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Rob Rasmussen (UCLA) Summer team: Orleans Cardinals The skinny: Even with his struggles at times this spring, Rasmussen is a good pitcher and the Bruins are expected to have one of the nation’s best weekend rotations next spring. Rasmussen is having a great summer with the Cardinals. He has started four games and has a 3-0 record and a 1.48 ERA in 24 1/3 innings. The left-hander also has struck out 32 and walked six and allowed just four earned runs. Rasmussen is primed to have a strong junior campaign with UCLA.

UCLA left-handed pitcher Rob Rasmussen has been selected to start on the mound in the 2009 Cape Cod League All-Star game at Fenway Park on Thursday, July 23. Rasmussen, a rising junior from Arcadia, Calif., has gone 2-0 with a 0.96 ERA in three starts for the Orleans Firebirds. Rasmussen will represent the Eastern Division in the Cape Cod League's All-Star Game. Thursday's contest at Fenway Park will be broadcast live on New England Sports Network (NESN). Game time is 4 p.m. (PT). In three starts for Orleans, Rasmussen has registered 26 strikeouts and three walks in 18.2 innings. He has limited the opposition to a .141 batting average, allowing nine hits and four runs (two earned).