CHICO, Calif. – The Chico State baseball team returns to action Saturday as it takes on the Sonoma State Seawolves in doubleheader action at Nettleton Stadium. It’s a big series for both teams, which will conclude with a twinbill Monday afternoon in Rohnert Park – the Wildcats need some wins to move up the standings of a tight CCAA race, while the Seawolves look to strengthen their grip on second place and pick up some ground on conference-leading UC San Diego.

The ’Cats enter Saturday’s series opener 22-17 on the year and tied for seventh place in the CCAA with a 12-12 record. After winning five straight to close out the month of March, Chico State has lost four of its last six contests, dropping three of four to UC San Diego last weekend and splitting a doubleheader at home Tuesday against Concordia University. The Wildcats continue to be the conference’s top offensive team, leading the CCAA in team batting average (.342), hits (449), home runs (49) and runs scored (278).

Sonoma State, the No. 15-ranked team in Division II, comes to Chico with a season mark of 24-9 and a 16-8 conference record. The Seawolves have won three straight (including a two-game sweep of Cal State Stanislaus last weekend) and 10 of their last 13 contests. Sonoma boasts the top pitching staff in the CCAA with a team earned run average of 3.13.

Saturday’s Chico State-Sonoma State doubleheader gets underway at noon…hear all the action with Mike Baca calling the play-by-play locally on ESPN Radio 101.7 FM or on the Internet via the Wildcat Athletics website. You can also follow the action with a live stats link courtesy of the Chico State newspaper The Orion (www.theorion.com). The first game of the doubleheader will be televised by Comcast and available for viewing by Comcast on Demand customers beginning Tuesday, April 14.