California Golden Bears Athletics
California
17-15
Pacific
13-21
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACIFIC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| California | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 14 | 18 | 0 |
Bears Pound Out Season-High 18 Hits In Win Over Pacific
4/7/2025 10:43 PM | Baseball
Smaldino Hits Grand Slam In 14-8 Victory, Gwynn Homers
Ethan Foley (3-2) was credited with victory as the Golden Bears' most effective of seven pitchers. Foley came on with two outs in the Tigers' two-run top of the sixth, and after allowing one inherited runner to score, retired Pacific in order in both the seventh and eighth innings.
Brian McClellin (4-5, 3 R, HR, 3 RBI) and Jake Tandy (3-5, 2B, 2 RBI) had seven of Pacific's nine hits and drove in five of the Tigers' eight runs as the team's lone players with multiple-hit games. JT Waldon also drove in a pair.
The Tigers tallied the game's opening score on an RBI double from Tandy down the right field line with two outs in the top of the first before the Bears answered with four runs in the bottom of the second on an RBI single from Moutzouridis, a two-run single from Schmidt and an RBI triple by Advincula.
Pacific got a pair of runs back on McClellin's two-run homer in the top of the third before the Bears erupted for seven runs in the bottom half of the fourth to take a commanding 11-3 lead. Pacific starter and losing pitcher Carson Revay (2-4) gave way to Nathen Nino to start the Bears' half of the fourth and Schmidt greeted the first of five Tigers' relievers with a triple followed by Gwynn's homer over the left field wall. Advincula restarted the rally with a single, and after an Advincula stolen base followed by walks to Alex Birge and Cade Campbell to load the bases, Smaldino deposited an 0-1 offering from Nino over the left field wall for his first career grand slam. Max Handron capped the rally by greeting the Tigers' second reliever of the inning Josh Souza with an RBI double.
Pacific was able to score five runs over the final five innings including two in both the fifth and sixth to inch back to within 12-7 at one point. The Tigers scored in the fifth on an RBI single from Tandy and a Waldon sacrifice fly. After the Bears answered with one in the bottom of the fifth on a sacrifice fly from French, the Tigers got their two in the sixth on a wild pitch and an RBI single from McClellin off Foley before he struck out Rylan Evans and retired Tandy on a groundout to Moutzouridis at shortstop to get out of the jam without further damage.
Cal added a pair of insurance runs on a two-run triple by French in the bottom of the seventh, while Pacific picked up a run in the top of the ninth off Cal's seventh and final pitcher Jordy Lopez when McClellin started the inning with his fourth hit and eventually scored on Waldin's RBI fielder's choice.
Cal returns to ACC action with a three-game road series at No. 18/21/20 Georgia Tech (26-6, 11-4 ACC) this Friday-Sunday (3 pm/1 pm/10 am PT). A live stream of all three games will be available on ACCNX/ESPN+.
Head coach Mike Neu on tonight's 14-8 win over Pacific and upcoming opportunity at Georgia Tech#GoBears pic.twitter.com/4TViW1w7Wt
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Catching up with Seth Gwynn and Dominic Smaldino after they went yard tonight.#GoBears pic.twitter.com/Oe7CEBPQjN
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Foley, Ethan (3-2)
L: Carson Revay (2-4)
Batting:
2B: Jake Tandy 1
HR: Brian McClellin 1
RBI: Brian McClellin 3 ; Jake Tandy 2 ; JT Waldon 2
SF: JT Waldon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kordell Brown 1 ; Brian McClellin 3 ; Rylan Evans 1 ; DJ Scott 1 ; Diego Davis 1 ; Park Romney 1
HBP: Kordell Brown 1 ; Rylan Evans 1 ; DJ Scott 1
Batting:
2B: Advincula, Jarren 1 ; Handron, Max 1
3B: Advincula, Jarren 1 ; French, Jacob 1 ; Schmidt, Carl 1
HR: Smaldino, Dominic 1 ; Gwynn, Seth 1
RBI: Advincula, Jarren 1 ; Smaldino, Dominic 4 ; French, Jacob 3 ; Moutzouridis, PJ 1 ; Handron, Max 1 ; Schmidt, Carl 2 ; Gwynn, Seth 2
SF: French, Jacob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Advincula, Jarren 2 ; Birge, Alex 1 ; Campbell, Cade 2 ; Smaldino, Dominic 3 ; French, Jacob 1 ; Moutzouridis, PJ 2 ; Schmidt, Carl 2 ; Gwynn, Seth 1
SB: Advincula, Jarren 1 ; Kodama, Ethan 1
CS: French, Jacob 1
HBP: French, Jacob 1
