TURLOCK, Calif.---  Stan State will finish its season long 14-game home stand this weekend when the Warriors host Cal State Dominguez Hills in a four-game CCAA series at the Warrior Baseball Field this weekend.  The series will begin under the lights this Friday, Feb. 23 at 6pm.  The two teams will play a 1pm starting doubleheader this Saturday, Feb. 24.  They will conclude the series with a noon single game Sunday, Feb. 25.
 
WARRIORS:  Stan State enters the contest 4-4-1 after splitting its four-game non-conference series with Central Washington.  The Warriors are hitting .278 as a team with a 5.42 team earned run average.  They have a .431 slugging and a .373 on-base. Percentages.  Stan State has a .951 fielding percentage.  The Warriors have hit 15 doubles to go with their nine home runs and two triples.  
 
STAN STATE HITTERS:  Six Warriors are hitting .333 or better in Tyler Van Dyk (.500), Alex Solis (.438), Ryan Leonesio (.412), Kyle Rachels (.367), Chris Catalano (.333), and Jonluke Goldman (.333).  Rachels leads the Warriors with his .700 slugging percentage and Jackson Brooks has a team high .625 on-base percentage.   Solis leads Stan State with his 14 hits of which five are doubles which also lead the Warriors.  Kyle Rachels and Jacob Baker each have hit a team high two home runs.  Rachels and Catalano lead the team with their seven runs scored.  JD Madrigal and Rachels have the Warriors' two triples.
 
WARRIOR PITCHERS:  Trent Huff and Will Crookham each have a team low 3.75 earned run average.  Crookham leads Stan State's staff with his 2-1 record.  Austin Balentine has recorded both Warriors' saves this season.  Tony Jacob has struck out a team high 10 batters in ten innings pitched.  
 
SERIES SPLIT:  The Warriors split their final non-conference series of the regular season with Central Washington. Stan State rallied to sweep the Friday doubleheader 6-5 and 4-3.  CWU took the Saturday game 12-3.  The Warriors' rally fell short on Sunday in the series finale 7-5.  They hit .304 as a team with seven players that hit over .400 in Mac Cabero (1.000), Tyler Van Dyk (.600), Jonluke Goldman (.500), Jackson Brooks (.500), Kyle Rachels (.438), Alex Solis (.429), and Ryan Leonesio (.417).  Rachels hit two home runs and scored four runs.  Flavio Perez drove in four runs.  Besides Rachels' two home run, four other Warriors hit a home run in Leonesio, Perez, Jacob Baker, and Danny Murphy.  Will Crookham and Kody Cardoza picked up the victories in relief with Austin Balentine with two saves.  Balentine and Crookham each struck out five batters.
 
ALREADY AT FIVE:  Of the Warriors' nine games this season, Alex Solis has five multiple-hit games including two three-hit games.  Kyle Rachels is right behind with four.  Rachels and Chris Catalano each have a six-game hitting streak followed by Ryan Leonesio at five.  Rachels and Catalano each have reached base safely in the last six games in a row while Leonesio has in five and Jackson Brooks in four. Rachel and Perez each have two multiple-RBI games.  Perez has a four-RBI game and Rachels has a three-RBI game. 
 
TOROS:  Cal State Dominguez Hills (3-6) enters the series with the Warriors after splitting a four-game series with Concordia Irvine. The Toros are 3-2 in their last five games.  They have a .205 batting average with a .321 slugging and .330 on-base percentage.  Emilio Barrera leads the team with his .346 average and .500 on-base percentage. Noah Karliner has a .759 leading slugging percentage with four home runs and ten runs driven in this season for CSUDH.  The Toros have a 6.38 earned run average with 56 strikeouts in 72 innings pitched as a staff.  Julian Diaz leads the staff with his 2-0 record and 2.61 earned run average.  Brian Kraft has struck out a team high 13 batters followed by Diaz with 12.  
 
SERIES:  Cal State Dominguez Hills leads the all-time series with the Warriors 31-23, but Stan State took three out of the four games last season in Carson.  The Warriors took the opener 10-3 with Ryan Leonesio going three-for-three with a run batted in and two runs scored,  Kyle Rachels and Flavio Perez were a combined five-for-ten with two runs batted in and four runs scored.  Stan State swept the doubleheader 8-5 (11) and 4-3 (10).  In the 8-5 victory, Perez was three-for-six with four runs batted in, two runs scored, and a home run.  Tyler Van Dyk went two-for-five with a run batted in, two runs scored, and a home run.  In the night cap victory, Van Dyk was two-for-five with a run batted in and a run scored.  Patrick Sweeney picked up the win and Damian Vallejos the save.  CSUDH won the series final 12-4.  Mac Cabero was three-for-five and Robert Valdivia was two-for-five with a run scored.  
 
CCAA NETWORK/BLUE CHIP BROADCASTING
During the 2023-24 Academic Year, Warrior fans can watch the Stan State athletic teams on the CCAA Network for a monthly subscription rate of $9.95.  Fans can watch any Warrior athletic event that is hosted at any CCAA institution during that 30-day period. To subscribe, go to www.ccaanetwork/STAN.  For all home Warrior baseball games, Blue Chip Broadcasting will be calling the games on the CCAA Network and on www.bluechipbroadcasting.com with Bryan Nelson calling the action.  You can view live stats for all Warrior games, by going to https://warriorathletics.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary.
 
UP NEXT:  Stan State returns to the diamond next for the first time on the road.  The Warriors will travel to San Bernardino for a four-game series at No. 10 Cal State San Bernardino.  The series will start on March 1 for a 2pm single game.  It will continue March 2 for a noon starting doubleheader.  The series will conclude on March 3 for an 11am starting game.  Stan State will return home, March 8-10, for a four-game series with Valley rival Chico State.