Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 HAYWARD, Calif. -- Cal State East Bay seniors Nick Hudson and Sean Becker both tossed complete games to lead the Pioneer baseball team to a doubleheader sweep of visiting Cal State L.A. on Saturday. The home team captured victories by scores of 4-0 and 8-2 to improve its record to 25-17 overall and 19-15 in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) play.

East Bay has now won 10 of its last 12 games. With Chico State's victories over fourth-place Cal Poly Pomona on Saturday, the fifth-place Pioneers are still mathematically alive to earn a berth in the CCAA postseason tournament. East Bay and CSULA will conclude their series on Sunday at Pioneer Field with another doubleheader starting at 10 a.m. 

Game 1 -- CSUEB 4, CSULA 0

The Pioneers never trailed in either game. After Hudson and Golden Eagle starter Travis Hawley both pitched two scoreless innings to start the day, East Bay scored first in the third without the benefit of the hit. Four Pioneers drew walks against David Armas to plate a run, with Brandon Alexander picking up the RBI.

Two innings later, a pair of walks put two East Bay runners on with two outs. Junior Ryan Kochan then beat out an infield single in the hole to shortstop, bringing home Jason Fletcher to make it 2-0.

In the seventh, Alexander singled up the middle and stole second with two outs, allowing Eren Miravalles to drive him home with a liner to left. Kochan followed by roping a long drive to to the wall in left, just missing his first home run, but knocking in the fourth Pioneer run with a double. 

Kochan finished 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and was the only Pioneer to notch multiple hits (although East Bay did draw six walks in the game). Fletcher was aboard three times with a single and two bases on balls. Zac Chuvala went 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored to go along with a flawless day at shortstop. 

Hudson scattered six hits, walked three, and struck out six Golden Eagles over nine scoreless innings to pick up his team-leading eighth victory of the season. It was the senior's first shutout, but it was also his conference-leading fifth complete game of 2014.

Game 2 -- CSUEB 8, CSULA 2

Becker was perhaps even sharper than his teammate as the Pioneers crusied to another victory in the second game. After he got through the first inning scoreless, East Bay's offense staked the right-hander to a 4-0 lead by batting around in the bottom of the frame. 

Kelly Starnes set the tone with a single to lead off the bottom of the first. After an error by the shortstop on a potential double play, Fletcher and Alexander laced back-to-back RBI singles. Miravalles executed a sacrifice bunt for the first out, and then Kochan brought home both runners with a base hit up the middle.

The Pioneers tacked on two more runs in the second as Starnes got things started again. He chopped a single over third base, and then Marcus Wise executed a hit-and-run to put runners on first and third. Starnes scored on an error by the pitcher on a pick-off attempt at first, then Fletcher blasted a double to the wall in left-center to make it 6-0.

An inning later, Starnes' third hit plated the seventh Pioneer run, which proved to be plenty of support for Becker. The senior allowed a run in the fourth and another in the eighth, but in between he set down nine straight batters, and he pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to secure his sixth win of the season. Becker is now 14-6 over the past two seasons with 10 complete games, which is tied for the 10th-most in program history.

The Pioneer offense racked up 14 hits in the game, 12 of which came in the first four innings. Starnes had a monster game, finishing 4-for-5 with two runs and two RBI. It was the junior's second four-hit game in the past two weeks. 

Daniel Carney went 3-for-4 with a run and raised his batting average to .347, tops on the team. Fletcher, Wise, and Alexander all went 2-for-5, with Fletcher driving in two runs. Wise scored twice and stole his team-best 16th base of the season.

Sophomore Chris Porter reached twice on a pair of walks, and Kochan knocked in two runs, giving him four RBI in the doubleheader. He also had an outstanding day defensively at third base, taking away an extra base hit with a diving stop down the line and exhibiting nifty glove work overall. 

Becker allowed two runs on seven hits, struck out two, and did not walk a batter in a nine-inning effort. He leads the CCAA with 85.0 innings pitched this season and has issued just nine walks in 12 starts.