2011 California Golden Bears baseball team

2011 California Golden Bears baseball
Houston Regional Champions
College World Series, 1–2
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
CB	No. 6
Record	38–23 (13–13 Pac-10)
Head coach	David Esquer (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Tony Arnerich (2nd season) Dan Hubbs (12th season) Brad Sanfilippo (2nd season)
Home stadium	Evans Diamond

2011 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	18	–	9		.667			35	–	24		.593
No. 11 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	10		.630			42	–	16		.724
No. 16 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	10		.630			41	–	17		.707
Arizona  ‍‍‍y	15	–	12		.556			39	–	21		.650
No. 21 Stanford  ‍‍‍y	14	–	12		.538			35	–	20		.636
California  ‍‍‍y	13	–	13		.500			35	–	21		.625
USC  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			25	–	31		.446
Oregon  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			33	–	26		.559
Washington State  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			26	–	28		.481
Washington  ‍‍‍	6	–	21		.222			17	–	37		.315
† – Conference champion ‡ – Pac-10 Conference champion y – Invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 8, 2011 Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2011 California Golden Bears baseball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games in Evans Diamond. They entered the 2011 season after making the postseason two of the last three years and with a 31–20 record, the Golden Bears won an at-large berth (therefore making the postseason three of the past four years) for the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and were seeded #3 in the Houston. The Golden Bears lost the first game of the double-elimination format to the Baylor Bears, 6–4. California then went on to win their next four games in a row eliminating Alcorn State, #1 seed Rice, and Baylor. With their victory on June 6, the Bears advanced to a Super Regional for the first time since the 64 team format was introduced. California hosted its Super Regional games on June 11 and 12 sweeping Dallas Baptist to advance to the College World Series for the first time since 1992. Although the Bears hosted, the series was not at Evans Diamond in Berkeley, but at Stephen Schott Stadium in Santa Clara because Cal's stadium was not suitable for large television crews and did not have lights.

Previous season

California finished the 2010 regular season as the #6 team in the Pacific-10 Conference, and was eliminated in two games in the Norman Regional of the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Elimination

Because of the severe budget crisis that was/is facing the entire state of California and the University of California system specifically, on September 28, 2010, University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau announced that five intercollegiate sports programs would be eliminated at Cal and the baseball program was one of the five. The decision to cut the sports (other sports were the Men's Gymnastics, Women's Gymnastics, and Women's Lacrosse team along with the demotion of the then 25-time national champion Rugby program) sparked outrage amongst the Berkeley community and alumni and fundraising efforts almost immediately began to save the programs. Due to successful fundraising efforts thanks in part to the baseball program's supporters, three of the five were reinstated on February 11, 2011, however, baseball and men's gymnastics were still slated to end at the end of the 2010–11 academic year. After raising nearly 10 million dollars by the month of April, the chancellor announced the immediate reinstatement of the California Golden Bears baseball team on April 8. The Men's Gymnastics program was reinstated on May 2.

Schedule

The season for California began on Sunday, February 20 with a home game against Utah, opening day was delayed twice due to rain in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their longest homestand was from March 16–17 (7 home games—originally 8), and their longest road trip was from May 3 through 24 (9 road games). Their final game of the regular season was on Saturday, May 29 at home against arch-rival Stanford. In 2011, the California Golden Bears baseball team won an at-large berth to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and advanced to the Super Regionals. California then swept Dallas Baptist in Santa Clara to clinch a berth to the College World Series for the first time since 1992. The Golden Bears would go 1-2 in Omaha, defeating Texas A&M and losing twice to #1 national seed Virginia.

