HAYWARD, Calif., -- The Cal State East Bay baseball team will travel to Southern California for a California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) road series against UC San Diego at Triton Ballpark.
 
The Pioneers will enter the series at .500 overall on the season and in conference action at 13-13 and 10-10.
 
WEEK IN REVIEW
CSUEB has won six of their last eight games after winning their home series over Cal State San Marcos 3-1.
 
Senior Colt Parshall (Oakdale, Calif.) pelted a walk-off single through the right side to secure the 3-2 victory for the Cal State East Bay baseball team in their California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) series opener over Cal State San Marcos Friday afternoon, March 23 at Pioneer Field.
 
The Pioneers would go on the rally to finish the outing with nine hits total led by a team-best three hits from senior catcher Dallas Dey (Tustin, Calif.). Dey added a run scored, a RBI, a double and a stolen base during the contest.
 
Fellow seniors Raymond Jones (San Diego, Calif.) and Colt Parshall also turned in multi-hit performances for CSUEB. Jones finished with two hits, an RBI and also scored a run. Parshall compiled two hits and the game winning RBI.
 
Paul Bryniarski (Fountain Hills, Ariz.) and Adam Hollar (Livermore, Calif.) both chipped in hits for the Pioneers while Evan Steele (Clovis, Calif.) scored a run for CSUEB.
 
East Bay entered the final inning of action trailing San Marcos 2-1 before powering back for the victory. Raymond Jones opened the inning by reaching base on an error by the Cougars second basemen. Dallas Dey followed with an RBI double through the left side scoring Jones. After Dey advanced on a wild pitch Colt Parshall stepped to plate and singled through the right side bringing home Dey and locking the series opening win for the Pioneers.
 
Senior Andrew Fernandez (Castro Valley, Calif.) got the start on the mound for East Bay and allowed only run through one inning. Jordan Milligan (San Jose, Calif.) and Ransome Alexander (Fullerton, Calif.) both saw an inning of work on the mound for CSUEB and compiled a one punchout apiece. R.J. Hanson (La Honda, Calif.) (W, 4-1) recorded a team-high five strikeouts through six innings of action while only giving up one walk and one run.
 
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 Evan 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.
 
The CSUEB bats tallied 15 hits in the victory, including a season-high four triples as the squad took advantage of the cavernous gaps in right-center and left-center at Pioneer Field. Dakota Conners had two of those triples, finishing 2-for-4 with a pair of runs batted in. Raymond Jones and Adam Hollar both stayed hot with three-hit performances, as the former went 3-for-3 with a walk and four RBI, while the latter finished 3-for-4 with a stolen base.
 
After the Cougars plated one run in the top of the first against CSUEB starter Ransome Alexander, the East Bay bats went to work. They scored three times in the first inning and twice more in the second to quickly grab a 5-1 lead. Alexander was followed by Joe Blair and Donavon Ramirez, who tossed one scoreless frame each.
 
In the bottom of the fifth, the Pioneers broke it open with six runs off six hits, highlighted by back-to-back triples by Conners and Jacob Eder.
 
Senior Jacob Call came in to start the fourth and worked 5.0 innings for head coach Mike Cummins. San Marcos scored in just one of those innings, as they answered CSUEB's six-spot with four runs of their own in the top of the sixth. That made the score 11-5, but it was as close as CSUSM would get to a comeback.
 
Call held the visitors off the scoreboard in the seventh and eighth, as East Bay tacked on three more insurance runs with RBI hits by Matt Cantelme and Joey Dice. Freshman Mark Woinarowicz then pitched a perfect ninth inning to close out the victory.
 
PIONEER POINTS
 Senior Raymond Jones (San Diego, Calif.) is second on the Pioneers with a .365 batting average with 27 hits, 15 RBI, 33 total bases, 14 runs scored. He also has .446 slugging percentage and .448 on-base percentage.
 
Junior Paul Bryniarski (Fountain Hills, Ariz.) has started 22 games and is second on the Pioneers with 31 hits. Bryniarski is batting .323 with 19 runs scored, 15 RBI and 40 total bases. He also has a .417 slugging percentage with four doubles, a triple and one homerun.
 
Senior Dallas Dey (Tustin, Calif.) (.371 avg, .423 obp, .551 slg) and leads the Pioneers with four home runs and is tops on the team with 33 hits.
 
Returners Adam Hollar (Livermore, Calif.) (.339 avg, .462 obp) and Dakota Conners (Manteca, Calif.) (.316 avg, .495 slg, 11 2B) have been excellent, while newcomers Jacob Eder (Prescott, Ariz.) (.216 avg, .363 obp, 17 R, 15 RBI) and Kyosuke Ushimaru (Tokyo, Japan) (.299 avg, .407 slg) have provided some pop in the Pioneer lineup.
 
The pitching staff has a collective ERA of 5.26 through 26 games, despite solid strikeout numbers (179 punchouts and 95 walks in 217.1 innings). Senior southpaw Alex Vesia is 3-2 with 38 strikeouts and a 2.82 ERA. RJ Hanson is second on the team with a 2.82 ERA and is second on the team with 34 strikeouts with four wins. Jacob Call is third on the Pioneers on the squad with 30 strikeouts and has only given up two homers this season.
 
SCOUTING UC SAN DIEGO
The UC San Diego Tritons enter the weekend with a 16-9 overall mark and 12-8 in CCAA action after splitting their series 2-2 with Cal State Monterey Bay. Alex Eliopulos leads the Tritons with nine homers and 33 RBI. Preston Mott leads the UC San Diego rotation with a 4-0 record and 48 strikeouts with a 2.04 ERA.