# 2012 California Golden Bears baseball team

The 2012 California Golden Bears baseball team is the representative of the University of California, Berkeley in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team plays their home games in Evans Diamond. They entered the 2012 season after making the 2011 College World Series with a 35–21 record in 2011 and making the postseason three of the last four years.

## Previous season

California finished the 2011 regular season as the #6 team in the Pac-12 Conference with a 25–21 record, and made it to the 2011 College World Series finishing tied for 5th place. The program also staved off elimination as a varsity program in 2011 by raising approximately 10 million dollars in a little more than a month. The funds raised were able to keep the California baseball program running and set up the Cal Baseball Foundation to try to keep the program running into perpetuity. The university also had planned to eliminate Rugby, Men's and Women's Gymnastics, and Women's Lacrosse, but enough funds were raised to save those programs as well.

## Schedule

The season for California will begin on Friday, February 17 with a home game against Pacific with a three-game series, two of which will be in Berkeley. Their longest home stand will be from March 13–22, and May 11–20 (8 home games), and their longest road trip was from March 20-April 7 (12 road games). Their final game of the regular season will be on Saturday, May 27 in Palo Alto 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 Bears will look to repeat and build upon that success in 2012.
2012 California Golden Bears baseball game log :
February: 5–2 (Conference: 0–0; Home: 3–0; Road: 2–2)
#DateOpponentScoreRankWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBox
1February 17Pacific9–1#22J. Jones (1–0)T. Lumby (0–1)6021–0Evans DiamondW1
2February 18@ Pacific6–3#22M. Flemer (1–0)M. Hager (0–1)L. Scott (1)8382–0Klein Family FieldW2
3February 19Pacific9–3#22L. Scott (1–0)J. Matthews (0–1)7753–0Evans DiamondW3
4February 24@ Long Beach State7–4#22S. Stuart (1–0)J. Jones (1–1)J. Stassi (1)1,2043–1Blair FieldL1
5February 25@ Long Beach State2–1 (10)#22L. Scott (2–0)J. Frye (0–1)1,1804–1Blair FieldW1
6February 26@ Long Beach State2–1#22R. Strufing (2–0)M. Theofanopoulos (0–1)J. Maciel (1)1,3084–2Blair FieldL1
7February 28San Francisco5–3RVJ. Donofrio (1–0)J. Remer (1–1)T. Hildenberger (1)1055–2Evans DiamondW1 :
March: 10–8 (Conference: 1–5; Home: 4–3; Road: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreRankWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBox
8March 3Lehigh9–3RVJ. Jones (2–1)N. Cassell (1–1)5056–2Evans DiamondW2
9March 4Lehigh10–0RVM. Flemer (2–0)C. Gotzon (0–2)3557–2Evans DiamondW3
10March 4Lehigh18–3RVK. Porter (1–0)L. Porter (0–2)4408–2Evans DiamondW4 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
11March 6Creighton7–5#21J. Donofrio (2–0)R. McGraw (2–2)L. Scott (2)1169–2Evans DiamondW5
12March 9@ Nebraska11–8 (11)#21L. Scott (3–0)T. Huber (0–1)2,72310–2Haymarket ParkW6
13March 10@ Nebraska12–5#21J. Keller (2–0)M. Flemer (2–1)5,29810–3Haymarket ParkL1
14March 11@ Nebraska4–0#21K. Porter (2–0)T. Lemke (1–1)2,35111–3Haymarket ParkW1
15March 12@ Nebraska9–5#18T. Niederklein (2–1)M. Theofanopoulos (0–2)1,94111–4Haymarket ParkL1
March 16#24 Oregon State#18Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for March 17Evans Diamond
16March 17#24 Oregon State9–2#18B. Wetzler (4–0)J. Jones (2–2)49311–5Evans DiamondL2
17March 17#24 Oregon State4–1#18D. Child (2–1)M. Flemer (2–2)T. Bryant (4)55011–6Evans DiamondL3
