Category Archives: Baseball

The Bruins played one very bad inning Tuesday. UCLA baseball (4-3) let in four runs and committed two errors in the sixth, resulting in a 6-5 road loss to Cal State Northridge (4-4) Tuesday afternoon. “We have to be better,” said coach John Savage. “This is our first road test, and we didn’t do what […]

The Bruins have a busy week. Busier than usual. After taking two out of three games against Gonzaga last weekend, UCLA baseball (4-2) will play Cal State Northridge (3-4) on Tuesday and the Korea Baseball Organization’s NC Dinos on Wednesday in an exhibition game. The Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic is this weekend, which will […]

The early innings have not been a problem for UCLA baseball’s pitching staff. That changed five batters into the first inning of Sunday’s matchup. The Bruins hadn’t given up a run in innings one through six all year, but sophomore right-hander Jon Olsen put UCLA in a two-run hole in the first inning. But the […]

Sean Bouchard hit just two home runs in the entire 2016 season. On Saturday, he matched that total with a pair of two-run blasts as UCLA (3-2) notched a 6-1 victory over Gonzaga (3-3) to even the series at one apiece. The junior first baseman struck first in the opening inning. After senior left fielder […]

The Bruins have only played four games this season, but three of them are starting to look very similar. Pitch really well to start the game, don’t score very many runs and then see what happens when the bullpen gets the ball. That was the story Friday night, too, when junior Griffin Canning allowed two […]

Tuesday night, UCLA baseball saw the Justin Hooper that they have been waiting for. The sophomore lefty entered the game in the fourth and struck out 10 of the first 13 batters he faced. “That was a breakout session,” said coach John Savage. “If anybody was at the ballgame tonight, I think they saw a […]