HAYWARD, Calif. — In a wild day of unpredictable weather and offensive fireworks, the Cal State East Bay softball team dropped Saturday's doubleheader against Humboldt State at Pioneer Field.

CSUEB fell short in a nine-inning battle to end the day, 9-8, after losing the first game of the day 17-1.

Juniors Jeana Gonzales, Maddie Ramirez and Jocelyn Baldon all had stellar performances in the Game 2 defeat. 

Gonzales finished 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI, Ramirez was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and Baldon was 3-for-5 with two RBI.

Senior Sarah Fukushima also doubled and has a team-high nine this season, while senior Emilie Portesi was 1-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base. Portesi is now a perfect 10-for-10 in stolen-base attempts, by far leading the team.

The Pioneers rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to score three in the fourth and two in the fifth to take a 5-3 lead. 

After a 5-run sixth put Humboldt State back on top, East Bay responded again with Poretsi's RBI double in the bottom half before RBI-hits by Gonzales and Baldon in the bottom of the seventh knotted the score, 8-8.

Cal State East Bay (8-19, 6-14) returns to action next weekend with a four-game series at Cal State San Marcos on March 13-14.