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In the last series played this year at Evans Diamond, the Cal seniors said goodbye to what has been their second home over the past several years. These players are the last of the group that saw the team almost cut before it was reinstated and made a run in
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It’s starting to seem like the Cal baseball team’s big dream of winning the Pac-12 is slowly slipping away — unless the team pulls together a second-half comeback of epic proportions. After getting off to a great start, the team has lost 10 of its last 14 and has struggled
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At the crack of the bat, Cal outfielder Vince Bruno immediately turned and started running back toward the left field wall. The senior was conscious of the fence quickly approaching, but he had to catch UCLA’s Kevin Williams long bomb if he were to keep the 1-1 tie intact. He
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Louie Lechich is now a Torero. He is the bat that everyone fears in the San Diego lineup with his .548 average and 15 RBIs. To say he has been hitting the stitching off the ball is an understatement. But he wasn’t always a Torero. The senior outfielder began his
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Over the course of the three-game series, the Cal baseball team did not lead UCLA until the eighth inning of Sunday’s game. In the Bruins’ one inning of catch-up, UCLA nearly stole the Bears’ advantage right back. After a four-run eighth inning, Cal (27-24, 10-17 in the Pac-12) found itself
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For Cal pitcher Justin Jones, it’s been a long way back since his injury last season. The lefty’s return to the mound this season has been marred by inconsistency, but on Sunday at Washington State, he was back to his old dominant self. Jones pitched a complete game shutout for
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When the Cal baseball team met Santa Clara last Wednesday, the Bears gave the game away in an error-riddled affair, falling 8-5 at Stephen Schott Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Since that crushing defeat extended Cal’s losing streak to four games, coach David Esquer’s club has turned things around. The
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The Cal baseball team didn’t need a win on Sunday to claim its first Pac-12 series victory of the season. Hosting Washington at Evans Diamond, the Bears took the first two games with a timely two-run single by designated hitter Vince Bruno on Friday and a complete-game gem from pitcher
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Ten months ago at Santa Clara’s Stephen Schott Stadium, the Cal baseball team played its most meaningful games in years, if not the program’s entire history. On the verge of losing their century-old squad, the Bears salvaged the program’s future and advanced to the College World Series with a pair
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For the first five innings on Thursday night in Los Angeles, the Cal baseball team looked like the team that had been struggling for weeks. The Bears had a defense blowing opportunities, an offense that couldn’t buy a hit and a starting pitcher that couldn’t buy a break against USC.
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