2022 California Golden Bears baseball team

2022 California Golden Bears baseball
2022 California Golden Bears baseball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	29–27 (14–16 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Neu (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Noah Jackson (5th season); Matt Flemer (4th season); Chad Highberger (2nd season);
Home stadium	Evans Diamond
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 California Golden Bears baseball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Bears played their home games at Evans Diamond as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by head coach Mike Neu, in his 5th season at Cal.

2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 2 Stanford ‍†‍‡‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	47	–	16	–	0	.746
No. 3 Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	48	–	18	–	0	.727
No. 19 UCLA ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	40	–	24	–	0	.625
Oregon ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	36	–	25	–	0	.590
Arizona ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	39	–	25	–	0	.609
Washington ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	30	–	26	–	0	.536
California ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	29	–	27	–	0	.518
Arizona State ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	26	–	31	–	0	.456
Washington State ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0	.400	27	–	26	–	0	.509
Utah ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0	.333	26	–	27	–	1	.491
USC ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0	.267	25	–	28	–	0	.472

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 13, 2022^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

The Golden Bears finished with a record of 29–26, and 15–15 in conference play.^[2] The Golden Bears were not selected to compete in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3]

Personnel

Roster

2022 California Golden Bears roster

Pitchers

1 – Christian Becerra – Freshman
4 – Joseph King – Junior
5 – Connor Sullivan – Sophomore
14 – Nick Proctor – Senior
16 – Tucker Bougie – Freshman
18 – Tommy Hannan – Grad. student
19 – Steven Zobac – Junior
21 – Andres Galan – Freshman
22 – Sam Stoutenborough – Senior
23 – Vaughn Mauterer – Junior
24 – Aaron Roberts – Sophomore
29 – Ben Lake – Junior
31 – Carson Crawford – Freshman
32 – Chris Stamos – Junior
33 – Lucas Gather – Sophomore
34 – Josh White – Junior
35 – Ian May – Freshman
38 – Matt Lozovoy – Junior
40 – Henrik Reinertsen – Grad. student
41 – Paulshawn Pasqualotto – Sophomore
43 – Mitch Benson – Senior
46 – Nick Sweet – Freshman
49 – Mitchell Scott – Senior

Catchers

6 – Cole Elvis – Senior
9 – Dom Souto – Senior
27 – Joey Donnelly – Freshman
30 – Nico Button – Freshman
47 – Caleb Lomavita – Freshman

Infielders

2 – Keshawn Ogans – Junior
10 – Hance Smith – Grad. student
15 – Jack Johnston – Freshman
16 – Tucker Bougie – Freshman
21 – Andres Galan – Freshman
25 – Nathan Martorella – Junior
27 – Joey Donnelly – Freshman
31 – Carson Crawford – Freshman
44 – Blake Atkins – Senior

Outfielders

3 – Trevor Tishenkel – Sophomore
8 – Nathan Manning – Junior
17 – Dylan Beavers – Junior
19 – Steven Zobac – Junior
26 – Rodney Green Jr. – Freshman
28 – Garret Nielsen – Junior
39 – Jag Burden – Sophomore

Coaches

2022 California Golden Bears baseball coaching staff

Mike Neu – Head coach – 5th season
Noah Jackson – Assistant coach – 5th season
Matt Flemer – Assistant coach – 4th season
Chad Highberger – Volunteer assistant coach – 1st season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at Cal.

Schedule

2022 California Golden Bears game log (29–27)

Regular Season: 28–25 (Home: 16–13; Away: 9–11; Neutral: 3–1)

February: 4–3 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0; Neutral: 3–1)
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
1	February 18		vs. Houston*	Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Scottsdale, Arizona	4–2 (10)	Reinertsen (1–0)	Cherry (0–1)	—	N/A	1–0	–
2	February 19		vs. No. 17 TCU*	Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Scottsdale, Arizona	7–6	Reinertsen (2–0)	Thomas (0–1)	—	N/A	2–0	–
3	February 20		San Diego State*	Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Scottsdale, Arizona	6–3	King (1–0)	Flores (0–1)	Scott (1)	N/A	3–0	–
4	February 21		Gonzaga*	Sloan Park Mesa, Arizona	8–9	Jessee (1–0)	Reinertsen (2–1)	—	216	3–1	–
5	February 25		UIC*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	2–4	Peterson (1–0)	Mauterer (0–1)	Lopez (1)	534	3–2	–
6	February 26 (1)		UIC*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	12–2	Zobac (1–0)	Ingram (0–2)	May (1)	1,007	4–2	–
7	February 26 (2)		UIC*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	1–6	Zahora (1–0)	King (1–1)	—	1,007	4–3	–

