California Golden Bears Athletics
Tuesday, May 6
Stockton, CA
6:00 PM
California
19-27
13
at
3
Pacific
18-31
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 |
| PACIFIC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
Kalen Applefield hit his fourth homer in his first 15 collegiate at bats and drove in a career-high four runs in Cal's 13-3 win at Pacific on Tuesday.
Photo by: Sara Letson
Cal Wins Road Finale At Pacific
5/6/2025 11:13 PM | Baseball
Golden Bears Run-Rule Tigers, 13-3
STOCKTON – The California baseball team returned from a five-day break to record a 13-3 victory over Pacific (18-31, 6-12 WCC) on Tuesday evening at Klein Family Field in a run-rule shortened seven innings in the Golden Bears' final regular-season road game and nonconference contest. Kalen Applefield and Max Handron both homered and combined to drive in six runs with Applefield's four RBI a career best and his three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning his fourth in his first 15 official collegiate at bats. Handron went deep for the third consecutive contest with a two-run shot in the third.
Dominic Smaldino (3-4, 3 R, 2B, BB, 2 RBI), Carl Schmidt (3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB) and Jacob French (3-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI) combined for nine of the Bears' 14 hits, while Alex Birge (2-4, R, 2B, 3B) had two knocks including his first triple of the season and Cade Campbell (1-4, 2B, 2 RBI) doubled and drove in a pair.
Ryan Spalliero (1-0) was credited with his first collegiate victory. Spalliero was the second of four Cal pitchers and allowed one run in 2.0 innings of work, scattering four hits and striking out two. He pitched the bottom of the second and third innings. Cal trailed 3-2 after two innings before scoring the final 11 runs of the contest including four in the third and five in the fourth while Spalliero was still on the mound, before one in each the fifth and seventh.
Pacific started the scoring Monday with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning. John-Howard Bobo started the Tigers' first with a leadoff double and scored on a throwing error by Cal starting pitcher Cole Tremain two batters later. Jake Tandy had an RBI single later in the inning.
Smaldino doubled to lead off the Cal second before Applefield drew a walk to give the Bears runners on first and second with no outs. Both scored two batters later when Campbell smashed a ball off the left field fence just below the yellow home run line.
The Tigers would score their final run of the game to retake a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the second when Diego Davis led off with a single against Spalliero, moved to second on Kordell Brown's sacrifice bunt and scored on Brian McClellin's two-out RBI single.
Cal would answer with its four-run third off losing pitcher Nathen Nino (1-3). French started the inning with a leadoff double and moved to third on a wild pitch. Nino would walk Schmidt to put Bears on the corners before Smaldino singled home French two batters later for the Bears' first run of the inning. Applefield then brought Schmidt home with a sacrifice fly before Handron's two-run shot to the opposite field on an 0-2 pitch capped the rally.
Cal would turn a three-run lead after three innings into an 11-3 advantage with its five-run fourth. The first two runs scored on RBI singles from Schmidt and Smaldino before Applefield's high fly ball just cleared the right field wall and was also just inside the foul pole down the right field line for a three-run homer to cap the rally and end Nino's outing.
Cal finished the game's scoring with its single runs in the fifth and seventh innings. Birge tripled with one out and scored on PJ Moutzouridis' sacrifice fly in the fifth before Elijah Clayton walked, stole second and scored on French's RBI single in the seventh.
While Cal was scoring runs, a trio of Bears' relief pitchers were also taking care of business with Spalliero retiring the Tigers in order in the third thanks to a double play to finish his outing before Gavin Eddy (2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 WP) and David Shaw (2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO) each pitched a pair of scoreless frames.
Tandy (2-3, RBI) was the only Pacific player with more than one of the Tigers' 10 hits.
Cal (19-27, 6-18 ACC) hosts No. 2 Florida State (34-10, 14-7 ACC) in a three-game ACC series at Stu Gordon Stadium this Friday-Sunday (6/2/1 p.m. PT). The Seminoles will be the highest ranked team to play in Berkeley since Mar. 16-18, 2018, when a No. 1 Oregon State squad swept Cal in a three-game Pac-12 series. A live stream of all three contests will be available on ACCNX/ESPN+.
Dominic Smaldino (3-4, 3 R, 2B, BB, 2 RBI), Carl Schmidt (3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB) and Jacob French (3-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI) combined for nine of the Bears' 14 hits, while Alex Birge (2-4, R, 2B, 3B) had two knocks including his first triple of the season and Cade Campbell (1-4, 2B, 2 RBI) doubled and drove in a pair.
