Sunday, December 14



Baseball scores hit hard by new NCAA rules about metal bats

A century after Major League Baseball's "dead-ball era" featured exceptionally low run totals, the NCAA is experiencing a bit of revisionist history. From about the turn of the 20th century to the 1920s "“ which saw the emergence of Babe Ruth and other sluggers "“ baseball was a pitcher's game. Read more...

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Junior catcher Steve Rodriguez and the Bruins hope to improve their offense against UC Riverside today.




UCLA baseball’s batting woes continue against Cal State Fullerton as freshman pitcher Zack Weiss falters in his first collegiate start

FULLERTON "”mdash; More than half of the UCLA baseball team's wins this season have come in shutouts. With each run their opponent scores, the Bruins' chances of winning one of their signature, low-scoring pitchers' duels become less and less likely. So when UCLA freshman pitcher Zack Weiss surrendered three runs to Cal State Fullerton in the top of the first inning in his first collegiate start, the Bruins were doomed. Despite equaling the No. Read more...

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Junior first baseman Dean Espy went 2-for-4 with a run in No. 24 UCLA’s 5-3 road loss to No. 12 Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday night. The Titans got to work early, registering three runs in the bottom of the first inning, and the Bruins couldn’t successfully rally despite redshirt junior Marc Navarro’s two-out, two-run single in the sixth.




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