Cal Baseball Open Thread: Game 1 at Washington State
by Avinash Kunnath on May 8, 2010 5:00 PM PDT
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(Dixon Anderson, pictured above, has been named to the 2010 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic District 8 Baseball Team. Congrats Dixon!)
Our 18th ranked Golden Bears baseball team is riding a four game winning streak coming into Pullman, and now prepare for a crucial three game road trip with the Cougars. Win two or three and they remain in great shape to compete for the crown.
No. 18 California (Collegiate Baseball, 21st in Baseball America, 27-15, 11-7) is on a four-game winning streak, sweeping Oregon State (11-3, 14-4, 9-3) last weekend at Evans Diamond and winning 7-3 Tuesday at Sacramento State, entering its Pac-10 series at Washington State (22-17, 6-9). The Golden Bears' sweep of the Beavers was their third conference sweep of the year and puts Cal alone in second in the league standings behind No. 2-ranked Arizona State (39-5, 14-4). The Bears' success can be attributed to strong starting pitching and timely hitting throughout the line-up. The Bears' pitching staff has recorded seven shutouts, the most shutouts in a single season since 1966 (12). Cal's starting rotation - sophomore right-hander Erik Johnson (6-2, 3.07 ERA), freshman left-hander Justin Jones (9-3, 3.36 ERA, 2 CG) and sophomore right-hander Dixon Anderson (4-1, 4.03 ERA) - have all been involved in at least one shutout this year. Add to that list junior right-hander Kevin Miller's gem (6.0 innings, four hits, no runs in 6-0 win) March 7 versus Arkansas that earned him Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors, and senior left-hander Chris Petrini's shutout effort April 5 versus Stanford (7.0 innings, four hits, three walks, seven strikeouts). Offensively, the Bears have a .328 team batting average and are hitting .356 with runners in scoring position. Cal is led by returning All-Pac-10 first baseman Mark Canha, who is hitting .365 with 11 doubles, six home runs and a Pac-10-leading 53 RBI. Other top hitters include sophomore catcher Chadd Krist (.352, 13-2B, 3-3B, 9-HR, 34 RBI) and freshman designated hitter Tony Renda (.345, 13-2B, 3-3B, 3-HR, 31 RBI). Renda was featured in the March 17 San Mateo Daily Journal (Renda feature), Krist in the March 25 Oakland Tribune (Krist feature), and Jones April 20 in The Daily Californian (Jones Daily Cal feature) and April 23 in the San Francisco Chronicle ( Jones S.F. Chronicle feature).
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For the WSU perspective on the series, check out Cougcenter’s excellent preview. Summary: Cougs need series wins, have generally been tough to beat at home.
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0-0 after two innings
Good start for the pitchers – still no base runners allowed in the game thus far.
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Singles from Danny Oh and Austin Booker give Cal runners on the corner with one out in the 3rd! Renda comes to the plate as the lineup turns over
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Guinn leads off the top of the 4th with a single and Canha squares around to bunt. I hate the fact that Esquer asks a .365 hitter with power to bunt.
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But Canha manages to draw a walk anyway. Two on and no outs for Chad Krist!
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Christ. Now Krist is showing bunt. Krist is hitting .352 and has 9 HRs. So asinine.
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And Esquer still has him bunting in 3-0 and 3-1 counts. At least Chad got the bunt down. Runners at 2nd and 3rd with one out and Devin Rodriguez at the plate.
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1-0 Bears!
Rodriguez comes through with a single! First and third with Chad Bunting up
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3-0 Bears!
Something crazy happened as WSU commits at least one error on the play – maybe two. The Cougars biffed a double play grounder.
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4-0 Bears!
Booker walks and Renda comes to the plate with the bases still loaded. WSU’s pitcher has lost all semblance of control.
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I’ll also point out that the only out in this inning came from a bunt from Cal’s best hitter. Sigh.
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5-0 Bears
Cal finally creates an unintentional out, but it’s a sacrifice fly so I’m OK with that.
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Dang, WSU finally has a baserunner after a leadoff single in the bottom of the 4th.
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And another single and a walk loads the bases with no outs. This is ominous…
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5-1 after a walk
Now it’s Johnson who is out of sorts on the mound.
