# 2022 California Golden Bears baseball team

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.

## Previous season

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

## 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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  PostponementBold: Golden Bears team member Rankings from D1 Baseball.(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.* indicates a non-conference game. :
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## Rankings

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