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<\/p>\n SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 The Sacramento State baseball team sent its seniors out in style on Saturday afternoon, scoring all of its runs as part of an eight-run sixth inning to defeat Tarleton State, 8-4, and clinch the final regular season series of the year.<\/p>\n The Hornets improved to 26-30 overall and 10-8 in Western Athletic Conference play, tying for third place with Utah Tech in the final regular season league standings. The Trailblazers, however, will be the No. 3 seed in next week’s conference tournament due to their head-to-head series win over the Hornets, dropping Sacramento State to the No. 4 seed and setting up an opening-round game against Abilene Christian on Wednesday (May 20) at 2 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n With the loss, the Texans fell to 34-19 overall and 12-6 in league play, but had already clinched the league’s regular season title and the No. 1 tournament seed with their win over the Hornets on Friday. Tarleton State awaits the winner of the Sacramento State-Abilene Christian contest in the second round on Thursday (May 21) at 2 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n A complete tournament schedule can be found at WACSports.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was a pitcher’s duel through the first five innings as the Texans were the first to break onto the scoreboard with a solo home run in the second for a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n That advantage stood until the sixth when the Hornets bats awoke in a big way as Sacramento State sent 12 batters to the plate in the inning and scored eight times \u2014 its second-highest single-inning total this season.<\/p>\n Jace Jeremiah<\/a> led off with a single, moved to second when Luis Pimentel-Guerrero<\/a> was hit by a pitch, and advanced to third on a one-out walk to Nikhil Beasley<\/a> that loaded the bases. Following a pitching change, Jakob Poturnak<\/a> quickly drew a four-pitch walk to drive home Jeremiah and tie the game.<\/p>\n After a strikeout for the second out of the inning, Sam Harry<\/a> laced a two-strike single back up the middle for the go-ahead runs and was followed on the very next pitch by Ryan Ellis<\/a>, who dropped a double under the glove of the diving Texan right fielder to plate two more.<\/p>\n Erick Dessens<\/a> smashed a single into right for another RBI and, after Jeremiah’s second hit of the inning, Pimentel-Guerrero snuck a triple down the right field line into the corner, scoring both runs for an 8-1 advantage.<\/p>\n Tarleton State added a two-run home run in the seventh and an RBI single in the eight to cut into the Sacramento State lead, but the Hornets closed out the game with a perfect ninth by Trevor Wilson<\/a>, who struck out a pair, to nail down the victory. Gallery: (5-16-2026) 2026 Baseball Senior Day (May 16) <\/p>\n \nSean Carey<\/a> (3-2) earned the win in relief of starter Carson Timothy<\/a>, facing just one over the minimum in his three-inning stint, not allowing a run or a hit while striking out five. Timothy gave up just one run on three hits and struck out four in the start.<\/p>\n Reliever Carter Coffin (0-2) took the loss for Tarleton State, charged with three runs on a hit and a walk in just one-third of an inning.<\/p>\n
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