Nathan Martorella
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Nathan Martorella plated seven of Cal's 16 runs with two swings of the bat Thursday night.
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Saint Mary's SMC 5-4
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Winner California CAL 5-4
Saint Mary's SMC
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California CAL
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Mary's SMC 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 9 1
California CAL 2 0 2 0 6 4 2 0 X 16 14 1

W: Scott, Mitchell (1-0) L: LOMELI, Carlos (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cal Athletics

Bears Blast Gaels

Hot Night At Plate Powers Cal To 16-3 Win

BERKELEY – Nathan Martorella drove in seven runs with two swings of the bat, and California exploded for 14 hits in a 16-3 series-opening win against Saint Mary's Thursday night at Evans Diamond.
 
After making it a 10-1 Cal advantage in the bottom of the fifth inning with a three-run home run, Martorella added a grand slam the following inning. The Golden Bears (5-4), winners in four of their last five games, hit three home runs in the victory; Quentin Selma connected with a two-run shot in the bottom of the first to get Cal on the board.
 
Cal's 16-run effort came against a Saint Mary's (5-4) pitching staff that entered the game with a 2.41 collective earned run average this season. It's the most runs Cal has scored in a single game since plating 18 at Washington on May 23, 2019.
 
With Cal leading 2-0, the Gaels scored an unearned run off of Jack Wolger in the top of the third. The Bears went to the bullpen from there, giving way to Mitchell Scott, who tossed 2.1 hitless innings of relief to pick up the victory. Six Cal pitchers combined to scatter nine Saint Mary's hits and hold the Gaels to just two earned runs.
 
Dylan Beavers singled home Keshawn Ogans and Selma plated Darren Baker with a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1 in the third, and Cal never looked back. The Bears tallied 12 of their 16 runs over a three-inning span from the fifth through the seventh.
 
NOTABLES
  • Cal improved to 3-0 in series-opening games this season.
  • Dylan Beavers (3-for-4) is 6-for-9 in the past two games and now leads the team with a .344 average.
  • Darren Baker tallied his second three-hit game of the early season while scoring three times and swiping his sixth base.
  • John Lagattuta went 2-for-4 with a double in his first start of the season.
  • Five Bears had multi-hit performances.
  • A total of 15 Cal players saw the field Thursday night.
  • Reuben Drogin and Dez Loessberg both made their season debuts on the mound in the eighth and ninth innings, respectively. They struck out two batters apiece and didn't allow a run.
 
UP NEXT
Cal's four-game series against Saint Mary's continues from Evans Diamond at 3 p.m. PT Friday, March 5.
 
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