PREVIEW: Baseball to Play Upcoming Series at CSUSB
CAL STATE EAST BAY (18-21, 10-17 CCAA) at CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO (16-20, 9-17 CCAA)
April 19-21, 2024
San Bernardino, Calif. | Fiscalini Field
Friday – 2 p.m.
Saturday – Noon/3 p.m.
Sunday – 11 a.m.
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OVERVIEW AND NOTES |
Cal State East Bay heads to Southern California for a four-game CCAA series at Cal State San Bernardino starting Friday.
The Pioneers went 2-2 last week against Cal State Dominguez Hills winning the bookend games of the series in Hayward.
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PLAYERS TO WATCH |
Luke Novitske – Jr. – INF – Pleasanton/Foothill HS
Novitske is second on the Pioneers in batting average (.345), third in runs (30), hits (51), home runs (4) and RBIs (26) and fourth in total bases (68).
Bell is tied for second on the Pioneers in triples (3), home runs (6) and RBIs (30), fourth in batting average (.336) and fifth in runs (22), hits (40) and doubles (6).
Tanner pitched 8.1 scoreless innings for a win on Sunday as the Pioneers took the series finale against CSUSH, 3-0. He had eight strikeouts in the game.
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ABOUT THE OPPONENTS |
Cal State San Bernardino is 16-20 overall and 9-17 in CCAA play. Daniel Garcia Jr. leads the Coyotes with a batting average. The Coyotes are coming off a 14-6 win at Cal State Monterey Bay last Sunday.
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