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SAN BERNARDINO – Cal State San Bernardino moved into fourth place in the CCAA regular-season chase with a 3-1 victory over visiting Cal State Monterey Bay in the series finale Saturday afternoon at Fiscalini Field.

The Coyotes, now 20-18 overall and 17-13 CCAA, are percentage points ahead of Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State L.A. Those two clubs own an 18-14 mark in league play.

CSUMB dropped to 17-23, 14-17.

David Silvas continues to be a key story for the Coyotes' success over the last 10 games. He extended his hitting streak to a team-high nine games with three doubles in four at-bats. He is 16-for-33 in that stretch (a .485 average) and owns eight extra-base hits.

Senior RHP Lucas Sanford, now 6-1 overall and a 3.33 ERA was solid in his eight innings for CSUSB. He allowed six hits, an unearned run and struck out without a walk. He threw 89 pitches in his stint – 66 strikes.

And junior RHP closer Josh Pond improved his school-record saves record to 14 with three strikeouts in the ninth.

The Coyotes grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first. Silvas reached base on a two-out double and moved over to third on Brandon Day's single up the middle. Junior Chris LeFay singled through the left side and CSUSB led 1-0.

The Otters tied the game in the fourth when Tommy George reached third on Tony Hernandez' single to right. Silvas mishandled the ball on the play and George scampered home on the error.

But CSUSB pushed across two runs in the fifth for the lead. Erik Ornelas led off with a single and Silvas launched his third double of the day for his first RBI of the day. Day advanced Silvas to third on a sacrifice bunt and LeFay's sacrifice fly to left scored Silvas.

LeFay finished 2-for-3 with two RBI and Day had two hits.

CSUSB returns to CCAA play next week at Sonoma State with a four-game series beginning Friday.