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Bears Host No. 5 Oregon State

by calbears.com
Apr 17, 2024
Peyton Schulze the Bears look to continue their winning streak when No. 5 Oregon State comes to Stu Gordon Stadium on Friday.

BERKELEY – The California baseball team returns to Pac-12 play this weekend when No. 5 Oregon State comes to Stu Gordon Stadium.
 
The series starts at 6:05 p.m. Friday, while Saturday's contest has been moved up to a 4:05 first pitch. Sunday's series finale remains a 1:05 p.m. first pitch. All three games will be streamed on Pac-12 Insider.
 
The Golden Bears (21-14, 8-10 Pac-12) are riding a five-game winning streak after defeating San Francisco 6-3 on Tuesday evening. Cal is 13-6 at home this year.
 
No. 5 Oregon State (30-5, 10-4) sits atop the Pac-12 standings. The Beavers are in Reno taking on Nevada for a midweek series having already defeated the Wolf Pack 12-5 on Tuesday.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW

 
QUICK HITS
 

  • Cal continued its winning ways at Stu Gordon Stadium on Tuesday evening, defeating San Francisco in a nonconference clash. The Bears have won 11 or more games at home for the fifth time under Mike Neu.
  • The Bears are hitting .290 and averaging 6.9 runs per game.
  • The Bears have a 5.00 staff ERA and are holding opponents to a .262 average on the mound.
  • The Bears bested the only top-25 team they've faced this season, defeating then-No. 24 Kansas State 6-3 in the season opener on Feb. 16 at the MLB Desert Invitational.
  • Rodney Green Jr. has hit a home run in two consecutive games and now has 10 on the year. With one more home run, he will tie David Cooper (2007-08) for 10th all-time in Cal history.
    • When Green Jr. hits his next home run, he will give the Bears two active players in the program's top 10 for career home runs. Fellow junior Caleb Lomavita is currently eighth with 34.
    • No other team in the Pac-12 has two active players in their current top 10. Oregon State is close – Travis Bazzana is currently in the Beavers' top 10, and teammate Kyle Turley is one shy of cracking Oregon State's top 10.
    • Cal has 52 home runs on the year which ranks third in the Pac-12. The Bears' 1.49 home runs per game are second most in the conference. Cal is on pace to finish the year with 75 home runs which would be tied for the fifth most in program history.
  • Three Bears have notable reached-base-safely streaks, all of which were extended Tuesday against San Francisco. Freshman Jarren Advincual extended his team-leading streak to 26 games after going 1-for-4 with a walk. Junior Peyton Schulze extended his streak to 19 games and senior Max Handron now has a career-best 15-game reached safely streak.
  • Freshman infielder PJ Moutzouridis was held hitless on Tuesday night, going 0-for-4 with an RBI. This season, he has more games with multiple hits (17) that games without a hit (11). With 47 hits through 35 games, Moutzouridis has started to join elite company for most hits in a freshman season in Cal history; Tony Renda owns the program's freshman hits record with 81 in 2010, while Andrew Vaughn (76, 2017) and Brian Horowitz (74, 2001) are second and third.
  • Peyton Schulze and Rodney Green Jr. are on fire over the last five games. Schulze is hitting .462 (12-for-26) during that stretch with 10 RBI. Green has raised his average over 30 points in the last five games, hitting .421 (8-for-19) with two doubles and three home runs.
  • Freshman Dominic Smaldinio went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI on Tuesday night. His base hit in the second inning was his first collegiate hit, and an inning later he knocked in his first collegiate RBI. Smaldinio is one of 10 freshmen who has played significant time this season.

 
 
SERIES HISTORY 

  • Friday will be the 103rd meeting between the Bears and Beavers. Oregon State owns a 55-46 advantage in the series that dates back to 1916. Cal is 28-23 against Oregon State at home all-time. Last season, the Bears went 1-2 against the Beavers in Corvallis, taking game two before falling in the rubber match, 2-1.

 
UP NEXT 

  • Cal will head back on the road with a nonconference contest at Pacific on Tuesday, April 23 at 6:00 p.m. 

 
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