California Golden Bears Athletics
Tuesday, March 11
Berkeley, CA
6:00 PM
California
vs
Utah
Seth Gwynn and the Golden Bears play four home games this week beginning Tuesday night against Utah.
Photo by: Sara Letson
Cal Returns Home To Host Utah
3/10/2025 3:12 PM | Baseball
Tuesday Night’s Contest First Of Four Games At Home This Week
UTAH UTES (11-4, 0-0 BIG 12)
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CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (7-8, 1-2 ACC)
TUESDAY, MARCH 11 (6 PM PT)
At Stu Gordon Stadium, Berkeley, Calif.
CAL'S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER
TBA
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
All-Time Series: Cal leads, 29-10
Current Win Streak: Utah 1 (Utah 6, at Cal 5, March 24, 2024)
Current Series Win Streak: Utah 1 (2-of-3 at Cal, March 22-24, 2024)
Last Cal Win: at Cal 3, Utah 1 (March 23, 2024)
Last Cal Series Win: 2-of-3 at Utah, April 14-16, 2023
— Cal had won five straight series against the Utes (2018-19, '21-23) before Utah won two of the three games in Berkeley in 2024
— The previous Utah series victory came when the Utes took two of three in Salt Lake in 2017
— The teams did not play during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
— The last time the teams played each other as nonconference opponents was in a doubleheader swept by the Bears to open the 2011 season opener for both clubs
MEDIA COVERAGE
Stream: ACCNX/ESPN+
Talent: Doug Greenwald (Play-By-Play), Jim Darby (Analyst)
Live Stats: Cal.StatBroadcast.com
10 THINGS TO KNOW
HOME FOR A WEEK - Cal plays home games against Utah (March 11) and Virginia (March 14-16) this week before returning to the road for a season-long nine-game road trip at Saint Mary's (March 18), Stanford (March 21-23), San Francisco (March 24) and Louisville (March 28-30). The Bears are just returning from a five-game trip last week that saw the Bears split a pair of games at Santa Clara (March 2-3) and drop two of three at Duke (March 7-9).
UPCOMING SCHEDULE CHANGES - Cal announced three schedule changes on Monday with the Bears moving three games previously scheduled for Tuesdays up one day to Mondays. Cal will now travel to San Francisco on March 24, while hosting Pacific on April 7 and Saint Mary's on April 21.
NO LONG STREAKS - Cal has not either won or lost more than two in a row in 2025, winning two straight over Nevada (Feb. 14-15) to open the season and dropping two straight to Houston (Feb. 22-23) and Santa Clara (Feb. 28-Mar. 1), as well as at Duke (Mar. 8-9). The Bears have also not won or lost two straight against two different teams.
LONG BALL - Cal's 22 home runs rank fourth in the ACC. The Bears have hit 13 of their 22 long balls in two games with a school-record-tying eight on Mar. 2 at Santa Clara and five in their first ACC game ever at Duke on Friday.
FIRST ACC GAME - Jarren Advincula singled on the first pitch ever thrown to the California baseball team in an ACC game, while the Golden Bears homered five times and Austin Turkington struck out a career-high 10 in his first complete game as the Golden Bears knocked off defending ACC champion Duke by a score of 14-1 in their first-ever ACC game last Friday. Alex Birge hit two of the five home runs, while Cade Campbell and Dominic Smaldino also homered. Campbell tied his career highs in hits and RBI.
FIRST ACC HOME GAME FRIDAY - Cal will play its first home ACC game Friday against Virginia in the opener of a three-game series with the Cavaliers.
NEXT FOUR SERIES VS. TOP 25 - Cal's next four series (Virginia, at Stanford, at Louisville, Clemson) come against ACC teams currently ranked in the top 25 of at least one national college baseball poll.
GETTING ON BASE SAFELY - Jarren Advincula has reached base in 14 of 15 games this season, including a current streak of 10 in a row, Dominic Smaldino's 11-game streak of reaching base safely to begin the season is the team's longest.
ON THIS DATE IN CAL BASEBALL - March 11 has been a good date for the Bears for nearly the last two decades with Cal winning 10 straight games on the date from 2007-22 before finally being defeated by Arizona on March 11, 2023. Cal scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a seven-run rally that ended in a 9-8 walk-off win for the 10th and final win of the streak on March 11, 2022.
BIG LEAGUE CAMPS - Cal has 11 former players currently in MLB spring training camps in INF/OF Darren Baker (Nationals), RHP Tanner Dodson (A's), RHP Lucas Erceg (Royals), RHP Grant Holman (A's), C Korey Lee (White Sox), INF/OF Nathan Martorella, (Marlins), manager Bob Melvin (Giants), INF Marcus Semien (Rangers), RHP Sean Sullivan (Pirates), OF Andrew Vaughn (White Sox) and RHP Steven Zobac (Royals). OF Dylan Beavers (Orioles) and C Caleb Lomavita (Nationals) started spring training on MLB rosters but has since been reassigned.
