Wednesday, February 25, 1998
Soggy fields postpone UCLA battle with Titans
BASEBALL: Team hopes extra practice will cure recent sloppy
infield play
By Kristina Wilcox
Daily Bruin Staff
Because of the soggy condition of the outfield at Jackie
Robinson Stadium, Tuesdays UCLA baseball game against Cal State
Fullerton has been rescheduled for tonight at 6.
Still scheduled to pitch for the Bruins are sophomore Gabe
Crecion (1-0, 11.12 ERA) and freshman Ryan Carter (1-0, 2.08
ERA).
Senior Erasmo Ramirez (1-2, 3.03 ERA) is likely to start on the
mound for the Titans. He beat UCLA (7-7) in the Bruins last
regular-season game of 1997 while Ramirez was a member of the Cal
State Northridge team.
Upon hearing that the program was canned after the 1997 season,
Ramirez transferred to Fullerton.
Theyre probably saving their best pitcher for us, head coach
Gary Adams said.
Rightfielder Eric Byrnes became UCLAs all-time hits leader on
Sunday with his sixth-inning single against the Cardinal. He now
has 267 hits in his career, surpassing Tory Lovullos previous
record.
Stanfords John Gall was named Pac-10 Player of the Week after
hitting for the cycle in Saturdays 23-4 victory over the
Bruins.
Errors have been a real thorn in the side of the UCLA squad. In
14 games, the team has made 38 errors, leading to 41 unearned runs.
That averages out to 2.93 runs per game.
The infield played especially poor defense over the weekend,
forcing Adams to create a practice session for them on Monday, in
the rain. Monday is normally the teams off-day.AARON TOUT/Daily
Bruin
Chad Cislak pitches vs. Stanford.