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)
The early innings have not been a problem for UCLA baseball’s pitching staff. That changed five batters into the first inning of Sunday’s matchup. The Bruins hadn’t given up a run in innings one through six all year, but sophomore right-hander Jon Olsen put UCLA in a two-run hole in the first inning. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore designated hitter Jake Pries went 3-of-4 with a home run in Sunday’s rubber match against Gonzaga. The Bruins came back to beat the Bulldogs 5-4. (Farida Saleh/Daily Bruin)
Sean Bouchard hit just two home runs in the entire 2016 season. On Saturday, he matched that total with a pair of two-run blasts as UCLA (3-2) notched a 6-1 victory over Gonzaga (3-3) to even the series at one apiece. Read more...
Photo: Sean Bouchard showed off his power to all fields Saturday, first pulling a homer to left field and then pushing another into right. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
The Bruins have only played four games this season, but three of them are starting to look very similar. Pitch really well to start the game, don’t score very many runs and then see what happens when the bullpen gets the ball. Read more...
Photo: A cohort of MLB scouts went to Jackie Robinson Stadium on Friday night to watch Griffin Canning pitch. They were all sitting in the section right behind home plate, directly in the junior’s sightline. (Daily Bruin file photo)
