CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (15-12, 6-6 ACC)
at
SACRAMENTO STATE HORNETS (15-12, 3-3 WAC)
 
TUESDAY, APRIL 1 (6 PM PT)
John Smith Field, Sacramento, Calif.
 
CAL'S PROJECTED STARTING PITCHER
TBA
 
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
All-Time Series: Cal leads, 45-14
Current Win Streak: Cal, 2 (April 23, 2019 - February 27, 2024)
Last Cal Win At Sacramento State: May 4, 2010
Last Sacramento State Win: March 26, 2019 (at Sacramento State)
Current Season Series Win Streak: Cal 1 (2024, 1-0)
Last Sacramento State Season Series Win: 2008 (1-0)
— Cal and Sacramento State have played infrequently over recent years considering the schools reside only about 75 miles apart with just four games being played between the teams since 2010 and the Golden Bears sporting a 3-1 record in those contests
 
MEDIA COVERAGE
Stream: ESPN+
Talent: TBA
Live Stats: Cal.StatBroadcast.com
 
KEY THINGS TO KNOW
FINAL GAME OF ROAD TRIP - Cal ends a season-long nine-game road trip Tuesday at Sacramento State. The Golden Bears have won six of their first eight contests on the trip starting with a season-long five-game win streak March 18 at Saint Mary's, including a historic three-game sweep at No. 14 Stanford (March 21-23) that was its first of the Cardinal in recorded history and first of Stanford at any venue since taking three straight in Berkeley in 1992, and finishing with a win at San Francisco (March 24). The Bears dropped two-of-three at Louisville (March 28-30) in their most recent series, winning the middle game. 
 
OVER THE HALFWAY MARK - Cal has played 27 regular-season games with another 25 remaining on its schedule.
 
DOUBLE-DIGIT OFFENSIVE NUMBERS - Cal has had double-digit hits in each of its' last eight games and been in double-digit runs in six of those contests. 
 
HOME RUN STREAK - Cal has homered in each of its last eight games.
 
LOTS OF EXTRA-BASE HITS - Cal ranks third in the ACC and is tied for eighth nationally with 67 doubles in 2025. The Bears have at least one double in each of their last 20 games and 25 of 27 overall. Cal is also fourth in the ACC and tied for 38th nationally with nine triples, as well as fifth in the ACC and tied for 42nd nationally with 40 home runs. 
 
LOUISVILLE SLUGGERS - Cal hit .336 with 12 doubles, one triple, seven homers and 25 RBI during the three-game series at Louisville. The Bears scored 30 runs.
 
ADVINCULA EXTENDS STREAKS - Jarren Advincula has extended his current streaks of reaching base safely to 22 games and his hit streak to 13 (both season highs. Advincula's career bests are 27 games of reaching base safely and a 19-game hit streak (both in 2024).
 
ON-BASE MACHINES - Jarren Advincula's 23 games of reaching base safely leads four Golden Bears with current double-digit streaks with the others Seth Gwynn (12), Alex Birge (10) and Carl Schmidt (10). 
 
HOT-HAND HANDRON - Max Handron hit .700 (7-10, 5 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI) in the Louisville series. 
 
STARTING TRIO - Cal has three players who have started all 27 games in 2025 in 2B Jarren Advincula (1 start at DH), SS PJ Moutzouridis and CF Seth Gwynn.
 
PLAYING GOOD DEFENSE - Cal has made just five errors its last 11 games and is fielding at a .987 clip over those 11 contests. The Bears have not made multiple errors in a game since committing two against Utah on March 11.
 
5 TOP 25 ACC SERIES IN A ROW - Cal is in the midst of a stretch of five consecutive ACC series against teams in the top 25 of at least one national college baseball poll starting with Virginia, Stanford and Louisville. Clemson and Georgia Tech are next on the docket.
 
ON THIS DATE IN CAL BASEBALL - The last time Cal played on April 1 was in 2023 when the Golden Bears walked off Arizona State, 5-4, in Berkeley on a Kade Kretzschmar homer to lead off the ninth.
 
BIG LEAGUERS - Cal has six former players currently on MLB rosters in OF/1B Mark Canha (Royals), RHP Lucas Erceg (Royals), C Korey Lee (White Sox), MGR Bob Melvin (San Francisco Giants), INF Marcus Semien (Rangers) and OF Andrew Vaughn (White Sox).