Pioneer Baseball Falls in Series Opener to Stanislaus State on Thursday
SAN MARCOS, Calif. — Cal State East Bay baseball edged ahead multiple times and racked up 20 hits, and led by as many as nine runs, but the Pioneers dropped a heartbreaker in a 15-14, 12-inning loss to Cal State San Marcos on Sunday afternoon at Dennis A. Pugh Field in a CCAA series finale. The Cougars scored the winning run on a walk-off single in the bottom of the 12th inning, sealing a wild game that featured multiple lead changes, and a combined 35 hits and nine errors between both teams.
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GAME SUMMARY |
Cal State East Bay jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. After a walk and a fielder's choice set the stage, Luke Brown launched a two-run homer to right field, his team-leading seventh of the season.
Stanislaus State answered with two runs in the second on a sacrifice fly and an RBI triple, then erupted for four more in the third. The Warriors capitalized on a walk, a stolen base, and four straight hits, including a two-run single by Danny Murphy, to go up 6-2.
The visitors continued their offensive onslaught in the fourth, scoring four more runs — all with two outs — with Flavio Perez driving in two and Murphy adding another pair of RBIs. They extended the lead to 15-2 in the fifth, punctuated by a grand slam from Alex Solis.
The Pioneers showed fight late in the game. After a run in the fifth on a Nick Thomson double, East Bay rallied in the seventh. Amayas Lamar led off with a triple, later scoring on a sacrifice fly by Thomson. With two on and two out, Daniels drilled his sixth home run of the season over the left-field fence, trimming the deficit to 15-8.
Stanislaus State tacked on one more in the ninth, and East Bay two runners on base in the final frame but couldn't push across another run.
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NOTABLE STATS |
- Camron Grant extended his hitting streak to 13 games as he went 1-for-4.
- Luke Brown: 3-for-5 with a home run, double, three RBIs and tworuns scored.
- Danelle Daniels went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs.
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RECORDS |
Cal State East Bay: 16-23, 12-17 CCAA
Stanislaus State: 15-22, 10-17 CCAA
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UP NEXT FOR CAL STATE EAST BAY |
Cal State East Bay continues its CCAA home series with a doubleheader against Stanislaus State on Friday, April 18. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m. for game one, followed by game two at approximately 3 p.m. at Pioneer Baseball Field.
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