HAYWARD, Calif. - The baseball team won the rubber match game today against D2 opponent Cal State Eastbay 10-7 to claim the series victory. 

The Red Hawks got off to a hot start as they plated five runs in the first inning on four hits and one Pioneer error. 

A one-out single by Titus Sato followed by a walk to Dominic Folks set up early traffic for the Red Hawks. 

Maximiliano Lopez continued to stay hot in the series as he pounded a two-RBI double in the left-center gap that scored Sato and Folks. 

Brady Meeds tallied the other two runs on a bases-loaded two-RBI single that scored Micah Kele and Alex Tolbert. 

The Red Hawks scratched another run in the top of the third inning after a Kele single came around to score on an RBI double by Tolbert. 

However, the Pioneer bats got to starter Garrett Brogdon in the third inning by scoring four runs. 

Brogdon could not get out of the third inning before Chad Horton came in relief.

The Pioneers chipped away and tied the game at six in the bottom of the fifth inning on back-to-back sacrifice flies. 

But Simpson reclaimed the lead in the top of the sixth inning by plating two runs to grab the 8-6 lead. 

A Jaxon Hotta walk followed by a pull-side two-run bomb by Brady Meeds highlighted the inning for the Red Hawks. 

Eastbay scratched across one run in the bottom half of the inning to pull within one, 8-7. 

The Red Hawks added two more insurance runs in the top of the eighth inning. 

A leadoff single by Kade Kupihea came around to score on a double to right center by Dominic Folks. 

Kele platted Folks on an RBI single to give Simpson the 10-7 lead. 

Nathan Palaciouz came in relief of  Brendan Moore and pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his second save of the series. 

Relief pitcher Eddie Avalos earned the win as he came in relief in the fifth inning and pitched two innings while giving up just one run. 

The Red Hawks pounded out 13 hits and Micah Kele led the way with a four-hit performance while scoring two runs. 

Brady Meeds collected two hits which included a two-run bomb, his first of the year. 

Kade Kupihea also recorded two hits and scored one run. 

Simspon opens up conference play this weekend as they host Providence Christian in a three-game set that will start on Friday at 2 PM.