5:45: The Bears have had a mini-rally here with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.  Pinch hitter Austin Booker singled through the right side and Blake Smith (owner of two strikeouts on the day) showed some patience and walked with a full count to bring up third baseman Jeff Kobernus.  Kobernus took a few big rips against Murphy, who has thrown over 140 pitches today, a career-high, but was unable to do any kind of damage, grounding out to short to end the game.  This is the first time the Bears have been shut out this season, as they fall to the Southern Branch, 8-0.  The Bruins scored 8 runs on 12 hits and left 11 on base.  Cal had no runs on 5 hits, made no errors, and left 8 runners on base.  759 fans came out to Evans Diamond today.  Tomorrow, the Bears face UCLA right here at 1 p.m. (Click here to read more…)