Category Archives: Baseball

The last time it played Pepperdine, the UCLA baseball team was ranked No. 2 in the nation and was coming off of a series sweep of San Francisco.

The Bruins laid the smackdown on the Waves, winning their fourth straight game, 9-0, to open the year.

Dean Espy was 4 years old the last time UCLA was the victim of a no-hitter.

When Baseball America released its annual preseason college baseball poll, the media outlet heaped heavy praise on the Pac-10, granting six spots in the top 25 to teams from the conference.

Seventy-two hours after watching Zack Weiss and Nick Vander Tuig struggle mightily in a heartbreaking loss to Stanford, coach John Savage trotted his two freshman pitchers right back to the mound again.

Weiss started Tuesday night against UC Irvine and pitched a gem in leading the No.

There’s a reason why some freshmen redshirt. They’re allowed to passively watch and learn from game action while still being a part of the team and working out each day.

STANFORD “”mdash; The game was theirs for the taking. Taking a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning, the UCLA baseball team looked poised to win its fifth consecutive Pac-10 series against a Stanford team that struggled to hit the ball for the “rubber” game’s first eight innings.