ROHNERT PARK – Four Chico State pitchers combined on a three-hitter as the Wildcats opened a four-game series against rival Sonoma State with a 4–1 victory Friday in Rohnert Park.
 
Starter Hunter Haworth allowed just one run on two hits in five-and-a-third innings. But the Seawolves loaded the bases against him with one down in the sixth on two walks and a base hit. Stuart Bradley worked out of the jam, allowing just a sacrifice fly. Bradley retired all five hitters he faced to earn the win and improve to 2-0.
 
Grant Wright worked a scoreless eighth and Anthony Baleto retired the Seawolves in order in the ninth to earn his second save of the season.

 
It was the 19^th-ranked Wildcats' ninth straight win to open California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) play and opened up a four-game lead for them in the North Division standings. Chico State is now 16-4 overall and 9-0 in the CCAA. Sonoma State fell to 8-5 overall and 5-4 in the CCAA.
 
Cameron Santos, Dillon Kelley and Casey Henderson had two hits apiece to pace the Wildcats' offense.
 
Chico State grabbed a 1–0 lead in the fourth inning when Henderson drove in Jimbo Pernetti with a two-out single.
 
Sonoma State tied the game in the sixth, but the Wildcats quickly reclaimed the advantage with two runs in the seventh.
 
Andru Cardenas reached on an error to open the inning. Josh Falco's RBI-double put Chico State back on top, and then Pernetti followed with an RBI single to make it 3–1.
 
The Wildcats tacked on a run in the eighth. Henderson led off the frame with a base hit and eventually scored on Santos' double to left.
 
The series continues with a doubleheader Saturday at 11 a.m., and concludes with a single game Sunday at 11 a.m.