Category Archives: Baseball

Don’t look now, but the UCLA baseball team is winning again.

Or do, it doesn’t matter, they’ll keep winning games.

The more an opposing team knows about No. 9 UCLA baseball’s statistics this year, the worse they’re going to feel about its chances going into a game against them, especially when that game falls on a Tuesday.

Baseball is characterized by the three-game series. It’s the standard way for teams to organize their schedule, and so much of the game’s lingo ““ sweep, rubber match, taking two out of three ““ revolves around it.

Strong starting pitching and powerhouse offense are the basic foundations for a winning baseball team, but what really seals the deal is how the game is closed out.

Despite a five-game win streak, the UCLA baseball team is still not where it would like to be in the Pac-12 conference standings going into the final weeks of the regular season.

Baseball games rarely resemble boxing matches ““ aside from the occasional home plate collision ““ but Tuesday’s rematch between Cal State Fullerton and UCLA was a back and forth slugfest that saw 21 hits between the two teams and featured some of the drama of a heavyweight title bout.

For the previous three Bruin baseball seasons, hitting coach Rick Vanderhook was a mainstay in UCLA’s dugout. This weekend, UCLA will see him again ““ but this time, from across the diamond.