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BruinsNation Sits Down With UCLA Head Baseball Coach John Savage: Part 1
The UCLA baseball program entered a new era following the 2004 season. After 30 years at the helm, head baseball coach Gary Adams stepped down, opening the door for John Savage. Savage, who had previously won a national title as the pitching coach at USC, came to UCLA from UC Irvine, a dormant...
UCLA Baseball MLB Draft Review
We previewed the MLB Draft and what we expected out of it, but 30 rounds down now, we'll take a look at where UCLA players and signees went in the draft and what the odds are that they sign. There are still 20 rounds left in the draft, but it is highly, highly unlikely that any UCLA signees or...
2009 UCLA Baseball Season Review
Any way you slice it, 2009 was a disappointing season for UCLA baseball. The Bruins entered the season ranked anywhere from #12 (Baseball America) to #25 (NCBWA) and yet their season ended with a loss. The problem is, the loss wasn't a Regional or Super Regional loss to Fullerton like the past two...
Bruins Kiss Regional Chances Goodbye With Costly 10th Inning Error
UCLA entered the final weekend of regular season play needing to take all four games to qualify for a regional. Win number one of that four was right in the Bruins' hands, but a tenth inning error did UCLA in as they lost to #1 UC Irvine, 5-4, in 10 innings. Gerrit Cole picked up the loss in 0.1...
Bruin Bats Lead The Way In 13-10 Win On Senior Day
It was a day for the seniors in the final home game for four Bruin seniors. With that in mind, the Bruins came out blazing and three UCLA seniors each notched three hits as the Bruins combined for 19 in the game to outscore #5 Cal St. Fullerton 13-10 in a thrilling series finale. Matt Grace earned...
Bruins Shoot Themselves In The Foot In 3-2 Loss To Cal
Yet again UCLA picked up a loss that can be blamed on no one but themselves. The Bruins left runner after runner on base and wasted opportunity after opportunity, while the difference in the ballgame was yet again, a Bruin error. UCLA fell to Cal on Friday night, 3-2, dropping back to .500 with a...
Claypool Throws Gem, Haerther Drives Them In As Bruins Win, 7-5
A one-hit, six inning scoreless start from Garett Claypool and five Casey Haerther RBI led UCLA to a 7-5 win over Long Beach St. Tuesday night. The win moved UCLA's record to within a game of .500 at 20-21 with a trip to the Pac-10's worst team, Oregon, on this weekend's slate. The Bruins will head...
UCLA Capitalizes On Errors To Beat OSU, 5-2
UCLA can point to a number of games, especially early in the season, that they'd have won had they simply not made errors. Well, Sunday at Jackie Robinson Stadium, the Bruins were finally on the right side of a game beset by errors as they defeated #17 Oregon St. 5-2 despite the Beavers' pitchers...
Bruins Recover From Early Deficit To Defeat Oregon St., 7-5
UCLA scored the game's final six runs to rally from a 5-1 deficit and beat Oregon St., 7-2, on Friday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Starting pitcher Gerrit Cole had a rough go of it, giving up five runs in the first three innings, but he did manage to get through five innings and pick up the...
Dunlap Powers UCLA to 6-3 Win And Series Sweep
Blair Dunlap's only hit on Saturday was a grand slam, but that came in a shalacking of Washington. On Sunday, Dunlap's only hit was a three run homer, but it proved to be the difference in the Bruins' 6-3 win over the Huskies that completed the UCLA sweep. Yet again Charles Brewer gave the Bruins...
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