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Cal Wraps Up 4-Game Home Stand With Pacific

Cal Wraps Up 4-Game Home Stand With Pacific




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David Shaw will take the hill for the Golden Bears on Monday night against Pacific.


ears, Tigers Meet For First Of 2 Times This Season

PACIFIC TIGERS (13-20, 2-7 WCC)
at
CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (16-15, 6-9 ACC)
 
MONDAY, APRIL 7 (6 PM PT)
Stu Gordon Stadium, Berkeley, Calif.
 
CAL’S PROJECTED STARTING PITCHER
51 – LHP David Shaw (0-2, 7.48)
 
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
All-Time Series: Cal leads, 69-26
Current Win Streak: Cal, 4 (April 26, 2022 – April 23, 2024)
Last Pacific Win: at Pacific (February 22, 2021)
Last Pacific Win At Cal: (February 20, 2021)
Current Season Series Win Streak: Cal, 3 (2022-24)
Last Pacific Season Series Win: 2021 (3-of-4)
— Cal and Pacific will play for the 96th time in the schools’ histories on Monday and are scheduled to play again on May 6 in Stockton
— The Golden Bears have won each of the last four meetings, including both times the teams played in 2024 with a 17-1 7-inning victory in Berkeley (April 2) and a 12-3 win in Stockton (April 23)
 
MEDIA COVERAGE
Stream: ACCNX/ESPN+
Talent: Roxy Bernstein
Live Stats: Cal.StatBroadcast.com
 
KEY THINGS TO KNOW
4 IN A ROW FOR LAST TIME – Cal will play its fourth game in as many days for the final time during the 2025 regular season on Monday night when it hosts Pacific in a nonconference affair. The Bears were swept in a three-game ACC series by Clemson in the first three contests of the home stand. It marked the first time in just shy of a calendar year the Bears were swept in a three-game set; Arizona took all three games of a Pac-12 series in Berkeley on April 5-7, 2024.
 
BALLPARKS MATTER – Cal’s numbers have been significantly different this season whether they are playing at home or on the road. Cal’s pitching staff has taken advantage of Stu Gordon Stadium with a 4.29 ERA (6.33 road), while hitters have capitalized on more friendly offensive ballparks with a .338 batting average on the road (.250 at home).  
 
5 TOP 25 ACC SERIES IN A ROW – Cal’s last four ACC series have come against teams in the top 25 of at least one national college baseball poll at the time of the series. The Bears started the stretch with No. 14 Virginia at home, then visited No. 14 Stanford and No. 18 Louisville before returning home to host No. 6…

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