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CAL BASEBALL GOLDEN BEARS BRUINS 14-9 1-5 15-5 5-1 OVERALL PAC-12 OVERALL PAC-12 VS -- Mike Neu #15 John Savage HEAD COACH RANK HEAD COACH RANK EVANS DIAMOND MARCH 29-31 LIVE STATS Berkeley, Calif. CalBears.com SCHEDULE NEED TO KNOW Overall: 14-9 • Pac-12: 1-5 Home: 10-3 • Away: 3-3 • Neutral: 1-3 An eight-game homestand continues at Evans Diamond as the Cal baseball team welcomes UCLA for three games beginning Thursday at 7:05 p.m. Friday’s game is set for a 6:05 p.m. start and Saturday’s series DATE OPPONENT TIME finale will begin at 2:05 p.m. Live stats for all three games can be found at CalBears.com and live updates Feb. 16 at San Diego W 6-1 will be available through Twitter (@CalBaseball). Feb. 17 at San Diego L 11-8 Feb. 17 vs. Cincinnati^ L 3-1 Feb. 23 Cal St. Bakersfield W 17-6 The Bears kicked off their stay at home with a 9-3 victory over UC Davis on Tuesday. Home runs by Andrew Feb. 24 Cal St. Bakersfield W 5-3 Vaughn and Jonah Davis, three hits by Darren Baker and two RBIs from Cameron Eden helped lead the Feb. 24 Cal St. Bakersfield W 23-2 charge offensively while Rogelio Reyes picked up win No. 3 on the season with five innings on the mound. Feb. 25 Cal St. Bakersfield W 13-2 Cal’s last Pac-12 series saw the Bears finish strong with a Sunday win at Oregon. The Ducks claimed the March 2 vs. Baylor@ W 8-2 March 3 vs. Louisiana Tech@ L 10-6 first two games of the series but Matt Ladrech and Tanner Dodson combined for a win and a save on the March 4 vs. Texas A&M@ L 9-5 mound while Vaughn hit a three-run home run to lead the offense. March 6 Xavier W 13-3 March 9 Brown W 11-6 Cal continues to rank among the nation’s top offensive teams and the Bears lead the Pac-12 in slugging March 9 Brown W 10-9 percentage, on-base percentage, runs scored, hits and RBIs. Vaughn leads the nation with 13 home runs, a March 10 Brown W 4-3 March 11 Brown W 7-6 .611 on-base percentage and 1.038 slugging percentage. On the mound, Dodson has established himself March 13 at San Francisco W 5-4 as one of the nation’s most dynamic options at the back end of the bullpen and the right-hander has four March 16 Oregon State* L 4-3 saves to go with a 2.40 ERA. March 17 Oregon State* L 10-4 March 18 Oregon State* L 6-4 March 24 at Oregon* L 8-5 March 24 at Oregon* L 7-2 BY THE NUMBERS March 25 at Oregon* W 5-3 March 27 UC Davis W 9-3 March 29 UCLA* 7:05 pm Cal’s ranking nationally when it comes to team batting average entering week seven of the 2018 March 30 UCLA* 6:05 pm season. The Bears enter the UCLA series hitting .308 as a team, led by Andrew Vaughn (.468) and Tyrus March 31 UCLA* 2:05 pm 16 Greene (.414). April 5 Utah*# 6:05 pm April 6 Utah*# 7:05 pm April 7 Utah*# 2:05 pm The last time Mike Neu was in charge of the Cal pitching staff, the Bears compiled April 10 San Francisco 7:05 pm a team ERA of 3.03 that stands second-best among all Cal staffs since 1976. Three April 13 at Washington State* 5 pm April 14 at Washington State* 2 pm 3.03 pitchers on that staff - Daulton Jefferies, Ryan Mason and Alex Schick - went on to be April 15 at Washington State* 1 pm selected in the Major League Baseball first-year player draft. April 17 Santa Clara 7:05 pm April 20 Washington*# 7:05 pm April 21 Washington*# 4:05 pm The nation’s top home run total entering the weekend is held by Cal first baseman April 22 Washington*# 12:05 pm 13 Andrew Vaughn. The sophomore from Santa Rosa, Calif. added to his total on Tuesday April 24 Sacramento State 7:05 pm vs. UC Davis and has already eclipsed his 2017 total of 12 that led the Pac-12. April 26 at Stanford*# 7 pm April 27 at Stanford*# 7 pm April 28 at Stanford*# 7 pm Junior Tanner Dodson enjoyed a standout summer in the Cape Cod League as the native May 1 BYU# 7:05 pm .365 of West Sacramento, Calif. earned the league’s batting title with a .365 average. Dodson May 4 at USC* 6 pm also contributed on the mound as a member of the Wareham Gatemen. May 5 at USC* 2 pm May 6 at USC* 1 pm May 11 Arizona* 7:05 pm Cal has been honored by the Pac-12 with the conference’s Player of the Week award twice May 12 Arizona* 6:05 pm already this season. Jonah Davis earned the award after a standout weekend against Cal