BERKELEY – The California baseball team returns home for four games before beginning a season-long eight-game road trip, starting with a nonconference clash against cross-bay rival USF on Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. Tuesday's game will be streamed on the Cal Live Stream with Jim Darby calling the action live from Stu Gordon Stadium.
 
Cal (16-16) is coming off an impressive week, going 4-1 with a Pac-12 road series win over Utah. The Golden Bears enter this week with an 8-7 record at home after defeating Nevada at Stu Gordon Stadium 14-2 last Monday. USF (14-17) is coming off a series loss at home against Pepperdine and has lost four of its last five, including a two-game series at Oregon last week. The Dons are 4-10 on the road this year.
 
 
HOW TO FOLLOW

• Tuesday 6:05 p.m. PT: Cal Livestream-2 (Jim Darby play-by-play) | Live Stats

 
PROJECTED STARTERS

• RHP Andres Galan (2-2, 5.21 ERA) vs.  LHP Weston Lombard (1-2, 3.86 ERA)­­

 
QUICK HITS

• The Bears are coming off a 4-1 week after taking two of three from Utah on the road. The Bears hit at blistering .322 as a team last week (59-for-183) with 24 extra-base hits (17 doubles, 2 triples, and 5 home runs.)
• At home this season, the Bears have hit just .217 – but have slugged 25 home runs. On the mound, the Bears have a staff ERA of 4.70 at Stu Gordon Stadium.
• Tuesday starter Andres Galan is 2-2 with a 5.21 ERA on the year. However, he is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA at home this season and boasts a 15/2 K/BB ratio. Last time out, he went six innings,  scattering four hits with a walk and a career-high nine strikeouts in the win over Nevada.
• Junior Max Handron has settled in nicely at the top of the order. As the leadoff hitter, Handron is hitting .333 and has a .429 on-base percentage. The Bears are 4-1 in those games.
• Senior Kade Kretzschmar was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week this week. The Carlsbad, California, native hit .714 with five extra-base hits – two home runs, three doubles – in 21 at-bats while scoring six runs and driving in 10. The two home runs give him eight on the year, a new career-high.
• Rodney Green Jr. stole six more bags in six attempts last week. Green Jr. how has 24 stolen bases in 26 attempts this season. He is tied for 12^th in the nation in total steals and seventh in the nation in steals per game at 0.75.
• Milestone Watch: Several Cal players have reached or are nearing individual milestones.
  • Kade Kretzschmar had his 100^th career hit against Utah on Friday. He has 37 this season and 70 in three seasons at Dartmouth.
  • Caleb Lomavita is three hits shy of 100 for his career. After going 3-for-4 on Sunday at Utah he has 34 hits on the year.
  • Rodney Green Jr. has 46 RBI and is four shy of 50 for his career. RJ is third on the team with 25 RBI this season.
  • With his two RBI on Sunday, sophomore Peyton Schulze now has 50 for his career. His 30 RBI this season is a career-best and leads the team.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• Tuesday will be the 179^th time the Bears and Dons have squared off. All time, Cal owns a 130-48 mark against USF. Last season, the Dons took the only matchup of the season, winning 14-1 on April 19 at Stu Gordon Stadium.

 
UP NEXT
Cal will stay at the friendly confines when Oregon comes to Stu Gordon Stadium for a three-game Pac-12 series starting Friday at 7:05 p.m.  Friday and Sunday's games will be televised on Pac-12 Network, and Saturday's game will be streamed on Pac-12 Plus.  
 
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