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CAL BASEBALL GOLDEN BEARS HUSKIES 21-13 7-8 17-15 8-4 OVERALL PAC-12 OVERALL PAC-12 VS -- Mike Neu -- Lindsay Meggs HEAD COACH RANK HEAD COACH RANK APRIL 20-22 EVANS DIAMOND LIVE STATS BROADCAST Berkeley, Calif. CalBears.com Pac-12 Network SCHEDULE NEED TO KNOW Overall: 21-13 • Pac-12: 7-8 Home: 15-6 • Away: 5-4 • Neutral: 1-3 Pac-12 play picks up on a busy weekend in Berkeley as the Cal baseball team hosts Washington for three games beginning April 20. Game one of the series is scheduled for a 7:05 p.m. first pitch, Saturday’s sec- DATE OPPONENT TIME ond game is set to start at 4:05 p.m. and Sunday’s finale will begin at 12:05 p.m. All three games will be Feb. 16 at San Diego W 6-1 broadcast live by the Pac-12 Network with Joe Castellano and Dean Stotz on the call. Feb. 17 at San Diego L 11-8 Feb. 17 vs. Cincinnati^ L 3-1 Feb. 23 Cal St. Bakersfield W 17-6 Baseball will serve as a centerpiece of a weekend full of energy on the Cal campus. Saturday is Cal Day Feb. 24 Cal St. Bakersfield W 5-3 as the university throws open its doors for its annual open house event. With the increase in visitors, fans Feb. 24 Cal St. Bakersfield W 23-2 are encouraged to plan ahead when it comes to traveling to and from campus. On Sunday, Cal Baseball Feb. 25 Cal St. Bakersfield W 13-2 hosts its popular Bark at the Park promotion presented by Avoderm, Nylabone and Pet Club. To sign up, March 2 vs. Baylor@ W 8-2 March 3 vs. Louisiana Tech@ L 10-6 visit CalBears.com/pupclub. March 4 vs. Texas A&M@ L 9-5 March 6 Xavier W 13-3 On the field, Cal will look to continue a strong run of form in the Pac-12. Winners of each of the last three March 9 Brown W 11-6 conference series, the Bears will try to build off a series win at Washington State last weekend in which they March 9 Brown W 10-9 claimed victories of 13-6 and 6-3. Darren Baker led the offensive charge in Pullman, collecting six hits in 14 March 10 Brown W 4-3 March 11 Brown W 7-6 at-bats while driving in a team-high five runs. Tanner Dodson was an all-around force, going 6 for 15 at the March 13 at San Francisco W 5-4 plate and throwing three scoreless innings on the mound to earn his eighth save of the season. Dodson, March 16 Oregon State* L 4-3 who is hitting .322 and owns a 2.39 ERA in 12 pitching appearances, continues to rank as one of the top March 17 Oregon State* L 10-4 two-way players in the country. 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 10 of the 2018 March 30 UCLA* L 4-2 season. The Bears enter the Utah series hitting .311 as a team, led by Andrew Vaughn (.423), Jonah March 31 UCLA* W 8-3 10 Davis (.378), Tyrus Greene (.360) and Tanner Dodson (.322). 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*# 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 16 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 Friday, April 20 Saturday, April 21 Sunday, April 22 Cal: LHP Matt Ladrech (5- Cal: RHP Jared Horn (4-4, Cal: RHP Aaron * Pac-12 Conference game; ^at University of San 3, 4.75 ERA) 5.26) Shortridge (2-1, 2.60) Diego; @at Frisco, Texas; #Pac-12 Networks UW: LHP Lucas Knowles UW: RHP Joe DeMers (3-1, UW: RHP Jordan Jones Home games in BOLD (2-3, 3.72) 1.56) (4-3, 3.17) 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 WASHINGTON QUICK FACTS BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S STORYLINES GENERAL INFORMATION SCOUTING THE HUSKIES NATIONAL LEADERS Location: Berkeley, CA Last Meeting: Cal’s trip to Seattle in 2017 netted A tremendous start at the plate has the Bears in Founded: 1868 one win in three tries as the Bears picked up a lofty company when it comes to national rankings Enrollment: 40,173 7-3 victory on Saturday behind a strong pitching this week. Cal ranks 10th in the country in team Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) performance by Erik Martinez. The then-junior batting average (.309), 23rd in on-base percentage Nickname: Golden Bears tossed 4 2/3 innings of one-run relief to earn (.401) and 21st in slugging percentage (.465). his third win of the season. Jonah Davis led the Individually, Andrew Vaughn’s name is seemingly Mascot: Oski offense, going 2 for 4 with a double and four RBIs. everywhere on the national leader board as the Washington’s 2018 Record: 17-15, 8-4 Pac-12 sophomore leads the nation in on-base percentage UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL • Weather thwarted Washington’s attempt to take (.562) while also ranking second in home runs Chancellor: Carol Christ on Seattle University on Tuesday so the Huskies (16) and slugging percentage (.886) and sixth in Director of Athletics: H. Michael Williams come to Berkeley as winners of three of their last batting average (.423). Jonah Davis is also among Senior Women’s Administrator: Jenny Si- four after a series win over Oregon last weekend the national leaders in several categories including combined with a mid-week win over Gonzaga for a RBIs (22nd, 43) and slugging (18th, .706). Senior mon-O’Neill successful stretch of games. left-hander Matt Ladrech also appears on the Conference: Pac-12 • The Huskies enter the week sitting third in the national leaderboard thanks to his ability to throw Pac-12 standings and success on the mound has strikes as the Lafayette, Calif. native ranks third COACHING STAFF served as a foundation head coach Lindsay Meggs’ in the nation in walks per nine innings (0.57) and Head Coach: Mike Neu (1st season as HC) squad can rely on. Washington ranks fourth in seventh in strikeout-to-walk ratio (11.33). BA Univ. of Phoenix 2008 the conference with a team ERA of 3.40 and Joe DeMers, who is slated to start Saturday’s game, STARS AND STRIPES MA Ball State 2011 ranks second individually with a 1.56 ERA. Senior Andrew Vaughn will spend his second summer Assistant Coach: Noah Jackson (1st season) Alex Hardy has been UW’s go-to option out of the in a row as a member of Team USA with the Assistant Coach: Pat Shine (1st season) bullpen and he has compiled a 1.95 ERA while organization selecting him as one of the first Assistant Coach: Damon Lessler (1st season) making a conference-high 21 appearances. members to be named to the 2018 Collegiate • Junior Mason Cerrillo leads Washington when National Team. Vaughn tried out for and made TEAM INFORMATION it comes to batting average as he checks in at the team in 2017, eventually earning series MVP .360 entering the weekend.