With two outs and one runner on base in the top of the ninth inning, pitcher Nick Kern felt more excitement than pressure as he threw on his gloves, walked up to the batter’s box and swung hard. Read more...
Photo: Junior catcher Shane Zeile was part of an aggressive UCLA attack, going 3-5 with two RBI in the Bruins’ 7-3 victory Saturday. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
After playing seven of its last eight games away from Jackie Robinson Stadium, UCLA baseball is on the last leg of its road trip. As the team travels to Utah for a three-game series, it faces more questions than answers possibly for the first time since the preseason. Read more...
Photo: Due to injuries, redshirt sophomore Christoph Bono may have to move from right field to center field as UCLA looks to win its first weekend series in nearly a month. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
“Maybe tomorrow, we’ll all wear ’42,’” said Lucas Black as he portrayed former Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese in the 2013 film, “42”. That day is today: Jackie Robinson Day, the day in Major League Baseball that former Bruin and four-sport letter winner Jackie Robinson is honored and celebrated as every player wears his jersey number, 42. Read more...
Photo: Jackie Robinson (top left) poses with the rest of the UCLA baseball team. Robinson played baseball at UCLA in 1940. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)
Before the Arizona series this past weekend, UCLA baseball needed to make a change to its routine. The team has struggled to hit with runners in scoring position (RISP) and that, combined with the lack of home run power in college baseball with deadened bats, meant a shortage of runs. Read more...
Photo: Junior Shane Zeile and the Bruins fell to Arizona 6-5 on Sunday despite a modified batting practice regimen. Coach John Savage attributed the loss to lack of quality at-bats. (Carlos Herrera/The Daily Wildcat)
UCLA baseball sophomore pitcher James Kaprielian was selected to play for the 2014 USA Collegiate National Baseball Team this summer, USA Baseball announced Monday afternoon. Read more...
UCLA baseball went to Arizona for a duel in the desert with the conference’s best offense against its superb pitching, but left Hi Corbett Field licking its battle wounds. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA baseball team not only lost its series against Arizona this weekend, but also a few key players. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
If the notion that numbers never lie is true, then UCLA baseball has a potential stalemate waiting for it in the desert. The duel will consist of an elite pitching juggernaut versus an offensive powerhouse that split the last two national championships. Read more...
Photo: Freshman second baseman Luke Persico said that the team’s inability to cash in runners has kept UCLA from some possible victories. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin)
