CBU's Series With Cal Evens Up in Berkeley

Saturday, March 20

Berkeley, Calif.

3 PM

California Baptist University

11-5

Cal

11-7

California Baptist

California

CBU's Series With Cal Evens Up in Berkeley

3/20/2021 5:58:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

BERKELEY – California Baptist University baseball will go into its weekend finale at Cal with a chance to secure the series victory. The Golden Bears evened the set up at a game apiece with a 15-1 victory on Saturday at Evans Diamond.

The Lancers' nine-game winning streak comes to a close, as they are now 11-5 on the year. Cal of the Pac-12 Conference moves to 11-7 going into Sunday's noon game. Both the Lancers and Bears came into this series receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's NCAA Division I rankings.

Bring him home! 🏡

» Chad Castillo puts us on the board with an RBI single that scores Nick Plaia! We've got a 1-1 game in the top of the 4th. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/KkdmY7qxqb
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 20, 2021

Chad Castillo, Rory Smith and John Glenn all had base hits in the game for CBU. Castillo drove in the Lancers' lone run with an RBI single in the top of the fourth to tie the game at 1-1.

Cal worked its way into the Lancers' bullpen in the fifth and began to pull away from there. The Bears scored twice in the fourth, four runs in the fifth and seven more in the sixth to pull away.

GOLDEN BEARS AT A GLANCE
Cal of the Pac-12 Conference has won its last three series against Loyola Marymount, Saint Mary's and San Francisco. The Golden Bears have made 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 2019, and advanced to six College World Series. They are coming off two 32-win seasons in 2018 and 19.