APRIL 13 • LOUIS GUISTO FIELD • MORAGA, CALIFORNIA LIVE STATS: CALBEARS.COM • STREAM: WCC NETWORK CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 17-13 5-4 MIKE NEU -- OVERALL PAC-12 HEAD COACH RANKING SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) SAINT MARY'S GAELS FEB. 19 PACIFIC W, 4-3 FEB. 20 PACIFIC L, 3-6 14-15 4-8 GREG MOORE -- Feb. 21 at Pacific L, 2-5 OVERALL PAC-12 HEAD COACH RANKING Feb. 22 at Pacific L, 6-7 FEB. 25 SAN FRANCISCO W, 4-2 FEB. 26 SAN FRANCISCO W, 4-3 Feb. 27 at San Francisco L, 6-10 Feb. 28 at San Francisco W, 5-1 BATTING PRACTICE BY THE NUMBERS MARCH 4 SAINT MARY’S W, 16-3 » Tuesday’s game is the fifth of six meetings between MARCH 5 SAINT MARY’S W, 2-1 (11) Cal and SMC this season. Cal won three of four in a March 6 at Saint Mary’s W, 4-2 split series with the Gaels on March 4-7. March 7 at Saint Mary’s L, 3-8 » RHP Steven Zobac will make his first career start on the mound Tuesday. He’s excelled at the backend of 15-1 MARCH 12 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT L, 3-4 games this season with three saves, 14 strikeouts Strike early, and often. Cal is 15-1 when it scores first MARCH 13 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (GAME 1) W, 11-5 and a .175 b/avg. in 12 innings pitched. and 9-3 when scoring at least once in the first inning this MARCH 13 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (GAME 2) W, 6-4 » Nathan Manning leads the Pac-12 in batting average season. The Bears have scored 69 of their 169 total runs (.436). He also owns a .530 on-base percentage. MARCH 14 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W, 7-1 in the first three innings this season, including 19 in the MARCH 19 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST L, 7-0 opening frame, 21 in the second and 29 in the third. MARCH 20 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST W, 15-1 WEEKLY OUTLOOK MARCH 21 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST W, 9-8 March 26 at Utah *^ W, 9-0 GAME 1 March 27 at Utah *^ W, 9-5 TUESDAY, APRIL 13 • 3 P.M. (PDT) Moraga, California | Louis Guisto Field 26 March 28 at Utah *^ L, 4-11 Roll it! The Bears lead the Pac-12 and rank 13th March 30 at San José State L, 7-10 PROJECTED STARTERS CAL: 19 So. RHP Steven Zobac 2-0 0.75 nationally with 26 double plays defensively. Cal has APRIL 1 USC * L, 1-6 SMC: 42 So. RHP Ryan Taurek 2-0 1.71 turned at least one double play in 21 of 30 games so far APRIL 2 USC * W, 4-3 this season. Second baseman Darren Baker has had a APRIL 3 USC * W, 5-1 GAME 2 hand in 19 of the 26 double plays. April 6 at Stanford L, 3-4 April 9 at Arizona * L, 1-5 FRIDAY, APRIL 16 • 5:30 P.M. (PDT) Corvallis, Oregon | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field April 10 at Arizona * L, 3-4 PROJECTED STARTERS April 11 at Arizona * W, 9-1 CAL: 21 Jr. RHP Grant Holman 0-1 1.54 April 13 at Saint Mary’s 3 p.m. OSU: TBA 3.18 April 16 at Oregon State * 5:30 p.m. Cal’s pitching staff is second in the Pac-12 and ranks 22nd nationally by allowing 3.18 walks per nine innings. The April 17 at Oregon State * 1:30 p.m. GAME 3 April 18 at Oregon State * 12 p.m. Bears have issues three walks or less in 21 of 30 games, SATURDAY, APRIL 17 • 1:30 P.M. (PDT) including all three games at No. 22 Arizona last weekend. APRIL 21 SAINT MARY’S 6 P.M. Corvallis, Oregon | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Cal issued just seven total walks in three games at Arizona. APRIL 23 WASHINGTON STATE *^ 6 P.M. PROJECTED STARTERS APRIL 24 WASHINGTON STATE *^ 3 P.M. CAL: 35 Jr. RHP Sean Sullivan 2-2 4.17 APRIL 25 WASHINGTON STATE *^ 1 P.M. OSU: TBA April 30 at Washington * 5 p.m. May 1 at Washington * 2 p.m. GAME 4 35 May 2 at Washington * 1 p.m. SUNDAY, APRIL 18 • 12 P.M. (PDT) Darren Baker has reached base safely in 35 consecutive MAY 4 SAN JOSE STATE * TBD Corvallis, Oregon | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field games, a streak dating back to the 2020 season. The MAY 7 ARIZONA STATE * 6 P.M. PROJECTED STARTERS senior lead-off man carries an on-base percentage of MAY 8 ARIZONA STATE * 3 P.M. CAL: 41 Fr. RHP Paulshawn Pasqualotto 4-3 4.42 .413 and is always a threat on the basepaths with 14 MAY 9 ARIZONA STATE * 1 P.M. OSU: TBA stolen bases and 26 runs scored. MAY 14 STANFORD * 6 P.M. MAY 15 STANFORD * 3 P.M. MAY 16 STANFORD * 1 P.M. PROJECTED STARTERS May 17 at Stanford 