Feb. 19, 1997
California Doubles up San Francisco State
The University of California baseball team defeated visiting San
Francisco State, 4-2, Wednesday at Evans Diamond in Berkeley, Calif. The
Bears improve to 7-7 overall, while the Gators fall to 3-4-1 on the
season.
Cal was led by the pitching of junior starter Doug Nickle (1-0), who
threw career-high 6.0 innings with only two hits, no runs, only one walk
and had a career-high strikeouts. Nickle did not yield a hit until the
fourth inning. Freshman Jon Cuccias come in in the eighth inning,
throwing 2.0 innings with two hits, one run, no walks and two
strikeouts to earn his first collegiate save.
Top hitters for Cal included senior designator Jim Schmidt, who was
2-for-4 with a double, and freshman first baseman Barry Schell, who was
2-for-3.
The losing pitcher for San Francisco State was Jeff Nereson (1-1), who
threw 3.0 innings with two hits, one run, one walk and had three strikeouts.
Five different players had single hits for the Gators.
The Bears next contest will be the first game of a three-game series versus Oregon State, beginning Friday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. at Evans Diamond.
California 4, SFSU 2
California 100 210 000 - 4 7 1
San Francisco State 000 000 11X - 2 5 1
Cal: Nickle, Frey (7), Cuccias (8) and Destefano, Johnson (6). SFSU: Nereson, Beinfest (4), Qura (5), Vogel (7) 2B: Hernandez (Cal), Schmidt (Cal), Mace (SFSU). 3B: none. HR: none.
WP: Biddle (2-1), LP: Vorhis (0-1).
