BERKELEY – Saint Mary’s (20-19) defeated the California baseball team by a final score of 10-4 in the finale of a five-game Golden Bears home stand in a nonconference contest Monday evening at Stu Gordon Stadium.
Kalen Applefield (1-3, 2B, SF, RBI) and Elijah Clayton (1-3) both had their first hits at Cal back-to-back in the seventh inning, while Jacob French hit his third home run of the campaign with a solo shot in the second inning. In addition, Cade Campbell (1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, SF) drove in a pair of runs and Jarren Advincula (1-3, R, 2B, 2 BB) extended his hit streak to 10 games with a third-inning double that was his team-leading 15th of the season and has now hit safely in 25 of his last 26 contests.
Aiden Taurek (2-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB) and Ryan Pierce (2-5, R, 2B) each had two of the Gaels’ 10 hits and were the only players from either team with more than one. Brady Petit (1-3, 2 RBI, BB) and Eddie Madrigal (1-5, 2 RBI, SB) each drove in two for the winners.
Saint Mary’s used seven pitchers in the contest with six relievers throwing a single inning each and limiting the Bears to one run and three hits over their final six trips to the plate after Cal had scored three times in the first three innings off Saint Mary’s starter Sean Cannon. All seven Gaels’ pitchers recorded at least one of the group’s 10 strikeouts. Dylan Delvecchio (1.0 IP, 1 BB, 1 SO) pitched the fifth inning as the third Saint Mary’s pitcher and earned the win to improve…
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