SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., -- The Cal State East Bay baseball team dropped both ends of their California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) doubleheader against San Francisco State at Maloney Field on Saturday afternoon, April 21.
 
CSUEB moves to 20-21 on the season with a 17-18 mark in conference action as the Gators took a 2-1 lead in the series.
 
The opening game featured 13 hits from the Pioneer offense but also a trio of fielding errors for Cal State East Bay.
 
Senior Colt Parshall (Oakdale, Calif.) paced East Bay with a game-high three hits, two RBI and a run scored.
 
Dakota Conners (Manteca, Calif.), Kyosuke Ushimaru (Tokyo, Japan) and Matt Cantelme (Fair Oaks, Calif.) all turned in multi-hit performances for CSUEB. Conners tallied two hits and scored twice. Ushimaru finished the ballgame with two hits, two RBI and a run scored. Cantelme added two hits, including a double and two RBI.
 
It was a back-and-forth scoring affair for the Pioneers and Gators as the teams totaled 16 runs. SF State opened the game with three runs in the opening inning and East Bay responded with two run apiece in the top of the second and third innings. SFSU did not allow the lead to last long as they ripped off three more runs in the bottom of the third inning.
 
The Pioneers would score three runs through the next six innings while the Gators tagged on another three run inning in the bottom of the eighth inning to claim a, 9-7 victory.
 
Raymond Jones (San Diego, Calif.) registered a double and scored two runs. Adam Hollar (Livermore, Calif.) chipped in a hit and a RBI while recorded the Pioneers lone stolen base on the game.
 
Dallas Dey (Tustin, Calif.) and Jacob Eder (Prescott, Ariz.) each completed the game with a hit apiece.
 
Junior Jordan Milligan (San Jose, Calif.) got the start on the mound for East Bay and only allowed two earned runs through two innings of action. Mark Woinarowicz (L, 0-1) (Yorba Linda, Calif.) only gave up three hits and no walks in his only inning on the mound. Jacob Call (Fremont, Calif.) led CSUEB with three strikeouts and no earned runs given up after hurling five innings for the Pioneers.
 
In the doubleheader finale, Cal State East Bay suffered a, 7-6 comeback defeat as the Gators rallied off three runs in the final inning to claim the sweep.
 
Senior Dallas Dey led the Pioneers with three hits and three RBI, including a two-run double in the top of the sixth inning.
Raymond Jones finished with two this and two RBI. Paul Bryniarski (Fountain Hills, Ariz.) garnered two hits and scored two runs. Evan Steele (Clovis, Calif.) logged two hits and a run.
 
Dakota Conners collected a double and scored two runs. Adam Hollar scored a run and Jacob Eder secured CSUEB's lone stolen base of the second game.
 
RJ Hanson (La Honda, Calif.) fell just shy of a complete game after tossing six innings and leading the Pioneers with five strikeouts and only one walked batter. Nick Risucci (L, 2-1) (Las Vegas, Nev.) walked two batters in his time on the mound. Andrew Fernandez (Castro Valley, Calif.) did not give up any runs nor walks during his time on the mound.
 
The Pioneers will conclude their series against San Francisco State with a single game Sunday, April 22 at Maloney Field.