SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., -- The Cal State East Bay baseball team opened their Bay Bridge series against San Francisco State with a 5-1 victory Friday afternoon, April 20 at Maloney Field.
 
Senior southpaw Alex Vesia (W, 7-2) (Alpine, Calif.) hurled another outing from the mound after fanning eight Gator batter as he has now not allowed any earned runs through 39 straight innings. Fellow senior Nick Risucci (Las Vegas, Nev.) tossed 7.0 innings for the Pioneers logging one strikeout.
 
The pitching duo of Vesia and Risucci held an SF State team that came into the ballgame averaging nearly six runs a game and 13.75 in their last four games to just one run on two hits. The Gators did not even have a base runner until the fourth inning and was held hitless until the eighth inning.
 
The CSUEB offense was led by Raymond Jones (San Diego, Calif.)  and Jacob Eder (Prescott, Ariz.) as they both complied multi-hit performances. Jones notched three hits with an RBI and a run scored. Eder also tallied three hits, two RBI, two stolen bases and a run scored.
 
Adam Hollar (Livermore, Calif.) and Dakota Conners (Manteca, Calif.) finished with a run scored and a hit apiece. Colt Parshall (Oakdale, Calif.) registered an RBI single to right field in the sixth inning for Cal State East Bay.
 
Paul Bryniarski (Fountain Hills, Ariz.) scored a run and stole a base for East Bay. Dallas Dey (Tustin, Calif.) garnered a hit and Kyosuke Ushimaru (Tokyo, Calif.) accounted for a RBI and drew a walk.
 
With the win the Pioneers improve to 20-19 on the season and 17-16 in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) action as they are now tied for sixth in the CCAA standings with a doubleheader scheduled for Saturday, April 21 at Maloney Field with a noon first pitch.