Fresh off of winning a Pac-12 championship Sunday, UCLA baseball showed no signs of slowing down in its win over UC Irvine. The No. 2 Bruins (41-12) handled the Anteaters (31-22) without a lot of trouble Tuesday night, winning by a score of 13-3. Read more...
Photo: Senior third baseman Chris Keck’s two-run single in the fifth inning capped off a five-run frame in which the Bruins eliminated any chance of an Anteater comeback. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
With less than a week left to play in the regular season, UCLA baseball and UC Irvine are going in opposite directions. No. 2 UCLA (40-12, 21-6 Pac-12) is surging, fresh off a three-game sweep of Arizona which won the Bruins their first Pac-12 title since 2012. Read more...
Photo: The No. 2 UCLA baseball team will face UC Irvine, the Bruins’ last non-conference opponent for the season. The UCI matchup will give UCLA one of its final chances to boost its NCAA RPI rankings and claim a stake as the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Before the Bruins’ record-setting game on Friday night, senior closer David Berg met up with junior pitcher James Kaprielian, who was preparing for his start against Arizona. Read more...
Photo: UCLA pitchers junior James Kaprielian (pictured) and senior David Berg combined efforts to earn the Bruins a no-hitter Friday. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Since the UCLA baseball team started recording stats in 1974, the Bruins hadn’t thrown a no-hitter. UCLA ended that drought Friday, and then some, in a 1-0 victory over Arizona. Read more...
Photo: Junior pitcher James Kaprielian (top) and senior closer David Berg (bottom) pitched a 10-inning no-hitter against Arizona. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
It’s a saying that UCLA baseball players have emphasized all year long: “Outlast your opponent.” “Coach (John Savage) preaches outlasting them, so that’s what we try and do,” said junior outfielder Ty Moore earlier this season. Read more...
Photo: Senior third baseman Chris Keck (left) high-fives sophomore outfielder Brett Stephens after scoring a run in the eighth inning of UCLA’s game on Feb. 15. The Bruins have averaged their most runs in the eighth inning. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
With no outs and the bases loaded in the fifth inning, David Berg took the mound. Equipped with a newly developed sidearm delivery, the junior pitcher at Bishop Amat High School toed the rubber to preserve his team’s three-run lead in the 2010 National Classic, a high-profile high school tournament. Read more...
Photo: Senior closer David Berg has been developing his sidearm delivery since his junior year of high school. While results weren’t immediate, he devoted his practice to mastering the craft of deception. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There the Bruins found themselves again, in extra innings on the road. Three days after winning a 17-inning marathon match over then-No. 9 Arizona State in Phoenix, No. Read more...
Photo: Senior third baseman Chris Keck delivered the game-winning hit for UCLA in the 10th inning Tuesday night. The senior said he didn’t square the ball up well, but was fortunate that the Fullerton defenders weren’t positioned where the ball was hit: shallow center field. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
