STANFORD – The California baseball team got a tremendous pitching performance from freshman Trey Newmann and the offense pounded out seven extra base hits as the Golden Bears defeated Stanford 7-4 on Sunday afternoon at the Sunken Diamond.
Newmann (3-4) pictchd brilliantely in his eighth start of the season. He tossed a season-high 5.2 innings and did not allow a hit until the fourth inning. He finished the afternoon surrendering four hits, four runs, with two walks and six strikeouts.
Offensively, Cal (26-16, 12-12 Pac-12) brought the lumber, clubbing five doubles, a triple and a home run. Peyton Schulze went 3-for-5 with his 17th double of the year. He finished his productive day clubbing his sixth home run of the season in the ninth. Max Handron also had a three hit day, going 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Nico Button went 1-for-5 with two RBI and Jag Burden went 3-for-4. The bottom of the order went a combined 10-for-18 with five runs scored and four driven in.
Stanford (19-22, 11-10) finished the afternoon with four runs on eight hits. The Cardinal were led by Owen Cobb who went 3-for-5 with a run scored. Jimmy Nati and Brandon Larson drove in two apiece.
With Newmann dealing, Cal’s offense quickly got to work. Green Jr. got the Bears on the board in the top of the second. He led off the inning with a walk, he moved to third on a failed pickoff attempt and scored on the base hit to right field from Handron.
Cal added three…
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