When Utah senior outfielder Tyler Relf made contact in the fourth inning on Sunday, his hit looked to be nothing more than a routine ground ball up the middle. But the ball took a wild 90-degree turn as it reached the pitcher, ricocheting off of sophomore pitcher Grant Watson’s foot and dribbling into shallow right […]
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Baseball hopes to keep up offensive spark against UC Irvine
In front of its home crowd last Tuesday, UCLA baseball offered up a lethargic performance, getting blown out against a sub-.500 Long Beach State team. The Bruins’ offense continued to wallow in its ineffectiveness and their usually stout pitching got rocked. Just days later, however, No. 9 UCLA was a completely different team in its […]
Out of Bounds with Daily Bruin Sports – April 29, 2013
This week, the guys talk about the spring game at the Rose Bowl and the NFL draft. Later, Kevin doles out another punishment for Andrew’s incorrect You Better Be Right pick.
Baseball’s offensive firepower too much for Cougars
Just when UCLA baseball’s broken offense began to sound like a broken record, its slump skipped a beat. The Bruins’ quiet bats finally started to make some noise this weekend after struggling for much of the season. Bolstered by a rare influx of offensive firepower, UCLA won two out of three in its Pac-12 series […]
UCLA hopes to step up offense against UC Irvine
A hush fell over the crowd at Jackie Robinson Stadium on Friday as a foul ball sailed over the seats along the right field foul line toward the cars parked beyond.
Baseball honors Jackie Robinson after securing series win over LMU
Junior pitcher Adam Plutko set a season-high in strikeouts. Sophomore infielder Kevin Kramer launched a deep home run into the batting cages beyond the right field wall.
UCLA baseball struggles at the plate against OSU
It was a routine grounder to second base that summed up UCLA baseball’s weekend. With runners on second and third and two out in the ninth inning, freshman infielder Trent Chatterton positioned himself to make the easy play that would end the inning Saturday. But at the last second, the ball hit a rough patch […]