BERKELEY – The California baseball team heads to the East Coast for a three-game nonconference series at Pittsburgh starting Friday at 3 p.m. PT. All three contests this weekend will be streamed on the ACCNX. Fans can also follow the action via live stats at Statbroadcast.com.
 
Cal (18-19) is coming off a heartbreaking 6-5 loss at No. 8 Stanford on Tuesday night. Overall, the Bears have gone 6-4 over their last 10 games and are 12-4 in nonconference play this year. The Panthers enter Friday's contest with an overall record of 17-21. Pitt is  6-8 at home this season. Last weekend, the Panthers lost a home series to Wake Forest and are 4-6 over their last 10 contests.
 
 
HOW TO FOLLOW

• Friday, April 28 3:05 p.m. PT: ACCNX | Live Stats
• Saturday, April 29 12:05 p.m. PT: ACCNX | Live Stats
• Sunday, April 30 9:05 a.m. PT: ACCNX | Live Stats

 
PROJECTED STARTERS

• Friday: RHP Christian Becerra (1-2, 5.00 ERA) vs. RHP Jack Sokol (4-2, 6.95 ERA)
• Saturday: RHP Paulshawn Pasqualotto (2-0, 4.26 ERA) vs. RHP Logan Evans (2-2, 7.48 ERA)
• Sunday: RHP Connor Sullivan (2-3, 5.62 ERA) vs. RHP Kyle Mosley (0-5, 7.23 ERA). 

 
QUICK HITS

• Tuesday's loss to the Cardinal snapped a five-game nonconference winning streak by the Bears.
• This weekend's series is part of a season-long eight-game road trip. The trip will continue with a game at Santa Clara next week and conclude with a three-game series at UCLA on May 5-7.
• The Bears are 7-8 on the road this season but are 3-2 over their last five contests away from home. As a team, Cal is hitting .258 in away games and averaging 5.5 runs per game. Four players are hitting over .300 in road contests with Kade Kretzschmar hitting a blistering .358 away from the friendly confines.
• Rodney Green Jr. and Kade Kretzschmar both hit home runs Tuesday. Cal has hit a home run in three straight contests and at least one home run in 13 of their last 16 games. Cal is 15-12 when they hit at least one home run.
• Nathan Manning continues to be a spark for the Bears' offense. Manning returned to the lineup against Utah on April 14 and since then is hitting .429 (12-or-28) with three doubles and two triples. In the 10 games that Manning has started this season, Cal is 6-4 and averaging 7.45 runs per contest,. Cal is 11-15 and averaging 5.6 runs per game  In the 26 games he hasn't played.
• Saturday starter Paulshawn Pasqualotto is looking for his third win of the season. The junior from Las Vegas is 2-0 with a 4.26 ERA this year. The Bears are 7-3 in games he starts.
• The Bears' pitching staff issued seven free passes Tuesday night, which is the second-most they have issued in a game this year. Overall, Cal is one of the best teams in the nation at limiting walks, averaging 3.64 per nine which ranks 30^th in the nation (out of 295 teams).
• Green Jr's home run against Stanford on Tuesday night came with two outs. On the year, Green Jr. is second on the team with 10 two-out RBIs – eight have come in the last 10 games.
• Kade Kretzschmar remains red-hot in the month of April. Kretzschmar is hitting .492 (30-for-61) this month, with six doubles, a triple, and seven home runs. In 15 games this month, he has 10 multi-hit games, six with three or more. His 10 multi-hit games for the month of April are tied for the most in the Pac-12 with Arizona's Mac Bingham.  

 
SERIES HISTORY

• Friday will be the second-ever meeting between the Bears and Panthers. In their only previous contest, Pitt defeated Cal 9-4 in the 1995 Knoxville, Tennessee, Regional. This will be just the 42^nd meeting between Cal and a school from the ACC. All-time, the Bears are 17-24 against the ACC conference, and 1-3 under Mike Neu.

 
UP NEXT
Cal returns to the Bay Area for a nonconference clash at WCC foe Santa Clara on Tuesday. The game between the Bears and Broncos will be streamed on the WCC Network and is scheduled for a 6 p.m. PT first pitch.
 
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