STAY POSTED - For coverage of Cal baseball, please follow the Bears on X (@CalBaseball) and Instagram (@CalBaseball).
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CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (7-8, 1-2 ACC)
TUESDAY, MARCH 11 (6 PM PT)
At Stu Gordon Stadium, Berkeley, Calif.
CAL'S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER
TBA
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
All-Time Series: Cal leads, 29-10
Current Win Streak: Utah 1 (Utah 6, at Cal 5, March 24, 2024)
Current Series Win Streak: Utah 1 (2-of-3 at Cal, March 22-24, 2024)
Last Cal Win: at Cal 3, Utah 1 (March 23, 2024)
Last Cal Series Win: 2-of-3 at Utah, April 14-16, 2023
— Cal had won five straight series against the Utes (2018-19, '21-23) before Utah won two of the three games in Berkeley in 2024
— The previous Utah series victory came when the Utes took two of three in Salt Lake in 2017
— The teams did not play during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
— The last time the teams played each other as nonconference opponents was in a doubleheader swept by the Bears to open the 2011 season opener for both clubs
MEDIA COVERAGE
Stream: ACCNX/ESPN+
Talent: Doug Greenwald (Play-By-Play), Jim Darby (Analyst)
Live Stats: Cal.StatBroadcast.com
10 THINGS TO KNOW
HOME FOR A WEEK - Cal plays home games against Utah (March 11) and Virginia (March 14-16) this week before returning to the road for a season-long nine-game road trip at Saint Mary's (March 18), Stanford (March 21-23), San Francisco (March 24) and Louisville (March 28-30). The Bears are just returning from a five-game trip last week that saw the Bears split a pair of games at Santa Clara (March 2-3) and drop two of three at Duke (March 7-9).
UPCOMING SCHEDULE CHANGES - Cal announced three schedule changes on Monday with the Bears moving three games previously scheduled for Tuesdays up one day to Mondays. Cal will now travel to San Francisco on March 24, while hosting Pacific on April 7 and Saint Mary's on April 21.
NO LONG STREAKS - Cal has not either won or lost more than two in a row in 2025, winning two straight over Nevada (Feb. 14-15) to open the season and dropping two straight to Houston (Feb. 22-23) and Santa Clara (Feb. 28-Mar. 1), as well as at Duke (Mar. 8-9). The Bears have also not won or lost two straight against two different teams.
LONG BALL - Cal's 22 home runs rank fourth in the ACC. The Bears have hit 13 of their 22 long balls in two games with a school-record-tying eight on Mar. 2 at Santa Clara and five in their first ACC game ever at Duke on Friday.
FIRST ACC GAME - Jarren Advincula singled on the first pitch ever thrown to the California baseball team in an ACC game, while the Golden Bears homered five times and Austin Turkington struck out a career-high 10 in his first complete game as the Golden Bears knocked off defending ACC champion Duke by a score of 14-1 in their first-ever ACC game last Friday. Alex Birge hit two of the five home runs, while Cade Campbell and Dominic Smaldino also homered. Campbell tied his career highs in hits and RBI.
FIRST ACC HOME GAME FRIDAY - Cal will play its first home ACC game Friday against Virginia in the opener of a three-game series with the Cavaliers.
NEXT FOUR SERIES VS. TOP 25 - Cal's next four series (Virginia, at Stanford, at Louisville, Clemson) come against ACC teams currently ranked in the top 25 of at least one national college baseball poll.
GETTING ON BASE SAFELY - Jarren Advincula has reached base in 14 of 15 games this season, including a current streak of 10 in a row, Dominic Smaldino's 11-game streak of reaching base safely to begin the season is the team's longest.
ON THIS DATE IN CAL BASEBALL - March 11 has been a good date for the Bears for nearly the last two decades with Cal winning 10 straight games on the date from 2007-22 before finally being defeated by Arizona on March 11, 2023. Cal scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a seven-run rally that ended in a 9-8 walk-off win for the 10th and final win of the streak on March 11, 2022.
BIG LEAGUE CAMPS - Cal has 11 former players currently in MLB spring training camps in INF/OF Darren Baker (Nationals), RHP Tanner Dodson (A's), RHP Lucas Erceg (Royals), RHP Grant Holman (A's), C Korey Lee (White Sox), INF/OF Nathan Martorella, (Marlins), manager Bob Melvin (Giants), INF Marcus Semien (Rangers), RHP Sean Sullivan (Pirates), OF Andrew Vaughn (White Sox) and RHP Steven Zobac (Royals). OF Dylan Beavers (Orioles) and C Caleb Lomavita (Nationals) started spring training on MLB rosters but has since been reassigned.
STAY POSTED - For coverage of Cal baseball, please follow the Bears on X (@CalBaseball) and Instagram (@CalBaseball).
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