April 28 | Cal vs. Fresno State CALIFORNIA Baseball Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Baseball contact): Jordan Stepp Phone: (510) 457-6570 • Email: [email protected] Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Baseball contact): Scott Ball Phone: (510)-334-0793 • Email: [email protected] Website: CalBears.com • Facebook: Facebook.com/CalBaseball • Twitter: @Cal_Baseball • Instagram: @Cal_Baseball 2015 SCHEDULE Fresno State Overall: 26-14 • Pac-12: 13-8 CALIFORNIA DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT GOLDEN BEARS (26-14, 13-8 Pac-12) BULLDOGS (21-23, 11-10 MWC) 2/13 Duke& L 7-1 2/14 Duke W 3-2 Cal vs. Fresno State 2/15 Duke L 12-7 Date ..Tues., April 28 | 7 PM PT 2/16 at Stanford*^ W 11-1 Venue .............. Evans Diamond 2/20 UC Irvine& W 6-1 Location ............Berkeley, Calif. 2/21 UC Irvine W 10-3 Live Stats ............ CalBears.com 2/21 UC Irvine W 4-1 Live Tweets.........@Cal_Baseball 2/22 UC Irvine L 6-2 Broadcast ............... KALX Radio 2/28 Kansas State W 4-2 3/1 Kansas State W 6-2 3/2 Kansas State W 9-1 3/4 San Francisco& W 11-0 3/6 Chicago State W 21-3 3/7 Chicago State W 5-4 The Golden Bears return home for mid-week game against Mountain West foe Fresno State on Tues- 3/8 Chicago State W 8-1 day, April 28 at Evans Diamond in Berkeley at 6 p.m. PT. The Bears are coming off of a very impressive 3/10 at Pacific W 13-6 performance in the desert, sweeping the Arizona Wildcats in Tucson for the first time during head 3/13 Oregon*& W 9-3 coach David Esquer’s tenure. The Bulldogs have scuffled as of late, having lost five of their last eight 3/14 Oregon*& W 6-2 games, including dropping two of three to San Diego State this past weekend in Fresno. 3/15 Oregon*& L 4-2 3/17 at San Francisco L 3-1 Tuesday’s game will be broadcast live on KALX Radio (FM 90.7) and live updates will be available for 3/20 at Washington*& W 3-2 the duration of the series on Twitter @Cal_Baseball and fans are encouraged to head to CalBears.com 3/21 at Washington*& W 3-2 for the game recap and additional content throughout the week. 3/22 at Washington*& W 12-2 3/25 at Fresno State L 7-2 3/27 at Utah*^& W 14-6 Probable Starters 3/28 at Utah*^& W 11-6 Tuesday, April 28 3/29 at Utah*^& L 3-2 Cal: Jeff Bain (4-2, 2.53 ERA) 4/2 Washington State*& L 4-2 Fresno State: TBD 4/3 Washington State*& L 4-0 4/4 Washington State*& W 6-2 4/7 at Fresno State PPD 4/10 Stanford*^& L 4-2 Bear Bites CAL'S TOP STORYLINES STREAKS & TRENDS 4/11 Stanford*^& W 11-10 : , 4/12 Stanford*^& L 12-6 4/16 at UCLA*^& W 2-0 Next Up Daulton is Dealing 4/17 at UCLA*^& L 7-1 After a mid-week date with Fresno State, Sophomore left-hander Daulton 4/18 at UCLA*^& L 2-1 Jefferies has returned from injury 4/21 at Stanford*^ L 4-0 the Bears will host No. 7 Arizona State 4/24 at Arizona*& W 3-1 for a three-game set beginning on Friday, and has been extremely effective in 4/25 at Arizona*& W 4-0 May 1 and continuing through Sunday. his last two starts, both wins for the 4/26 at Arizona*& W 8-3 Bears. Jefferies spun 7.0 shutout 4/28 Fresno State& 7 p.m. 5/1 Arizona State*& 7 p.m. Poll Position innings, striking out four in the 5/2 Arizona State*& 6 p.m. The Bears are currently ranked 13th in Golden Bears’ 3-1 win over Arizona on 5/3 Arizona State*& 1 p.m. Friday night. This was after his gem 5/8 at Campbell 3 p.m. the NCAA Collegiate Baseball poll, up 5/9 at Campbell (DH) 11 a.m. three spots from 16, on April 16 in a 2-0 win over No. 3 5/16 USC*^& 1 p.m. UCLA in Westwood, where he pitched 5/17 USC*^& 4 p.m. How Sweep it is 6.2 scoreless innings. 