2012 California Golden Bears baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 2012 California Golden Bears baseball California Golden Bears logo.svg 150 Cal logo written in blue and gold script Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 21 9–2 0–0 David Esquer 13th Tony Arnerich 3rd Mike Neu 1st Brad Sanfilippo 3rd Evans Diamond 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. none auto;min-width:50em background:#172677;color:#F6B211; 2012 California Golden Bears baseball game log y background-color:#F6B211; color:#172677; text-align: center; February: 5–2 (Conference: 0–0; Home: 3–0; Road: 2–2) # Date Opponent Score Rank Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || February 17 || 2012 Pacific Tigers University of the Pacific (United States) Pacific || 9–1 || #22 || J. Jones (1–0) || T. Lumby (0–1) || || 602 || 1–0 || Evans Diamond || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 || February 18 || @ Pacific || 6–3 || #22 || M. Flemer (1–0) || M. Hager (0–1) || L. Scott (1) || 838 || 2–0 || Klein Family Field || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || February 19 || Pacific || 9–3 || #22 || L. Scott (1–0) || J. Matthews (0–1) || || 775 || 3–0 || Evans Diamond || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || February 24 || @ 2012 Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State University Long Beach State || 7–4 || #22 || S. Stuart (1–0) || J. Jones (1–1) || J. Stassi (1) || 1,204 || 3–1 || Blair Field || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 || February 25 || @ Long Beach State || 2–1 (10) || #22 || L. Scott (2–0) || J. Frye (0–1) || || 1,180 || 4–1 || Blair Field || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 6 || February 26 || @ Long Beach State || 2–1 || #22 || R. Strufing (2–0) || M. Theofanopoulos (0–1) || J. Maciel (1) || 1,308 || 4–2 || Blair Field || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 || February 28 || 2012 San Francisco Dons University of San Francisco San Francisco || 5–3 || RV || J. Donofrio (1–0) || J. Remer (1–1) || T. Hildenberger (1) || 105 || 5–2 || Evans Diamond || W1 |- y background-color:#F6B211; color:#172677; text-align: center; March: 10–8 (Conference: 1–5; Home: 4–3; Road: 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Rank Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 || March 3 || 2012 Lehigh Mountain Hawks Lehigh University Lehigh || 9–3 || RV || J. Jones (2–1) || N. Cassell (1–1) || || 505 || 6–2 || Evans Diamond || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 || March 4 || Lehigh || 10–0 || RV || M. Flemer (2–0) || C. Gotzon (0–2) || || 355 || 7–2 || Evans Diamond || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 || March 4 || Lehigh || 18–3 || RV || K. Porter (1–0) || L. Porter (0–2) || || 440 || 8–2 || Evans Diamond || W4 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123643/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cal/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/box_score/stats_20120304aab.pdf 2016-03-04 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 || March 6 || 2012 Creighton Bluejays Creighton University Creighton || 7–5 || #21 || J. Donofrio (2–0) || R. McGraw (2–2) || L. Scott (2) || 116 || 9–2 || Evans Diamond || W5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 || March 9 || @ Nebraska || 11–8 (11) || #21 || L. Scott (3–0) || T. Huber (0–1) || || 2,723 || 10–2 || Haymarket Park || W6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 13 || March 10 || @ Nebraska || 12–5 || #21 || J. Keller (2–0) || M. Flemer (2–1) || || 5,298 || 10–3 || Haymarket Park || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 || March 11 || @ Nebraska || 4–0 || #21 || K. Porter (2–0) || T. Lemke (1–1) || || 2,351 || 11–3 || Haymarket Park || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || March 12 || @ Nebraska || 9–5 || #18 || T. Niederklein (2–1) || M. Theofanopoulos (0–2) || || 1,941 || 11–4 || Haymarket Park || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | || March 16 || #24 Oregon State || || #18 || colspan=4 | Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for March 17 || || Evans Diamond || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || March 17 || #24 Oregon State || 9–2 || #18 || B. Wetzler (4–0) || J. Jones (2–2) || || 493 || 11–5 || Evans Diamond || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 17 || March 17 || #24 Oregon State || 4–1 || #18 || D. Child (2–1) || M. Flemer (2–2) || T. Bryant (4) || 550 || 11–6 || Evans Diamond || L3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 18 || March 18 || #24 Oregon State || 13–5 || #18 || J. Fry (1–0) || K. Porter (2–1) || || 609 || 11–7 || Evans Diamond || L4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 || March 20 || @ 2012 San Francisco Dons University of San Francisco San Francisco || 4–3 || RV || M. Theofanopoulos (1–2) || J. Remer (1–2) || L. Scott (3) || 112 || 12–7 || Benedetti Diamond || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 20 || March 23 || @ 2012 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State University Arizona State || 5–1 || RV || B. Rodgers (4–0) || J. Jones (2–3) || || 2,581 || 12–8 || Packard Stadium || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 || March 24 || @ Arizona State || 3–2 || RV || M. Flemer (3–2) || T. Williams (5–1) || L. Scott (4) || 2,515 || 13–8 || Packard Stadium || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || March 25 || @ Arizona State || 9–6 || RV || R. Ravago (1–0) || M. Theofanopoulos (1–3) || J. Barrett (3) || 1,741 || 13–9 || Packard Stadium || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 23 || March 25 || @ 2012 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State University Fresno State || 7–6 || RV || M. Theofanopoulos (2–3) || T. Harlan (3–4) || || 1,319 || 14–9 || Pete Beiden Field || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 24 || March 30 || @ #25 Texas || 13–2 || RV || N. Thornhill (3–2) || J. Jones (2–4) || || 2,970 || 14–10 || Dell Diamond || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 25 || March 31 || @ #25 Texas || 12–2 || RV || M. Flemer 4–2 || P. French (3–1) || || 3,582 || 15–10 || Dell Diamond || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | || March 31 || @ #25 Texas || || RV || colspan=4 | Cancelled (coaches' mutual decision) || || Dell Diamond || |- y background-color:#F6B211; color:#172677; text-align: center; April: 8–8 (Conference: 6–6; Home: 6–2; Road: 2–6) # Date Opponent Score Rank Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Box |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 26 || April 1 || @ #25 Texas || 6–5 || RV || J. Donofrio (3–0) || H. Milner (5–4) || L. Scott (6) || 2,028 || 16–10 || Dell Diamond || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 || April 5 || @ 2012 USC Trojans University of Southern California USC || 5–4 || RV || C. Muse-Fisher (1–0) || W. Strahan (2–1) || J. Donofrio (1) || 457 || 17–10 || Dedeaux Field || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 28 || April 6 || @ USC || 2–1 || RV || A. Triggs (3–3) || L. Scott (0–1) || || 918 || 17–11 || Dedeaux Field || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 29 || April 7 || @ USC || 3–2 || RV ||| W. Strahan (3–1) || J. Donofrio (3–1) || || — || 17–12 || Dedeaux Field || L2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 30 || April 9 || #5 2012 Stanford Cardinal Stanford University Stanford || 