POMONA - The Cal Poly Pomona baseball team scored in four of the first five innings and routed Cal State Dominguez Hills, 11-1, to complete the sweep of a four-game California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) series on Senior Day Saturday at Scolinos Field.

A fifth straight win moves CPP to 32-17 overall and 27-12 in the CCAA. Cal State Dominguez Hills drops to 25-25 overall and 20-20 in league play. The Broncos had already clinched the series victory through an 8-2 win on Thursday night and Friday's doubleheader sweep, 13-7 and 3-0. The Toros were assured of joining them in the six-team CCAA Tournament field this week in Chico, despite Friday's losses.

The afternoon began with CPP and Chico State tied for second in the CCAA standings behind regular-season champion Cal State Monterey Bay, with that second spot under this year's new conference tourney format earning a bye this Wednesday, May 11, and advancing straight through to a four-team, double-elimination competition starting the following day. Having won this year's shortened regular-season series with the Wildcats, 2-1 in Pomona back in March, the Broncos held the head-to-head tiebreaker. The 'Cats began their finale at Cal State East Bay a touch earlier Saturday, but CPP cared none for that outcome, as it took care of its own business. The Broncos will thus next be in action as the No. 2 seed at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, at Nettleton Stadium.

Chico State incidentally defeated the Pioneers, 3-1, to sweep that series. With all of Saturday's results final, CSUDH grabs the No. 6 seed. Those two teams will face off in a single-elimination tilt on Wednesday.

Cal Poly Pomona wrapped up a historic home season with a mark of 23-6, winning its last 12 in a row at Scolinos Field. The Broncos went a nearly-flawless 18-1 in CCAA home contests, with 16 consecutive successes following their lone defeat, 13-9 to Chico State in the finale of that three-game set back on March 6.

Friday's doubleheader nightcap marked a program-record 22nd home triumph, going back at least four decades to the days of the late, great John Scolinos. The 12 straight home victories are another new program standard, with two prior 10-gamers, most recently from May 4, 2013, to Feb. 16, 2014. There is a pair of 21-win home campaigns in the record book, from 2016 (21-5) under 12th-year head coach Randy Betten, and 1980 (21-10) under Scolinos.

CPP finishes with six wins and a split in home sets of three games or more in 2022, including sweeps in each of the last four.

Ten outstanding senior student-athletes were honored prior to Saturday's first pitch. That group included Drew Atherton, Ryon Knowles, Cesar Lopez, Ricky Nuñez, Matt Orozco, Dante Palacio, Eric Romo, Casey Slattery, Connor Tousignant and Bryce Wooldridge.

CPP threatened in the first through a two-strike leadoff Knowles single, Johnny Pappas bunt and five-pitch walk to Cesar Lopez, but a 6-4-3 twin killing kept it off the scoreboard, momentarily.

The Broncos returned the favor in the second, cleaning up a one-out single by turning their seventh double play of the series, 6-4-3.

The home side capitalized on back-to-back walks to begin the bottom half. Despite a failed sacrifice attempt that cut down the lead runner at third, true freshman centerfielder AJ Nimeh ripped an RBI single up the middle on the second pitch he saw for a 1-0 edge. That was all the Broncos would get there, as the Toros turned a second double play .

CPP added a pair in the third. Pappas was hit with one away. Cesar Lopez then rolled a single through the right side to put men at the corners. Pappas sprinted across on a passed ball, and Cesar Lopez came around to score from second on Nuñez's RBI single to left. The Toros went to the bullpen following Jacob Lopez's infield single.

The Broncos kept increasing their lead in the fourth. Nimeh drew a four-pitch walk for starters, and Slattery dropped an opposite-field single just inside the left field line to bring up the top of the order. Pappas also took a free pass on four tosses to fill the bags with one gone. Cesar Lopez's two-run double down the line in right forced another pitching change. Nuñez rudely greeted Matt Garcia with a first-pitch, two-run single up the middle for 7-0, before a third Toro twin killing ended the frame.

CPP loaded the bases again in the fifth with one away on two walks around a Nimeh single. Knowles' right-sided RBI groundout made it 8-0, and Pappas followed by slicing a first-pitch, two-run, opposite-field double into the gap in right center to force another bullpen maneuver.

