CSUEB Falls in Extras, Plays to 7-7 Tie in Doubleheader with Simpson
- February 20, 2010
HAYWARD, Calif. - The Cal State East Bay baseball team lost the first game of a doubleheader to Simpson University by the score of 10-6 in 11 innings. The second game was called due to darkness after eight innings with the score tied 7-7 .
In the first game, Simpson scored four runs in the 10th inning highlighted by a pair of RBI singles off the bats of Arason Perry and Shane Battles. The Red Hawks tied the game with a run in the eighth inning.
Cal State East Bay took a 6-5 lead in the sixth on a three-run home run by Levi Josewski.
Nick McManus and Jake Walter each had three hits for the Pioneers. Simpson’s Joshua Corson was 5 for 6 at the plate with three runs scored. Ricky Hogan pitched 4.1 scoreless innings and recorded seven strikeouts to pick up the victory.
In the second game, the Pioneers took a 3-1 lead in the third inning. Simpson struck for three runs in the top of the fourth while Cal State East Bay scored an unearned run in the bottom of the inning to tie the game.
Cal State East Bay took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the fifth as Devin Grigg’s groundout scored Stephen Gatehouse. Simpson scored three runs in the top of the sixth highlighted by a two-run single by Julian Goodin.
The Pioneers closed the gap to 7-6 in the bottom of the sixth as Nick McManus singled and later scored on a double off the bat of Charlie Sharrer.
Cal State East Bay tied the game in the bottom of the eighth inning. Josewski opened the inning with a base hit. After McManus struck out swinging, Josh Rush walked. After Sharrer struck out, pinch hitter John Howard singled to left field scoring Josewski.
Gatehouse was 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored for the Pioneers. Grigg drove in a pair of runs. Simpson’s Rico Adams had two hits and drove in three runs.
The Pioneers, 2-7-1 for the season, will host Patten University on Monday, February 22 at 2 p.m.