolen bases (42).  They are fifth in sacrifice flies (13) and sixth in doubles (67) and hits (340).  Ten Warriors are amongst the top ten in several individual categories.  Flavio Perez is tied for fifth in doubles and sacrifice flies and seventh in hits.  Casey Carr is eighth in opponent batting average and earned run average and is tied for eighth in victories.  Jacob Baker is tied for first in hit by pitches and second in stolen bases.  Tony Jacob is third in earned run average and fourth in opponents batting average.  Robert Valdivia is second in sacrifice hits and Danny Murphy is tied for third in the same category while Tyler Van Dyk is tied for sixth.  Kyle Rachels and Ryan Leonesio are tied for eighth in stolen bases and Maxwell Pappas is ninth in opponent batting average.
 
RANKED NATIONALLY:  Four Warriors are in the top thirty in the nation in three statistical categories.  Robert Valdivia is 13^th in sacrifice hits and 18^th in sacrifice hits per game while Danny Murphy is 13^th in sacrifice hits per game and 24^th in sacrifice hits.  Anthony Ramirez is ninth with his seven saves.  Tony Jacob is 27^th in earned run average.  As a team, the Warriors are eleventh in sacrifice hits.
 
UPDATE ON THE BRONCOS:  Cal Poly Pomona is 23-14 overall and 15-12 in the CCAA after going 2-2 in its four-game series at Cal State San Marcos.  The Broncos are hitting .275 as a team and have a 3.97 earned run average.  Johnny Pappas leads the team with his .324 batting average and .406 on-base percentage.  Brent Cota has a team leading 47 hits and two triples.  He is tied with Nin Burns II each with ten doubles while Marco Malerba has hit a team high four home runs.  Cota and Burns each are tied for the team lead with 25 runs scored.  Malerba leads the team with his 29 runs batted in and .500 slugging percentage.  Burns is a perfect ten-for-ten in stolen base attempts.  Caleb Reyes leads CPP's pitching staff with his 1.38 earned run average and 5-1 record.  He is tied with Rhys Stevens each with 51 strikeouts.  Eric Romo has three saves with Reyes and Scott Armstrong each with two.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES:  Cal Poly Pomona leads the all-time series with the Warriors 27-14.  The Broncos have taking six of the last eight games from Stan State including three out of four last year in Turlock.  They won 9-0, 8-1, and 7-4 before losing 3-1 in the series finale.  In the win, Maxwell Pappas picked up the win pitching seven innings, giving up seven hits and a run while striking out five and walking one.  Tony Cortez recorded the save.  Danny Murphy was two-for-three with a run scored. 
 
UPDATED CCAA STANDINGS: 
as of 6pm (APRIL 19)
 

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	Hosting Cal State Dominguez Hills	Already had weekend off
2.	Cal State San Bernardino	20-11	.645	at Chico State	April 28-30
3.	Cal Poly Pomona	15-12	.556	Hosting Stanislaus State	May 4-6
4.	San Francisco State	17-14	.548	Off	April 21-22
5.	Stan State	14-13	.519	At Cal Poly Pomona	Already had weekend off
6.	Cal State East Bay	13-14	.481	Hosting Cal State Los Angeles	Already had weekend off
7.	Cal State Dominguez Hills	13-15	.464	At Cal State Monterey Bay	Already had weekend off
8.	Chico State	9-14	.391	Hosting Cal State San Bernardino	Already had weekend off
9.	Cal State Los Angeles	10-17	.370	at Cal State East Bay	Already had weekend off
10.	Sonoma State	8-16	.333	Hosting Cal State San Marcos	Already had weekend off
11.	Cal State San Marcos	7-16	.304	At Sonoma State	Already had weekend off

 
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UP NEXT:  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.