2011 California Golden Bears baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 2011 California Golden Bears baseball California Golden Bears logo.svg 150 Cal logo written in blue and gold script Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 8 6 38–23 13–13 David Esquer 12th Tony Arnerich 2nd Dan Hubbs 12th Brad Sanfilippo 2nd Evans Diamond Houston Regional championsSanta Clara Super Regional champions College World Series 1–2 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.http://www.calbears.com/genrel/newplan_calathletics.html California Golden Bears - Athletics News 2011-06-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20111115160205/http://www.calbears.com/genrel/newplan_calathletics.html 2011-11-15 dead 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.http://savecalbaseball.com/ Save Cal Baseball 2011-06-08 2011-06-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20110610180208/http://www.savecalbaseball.com/ dead 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.http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/11/athletics-continuation-chancellor-statement/ Chancellor's statement on continuation of sports teams 11 February 2011 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.http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/08/baseball-to-continue-at-cal/ Baseball program will continue at UC Berkeley 30 November 2001 The Men's Gymnastics program was reinstated on May 2.http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/02/gymnastics-to-continue-at-cal/ Men's gymnastics program to continue at UC Berkeley 30 November 2001 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 DiamondBerkeley, 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 DiamondStanford, 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 FieldMyrtle 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 StadiumSan 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 StadiumSan 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 ParkSan 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 DiamondSan 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 StadiumTucson, 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 BallparkSeattle, 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 StadiumSanta 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 StadiumCorvallis, 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 StadiumDavis, 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 StadiumLos 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 FieldStockton, 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) #041e42 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Santa Clara Super Regional 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 ParkHouston, 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 #041e42 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Santa Clara Super Regional 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 #041e42 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#College World Series 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 OmahaOmaha, 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:      #ddffdd darkgray = Win      #ffdddd darkgray = Loss      #bbbbbb darkgray = CanceledBold =California team memberRankings 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 y y Dixon Anderson 48 RHP R R 6 6 224 JR Piedmont, CA Piedmont HS Joey Donofrio 43 RHP R R 6 3 188 JR Los Gatos, CA Los Gatos HS Matt Evanoff 18 LHP L L 6 0 208 SO Rescue, CA Ponderosa HS Matt Flemer 49 RHP R R 6 2 216 JR El Cerrito, CA St. Mary's HS Trevor Hildenberger 26 RHP R R 6 2 192 SO San Jose, CA Archbishop Mitty HS Erik Johnson pitcher y 35 RHP R R 6 2 240 JR Los Altos, CA Los Altos HS Justin Jones 23 LHP L L 6 2 188 SO Oakdale, CA Oakdale HS Louie Lechich 25 LHP L L 6 3 207 FR Stockton, CA St. Mary's HS Michael Lowden 29 RHP R R 6 3 185 SO Yuba City, CA Yuba City HS Kevin Miller 41 RHP R R 6 0 207 SR San Jose, CA Valley Christian HS Stephen Pistoresi 21 RHP R R 6 0 206 SR Fresno, CA San Joaquin Memorial HS Kyle Porter 16 LHP L L 6 2 192 FR El Dorado Hills, CA Oakridge HS Ryan Sandler 36 RHP R R 6 2 210 FR Solana Beach, CA Canyon Crest Academy Logan Scott 20 RHP R R 6 4 216 JR San Mateo, CA Serra HS Seth Spivack 24 RHP S R 6 0 196 FR Calabasas, CA Taft HS Michael Theofanopoulos 10 LHP L L 5 10 191 FR Pleasanton, CA Foothill HS Eric Walbridge 32 RHP R R 5 8 193 FR Los Angeles, CA Notre Dame HS Alex Egber 9 C R R 6 1 205 FR Potomac, MD Montgomery Blair HS Andrew Knapp 6 C S R 6 0 191 FR Granite Bay, CA Granite Bay HS Chadd Krist 27 C R R 5 11 199 JR Petaluma, CA Petaluma HS Alexander Neuhaus 38 C R R 5 11 189 FR Berkeley, CA Berkeley HS Austin Booker 1 INF L R 5 10 170 SR Fairfax, VA Robinson HS Derek Campbell 5 INF R R 6 0 172 FR Irvine, CA Mater Dei HS Mitch Delfino 44 INF R R 6 3 209 SO Cloverdale, CA Cloverdale HS Tony Renda y 14 INF R R 6 3 209 SO Hillsborough, CA Serra HS Devon Rodriguez 33 INF L R 6 2 209 SO Santa Clarita, CA William S. Hart HS Marcus Semien y 15 INF R R 6 0 191 JR El Cerrito, CA St. Mary's HS Paul Toboni y 30 INF R R 6 2 202 JR San Francisco, CA St. Ignatius HS Jacob Wark 51 INF L R 6 3 240 FR Portland, OR Jesuit HS Vince Bruno 22 OF L R 5 10 170 SO Concord, CA Los Medanos College Chad Bunting 45 OF R R 5 11 186 JR Ukiah, CA Ukiah HS David Buscovich 31 OF L L 5 10 206 JR San Leandro, CA Diablo Valley College Darrel Matthews 2 OF L R 5 9 158 SO Concord, CA Clayton Valley HS Maris Moore 34 OF R R 6 3 211 JR San Ramon, CA California HS Danny Oh 19 OF L L 6 0 196 JR Mill Creek, WA Henry M> Jackson HS Dwight Tanaka 11 OF R R 5 8 187 SR El Sobrante, CA Campolindo HS http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/cal-m-basebl-mtt.html June 7, 2011 David Esquer Tony ArnerichDan HubbsBrad Sanfilippo Golden Bears in the 2011 MLB Draft The following members of the California baseball program were drafted in the 2011 Major League Baseball draft.http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060811aaa.html Seven Cal Players Selected in MLB Draft - The University of California Official Athletic Site 2011-06-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120609121359/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060811aaa.html 2012-06-09 dead Player Position Round Overall MLB teamErik JohnsonRHP2nd80thChicago White SoxMarcus SemienSS6th201stChicago White SoxDixon AndersonRHP9th277thWashington NationalsChadd KristC13th411thChicago White SoxKevin MillerRHP18th550thHouston AstrosMatt FlemerRHP19th576thKansas City RoyalsAustin Booker2B33rd1006thOakland Athletics References California Golden Bears baseball team, 2011 Category:California Golden Bears baseball seasons Category:College World Series seasons California Golden Bears baseball