Baseball Goes For History Game Thread
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 12:12 PM PST
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The last time a UCLA baseball team won its first nine games of a season? Try never. The 2010 Bruins have matched the 8-0 start by the 1978 team and will look to set a new school record today at 1 pm PST when they host Nebraska in the series finale at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
The Bruins continued to draw praise from national writers after taking both games from Nebraska in yesterday's doubleheader. Game one went to the Bruins by a 13-1 score and game two was a close one that UCLA nabbed, 5-3. After eight games, UCLA has outscored their opponents by a combined score of 83-18 and their bullpen has yet to allow an earned run in 24 innings.
Today's series finale will see Rob Rasmussen (0-0, 5.40 ERA) get the start for the Bruins with Tom Lemke getting the nod for Nebraska (2-0, 0.84 ERA). Lemke will provide the UCLA offense, which is hitting .381 on the year, a major test, but after Nebraska had to use so many pitchers yesterday, if they can make him work and get into the bullpen, they'll be in good shape.
This is your baseball open thread as they go for a school record. You can follow along with the game on GameTracker (link included) or you can listen live from the official site with John Ramey and color men, Danny Rees and Nick Theodorou. You can also grab updates from my UCLA baseball twitter. If you following along via any of the three ways listed, please use this thread to keep everyone apprised of what's going on in the game while chiming in with any thoughts, questions and opinions you have. The thread is all yours.
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Mentioned this on my twitter but forgot to above
The forecast now says there won’t be any more rain until 6 pm PST tonight. That means the Bruins and Huskers should be able to comfortably play today’s game without issue.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 12:16 PM PST reply actions
A ball was misplayed in left center
I got it, you got it, no one has it. Rasmussen got out of it with a strikeout though.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 1:17 PM PST via mobile reply actions
1-0 Huskers
Nebraska 1st on the board. A leadoff double then a sac bunt, Rasmussen had the guy at 3rd but threw it into left field. 1-0 Huskers.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 1:32 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I have a lot of family in Nebraska
and they are probably my second favorite school in the NCAA. That said, GO BRUINS!!!
Big homer
With 2-out in the 2nd, 2 men on and down 0-2 in the count, Dean Espy fouled off 3 pitches then hit his 3rd homer of the year. 3-1 #UCLA.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 1:50 PM PST via mobile reply actions
We keep on hitting
After Espy’s homer the next 2 batters reached then Blair Dunlap roped a single to drive 1 in. It’s a 4-1 Bruin lead after 2 innings.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 1:57 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Still 4-1 as we go to the bottom of the 5th
By getting through the 5th Rasmussen is in line for his 1st win.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 2:42 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Maybe I accidently linked yesterday's game?
You can grab today’s GameTracker off the schedule page on the official site.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 2:51 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Heading to the
Rob Rasmussens day was done after 5 innings. Mitchell Beacom relieved him and threw a scoreless 6th. Still 4-1 #UCLA
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 3:00 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Trouble in the 8th
Mitchell Beacom went out for the 8th and let the leadoff man on then Erik Goeddel came in & allowed a hit and HBP. Bases loaded no out.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 3:35 PM PST via mobile reply actions
2 big strikeouts
Mitchell Beacom went out for the 8th and let the leadoff man on then Erik Goeddel came in & allowed a hit and HBP. Bases loaded no out.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 3:45 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Tie game
Dan Klein came in and allowed a pair of singles that scored 2. It’s tied 4-4 in the middle of the 8th.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 3:48 PM PST via mobile reply actions
4-4 bottom of the 8th
About to head out now. Comeon Bruins … let’s get it together and rally right here.
Bottom 9
A leadoff single by Dean Espy in the 9th has #UCLA threatening. It’s still tied at 4.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 4:07 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Nope
Just lazy and sticking with the copy/paste on my iPhone. Plus, if I’m altering the words for each, I’m missing out on valuable hot dog eating time.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
Rahmatulla up to win it
Steve Rodriguez reached on an error on his sac bunt and then Beau Amaral got the sac bunt down. They walked Dunlap. Bases loaded 1 out.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 4:11 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Bruins win
Tyler Rahmatulla hit the 1st pitch he saw to center for a sac fly to win the ballgame 5-4. The 9-0 start is a new #UCLA record.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 6, 2010 4:17 PM PST via mobile reply actions
WE WIN WE WIN!!!!!!
i’m gonna take my gf to a baseball game soon. I’ll try to take a lot of pictures for you guys.
Here’s to the NEW BASE-BALL WARRIORS!!!!
Troy is burning
That's awesome
Congrats to Coach Savage and the boys. I can’t wait until I am able to make it out to JRS next quarter!
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