Today's press release:
Bears Back In Town, Host Villanova
Midweek Affair To Be Televised On Pac-12 Network
BERKELEY The California baseball team makes a brief home appearance this week, hosting Villanova on Tuesday evening for a non-conference contest that will be televised on Pac-12 Network. Tuesday's contest is scheduled to begin at 6:05 p.m. and will feature live stats. Guy Haberman and Dean Stotz will have the call live from Stu Gordon Stadium.
Villanova enters this week with an overall record of 1-9 after getting swept in a weekend series across the Bay at USF. Cal enters the week with a 7-3 overall record after going 1-2 in the Frisco Classic in Frisco, Texas.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Game 11: Pac-12 Network Guy Haberman (play-by-play) and Dean Stotz (analyst) | Live Stats
PROBABLE PITCHERS
Game 11: Cal TBD vs. Villanova TBD
QUICK HITS
At 7-3 overall, Cal is off to its best start through 10 games in the Mike Neu era. It is also off to its fifth-best start since 1999. Cal has started 8-2 three times during that same stretch and 8-1-1 once.
Last time out the Bears fell to Mississippi State 8-4 in the finale of the Frisco Classic. Cal went 1-2 in that tournament, losing to Oklahoma in the opener on Friday, coming back to defeat Ohio State 16-1 in seven innings on Saturday before losing to the Bulldogs, who scored four runs late to pull away from the Bears.
All-Tournament Duo: Sophomores Rodney Green Jr. and Peyton Schulze were named to the Frisco Classic All-Tournament team for their stellar weekend. Green Jr. hit .333 with five runs scored and four hits, including two mammoth solo home runs. Schulze hit .308 with eight RBI, including a grand slam in the win over Ohio State.
National Numbers: The Bears rank in the top 20 in the nation in double plays with 11 turned this season. They are also 13th in the nation in double plays per game, averaging 1.10 per contest. Both those numbers rank second in the Pac-12.
Pitching Metrics: Cal ranks 27th in the nation with a staff ERA of 3.35. The Bears are 19th in the nation with a staff WHIP of 1.17 and are also 17th in the nation in walks allowed per nine innings (2.93).
Super Sullivan: Relief pitcher Connor Sullivan ranks 38th in the nation (out of 139 pitchers that qualify) in strikeout-to-walk ratio at 11.0. In three appearances this season, Sullivan has a team-leading 11 strikeouts to just one walk. In the win over Ohio State on Saturday, he went 3.0 complete, scattering one hit while striking out four to earn the save.
Thump at the top of the order: Cal's 1-2-3 hitters of Caleb Lomavita, Green Jr., and Carson Crawford have combined to drive in 30 of the Bears' 63 RBI, hit nine of Cal's 18 doubles and eight of the Bears' 13 home runs.
SERIES HISTORY
Tuesday will mark the first-ever meeting between these two teams.
UP NEXT
Cal begins Pac-12 play with a three-game series at Arizona on March 10-12. Friday's contest between the Bears and Wildcats is scheduled for a 5 p.m. PT first pitch and will be streamed live on Arizona Livestream-3.
Bears Back In Town, Host Villanova
Midweek Affair To Be Televised On Pac-12 Network
BERKELEY The California baseball team makes a brief home appearance this week, hosting Villanova on Tuesday evening for a non-conference contest that will be televised on Pac-12 Network. Tuesday's contest is scheduled to begin at 6:05 p.m. and will feature live stats. Guy Haberman and Dean Stotz will have the call live from Stu Gordon Stadium.
Villanova enters this week with an overall record of 1-9 after getting swept in a weekend series across the Bay at USF. Cal enters the week with a 7-3 overall record after going 1-2 in the Frisco Classic in Frisco, Texas.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Game 11: Pac-12 Network Guy Haberman (play-by-play) and Dean Stotz (analyst) | Live Stats
PROBABLE PITCHERS
Game 11: Cal TBD vs. Villanova TBD
QUICK HITS
At 7-3 overall, Cal is off to its best start through 10 games in the Mike Neu era. It is also off to its fifth-best start since 1999. Cal has started 8-2 three times during that same stretch and 8-1-1 once.
Last time out the Bears fell to Mississippi State 8-4 in the finale of the Frisco Classic. Cal went 1-2 in that tournament, losing to Oklahoma in the opener on Friday, coming back to defeat Ohio State 16-1 in seven innings on Saturday before losing to the Bulldogs, who scored four runs late to pull away from the Bears.
All-Tournament Duo: Sophomores Rodney Green Jr. and Peyton Schulze were named to the Frisco Classic All-Tournament team for their stellar weekend. Green Jr. hit .333 with five runs scored and four hits, including two mammoth solo home runs. Schulze hit .308 with eight RBI, including a grand slam in the win over Ohio State.
National Numbers: The Bears rank in the top 20 in the nation in double plays with 11 turned this season. They are also 13th in the nation in double plays per game, averaging 1.10 per contest. Both those numbers rank second in the Pac-12.
Pitching Metrics: Cal ranks 27th in the nation with a staff ERA of 3.35. The Bears are 19th in the nation with a staff WHIP of 1.17 and are also 17th in the nation in walks allowed per nine innings (2.93).
Super Sullivan: Relief pitcher Connor Sullivan ranks 38th in the nation (out of 139 pitchers that qualify) in strikeout-to-walk ratio at 11.0. In three appearances this season, Sullivan has a team-leading 11 strikeouts to just one walk. In the win over Ohio State on Saturday, he went 3.0 complete, scattering one hit while striking out four to earn the save.
Thump at the top of the order: Cal's 1-2-3 hitters of Caleb Lomavita, Green Jr., and Carson Crawford have combined to drive in 30 of the Bears' 63 RBI, hit nine of Cal's 18 doubles and eight of the Bears' 13 home runs.
SERIES HISTORY
Tuesday will mark the first-ever meeting between these two teams.
UP NEXT
Cal begins Pac-12 play with a three-game series at Arizona on March 10-12. Friday's contest between the Bears and Wildcats is scheduled for a 5 p.m. PT first pitch and will be streamed live on Arizona Livestream-3.
