East Bay Battle With The Gaels

BERKELEY – California will wrap up its five-game homestand against Saint Mary's on Tuesday night at Stu Gordon Stadium. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. PDT and the non-conference contest will be streamed via Pac-12 Plus.

Cal (11-12) will look to get off on the right foot in its sixth consecutive four-game week after going 1-3 against Cal Poly and sixth-ranked Oregon State last week. Tuesday is the first of two head-to-head meetings between the familiar East Bay foes; Cal will make the short trip to Moraga in a couple weeks on Monday, April 11. The Gaels (14-10) have lost seven straight games – including six in West Coast Conference action – after winning their first 11 games and going 14-3 to open the season.

MIDWEEK LINEUP

Matchup: Cal (11-12) vs. Saint Mary's (14-10)
Location: Evans Diamond at Stu Gordon Stadium | Berkeley, Calif.
First Pitch: Tuesday, March 29 | 6 p.m. PDT
Watch: Pac-12 Plus (PxP: Ben Ross)
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Probable Pitchers: RHP Steven Zobac vs. TBA

QUICK HITS

Cal is 6-3 against Saint Mary's under head coach Mike Neu. The two teams went head-to-head six times last season, with Cal winning four times. Four of the six games in 2021 were decided by three runs or less.
Junior right-hander Steven Zobac (1-1, 6.87 ERA) will start on the mound for the Golden Bears. Zobac was a part of the weekend rotation for the first three weeks of the season before shifting into a bullpen role to provide Cal with an experienced arm in late-inning scenarios. Zobac has 21 strikeouts in 18.1 innings pitched this season but has logged just 4.2 innings in his four relief appearances since March 15.
The Bears are 62nd in the latest RPI and rank 18th in strength of schedule. Cal has played 14 of its 23 games against nationally-ranked opponents and is 7-7 in such games.
Dylan Beavers homered in all three games against No. 6 Oregon State last weekend and now leads the Pac-12 with 10 this season. The junior slugger moved into a three-way tie for 10th in school history with 29 career home runs. Beavers is slashing .277/.375/.638 and is third in the conference with 27 RBI.
Keshawn Ogans is batting .407 (22-for-54) during a 13-game hitting streak that dates back to March 6. He's one of three Bears with hitting streaks of six games or better, joining Nathan Martorella (8) and Hance Smith (6).
Cal's pitching staff ranks second in the Pac-12 and 38th nationally with 10.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
Senior utility man Dom Souto provided the heroics in Cal's 8-7 walk-off win over Oregon State on March 26, hitting a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Souto had eight career at bats prior to going 4-for-8 in three games played last week. He's started each of the past two games at third base.

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Dylan Beavers

Nathan Martorella

Keshawn Ogans

Hance Smith

Dom Souto

Steven Zobac

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