HAYWARD, Calif., -- The Cal State East Bay baseball team split their Saturday afternoon, March 24 home doubleheader against the visiting Cal State San Marcos Cougars at Pioneer Field.
 
With the split the Pioneers move to 12-13 on the season with a 9-10 mark in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) action.
 
East Bay picked up a 5-0 shutout victory in the opening game of the doubleheader at Pioneer Field. The Pioneers ripped off four of their five runs in the second inning of action.
 
After Dakota Conners (Manteca, Calif.) was hit by a pitch and advanced a base on a wild pitch to start the inning, Colt Parshall (Oakdale, Calif.) followed with single through the left side. Jacob Eder (Prescott, Ariz.) stepped up and singled to left center field advancing both Conners and Parshall a base.
 
Junior Adam Hollar (Livermore, Calif.) put CSUEB on the scoreboard first with a single through the right side scoring Conners and Parshall for two RBI. Hollar then stole second base before Even Steele (Clovis, Calif.) singled up the middle bringing home Eder. Paul Bryniarski (Fountain Hills, Ariz.) picked up and RBI, scoring Hollar to end the ending with the Pioneers leading, 4-0.
 
Conners finished with with two hits, a triple and a double and two runs scored. Parshall added two hits and a scored a run. Eder scored a run, logged a hit, a RBI and a stolen base. Hollar lead the Pioneers with two RBI to go along with one hit, a run and a stolen base. Steele finished with a hit, a RBI and a stolen base. Bryniarski notched a RBI.
 
CSUEB would add one last run in the bottom of the sixth inning to pick up a 5-0 win over San Marcos. It was just the second time all season in which the Pioneers held an opponent scoreless.
 
Junior Jacob Nelson (Jefferson, Wisc.) got the start on the mound for the Pioneers and didn't allow any hits through one inning of work. Freshman Stas Kuntz (Fremont, Calif.) saw tossed the entire second inning without allowing any runs nor hits for the Cougars. Junior Donavon Ramirez (San Jose, Calif.) walked one batter during his only inning on the mound.
 
Senior Alex Vesia (Alpine, Calif.) (W, 3-2) paced East Bay with five strikeouts through six innings while only giving up three hits and no runs.
 
The doubleheader finale, CSUEB continued their heat offensively through the opening inning of action. After Raymond Jones (San Diego, Calif.) was walked, fellow senior Dallas Dey (Tustin, Calif.) pushed an RBI single through the left side scoring Jones as the Pioneers claimed a 1-0 advantage.
 
Jones registered a hit, a run and a stolen base while Dey finished with a hit and a RBI.
Unfortunately, this would be the last run scored by Cal State East Bay for the game. The Cougars would respond with two runs in the second inning and two more runs in the fourth inning.
 
Matt Cantelme (Fair Oaks, Calif.), Jacob Eder, Colt Parshall and Adam Hollar all tallied one hit apiece for East Bay in the doubleheader finale.
 
Junior Jordan Milligan (San Jose, Calif.) (L, 0-1) started on the mound for CSUEB and didn't allow any walks through two innings. Senior Andrew Fernandez (Castro Valley, Calif.) led the Pioneers with three strikeouts and only one walk through five innings.
 
Cal State East Bay will conclude their home series against Cal State San Marcos with a single game Sunday morning. First pitch is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at Pioneer Field.