March: 7–10 (Home: 3–7; Away: 4–3; Neutral: N/A)
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
8	March 1		No. 23 Sacramento State*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	6–2	Hannan (1–0)	Fleming (1–1)	—	377	5–3	–
9	March 4		at No. 10 Florida State*	Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, Florida,	3–4	Scolaro (1–1)	Roberts (0–1)	—	4,737	5–4	–
10	March 5		at No. 10 Florida State*	Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	4–7	Hubbart (3–0)	Zobac (3–1)	—	4,691	5–5	–
11	March 6		at No. 10 Florida State*	Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	5–3 (10)	Proctor (1–0)	Whittaker (0–1)	—	4,565	6–5	–
12	March 8		Santa Clara*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	6–9	Connolly (1–0)	Stoutenborough (0–1)	Kitchen (1)	352	6–6	–
13	March 11		No. 16 Arizona	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	9–8	Stamos (1–0)	Christian (1–1)	—	889	7–6	1–0
14	March 12		No. 16 Arizona	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	4–10	Irvin (2–1)	Proctor (1–1)	—	1,108	7–7	1–1
15	March 13		No. 16 Arizona	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	5–13	Netz (2–0)	Reinertsen (2–2)	—	1,143	7–8	1–2
16	March 15		at San Jose State*	Excite Ballpark San Jose, California	17–5	Becerra (1–0)	Heninger (0–1)	—	417	8–8	–
17	March 18		at USC	Dedeaux Field Los Angeles, CA	2–6	Agassi (2–0)	White (0–1)	—	409	8–9	1–3
18	March 19		at USC	Dedeaux Field Los Angeles, CA	9–5	Proctor (2–1)	Clow (0–1)	—	573	9–9	2–3
19	March 20		at USC	Dedeaux Field Los Angeles, CA	3–2	May (1–0)	Hurley (3–1)	Proctor (1)	1,281	10–9	3–3
20	March 22		Cal Poly*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	4–14	Button (2–0)	Sullivan (0–1)	—	486	10–10	–
21	March 25		No. 6 Oregon State	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	4–10	Hjerpe (6–0)	White (0–2)	—	944	10–11	3–4
22	March 26		No. 6 Oregon State	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	8–7	Proctor (3–1)	Carpenter (1–2)	—	732	11–11	4–4
23	March 27		No. 6 Oregon State	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	9–13	Brown (2–0)	Stamos (1–1)	—	704	11–12	4–5
24	March 29		Saint Mary's*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	5–10	Linchey (1–0)	Galan (0–1)	—	380	11–13	–

