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HAYWARD -- Cal State L.A.'s baseball team was unable to hold leads in both games of Saturday's California Collegiate Athletic Association doubleheader against conference newcomer Cal State East Bay.
The Golden Eagles couldn't hold a 5-4 seventh-inning lead in the opener and failed to hang on to a 5-1 sixth-inning lead in the nightcap while dropping both contests, 13-8 and 8-6 in eight innings to the Pioneers.
Cal State L.A. (18-30, 16-23 CCAA) collected 23 hits in the doubleheader, but also left 19 runners on base. Cal State East Bay (22-29-1, 15-24 CCAA) had 24 hits in the twinbill, including four home runs.
Jesus Campos hit home runs in each game for the Golden Eagles. He was 6-of-8 with four RBI and three runs scored in the doubleheader.
Mario Ramirez had a pair of hits in both games, while
Sam Wiley was 2-for-4 in the opener and added another hit in the nightcap.
Jordan Castro was 2-for-4 in each game with two runs scored and one RBI.
Matt Clark allowed eight hits and five runs in 6 1/3 innings and was in position to win the first game after the Golden Eagles took a 5-4 lead in the top of the seventh.
Max Moya doubled in a run to break a 4-4 tie. Cal State East Bay, though, took advantage of five walks and two hits to score six times in the bottom of the inning to take the lead for good at 10-5.
The Golden Eagles got two runs in the top of the eighth on a two-run single by Wiley to make it 10-7, but the Pioneers struck back for three runs on a three-run home run by Charlie Sharrer to put the game away.
Cal State L.A. jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning of the nightcap. Campos doubled in a run,
Joe Park had a run-scoring single and Ramirez singled in two runs to stake the Golden Eagles to a quick advantage.
Matt Stropoli got the start for the Golden Eagles and allowed only one run through the first five innings. He tired in the sixth, though, and Cal State East Bay scored five times, including a go-ahead two-run home run by Levi Josewski, to take a 6-5 lead.
Cal State L.A. tied it in the seventh when Ramirez doubled with two outs and scored on a single by Wiley.
Brendan McQuaid got out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the seventh to send the game into extra innings, but Sharper got the game-winning home run with two outs in the eighth to give the Pioneers the sweep.
Cal State L.A. will conclude its season on Sunday.
