Author Archives: Robert Costa

On a two-game winning streak for the first time in almost three months, the UCLA baseball team will look to continue its improved play this weekend in a home series against Oregon State. That will be easier said than done though, as the Beavers are ranked in the top 10 nationally in four different polls, […]

The UCLA baseball team took advantage of five San Diego errors to score runs in all but the fifth inning en route to an 8-5 win Tuesday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium. It is the first time the Bruins have won consecutive games since early February. Down 5-4 in the sixth inning, pinch-hitter Eric Taylor […]

Fresh off its first conference win of the season, the UCLA baseball team will play a nonconference game tonight against San Diego at 6 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Known for their offensive firepower, the Toreros (27-22-1, 13-11 WCC) are averaging just over six runs a game, with four of their starters batting over .300. […]

Winless in 11 games in Pac-10 play and down by one run going into the eighth inning at home against Cal, it certainly would not have been surprising to see the UCLA baseball team go down meekly in defeat. But the Bruins’ bats rose up, starting with Will Penniall’s game-tying home run and ending with […]

When walking into Jackie Robinson Stadium, or any other college baseball stadium, there is one sound that echoes that is never heard from professional baseball. Ping! That’s the sound of an aluminum bat striking the ball, creating an unmistakable difference between the major leagues and the collegiate level. But it wasn’t always this way. Aluminum […]

The UCLA baseball team will travel down the freeway in an attempt to break its 17-game losing streak today against Loyola Marymount. The Lions are 13-18, but have been playing well recently, upsetting then-No. 1 Cal State Fullerton last Tuesday and winning two out of three games against West Coast Conference foe Portland this past […]

There was no doubt that the effort was there from the beleaguered UCLA baseball team as it dove around USC’s Dedeaux Field, desperately trying to win a game. But effort alone cannot win games and a total lack of hitting along with spotty pitching condemned the hapless Bruins (7-21, 0-6 Pac-10) to a sweep by […]