HAYWARD, Calif., -- The Cal State East Bay baseball team opened their Bay Bridge home series against San Francisco State with a 10-3 defeat on Friday afternoon, April 12 at Pioneer Baseball Field.
 
With the loss, East Bay moves to 14-20 on the season with a 11-17 mark in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) play.
 
The contest started off tight as both starting pitchers were tin total command on the mound. Blake Corsentino (L, 3-3) (Ventura, Calif.) got the start for the Pioneers and tossed five innings. Corsentino logged two first inning punch outs and he finished the game allowing just four earned runs and three walks.
 
Despite the score, East Bay was able to out-hit the SF State 12-9 on the afternoon led by three hits apiece from senior Dakota Conners (Manteca, Calif.) and junior Robert Lujan (Reno, Nev.). Conners knocked a lead-off double in the bottom of the first inning for the Pioneer first hit of the ballgame. He also drew a walk and stole a base. Lujan notched RBI singles in the fourth inning to put the Pioneers on the board and in the bottom of the eighth inning to score CSUEB's final run of the game. He also racked up a stolen base.
 
Senior outfielder Kyosuke Ushimaru (Tokyo, Japan) also provided a spark for the Pioneers with a home run to deep center field to break East Bay's scoring drought in the bottom of the eighth. For Ushimaru it was his team-leading third homer of the season as he finished the ball game with a hit, an RBI and a run scored.
 
The senior duo of Adam Hollar (Livermore, Calif.) and Steve Robinson (Yuba City, Calif.) both turned in multi-hit performances for Cal State East Bay. Hollar singled in the sixth and eighth innings and also scored two of the Pioneers three runs in the fourth and eighth innings. Robinson continued his hot hand from last weekend with singles in the fourth and eighth innings.
 
Senior catcher Matt Cantelme (Fair Oaks, Calif.) tallied a hit the seventh inning and a stolen base in the fourth.
 
In total the Pioneers compiled three stolen bases bringing their current total to 41 on the season.
 
Kyle Basch (San Carlos, Calif.) pitched the sixth inning for CSUEB and logged one strikeout with one earned run given up. Ransome Alexander (Fullerton, Calif.) took the mound for the Pioneers in the seventh and eighth innings and only allowed two hits and one earned run. Conner Fleaharty (Redding, Calif.) concluded the contest for the Pioneers and struck out one batter while giving up one hit.
 
East Bay and SF State will continue their series with a Saturday afternoon doubleheader at Pioneer Baseball Field with the first game scheduled for a noon start.