SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., -- The Cal State East Bay baseball team concluded their Bay Bridge series against San Francisco State with a, 5-2 defeat at Maloney Field on Sunday, April 22.
 
With the win, the Gators claimed their forth straight series victory after capturing the home series 3-1 over the Pioneers, including three consecutive win. The loss moves East Bay to 20-22 on the season with a 17-19 mark in California Collegiate Athletic Association action.
 
Jacob Nelson (Jefferson, Wisc.) got the start on the mound as CSUEB used six pitchers in the series finale. Nelson allowed just two hits along with two strikeouts through the opening three innings. Donovan Ramirez (San Jose, Calif.) was up next for the Pioneers as he fanned two batters and allowed one earned run in his only inning of work.
 
After Ramirez, Ransome Alexander (Fullerton, Calif.) saw an inning of action as the home team Gators added another run to take a 2-0 lead. The Pioneers would respond with two runs of their own to tie the game in the top of the sixth inning.
 
Andrew Fernandez (Castro Valley, Calif.) was on the mound in the sixth inning for Cal State East Bay and did not allow any runs while walking two batters. Nick Rusucci (L, 2-1) (Las Vegas, Nev.) garnered his first loss of the season after SF State hit a three-run home run after back-to-back walks which proved to be the eventual game clinching runs. Mark Woinarowicz (Yorba Linda, Calif.) finished the game of the mound for East Bay.
 
Senior Dallas Dey (Tustin, Calif.) led the way for the Pioneer offense registering two of the CSUEB's five hits and collecting one of their two RBI. Raymond Jones (San Diego, Calif.) and Jacob Eder (Prescott, Ariz.) compiled a hit and a run each for Cal State East Bay.
 
Colt Parshall (Oakdale, Calif.) added a hit for East Bay and Dakota Conners (Manteca, Calif.) chipped in a RBI for CSUEB.
 
Next up, the Pioneers return to Hayward for a crucial series against Sonoma State, beginning Friday, Apr. 27.  The top six teams in the conference advance to the annual CCAA Tournament, and with two series remaining the Pioneers are two games behind the fifth place Seawolves.