HAYWARD, Calif., -- The first-place Cal State East Bay baseball team will hit the road for a four-game California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) series against Chico State February 28-Mar. 1 at Nettleton Field.
 
The Pioneers and Wildcats will open play with a single game on Friday with first pitch at 2:00, before their scheduled series doubleheader of Saturday, February 29 before wrapping up the series with Sunday morning finale at 11:00 a.m.
 
East Bay is off to a 10-2 start to the season with a 6-2 mark in CCAA play after picking up a 2-2 split against a then ranked, No. 19 Stanislaus State ball club during their Homecoming Series last week.
 
 
PIONEER POINTS

• The Pioneers are off to a 10-2 start to the season for the first time in program history.
• Ethan Brodsky and Samuel Esparza swept CCAA Player of the Week Awards for Feb. 10-16.
• CSUEB is currently 4th in the CCAA batting .302 as a team.
• East Bay is 5th in the league with a .425 slugging percentage.
• The Pios are also 5th in the conference with a .395 on-base percentage.
• Newcomer AJ Curtis is 14th in the CCAA hitting .382 through 12 games.
• Junior transfer Jordan Macias is 11th in the league batting .392 on the season and is tied for 2nd on the team in hits with 20.
• Curtis leads the Pioneers in hits and is 5th in the conference with 21 total hits.
• Omar Sanchez is 3rd on the the squad with a .341 batting average and is tied for 2nd on the team with 20 hits.
• Ryan McSwain is 6th CCAA with three home runs and he is 2nd on the team with a .509 slugging percentage.
• McSwain is batting .382 and is 4th on the team with 11 runs scored to go with 10 RBI.
• Francisco Pedraza is 6th in the CCAA with a team-leading five steals.
• Brodsky is 7th in the CCAA with a 24 strikeouts including eight batters struck out looking, 6th in the conference.
• Mark Woinarowicz leads CSUEB with a 0.73 ERA, 3rd best in the league and two wins.
• Brian Martinez has 14 strikeouts on the season with a 2.75 ERA through a team-high 19.2 innings tossed to go along with a 2-0 record.
• Ransome Alexander has compiled 17 strikeouts with two wins and a 4.02 ERA.
• Ryan Robinson, Garrison Finck, Tristin Tatum have all tallied one win each.
• Matt Woinarowicz has recording the Pioneers lone save of the season.

 
 
SCOUTING CHICO STATE
The Chico State Wildcats enter their matchup with East Bay carrying a 9-5 overall record and a 5-3 mark in CCAA action after splitting their series 2-2 against Cal State Monterey Bay last week. Eddie Zavala leads the Wildcats with a .467 batting average to go with 21 hits, 12 RBI and 12 runs scored. Grant Larson is tops in the Chico State pitching rotation with a 3-0 record on the mound and 24 strikeouts.