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CAL BASEBALL GOLDEN BEARS ANGELS COLLEGE CLASSIC 32-22 16-14 2018 OVERALL 2018 PAC-12 VS Mike Neu 21-36 31-24 17-32 22-28 HEAD COACH OVERALL OVERALL OVERALL OVERALL TEMPE DIABLO STADIUM LIVE STATS FEB. 15-18 GRAND CANYON BALLPARK CalBears.com Tempe/Phoenix, Ariz. SCHEDULE NEED TO KNOW Overall: 0-0 • Pac-12: 0-0 Home: 0-0 • Away: 0-0 • Neutral: 0-0 The Cal baseball team opens the 2019 season with four games in the Angels College Classic in Tempe, Ariz., beginning with Friday’s opener against Cal State Bakersfi eld at 3 p.m. (MT). That’s followed by Sat- DATE OPPONENT TIME urday’s 6 p.m. (MT) game vs. Pepperdine, Sunday’s 11 a.m. (MT) game vs. Northwestern and Monday’s Feb. 15 Cal State Bakersfi eld^ 2 pm 11 a.m. (MT) contest vs. BYU. Three of those four will be played at Tempe Diablo Stadium, with Saturday’s Feb. 16 Pepperdine^ 5 pm Feb. 17 Northwestern^ 10 am game taking place at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. Feb. 18 BYU^ 10 am Feb. 22 at Cal Poly 6 pm After the College Classic, Cal will travel to Cal Poly for a three-game series beginning Feb. 22 and then Feb. 23 at Cal Poly 4 pm opens the home schedule with a two-game set against Saint Mary’s on Feb. 28. Feb. 24 at Cal Poly 1 pm Feb. 28 Saint Mary’s 7:05 pm March 1 Saint Mary’s 7:05 pm The Bears went 32-22 (16-14 Pac-12) in 2018 and fi nished fi fth in the conference in their fi rst season March 2 at Saint Mary’s 1 pm under head coach Mike Neu. It marked their best conference fi nish since tying for third in 2015, and the March 3 at Saint Mary’s 1 pm eighth time in the past 12 seasons that Cal fi nished with a winning record overall.The Bears return 18 March 8 at LSU 5 pm players from last season, including 2018 Golden Spikes Award winner Andrew Vaughn at fi rst base and the March 9 at LSU 1 pm rest of their starting infi eld. March 10 at LSU 10 am March 12 San Jose State 6:05 pm March 15 USC* 7:05 pm Cal went 1-3 last season in neutral site games. March 16 USC* 3:05 pm March 17 USC* 1:05 pm March 19 San Francisco# 7:05 pm March 22 at Oregon State*# 7:05 pm March 23 at Oregon State* 1:35 pm BY THE NUMBERS March 24 at Oregon State*# 2:05 pm March 26 at Sacramento State 7 pm Cal fi nished second in the Pac-12 last season with 57 home runs, trailing only eventual national March 29 Long Beach State 7:05 pm champion Oregon State (67). Returning 1B Andrew Vaughn led the way with 23 long balls, but the March 30 Long Beach State 3:05 pm 57 only other Bear to reach double fi gures was Jonah Davis, and he’s now playing in the Pirates’ farm March 31 Long Beach State 1:05 pm April 5 Washington State*# 7:05 pm system. April 6 Washington State*# 6:05 pm April 7 Washington State*# 1:05 pm The slugging percentage last season for Andrew Vaughn, which set a Cal single-season April 8 New Mexico 6:05 pm record. Vaughn also hit .402, which ranked third in school history, and drove in 63 runs April 12 at Arizona* 6 pm .819 in winning Pac-12 Player of the Year honors. His .531 on-base percentage was good for April 13 at Arizona* 6 pm fourth in the country. April 14 at Arizona* 1 pm April 18 at UCLA*# 7:05 pm April 19 at UCLA*# 7:05 pm The number of freshmen on the Bears’ roster this season. Lots of newcomers will be April 20 at UCLA* 2 pm expected to contribute, especially on the pitching staff. Only three pitchers return who April 23 Sacramento State 7:05 pm 14 threw more than 7 innings last season. April 26 Oregon* 7:05 pm April 27 Oregon* 3:05 pm April 28 Oregon* 1:05 pm The fi elding percentage posted by 2B Darren Baker last season as a freshman. Baker April 29 BYU# 3:05 pm committed just three errors and returns in 2019 as an infi eld anchor. He hit .273 over May 3 at Utah* 5 pm .983 172 at-bats. Darren is the son of Dusty Baker, a longtime major leaguer and three-time May 4 at Utah* 3 pm National League Manager of the Year. May 5 at Utah* Noon May 7 at San Francisco 3 pm May 10 Stanford*# 7:05 pm Cal will play just two of its fi rst 14 games on its home fi eld. After their four games in the College May 11 Stanford*# 2:05 pm Classic, the Bears play three at Cal Poly, then play a four-game home-and-home series with May 12 Stanford*# 12:05 pm 2 Saint Mary’s and travel to Baton Rouge for a three-game set at national