TURLOCK, Calif.---  Stan State is 7-3 in its last ten games and have moved into a tie for third place with San Francisco State in the CCAA standings heading into the final eight games of the regular season. The Warriors captured their fifth series of the season by taking three out of four games from Cal Poly Pomona this weekend in Pomona.  Stan State returns to the diamond this weekend when the Warriors host Sonoma State in their final home stand of the regular season.  The series will begin this Friday, April 28 on BlueChip Broadcasting Sponsorship Night at 6pm.  The two teams will continue the series with an 1pm starting doubleheader on Saturday, April 29 on Golden Valley Health Center Day.  The series will conclude this Sunday, April 30 at noon on Senior Day.  Prior to the game, the five seniors will be recognized in Casey Carr, Bobby Garcia, Tony Jacob, Maxwell Pappas, and Anthony Ramirez. 
 
LAST TIME:  The Warriors went 3-1 at Cal Poly Pomona this weekend to take their fifth weekend series of the season.  Stan State's pitching staff had a 1.64 earned run average in the 33 innings pitched this weekend.  They struck out 16 batters and walked eight while their opponents batted .210 against them.  Casey Carr, Damian Vallejos, and Anthony Ramirez picked up the victories for the Warriors while Caleb Bertoncini recorded the save.  Three Warriors hit over .300 in Mac Cabero (.400), Tyler Van Dyk (.364), and Alex Solis (.333).  Solis drove in four runs and Ryan Leonesio scored a team leading five runs.  Cabero had two of the Warriors' eight doubles.  Stan State went seven-for-seven in stolen base attempts in Cabero (two-for-two), Leonesio (two-for-two), Alex Solis (one-for-one), Robert Valdivia (one-for-one), and Danny Murphy (one-for-one).
 
UPDATE ON THE WARRIORS:  The Warriors improved to 24-17 overall and 17-14 in the CCAA.  They are 12-5 on the road and 12-12 at home this season.  Stan State's pitchers have an earned run average of 4.04 while the batters have a .265 batting average.
 
Antony Ramirez leads the Warriors with his 1.74 earned run average and seven saves.  Casey Carr has a team leading five victories with four Warriors each with three victories in Ramirez, Tony Jacob, Damian Vallejos, and Maxwell Pappas.  Four Stan State pitchers have recorded at least thirty strikeouts in Pappas (39), Carr (39), Jacob (36), and Austin Balentine (32). 
 
Six Warrior batters have hit .275 or higher this season in Flavio Perez (.321), Alex Solis (.302), Tyler Van Dyk (.290), Kyle Rachels (.281), Mac Cabero (.279), and Robert Valdivia (.277).  Perez leads the Warriors with his 12 doubles, 29 runs batted in, 54 hits, and .476 slugging percentage.  He is tied with Van Dyk for the team lead in home runs each with four.  Perez is also tied for the lead in triples with Cabero, Jacob Baker, Ryan Leonesio, and JD Madrigal. Rachels leads the team with his 31 runs scored and Baker has stolen a team leading 14 bases.  Leonesio is a perfect eight-for-eight and Rachels is seven-for-seven in stolen base attempts.
 
48 for 50:  Stan State is 48 for 50 in stolen base attempts with Jacob Baker leading the way at 14-for-14.  Ryan Leonesio is next as he is eight-for-eight followed by Kyle Rachels at seven-for-seven.  Mac Cabero is six-for-seven and Alex Solis is a perfect four-for-four.  Three Warriors are one-for-one in Flavio Perez, Danny Murphy, and JD Madrigal and Jonluke Goldman is one-for-two.
 
