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Trevor Bauer put on a clinic at Dedeaux Field as the junior set the UCAL career strike outs mark in a complete game, one hit, 14 strike out outing to push UCLA past USC 4-0 to claim the series.

UCLA kicked off Pac-10 play with a 8-4 win over crosstown rival USC to extend their dominance over the Trojans in a game where their offense finally showed up.

UCLA and Cal Poly had the first two days of their series wiped out by rain, but a Monday doubleheader beat Mother Nature and the two teams split the games, highlighted by Trevor Bauer's continued dominance.

As has become the norm this season, the UCLA offense was dormant and the Bruins picked up a loss to Georgia to drop to 7-5 on the season.

Gerrit Cole took a perfect game into the seventh inning and threw nine scoreless innings, but it took until the 11th inning for UCLA to defeat Nebraska in a 1-0 pitcher's duel.

Trevor Bauer and the UCLA pitching staff shut down the San Francisco offense and Jeff Gelalich anchored the Bruin offense as UCLA improved to 2-0 on the season with a 4-1 win.

After taking a step forward in 2010, UCLA will need their offense to take another step forward in 2011 if they want to make a return trip to Omaha for the College World Series.