TURLOCK, Calif. - Cal Poly Pomona held a 7-5 edge in hits but could not string enough of them together in falling to Stanislaus State, 3-1, in the finale of a four-game California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) series at Warrior Baseball Field on Saturday afternoon.

Snapping its season-best win streak at seven, CPP dropped to 22-15 overall and 17-10 in the CCAA. Stanislaus State, which had lost five straight entering the day, moved to 11-26 overall and 9-23 in conference play. The Broncos had already clinched their fourth CCAA series win, and first on the road, via 9-0 shutout on Thursday and a doubleheader sweep Friday by scores of 8-1 and 7-4.

After both starting pitchers breezed through 1-2-3 initial frames, reigning CCAA Player of the Week Ryon Knowles notched the game's first hit with one gone in the second, but a 4-3 double play wiped it off.

Matt Elser led off the home second by pulling a double into the gap in left center, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on Alex Solis' RBI groundout to second.

A two-out rally for CPP fell short of amounting to a run in the third. Casey Slattery dumped a single into right center and Jacob Lopez doubled down the left field line, but Maxwell Pappas got Johnny Pappas, no relation, on a check-swing groundout to first to end the inning.

Stanislaus State responded by doubling its advantage on a two-out solo blast deep to left center by leadoff man Grant Bunker, his team-best seventh. It was the Warriors' lone home run of the series.

The Broncos started the fifth with back-to-back singles by Nick Lugo and Tyler Chaffee, but a strikeout and two groundouts stranded them at second and third.

The Warriors tacked on a final tally on a sacrifice fly by Jonluke Goldman, following a leadoff walk, single and Elser bunt.

CPP could ultimately only respond to one of those, in the seventh, but squandered a golden opportunity for more in that frame. Lugo led off with his sixth double of the season, and wound up on third as Chaffee reached via error. In a pinch-hitting appearance, true freshman AJ Nimeh grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to score Lugo. Slattery and Jacob Lopez even still followed with a four-pitch walk and hit-by-pitch on successive offerings, but a flyout maintained a 3-1 lead for the hosts.

The visitors made one last run at it in their last turn in the ninth, with a four-pitch base on balls to Chaffee with one away, and a two-out hit-by-pitch for Slattery, but another flyout ended the drama.

Edrian Rangel (1-4) threw a season-high 6.0 innings and allowed three runs on four hits and two walks. The true freshman southpaw struck out a pair, and set the Warriors down in order for a second time in the fifth on just nine pitches. Junior left-hander Zuko Tillman retired six of the seven batters he faced, with two strikeouts of his own.

Lugo was 2-for-4 with his double and run scored. Slattery went 1-for-2 with a walk and a hit-by-pitch.

Pappas (6-3) gave up the one run on seven hits and one walk over 7.0 frames, striking out five. The junior right-hander was coming off of back-to-back nine-inning complete games, and has now won in each of his last three outings. Pappas turned in a second perfect inning in the fourth against the heart of the Bronco order. Freshman lefty Antonio Cortez tossed two scoreless endings for his first major college save.

Cal Poly Pomona returns home to Scolinos Field next weekend, April 22-24, for a four-game series against Cal State San Marcos. The opener is set for Friday night lights at 6 p.m.

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Bronco Bits: Cal Poly Pomona is 342-215 (.614) overall and 243-158 (.606) in CCAA play under 12th-year head coach Randy Betten ... Edrian Rangel made his eighth appearance and seventh start ... Second-year freshman designated hitter Jacob Lopez started his 18th straight game in the leadoff spot ... Lopez's third-inning double was his sixth ... Ricky Nuñez had his hit and reached-base streaks both ended at 16 games ... Cesar Lopez's sixth-inning single extended his reached-base streak to 18 contests ... Two more walks increased the Broncos' CCAA-leading total to 204 ... The Broncos are 7-9 away from home in 2022 ... CPP leads the all-time series, 61-35-1, with six straight wins prior to Saturday (31-18 in Turlock with six wins in a row before Saturday) ... The Broncos are 26-11 against the Warriors in the Betten era (14-4 in Turlock) ... CPP was the CCAA's preseason favorite, earning six of the 11 first-place votes, with Stanislaus State picked sixth.