CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (9-10, 2-4 ACC)
at
SAINT MARY'S GAELS (11-8, 0-0 WCC)
 
TUESDAY, MARCH 18 (3 PM PT)
Louis Guisto Field at Br. Ronald Gallagher Stadium, Moraga, Calif.

CAL'S PROJECTED STARTING PITCHER
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SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
All-Time Series: Cal leads, 129-64
Current Win Streak: Cal, 1
Last Cal Win: Cal 14, at Saint Mary's 11 (April 10, 2024)
Last Saint Mary's Win: Saint Mary's 6, at Cal 1 (April 9, 2024)

• Cal has had a lot of success in Moraga with a 7-2 record since 2005 and a current string of three straight road wins in the all-time series.
• Cal won a 14-11 slugfest the last time the teams played in Moraga last April, scoring eight times in the top of the eighth. Jarren Advincula (3-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI, SB), Seth Gwynn (3-5, HR, 3 RBI), Peyton Schulze (3-6, R, 2B, 5 RBI) and PJ Moutzouridis (3-6, 2 R, RBI) combined for 12 of Cal's 15 hits with three apiece.
• Saint Mary's was a 6-1 winner the last time the teams played in Berkeley, also last April, with the Golden Bears only run coming on Rodney Green's solo homer in the bottom of the eighth.

MEDIA COVERAGE
Stream - ESPN+
Talent - Tim Fitzgerald
Live Stats - Cal.StatBroadcast.com

KEY THINGS TO KNOW
MID-WEEK SUCCESS - Cal plays its third mid-week game of the season Tuesday at Saint Mary's with the Bears victorious in each of the first two, both at home. Cal was a 6-5 walk-off winner over Cal State Bakersfield in 11 innings on Feb. 26 and won 9-4 against Utah last Tuesday.
 
9-GAME ROAD TRIP - Tuesday's game at Saint Mary's is also Cal's first on a season-long nine-game road trip that continues at Stanford (March 21-23), San Francisco (March 24), Louisville (March 28-30) and Sacramento State (April 1).
 
NO LONG STREAKS - Cal has not either won or lost more than two in a row in 2025, winning two straight against Utah and Virginia last week as well as two in row over Nevada (Feb. 14-15) to open the season. Cal has dropped two straight four times - at home to Houston (Feb. 22-23), Santa Clara (Feb. 28-Mar. 1) and Virginia (Mar. 15-16), as well as at Duke (Mar. 8-9).
 
MORE TOP 25 TEAMS UPCOMING - Virginia was the first ranked team Cal played in 2025 but its next three series (at Stanford, at Louisville, Clemson) come against ACC teams also currently in the top 25 of at least one national college baseball poll.
 
STARTING FIVE - Cal has five players who have started all 19 games in 2025 with four infielders 2B Jarren Advincula (1 start at DH), 3B Cade Campbell, SS PJ Moutzouridis and 1B Dominic Smaldino joined by CF Seth Gwynn.
 
LONG BALLS COMING IN BUNCHES - Cal has hit over half (13) of its 25 home runs in two games with a school-record-tying eight March 2 at Santa Clara and five March 7 at Duke, as well as a pair in four other contests.
 
CATCHERS ALSO HITTING - Cal catchers Ryan Tayman (.378, 2 HR, 5 RBI) and Alex Birge (.345, 4 HR, 7 RBI) have not just played well behind the plate but also produced at the plate, especially over the first 10 games in March with a combined .364 batting average, six home runs and 12 RBI. The two have combined to make 19 of 20 possible starts in March and been in the lineup together for nine of the 10 contests. Birge has started eight games behind the plate and one at designed hitter in March, while Tayman has started two at catcher along with six at designated hitter and two in left field.
 
ADVINCULA DOING IT ALL - Jarren Advincula has reached base safely in 18 of 19 games this season, including a current streak of 14 in a row that is the longest on the team in 2025. He also has a current five-game hit streak (.476, 10-21, 2 R, 2 2B, 5 RBI) including season-high-tying three-hit games both Saturday and Sunday against Virginia.
 
STAFF NOT GIVING UP MANY HITS - Cal is fourth in the ACC and 19th nationally in hits allowed per nine innings (6.99). RHP Gavin Eddy has led the effort, ranking fourth in the ACC and eighth nationally with an average of 3.80 hits allowed per nine innings, giving up just 10 in 23.2 innings of work.
 
ON THIS DATE IN CAL BASEBALL - It was 25 years ago on March 18, 2000, that Cal won 26-6 at Arizona. Future major leaguer Xavier Nady had a huge day, going 3-for-4 with two home runs including a grand slam and seven RBI. 
 
BIG LEAGUE CAMPS - Opening Day is scheduled for March 27 and Cal has 11 former players currently in MLB spring training camps including seven on 40-player rosters 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 Marcus Semien (Rangers) and OF Andrew Vaughn (White Sox), while Bob Melvin is the Giants' manager.  INF/OF Nathan Martorella (Marlins), RHP Sean Sullivan (Pirates) and RHP Steven Zobac (Royals) are non-roster invitees who are still currently in big league camps, while OF Dylan Beavers (Orioles) and C Caleb Lomavita (Nationals) started spring training on MLB rosters also as a non-roster invitees but have since been reassigned.