PREVIEW: Baseball Hosts Chico State for Final Home Series of 2024
CHICO STATE (23-17, 17-14 CCAA) at CAL STATE EAST BAY (19-24, 11-20 CCAA)
April 26-28, 2024
Hayward, Calif. | Pioneer Baseball Field
Friday – 3 p.m.
Saturday – Noon/3 p.m.
Sunday – Noon
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OVERVIEW AND NOTES |
Cal State East Bay hosts Chico State at Pioneer Baseball Field for the final home series of the season, which starts Friday afternoon at 3 p.m.
The Pioneers went 1-3 last weekend at Cal State San Bernardino with the lone win coming in the second game of the series.
Before Sunday's home finale, 10 players from Cal State East Bay baseball will be honored in the Senior Day Ceremony including Sam Gilliam, Brenden Bell, Donovan Bailey, Garrison Finck, Niko Mollat, Tristin Tatum, Matthew Mandeville, Luke Novitske and Matthew O'Mahony.
PLAYERS TO WATCH |
Matthew O'Mahony – Sr. – INF – San Bruno/Skyline College
O'Mahony leads the Pioneers in batting average (.369), at-bats (141) and RBIs (37).
Mollat is seventh on the Pioneers in batting average (.235) and at-bats (102). He scored a pair of runs in the series opener at CSUSB.
Gilliam hit two home runs in the series at CSUSB and had three RBIs.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS |
Chico State is 23-17 overall and 17-14 in CCAA play. Jeremy Keller leads the Wildcats with a .385 batting average.
Latest Men's Baseball
- Bell and Tanner Receive All-CCAA HonorsALISO VIEJO, Calif. – The CCAA announced the all-conference baseball teams on Tuesday for 2024. Outfielder Brenden Bell was named All-CCAA Honorable Mention and pitcher Gabe Tanner made the conference's First Team.
- Pioneer Baseball Drops Season Finale 2-0 to CSUMBSEASIDE, Calif. – Cal State East Bay baseball played its final game of the season against Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside on Saturday after a rain delay. The Otters defeated the Pioneers 2-0 to sweep the four-game series. .
- Pioneer Baseball Swept in Friday Doubleheader at CSUMBSEASIDE, Calif. – Cal State East Bay played its final doubleheader of the season on Friday, taking on Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside at Otter Sports Complex. The Otters won a wild game one 15-12 and game two 7-3 to sweep Friday's CCAA doubleheader.
- Pioneer Baseball Drops Series Opener to CSUMB on ThursdaySEASIDE, Calif. – Cal State East Bay traveled to Seaside to for a four-game CCAA series against Cal State Monterey Bay, which is the Pioneers' final regular season series of 2024. The Otters won the first game of the series 13-6.
- Pioneer Baseball Takes Series with 7-4 Victory Over Chico State on Senior DayHAYWARD, Calif. – Cal State East Bay baseball wrapped up its final home series of the regular season with a 7-4 victory over Chico State at Pioneer Baseball Field on Sunday to take three of four games in the series.
- Pioneer Baseball Sweeps Saturday Doubleheader vs. Chico StateHAYWARD, Calif. – Cal State East Bay baseball swept a CCAA doubleheader against Chico State on Saturday, winning 6-5 in the first game on a walk-off RBI single and taking the second game in seven innings, 6-4.