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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...
Bruins Back On Brink After 7-1 Loss In Game One Of Champ. Series
Sometimes it's not velocity that gets it done on the mound. Gerrit Cole, the flamethrower, got touched up a bit because South Carolina was able to reach out and square the ball up some, letting the pitch create the power. Meanwhile, the Gamecocks started their ace, Blake Cooper, on short rest and...
UCLA and TCU Meet Up With Control of CWS Bracket On the Line
On Saturday night, UCLA head coach John Savage took a chance and on Monday night, he will be rewarded. All season, Gerrit Cole has served as the team's number one pitcher, but UCLA changed things up by having Trevor Bauer start on Saturday night. It worked out fantastically as the Bruins picked up...
UCLA vs. Florida, CWS Game One Preview
Can the baseball team avenge the losses of the basketball team in the sport's final round? That's what UCLA will try to do when they open up their first College World Series since 1997 versus Florida at 4 pm PDT tonight on ESPN. And while revenge for what the Gators did to the Bruins in basketball...
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...
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...
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...
Bruins Get a Little Bit From Everyone In 6-2 Win
Some games are true team efforts and versus UC Santa Barbara on Tuesday night, UCLA got a little bit from everyone. At the plate, eight Bruins either picked up a hit or scored a run and nobody had more than two hits, runs scored or RBI. On the mound, the Bruins went through seven pitchers and yet...
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...
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