SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco State baseball fell to Sonoma State 7-3 in the series finale to finish with a series split. The Gators stayed within a run the majority of the way, but a three-run ninth inning from Sonoma in the ninth proved too much to overcome.
- SF State falls to 14-18 and 9-15 in CCAA action while Sonoma State improves to 10-19 and 7-13 in the CCAA
- Despite the loss, the Gators sit firmly in sixth in the conference with only one team left on the schedule that is currently ranked ahead of the Gators.
- Daniel Santos and Richie Rios each had multi hit days.
- Caleb Chance stole his first career base.
- The Gator's finished with seven left on base compared to Sonoma's three.
After the Gators gave up a run in the second off a sac fly, Rios scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the inning to tie it up.
Sammy Gonzales hit a lead off double in the bottom of the third and Santos drove him in on the next at bat.
In the top of the sixth, the Seawolves hit back-to-back extra base hits to plate three runners and take a 4-2 lead. Falcon Magaña hit a ground out to short stop in the bottom of the inning to bring in Rios and bring the Gators back within one. After
Andrew Silva navigated the Gators through two scoreless innings, he gave up a lead-off single in the ninth. Two more pitchers came into the game as the Seawolves added three more runs to take a four-run lead. The deficit proved to be too much to overcome as the Gators dropped its series final.
- Nathan Shinn pitched six innings and threw a career high seven strikeouts. He gave up four runs and hits in the loss
- Andrew SIlva, Theo Dopkins and Mario Vargas all pitched in relief for the Gators.
- Tanner Fonoti earned the win in relief.
The Gators travel to Cal Poly Pomona next weekend. Game one starts on Friday, April 8 at 1 pm. The games will be broadcast on the CCAA Network with live stats available at sfstategators.com. Updates will also be available on Twitter at @sfstatebaseball.
