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Out of all the positives that the Cal baseball team can take away from the 2015 season, one of them stands above the rest. Yes, it was impressive that the team had the second-most wins in program history since 1991 with 36 wins. Yes, it was impressive that the team
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Two outs away. That’s how close the Cal baseball team was to advancing out of the College Station Regional in the NCAA tournament Sunday night. The Bears (36-21) had one out in the ninth with a one-run lead against regional No. 1 seed Texas A&M (49-12). They were so close
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If Sunday night proved anything, it was that No. 3 seed Cal (2-1 in regional play) and No. 1 seed Texas A&M (2-1) are extremely evenly matched. In fact, the game was decided by a mere inch. On two occasions. In the top of the 12th inning with two outs,
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They call him El Gaucho. That is Cal junior baseball player Mitchell Kranson. Maybe it’s his signature mustache. Maybe it’s the steak called El Gaucho that Kranson ate before hitting four for four in a game earlier in this year. Whatever it is, the whole baseball world knows his name
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Ace Daulton Jefferies stopped in his tracks. It was the bottom of the sixth inning, and Cal baseball led Coastal Carolina, 4-1, in the Bears’ first game of the College Station Regional at the NCAA Baseball National Championship in Texas. The sophomore had seemingly just struck out the third Chanticleer
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The last time No. 22 Cal baseball made the NCAA tournament was 2011. That year, the squad overcame the fiasco of the 2010 program cuts to make an unexpected run to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. On Monday afternoon, the NCAA selection committee announced its field of 64,
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Two more series. That’s all that remains for the No. 22 Cal baseball team in the 2015 campaign. Two more weeks to finalize a resume qualifying the Bears for the College World Series tournament, but nothing is set in stone. This upcoming weekend provides the ideal opportunity for Cal to
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Sometimes, a baseball team’s schedule can be brutal, such as when Cal (29-15, 15-9 in Pac-12) had to play UCLA and Arizona in consecutive away series earlier this season, with a road game against Stanford wedged in the middle. Sometimes, the schedule is a cakewalk, such as when the Bears
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Third baseman Lucas Erceg slowly rose to his feet, dazed and bloodied. The sophomore had just gotten up from the spot along the fence where he had smashed his face trying to catch a foul ball Tuesday night against Fresno State. But, amazingly, Erceg had caught the ball, trying to
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Sweeping Arizona was monumental for No. 16 Cal men’s baseball (26-14, 13-8 Pac-12). The effect of three consecutive wins in Tucson, Arizona — the first sweep of the Wildcats of coach Dave Esquer’s long career — can easily be quantified. Going into the weekend, the Bears’ RPI was 74. They
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