Ryan Spalliero (1-0) was credited with his first collegiate victory. Spalliero was the second of four Cal pitchers and allowed one run in 2.0 innings of work, scattering four hits and striking out two. He pitched the bottom of the second and third innings. Cal trailed 3-2 after two innings before scoring the final 11 runs of the contest including four in the third and five in the fourth while Spalliero was still on the mound, before one in each the fifth and seventh.
Pacific started the scoring Monday with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning. John-Howard Bobo started the Tigers' first with a leadoff double and scored on a throwing error by Cal starting pitcher Cole Tremain two batters later. Jake Tandy had an RBI single later in the inning.
Smaldino doubled to lead off the Cal second before Applefield drew a walk to give the Bears runners on first and second with no outs. Both scored two batters later when Campbell smashed a ball off the left field fence just below the yellow home run line.
The Tigers would score their final run of the game to retake a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the second when Diego Davis led off with a single against Spalliero, moved to second on Kordell Brown's sacrifice bunt and scored on Brian McClellin's two-out RBI single.
Cal would answer with its four-run third off losing pitcher Nathen Nino (1-3). French started the inning with a leadoff double and moved to third on a wild pitch. Nino would walk Schmidt to put Bears on the corners before Smaldino singled home French two batters later for the Bears' first run of the inning. Applefield then brought Schmidt home with a sacrifice fly before Handron's two-run shot to the opposite field on an 0-2 pitch capped the rally.
Cal would turn a three-run lead after three innings into an 11-3 advantage with its five-run fourth. The first two runs scored on RBI singles from Schmidt and Smaldino before Applefield's high fly ball just cleared the right field wall and was also just inside the foul pole down the right field line for a three-run homer to cap the rally and end Nino's outing.
Cal finished the game's scoring with its single runs in the fifth and seventh innings. Birge tripled with one out and scored on PJ Moutzouridis' sacrifice fly in the fifth before Elijah Clayton walked, stole second and scored on French's RBI single in the seventh.
While Cal was scoring runs, a trio of Bears' relief pitchers were also taking care of business with Spalliero retiring the Tigers in order in the third thanks to a double play to finish his outing before Gavin Eddy (2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 WP) and David Shaw (2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO) each pitched a pair of scoreless frames.
Tandy (2-3, RBI) was the only Pacific player with more than one of the Tigers' 10 hits.
Cal (19-27, 6-18 ACC) hosts No. 2 Florida State (34-10, 14-7 ACC) in a three-game ACC series at Stu Gordon Stadium this Friday-Sunday (6/2/1 p.m. PT). The Seminoles will be the highest ranked team to play in Berkeley since Mar. 16-18, 2018, when a No. 1 Oregon State squad swept Cal in a three-game Pac-12 series. A live stream of all three contests will be available on ACCNX/ESPN+.
Catching up with coach Neu after tonight's win at Pacific. #GoBears pic.twitter.com/n2TASXZjLZ
— Cal Baseball (@CalBaseball) May 7, 2025
Home Runs + Wins = Interviews
— Cal Baseball (@CalBaseball) May 7, 2025
Kalen Applefield and Max Handron go yard and talk about it. #GoBears pic.twitter.com/xYOfJxR6SK
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Pitching:
W: Spalliero, Ryan (1-0)
L: Josh Souza (1-3)
Batting:
2B: French, Jacob 1 ; Smaldino, Dominic 1 ; Campbell, Cade 1 ; Birge, Alex 1
3B: Birge, Alex 1
HR: Applefield, Kalen 1 ; Handron, Max 1
RBI: French, Jacob 1 ; Schmidt, Carl 1 ; Smaldino, Dominic 2 ; Applefield, Kalen 4 ; Handron, Max 2 ; Campbell, Cade 2 ; Moutzouridis, PJ 1
SF: Applefield, Kalen 1 ; Moutzouridis, PJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: French, Jacob 2 ; Schmidt, Carl 2 ; Smaldino, Dominic 3 ; Applefield, Kalen 2 ; Handron, Max 1 ; Birge, Alex 1 ; Moutzouridis, PJ 1 ; Clayton, Elijah 1
SB: Clayton, Elijah 1
Batting:
2B: John-Howard Bobo 1
RBI: Brian McClellin 1 ; Jake Tandy 1
SH: Kordell Brown 1
Base Running:
RUNS: John-Howard Bobo 1 ; Brian McClellin 1 ; Diego Davis 1
SB: JT Waldon 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
2
H
3
RBI
1
AB
4
R
2
H
3
RBI
1
AB
4
R
3
H
3
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
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