BERKELEY – The California baseball team begins its season-long seven-game road trip against Pacific on Tuesday in Stockton. The Golden Bears and Tigers are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and the contest will be streamed on ESPN+ at Klein Family Field.
 
The Bears (24-14) are riding an eight-game winning streak after sweeping No. 5 Oregon State at home over the weekend. Cal is 6-5 on the road this year.
 
Pacific (7-32) has lost 10 of its past 12 games since the start of April, including a 17-1 affair against Cal in Berkeley on April 2. 
 
HOW TO FOLLOW

• Tuesday, April 23, 6 p.m. | Stream: ESPN+ | Live Stats: CalBears.com 

QUICK HITS 

• Cal's eight-game win streak is its longest since winning eight in a row between March 29-April 13, 2019.
• Cal's sweep of Oregon State is its first against a top-5 team since Cal swept the Beavers in 2016.
• Cal has three Pac-12 series sweeps in 2024 against UCLA, Washington State and Oregon State, its most since sweeping Washington State, Arizona State and USC in 2017.
• For the first time since 1998, a pair of Golden Bears swept the Pac-12's weekly awards for the first time since 1998, as  junior Seth Gwynn and freshman Trey Newmann were named Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively.
  • Gwynn is Cal's first Pac-12 Player of the Week since teammate Caleb Lomavita won the award in the final week of the 2023 regular season.
  • Newmann is Cal's first Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week recipient since Joseph King won it in March 2022.
• Gwynn clubbed three home runs in the Oregon State series, giving him six for the season. The Bears hit eight home runs on the weekend to extend their season total to 59.
  • The 59 home runs are third most in the Pac-12 and 53^rd nationally. Cal's 1.55 home runs per contest are also the third most in the conference and 47^th nationally.
  • The Bears are on pace to finish the year with 80 home runs, which would be fourth most in program history. The program record of 86 was set in 1999.
  • Rodney Green Jr. hit his 11th home run in the season on Friday night, giving him 31 for his career. He is tied with David Cooper (2007-08) for 10th all-time in program history.
  • Cal is the only team in the conference with two active players in its top 10 for home runs. Caleb Lomavita is currently eighth all-time with 35 home runs and trails Dylan Beavers (2020-22) by two for seventh all-time. 
• Milestone Watch: In Saturday's win over the Beavers, Caleb Lomavita earned an RBI – his 44th of the season and 133rd of his career. Lomavita is just seven RBI shy of tying Mike Tonis (1998-00) for 10th all-time in program history.
• Cal's pitching staff boasts an ERA of 5.02, which is fifth in the Pac-12 and 65th best nationally. The Bears held Oregon State to just 6.3 runs per game over the weekend. The Beavers entered the series averaging a Pac-12-leading 9.5 runs per contest. 
• Cal's RPI soared following the 4-0 week, which was keyed by the Oregon State sweep. The Bears entered the weekend series ranked 79th in D1Baseball.com's RPI, and their sweep of the Beavers moved them up to 48th.
• The Bears play their seventh and final game against a West Coast Conference foe when they take on the Tigers on Tuesday. Cal is 5-1 against WCC teams, with the lone loss coming at home against Saint Mary's on April 9. Peyton Schulze is batting  .400 (10-for-25) with 17 RBI, four doubles and a home run in six games against WCC schools. Andres Galan is 3-1 with a 2.08 ERA in five appearances, including four starts, against the WCC. In 21.2 innings pitched, he has struck out 26 batters and held opponents to a .205 batting average.  

SERIES HISTORY 

• Tuesday will be the 95th meeting between Cal and Pacific.
• The Bears own a 68-26 advantage in the series.
• Under Mike Neu, Cal is 4-3 against Pacific, his former team. Neu led the Pacific program for two seasons (2016-17).
• Last time out, Cal defeated Pacific 17-1 in seven innings on April 2, 2024. Cal clubbed six extra-base hits (four doubles, two home runs) in the contest. Peyton Schulze went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a home run and drove in six runs. 

UP NEXT 

• Cal will stay in the Bay Area but make the trip down to the Peninsula to take on rival Stanford at the Sunken Diamond. The three-game series begins Friday at 6 p.m. The series will be televised on the Pac-12 Bay Area.

 
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