SAN BERNARDINO -- Cal State LA's baseball team had a tremendous start to Saturday's doubleheader against Cal State San Bernardino, but the ending wasn't as good.

The Golden Eagles rolled to a 10-0 in the opener at Fiscalini Field, but allowed the final six runs in a 6-3 loss to the Coyotes in the nightcap. Cal State LA (9-5, 2-2 CCAA) wound up splitting the four-game series with the Coyotes (2-10, 2-2 CCAA).

Sean Watkins and Greg Humbert got the Golden Eagles off to a promising start in the opening inning of the opener. Watkins belted a two-out, two-run home run to give the Golden Eagles a 2-0 lead and Humbert, pitching for the first time since the final game of the 2015 season, pitched a scoreless bottom of the inning. Humbert missed the entire 2016 season with an injury and was making his first appearance on the mound this season. He allowed one hit and faced the minimum three batters after picking a runner off first.

Freshman Saxon Andross took it from there, tossing seven shutout innings to get his first win. He allowed only three hits, walked three and struck out two in his best outing of the season. Watkins finished up on the mound, making his 2017 pitching debut. He completed the shutout with a scoreless ninth inning.

Cal State LA collected 19 hits in the opener and didn't commit an error. Watkins was 4-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI, Andrew Hermanson was 4-for-5 with one run and three RBI, Christian Broussard, Jr. was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and one RBI. Nathan Navarrete and Drew Seelman each had two hits for the Golden Eagles and Anthony Ayala completed the scoring with a solo home run in the ninth, his first home run of the season.

After Watkins' first-inning blast made it 2-0, the Golden Eagles added three more in the third. Navarrete singled in the first run, Broussard drove in a run with a groundout and Hermanson doubled in the third to make it 5-0. Hermanson picked up a run-scoring single in the fifth to extend the lead to 6-0 and a two-run double by Tommy Pincin highlighted a three-run seventh inning to make it 9-0. Ayala's first home run of the season finished the scoring.

Cal State LA jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the nightcap, but Cal State San Bernardino scored three times in the fourth and added three in the fifth to earn the split. Garrett Dean drew a bases-loaded walk to force in a run in the first inning and a solo home run by Watkins made it 2-0 in the third. Navarrete drove in the third run with a groundout. Justin Davis pitched 4 2/3 innings for the Golden Eagles, while George Alamillo didn't allow a hit and struck out two over the final 1 1/3 inning.

Cal State LA will return to action on Thursday with a road game at Cal State Dominguez Hills.