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CAL BASEBALL GOLDEN BEARS BRONCOS 21-12 7-8 15-18 4-11 OVERALL WCC OVERALL PAC-12 VS -- Mike Neu -- Rusty Filter HEAD COACH RANK HEAD COACH RANK APRIL 17 EVANS DIAMOND LIVE STATS LIVE STREAM 7:05 PM Berkeley, Calif. CalBears.com CalBears.com SCHEDULE NEED TO KNOW Overall: 19-11 • Pac-12: 5-7 Home: 15-5 • Away: 3-3 • Neutral: 1-3 A trip to the Pacific Northwest saw the Cal baseball team pick up its third-straight Pac-12 series win and now the Bears return to the friendly confines of Evans Diamond to kick off a five-game homestand as Santa DATE OPPONENT TIME Clara comes to Berkeley for a non-conference contest on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. with Feb. 16 at San Diego W 6-1 live stats available through CalBears.com. Live updates can also be accessed by following Cal Baseball on Feb. 17 at San Diego L 11-8 Feb. 17 vs. Cincinnati^ L 3-1 Twitter (@CalBaseball). Feb. 23 Cal St. Bakersfield W 17-6 Feb. 24 Cal St. Bakersfield W 5-3 Cal got off to a strong start in Pullman, rolling to a 13-6 victory on Friday evening to get the weekend started. Feb. 24 Cal St. Bakersfield W 23-2 With inclement weather forecast for Sunday, the Bears and Cougars played two on Saturday and Cal locked Feb. 25 Cal St. Bakersfield W 13-2 up the series win with a 6-3 victory in the first game of the day. Washington State rebounded to take a 4-3 March 2 vs. Baylor@ W 8-2 March 3 vs. Louisiana Tech@ L 10-6 win in 10 innings to close out the day. March 4 vs. Texas A&M@ L 9-5 March 6 Xavier W 13-3 The trip north featured several standout performances with the Bears hitting .305 as a team over the week- March 9 Brown W 11-6 end. Jeffrey Mitchell Jr. collected five hits in 11 at-bats while Darren Baker and Tanner Dodson each added March 9 Brown W 10-9 six hits. Cal’s consistency at the plate continues to show in its season numbers as the Bears rank eighth in March 10 Brown W 4-3 March 11 Brown W 7-6 the nation in team batting average with a .311 mark entering the week. When it comes to run production, March 13 at San Francisco W 5-4 Andrew Vaughn and Jonah Davis both rank among the Pac-12 leaders as the duo is tied for second in the March 16 Oregon State* L 4-3 conference with 41 RBIs. 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 nationally when it comes to team batting average entering week nine of the 2018 season. March 30 UCLA* L 4-2 The Bears enter the Utah series hitting .311 as a team, led by Andrew Vaughn (.407), Jonah Davis March 31 UCLA* W 8-3 8 (.368), Tyrus Greene (.366) and Tanner Dodson (.333). 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 7:05 pm April 20 Washington*# 7:05 pm April 21 Washington*# 4:05 pm The nation’s No. 2 home run total entering the week is held by Cal first baseman Andrew April 22 Washington*# 12:05 pm 15 Vaughn. The sophomore from Santa Rosa, Calif. has already eclipsed his 2017 total of April 24 Sacramento State 7:05 pm 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 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 3 Cal State Bakersfield and Andrew Vaughn has received the distinction twice thanks to standout May 17 at Creighton 4:30 pm May 18 at Creighton 4:30 pm performances against Brown and UCLA. 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 Tuesday, April 17 Cal: RHP Rogelio Reyes (3- * Pac-12 Conference game; ^at University of San 1, 6.49 ERA) Diego; @at Frisco, Texas; #Pac-12 Networks SCU: TBA Home games in BOLD 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 10: CAL VS SANTA CLARA QUICK FACTS BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S STORYLINES GENERAL INFORMATION SCOUTING THE BRONCOS sophomore ranks second in on-base percentage Location: Berkeley, CA Last Meeting: Cal and Santa Clara’s last meeting (.554), second in home runs (15), third in slugging Founded: 1868 came in 2013 with the Bears claiming a 3-1 victory percentage (.856) and 12th in batting average Enrollment: 40,173 at Stephen Schott Stadium. Brian Celsi delivered (.407). Jonah Davis is also among the national Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) the game’s biggest offensive blow with a two-run leaders in several categories including RBIs (24th, 41) and slugging (29th, .684). Senior left-hander Nickname: Golden Bears double and Michael Theofanaopoulos led a group of five Cal pitchers that limited the Broncos to just Matt Ladrech also appears on the national Mascot: Oski five hits and one run. leaderboard thanks to his ability to throw strikes as Santa Clara’s 2018 Record: 15-18, 4-11 WCC the Lafayette, Calif. native ranks third in the nation UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL • The Broncos make the short drive to Berkeley in walks per nine innings (0.57) and seventh in Chancellor: Carol Christ on the heels of a West Coast Conference weekend strikeout-to-walk ratio (11.33). Director of Athletics: H. Michael Williams in which they dropped three games to visiting Senior Women’s Administrator: Jenny Si- Pepperdine. Sunday’s game offered the best STARS AND STRIPES opportunity for first-year head coach Rusty Filter’s Andrew Vaughn will spend his second summer mon-O’Neill squad to turn the tables but a late rally fell just in a row as a member of Team USA with the Conference: Pac-12 short and the Broncos dropped a 9-8 decision in organization selecting him as one of the first the final game of the series. members to be named to the 2018 Collegiate COACHING STAFF • Santa Clara enters the week with a .241 team National Team. Vaughn tried out for and made Head Coach: Mike Neu (1st season as HC) batting average, led by Evan Haberle at .328. Jake the team in 2017, eventually earning series MVP Brodt has established himself as one of the WCC’s honors in Team USA’s series win over Japan. The BA Univ. of Phoenix 2008 top power bats and leads the team with 10 home announcement came just a few days after Vaughn MA Ball State 2011 runs and 39 RBIs. was named to the Golden Spikes Award midseason Assistant Coach: Noah Jackson (1st season) • 13 different Broncos have seen time on the watch list as Vaughn was included among the top Assistant Coach: Pat Shine (1st season) mound this season with seven pitchers making a 40 amateur baseball players in the country at the Assistant Coach: Damon Lessler (1st season) start. Penn Murfee leads the squad in ERA with a midway point of the 2018 season. 3.18 mark in 15 appearances (two starts) while TEAM INFORMATION Freddie Erlandson (3.46) and Steven Wilson (3.66) PRESEASON ACCOLADES also rank at the top of the team’s ERA list. Starters Returning/Lost: 7/2 (incl. DH) Cal was been in the news quite a bit in the weeks leading up to the season opener as the duo of Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 22/6 LAST TIME OUT Andrew Vaughn and Tanner Dodson received a Facility: Evans Diamond (2,500) Cal Wins Third Straight Pac-12 Series number of preseason awards. Both were named NCAA Tournament Appearances: 13 • A trip to the Pacific Northwest yielded two wins to the Golden Spikes Preseason Watch List by 1947, 57, 80, 85, 88, 91, 92, 95, 01, 08, 10, in three tries for the Bears as a series win over USA Baseball while Dodson was named a first 11, 15 Washington State marked the third-straight series team preseason All-America selection by Baseball victory in Pac-12 play for Cal.