This post was updated at 8:15 p.m. When the clock started ticking for the Major League Baseball draft on Thursday, a Bruin was the first to hear his name called. Well, a potential Bruin, that is. UCLA commit Brady Aiken, a left-handed pitcher out of Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, was selected with No. […]
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Baseball names 3 players named to All-Pac-12 Team
UCLA baseball junior closer David Berg, sophomore pitcher James Kaprielian and junior catcher Shane Zeile were all named to the All-Pac-12 Team, the conference announced on Wednesday afternoon. Berg joins former Bruins Garrett Atkins, Trevor Bauer, Dennis Delany and Adam Plutko as the only UCLA players to receive the All-Conference honor three times. Despite missing […]
UCLA baseball’s season falls short, plagued by injuries
After UCLA baseball won the 2013 national championship, the bar was raised, expectations were heightened and the team entered the season with a target on its back. The Bruins had reached the pinnacle of college baseball, and now every team would be coming for them. Even though the team had lost many of its top […]
Baseball ends losing season on high note with series win
With the playoffs out of reach, UCLA baseball had nothing but pride to play for. Instead of mailing in the last three games, the team had a message to send: The Bruins don’t give up and they fight until the very end. For No. 8 Washington (39-15-1, 21-9 Pac-12), the message was received loud and […]
Christoph Bono shares athletic success with father at UCLA
Instead of running around playrooms as a kid, Christoph Bono ran around inside NFL locker rooms with NFL stadiums as his playground. Years before the redshirt sophomore outfielder was making a game-saving catch to help UCLA baseball advance in the College World Series during its 2013 national championship run, he was hammering on the bolts […]
Baseball hoping to elevate play in final home series against Oregon
Though last season ended in a championship celebration for UCLA baseball, there hasn’t been much to celebrate this year. In a downtrodden season headlined with injuries, inexperience and heightened expectations, this weekend will present the team an opportunity to celebrate its most veteran players. UCLA (23-26-1, 10-14 Pac-12) will face Pac-12 foe Oregon (37-16, 14-10) […]
UCLA baseball’s sloppy defense contributes to 10-2 loss
On the road for the last midweek game of the season, UCLA baseball coach John Savage was in familiar territory. However, Anteater Ballpark, the stadium that the once-UC Irvine coach helped build along with then-UC Irvine athletic director and current UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero, didn’t treat the Bruins so kindly on Tuesday night. Despite […]