Baseball

Following its back-to-back series sweeps against New Mexico and Utah, Cal finishes its 2022 campaign with a 28-25 regular season record, earning it the No. 6 seed in the Pac-12 tournament.

The Utes sit just one spot below the Bears in the conference standings, so the winner of the series will earn the final spot in the Pac-12 tournament as the No. 8 seed.

After its comprehensive series sweep against Stanford, the Bears will give it their all in an effort to rebound against New Mexico.

This year’s Big Series proved to be no competition at all as the Bears dropped each game of the series, going 0-3 against the Cardinal.

Head coach Mike Neu’s confidence is admirable, especially considering how well the Cardinal have played at Sunken Diamond in Palo Alto this season.

Cal came out of the series disappointed but with some encouraging glimmers of quality.

It’s a team racked with talent yet incapable of making big strides. Even so, the Bears look to pick up big wins over the upcoming competition.

Putting together consecutive series wins for the first time this season, Cal baseball has finally steadied itself.

After this weekend’s results, the blue and gold find themselves at the .500 mark. Their unremarkable record reveals one thing about this squad: They are remarkably average.

Cal’s offense might very well make the difference in this series as the Bears have had little to no trouble scoring this season.