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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The Pioneer baseball team dropped a doubleheader to Cal State San Bernardino on April 15. The scores were 6-1 and 10-2.

The doubleheader sweep leaves the Pioneers with an 8-19 CCAA record. East Bay is 14-23 for the season.

Cal State San Bernardino, currently on a six-game winning streak, improves to 17-10 in the CCAA and 20-12 overall. 

The Pioneers had their scoring opportunities in the first game. In the fourth inning, the Pioneers stranded two base-runners. Eddie Rettagliata was out at home attempting to score in the fifth inning.

Cal State San Bernardino broke the scoreless tie with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning. Curtis Cassise opened the inning with a single, and advanced to second on a sacrifice. Darren Dworak singled to move Cassise to third. Cassise crossed home plate on a Paul Eshleman base hit.

East Bay tied the game with a run in the top of the seventh. Kyle Zozaya and David Castillo had back-to-back singles to open the inning. Rettagliata advanced both runners with a sacrifice bunt. Castillo scored on a Jake Davis fielder's choice.

The Coyotes put the game away with four runs in the bottom of the seventh. Dworak doubled to knock in a run, while Eshleman had a two-run single.

Matt Haney hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth for the Coyotes.

In 6.2 innings, Pioneer hurler Ben O'Bryan (2-3) gave up four runs on eight hits and five strikeouts. Zozaya was 2-for-4 at the plate.

Coyote pitcher Mike Mudron improved to 5-0 for the season. Mudron allowed one run on five hits and eight strikeouts in eight innings of work.

Dworak was 4-for-4 at the plate, while Eshleman had two hits and drove in three runs for Cal State San Bernardino.

The Pioneers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the second game. Brett Hall led off the inning with a double and later scored on a Jordan Wilder single.

Cal State San Bernardino scored six runs in the bottom of the third inning, highlighted by a Ethan Chapman two-run homer.

Andrew Woolfe doubled and came home on a Zozaya groundout as the Pioneers scored a run in the top of the fourth.

Eshleman hit a two-run homer to spark a Coyote three-run sixth inning.

Hall and Woolfe each doubled and scored a run for the Pioneers. Pitcher AJ Gallardo (5-1) suffered his first defeat of the season.

Cal State San Bernardino starting pitcher Bryant Hollingsworth improved to 4-0 as he held the Pioneers to two runs on three hits and six strikeouts in six innings of work.

The four-game series will conclude on April 16 with a single game at Fiscalini Field. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

Cal State East Bay baseball fans can follow the April 16 game versus Cal State San Bernardino on the Pioneers Internet Network. 

You can catch the Pioneers on waldcast.com. Click on "SportsJuice" link on left side of waldcast.com to access the game. Ronnie Wald, “The Dean of CCAA Broadcasting”, will do the play-by-play.