Long Beach State and UCLA were, statistically speaking, nearly identical last year. Both teams opted for pitching-oriented, small-ball approaches, and each yielded similar results. They tied for No. 267 in the nation with eight team home runs apiece. They each finished in the top 25 in both WHIP and sacrifice hits. The main distinction between […]
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UCLA baseball continues offensive rise in series victory over UNC
Eight home runs, 50 hits and 50 runs. Those were UCLA baseball’s offensive totals through just four games this season, and they added up to the Bruins’ first 4-0 start since 2011. But this past weekend, with the Bruins traveling across the country to face their first ranked opponent of the season, it seemed unlikely […]
UCLA baseball series against UNC to challenge player adaptability
Even though Cal State Northridge is located 30 minutes away from campus in the San Fernando Valley, it still provided a learning experience for UCLA baseball’s youngest players. As UCLA’s first road game of the season, it served as a precursor for what to expect this weekend, when the team hops onto a plane to […]
UCLA baseball matches last season home run total with CSUN win
Cal State Northridge was off to its best start in 13 years. But UCLA baseball is off to an even hotter one. After hitting five home runs over the weekend against Hofstra, the No. 9 Bruins (4-0) added three more in a 7-3 victory over the Matadors (4-1) in its first midweek and road game […]
UCLA baseball’s offense excels in season-opening sweep of Hofstra
The ping made by Bruin bats walloping baseballs resounded throughout Jackie Robinson Stadium this weekend – more than it had in years. In a three-game season-opening sweep of Hofstra University, UCLA baseball scored 43 runs. That’s more runs than any UCLA team has put up in a three-game series in more than 15 years, eclipsing […]
UCLA baseball opens season against Hofstra this weekend
There will be many baseballs flying through the air at Jackie Robinson Stadium this weekend, as UCLA baseball opens up its 2015 campaign. And with the NCAA’s new flat-seam baseball, some of those balls might actually go over the fence. UCLA will begin the season by hosting Hofstra, a team that finished with a losing […]
Baseball aims to recover from last season with returning players’ help
The UCLA baseball team has been like a mass on a swinging pendulum over the past two seasons, swaying in one direction and then another. There’s been forward progress and a rise to national prominence in 2013, followed by a regression to a sub-.500 record and a fallout into obscurity by the end of 2014. […]