Tuesday, April 7, 1998
Baseball Notes
Caught red-handed, Byrnes’ streak ends
UCLA rightfielder Eric Byrnes’ stolen base streak ended in the
first inning of the second game on Sunday.
Byrnes had stolen 31 consecutive bases without being caught
until the questionable call at second base.
Rain, rain go away
The two series vs. the University of California Berkeley were
both affected by El Nino rains, but the two baseball squads were
able to play all six scheduled games.
The first series was at Berkeley in mid-February. The final two
innings of the Friday game were completed on Sunday because of
darkness. The Saturday game was postponed until March 31 because of
rain. They completed Friday’s game on Sunday, as well as playing
the originally scheduled game.
Since it was Presidents’ Day weekend, Monday was a holiday for
the UC schools. But it rained, so they were unable to play
Saturday’s game on Monday.
The Saturday game was rescheduled for March 31, but rain struck
again.
The matchup took place on April 1. That meant that the UCLA game
at UCSB was canceled in favor of the conference game against
Cal.
The Golden Bears and the Bruins faced off this weekend on Friday
and Sunday.
Around the league
No. 2 USC upset No. 1 Stanford in the final game of their
weekend series at Dedeaux Field.
The two squads played a Sunday doubleheader at USC because of
the Saturday rains.
The Cardinal held off a late-inning rally by the Trojans to win
the first Sunday game, 7-6. USC came back in the second game, 7-4.
Stanford won the Friday contest.
The Arizona school rivalry was at full swing this weekend. ASU
swept the three-game series vs. No. 24 Arizona.
The Wildcats are coming to Westwood for a weekend series
starting on Apr. 9.
Compiled by Kristina Wilcox, Daily Bruin Staff.