power LSU. May 17 Arizona State*# 6:05 pm May 18 Arizona State*# 1:05 pm May 19 Arizona State*# 12:05 pm May 23 at Washington*# 6:05 pm May 24 at Washington*# 6:05 pm PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS May 25 at Washington*# 12:05 pm Friday, Feb. 15 Saturday, Feb. 16 Sunday, Feb. 17 Monday, Feb. 18 * Pac-12 Conference game; ^Angels College Classic, Cal: LHP Arman Sabouri Cal: RHP Jared Horn (0- Cal: TBA Cal: TBA Phoenix/Tempe, Ariz.; #Pac-12 Networks (0-0, ---) 0, ---) Northwestern: LHP Quinn BYU: TBA Home games in BOLD CSUB: RHP Darius Vines Pepperdine: TBA Lavelle (0-0, ----) All times listed PT and subject to change (0-0, ---) Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Baseball contact): Joe Stiglich Offi ce Phone: 510-642-5363 // Email: [email protected] // 353 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 2 WEEK 1: CAL AT ANGELS COLLEGE CLASSIC QUICK FACTS BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S STORYLINES GENERAL INFORMATION SCOUTING THE ROADRUNNERS NEXT UP Location: Berkeley, CA Series history: Cal swept a four-game series After the Angels College Classic, Cal will travel to Founded: 1868 between the schools last season, outscoring Cal Poly for a three-game weekend series Feb. 22- Enrollment: 41,910 CSUB 58-13 overall. The Bears are 5-0 vs. the 24. The Bears are 41-13 vs. the Mustangs all-time. Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) Roadrunners all-time. They last played in 2017, with Cal taking two of Nickname: Golden Bears CSU Bakersfi eld’s 2018 Record: 21-36, 10-14 WAC three to open its season. • The Roadrunners welcome 19 newcomers to a Mascot: Oski 35-man roster, with 12 of them transferring in from THE SECOND ACT junior colleges. Mike Neu begins his second season as head coach UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL •Senior catcher Jake Ortega and senior outfi elder in Berkeley, looking to build on some positive Chancellor: Carol Christ Noah Barba both were named to the preseason momentum from 2018. The Bears improved Director of Athletics: Jim Knowlton All-WAC team by Perfect Game USA and College from 25-29 in 2017 to 32-22 in their fi rst season Senior Women’s Administrator: Jenny Simon-O’Neill Baseball Daily. under Neu, who served as Cal’s pitching coach Ortega hit .245 with 30 runs scored last season, Conference: Pac-12 from 2012-15 and then served as head coach at throwing out 13 base stealers. Barba hit .300 with UOP for two seasons before taking over the Bears a .761 OPS as a junior. program. That 32-22 mark (.593) is the best COACHING STAFF record by a fi rst-year Cal coach, in terms of winning Head Coach: Mike Neu (2nd season as HC) SCOUTING THE WAVES percentage, since Clint Evans went 12-3 (.800) BA Univ. of Phoenix 2008 Series history: Cal swept a three-game series at way back in 1930. But incredibly, the Bears have MA Ball State 2011 Pepperdine in 2017, winning by scores of 12-7, had just six different head baseball coaches over 3-2 and 3-1. The Bears are 20-22 all-time vs. that 89-year span. Assistant Coach: Noah Jackson (2nd season) Pepperdine. Assistant Coach: Damon Lessler (2nd season) Pepperdine’s 2018 Record: 31-24, 17-10 WCC Neu attended the University of Miami and helped Assistant Coach: Matt Flemer (1st season) •The Waves were picked to fi nish second in the the Hurricanes to the 1999 College World Series Undergraduate Assistant: Brian Guinn (1st season) conference this season by a vote of WCC coaches. title. He spent two seasons in the major leagues, •Pepperdine has quality experience returning on posting a career 3.72 ERA as a reliever with the TEAM INFORMATION the mound. RHP Jonathan Pendergast was the Oakland A’s and Florida Marlins. WCC Pitcher of the Year in 2018, going 7-4 with a Position Starters Returning/Lost: 5/4 (incl. DH) 2.69 ERA. Fellow righty Cooper Chandler was the KEEPING A GOOD THING GOING Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 18/16 WCC Freshman of the Year, posting a 6-3 record Cal fi nished on a strong note in 2018, winning Facility: Evans Diamond (2,000) and 3.99 ERA. seven of its fi nal 10 games to fi nish 15-15 in •2B Quincy McAfee was a second-team all- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 13 Pac-12 play and a tie for fi fth in the conference.