ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – The Cal State East Bay baseball team finished their weekend road California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) series against the Sonoma State Seawolves with a 6-0 shutout loss on Saturday afternoon April 15 at Seawolf Diamond.
With the 2-2 series split the Pioneers (23-14, 14-11 CCAA) were able to leap into the two-seed of the very tight CCAA standings as their North Division rival Sonoma State (19-15, 15-13 CCAA) remained in the four spot.
Senior
Wyatt Foreman led CSUEB going 3-for-4 from the plate with a double. Senior
Kris Bartlett also turned in a multi-hit performance and added East Bay's conference leading 75th stolen base.
The Pioneers were only out-hit 10-8 by the Seawolves but strong pitching from starting pitcher Mitch Combs (W, 2-0) and tough Sonoma State defense prevented East Bay from converting hits into runs. Combs finished with four strikeouts and only one walked batter through 71 pitches.
The Seawloves got off to a strong start offensively scoring three runs in the opening inning a and opening up a 4-0 lead after the second.
Jacob Call (L, 5-3) received the start on the mound for the Pioneers fanning one batter through two innings on action. Senior
Brandon Acosta retired a season best three Seawolf batters and led East Bay with three scoreless innings allowing only two hits and no walks.
Andrew Fernandez and
Ransome Alexander also saw action on the mound for CSUEB. Fernandez did not surrender any runs tossing 14 pitches through two innings. Alexander picked up a strikeout in his only inning of play.
A Sonoma State two-run homer from Joshua Monelongo gave the Seawolves the 6-0 victory.
Marcus Wise,
Colt Parshall and
Daniel Goodrich all turned in one hit apiece for the Pioneers
With a tremendous race continuing down the stretch of in the CCAA North Division, the Pioneers return home next weekend to another North Division foe. San Francisco State travels to Hayward for a four game, three-day series beginning on Friday, April 21 at 3:00 p.m. at Pioneer Baseball Field.
