California Golden Bears Athletics
Monday, March 27
Berkeley, Calif.
7:05 PM
California
vs
Long Beach State
Anthony Walters and the Bears kick off a long stretch of Bay Area games Monday against Long Beach State (ISIPhotos.com)
Cal Hosts Long Beach State In Monday Matchup
3/27/2017 9:00 AM | Baseball
BERKELEY – The Cal baseball team returns to the friendly confines of Evans Diamond on Monday night when it hosts perennial Big West power Long Beach State in a non-conference contest. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.
Cal will look to get back on track after dropping three games at UCLA over the weekend. The Bears took early leads in each of the first two games of the series but couldn't hold on as the Bruins rallied to win both.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Monday, March 27, 7:05 p.m.
Cal: LHP Matt Ladrech (1-0, 1.23 ERA)
Long Beach State: RHP AJ Jones (0-1, 6.00 ERA)
SCOUTING REPORT: LONG BEACH STATE
Cal took a four-run lead on both Friday and Saturday in Los Angeles but the Bruins rallied in each instance to win 9-5 on Friday and 9-4 on Saturday. Freshman Andrew Vaughn hit a pair of home runs in the Saturday game. The Bears couldn't turn the tide on Sunday as seven Cal errors and 17 UCLA hits led to a 20-0 defeat.
ON DECK
Monday's game kicks off a nine-game stretch of Bay Area games for the Bears with seven taking place at Evans Diamond. Cal jumps back into Pac-12 play by hosting Washington State from March 31 to April 2, then takes a mid-week trip to Stanford on April 4 in a game that will be televised live by Pac-12 Networks. Arizona State pays a visit from April 7-9 in the Bears' first Pac-12 Networks home games of the year and the Bears' Bay Area stay concludes on April 11 with a non-conference game at Saint Mary's.
Cal will look to get back on track after dropping three games at UCLA over the weekend. The Bears took early leads in each of the first two games of the series but couldn't hold on as the Bruins rallied to win both.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Monday, March 27, 7:05 p.m.
Cal: LHP Matt Ladrech (1-0, 1.23 ERA)
Long Beach State: RHP AJ Jones (0-1, 6.00 ERA)
SCOUTING REPORT: LONG BEACH STATE
- The Dirtbags head to Northern California for a pair of mid-week non-conference games as they'll also play Stanford during the trek north. They'll have plenty of momentum to carry with them after sweeping nationally ranked Cal State Fullerton in Long Beach over the weekend to finish the series with an overall season record of 13-9.
- Lucas Tancas and Ramsey Romano have paced the Dirtbags offensively so far this season with Tancas hiting .359 and Romano checking in at .358. Luke Rasmussen leads the team in RBI with 18 but Long Beach State has five players with a double-digit RBI total.
- 14 different Dirtbags have seen time on the mound but relievers Josh Advocate, Connor Riley, Chris Rivera and Zak Baayoun have featured prominently out of the bullpen. Rivera leads the team in the save category with three while Advocate also has two.
- Cal owns an all-time series edge of 35-29 against the Dirtbags
- Cal and Long Beach State last met in 2012 with the Dirtbags taking two wins in a three-game series played in Long Beach. The Bears earned a 2-1 win in 10 innings during the weekend, led by a strong start from Matt Flemer, great relief from Logan Scott, a triple by Vince Bruno to lead off the 10th and a game-winning sacrifice fly by Chad Bunting.
Cal took a four-run lead on both Friday and Saturday in Los Angeles but the Bruins rallied in each instance to win 9-5 on Friday and 9-4 on Saturday. Freshman Andrew Vaughn hit a pair of home runs in the Saturday game. The Bears couldn't turn the tide on Sunday as seven Cal errors and 17 UCLA hits led to a 20-0 defeat.
ON DECK
Monday's game kicks off a nine-game stretch of Bay Area games for the Bears with seven taking place at Evans Diamond. Cal jumps back into Pac-12 play by hosting Washington State from March 31 to April 2, then takes a mid-week trip to Stanford on April 4 in a game that will be televised live by Pac-12 Networks. Arizona State pays a visit from April 7-9 in the Bears' first Pac-12 Networks home games of the year and the Bears' Bay Area stay concludes on April 11 with a non-conference game at Saint Mary's.
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