TURLOCK, Calif. – The No. 23 San Francisco State softball team erupted for 16 runs en route to a doubleheader sweep of Stanislaus State on Friday, 5-3 and 11-7.
 

By the Numbers

• SF State, which is ranked No. 23 in the NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll, improves to 30-16 overall and 17-13 in CCAA action but remains in third place. The last-place Warriors fall to 13-29 overall and 8-22 in conference action.
• The Gators scored a season-high 11 runs on 15 hits in game two. The 15 hits were the second most in a game this season by the Gators.
• Freshman Kharime Caratachea came up huge in the circle for the Gators on Friday. The freshman earned the save in game one and earned the win in relief in game two.
• Rylee McDaniel went 4-for-7 with three RBI, two runs, and a pair of walks.
• Lexi Holihan went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a walk.
• Marissa Jordan went 2-for-3 with an RBI in game two.
• Redshirt freshman Autiana Buck recorded her first career hit in game two, a pinch-hit single up the middle in the top of the seventh.
• After being somewhat quiet on the base paths lately, the Gators went 7-for-8 in steal attempts on Friday. Kai DeLeon had three while Marley Gonzales and Daniella Guerrera each swiped a pair.
• DeLeon has 60 hits on the season and ties former teammate Brylynn Vallejos (2019-20, 2022) for fourth all-time on the program's career hits list with 206. She also had one of the Gators' three doubles, bringing her career total to 31. That givers her sole possession of seventh place all-time, passing Lea Cardenas (2008-11) and Natalie Batista (2001-03). She drew three walks, bringing her career total to 59, which passes Lea Cardenas' (2008-11) 56 for seventh all-time. Guerrera went 4-for-4 in game two with a walk and three runs scored. She also drove in two runs and is now just one away from joining the century club. Currently, only five Gators have recorded 100 or more RBI in a career.
• The Gators turned their 28th double play of the season.

How They Scored

• The Gators grabbed the lead in the top of the third. DeLeon led off with a four-pitch walk and stole second and scored on Shaunessy Cardwell's two-out single. McDaniel then drew a four-pitch walk, followed by a five-pitch walk to Jordan, and Nilson drew yet another four-pitch walk to bring another run home. Holihan capped off the rally with an RBI single to left field.
• Shelby Frutoz spoiled Mari Takeda Bajan's no-hit attempt and shutout with one swing of the bat in the fifth inning, a leadoff homer to left field.
• SF State added a run in the sixth. Holihan led off with a double. Pinch runner Shannon Tierney moved up on a wild pitch and scored on a Gonzales sacrifice fly.
• However, the Warriors threatened in the bottom of the sixth with Sarah Warden's RBI single to make it 4-2. Sydney Davis pulled the Warriors to within a run with a bases-loaded walk but pinch hitter Sasha Martello grounded out with the bases loaded to end the threat.
• SF State added an insurance run in the seventh, though they left the bases loaded. McDaniel led off with a single to right field and eventually scored on Nilson's RBI double down the left field line.

In The Circle

• Takeda Bajan (13-6) earned her 20th career victory as a Gator. She allowed three runs on three hits over six innings. She threw 99 pitches and struck out two, though she issued six walks.
• Caratachea earned her first career save with a perfect seventh inning.
• Bree Barner (1-6) took the loss. She allowed four runs on seven hits over six innings. She struck out three but also struggled with her command and issued eight walks.
• Frutoz worked an inning in the circle and allowed a run on a hit. She struck out one and walked one.

How They Scored

• Eight different Gators recorded a hit. The team got started right away with a four-hit first in which McDaniel drove home a pair with a two-out single to right center.
• A fielder's choice led to another run in the third for the Gators to make it 3-0 but the Warriors tied it up with five hits in their half of the inning.
• In the fifth, Guerrera and McDaniel tallied RBI singles and pinch runner Olivia Clavero scored on a wild pitch to put the Gators up 6-3.
• SF State hung another three-spot in the sixth. With one out, DeLeon, Gonzales, and Guerrera all walked and Cardwell brought a pair home with her single through the left side. Jordan added a two-out infield single to make it 9-3.
• Guerrera and Cardwell added RBI singles in the seventh to make it 11-3 and the insurance proved somewhat necessary. Beach hit a two-run homer in the bottom half of the seventh to pull the Warriors to 11-5. That chased reliever Xochitl Atayde. Starter Elise Roy returned and allowed a bases-loaded single to Martello. Another run scored on a fielder's choice before the Gators got out of it.

In The Circle

• Elise Roy pitched three and a third innings in total. She allowed three runs on eight hits. She struck out three and walked one.
• Caratachea (3-3) earned the win with three and two thirds innings of one-hit relief.
• Atayade was charged with four runs on three hits.
• Martello (3-4) took the loss and surrendered six runs, four earned, on 10 hits in four innings of work.
• Frutoz allowed the other five runs, three of which were earned, in three innings of work. She struck out three but walked four.

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