PK Park has been a lonely place recently with the Ducks’ last eight games coming on the road, and George Horton and company are away on business once again this weekend, traveling to Berkeley for a three game set with the Bears. The Ducks enter on a two-game win streak after salvaging one of three against Arizona State and notching a Civil War in Corvallis on Tuesday.

The Ducks swept Cal last season at PK Park, and Oregon looks to be the favorite again this year, at least on paper, with Cal entering the weekend at 16-16 overall and just 5-7 in the Pac-12. The Ducks are expected to start Tommy Thorpe on the mound on Friday night against Cal’s Ryan Mason. Neither school has named a starter for the second or third game of the series.