BOSTON - The California baseball team led most of the way before Boston College scored three runs in its final two innings Friday to edge the Golden Bears 4-3 in the opener of a three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series at Brighton Baseball Field.

Cal (13-9, 0-4 ACC) was able to get the tying run to second base and the go-ahead run on first in the top of the ninth inning after back-to-back, two-out singles by Carl Schmidt and Lawson Olmstead. But winning pitcher Cesar Gonzales (3-0) induced Joshua Hanson into a ground ball to shortstop for a game-ending fielder's choice.

Olmstead (2-3, HR, RBI) and Jett Kenady (2-4, RBI) each had two-hit games and combined for half of the Bears' eight hits. Hideki Prather's double with one out in the fifth was Cal's other extra-base hit.

Cal scored the game's first run in the top of the first inning on an RBI single from Kenady that brought home pinch-runner Brady Errecart, who was running for Jacob French after Cal's starting second baseman was hit by a pitch in his first at bat and had to leave the game.

The Bears made it 2-0 in the top of the second when Olmstead reached second base on an error by Boston College right fielder Jack Toomey, moved to third on a Hanson groundout and scored on Gannon Synder's RBI single.

Boston College (14-8, 4-3 ACC) got one run back in the bottom of the second when Danny Walker drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on Luke Gallo's sacrifice bunt before scoring on Gunnar Johnson's RBI single down the right field line.

That was the only run the Eagles scored through six innings as Cal starting pitcher Oliver de la Torre (5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 4 SO, 1 HBP) induced double plays in both the third and fifth innings then got a helping hand from Cole Clark, who came on to strike out Jace Roossien for the final out of the sixth after de la Torre had allowed a leadoff double, as well as a two-out hit batsmen and walk to load the bases.

The Eagles finally got on the board again with a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game 3-3. Schmidt dropped Julio Soler's one-out fly ball in left field before Ty Mainolfi's RBI single up the middle scored Soler for the first run of the frame. Mainolfi scored the tying run on an errant pickoff attempt by Clark two batters later. 

Boston College snapped the 3-3 tie in the bottom of the eighth when Roossien drew a two-out walk from Clark, stole second base and scored on Colin Larson's RBI single.

Clark (2-1) suffered his first loss of the season, allowing three hits and three runs (one earned) with one walk and three strikeouts over 2.1 innings.

The three-game series is scheduled to continue Saturday with an updated first pitch time of 10 a.m. PT on ACCNX/ESPN+. The teams have moved the start of Saturday's action up one hour in the event they need to try to play a Saturday doubleheader to get the entire series in due to an inclement weather forecast in Boston on Sunday.