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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 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...
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...
Bruins Close Out Regular Season With 11-1 Win Over Wazzu
Before Sunday's game at Jackie Robinson Stadium got underway, the Bruins received good news. The NCAA named UCLA the host of one of the 16 Regionals for June 4-7, meaning that at least for step one of the three-step postseason, the Bruins will have the comforts of home. Just after receiving that...
UCLA Beats WSU, 6-1, For School Record 42nd Regular Season Win
Never in UCLA history has a baseball team won 42 regular season games. That is, not until tonight when the Bruins took an early lead and never gave it back in a comfortable 6-1 win over Washington St. Once, in 1967, the Bruins won 43 games, but two of those do not count on the record because they...
UCLA Ties School Record With 11-2 Win Over Cal
For the Bruins to get to eight straight Pac-10 wins and 40 wins overall in 2010, it's taken some luck, some help and some good play. On Sunday, they got a little lucky and some help from Cal, but they needed none of it. From the start to the finish, UCLA was better than the Golden Bears and as a...
Late Offense Lets UCLA Pull Away From Cal In 12-4 Win
Saturday's contest between UCLA and Cal certainly wasn't the prettiest of contests. Each team committed three errors that led to six combined unearned runs in a sloppy contest at Cal's Evans Diamond. In the end, the Bruins managed to break the game open late versus some increasingly wild starting...
Keefer's Walk-off Blast Seals Series Sweep Over USC
With 26 outs already in the books, the UCLA offense looked impotent and was strangely quiet after having their way with the USC pitchers and defense in the series' first two games. All of a sudden, the scene shifted. With one man on, Cody Keefer got a hold of a 2-1 pitch and deposited it over the...
UCLA Uses Seven Extra-base Hits To Smoke USC, 15-2
On Friday night, the Bruins benefited from some very shaky USC defense. On Saturday, they needed no help because just about everyone got in on the offensive action. By the time the game ended, the Bruins had knocked out 20 hits, seven of the extra-base variety. From the third through the seventh...
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