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The UCLA baseball team’s season opener at Jackie Robinson stadium promised to showcase one All-American pitcher but it turned into a pitchers’ duel.

UCLA junior right hander and preseason All-American Gerrit Cole and San Fransisco junior left hander Matt Lujan went toe to toe at Jackie Robinson Staidum Friday, both pitchers throwing the entire game. They combined for 211 pitches, eight total hits, 34 at bats and 20 strikeouts. But in the end, Cole and the Bruins were the victors in a 1-0 finish.

It wasn’t pretty, but the UCLA men’s basketball team managed to defeated Oregon State, 69-61, Saturday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion.

The win marked the 13th straight for UCLA over Oregon State, the longest Pac-10 win streak over a single conference opponent.

Junior guard Malcolm Lee had a game-high 19 points for the Bruins, his sixth straight game in double-digit scoring. Sophomore forward Tyler Honeycutt also made his mark with a gaudy statline: nine points, five rebounds, five assists and eight blocks ““ the most blocks by a UCLA player since Jelani McCoy’s 11 in 1995.

UCLA won despite a late surge from Oregon State. Coach Ben Howland comically had to take out his lineup of four non-scholarship players with under a minute to play after a 6-0 Beaver run, but UCLA still managed to hold on for the eight-point win.

At the conclusion of Thursday night’s win over Oregon, UCLA men’s basketball coach Ben Howland said he wanted an easy game in which his team could get a big lead and hold on to it.

It looked like he was going to get his wish Saturday against Oregon State in the first half until the turnover bug bit the Bruins as it has all season.

The Bruins closed the half leading the Beavers 29-24 after opening the game with a 25-6 lead. Oregon State didn’t go away quietly, going on a 18-4 run to close the half, capitalizing on 14 Bruin turnovers. Oregon State’s freshman forward Devon Collier led the way for the Beavers with seven points.

The UCLA men’s basketball team overcame a slow start again Thursday night, defeating Oregon 64-54.

Junior guard Malcolm Lee led the way for the Bruins with 25 points on 10 of 19 shooting, including two 3-pointers.

Junior guard Jerime Anderson continued his improved play off the bench, scoring 10 points and distributing three assists.

The Bruins trailed by five early in the second half but took a 44-41 lead that they would never relinquish on an Anderson 3-pointer with 8:43 to play.

UCLA (17-7, 8-3 Pac-10) is now alone in second place in the conference and one game behind first-place Arizona. They will take on Oregon State (9-14, 4-8) Saturday at 1 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion.

UCLA rising junior quarterback Richard Brehaut is officially a two-sport athlete.

Brehaut joined the baseball team this week and is listed on the UCLA 35-man roster. Brehaut will wear No. 16.

He poked a single out to right field in his only at bat in Saturday’s alumni game and did not see action in the field.

Brehaut talks about his experience on the baseball team so far and how he plans on balancing the two sports when things start to pick up for the football team in the spring.