At the beginning of the season, UCLA baseball coach John Savage said his team would be much different from last year’s squad offensively. So far, that hasn’t been the case. Read more...
Photo: Michael Toglia put up impressive numbers last summer, but he hasn’t repeated them 10 games into his first Division I season. The freshman right fielder is hitting .161 with just one extra base hit, a double. (Isabelle Roy/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Different ballpark. Same team. After going 8-for-67 in two games at Jackie Robinson Stadium on Friday and Saturday, UCLA baseball went just 4-for-33 at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, losing to USC 4-3 in 10 innings. Read more...
Photo: Freshman third baseman Chase Strumpf hit a deep fly ball to left field that landed in the field level at Dodger Stadium Sunday afternoon in the Bruins’ 4-3 loss to the Trojans. (Isabelle Roy/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Bruins’ close defensive battle Friday was decided on one play. An error. UCLA’s (5-3) unconventional walk-off 1-0 victory over Michigan (7-3) marked the Bruins’ sixth one-run game of the season, and the first of this weekend’s Dodger Stadium Classic. Read more...
Photo: Senior left fielder Brett Stephens laid down what would become the game-winning bunt in the ninth inning. An error on the play allowed the Bruins to score the only run of the game and clinch a 1-0 victory. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA baseball’s philosophy is simple. During coach John Savage’s 12-year tenure in Westwood, the Bruins haven’t relied on an imposing offense filled with home-run hitters to succeed. Read more...
Photo: Junior pitcher Jake Bird has given up just one run in 13 innings – a 0.69 ERA – while fanning 13 batters. Bird will hit the mound again in this weekend’s Dodger Stadium Baseball Classic. (Isabelle Roy/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Men’s basketballTuAnh Dam, Sports editor Just one week left until postseason play begins and every team is trying to get one last good impression in before Selection Sunday. Read more...
Photo: Jovan Vavic, the head coach of both men’s and women’s water polo at USC, recently beat Stanford in the championship game of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
The Bruins played one very bad inning Tuesday. UCLA baseball (4-3) let in four runs and committed two errors in the sixth, resulting in a 6-5 road loss to Cal State Northridge (4-4) Tuesday afternoon. Read more...
Photo: Sean Bouchard went three for three with a home run and a walk in Tuesday’s loss to Cal State Northridge. On the season, the junior first baseman is batting .478 with a slugging percentage of 1.000. (Isabelle Roy/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Bruins have a busy week. Busier than usual. After taking two out of three games against Gonzaga last weekend, UCLA baseball (4-2) will play Cal State Northridge (3-4) on Tuesday and the Korea Baseball Organization’s NC Dinos on Wednesday in an exhibition game. Read more...
Photo: Justin Hooper will make his first start of the season Tuesday. The sophomore lefty has made two impressive relief appearances, holding opposing batters to a .111 average so far in 2017. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
