NO. 6 CLEMSON TIGERS (27-5, 6-3 ACC)
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CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (16-12, 6-6 ACC)
 
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 4-6 (6/2/1 PM PT)
Stu Gordon Stadium, Berkeley, Calif.
 
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
All-Time Series: Cal leads, 3-1
Current Win Streak: Cal, 1 (May 11, 1997)
Last Clemson Win: May 10, 1997 (at Clemson)
Current Series Win Streak: Cal, 1 (1997)
Current Season Series Win Streak: Cal, 2 (1980-87)
— The first of the four all-time meetings between Cal and Clemson came on June 1, 1980, in a second-round elimination game at the College World Series; the Golden Bears were 6-4 winners
— The Tigers and Golden Bears also met in a three-game series at Clemson on May 9-11, 1997, with Cal winning two of three (12-11, 3-15, 12-10)
— Cal and Clemson are meeting for the first time ever in Berkeley
 
MEDIA COVERAGE
Stream: ACCNX/ESPN+
Talent: Roxy Bernstein, Jim Darby
Live Stats; Cal.StatBroadcast.com
 
KEY THINGS TO KNOW
BACK HOME - Cal will play at home for the first time since March 16 when it opens the three-game set against Clemson on Friday. Cal will play nine of its next 12 at Stu Gordon Stadium.
 
5 TOP 25 ACC SERIES IN A ROW - Cal's series against Clemson is its fourth consecutive ACC series against a team in the top 25 of at least one national college baseball poll. The Bears previously faced Virginia at home as well as Stanford and Louisville on the road, and a three-game set against Georgia Tech on April 11-13 is still on the docket.
 
9-GAME ROAD TRIP IN THE BOOKS - Cal scored twice in the top of the ninth inning on Tuesday at Sacramento State to pull out a 6-5 win in the final game of a season-long nine-game road trip. The Bears finished 7-2 on the trip, which included a historic three-game sweep at No. 14 Stanford (March 21-23). It was Cal's first three-game road sweep of the Cardinal in recorded history and first three-game sweep of Stanford at any venue since taking three straight in Berkeley in 1992.
 
ROAD TRIP STREAKS/NUMBERS - Cal had double-digit hits and homered at least once in each of its nine games during the nine-game road trip. The Bears also scored double-digit runs six times, totaled 49 extra-base hits (27 2B, 5 3B, 17 HR) and had a .606 slugging percentage.  
 
LOTS OF EXTRA-BASE HITS - Through March 31, Cal ranks third in the ACC and is tied for ninth nationally in doubles (68), fourth in the ACC and tied for 39th nationally in triples (9), and fifth in the ACC and tied for 42nd nationally in home runs. In addition to their nine-game homer streak, the Bears have at least one double in each of their last 21 games.
 
ADVINCULA EXTENDS STREAKS - All-American candidate Jarren Advincula has extended his current hitting streak to 14 games and his current run of reaching base safely to 23 (both season highs). Advincula's career bests are a 19-game hit streak and a run of 27 straight games of reaching base safely (both in 2024).
 
OTHER ON-BASE STREAKS - Three other Golden Bears have current double-digit streaks (Seth Gwynn, 13; Alex Birge, 12; Carl Schmidt, 11). 
 
STARTING TRIO - Cal has three players who have started all 28 games in 2025 in 2B Jarren Advincula (1 start at DH), SS PJ Moutzouridis and CF Seth Gwynn.
 
ON THIS DATE IN CAL BASEBALL - A then No. 7 Cal team knocked off two-time defending national champion Oregon State, 5-2, on April 4, 2008, in a Pac-12 series-opener in Berkeley. Tyson Ross improved to 5-0, striking out nine in 7.0 innings of work. Ironically, Cal has not played on April 4 since 2017.
 
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).
 
BARK AT THE PARK AND MORE - There's a lot going on at The Stu for the Clemson series including Campus Rec Night (Friday), Bark At The Park (Saturday), and the recognition of the Loyal To The Soil organization founded by former Cal player Tyson Ross (Sunday).
 
GOOD LOOKING FORECAST - The weather forecast for all three days of the series against Clemson has highs in the neighborhood of 70 degrees, partly cloudy conditions and gentle breezes from the west.
 
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