HAYWARD, Calif. – The Cal State East Bay baseball team picked up a huge home win to close out Saturday's doubleheader, ripping off nine hits for a 6-1 victory in game two over 7th-ranked UC San Diego.
 
The Tritons won the opening game 9-4 to split the twinbill. East Bay is now 12-6 for the season with a 3-3 record in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) action.
 
Saturday's morning game was an outstanding pitcher's dual between UC San Diego's Preston Mott and CSUEB reigning CCAA Pitcher of the Week Alex Vesia.
 
East Bay got on the board first when Marcus Wise scored, after stealing second base, on a throwing error on the Tritons third baseman from a Troy Resch at bat.
 
US San Diego would respond with five runs in the top of the 5th inning. Vesia held the Tritons in check for most of the game, allowing six hits. He struck out five and walked just three, but suffered a hard-luck loss to fall to 1-3.
 
The Pioneers would add runs in the third, sixth and seventh innings. Kris Barlett scored on a Michael Thomas sacrifice fly in the third. Troy Resch singled through the middle the bring home Michael Thomas in the sixth inning and Matt Cantelme picked up an RBI scoring Dallas Dey in the seventh inning.
 
Game two was an entirely different story as the Pioneers scored early and often, tallying four runs in the second inning of play. They ended up scoring six runs on nine hits and took advantage of two Triton errors in the blowout win.
 
East Bay opened the second inning with a single by Wyatt Foreman followed by a double by Zack Perugi and junior Dallas Dey knocked in the first two runs with a single to deep right field scoring Foreman and Perugi.
 
Junior Jackson Foss, who reached on an error by the second baseman, scored the third run of the inning off of a wild pitch. Then junior Pablo Artero capped of the inning with a RBI double to left field that brought home Dey and gave the Pioneers a 4-0 lead headed into the third inning.
 
US San Diego answered with one run after a home run from Tim White. That would be the only blemish in a great game from Joel Lamont. Lamont (W, 3-0) recorded his third win of the season after tossing five innings, retiring five UC San Diego batters and walking just three.
 
East Bay scored runs in the six and seventh innings as sophomore Joey Dice scored on a throwing error by the UCSD third baseman in the bottom of the sixth.
 
Senior Wyatt Foreman pushed a RBI single to right field, scoring Michael Thomas to help claim the 6-1 victory for the Pioneers.
 
Relief pitchers Joey Portugal and Andrew Fernandez helped seal the game for East Bay in the closing innings with five combined strikeouts and no walked batters.
 
The series finale will be Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. at Pioneer Field.