March Madness is nearly here, but coach John Savage wants no part of it. UCLA baseball is riding a hot streak as the winners of six games in a row and 11 wins out of 12 total games but the team isn’t getting caught up in the hype. “You don’t want to be playing your […]
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UCLA baseball completes season sweep of CSUN in 5-1 win
When UCLA baseball played Cal State Northridge on the road two weeks ago, it took two late home runs to propel the Bruins to a 7-3 victory. But this time around, two early home runs gave No. 6 UCLA (11-1) the offense it needed to sweep the season series and defeat CSUN (11-4), 5-1 Tuesday […]
Ty Moore takes 11-game hit streak into CSUN game
Prior to the season, it was almost as if UCLA’s starting left fielder knew what was coming. “I would say naturally just expect there to be a little more offense – there’s gonna be more doubles, there’s gonna be more home runs, harder hit balls,” he said on Feb. 11. Since then, junior Ty Moore […]
Baseball rakes in home series sweep of Michigan State
A supposed challenge turned into a cakewalk. Real quick. Friday night, UCLA baseball began a three-game home series with Michigan State, which held the nation’s 25th-best team ERA and two left-handed starting pitchers. Meanwhile, UCLA’s offense entered the series ranked No. 6 in runs per game but had yet to face a pitching staff of […]
Baseball intends to reignite offensive surge
There are flat-seamed baseballs, then there’s flat baseball. The former may or may not have been related to UCLA’s offensive surge through the first seven games of the season. But the latter most definitely contributed to the Bruins’ lowest offensive output of the season in game eight Tuesday night, said Kort Peterson. “We got back […]
Baseball uses exhibition game against NC Dinos as learning opportunity
An unlikely player woke up a quiet Jackie Robinson crowd and provided a bright spot for the Bruins when he sent a ball hurtling into the darkness beyond the 395-feet marker in center field. In the bottom of the ninth during a blowout, redshirt sophomore Keenan Pierandozzi-Howes, the team’s bullpen catcher, hit a home run […]
UCLA baseball sweeps Long Beach State in first shutout win of season
For the first five innings of Tuesday night’s game, UCLA baseball’s offense looked like the lifeless iteration of yesteryear. Long Beach State junior pitcher Ryan Cruz had a no-hitter for the first 5.1 innings of the game. The Bruins hadn’t got a runner past first base, had grounded into two double plays and had five […]