The UCLA baseball team lived and died by throwing mistakes in a marathon loss to Long Beach State Tuesday. Freshman second baseman Sean Bouchard threw the ball away on a ground ball to start off the bottom of the 13th, allowing the runner to advance to second. Read more...

Photo: Junior infielder Brett Urabe (bottom) scored the Bruins’ lone run Tuesday after back-to-back wild pitches from the Dirtbags’ starting pitcher, Ryan Cruz. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)

Sunken Diamond is a place where UCLA baseball has frequently fallen over the years. The Bruins entered this weekend’s series with a 3-6 record in Stanford’s home stadium since 2008. Read more...

Photo: Junior catcher Darrell Miller Jr. registered three hits in four at bats for UCLA in its comeback 9-3 win in the rubber game against Stanford. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)

When the UCLA baseball team begins its series against Stanford on Friday at 7 p.m. at Sunken Diamond, two very different pitching staffs will collide. The Cardinal structures its pitching staff on a by-committee basis, with 11 different pitchers logging more than 15 innings and only its main starter, sophomore right-handed pitcher Brett Hanewich, eclipsing 40 innings. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior outfielder Christoph Bono sprints toward third base during UCLA’s four-run fifth inning against UC Irvine Tuesday. Bono attributes the Bruins’ recent offensive surge to the coaching staff’s emphasis on hitting the ball up the middle and to the opposite field. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Senior Chris Keck is a third baseman and one of UCLA baseball’s leading run producers. He doesn’t hesitate to say that the bullpen is the backbone of this No. Read more...

Photo: (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)