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OAKLAND, Calif. — Baseball season finally arrived Monday night for Academy of Art University, but visiting Cal State Stanislaus stole the show with a doubleheader sweep, winning 12-1 and 5-1 at Laney College.
 
The Urban Knights (0-2) played nearly six hours of baseball to begin 2015 on a cool night across The Bay. Senior first baseman Daniel Skinner had a solid offensive night, reaching base four times and hitting two doubles. Sophomore right fielder Daniel Gutierrez reached base three times in the two contests with two base hits.
 
Cal State Stanislaus (2-0) took advantage of their opportunities, capitalizing on 10 combined ART U errors and drawing 10 walks to score 17 total runs (10 earned) on 15 hits.
 
GAME ONE
 
The Warriors took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning when Nick Molina singled home Skippy Ferreria, who had reached on a fielding error to open the game. The score would stay that way until the bottom of the fifth inning when ART U rallied to load the bases before junior second baseman Cody Edmunds drew a clutch bases loaded walk on a full count to tie the game at 1-1.
 
Cal State Stanislaus starter Nick Voumard (1-0) was perfect through the first 10 batters he faced before junior center fielder Joseph Marchini singled with one out in the fourth. Academy of Art senior starter Nate Gercken (0-1) kept pace with 5 2/3 innings of work with four strikeouts, but he ran into trouble in the top of the sixth when the Warriors retook the lead for good.
 
A leadoff walk would cost Gercken when the first four batters of the inning reached safely. Ferreria grounded into a potential double play, but the throw from second sailed into foul territory, allowing two runs to score and giving CSUS a 3-1 lead.
 
Cal State Stanislaus broke out its power bats in the late innings. Klayton Miller and Ferreria both hit two-run home runs in the seventh. Ferreria added an RBI triple in the top of the ninth to make it 9-1 before the Warriors eventually won 12-1.
 
GAME TWO
 
Senior starter Maclane Brady pitched well in the nightcap, striking out five in four innings, but four more Academy of Art errors led to four unearned runs. Relievers Kevin Herron and Josh Lopez did well behind him, shutting out Cal State Stanislaus over the final three innings with only one hit and no walks.
 
Academy of Art rallied in the fourth inning. Skinner led off the inning with his second double of the game. Two batters later senior designated hitter Chucky Cavestany drove him in with a double of his own into the left-center field gap. It was a three-hit inning for the Urban Knights as senior catcher James Singzon followed Cavestany with a single, but ART U stranded seven base runners en route to a 5-1 defeat.
 
CSUS second baseman Michael Chavarria did the most damage, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Tyler Murphy took the win for Cal State Stanislaus, throwing five innings and striking out six with one earned run.
 
Academy of Art next travels to the North Bay to face Sonoma State in a three-game series beginning at 2 p.m. Friday.