In the Oaks home finale all the luck swung a Pioneers bat. East Bay held on for a 5-4 win in the first game of the day and erased a seventh-inning deficit to take the nightcap, 3-1.

Menlo fell behind in a hurry to start the twinbill when Sarah Davini singled and scored on a Rachelle Boone home run. The Oaks cut their deficit in half in the bottom half of the inning.

Ululani Reyes hit a leadoff single and eventually scored when Joedee Lovell's bases-loaded grounder was booted away by the Pioneers. Menlo had a chance to do more damage with only one out, but left the bases loaded.

Reyes got the Oaks going in the second inning by drawing a two-out walk. Serina Stephens earned a walk of her own and Angela Woerz smacked an RBI single to center field that plated Reyes with the tying run.

East Bay used three hits and one Menlo error to score twice in the fifth inning, and went ahead 5-2 in the sixth on a Dani Foster home run. Down to its final at bat, Menlo gave itself a legitimate shot at tying the score in the seventh.

Reyes struck out swinging at a ball in the dirt, but beat the throw to first base to start the inning. Stephens slapped a single to left field to keep things moving in the right direction and, with one out, Courtney Emry singled to center.

Joedee Lovell bounced a ball up the middle to drive in two runs as Stephens barely beat the throw home by a hand as she came through with a perfect slide. It was 5-4 with one down and runners at first and second. That's when it all ended for the Oaks, though. Golson and Cobb struck out back-to-back to end the game.

Emry finished the game 3-for-4 with a double while Reyes and Stephens each had two hits. Lovell had three RBI's. Mikayela Viramontes was the losing pitcher, allowing four earned runs on 11 hits while striking out two.

Behind a strong pitching performance by Cobb, Menlo led the nightcap nearly start to finish. Nadia Le'i reached on a three-base error by right fielder Tia Wunder and scored on a clutch, two-out single by Amanda Vegas in the second inning.

Cobb made the lead stand through six innings, scattering five hits. In the seventh inning it all fell apart for the Oaks.

Pinch hitter Emily Montanez drew a leadoff walk and replaced at first base by Mary Ogden. Ashlee Coronado then reached on an infield single before Davini placed down a perfect bunt which she legged out to load the bases with nobody out.

Foster hit a hard ground ball to short, but Reyes had to go to first for the putout that allowed Ogden to score the tying run. Reyes cleanly fielded a grounder by the next batter, Boone, but immediately threw home despite it not being a force out situation. Boone reached safely on the fielder's choice and the bases were loaded again.

Nikki Freiberg banged a single to center, scoring Coronado and Davini to put East Bay ahead 3-1.

In the bottom of the seventh, hobbled senior Jamie Pauley picked up a pinch-hit single to right field with one out. Vegas then lashed a line drive off the glove of the third baseman Boone and right to Coronado at short, who threw behind pinch runner Adriana Garcia for a game-ending double play.

Cobb was the tough-luck loser in the circle. She limited the Pioneers to seven hits with five strikeouts and a walk.

Menlo is 6-30 on the season and travels to take on Bethany in its California Pacific Conference and season finale doubleheader on Saturday. East Bay is 14-32 overall.