April: 9–9 (Home: 5–4; Away: 4–5; Neutral: N/A)
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
25	April 1		at Arizona State	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	3–8	Luckham (4–1)	White (0–3)	—	2,994	11–14	4–6
26	April 2		at Arizona State	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	14–7	King (2–1)	Glenn (0–4)	—	2,711	12–14	5–6
27	April 3		at Arizona State	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	9–16	Webster (1–2)	Zobac (1–2)	—	2,506	12–15	5–7
28	April 5		Cal Poly*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	9–3	Stoutenborough (1–1)	Scott (0–3)	—	672	13–15	–
29	April 8		Washington	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	4–6	Armstrong (1–0)	White (0–4)	Raeth (2)	532	13–16	5–8
30	April 9		Washington	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	6–3	King (3–1)	Emanuels (1–2)	—	516	14–16	6–8
31	April 10		Washington	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	14–5	Stoutenborough (2–1)	Bloebaum (1–2)	—	1,045	15–16	7–8
32	April 11		at Saint Mary's*	Louis Guisto Field Moraga, California	6–0	Bougie (1–0)	Linchey (2–1)	—	114	16–16	–
33	April 15 (1)		at Washington State	Bailey-Brayton Field Pullman, Washington	1–4	McMillan (3–3)	May (1–1)	Grillo (2)	948	16–17	7–9
34	April 15 (2)		at Washington State	Bailey-Brayton Field Pullman, Washington	16–4	White (1–4)	Taylor (2–4)	—	857	17–17	8–9
35	April 16		at Washington State	Bailey-Brayton Field Pullman, Washington	7–4	Bougie (2–0)	Grillo (1–1)	Becerra (1)	944	18–17	9–9
36	April 19		San Francisco*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	11–14	Beck (3–2)	Roberts (0–2)	—	455	18–18	–
37	April 22		No. 13 UCLA	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	8–3	Zobac (2–2)	Brooks (5–4)	—	1,637	19–18	10–9
38	April 23		No. 13 UCLA	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	4–9	Rajcic (5–3)	King (3–2)	—	1,317	19–19	10–10
39	April 24		No. 13 UCLA	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	3–6	Colwell (2–0)	Stoutenborough (2–2)	—	1,791	19–20	10–11
40	April 26		Pacific*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	9–8	Becerra (2–0)	Defelippi (1–2)	Reinertsen (1)	534	20–20	-
41	April 29		at No. 25 Oregon	PK Park Eugene, Oregon	2–7	Britton	White	Somers	1188	20–21	10–12
42	April 30		at No. 25 Oregon	PK Park Eugene, Oregon	3–8	Ayon	King	—	1043	20–22	10–13

May: 8–3 (Home: 7–0; Away: 1–3; Neutral: N/A)
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
43	May 1		at No. 25 Oregon	PK Park Eugene, Oregon	9–8	May	Somers	White	1114	21–22	11–13
44	May 3		San Jose State*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	10–0	Bougie	Thompson	—	658	22–22	–
45	May 6		at No. 11 Stanford	Sunken Diamond Stanford, California	2–6	Williams	Zobac	—	2242	22–23	11–14
46	May 7		at No. 11 Stanford	Sunken Diamond Stanford, California	7–8	Matthews	White	—	2634	22–24	11–15
47	May 8		at No. 11 Stanford	Sunken Diamond Stanford, California	3–11	Uber	Stoutenborough	—	1725	22–25	11–16
48	May 13		New Mexico*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	11–0	Zobac	Haley	—	308	23–25	–
49	May 14		New Mexico*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	23–5	King	Russell	—	380	24–25	–
50	May 15		New Mexico*	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	8–0	Proctor	Still	—	580	25–25	–
51	May 19		Utah	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	13–1	King	Sox	—	530	26–25	12–16
52	May 20		Utah	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	18–2	Zobac	Harris	—	521	27–25	13–16
53	May 21		Utah	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	9–8	Scott	Whiting	—	535	28–25	14–16

Postseason (1–2)

Pac-12 Baseball Tournament (1–2)
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Tournament
54	May 25		No. 20 UCLA	[Scottsdale Stadium]] Scottsdale, AZ	4–1	White	Proctor	—	2019	29–25	1–0
55	May 26		No. 4 Oregon State	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, AZ	1–3	Hjerpe	Zobac	Sebby	3174	29–26	1–1
56	May 27		No. 20 UCLA	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, AZ	7–9 (10)	Jewett	Stoutenborough	—	3099	29–27	1–2

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Golden Bears team member

Rankings from D1 Baseball.
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
* indicates a non-conference game.

Source:^[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'^[5]	—	—*
Baseball America^[6]	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^^[7]	RV	—
NCBWA†^[8]	RV	RV
D1Baseball	—	—

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
^ "2021 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "2021 NCAA Tournament Field Of 64". d1baseball.com. May 31, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "2022 Baseball Schedule". calbears.com. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
^ USA Today Coaches Poll
^ Baseball America Poll
^ Collegiate Baseball Poll
^ NCBWA Poll

External links

California Golden Bears baseball

[1] "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

[2] "2021 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[3] "2021 NCAA Tournament Field Of 64". d1baseball.com. May 31, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[4] "2022 Baseball Schedule". calbears.com. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

[5] USA Today Coaches Poll

[6] Baseball America Poll

[7] Collegiate Baseball Poll

[8] NCBWA Poll

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