The Sonoma State baseball team continued their hot streak this past weekend as they took a series win against the Cal State LA Golden Eagles. The Seawolves won three out of the four games and extended their series win streak to three in a row. This past weekend put the team at 16-16 in conference play as they made their final push towards the playoffs. 

The Seawolves opened up the series with a dominant 16-2 win over the Golden Eagles. The offensive explosion was led by sophomore Lucas Townsend, juniors Torreahno Sweet and Logan Douglas and senior Nick Simmons. All four Seawolves had multi-hit games with at least one run and one RBI. Junior Nick Roth got the nod from Head Coach John Goelz to start the series. Roth had an excellent showing on the mound as he went seven innings with three strikeouts, only giving up one walk and two runs. This performance earned Roth his second win of the season as he now stands at 2-2 for the year. In the eighth inning, sophomore Hogan Weaver came in for relief and closed out the last two innings, finishing with two strikeouts while giving up zero walks and runs. 

The second game of the series was game one of a doubleheader, and the Seawolves lost a close one as the Golden Eagles took the game 8-6. The team fought hard, but unfortunately couldn’t come away with a game two win. With this being game one of the doubleheader, the Seawolves had to quickly regroup and get ready for game two, as they were shooting for a crucial win. 

Junior Michael Benz was given the start for the third game of the series and he did not disappoint. Benz had an absolute gem on the mound as he pitched a complete game and only gave up four hits. He went seven innings while striking out seven and didn’t give up a single run or walk. The Seawolf offense was led by senior Josh Lopez and freshman Sean Pauly as both went two for three, Lopez having two RBIs and Pauly having two runs scored. The final score of game three was a Sonoma State 2-0 victory over Cal State LA. 

“In the fourth, they tried to run a suicide squeeze and thankfully they popped up the bunt back to me and we were able to get out of the inning clean. Again, focusing on the present moment helps keep high stake situations from adding pressure,” said Benz. “Pressure is completely made up, and in those situations, you have to accept that all you can control is the pitch you make and the result is the result.”

The Seawolves wrapped up the series Sunday morning in a convincing fashion as they won 8-2. The offense was led by junior Otis Statum and seniors Josh Medina, Nick Simmons and Cole Brodnansky. All four batters had two hits, Statum leading the way with a go ahead solo home run blast in the seventh inning; his sixth home run of the season. Freshman Blake Janowicz started the final game of the series and had a solid outing as he went for 6 innings and only gave one run. Freshman Blake Janowicz started the final game of the series and had a solid outing as he went for six innings and only gave up one run. In the seventh, sophomore Tanner Fonoti came in relief and wrapped up the game as he went three innings while striking out three and only giving up one walk and zero runs.

The team will now prepare for their four game series against Cal State Dominguez Hill on April 29. For more information on the team and upcoming games, make sure to head over to,

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