FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno Pacific baseball team will play their first home series of the season this weekend, hosting regional opponent Sonoma State for three games beginning on Friday.   
 
SCHEDULE
Series 2 – vs. Sonoma State

Friday, Feb. 9 • 6:00 p.m.
Fresno, Calif. • FPU Diamond
Live Stats • Audio
 
Saturday, Feb. 10 (doubleheader) • Noon/4:00 p.m.
Fresno, Calif. • FPU Diamond
Live Stats
 
About Fresno Pacific
• The Sunbirds are coming off a three-game road series against 9th-ranked Chico State that saw the Wildcats sweep Friday's doubleheader before FPU bounced back with a 6-3 win on Saturday.
• Second baseman Nate Case and shortstop Tristen Alvarez each hit their first career home run last weekend, while 2017 home run leader Hunter Villanueva launched his first of the year, as well.
• Senior backstop Braden Frankfort picked up a hit in all three games as one of seven Sunbird hitters with multiple hits for the weekend.
• On the mound, Alex Garcia and Jonathan Molina combined for seven strikeouts over eight innings of work while allowing just one earned run.
• Relievers Tyler Rumbaugh, Philip Dinis, and Angel Flores each gave the Blue and Orange a scoreless inning, while Thomas Camargo tallied five outs without surrendering a hit.
 
Sunbird Leaders
• Batting average: Nate Case, .429
• RBI: Eddie Sievers, 3
• Steals: Michael Warkentin, 1
• Doubles: Ross Dodds, 2
• Triples: N/A
• Home runs: three players tied, 1
• Wins: Jonathan Molina, 1
• ERA: three players, 0.00
• Strikeouts: two players tied, 4
 
About Sonoma State
• The Seawolves opened the season last weekend, hosting Holy Names on Friday before making the return trip for a Saturday doubleheader.
• Sonoma State looked to be in midseason form, hitting .290 as a team and posting a staff ERA of just 2.00 en route to sweeping the Hawks.
• Third baseman Joshua Lenney had perhaps the biggest weekend at the dish, going 4-for-9 with a double, two homers, seven RBI and a slugging percentage of 1.222.
• Starters Dominic Garihan and Tyson Canfield combined for seven innings and nine strikeouts without allowing a run, but neither was able to pick up the decision.
• The Seawolves and Sunbirds only met once last season, with Sonoma State emerging with a 2-0 victory in Santa Rosa. FPU claims a 4-3 edge in the all-time series, including a perfect 3-0 mark in Fresno.
 
Seawolf Leaders
• Batting average: two players tied, .500
• RBI: Joshua Lenney, 7
• Steals: three players tied, 3
• Doubles: Daniel Hawkins, 2
• Triples: N/A
• Home runs: Joshua Lenney, 2
• Wins: three players tied, 1
• ERA: ten players, 0.00
• Strikeouts: Tyson Canfield, 6
 
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