TIED FOR THIRD PLACE:  Heading into this week and with eight games left in the regular season, Stan State is tied with San Francisco State for third place in the CCAA regular season standings.  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 (39) and are second in stolen bases (49).  They are fifth in sacrifice flies (14) and sixth in doubles (71) and hits (369).  Nine Warriors are amongst the top ten in several individual categories.  Flavio Perez is tied for sixth in doubles, seventh in hits, and eighth in runs batted in while Kyle Rachels is tied for fifth in walks.  Jacob Baker is first in hit by pitches and second in stolen bases while Tyler Van Dyk is tied for eighth in walks.  Robert Valdivia and Danny Murphy are first in a tied for third respectively in sacrifice hits.  Casey Carr is tied for sixth in wins, seventh in earned run average, and eighth in opponents' batting average.  Tony Jacob is second in earned run average and fourth in opponents batting average while Anthony Ramirez is tied for second in saves.
 
RANKED NATIONALLY:  Three Warriors are in the top thirty-five in the nation in three statistical categories.  Robert Valdivia is seventh in sacrifice hits and seventh in sacrifice hits per game while Danny Murphy is 29^th in sacrifice hits per game and 32^nd in sacrifice hits.  Anthony Ramirez is 13^th with his seven saves.  As a team, the Warriors are eleventh in sacrifice hits and 21^st in earned run average.
 
UPDATE ON THE SEAWOLVES:  Sonoma State is 15-21 overall and 9-19 in the CCAA after going 1-3 against Cal State San Marcos this weekend.  The Seawolves are hitting .246 as a team and have a 5.86 earned run average.  Mark Hernandez leads the team with his .349 batting average.  Christopher Wright has a team leading 35 hits of which eight are doubles and five are home runs to lead the Seawolves.  Braeden Holliday leads the team with his 22 runs batted in and Wright has scored a team leading 16 runs.  Tanner Fontani leads the team pitching staff with his 3.24 earned run average and 4-3 record.  Fontani is tied with Nik Kamages each with 30 strikeouts. 
 
ALL-TIME SERIES:  Sonoma State leads the all-time series with the Warriors 71-27.  The two teams have split the last eight games.  The Seawolves won the series last year in Rohnert Park 3-1 and the Warriors won the series 3-1 in Turlock in 2020.   Stan State's win was a 3-1 victory with Maxwell Pappas pitching a complete game. 
 
UPDATED CCAA STANDINGS: as of April 24 (3:30pm)
 

PLACE	TEAM	CCAA RECORD	CCAA PERCENTAGE POINTS	OPPONENTS FOR THE WEEK OF 4/24 to 4/30	OPPONENTS FOR THE WEEK OF 5/1 to 5/7
1.	Cal State Monterey Bay	25-7	.781	At Cal State Los Angeles	Hosting Cal State San Marcos
2.	Cal State San Bernardino	23-12	.657	Off	Hosting Cal State Dominguez Hills
3.	Stan State	17-14	.533	Hosting Sonoma State	At Cal State East Bay
3.	San Francisco State	17-14	.548	Hosting Cal State East Bay (Tues.), Hosting Cal Poly Pomona	Hosting Sonoma State
5.	Cal Poly Pomona	16-15	.516	At San Francisco State	Off
5.	Cal State East Bay	16-15	.516	At San Francisco State (Tues.), At Cal State San Marcos	Hosting Stan State
7.	Cal State Dominguez Hills	14-18	.438	Hosting Chico State	At Cal State San Bernardino
9.	Chico State	10-17	.370	At Cal State Dominguez Hills	Hosting Cal State Los Angeles
9.	Cal State San Marcos	10-17	.370	Hosting Cal State East Bay	At Cal State Monterey Bay
10.	Cal State Los Angeles	11-20	.354	Hosting Cal State Monterey Bay	At Chico State
11.	Sonoma State	9-19	.321	At Stanislaus State	Hosting San Francisco State

 
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GOLDEN VALLEY HEALTH CENTER:  This Saturday's doubleheader will be Golden Valley Health Center Day.
 
SENIOR DAY:  Sunday's game will be Senior Day.  Prior to the game, Stan State will recognize its five seniors in Casey Carr, Bobby Garcia, Tony Jacob, Maxwell Pappas, and Anthony Ramirez. 
 
UP NEXT:  Stan State will finish off the regular season in Hayward for a four-game series at Cal State East Bay (May 4-6).