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CAL BASEBALL GOLDEN BEARS TROJANS 25-17 10-11 19-21 7-14 OVERALL PAC-12 OVERALL PAC-12 VS -- Mike Neu -- Dan Hubbs HEAD COACH RANK HEAD COACH RANK DEDEAUX FIELD LIVE STATS LIVE STREAM MAY 4-6 Los Angeles, Calif. USCTrojans.com USCTrojans.com SCHEDULE NEED TO KNOW Overall: 25-17 • Pac-12: 10-11 Home: 18-8 • Away: 6-6 • Neutral: 1-3 After a two-week stretch of games in the Bay Area, the Cal baseball team hits the road to resume Pac-12 play with a three-game series at USC. Action begins Friday at 6 p.m., continues Saturday at 2 p.m. and DATE OPPONENT TIME concludes with a 1 p.m. first pitch on Sunday. The series will be streamed through the USC website (USCTro- Feb. 16 at San Diego W 6-1 jans.com) and live updates can be accessed by following Cal Baseball on 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 Winners of four of their last five Pac-12 series, the Bears head to Los Angeles looking to get back on the Feb. 24 Cal St. Bakersfield W 5-3 right side of the ledger after taking one win in three tries at No. 2 Stanford last week. A 4-3 win on Thursday Feb. 24 Cal St. Bakersfield W 23-2 came courtesy of a great team effort, led by the trio of Matt Ladrech, Zayne Patino and Tanner Dodson on Feb. 25 Cal St. Bakersfield W 13-2 the mound. Andrew Vaughn and Jonah Davis each homered and Dodson drove in the eventual game-win- March 2 vs. Baylor@ W 8-2 March 3 vs. Louisiana Tech@ L 10-6 ning run with an RBI single in the seventh inning. March 4 vs. Texas A&M@ L 9-5 March 6 Xavier W 13-3 Cal returned to action on Tuesday and rode a strong performance by six pitchers to a 1-0 victory over BYU March 9 Brown W 11-6 in the final mid-week game of the 2018 season. Max Flower’s walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth March 9 Brown W 10-9 inning provided the offense and the Bears improved to 18-8 at home on the season. Cal returns to Evans March 10 Brown W 4-3 March 11 Brown W 7-6 Diamond next weekend for its final home series of the season when the Bears welcome Arizona for three March 13 at San Francisco W 5-4 games beginning on Friday. March 16 Oregon State* L 4-3 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* W 5-2 Cal’s ranking in the Pac-12 when it comes to home runs. The Bears have hit 46 round-trippers, seven March 30 UCLA* L 4-2 more than second-place Oregon State entering the week. Cal also leads the conference in stolen March 31 UCLA* W 8-3 1 bases (48) and ranks second in hits (425). April 5 Utah*# W 7-6 April 6 Utah*# L 12-10 April 7 Utah*# W 5-1 The last time Mike Neu was in charge of the Cal pitching staff, the Bears compiled April 10 San Francisco W 8-7 a team ERA of 3.03 that stands second-best among all Cal staffs since 1976. Three April 13 at Washington State* W 13-6 April 14 at Washington State* W 6-3 3.03 pitchers on that staff - Daulton Jefferies, Ryan Mason and Alex Schick - went on to be April 15 at Washington State* L 4-3 selected in the Major League Baseball first-year player draft. April 17 Santa Clara L 6-4 April 20 Washington*# W 11-4 The nation’s No. 2 home run total entering the week is held by Cal first baseman Andrew April 21 Washington*# W 5-2 April 22 Washington*# L 4-3 19 Vaughn. The sophomore from Santa Rosa, Calif. has already eclipsed his 2017 total of April 24 Sacramento State L 4-1 12 that led the Pac-12. April 26 at Stanford*# W 4-3 April 27 at Stanford*# L 14-1 April 28 at Stanford*# L 5-2 Junior Tanner Dodson enjoyed a standout summer in the Cape Cod League as the native May 1 BYU# W 1-0 .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 three May 12 Arizona* 6:05 pm times already this season. Jonah Davis earned the award after a standout weekend against May 13 Arizona* 1:05 pm 4 Cal State Bakersfield and Andrew Vaughn has received the distinction three times thanks to May 17 at Creighton 4:30 pm May 18 at Creighton 4:30 pm standout performances against Brown, UCLA and Washington. 