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Week 11 | 4-22-2015 Baseball Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (baseball contact): Scott Ball Phone: (510) 334-0793 • Email: [email protected] Website: CalBears.com • http://www.facebook.com/calbaseball• Twitter: @Cal_Baseball • Instagram: @cal_baseball No-16 ARIZONA 2015 SCHEDULE GOLDEN BEARS (23-14, 10-8) WEEK 11:April 24-26,2015 WILDCATS (24-14, 9-9) Overall: 23-14 • Pac-12: 10-8 Date: 4/24 | 6 PM DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 2/13 Duke L 7-1 Venue. ......... Corbett Field 2/14 Duke W 3-2 2/15 Duke L 12-7 Date: 4/25 | 6 PM 2/16 at Stanford Pac-12 Net W 11-1 2/20 UC Irvine W 6-1 Venue .......... Corbett Field 2/21 UC Irvine W 10-3 Date: 4/26 | 12 PM 2/21 UC Irvine W 4-1 2/22 UC Irvine L 6-2 Venue .......... Corbett Field 2/28 Kansas State W 4-2 BEAR NOTES: Looking to right the ship in the desert, Cal (23-14, 10-8, 16th Collegiate Baseball) will 3/1 Kansas State W 6-2 be attempting to capture a Pac-12 road series April 26-28 at Arizona (24-14, 9-9) after winning one- 3/2 Kansas State W 9-1 3/4 San Francisco W 11-0 of-three games in each of its last conference series and falling at Stanford, 4-0, Tuesday night. David 3/6 Chicago State W 21-3 Esquer’s (455-410-2, .526 in 16 seasons) squad is in the midst of one of its best seasons since its 3/7 Chicago State W 5-4 2011 College World Series campaign and is only three wins away from equaling last year’s win total with 3/8 Chicago State W 8-1 16 games to go. 3/10 at Pacifi c W 13-6 BEAR NECCESSITIES: 3/13 Oregon* W 9-3 3/14 Oregon* W 6-2 AT THE PLATE: Offensively, Cal is led by senior fi rst baseman Chris Paul, sophomore third baseman 3/15 Oregon* L 4-2 Lucas Erceg and sophomore center fi elder Aaron Knapp. Paul, the March 16 Pac-12 Player of the 3/17 at San Francisco L 3-1 Week, is hitting .331 with seven doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 29 RBI. Erceg, the March 3/20 at Washington* W 3-2 23 National and Pac-12 Player of the Week, is batting .331 with eight doubles, a triple, and a team-best 3/21 at Washington* W 3-2 nine home runs (second in Pac-12) and 31 RBI. Knapp is hitting .319 with three triples and 14 RBI. 3/22 at Washington* W 12-2 Freshman catcher Brett Cumberland is batting .290 with a team-best nine doubles and has six home 3/25 at Fresno State L 7-2 3/27 at Utah* Pac-12 Net W 14-6 runs and 26 RBI. Cumberland, second in the Pac-12 in walks (26) and third in on-base percentage 3/28 at Utah* Pac-12 Net. W 11-6 (.458), had a huge game Feb. 16 at Stanford with a grand slam, a three-run homer and seven RBI. The 3/29 at Utah* Pac-12 Net. L 3-2 Bears lead the Pac-12 with 34 homers. 4/2 Washington State* L 4-2 4/3 Washington State* L 4-0 ON THE MOUND: Mike Neu’s pitching staff owns a 2.94 team ERA (second-best in the Pac-12) with 4/4 Washington State* W 6-2 4/7 at Fresno State Postponed 249 strikeouts in 327.0 innings. Sophomore right-hander Daulton Jefferies (4-2, 1.83 ERA third in 4/10 Stanford* Pac-12 Net L 4-2 Pac-12) has 42 strikeouts in 39.1 innings and shut out No. 3-ranked UCLA last week in Los Angeles. 4/11 Stanford* Pac-12 Net. W 11-10 Junior right-hander Ryan Mason is 4-2 with a 3.55 ERA in 58.1 innings and freshman left-hander Matt 4/12 Stanford* Pac-12 Net. L 12-6 Ladrech (5-4, 2.19 ERA) leads the team with 61.2 innings pitched after throwing 6.2 shutout innings 4/16 at UCLA* Pac-12 Net. W 2-0 at UCLA. Additionally, senior closer Dylan Nelson (1-0, fi ve saves, 3.32 ERA) has 28 strikeouts in 19.0 4/17 at UCLA* Pac-12 Net L 7-1 innings and picked up the save last Thursday at UCLA. 4/18 at UCLA* Pac-12 Net. L 2-1 4/21 at Stanford Pac-12 Net. L 4-0 4/24 at Arizona* 6 p.m. 4/25 at Arizona* 6 p.m. TENTATIVE CAL LINE-UP 4/26 at Arizona* 12 p.m. 4/28 Fresno State 7 