POMONA, Calif.-- Behind the pitching of Caleb Reyes, Cal Poly Pomona took the series opener of this weekend's four-game CCAA series with the visiting Stan State Warriors, 6-1.
Tony Jacob suffered the loss in the start for the Warriors.
Cal Poly Pomona (24-14, 16-12 CCAA) took a 1-0 lead in its half of the second inning. Cedrick Perez had a one-out walk and scored on a Darius Price double to left field. The Broncos doubled their lead in the third inning on a two-out run scoring single by Marco Malerba.
Stan State (21-17, 14-14 CCAA) cut the deficit in half in the top of the fourth.
Kyle Rachels and
Tyler Van Dyk had back-to-back lead off singles to put runners on the corners. Rachels scored when
Mac Cabero reached on a fielder's choice to cut the Bronco lead to 2-1.
The Broncos increased their lead to 5-1 with a three-run sixth inning. They added an insurance run in the eighth on a two-out Trent MacKinney double to left center to give the hosts a 6-1 lead.
With two outs,
JD Madrigal reached on an infield single in the Warrior top of the ninth but Bronco starter, Caleb Reyes (6-1), retired the next Stan State batter on a fly out to center field to preserve the 6-1 Cal Poly Pomona victory.
STAN STATE HITTERS: Six different Warrior batters had one hit apiece in
Robert Valdivia,
Alex Solis,
Flavio Perez,
Kyle Rachels,
Tyler Van Dyk, and
JD Madrigal.
Mac Cabero had a run batted in and Rachels scored the Warriors' run.
WARRIOR PITCHERS: Tony Jacob (3-2) suffered the loss in the start for the Warriors.
Patrick Sweeney pitched 1.1 scoreless innings of relief while striking out two.
Kody Cardoza pitched the ninth inning, giving up two hits and a run while striking out one.
UPDATED CCAA STANDINGS: as of April 21 (8pm)
| PLACE |
TEAM |
CCAA RECORD |
CCAA PERCENTAGE POINTS |
THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT |
WHAT WEEKEND OFF IF STILL HAS ONE |
| 1. |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
23-6 |
.793 |
Hosting Cal State Dominguez Hills |
Already had weekend off |
| 2. |
Cal State San Bernardino |
21-11 |
.656 |
at Chico State |
April 28-30 |
| 3. |
Cal Poly Pomona |
16-12 |
.571 |
Hosting Stanislaus State |
May 4-6 |
| 4. |
San Francisco State |
17-14 |
.548 |
Off |
April 21-22 |
| 5. |
Stan State |
14-14 |
.500 |
At Cal Poly Pomona |
Already had weekend off |
| 6. |
Cal State East Bay |
13-15 |
.464 |
Hosting Cal State Los Angeles |
Already had weekend off |
| 7. |
Cal State Dominguez Hills |
13-16 |
.448 |
At Cal State Monterey Bay |
Already had weekend off |
| 8. |
Cal State Los Angeles |
11-17 |
.392 |
at Cal State East Bay |
Already had weekend off |
| 9. |
Chico State |
9-15 |
.375 |
Hosting Cal State San Bernardino |
Already had weekend off |
| 10. |
Cal State San Marcos |
8-16 |
.333 |
At Sonoma State |
Already had weekend off |
| 11. |
Sonoma State |
8-17 |
.320 |
Hosting Cal State San Marcos |
Already had weekend off |
FRIDAY'S SCORES
at Cal Poly Pomona 6, Stan State 1
at Cal State Monterey Bay 11, Cal State Dominguez Hills 2
Cal State San Bernardino 8, at Chico State 2
Cal State Los Angeles 4, at Cal State East Bay 1
Cal State San Marcos 8, at Sonoma State 6 (11 innings)
UP NEXT: The Warriors will continue their four-game series with the Broncos tomorrow afternoon with a noon starting doubleheader in Pomona. The series will conclude with a noon starting single game on Sunday, Apri
