Schulze homers twice, leads California to 7

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Peyton Schulze homered twice and drove in five runs to lead to lead No. 6 seed California to a 7-5 victory over top-seeded Arizona at the Pac-12 Tournament on Thursday night.

California (36-18) and Arizona (34-21) both advance to Friday’s semifinals. Cal moves on as one of three pool-play winners, while the Wildcats grab the wild-card spot as the top remaining seed. The Golden Bears will play Southern California in the first semifinal and Arizona will square off against Stanford in the nightcap. The two winners will play for the championship on Saturday.

The Golden Bears grabbed the lead in the top of the third inning and never relinquished it. Jarren Advincula led off with a walk and took second on a single by Caleb Lomavita. Schulze sent a 2-0 pitch over the wall in left-center field for a 3-0 lead.

Arizona scored a run in the bottom of the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly from Maddox Mihalakis, but Cal broke the game open with a four-run fifth.