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5-3
Ugh. A throwing error from Guinn allows two to score. Runners at 2nd and 3rd. Still zero outs.
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It's time for a change
Kevin Miller comes in relief of Johnson, who retired the first 9 Cougars and then allowed 5 straight Cougs to reach base (the last play was ruled a hit and then a throwing error)
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5-5 (Sac fly + error)
Danny Oh makes some sort of crazy diving catch, then loses the ball on the exchange to allow both runners to tag and score. At least the bases are finally empty and at least there’s an out on the board.
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Cal starts the 5th with two singles from Krist and Rodriguez and a sac bunt by Bunting that finally chases WSU’s starter from the game.
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6-6
A double and two sacrifices allows WSU to tie the game in the bottom of the 5th.
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Things are speeding up
Cal goes 1-2-3 in the top of the 6th, and WSU goes 1-2-3 on just 7 pitches
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Rodriguez leads off the 7th with a single. Cue the sacrifice bunt call! And a .345 hitter strikes out…bunting. Insane.
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Rodriguez out for a pinch runner and Danny Oh draws a walk. 1st and 2nd for Marcus Semien with one out.
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8-6 Bears!
Woohoo! Semien bounces a ball over the 3rd baseman and down the line for a double!
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8-7 Bears
UGH ERRORS! Semien throws the ball away and WSU now has runners at the corners with just one out.
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8-8
And we’re tied again as the WSU runner scores from 3rd on a slow grounder
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UGH ERRORS!!!!
It’s 9-8 Cougars after Cal’s four error of the game
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10-8 Cougs
This inning should have been over ages ago, but a double plates another run. Still two outs.
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Canha leads off the 8th with a huge walk after battling back from a 1-2 count
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11-8 Cougs
A wild pitch scores another run as Cal continues to shoot themselves in the foot
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13-8
And the Cougs remove all doubt with a long long double that drives in two runs. I don’t want to bother listening to the bottom of the 9th.
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Nuts.
Well, thanks for all the updates – it’s actually a pretty fun way to follow the game. (Can’t get the radio link to work consistently for some reason)
Hold the phones!
Cal has the bases loaded with no outs in the 9th. Dare I hope?
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And the top of the order is coming up. If they turn it over to Canha and Krist there’s a chance…
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Renda’s had a tough day – he strikes out looking. Guinn up now and if he could get a hit or a walk that would be huge – then Cal’s power would be up when a HR would tie the game.
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13-10 Bears!
Guinn singles to drive in two! Canha steps to the plate as the tying run!
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Canha flies out. Now it’s up to Krist to keep the Bears alive.
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And Krist strikes out to end it.
The story of the game: WSU wins by three runs. Cal gave up four unearned runs.
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thanks
I just got to the radio for the 9th. Blech.
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| Fresno St. | Sat 09/03 | W 36 - 21 |
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Colorado
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Sat 09/10 | W 36 - 33 |
| Presbyterian | Sat 09/17 | W 63 - 12 |
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Washington
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Sat 09/24 | L 23 - 31 |
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Thu 10/06 | L 15 - 43 |
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USC
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Thu 10/13 | L 9 - 30 |
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Utah
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Sat 10/22 | W 34 - 10 |
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UCLA
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Sat 10/29 | L 14 - 31 |
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Washington St.
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Sat 11/05 | W 30 - 7 |
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Oregon St.
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Sat 11/12 | W 23 - 6 |
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Stanford
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Sat 11/19 | L 28 - 31 |
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Arizona St.
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Fri 11/25 | W 47 - 38 |
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Texas
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Wed 12/28 | L 10 - 21 |
Pacific-12 Conference Standings
(updated 1.2.2012 at 11:12 PM PST)
| North | Conf | Overall | ||
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| W | L | W | L | |
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Oregon Ducks
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8 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
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Stanford Cardinal
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8 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
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Washington Huskies
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5 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
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California Golden Bears
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4 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
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Oregon St. Beavers
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3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
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Washington St. Cougars
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| South | Conf | Overall | ||
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| W | L | W | L | |
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USC Trojans
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7 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
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UCLA Bruins
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5 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
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Utah Utes
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4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
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Arizona St. Sun Devils
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4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Arizona Wildcats
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
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Colorado Buffaloes
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2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
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