5/18 USC*^& 7 p.m. 5/22 at Oregon State*^& 7 p.m. California rebounded from a bit of a 5/23 at Oregon State*^& 4 p.m. rough patch with an impressive sweep Pitching In 5/24 at Oregon State*^& 3 p.m. of the Arizona Wildcats in Tucson over Cal Pitching Coach Mike Neu’s staff 5/29-6/1at NCAA Regional& TBA has been very impressive thus far in 6/5-8 at NCAA Super Regional& TBA this past weekend. This marks the first 6/13-24 at College World Series& TBA time during head coach David Esquer’s 2015, as the group has compiled an tenure that the Bears have swept the earned run average of 2.80, which *Denotes Pac-12 Contest, ^ Pac-12 Net- ranks them second in the Pac-12. As works, & KLAX radio (FM 90.7) All Game Wildcats in the desert. Times Listed in PT and are subject to change a whole, the staff has recorded 260 2015 CALIFORNIA baseball release April 28: vs. Fresno State SCOUTING REPORT: Mason Named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week Junior righty Ryan Mason earned Pac- Baseball America Poll FRESNO State 12 Pitcher of the Week honors after his 8.0 inning gem on Saturday in a win at RANK TEAM PREV W-L BULLDOGS (21-23, 11-10 Mountain West) Arizona. He allowed just five hits, posting 1 LSU 1 37-7 his fifth win of 2015. 2 UCLA 3 31-9 • Come in having lost five of eight 3 Texas A&M 2 37-7 • Led offensively by junior catcher 4 Louisville 4 34-10 .300 Club Taylor Ward, who is hitting .303 with 5 TCU 5 34-8 Six Bears are hitting over .300 thus a team-high seven home runs and 28 6 Vanderbilt 8 33-12 far on the season (five of which have 7 Arizona State 7 28-12 RBI in 44 appearances, all starts appeared in 21 or more games), led by 8 Illinois 9 36-6 • Senior righty Garrrett Mundell leads senior first baseman Chris Paul (.333). 9 Florida State 12 33-13 the pitching staff with a 3.04 ERA and 10 Florida 6 33-12 is 2-2 on the year with 38 strikeouts CP6 11 UCSB 11 31-10 in 47.1 innings pitched Senior first baseman Chris Paul has 12 Oklahoma State 17 29-14 • Bulldogs are 4-16 away from home 13 USC 10 30-12 been outstanding in his 39 appearances this season 14 Missouri State 15 30-10 for the Golden Bears. He has notched a 15 Dallas Baptist 16 32-9 .333 batting average with seven home • All-Time Series: Cal leads 68-60 16 Iowa 18 30-11 runs and 30 RBI in just 144 at-bats. 17 Miami (FL) 13 31-13 18 Florida Atlantic 21 33-10 • LAST MEETING: Fresno State 7, Cal 2 Excellent Erceg 19 Coll. of Charleston 20 32-9 on March 25, 2015 in Fresno Sophomore third baseman Lucas Erceg 20 Missouri 14 26-18 21 Maryland 21 30-13 strikeouts in 354.0 innings. has a team-high nine home runs and has driven in 31 runs. He ranks second 22 North Carolina 23 29-15 23 Arkansas 25 26-18 Arms Race in the Pac-12 in home runs. 24 Memphis NR 29-13 A quartet of Bears have certainly stood 25 Ohio State NR 31-10 out on the mound in 2015. Sophomore Cumberland Continues to Perform left-hander Daulton Jefferies is 5-2 Freshman catcher Brett Cumberland with a team-leading 1.55 ERA and 46 has adjusted quickly to the college game Collegiate Baseball Poll strikeouts in just 46.1 innings pitched. both behind the plate, as well as at the Freshman righty Jeff Bain is 4-2 on the plate He is hitting .286 on the year with RANK TEAM PREV W-L 1 LSU 1 37-7 campaign with a 2.53 ERA and has six home runs and 26 runs batted in. He is also second on the team in on-base- 2 UCLA 2 31-9 tallied 26 strikeouts in just 46.1 innings, 3 Louisville 3 34-10 holding opponents to a .223 batting percentage (.450) 4 TCU 7 34-8 average. Junior right hander Ryan Mason 5 Texas A&M 4 37-7 has also been fantastic thus far, posting Powerful Bears 6 Arizona State 6 28-12 a 5-2 record with a 3.12 ERA with 31 The Golden Bears lead the Pac-12 in 7 Florida State 8 33-13 k’s in 66.1 (10th in the Pac-12) innings. home runs with 34. Sophomore third 8 Illinois 13 36-6 Freshman lefty Matt Ladrech ranks ninth baseman Lucas Erceg leads the team (9). 9 Vanderbilt 14 33-12 in the Pac-12 with 66.2 innings pitched 10 Miami (FL) 6 31-13 11 Oklahoma State 9 29-14 and has compiled a 6-4 record with a Esquer Among Nation’s Best Esquer, 49, is in his 16th season with 12 Florida 10 33-12 stingy 2.16 ERA. 13 California 16 26-14 a career record of 458-410-2 (.526).