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STANFORD, Calif. — In Friday’s series opener, it took the Cal baseball team 18 innings to defeat Stanford, 5-4. In Saturday’s matinee at Sunken Diamond, the Bears needed just the first four frames. Two big innings — a four-run second and a five-run fourth — were enough to propel Cal
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STANFORD, Calif. — Friday night’s 18-inning marathon at Sunken Diamond was emblematic of last year’s Cal baseball team. A combination of gritty at-bats, a lively clubhouse and a never-say-die attitude helped the Bears outlast No. 14 Stanford, 5-4, in the nearly six-hour contest. Cal (29-25, 12-18 in the Pac-12) followed
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As was the case in Friday’s 7-2 loss, Saturday’s game between the Cal baseball team and UCLA was decided by the third inning. Starter Justin Jones lasted just 2 1/3 innings, but that’s all the Bruins needed to hand Jones his eighth loss of the year. With an 8-5 victory,
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A night after failing to come up big in the clutch, the Cal baseball team came through when it mattered most Saturday night. Cal (24-19, 8-12 in the Pac-12) scored four runs in the fifth inning, and a Chad Bunting 3-run homer opened a five-run lead for the Bears, who
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Following a sweep at the hands of No. 10 Oregon last weekend, the Cal baseball team stressed the need for timely hitting. “We need to win the big spot, I think, offensively,” outfielder Chad Bunting said. “We need to get the big hit with runners in scoring position. We left
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For the first time all season, the Cal baseball team swept a Pac-12 opponent. The Bears took all three matchups against Utah, the latest — a 5-2 victory — coming Sunday afternoon at Evans Diamond. Lefty Justin Jones led the way with seven solid innings, giving up one run on
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Powered by three home runs, the Cal baseball team slugged its way to a series-opening win over Utah, 9-4, at Evans Diamond on Friday. Led by center fielder Chad Bunting, who put two balls well over the left-center field fence, and right fielder Andrew Knapp, whose shot cleared the back
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Cal dropped the rubber match of its series with USC on Saturday, losing 3-2 on a second consecutive walk off at Dedeaux Field in Los Angeles. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth and the bases loaded, reliever Joey Donofrio walked Trojan pinch hitter Garrett Stubbs on a
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The Cal baseball team entered Tuesday’s contest with San Francisco with 35 errors in the season. That number didn’t change by the game’s end at Benedetti Diamond. For the first time in 11 games, coach David Esquer’s squad didn’t commit a single error, and it was rewarded with a 4-3
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The gloom finally lifted Sunday over Evans Diamond, but the sun did nothing to brighten Cal’s play as the Bears fell to their fourth straight defeat. In losing 13-5 to Oregon State — the final nail in an embarrassing home sweep — Cal (11-7, 0-3 in the Pac-12) looked everything
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