The Bruins held their own against Korean Professional Baseball’s NC Dinos Tuesday. No. 21 UCLA baseball (3-5) entered the ninth inning tied before the Dinos put up two to take the exhibition game by a score of 4-2. Wednesday’s game was the closest the Dinos have played over the course of their NCAA tour. They […]
Author Archives: David Gottlieb
Baseball continues search for consistent starter after loss to UCSB
Justin Hooper is the quintessential hard-throwing pitching prospect. The lefty is 6-foot-5, 230 pounds, and he throws in the mid to upper 90s. But the freshman doesn’t always know where the ball is going to go. Hooper hit the first two batters he faced, and issued a four-pitch walk to the third in No. 21 […]
UCLA baseball hangs on to beat Cal Poly 7-6
No. 14 UCLA baseball pulled out a 7-6 win in its opening game against Cal Poly on Friday, but the night could have gone a lot more smoothly. The Bruins (2-3) jumped out to a 5-0 lead over the Mustangs (4-1), putting up three runs in the second and two in the third. Trouble hit […]
Baseball aims to shake off season-opening struggles in Cal Poly series
In John Savage’s time as the UCLA baseball coach, the Bruins have relied on good pitching, good defense and an ability to put the ball in play on offense. Four games into the 2016 campaign, they haven’t been able to count on any of those three. They’ve posted an ERA of 7.00, made nine errors […]
UCLA shut out in season opener by North Carolina ace
No. 9 UCLA baseball started the season quietly Friday night, dropping the first of a three game series 4-0 against No. 21 North Carolina. The Bruins couldn’t get anything going against Tar Heels starting pitcher Zac Gallen. Working mostly with a nasty two-seam fastball, the junior right-hander allowed only four hits – only two of […]
Freshman closer Brian Gadsby aims to fill big position
When it came to replacing David Berg, arguably the greatest closer in NCAA history, coach John Savage had options. Berg is the only reliever to have won Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year, and he won it twice. He is also one of only three players to have earned All-Pac-12 honors four times. Savage said that […]
UCLA baseball’s starting catcher to miss 2016 season with shoulder injury
With just under two weeks to go before the start of the season, UCLA baseball has already lost its starting catcher. Redshirt junior Darrell Miller Jr. will miss the entire 2016 season due to a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The right-handed hitting and throwing catcher will undergo surgery per UCLA Athletics. Miller Jr. […]