BERKELEY, Calif. (Interstat) — Oliver de la Torre pitched seven strong innings as the California Golden Bears defeated the Stanford Cardinal 4-3 in an Atlantic Coast Conference game Friday at Evans Diamond. De la Torre allowed three runs on six hits with six strikeouts, improving California to 28-25. Stanford dropped to 27-24.

California struck first on Daniel Murillo’s RBI double in the third inning and Hideki Prather’s solo homer in the fifth. Stanford rallied in the seventh with back-to-back homers: a two-run shot by Jimmy Nati and a solo blast by Sell, giving the Cardinal a 3-2 lead. The Golden Bears answered in the bottom half on a solo homer by Kenady to tie the game. In the eighth, Kodama lifted a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring an unearned run for the decisive margin.

Prather finished 2-for-5 with a homer for California. Nati drove in two runs for Stanford. The win avenged a 7-6 loss to Stanford on Thursday. The teams meet again Saturday.