Game log

2011 California Golden Bears baseball game log: 38–23
Regular season (31–20)
February (5–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record February 18 Utah Evans Diamond Berkeley, CA Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for February 19 0–0 – February 19 Utah Evans Diamond Cancelled (rain) 0–0 – February 19 Utah Evans Diamond Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for February 20 0–0 – February 20 Utah Evans Diamond W 7–0 E. Johnson (1–0) R. Anton (0–1) K. Miller (1) 739 1–0 – February 20 Utah Evans Diamond W 6–5 L. Scott (1–0) J. Pond (0–1) None 926 2–0 – February 22 at No. 9 Stanford Sunken Diamond Stanford, CA L 2–3 J. Pries (1–0) D. Anderson (0–1) S. Snodgrass (1) 1,931 2–1 – February 25 at No. 24 Coastal Carolina BB&T Coastal Field Myrtle Beach, SC W 17–0 K. Miller (1–0) A. Meo (0–1) None 594 3–1 – February 26 vs. NC State BB&T Coastal Field W 4–0 E. Johnson (2–0) C. Mazzoni (1–1) K. Porter (1) 275 4–1 – February 27 vs. Kansas State BB&T Coastal Field W 5–3 J. Jones (1–0) L. Schlick (0–1) None 315 5–1 –
March (12–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record March 3 at San Diego No. 29 John Cunningham Stadium San Diego, CA W 6–2 D. Anderson (1–1) D. Covey (1–1) None 263 6–1 – March 4 at San Diego State No. 29 Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA L 1–2 E. Miller (1–1) E. Johnson (2–1) C. Rasmussen (1) 503 6–2 – March 5 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma No. 29 Tony Gwynn Stadium L 3–5 B. Smith (2–0) J. Jones (1–1) J. Mayfield (3) 327 6–3 – March 6 vs. Connecticut No. 29 Tony Gwynn Stadium L 1–3 M. Barnes (1–2) K. Miller (1–1) K. Vance (1) 218 6–4 – March 8 Santa Clara Evans Diamond W 20–5 L. Lechich (1–0) J. Westerberg (0–1) None 286 7–4 – March 11 vs. Louisiana–Lafayette AT&T Park San Francisco, CA W 7–6 E. Johnson (3–1) T. Hubbell (3–1) M. Flemer (1) 500 8–4 – March 12 vs. No. 23 Rice AT&T Park W 7–6 (15) K. Porter (1–0) J. Chargois (0–2) None 1,200 9–4 – March 13 vs. Long Beach State AT&T Park W 6–1 D. Anderson (2–1) S. Stuart (2–1) None 450 10–4 – March 16 San Francisco No. 29 Evans Diamond L 6–7 (11) A. Balog (2–0) M. Flemer (0–1) None 127 10–5 – March 18 Ohio State No. 29 Evans Diamond Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for March 19 10–5 – March 19 Ohio State No. 29 Evans Diamond PPD 4–0 Suspended (rain) Continued on March 20 10–5 – March 19 Ohio State No. 29 Evans Diamond Cancelled (rain) 10–5 – March 20 Ohio State No. 29 Evans Diamond W 4–0 J. Jones (2–1) D. Wolosiansky (1–2) None 113 11–5 – March 20 Ohio State No. 29 Evans Diamond W 11–1 D. Anderson (3–1) J. Kuchno (0–1) None 113 12–5 – March 21 Nevada No. 27 Evans Diamond W 2–0 K. Miller (2–1) M. Joukoff (1–4) M. Flemer (2) 120 13–5 – March 25 Washington State No. 27 Evans Diamond W 7–0 E. Johnson (4–1) A. Conley (4–2) None 142 14–5 1–0 March 26 Washington State No. 27 Evans Diamond W 3–0 J. Jones (3–1) J. Wise (2–2) M. Flemer (3) 136 15–5 2–0 March 27 Washington State No. 27 Evans Diamond W 4–3 (11) M. Flemer (1–1) B. DeRooy (1–2) None 353 16–5 3–0 March 29 at San Francisco No. 19 Benedetti Diamond San Francisco, CA W 4–0 K. Miller (3–1) A. Balog (2–1) None 102 17–5 –
April (8–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record April 1 USC No. 19 Evans Diamond L 6–10 B. Wheatley (1–1) L. Scott (1–1) None 432 17–6 3–1 April 2 USC No. 19 Evans Diamond W 9–2 J. Jones (4–1) A. Wood (1–5) None 587 18–6 4–1 April 3 USC No. 19 Evans Diamond W 9–6 K. Porter (2–0) L. Odom (2–4) None 733 19–6 5–1 April 5 Pacific No. 17 Evans Diamond L 4–7 B. McMinn (1–0) K. Miller (3–2) M. Carvutto (2) 176 19–7 – April 8 at No. 21 Arizona No. 17 Sancet Stadium Tucson, AZ L 4–5 M. Chaffee (4–1) M. Flemer (1–2) None 1,103 19–8 5–2 April 9 at No. 21 Arizona No. 17 Sancet Stadium Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 10 19–8 – April 10 at No. 21 Arizona No. 17 Sancet Stadium L 8–10 K. Simon (6–2) J. Jones (4–2) M. Chaffee (3) 1,095 19–9 5–3 April 10 at No. 21 Arizona No. 17 Sancet Stadium W 17–7 K. Miller (4–2) T. Hale (3–3) None 1,095 20–9 6–3 April 15 at Washington No. 20 Husky Ballpark Seattle, WA W 6–2 E. Johnson (5–1) G. Brown (1–3) K. Porter (2) 482 21–9 7–3 April 16 at Washington No. 20 Husky Ballpark W 8–2 J. Jones (5–2) A. West (1–6) None 515 22–9 8–3 April 17 at Washington No. 20 Husky Ballpark W 4–3 D. Anderson (4–1) A. Voth (1–4) None 446 23–9 9–3 April 19 UC Davis No. 19 Evans Diamond W 4–1 K. Miller (5–2) N. Slater (0–4) None 159 24–9 – April 21 No. 12 Arizona State No. 19 Evans Diamond L 4–6 (17) M. Lambson (2–0) L. Lechich (1–1) None 426 24–10 9–4 April 22 No. 12 Arizona State No. 19 Evans Diamond L 0–5 K. Chaplin (6–1) J. Jones (5–3) None 560 24–11 9–5 April 23 No. 12 Arizona State No. 19 Evans Diamond L 0–6 J. Barrett (5–3) D. Anderson (4–2) None 1,005 24–12 9–6 April 25 at No. 27 Stanford No. 24 Sunken Diamond L 5–9 B. Busick (1–0) K. Miller (5–3) None 2,047 24–13 – April 29 Oregon No. 24 Evans Diamond W 2–1 K. Porter (3–0) S. McGough (1–5) None 464 25–13 10–6 April 30 Oregon No. 24 Evans Diamond L 3–4 M. Boer (3–3) J. Jones (5–4) K. Moen (7) 846 25–14 10–7
May (6–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record May 1 Oregon No. 24 Evans Diamond W 5–4 M. Flemer (2–2) S. McGough (1–6) None 548 26–14 11–7 May 3 at Santa Clara No. 24 Stephen Schott Stadium Santa Clara, CA W 4–1 K. Porter (4–0) J. Supple (0–4) M. Flemer (5) 271 27–14 – May 6 at No. 4 Oregon State No. 24 Goss Stadium Corvallis, OR Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 7 27–14 – May 7 at No. 4 Oregon State No. 24 Goss Stadium L 0–3 S. Gaviglio (9–1) E. Johnson (5–2) T. Bryant (8) 2,511 27–15 11–8 May 7 at No. 4 Oregon State No. 24 Goss Stadium W 6–2 J. Jones (6–4) J. Osich (6–2) None 2,358 28–15 12–8 May 8 at No. 4 Oregon State No. 24 Goss Stadium L 2–4 B. Wetzler (6–2) K. Miller (5–4) T. Bryant (9) 2,511 28–16 12–9 May 18 at UC Davis No. 25 Dobbins Stadium Davis, CA W 8–3 J. Jones (7–4) S. Chew (1–1) None 143 29–16 – May 20 at No. 17 UCLA No. 25 Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, CA W 4–0 E. Johnson (6–2) G. Cole (5–7) None 892 30–16 13–9 May 21 at No. 17 UCLA No. 25 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 1–2 T. Bauer (11–2) D. Anderson (4–3) None 1,379 30–17 13–10 May 22 at No. 17 UCLA No. 25 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 2–5 A. Plutko (6–3) J. Jones (7–5) N. Vander Tuig (8) 1,426 30–18 13–11 May 24 at Pacific No. 23 Klein Family Field Stockton, CA W 8–3 K. Miller (6–4) C. Larsen (1–3) None 572 31–18 – May 27 No. 26 Stanford No. 23 Evans Diamond L 2–3 M. Appel (5–6) E. Johnson (6–3) C. Reed (7) 652 31–19 13–12 May 28 No. 26 Stanford No. 23 Evans Diamond L 2–4 J. Pries (5–5) J. Jones (7–6) C. Reed (8) 1,358 31–20 13–13
Postseason (7–3)
NCAA tournament: Houston Regional (4–0) Date Opponent Rank/Seed Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 3 vs. Baylor (3) No. 30 Reckling Park Houston, TX L 4–6 L. Verrett (7–5) E. Johnson (6–4) M. Garner (3) 2,785 31–21 0–1 June 4 vs. Alcorn State (3) No. 30 Reckling Park W 10–6 J. Jones (8–6) T. Williams (7–6) None 2,428 32–21 1–1 June 5 at No. 17 (8) Rice (3) No. 30 Reckling Park W 6–3 M. Flemer (3–2) T. Duffey (8–2) None 2,391 33–21 2–1 June 5 vs. Baylor (3) No. 30 Reckling Park W 8–0 K. Porter (5–0) B. Pinckard (5–3) J. Jones (1) 2,411 34–21 3–1 June 6 vs. Baylor (3) No. 30 Reckling Park W 9–8 M. Flemer (4–2) L. Verrett (7–6) None 2,213 35–21 4–1
NCAA tournament: Santa Clara Super Regional (2–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 11 No. 15 Dallas Baptist No. 14 Stephen Schott Stadium W 7–0 J. Jones (9–6) B. Williamson (10–4) None 1,431 36–21 5–1 June 12 No. 15 Dallas Baptist No. 14 Stephen Schott Stadium W 6–2 E. Johnson (7–4) J. Stafford (8–5) None 1,431 37–21 6–1
NCAA tournament: College World Series (1–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CWS record June 19 vs. (1) No. 2 Virginia No. 8 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, NE L 0–4 T. Wilson (9–0) L. Scott (1–2) B. Kline (18) 21,275 37–22 0–1 June 21 vs. No. 6 Texas A&M No. 8 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha W 7–3 K. Porter (6–0) M. Wacha (9–4) M. Fleming (6) 18,141 38–22 1–1 June 21 vs. (1) No. 2 Virginia No. 8 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha L 1–8 T. Wilson (10–0) D. Anderson (4–4) None 25,833 38–23 1–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled Bold =California team member Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll or NCAA tournament seeding for postseason play.

