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Chris Kinsey’s titanic game-winning home run set the tone for a three-game Hornet sweep over Centenary College.

The 10th inning homer gave the Hornets a 5-3 victory in game one. The Hornets took game two 12-5 and the third game 8-6.

The sweep gives Sac State a four-game winning streak as the Hornets knocked off University of California, Davis by a score of 9-2 on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

“It was a fastball at the knees,” said Kinsey of the pitch that he dispensed over the center field wall. “I was just trying to hit it hard somewhere.”

Hit it hard he did, in fact he cleared both the 400-foot-mark and the backdrop wall, which stands behind it.

Kinsey’s homer allowed pitcher Kevin Marzion to pick up his first win of the season after receiving two heartbreaking losses.

“It feels good to get that first win out of the way,” Marzion said.

Marzion pitched the entire 10 innings, in which he let up only one earned run.

The Hornets carried the momentum into the second game of the doubleheader, when Sac State’s offense pounced early, scoring all 12 of their runs in the first five innings.

Three of those runs came from another colossal clout off the bat of Kinsey. The blast struck three quarters of the way up the parking structure facade in left-center field.

Third baseman Brett Levier also connected on a home run, his second of the day, which sealed the mouths of Centenary fans who shouted “Block that kick” throughout Levier’s at-bat. Levier is also a punter on the football team.

Marshall Plouffe picked up the win for the Hornets, pitching seven innings, while allowing only one earned run and recording nine strikeouts.

The Hornets completed the sweep on Sunday, as right fielder Mario Celillo, with the game tied at six, connected on a two-out, bases loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning to drive in two runs.

“He threw me a split-finger inside,” Celillo said. “I tried to just fight it off and get it somewhere in the outfield.”

The Gents tied the game at six with three runs in the top of the eighth, when pinch hitter Seth Winterer came through with a double over Cellilo’s head in right field, scoring Larry Branson and bringing Tony Cardone to third.

With only one out, and two runners in scoring position, Hornet coach John Smith called upon Dusty Decker to stop the bleeding.

Decker responded, striking out Dan Davenport and getting Mark Williams to ground out, thus ending the Centenary rally, keeping the score knotted at six and setting up the Hornets go-ahead rally in the bottom of the inning.

Smith was pleased at the fact that his offense was able to put up runs in the third game without relying on the big bat of Kinsey.

“As much as I like to see (Kinsey) hit ball out of the park, he can’t do it every time,” said Smith.

The Hornet sweep marks the teams’ first three-game sweep since sweeping New Mexico State University in March of 1998.

“We’re making the right pitches, we’re making the right plays, and we’re winning,” Decker said.

Smith, who was pleased with his teams’ performance over the weekend, wants his players to remain level headed.

“I want them to feel like they are a great team, but I also want them to know that they have a lot of things that they can improve on.”