HAYWARD, Calif. — The Cal State East Bay baseball team swept two contests against visiting Simpson University on Friday, winning the first game, 14-4, before earning the victory in a low-scoring 2-1 contest to wrap up the day.
The Pioneers and RedHawks will be back in action for a single game on Saturday, Feb. 19, beginning at 11 a.m.
Game 2: CSUEB 2, SU 1
Freshman
Tommy Scavone tossed all seven innings in the second half of Friday's doubleheader, striking out 11 while allowing just four hits and one walk to earn the first-career victory on the mound for the Livermore native.
Center fielder
Essex Brown Jr. and catcher
Matthew Mandeville each recorded one hit and one run, while freshman
Jacob Klinovsky had a sacrifice fly in the fourth to tie the game, 1-1. Mandeville later scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch in the sixth.
Game 1: CSUEB 14, SU 4
It was an offensive explosion to begin the day, as the Pioneers pounded out 13 hits in a lopsided victory.
Brown Jr. finished 3-for-4 with four runs scored and three stolen bases, Mandeville blasted a three-run home run in the sixth, Klinovsky was 3-for-5 with three RBI and
Francisco Pedraza went 2-for-4 with three RBI.
Ethan Brodsky improved to 3-0 on the mound this season after pitching seven innings and allowing four runs — all in the fifth inning — on five hits while striking out five.
CSUEB (6-3) scored three runs in the first, two in the third, three in the fourth and six runs in the sixth inning of Friday's early victory.