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 Friday, May 4 Saturday, May 5 Sunday, May 6 Cal: LHP Matt Ladrech (6- Cal: RHP Jared Horn (5-5, Cal: RHP Aaron * Pac-12 Conference game; ^at University of San 3, 4.37 ERA) 6.21) Shortridge (2-2, 2.91) Diego; @at Frisco, Texas; #Pac-12 Networks USC: RHP Kyle Hurt (3-4, USC: LHP Quentin Longrie USC: RHP Solomon Bates Home games in BOLD 4.85) (4-4, 3.69) (3-2, 3.67) All times listed PT and subject to change Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Baseball contact): Ben Enos Office: 510-642-5363 // Email: [email protected] // 353 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 2 WEEK 12: CAL AT USC QUICK FACTS BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S STORYLINES GENERAL INFORMATION SCOUTING THE TROJANS Location: Berkeley, CA Last Meeting: USC’s trip to Berkeley in 2017 NATIONAL LEADERS Founded: 1868 turned into the Andrew Vaughn show as the then- A tremendous start at the plate has the Bears in Enrollment: 40,173 freshman hit two walk-off home runs, one a grand lofty company when it comes to national rankings. Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) slam, to help lead Cal to a three-game sweep. Cal ranks 32nd in the country in team batting average (.294) and 33rd in slugging percentage Nickname: Golden Bears Vaughn received his first National Player of the Week award after a series in which he went 6 for (.445). Individually, Andrew Vaughn’s name is Mascot: Oski 1 with three home runs, three runs scored and 10 seemingly everywhere on the national leader RBIs. board as the sophomore ranks second in the UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL USC’s 2018 Record: 19-21, 7-14 Pac-12 nation in home runs (19) and slugging percentage Chancellor: Carol Christ • The Trojans return to Dedeaux Field after a (.861), third in on-base percentage (.544) and Director of Athletics: H. Michael Williams trip to Oregon resulted in one win out of three ninth in batting average (.411). Senior left-hander Matt Ladrech also appears on the national Senior Women’s Administrator: Jenny Si- tries. USC owns conference series wins over Utah and Arizona State, the latter coming April 6-8 in leaderboard thanks to his ability to throw strikes mon-O’Neill Phoenix. as the Lafayette, Calif. native ranks 14th in the Conference: Pac-12 • USC owns a .243 team batting average entering nation in walks per nine innings (1.09) and 35th in the weekend, led by Kaleb Murphy at .317. Dillon strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.00). COACHING STAFF Paulson has emerged as the Trojans’ leader when Head Coach: Mike Neu (1st season as HC) it comes to run production as he leads the team STARS AND STRIPES with six home runs and 29 RBIs. BA Univ. of Phoenix 2008 Andrew Vaughn will spend his second summer • On the mound, USC enters the Cal series with a in a row as a member of Team USA with the MA Ball State 2011 5.32 team ERA. The Trojans’ starting trio of Kyle organization selecting him as one of the first Assistant Coach: Noah Jackson (1st season) Hurt, Quentin Longrie and Solomon Bates owns members to be named to the 2018 Collegiate Assistant Coach: Pat Shine (1st season) solid numbers though as Hurt ranks 10th in the National Team. Vaughn tried out for and made Assistant Coach: Damon Lessler (1st season) conference in strikeouts (54) and Bates ranks the team in 2017, eventually earning series MVP eighth in opposing batting average (.227). Connor honors in Team USA’s series win over Japan. The TEAM INFORMATION Lunn is USC’s top option at the back of the bullpen announcement came just a few days after Vaughn and ranks fourth in the Pac-12 in saves with eight. Starters Returning/Lost: was named to the Golden Spikes Award midseason 7/2 (incl. DH) watch list as Vaughn was included among the top Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 22/6 LAST TIME OUT 40 amateur baseball players in the country at the Facility: Evans Diamond (2,500) Pitching Leads Way To Mid-Week Win midway point of the 2018 season.