BERKELEY– The California baseball team began a five-game home stand at Stu Gordon Stadium on Tuesday evening with a 9-2 nonconference victory over Fresno State (17-19). The Golden Bears hit four home runs including
Jarren Advincula's first career grand slam, got a career-long 7.1-inning pitching performance from winning pitcher
Gavin Eddy (3-2) and played errorless defense.
Dominic Smaldino (2-4, R, 3B, HR, 2 RBI),
Carl Schmidt (1-4, R, HR, 2 RBI) and
Max Handron (1-4, R, HR, RBI) also homered for the Bears.
Advincula (2-4, 2 R, HR, BB) recorded his 21st multiple-hit game of the season while hitting safely for the 21st time in the last 22 games and 31st time in 36 contests in 2025.
Eddy, who started the second game in each of Cal's first eight series before not pitching in its most recent series at Georgia Tech, entered the game to begin the second inning after
Spencer Dessart needed just ninth pitches to retire the Bulldogs in order in the top of the first. Eddy gave up a run in the second after Justin Stransky greeted him with a double and eventually scored an a two-out RBI single from Cam Schneider before shutting the Bulldogs out in each of the next six frames. Fresno State put just two runners into scoring position during the remainder of Eddy's outing and were retired in order three times. Eddy started the ninth inning but was removed after a one-out single by pinch-hitter Lee Trevino on his 100th and final pitch. Reliver
Logan Piper walked pinch-hitter Cayden Munster and gave up an RBI single to Bobby Blandford that plated Trevino before striking out the next two hitters to end the game.
Fresno State totaled just six hits with Stransky (2-3, 2B) the only player with more than one.
Bulldog starter Tyler Patrick (0-2) took the loss for the Bulldogs, allowing five runs (five earned) on four hits, one walk and one wild pitch with two strikeouts.
Cal started the scoring in the bottom of the first when Advincula led off with a walk and scored on a two-out triple by Smaldino.
The Bears loaded the bases for Advincula's grand slam in the bottom of the second that increased their lead to 5-1 on a single by
PJ Moutzouridis, a hit by pitch by
Ryan Tayman and a bunt single from
Ethan Kodama.
Cal scored for the third consecutive inning in the bottom of the third to go ahead 6-1 on Smaldino's solo homer that was his team-leading 10th before a leadoff solo homer by Handron and a two-run, two-out long ball by Schmidt in the sixth capped the Bears' scoring.
Cal (18-18, 6-12 ACC) returns to ACC action with a three-game home conference series against NC State (24-12, 9-6 ACC) this Thursday-Saturday (6 pm, 6 pm, 2 pm). A live stream of all three contests will be available on ACCNX/ESPN+.
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