The visitors avoided a second shutout in succession with two singles to begin the eighth and an Eric Smelko sacrifice fly, but Drew D'Ambra induced the Broncos' eighth double play of the weekend, 6-4-3 again.

CPP picked up a final run in the eighth as Cesar Lopez reached via error, fellow senior outfielder Palacio ripped a 1-2 pitch down the right field line for his third double of the season, and Nick Lugo lifted an opposite-field sacrifice fly to left center.

Edrian Rangel (4-4) went 6.0 innings for his fourth straight outing and won his third in a row,  allowing just three singles. The true freshman left-hander struck out three and did not issue a walk for just the second time in 11 outings. He produced a 1-2-3 shutdown third, all on the infield with two liners to Lugo at short and a groundout to third. Rangel was perfect again in the fifth and sixth after the crooked numbers put up by his offense. He set down the last seven Toros he faced.

No CSUDH batter even reached second base until Zuko Tillman hit one and walked one in the seventh before an inning-ending lineout. Slattery, the Bronco first baseman, made a great play for the first out, ranging over and leaping up against the fence to corral a foul pop-up.

In the ninth, Tousignant struck out his only batter looking before Romo got his lone hitter chasing and a third senior right-hander, Orozco, notched the game-ending flyout to Cesar Lopez in right.

Cesar Lopez finished 2-for-4 with a walk, double, three runs and two RBI. Nuñez was 2-for-4 with three RBI. Pappas was 1-for-2 with a walk, hit-by-pitch, sacrifice, double, two runs and two RBI. Nimeh reached base all four times, with two singles, two walks, two runs and an RBI.

Fourth-year Toro sophomore right-hander Humberto Chiquito (3-3) gave up three runs on five hits, a hit-by-pitch and three walks in 2.1 frames.

All games of the 2022 CCAA Baseball Tournament, May 11-14, will stream live online via the CCAA Network at www.ccaanetwork.com. Fans may also download the CCAA Network app on your iOS or Android smartphone, tablet, or through web streaming devices such as Amazon Fire, Roku or Apple TV. The CCAA Network has moved to a subscription-based model at just $9.95 per month. Subscribers have access to all CCAA broadcasts, both live and on-demand.

Bronco Bits: Cal Poly Pomona is 352-217 (.619) overall and 253-160 (.613) in CCAA play under 12th-year head coach Randy Betten ... Ryon Knowles led off for the fourth game in a row, and eighth time in 2022 ... Betten posted the same batting lineup for the fourth consecutive contest ... Edrian Rangel made his 11th appearance and 10th start ... Knowles' leadoff single extended his reached-base and hit streaks both to 21 games ... Knowles' hit streak is CPP's longest of 2022, the longest of his Bronco career, and in fact now the fourth-longest in program history ... Johnny Pappas' first-inning sacrifice hit was his fourth this year, tying him for the team lead, with his third-inning hit-by-pitch his team-best 12th, his fourth-inning walk his team-best 37th (tied for CCAA lead), and his fifth-inning double his 18th ... Casey Slattery drew his 37th walk in the fifth ... Cesar Lopez's first-inning walk extended his team- and career-best reached-base streak to 30 games ... Nick Lugo's second-inning walk moved his reached-base streak to 18, but his hit streak was snapped at 14 games (0-for-2) ... Cesar Lopez's fourth-inning double was his team-best 19th, to move him back into a tie for the CCAA lead ... Cesar Lopez reached base safely in 11 straight plate appearances from the start of Friday's doubleheader, to his groundout to end the fifth Saturday, as he was 8-for-8 with six singles, two doubles, three walks (one intentional), six runs and two RBI ... Dante Palacio's eighth-inning double was the ninth of his career ... Nine more walks increased the Broncos' CCAA-leading total to 276 ... CPP holds a 127-89 lead in the all-time series that dates back to 1980, with 11 straight wins ... The Broncos have not defeated any foe more in their history, and have only played one opponent more than CSUDH (216), that being Cal State LA (229) ... The Broncos are 35-9 against the Toros under Betten (18-4 at home with seven successive wins) ... CPP has swept back-to-back four-game sets with CSUDH, in 2019 and 2022 ... The Broncos moved down a spot to No. 6 in Wednesday's second official NCAA West Region poll, which is used to select the six participants of the 2022 NCAA West Regional later this month.