Bears Open Road Trip Against Pacific

Cal looks to add to its winning streak on Tuesday when they take on Pacific in Stockton.

BASE4/22/2024 2:45 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Cal Begins Season-Long 7-Game Road Trip In Stockton

BERKELEY – The California baseball team begins its season-long seven-game road trip against Pacific on Tuesday in Stockton. The Golden Bears and Tigers are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and the contest will be streamed on ESPN+ at Klein Family Field.
 
The Bears (24-14) are riding an eight-game winning streak after sweeping No. 5 Oregon State at home over the weekend. Cal is 6-5 on the road this year.
 
Pacific (7-32) has lost 10 of its past 12 games since the start of April, including a 17-1 affair against Cal in Berkeley on April 2. 
 
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• Cal’s eight-game win streak is its longest since winning eight in a row between March 29-April 13, 2019.
• Cal’s sweep of Oregon State is its first against a top-5 team since Cal swept the Beavers in 2016.
• Cal has three Pac-12 series sweeps in 2024 against UCLA, Washington State and Oregon State, its most since sweeping Washington State, Arizona State and USC in 2017.
• For the first time since 1998, a pair of Golden Bears swept the Pac-12’s weekly awards for the first time since 1998, as  junior Seth Gwynn and freshman Trey Newmann were named Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively.

  • Gwynn is Cal’s first Pac-12 Player of the Week since teammate Caleb Lomavita won the award in the final week of the 2023 regular season.
  • Newmann is Cal’s first Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week recipient since Joseph King won it in March 2022.

• Gwynn clubbed three home runs in the Oregon State series, giving him six for the season. The Bears hit eight home runs on the weekend to extend their season total to 59.

  • The 59 home runs are third most in the Pac-12 and 53^rd nationally. Cal’s 1.55 home runs per contest are also the third most in the conference and 47^th nationally.
  • The Bears are on pace to finish the year with 80 home runs, which would be fourth most in program history. The program record of 86 was set in 1999.
  • Rodney Green Jr. hit his 11th home run in the season on Friday night, giving him 31 for his career. He is tied with David Cooper (2007-08) for 10th all-time in program history.
  • Cal is the only team in the conference with two active players…