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Bruins Come Away Big Winners As Signing Deadline Passes
After 11 Bruins were taken in the 2010 MLB Draft, tied for the most in the country, UCLA knew that they were going to have a lot to replace from the 2010 College World Series team and as soon as the Bruins were eliminated in the Championship Series, the departures began. Blair Dunlap and Garett...
UCLA Falls Just Short of National Title With 2-1 Loss In 11 Innings
A season full of records came to an end in 11 heartbreaking innings for UCLA. After setting a school record when they won their first 22 games of the season, finished second in the Pac-10, won a Regional that they hosted, took down nemesis Cal St. Fullerton as the number six national seed in a...
UCLA To Play For First National Title After Defeating TCU, 10-3
In their 90 years sponsoring baseball, no UCLA team has ever played for a national title, but as they have done so often this year, the 2010 UCLA Bruins has done something that no Bruin team has ever done. A bit of trouble in the top of the first turned out to be just a minor speed bump as the...
UCLA Wrests Control of Bracket With 6-3 CWS Win Over TCU
In the eighth inning, UCLA head coach John Savage was ready to pull the plug on Gerrit Cole's tremendous start. "I was about to take him out with two outs in the eighth," Savage said. "He said, 'Coach, trust me, I trust you. I think I can get this guy.'" After his performance on Monday night,...
UCLA Picks Up First Ever CWS Win With 11-3 Manhandling Of Florida
Twice before UCLA had made it to the College World Series in Omaha. They decided to wait until the very last year that the event would take place at Rosenblatt Stadium to get their first win. After a nervous first few innings that saw both UCLA and Florida made uncharacteristic mistakes, the Bruins...
Bruins Leave No Doubt As They Punch Ticket To Omaha With 8-1 Win
Yesterday, they stared elimination down. With just one out separating UCLA from the end of their season on Saturday the Bruins battled back thanks to a Tyler Rahmatulla home run and some 10th inning heroics. On Sunday, in game three of the Super Regional versus Cal St. Fullerton with the winner...
UCLA Takes Down Fullerton To Avoid Elimination In 10 Inning Thriller
At least for one night, UCLA was able to get past the Fullerton hex. Down to their last out not just of the game, but of the season, the Bruins got a two run home run from Tyler Rahmatulla to save their bacon. UCLA gave that run back and eventually had to win the contest in ten innings, 11-7, in...
Lost Opportunities Loses UCLA Super Regional Opener
Unfortunately for the Bruins, runners left on base in key opportunities has cost them versus Cal St. Fullerton in the postseason before. It got them in 2007 and again in 2008. It hasn't eliminated them in 2010, but it has them on the brink after lost opportunities dealt them a 4-3 loss before 2,077...
UCLA Takes Down UCI, 6-2, To Earn Super Regional Berth
After winning their first two games of the Los Angeles Regional, UCLA could afford to lose on Sunday to UC Irvine and still win the Regional on Monday night. Just because they could afford that didn't mean they wanted to do that and UCLA once again rode timely hitting and fantastic pitching to take...
Record Crowd Sees Trevor Bauer Throw Gem To Lead UCLA Past LSU
The difference between winning your first two games of a Regional and splitting your first two is gigantic. If you win your first two, you get to play Sunday night with your number three pitcher on the mound and if you lose, you get another chance on Monday to win with a win in either game sending...
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