HAYWARD, Calif. — The Saint Martin's Baseball team won both its games against Cal State East Bay on Saturday, February 28.

The Saints saw a high offensive output, scoring six runs in game one and 12 in game two. The wins improved the Saints' record to 8-9 on the season.

Game 1: Saint Martin's 6, Cal State East Bay 3

• The Saints started off the game on a strong note, as Carson Dunn hit a solo home run on the second at-bat of the game, his second home run in two games against East Bay.
• Later in the second, Kelton Tom also sent one over the fence, this time scoring Dillon Andres and moving the Saints' lead to 3-0.
• The Pioneers added a run in the bottom of the third, but Blaze Wong pitched six quality innings, allowing just that one run and three hits, giving the Saints an advantage that ultimately prevailed through the final out.
• Up 3-1 in the top of the fifth, the Saints scored a run off a Carson Dunn sacrifice fly that scored Kyle Schabot. 
• Just one inning later, Schabot singled to score Bransyn Hong and Evan Nicol, putting the Saints ahead 6-1.
• Cal State East Bay added one run in each of the eighth and ninth innings, but Caiden Schultz pitched the final three innings and secured the 6-3 victory, earning his second save of the season.

Top Performers

• Blaze Wong pitched six innings, allowing one run off three hits.
• Kyle Schabot went 3-4 with two RBIs and one run.
• Carson Dunn went 1-4 with two RBIs and one run.

Game 2: Saint Martin's 12, Cal State East Bay 6

• The Pioneers took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, doing so off an RBI double and throwing error that scored a run.
• The Saint bounced back tremendously one inning later, scoring five runs in the top of the second to take a 5-2 lead.
  • Alohi Arecchi started the scoring stretch with an RBI double to score Dillon Andres.
  • One at-bat later, Noah Albanese hit a home run to left field to score Arecchi and Jackson Upton.
  • Later in the inning, Bransyn Hong added to the rally by singling to score Isaac Hoag.
• In the top of the fourth, the Saints took a commanding 8-2 lead by adding three more runs.
  • Dillon Andres hit a home run to score Evan Nicol, before Noah Albanese later hit a sacrifice fly.
• The Pioneers scored two runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings, but the Saints also added insurance runs, scoring two in the fifth off a two-RBI double from Kyle Schabot and two in the seventh by way of a two-RBI single from Dillon Andres.

Top Performers

• Dillon Andres went 3-4 with four RBIs and two runs.
• Bransyn Hong went 2-5 with two runs and one RBI.
• Kyle Schabot hit 2-4 and tallied two RBIs and one run.
• Evan Nicol scored three runs.
• Nikki Scott II picked up his second win of the season, pitching 5.2 innings and striking out five batters.
• Bryson Nakamoto pitched 1.1 perfect innings in relief to close out the game.

Up Next

The Saints will conclude a four-game stretch against Cal State East Bay tomorrow, with the first pitch of the standalone game scheduled for 11 a.m.