LOS ANGELES -- The Cal State East Bay baseball team fell on the road to Cal State L.A. on Sunday by a final score of 12-1 in the final game of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) series between the two teams at Reeder Field.

The Pioneers (18-9, 9-6 CCAA) nonetheless won the series, two games to one, over the Golden Eagles (16-12, 9-9 CCAA) after sweeping Saturday's doubleheader.

East Bay's hurlers turned in a dominant effort in the first two games of the series, but the potent CSULA lineup finally broke through for 14 hits in the finale. 

The Golden Eagles took advantage of two defensive errors by the Pioneers to plate three runs in the third inning and take their first lead of the series. The visitors added two more runs in the fourth and another in the fifth, before hanging six on the scoreboard in the sixth to put the game away.

Four L.A. batters had multiple hits, led by Sean Watkins who went 3-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI.

Jacob Call suffered his second loss of the season to drop his record to 4-2. The junior worked the first three innings, allowing three hits and three walks, though he was charged with just one earned run.

Southpaw Joey Portugal followed Call out of the bullpen for two innings. Derek Oekten tossed two-thirds of an inning after him, followed by fellow senior Brandon Acosta with an inning and a third. Joshua Kubiske closed it out with a 1-2-3 eighth. 

East Bay tallied just five hits in the game, with Troy Resch accounting for the only runs on the visitor side. With two outs in the fourth, the senior laced a double down the right field line to bring Michael Thomas home. Resch was the only Pioneer with multiple hits, finishing 2-for-3 with a walk. 

Dallas Dey stole CSUEB's conference-leading 65th base of the season in the fifth. The junior ranks second on the team and is now a perfect 11-for-11 on steal attempts. 

With a tremendous race forming in the CCAA North Division, the Pioneers return home next weekend to take on another South team. Cal State Dominguez Hills rolls into Hayward for three games starting Saturday, Apr. 1 with a 12 p.m. doubleheader.