State May 13 Arizona* 1:05 pm 2 Bakersfield and Andrew Vaughn received the distinction after hitting four home runs in five May 17 at Creighton 4:30 pm May 18 at Creighton 4:30 pm games against Xavier and Brown. May 19 at Creighton 10 am May 24 at Arizona State*# 7 pm PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS May 25 at Arizona State*# 6 pm May 26 at Arizona State*# Noon Thursday, March 29 Friday, March 30 Saturday, March 31 Cal: LHP Matt Ladrech (2-3, Cal: RHP Jared Horn (3-2, Cal: RHP Aaron Shortridge * Pac-12 Conference game; ^at University of San 4.97 ERA) 4.81) (1-1, 3.03) Diego; @at Frisco, Texas; #Pac-12 Networks UCLA: RHP Jake Bird (2-1, UCLA: RHP Zach Pettway UCLA: TBA Home games in BOLD 1.17) (4-0, 2.35) All times listed PT and subject to change Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Baseball contact): Ben Enos Office: 510-643-1741 // Email: [email protected] // 353 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 2 WEEK 7: CAL VS UCLA QUICK FACTS BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S STORYLINES GENERAL INFORMATION SCOUTING THE BRUINS it comes to batting average as he enters the UCLA Location: Berkeley, CA Last Meeting: UCLA enjoyed the home field series ranked 27th in the nation with a .414 mark. Founded: 1868 advantage when the Bears and Bruins met in 2017 Enrollment: 40,173 as the hosts swept Cal in three games at Jackie PRESEASON ACCOLADES Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) Robinson Stadium. The last time the two met at Cal was been in the news quite a bit in the weeks Nickname: Golden Bears Evans Diamond, it was Cal that did the sweeping leading up to the season opener as the duo of as the Bears picked up three wins during the 2016 Andrew Vaughn and Tanner Dodson received a Mascot: Oski season. number of preseason awards. Both were named UCLA’s 2018 Record: 15-5, 5-1 Pac-12 to the Golden Spikes Preseason Watch List by UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL • Head coach John Savage’s crew is off to a fast USA Baseball while Dodson was named a first Chancellor: Carol Christ start in 2018 as the Bruins swept Washington team preseason All-America selection by Baseball Director of Athletics: H. Michael Williams State to begin Pac-12 play and took two of three America and Perfect Game/Rawlings as well as a Senior Women’s Administrator: Jenny Si- against Arizona State last weekend. Early season second team choice by D1Baseball.com. Vaughn wins over Pepperdine, Baylor (x2) and Cal State earned third team preseason All-America honors mon-O’Neill Fullerton highlight UCLA’s ledger so far this year. from Perfect Game/Rawlings, Collegiate Baseball Conference: Pac-12 • UCLA hasn’t lacked for offense in 2018 and Newspaper and D1Baseball.com.. Jeremy Ydens leads the Bruins with a .367 COACHING STAFF average. Michael Toglia has been an all-around WHAT’S NEU IS OLD Head Coach: Mike Neu (1st season as HC) force with a .329 average, four home runs, eight Cal’s new skipper is a familiar face at Evans doubles and 17 RBIs while Chase Strumpf leads BA Univ. of Phoenix 2008 Diamond. Mike Neu was announced as the 11th the way in the run production department with 21 head coach in Cal Baseball history on July 5, 2017. MA Ball State 2011 RBIs. After spending two years as head coach at Pacific, Assistant Coach: Noah Jackson (1st season) • On the mound, senior Jake Bird has set the tone Neu returns to a program for which he served as Assistant Coach: Pat Shine (1st season) for the UCLA staff and the right-hander comes to pitching coach and recruiting coordinator from Assistant Coach: Damon Lessler (1st season) Berkeley with a 2-1 record and 1.17 ERA in six 2012 to 2015. A former Major League pitcher with starts. Freshman Zach Pettway is also slated to get the Oakland A’s, Neu also served as head coach at TEAM INFORMATION the ball during the Bruins’ trip north and he enters nearby Diablo Valley College from 2009-11 and led with a 4-0 record and 2.35 ERA. Three different the Vikings to a pair of Big 8 Conference titles. Starters Returning/Lost: 7/2 (incl. DH) Bruins have recorded a save in 2018, led by Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 22/6 Holden Powell and Kyle Mora with two apiece.