The weather wasn’t the only impressive sight this past weekend.

Led by a dominating pitching performance and red-hot bats, the Hornets took two out of three games from the San Francisco State Gators at Hornet Field. The Hornets are now 14-12, while the Gators are 13-12.

In Sunday’s series finale, the Gators managed to escape Sac State with their lone victory of the weekend, winning a 5-4 battle. The loss snapped the Hornets season-high three-game winning streak.

San Francisco State jumped on Hornet starting pitcher James Wheeler for three runs in the first inning, prompting an early second inning exit. Kris Gibson would add a solo homer in the fourth to put the Gators up 4-0.

The Hornets cut the lead to 4-3 in the bottom of the fourth. Matt Wilson drove in Andy Hnilo from third with a sacrifice fly and Pedro Santiago and Jack Arroyo added RBI singles.

Sac State would tie the score in the eighth inning, courtesy of an RBI single by Bret LeVier.

The Gators took the lead for good on Rich Daly’s solo homer off Hornet closer Billy Sinacori in the ninth, making it 5-4. Sinacori, now 1-3, took the loss. Justin Deme threw five solid innings of relief for the Hornets, allowing one run on four hits.

Jack Arroyo went 3-for-5 and Bret LeVier went 3-for-4 to lead the Hornets. John Acha’s only hit of the game, a single to center field in the eighth inning, kept his current hitting streak alive at 10 games.

While Sunday’s match up was more of a low scoring pitcher’s duel, Saturday’s game was the exact opposite. The Hornets’ offense exploded for 15 runs on 19 hits, as they pounded the Gators 15-9.

The game was not as close as the final score would indicate, as the Hornets built a 15-3 lead by the sixth inning.

Sac State received offensive contributions up and down the lineup, with Craig Johnson and Matt Wilson leading the way with four hits and three RBIs each.

After the Gators put up two runs to start the game, Sac State responded with four runs in the bottom of the first. LeVier punctuated the inning with a three-run homer to left field, his fifth of the season, to make it 4-2.

Wilson’s perfect 4-for-4 day included a three-run homer of his own in the fourth that pushed the lead to 11-2.

Starting pitcher Warren Rosebrock, now 3-2 on the season, picked up the win in six innings of work.

On Friday’s series opener, Hornet starting pitcher Ethan Katz was nearly untouchable, striking out 10 batters on his way to a 4-0 win over the Gators. It was the first shutout of the season by a Hornet pitcher.

After giving up a single and a walk to start the game, it appeared that Katz was in trouble early.

But with runners on second and third with two outs, Katz struck out Carlos Medina to end the Gators’ threat.

Katz settled in and allowed just four hits the rest of the afternoon.

“We kept going to his fast ball hard and away,” catcher Buddy Morales said of the strategy. “He was hitting his spots well and was really consistent.”

With the win, Katz improved to 4-1, lowering his ERA to 3.30 on the season.

The win left little doubt about who will be the Hornets’ pitching ace from this point on.

“Last week in Arizona he had very similar stuff,” Hornet manager John Smith said. “I felt last week he really turned the corner.”

Brian Blauser and Craig Johnson gave Katz support early on with RBI doubles in the bottom of the first to give the Hornets a 2-0 lead.

Ronnie Machado Jr. added an RBI ground out in the fifth and Arroyo’s RBI fly out in the seventh made it 4-0.

The Hornets continue their longest home stand of the season when Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo visits Hornet Field for a two game series starting March 20 at 1 p.m.