Wins on Tuesday have not always come easy this year for UCLA baseball. Prior to Tuesday’s game against the Pepperdine Waves, the Bruins had played seven Tuesday games on the year. In three of them, they were either tied or trailing entering the seventh inning. There was the no-hit scare against Long Beach State on […]
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Bruins prepare to battle Waves after beating Bulldogs
While games against the West Coast Conference carry less weight on paper than Pac-12 games, matchups against its teams have proven to be important challenges as UCLA baseball gears up for its late-season push. Fresh off a gritty back-and-forth series against Gonzaga, No. 2 UCLA hosts Pepperdine, a WCC team, Tuesday night at 6 p.m. […]
Baseball comes from behind to win rubber match against Gonzaga
As the UCLA baseball team trailed Sunday afternoon, there were few signs that it would shake off its recent hitting woes. Although the Bruins won Sunday 6-5 to clinch the series against the Gonzaga Bulldogs 2-1, they struggled Friday and Saturday to string hits together as they scored only four runs in the first two […]
UCLA baseball to face standout hitter, unfamiliar opponent in Gonzaga
It’s that time of year again for UCLA baseball: the bye week in the Pac-12 conference schedule. It’s a time of year when coach John Savage has to mix and match to find a nonconference team to fill the void. “Each team gets a bye in our conference, and we have to try to fill […]
UCLA baseball suffers defeat in marathon matchup against Long Beach State
The UCLA baseball team lived and died by throwing mistakes in a marathon loss to Long Beach State Tuesday. Freshman second baseman Sean Bouchard threw the ball away on a ground ball to start off the bottom of the 13th, allowing the runner to advance to second. After a swinging bunt that moved the runners […]
UCLA baseball’s second match against LBSU mirrors first
The last time UCLA played Long Beach State in late February, the Bruins were fresh off a 2,520-mile flight from Orlando, Fla. Junior outfielder Ty Moore called it the toughest road trip the team has gone through all season. “That’s the longest amount of travel, and with the time change that’s kinda tough,” Moore said. […]
UCLA shines against Stanford in weekend series match at Sunken Diamond
Sunken Diamond is a place where UCLA baseball has frequently fallen over the years. The Bruins entered this weekend’s series with a 3-6 record in Stanford’s home stadium since 2008. This weekend, No. 3 UCLA appeared to be on the verge of another potential slide, losing the first game of a three-game series against Stanford, […]