To some people, this just didn’t seem like the UCLA baseball’s year. The players struggled with offense on many nights and on the occasions that their bats made contact, their pitching often slumped. They made it to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. last year, but with a crew of proven junior veterans who […]
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UCLA baseball advances to College World Series
UCLA baseball is headed to its third College World Series in four years. In an up-and-down year for the Bruins, they managed to hold it down against one of their biggest rivals and the No. 5 team in the country, the Cal State Fullerton Titans, in Fullerton and make their way to college baseball’s biggest […]
Four Bruins taken in Day Three of MLB Draft
After three Bruins were taken in the MLB Draft on Friday, four more UCLA baseball players have heard their names called today. Junior pitcher Adam Plutko, who many expected to be the Bruin’s top prospect, went undrafted on Friday but didn’t have to wait long today for his turn. Plutko was taken by the […]
Q&A: Shortstop Pat Valaika on Friday’s win over Fullerton, MLB Draft
After UCLA baseball’s 5-3 win on Friday night in game one of a three-game Super Regional series against Cal State Fullerton, junior shortstop Pat Valaika spoke to Bruin Sports senior staffer Tyler Drohan about the team’s win and dealing with the Major League Baseball draft. Valaika was selected in the ninth round of the draft […]
UCLA baseball beats Cal State Fullerton in Super Regional opener
It was just like any other start for junior Adam Plutko, surrendering hits here and there before escaping with big pitches in big moments on Friday night to get his team into winning position. Only it wasn’t like any other start for Plutko, and UCLA coach John Savage knew it before the game had even […]
Three Bruins picked up in Day Two of MLB Draft
For much of the season, UCLA baseball has been defined by its pitching and defense. On Friday, the second day of the Major League Baseball draft, the Bruins’ strength on the mound and in the field was validated. Junior pitchers Nick Vander Tuig and Zack Weiss, along with junior shortstop Pat Valaika – the Pac-12 […]
Super Regional pits UCLA against familiar foe Cal State Fullerton
The NCAA tournament is a grab bag of competition. Teams can end up playing schools they had hardly heard of in pursuit of a title.