Roster

2011 California Golden Bears baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Previous school Home town 48 RHP Dixon Anderson R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Jr Piedmont HS Piedmont, CA 43 RHP Joey Donofrio R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jr Los Gatos HS Los Gatos, CA 18 LHP Matt Evanoff L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 208 lb (94 kg) So Ponderosa HS Rescue, CA 49 RHP Matt Flemer R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Jr St. Mary's HS El Cerrito, CA 26 RHP Trevor Hildenberger R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) So Archbishop Mitty HS San Jose, CA 35 RHP Erik Johnson R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Los Altos HS Los Altos, CA 23 LHP Justin Jones L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) So Oakdale HS Oakdale, CA 25 LHP Louie Lechich L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Fr St. Mary's HS Stockton, CA 29 RHP Michael Lowden R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Yuba City HS Yuba City, CA 41 RHP Kevin Miller R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Sr Valley Christian HS San Jose, CA 21 RHP Stephen Pistoresi R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Sr San Joaquin Memorial HS Fresno, CA 16 LHP Kyle Porter L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Oakridge HS El Dorado Hills, CA 36 RHP Ryan Sandler R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Canyon Crest Academy Solana Beach, CA 20 RHP Logan Scott R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Jr Serra HS San Mateo, CA 24 RHP Seth Spivack S/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Fr Taft HS Calabasas, CA 10 LHP Michael Theofanopoulos L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Fr Foothill HS Pleasanton, CA 32 RHP Eric Walbridge R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Fr Notre Dame HS Los Angeles, CA 9 C Alex Egber R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Montgomery Blair HS Potomac, MD 6 C Andrew Knapp S/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Fr Granite Bay HS Granite Bay, CA 27 C Chadd Krist R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Jr Petaluma HS Petaluma, CA 38 C Alexander Neuhaus R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Fr Berkeley HS Berkeley, CA 1 INF Austin Booker L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Robinson HS Fairfax, VA 5 INF Derek Campbell R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Fr Mater Dei HS Irvine, CA 44 INF Mitch Delfino R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 209 lb (95 kg) So Cloverdale HS Cloverdale, CA 14 INF Tony Renda R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 209 lb (95 kg) So Serra HS Hillsborough, CA 33 INF Devon Rodriguez L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 209 lb (95 kg) So William S. Hart HS Santa Clarita, CA 15 INF Marcus Semien R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Jr St. Mary's HS El Cerrito, CA 30 INF Paul Toboni R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Jr St. Ignatius HS San Francisco, CA 51 INF Jacob Wark L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Jesuit HS Portland, OR 22 OF Vince Bruno L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Los Medanos College Concord, CA 45 OF Chad Bunting R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Jr Ukiah HS Ukiah, CA 31 OF David Buscovich L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Jr Diablo Valley College San Leandro, CA 2 OF Darrel Matthews L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 158 lb (72 kg) So Clayton Valley HS Concord, CA 34 OF Maris Moore R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Jr California HS San Ramon, CA 19 OF Danny Oh L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Jr Henry M> Jackson HS Mill Creek, WA 11 OF Dwight Tanaka R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Sr Campolindo HS El Sobrante, CA	Head coach David Esquer Assistant coach(es) Tony Arnerich Dan Hubbs Brad Sanfilippo Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: June 7, 2011

Golden Bears in the 2011 MLB Draft

The following members of the California baseball program were drafted in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Erik Johnson	RHP	2nd	80th	Chicago White Sox
Marcus Semien	SS	6th	201st	Chicago White Sox
Dixon Anderson	RHP	9th	277th	Washington Nationals
Chadd Krist	C	13th	411th	Chicago White Sox
Kevin Miller	RHP	18th	550th	Houston Astros
Matt Flemer	RHP	19th	576th	Kansas City Royals
Austin Booker	2B	33rd	1006th	Oakland Athletics