18March 18#24 Oregon State13–5#18J. Fry (1–0)K. Porter (2–1)60911–7Evans DiamondL4
19March 20@ San Francisco4–3RVM. Theofanopoulos (1–2)J. Remer (1–2)L. Scott (3)11212–7Benedetti DiamondW1
20March 23@ Arizona State5–1RVB. Rodgers (4–0)J. Jones (2–3)2,58112–8Packard StadiumL1
21March 24@ Arizona State3–2RVM. Flemer (3–2)T. Williams (5–1)L. Scott (4)2,51513–8Packard StadiumW1
22March 25@ Arizona State9–6RVR. Ravago (1–0)M. Theofanopoulos (1–3)J. Barrett (3)1,74113–9Packard StadiumL1
23March 25@ Fresno State7–6RVM. Theofanopoulos (2–3)T. Harlan (3–4)1,31914–9Pete Beiden FieldW1
24March 30@ #25 Texas13–2RVN. Thornhill (3–2)J. Jones (2–4)2,97014–10Dell DiamondL1
25March 31@ #25 Texas12–2RVM. Flemer 4–2P. French (3–1)3,58215–10Dell DiamondW1
March 31@ #25 TexasRVCancelled (coaches' mutual decision)Dell Diamond :
April: 8–8 (Conference: 6–6; Home: 6–2; Road: 2–6)
#DateOpponentScoreRankWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBox
26April 1@ #25 Texas6–5RVJ. Donofrio (3–0)H. Milner (5–4)L. Scott (6)2,02816–10Dell DiamondW2
27April 5@ USC5–4RVC. Muse-Fisher (1–0)W. Strahan (2–1)J. Donofrio (1)45717–10Dedeaux FieldW3
28April 6@ USC2–1RVA. Triggs (3–3)L. Scott (0–1)91817–11Dedeaux FieldL1
29April 7@ USC3–2RVW. Strahan (3–1)J. Donofrio (3–1)—17–12Dedeaux FieldL2
30April 9#5 Stanford19–6S. Bloom (1–0)K. Siomkin (0–1)76317–13Evans DiamondL3
April 10Santa ClaraPostponed (rain); Rescheduled for April 11Stephen Schott Stadium
31April 11@ Santa Clara8–5C. Mendoza (1–0)C. Muse-Fisher (1–1)M. Deering (3)26117–14Stephen Schott StadiumL4
32April 13Washington7–6J. Donofrio (4–1)A. West (4–3)27518–14Evans DiamondW1
33April 14Washington5–2M. Flemer (5–2)Z. Wright (2–1)69419–14Evans DiamondW2
34April 15Washington5–3J. Fredendall (1–2)J. Jones (2–5)88119–15Evans DiamondL1
35April 17Santa Clara4–0C. Muse-Fisher (2–1)P. Twining (3–3)13220–15Evans DiamondW1
36April 20Utah9–4M. Theofanopoulos (3–3)J. Pond (2–7)L. Scott (7)18321–15Evans DiamondW2
37April 21Utah9–0M. Flemer (6–2)B. Duke (2–2)57822–15Evans DiamondW3
38April 22Utah5–2J. Jones (3–5)M. Watrous (2–2)J. Donofrio (2)70523–15Evans DiamondW4
39April 27@ Oregon4–1A. Keudell (7–3)L. Scott (3–2)1,53123–16PK Park
40April 28@ Oregon3–2J. Reed (5–2)M. Flemer (6–3)J. Sherfy (10)3,89223–17PK Park
41April 29@ Oregon7–1J. Gold (6–3)J. Jones (3–6)2,02623–18PK Park :
May: 6–7 (Conference: 5–7; Home: 2–5; Road: 4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreRankWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBox
42May 4@ Washington State10–4T. Chleborad (4-1)M. Theofanopoulos (3–4)K. Camus (2)40423–19Bailey–Brayton Field
43May 5@ Washington State9–4M. Flemer (7–3)Pistorese, J (2-3)40924–19Bailey–Brayton Field
44May 6@ Washington State8–0Jones (4-6)JD. Leckenby (4-5)59125–19Bailey–Brayton Field
45May 11Arizona3–1K. Heyer (9-2) M. Theofanopoulos (3–5)27625–20Evans Diamond
46May 12Arizona4–1K. Wade (7-1)M. Flemer (7–4)47425–21Evans Diamond
47May 13Arizona7–4T. Hale (2-0)J. Jones (4-7)T. Crawford (1)77425–22Evans Diamond
48May 14Washington State13–8J. Donofrio (5-1)S. Jackson (1-1)11426–22Evans Diamond
50May 18UCLA7–2A. Plutko (8-3)M. Flemer (7-5)41226–23Evans Diamond
51May 19UCLA8–5N. Vander Tuig (8-3)J. Jones (4-8)S. Griggs (14)61326–24Evans Diamond
52May 20UCLA6–5J. Donofrio (6-1)D. Berg (5-3)1,08727–24Evans Diamond
53May 25@ Stanford5–4L. Scott (4-2)D. McArdle (3-3)J. Jones (1)2,74328–24Sunken Diamond
54May 26@ Stanford15–5C. Muse-Fisher (3-1)B. Mooneyham (7-5)K. Siomkin (1)2,95529–24Sunken Diamond
56May 27@ Stanford5–3S. Piscotty (5-2)J. Jones (4-9)S. Bloom (1)2,86429–25Sunken Diamond :
Legend :
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