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Greer MB 02
0
Cal State East Bay CSUEB 8-7
1
Winner Chico State CSUC 14-0
Cal State East Bay CSUEB
8-7
0
Final
1
Chico State CSUC
14-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Cal State East Bay CSUEB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Chico State CSUC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0

W: GILHAM, Haley (8-0) L: Greer, Abby (2-4)

1
Cal State East Bay CSUEB 8-8
10
Winner Chico State CSUC 15-0
Cal State East Bay CSUEB
8-8
1
Final
10
Chico State CSUC
15-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Cal State East Bay CSUEB 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3
Chico State CSUC 8 0 0 2 X 10 8 0

W: MONAHAN, Naomi (5-0) L: McWhorter, Olivia (2-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Steve Connolly, Director of Athletic Communications

Upset Bid Falls Short to Start Series

CHICO, Calif. -- The Cal State East Bay softball team came up just short in its bid to upset No. 8 ranked Chico State on Friday, losing on the road to the Wildcats by final scores of 1-0 and 10-1 to open the four-game CCAA series.

The first game was a tremendous pitcher's dual between Abby Greer and reigning National Pitcher of the Week Haley Gilham, and it took until the bottom of the eighth before either team could score a run. 

Gilham was typically dominant, scattering four hits in 8.0 scoreless frames. It wasn't as pretty, but Greer managed to match her. The sophomore gave up five hits, hit three batters, and issued eight walks. But her wizardry was on display all afternoon as Greer escaped jam after jam. She struck out nine and stranded 15 Chico runners on base through the first seven innings. 

Then in the eighth, a walk and an error on a bunt put two runners on. A successful sacrifice moved them up, and then Gilham plated the walk-off run with a sac fly. 

It was the fourth complete game of the year for Greer as her record falls to 2-4. 

The potent Chico offense finally broke out in game two. They hit two home runs off Olivia McWhorter in the bottom of the first to grab a 5-0 lead, then took advantage of four walks by reliever Bailee Glover to score three more times before the inning was over.

CSUEB's lone run of the day came in the top of the second. After an infield hit by Sarah Fukushima and a walk to Amanda Loya, Courtney Leyba shot an RBI single into right field to get the Pioneers on the scoreboard.

But the Wildcats added on two more runs in the fourth, and held on to win the game by the eight-run rule in five innings. 

Fukushima had two of East Bay's three hits in the second game, finishing 2-for-2 with a double. 

Taylor Lara was effective in relief, allowing just two unearned runs over the game's final three innings with one walk and three strikeouts. 

The series concludes with two more games Saturday in Chico as the Pioneers take another crack at handing the undefeated Wildcats their first loss of the season. 

 
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