19–6 || || S. Bloom (1–0) || K. Siomkin (0–1) || || 763 || 17–13 || Evans Diamond || L3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | || April 10 || 2012 Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara University Santa Clara || || || colspan=4 | Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for April 11 || || Stephen Schott Stadium || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 31 || April 11 || @ Santa Clara || 8–5 || || C. Mendoza (1–0) || C. Muse-Fisher (1–1) || M. Deering (3) || 261 || 17–14 || Stephen Schott Stadium || L4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 || April 13 || 2012 Washington Huskies University of Washington Washington || 7–6 || || J. Donofrio (4–1) || A. West (4–3) || || 275 || 18–14 || Evans Diamond || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 33 || April 14 || Washington || 5–2 || || M. Flemer (5–2) || Z. Wright (2–1) || || 694 || 19–14 || Evans Diamond || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 34 || April 15 || Washington || 5–3 || || J. Fredendall (1–2) || J. Jones (2–5) || || 881 || 19–15 || Evans Diamond || L1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 || April 17 || Santa Clara || 4–0 || || C. Muse-Fisher (2–1) || P. Twining (3–3) || || 132 || 20–15 || Evans Diamond || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 || April 20 || 2012 Utah Utes University of Utah Utah || 9–4 || || M. Theofanopoulos (3–3) || J. Pond (2–7) || L. Scott (7) || 183 || 21–15 || Evans Diamond || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 37 || April 21 || Utah || 9–0 || || M. Flemer (6–2) || B. Duke (2–2) || || 578 || 22–15 || Evans Diamond || W3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 38 || April 22 || Utah || 5–2 || || J. Jones (3–5) || M. Watrous (2–2) || J. Donofrio (2) || 705 || 23–15 || Evans Diamond || W4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 39 || April 27 || @ 2012 Oregon Ducks University of Oregon Oregon || 4–1 || || A. Keudell (7–3) || L. Scott (3–2) || || 1,531 || 23–16 || PK Park || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || April 28 || @ Oregon || 3–2 || || J. Reed (5–2) || M. Flemer (6–3) || J. Sherfy (10) || 3,892 || 23–17 || PK Park || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 41 || April 29 || @ Oregon || 7–1 || || J. Gold (6–3) || J. Jones (3–6) || || 2,026 || 23–18 || PK Park || |- y background-color:#F6B211; color:#172677; text-align: center; May: 6–7 (Conference: 5–7; Home: 2–5; Road: 4–2) # Date Opponent Score Rank Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Box |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 42 || May 4 || @ 2012 Washington State Cougars Washington State University Washington State || 10–4 || || T. Chleborad (4-1) || M. Theofanopoulos (3–4) || K. Camus (2) || 404 || 23–19 || Bailey–Brayton Field || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 43 || May 5 || @ Washington State || 9–4 || ||M. Flemer (7–3) || Pistorese, J (2-3) || || 409 || 24–19 || Bailey–Brayton Field || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 || May 6 || @ Washington State || 8–0 || || Jones (4-6) || JD. Leckenby (4-5) || || 591 || 25–19 || Bailey–Brayton Field || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 11 || Arizona || 3–1 || || K. Heyer (9-2) || M. Theofanopoulos (3–5) || || 276 || 25–20 || Evans Diamond || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 46 || May 12 || Arizona || 4–1 || || K. Wade (7-1) || M. Flemer (7–4) || || 474 || 25–21 || Evans Diamond || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 47 || May 13 || Arizona || 7–4 || || T. Hale (2-0) || J. Jones (4-7) || T. Crawford (1) || 774 || 25–22 || Evans Diamond || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 || May 14 || Washington State || 13–8 || || J. Donofrio (5-1) || S. Jackson (1-1) || || 114 || 26–22 || Evans Diamond || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 50 || May 18 || UCLA || 7–2 || || A. Plutko (8-3) || M. Flemer (7-5) || || 412 || 26–23 || Evans Diamond || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 51 || May 19 || UCLA || 8–5 || || N. Vander Tuig (8-3)|| J. Jones (4-8) || S. Griggs (14) || 613 || 26–24 || Evans Diamond || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 52 || May 20 || UCLA || 6–5 || || J. Donofrio (6-1) || D. Berg (5-3) || || 1,087 || 27–24 || Evans Diamond || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 || May 25 || @ 2012 Stanford Cardinal Stanford University Stanford || 5–4 || || L. Scott (4-2)|| D. McArdle (3-3) || J. Jones (1) || 2,743 || 28–24 || Sunken Diamond || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 || May 26 || @ Stanford || 15–5 || || C. Muse-Fisher (3-1) || B. Mooneyham (7-5) || K. Siomkin (1) || 2,955|| 29–24 || Sunken Diamond || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 56 || May 27 || @ Stanford || 5–3 || || S. Piscotty (5-2) || J. Jones (4-9) || S. Bloom (1) || 2,864 || 29–25 || Sunken Diamond || |- Legend California Win California Loss Home Away *All Rankings are from the USA Today Coaches' Poll Roster 2012 California Golden Bears y y Joey Donofrio 43 RHP R R 6 3 195 SR Los Gatos, CA Los Gatos HS Matt Evanoff 18 LHP L L 6 2 208 SO Rescue, CA Ponderosa HS Matt Flemer 49 RHP R R 6 2 216 SR El Cerrito, CA St. Mary's HS Trevor Hildenberger y 26 RHP R R 6 2 175 SO San Jose, CA Archbishop Mitty HS Justin Jones 23 LHP L L 6 2 188 JR Oakdale, CA Oakdale HS Michael Jordan 35 RHP R 6 1 210 FR Murrieta, CA Murrieta Valley HS Michael Lowden 29 RHP R R 6 2 175 SO Yuba City, CA Yuba City HS Chris Muse-Fisher 31 LHP L 6 0 170 FR El Dorado Hills, CA Oak Ridge HS Stephen Pistoresi 21 RHP R R 6 1 195 SR Fresno, CA San Joaquin Memorial HS Kyle Porter 16 LHP L L 6 2 192 SO El Dorado Hills, CA Oakridge HS Ryan Sandler 36 RHP R R 6 2 210 SO Solana Beach, CA Canyon Crest Academy Logan Scott 20 RHP R R 6 4 216 JR San Mateo, CA Serra HS Keaton Siomkin 28 RHP R 5 11 200 FR Ladera Ranch, CA JSerra HS Seth Spivack 24 RHP S R 6 0 196 FR Calabasas, CA Taft HS Michael Theofanopoulos 10 LHP L L 5 10 191 SO Pleasanton, CA Foothill HS Eric Walbridge 32 RHP R R 5 10 185 FR Los Angeles, CA Notre Dame HS Robb Woodcock 47 LHP L 6 4 195 FR Greenbrae, CA Marin Catholic HS Alex Egber 9 C R R 6 1 195 SO Potomac, MD Montgomery Blair HS Andrew Knapp y 6 C S R 6 1 191 SO Granite Bay, CA Granite Bay HS Chadd Krist 27 C R R 5 11 199 SR Petaluma, CA Petaluma HS Derek Campbell 5 INF R R 6 0 172 SO Irvine, CA Mater Dei HS Mitch Delfino 44 INF R R 6 3 209 JR Cloverdale, CA Cloverdale HS Brendan Farney 1 INF 5 10 190 FR Fairfield, CA Vacaville HS Chris Paul 6 INF 6 2 185 FR Aliso Viejo, CA Laguna Beach HS Tony Renda y 14 INF R R 5 8 173 JR Hillsborough, CA Serra HS Devon Rodriguez 33 INF L R 6 2 209 JR Santa Clarita, CA William S. Hart HS Paul Toboni y 30 INF R R 6 2 185 JR San Francisco, CA St. Ignatius HS Jacob Wark 51 INF L R 6 3 240 SO Portland, OR Jesuit HS Vince Bruno 22 OF L R 5 10 170 JR Concord, CA Los Medanos College Chad Bunting 45 OF R R 5 11 190 SR Ukiah, CA Ukiah HS Brian Celsi 25 OF 5 9 170 FR Elk Grove, CA Jesuit HS Darrel Matthews 2 OF L R 5 9 158 JR Concord, CA Clayton Valley HS Danny Oh 19 OF L L 6 0 196 SR Mill Creek, WA Henry M. Jackson HS http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/cal-m-basebl-mtt.html February 6, 2012 David Esquer Tony ArnerichMike NeuBrad Sanfilippo References California Golden Bears baseball team, 2012 Category:California Golden Bears baseball seasons Golden Bear