POMONA - The Cal Poly Pomona baseball team put together a pair of three-run frames ahead of a four-run sixth to cruise past San Francisco State University, 11-5, and complete the sweep of a California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) series Sunday at Scolinos Field.

With the victory, CPP improved to 19-14 overall and 14-9 in the CCAA. A fifth straight loss dropped San Francisco State to 14-22 overall and 9-19 in league play. The Broncos had already clinched their third CCAA series win of 2022 by rallying late to take Friday's opener, 9-4, and grabbing both ends of the Saturday doubleheader, 6-0 and 6-5 in seven innings. It was the second set they swept this year, both at home.

Ryon Knowles was tops among several offensive highlights, as the senior second baseman went 4-for-5 with a double and a home run to fall a triple shy of the cycle. He scored twice and drove in a game-high four. Going back to Saturday's doubleheader nightcap, which he walked off in the seventh with a two-run single, Knowles produced a hit in six consecutive plate appearances before grounding out in the eighth. It was his third four-hit performance as a Bronco.

The home half of the first began with singles from Jacob Lopez and Johnny Pappas, but a 6-4-3 double play and lineout ended that threat.

SF State also put two runners on base in the second, both with two outs via single and a catcher's interference, before left-hander Edrian Rangel got fellow true freshman Antonio Nanez to fly out.

Knowles led off the home second with his eighth double of the season, to the opposite field in left center. After sophomore shortstop Nick Lugo sacrificed him over to third, however, he was stranded there.

A five-pitch walk to Casey Slattery began the bottom of the third, with the junior first baseman sprinting all the way around to score the games opening run on Jacob Lopez's first collegiate triple to the opposite field in right center. With one away, Cesar Lopez doubled the advantage by rolling an RBI single up the middle. The senior rightfielder moved to second on a failed pickoff attempt, and with two gone, made it 3-0 on Knowles' two-strike single up the middle.

Rangel's lone perfect frame came at an opportune time, as he got a flyout, groundout and called third strike for a shutdown fourth. A one-out double and subsequently his only walk got him into some trouble in the fifth with the top of the order due up. The Pomona native out of Bonita High School got a fly ball for the second out, but Sammy Gonzales' single put the visitors on the board and ended Rangel's day.

Daniel Santos' RBI single up the middle off reliever Drew D'Ambra pulled the Gators another run closer. The junior left-hander issued a walk to load the bases, before getting AJ Schrader to ground out to Knowles and keep the slim 3-2 edge intact for CPP.

The Broncos got those two runs right back in the home half and did one better, all with two outs. Ricky Nuñez was plunked after a groundout and flyout, and moved to second on a passed ball. Knowles came up big again, sending an opposite-field RBI single to left. An infield Lugo single and walk to Chaffee filled the bags, and true freshman catcher Dylan Long singled up the middle to score two more for a 6-2 cushion.

Back-to-back five-pitch walks began the sixth, and Scott Armstrong took over for D'Ambra. The junior right-hander expertly escaped the jam, immediately dispatching Nanez swinging on three pitches before a first-pitch flyout and then a foulout on a 3-2 offering.

Cal Poly Pomona really broke the game open with a four-run sixth. A groundout led off the inning against new Gator pitcher Andrew Silva, but was followed by a Pappas single and Cesar Lopez double, both to center. Nuñez singled up the middle to score both of those two Broncos, and then Knowles belted his third home run of 2022 out to right for 10-2 as SFSU went right back to the bullpen.

San Francisco State managed a three-run eighth, and Lugo knocked in Dante Palacio with a two-out single in the Broncos' last half to account for the final margin. Palacio had entered defensively and then doubled.

Rangel pitched 4.2 innings and allowed two runs on three hits, two hit-by-pitches and one walk. He struck out a season-high four. Armstrong (2-4) was credited with the winning decision. After hitting one and walking another with one out in the seventh, the Saddleback College transfer got Schrader to ground into a 4-6-3 double play. Zuko Tillman punched out two in a 1-2-3 ninth.

Jacob Lopez ended the afternoon 2-for-4 with his triple, run and RBI. Cesar Lopez went 2-for-5 with a double, RBI and two runs. Nuñez scored two and drove in two. Pappas and Lugo had two hits apiece.

Nathan Shinn (2-3) gave up six runs on 10 hits, a hit-by-pitch and two walks over 5.0 frames. The freshman southpaw struck out two.

Cal Poly Pomona heads to Northern California for the third and final time for this 2022 regular season in the week ahead, for another four-game set at Stanislaus State. The series at Warrior Baseball Field in Turlock will run Thursday through Saturday, April 14-16, ahead of the Easter holiday. Thursday's primetime opener is set for a 5 p.m. start.

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Bronco Bits: Cal Poly Pomona is 339-214 (.613) overall and 240-157 (.605) in CCAA play under 12th-year head coach Randy Betten ... Edrian Rangel made his seventh appearance and sixth start ... Second-year freshman designated hitter Jacob Lopez started his 14th straight game in the leadoff spot ... Three more walks increased the Broncos' CCAA-leading total to 182 ... Nick Lugo's second-inning sacrifice bunt was his third of the year and second of the series, with Dylan Long adding his second of the season in the fourth ... Cesar Lopez and Tyler Chaffee each extended their reached-base streaks to 14 games with singles in the third and fourth inning, respectively ... Ricky Nuñez's fifth-inning hit-by-pitch was his third, and advanced his reached-base streak to 13 contests ... Dylan Long produced his first collegiate multiple-RBI game with two ... Cesar Lopez's sixth-inning double was his league-leading 17th of the season, adding to his single-season career high as the fifth-year senior entered the weekend in a 12-way tie for third in Division II ... Nuñez's ensuing two-run single extended his current team-best hit streak to 13 games ... Knowles' home run was his ninth in the green and gold ... Knowles has two four-RBI games this year and five as a Bronco ... Dante Palacios' eighth-inning double was his second ... CPP reached double-figure runs for the ninth time (8-1) ... The Broncos are 15-6 at home in 2022 ... CPP leads 71-39 all-time in this series that dates back to 1972 (37-17 in Pomona since 1973) ... The Broncos are 30-12 against the Gators in the Betten era (14-5 in Pomona) ... The teams split four games in San Francisco, March 6-8, 2020, just prior to the COVID-19 suspension, with the Gators taking the opener and finale ... The Broncos had last won a series with the Gators in San Francisco in 2018, and last swept them (three games) at home in 2017 ... Their last four-game sweep was in 2008 in Pomona ... CPP was the CCAA's preseason favorite, earning six of the 11 first-place votes, with SFSU picked fifth.