Cal Baseball At UCLA: Saturday Gamethread
by norcalnick on May 21, 2011 1:30 PM PDT
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Cal picked up a huge series opening win against the Bruins yesterday behind a combined shutout from Erik Johnson and Kyle Porter and just enough hitting for a 4-0 final margin. Together Johnson and Porter struck out 10 batters and allowed just 3 singles, ultimately facing just five batters over the minimum in a dominating performance. Tony Renda picked up an RBI single in the 1st inning, and pinch hitter Andrew Knapp broke it open with a bases clearing double in the 8th after UCLA walked two Bears to load the bases.
Picking up a second straight win will be even tougher, because arguably the best pitcher in the nation is throwing for UCLA today. Trevor Bauer has been nearly unhittable of late. 109.2 innings, 167 Ks, 1.40 ERA, 7 complete games - the numbers are cartoonish. For a more in-depth look at Bauer, check out MadBum's break down over at Golden Bear Lair (He also has a good series preview up).
It's unclear if it will be Dixon Anderson or Kevin Miller going for the Bears today. Cal's game notes actually list Justin Jones as the Saturday starter, but he pitched four innings on Wednesday and is likely to pitch on Sunday. Anderson and Miller both pitched against UC Davis as well, but only two and one innings respectively. I would expect to see both on the mound at some point today, no matter who starts. Go Bears!
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Thanks for the shoutout nick! Go Bears!
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No problem!
Are you following the game today? I’m away from the computer for the beginning of the game and gametracker doesn’t run on my phone.
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by norcalnick on May 21, 2011 2:12 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'll be following it now!
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2-0 UCLA, 2 outs, bottom of the 4th. Dixon Anderson got the start. One of the runs is unearned off of Dixon. Bauer is dealing, with a 1 hitter through 4. Semien has the lone hit.
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and his hit was a double.
he was stranded though
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UCLA has runners on 1st and 2nd currently.
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Anderson gets out of it with a flyout to right
5-6-7 will get their cracks at Bauer next.
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Big problem:
he’s only thrown something in the range of 40-50 pitches (I have no clue on the actual count). For a guy who’s used to going up to 130, that’s nothing.
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CHAD BUNTING GOES YARD!!!
The Bears are on the board! 2-1 UCLA now!
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Nice!
Any time it’s close against Bauer late in the game you take it
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by norcalnick on May 21, 2011 3:32 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Anderson has done a good job today
keeping it close.
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Anderson gives up a double in the bottom half but escapes
2-1, going into the sixth
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Booker gets beaned
Bauer in the stretch for just the second time.
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he gets caught stealing. Bad luck.
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I guess he got picked off then
Dumb play.
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Semien walks
Back into the stretch.
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Makes the baserunning error hurt that much more. Cal has way too many runners thrown out on the base paths
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by norcalnick on May 21, 2011 3:39 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
other then Booker we haven't had any
it’s hard to waste runners that don’t exist.
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out goes Anderson
nice job from him.
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Is Miller coming in?
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by norcalnick on May 21, 2011 3:50 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Tough loss
Expected, but disappointing nonetheless. Good effort.
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