p.m. No. Pos. Player 2015 Stats 5/1 Arizona State* 7 p.m. 27 RF Devin Pearson, Jr. .300, 12 RBI, 2 HR 5/2 Arizona State* 6 p.m. 23 CF Aaron Knapp, So. .319, 14 RBI, 0 HR 5/3 Arizona State* 1 p.m. 5/8 at Campbell 6 p.m. ET 17 3B Lucas Erceg, So. .331, 31 RBI, 9 HR 5/9 at Campbell (DH) 2 p.m. ET 6 1B Chris Paul, Sr. .331, 29 RBI, 7 HR 5/16 USC* Pac-12 Net. 1 p.m. 28 C Brett Cumberland, Fr. .293, 26 RBI, 6 HR 5/17 USC* Pac-12 Net. 4 p.m. 5/18 USC* Pac-12 Net 7 p.m. 30 DH Mitchell Kranson, Jr. .273, 12 RBI, 2 HR 5/22 at Oregon State* Pac-12 Net. 7 p.m. 14 2B Max Dutto, Jr. .228, 8 RBI, 2 HR 5/23 at Oregon State* Pac-12 Net. 4 p.m. 9 SS Preston Grand Pre, Fr. .260, 19 RBI, 1 HR 5/24 at Oregon State* Pac-12 Net. 3 p.m. 5/29-6/1at NCAA Regional TBA 3 LF Brian Celsi, Jr. .254, 26 RBI, 3 HR 6/5-8 at NCAA Super Regional TBA 22 RHP Daulton Jefferies, So. (Fri.) 4-2, 1.83 ERA 6/13-24at College World Series TBA 42 RHP Ryan Mason, Jr. (Sat.) 4-2, 3.55 ERA *Denotes Pac-12 Contest 24 LHP Matt Ladrech, Fr. (Sun.) 5-4, 2.19 ERA DAVID ESQUER NOTING ARIZONA: *Coached by Andy Lopez (14th year at Arizona, 483-314-1, .607), Arizona HEAD COACH is 24-14, 9-9 in Pac-12 after winning one-of-three last weekend at Oregon State (L 3-1, W 3-1, L Esquer, 50, is in his 16th season with 5-3) and losing, 6-5, to Arizona State Wednesday. a career record of 455-410-2 (.526). *Top hitters are junior second baseman Scott Kingery (.433, 4 HR, After his team was scheduled to be 33 RBI), junior shortstop Kevin Newman (.373, 1 HR, 29 RBI) and discontinued following the 2011 sea- sophomore third baseman Bobby Dalbec (.347, 12 HR, 39 RBI). son, Esquer led the Bears to the pro- *Tentative rotation is junior right-hander Cody Hamlin (4-2, 4.38 ERA), junior right-hander Nathan Bannister (6-1, 3.33 ERA) and gram’s fi rst appearance at the College World Series since 1992, sophomore right-hander Bobby Dalbec (2-4, 4.18 ERA). Last sea- and on the eve of Cal’s 7-3 CWS victory over Texas A&M June 21, son the Wildcats fi nished 22-33 overall and 9-21 in the Pac-12. 2011, was named the National Coach of the Year by the National College Baseball Writers Association. Esquer’s award, which was SERIES RECORD: Cal has a 71-103 all-time record versus Arizona, last voted on by the NCBWA Board of Directors, was selected from a winning two-of-three (L 6-0, W 7-6, W 12-4), March 16-18, 2014 at Ev- list that included all Division I Conference Coaches of the Year ans Diamond. In the last series at Hi Corbet Field, the Bears were swept and the coaches of the 16 NCAA Super Regional teams. The (10-1, 6-4, 5-4) April 5-7, 2013. Bears’ program was reinstated through fund-raising efforts and CAL FACTS made its sixth all-time appearance in the CWS. Esquer led Cal Cal won the inaugural College World Series title in 1947, defeat- out of the loser’s bracket in the Houston Regional and defeat- ing former President George H.W. Bush’s Yale team, 8-7, in Kalam- ed Dallas Baptist in the Super Regional to advance to Omaha. azoo, Michigan. The Bears’ program began in 1892 and is now in its Cal entered the 2011 NCAA Tournament with an at-large bid out 122nd season. George Bush, Sr., sent a letter of congratulations to of the Pac-10. After a 6-4 loss to Baylor in the opening game, David Esquer following Cal’s 2011 College World Series appearance. Esquer’s team got past Alcorn State, 10-6, and No. 13 Rice, 6-3, to face Baylor for the regional championship. Cal forced the The Golden Bears have had two players go on to become league MVPs if-necessary game with an 8-0 shutout behind the strong pitching in professional baseball – Jackie Jensen was the American League MVP in 1958 and Jeff Kent was the National League MVP in 2001. performance of freshman left-hander Kyle Porter (three hits, no runs, no walks and a career-high nine strikeouts).