It was a bittersweet ending for UCLA baseball, as Oregon handed the team its third-straight sweep in its last home series of the season. “With all the time we spent out there for practice and games, it’s just sort of bittersweet,” said senior infielder Pat Gallagher. With the excitement of the Senior Day celebration kicking […]
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Baseball hoping to elevate play in final home series against Oregon
Though last season ended in a championship celebration for UCLA baseball, there hasn’t been much to celebrate this year. In a downtrodden season headlined with injuries, inexperience and heightened expectations, this weekend will present the team an opportunity to celebrate its most veteran players. UCLA (23-26-1, 10-14 Pac-12) will face Pac-12 foe Oregon (37-16, 14-10) […]
UCLA baseball’s sloppy defense contributes to 10-2 loss
On the road for the last midweek game of the season, UCLA baseball coach John Savage was in familiar territory. However, Anteater Ballpark, the stadium that the once-UC Irvine coach helped build along with then-UC Irvine athletic director and current UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero, didn’t treat the Bruins so kindly on Tuesday night. Despite […]
UCLA baseball to play for pride in last games of season
With only seven games left, and after having been eliminated from playoffs contention, UCLA is heading into the home stretch with thoughts of rebuilding its team for next year. But the Bruins intend to play these last few games with as much pride as it takes to wear the UCLA logo across their chests.“You’re going […]
UCLA baseball falls in weekend sweep against Oregon State
This weekend, UCLA baseball fought for its playoff life in a series against the Oregon State Beavers, but it was the big innings and inability to finish games that did the Bruins in. In what proved to be UCLA’s toughest challenge of the season, its series loss against second-ranked Oregon State eliminated the 2013 national […]
UCLA baseball to face toughest test yet in Oregon State
On the cusp of elimination from the postseason, UCLA baseball will face what is, on paper, the toughest opponent it has seen all season. But this series won’t be played on paper. It will be played at Goss Stadium in Corvallis, Ore. The Oregon State Beavers (35-8, 17-4 Pac-12) are the No. 2 team in […]
Baseball loses to CSU Fullerton, postseason hopes dwindle
Needing to win at least 10 out of its last 11 games to have any shot at making the postseason, UCLA baseball made its life much more difficult on Tuesday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium. By dropping its last midweek home game of the season 1-0 to Cal State Fullerton (24-20, 7-8 Big West), UCLA […]