6 p.m. May 21 at UCLA * 6 p.m. BY POSITION 17 May 22 at UCLA * 2 p.m. Pos. No. Name AVG. AB R H HR RBI OB% 40 8 May 23 at UCLA * 1 p.m. C 6 Cole Elvis .205 88 10 18 3 15 .278 3 2 MAY 27 OREGON *^ 6 P.M. 1B 25 Nathan Martorella .214 112 12 24 3 19 .315 26 25 MAY 28 OREGON *^ 3 P.M. 2B 2 Darren Baker .320 122 26 39 0 8 .413 3B 26 Quentin Selma .295 112 21 33 6 26 .362 MAY 29 OREGON *^ 12 P.M. SS 3 Keshawn Ogans .200 85 10 17 0 12 .278 LF 40 Nathan Manning .436 55 16 24 0 11 .530 * Pac-12 contest 6 CF 17 Dylan Beavers .282 110 20 31 9 29 .390 ^ Televised on the Pac-12 Network RF 8 John Lagattuta .273 77 11 21 2 13 .341 All times PT & subject to change DH 10 Hance Smith .250 40 8 10 3 5 .311 2 CALIFORNIA BASEBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS WHAT TO KNOW ROAD BATTLES HIT ‘EM WHERE THEY AIN’T INSTITUTION INFORMATION » Tuesday’s game is the fifth of eight consecutive road games for Cal. » Since cracking the starting lineup on March 20, sophomore Nathan Manning Institution University of California, Berkeley » The Bears are 5-9 on the road this season compared to a 12-4 mark at home. has swung one of the hottest bats around. Manning is batting .436 Location Berkeley, Calif. » Cal is batting .236 as a unit on the road, highlighted by Nathan Manning’s (24-for-55) this season with 11 RBI, three doubles and 16 runs scored. Enrollment 42,519 .375 average. Manning is the only Bear batting above .300 on the road. » Manning surpassed the 75%-games-played requirement this past weekend » The Bears’ pitching staff owns a 4.77 ERA and is limiting opposing batters to and now ranks atop the Pac-12 leaderboard in batting average. Founded 1868 a .277 average against in road contests. » The sophomore is riding a six-game hit streak and has at least one hit in 12 Colors Berkeley Blue, California Gold of 13 games since becoming an everyday player for Cal. In 13 games since Nickname Golden Bears BOMBS AWAY cracking the starting lineup, Manning has six multi-hit games, including a Chancellor Carol T. Christ » Cal has slugged 30 home runs, ranking 2nd in the Pac-12 & 58th nationally. trio with three hits or more. Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton » After a three-game drought without a home run, Cal smacked two in » The torrid stetch started with Manning going 5-for-5 with four RBI in Website www.CalBears.com Sunday’s 9-1 win at No. 22 Arizona. Steven Zobac roped a solo home run Cal’s blowout victory vs. CBU on March 20. It was just his second career start. Affiliation NCAA Division I and Dylan Beavers blasted a grand slam, Cal’s second of the season. » Manning became the first Bear with a five-hit game since Cameron Eden on Conference Pac-12 » Cal nearly added a third home run - and second grand slam - in the win at May 23, 2019 and joined Eden, Andrew Vaughn and Danny Oh as the only Arizona. Nathan Manning hit what appeared to be a grand slam to Bears with five-hit games since 2012. Stadium (Capacity) Evans Diamond (2,500) right-center, however, Manning unintentionally passed runner Darren Baker Field Dimensions 320 (LF, RF); 365 (LC, RC); 395 (CF) when rounding second base, prompting umpires to call Manning out. He was SWINGING AWAY Athletics Department Office Phone (510) 642-0580 credited with a three-run single instead of his first career home run. » Dylan Beavers has provided a dangerous offensive punch in the thick of Cal’s Baseball Office Phone (510) 643 6006 » Eight Bears have homered at least once, led by Dylan Beavers (9), who ranks lineup through the first half of the season, leading the Bears in Baseball Office Fax (510) 642-9591 second among Pac-12 players. Quentin Selma (6), Cole Elvis (3), home runs (9), RBI (29) and slugging percentage (.545). Nathan Martorella (3), Hance Smith (3) and Steven Zobac (3) all have 3-plus. » The left-handed hitter’s nine home runs rank second in the Pac-12 while his COACHING STAFF 29 RBI are tied for fifth. His ninth homer was a grand slam at UA on Sunday. Head Coach Mike Neu PULLING THE DOUBLE SHIFT » Beavers was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on March 16 after batting » Sophomore Steven Zobac will make his first career start on the mound .375 (6-for-16) with six RBI and two home runs in Cal’s four-game series Assistant Coach (Recruiting Coordinator) Noah Jackson Tuesday at Saint Mary’s, in what is expected to be an “opener” assignment.