Even though Cal State Northridge is located 30 minutes away from campus in the San Fernando Valley, it still provided a learning experience for UCLA baseball’s youngest players. Read more...
Photo: No. 11 UCLA baseball faces its toughest test so far in the young season this weekend, when it plays a three-game series against No. 17 North Carolina in Orlando, Fla. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Cal State Northridge was off to its best start in 13 years. But UCLA baseball is off to an even hotter one. After hitting five home runs over the weekend against Hofstra, the No. Read more...
Photo: Junior catcher Darrell Miller Jr. hit his first career home run in UCLA’s 7-3 win over Cal State Northridge Tuesday. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The ping made by Bruin bats walloping baseballs resounded throughout Jackie Robinson Stadium this weekend – more than it had in years. In a three-game season-opening sweep of Hofstra University, UCLA baseball scored 43 runs. Read more...
Photo: Junior second baseman Trent Chatterton and the UCLA baseball team had their first in-game experience with the hitter-friendly flat-seamed baseballs this weekend. The Bruins put up 43 runs in their three-game sweep of the Pride – a record for UCLA runs scored in a three-game series since 2000. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There will be many baseballs flying through the air at Jackie Robinson Stadium this weekend, as UCLA baseball opens up its 2015 campaign. And with the NCAA’s new flat-seam baseball, some of those balls might actually go over the fence. Read more...
Photo: Junior outfielder Ty Moore is the Bruins’ leading returning hitter in 2015. Moore’s .294 average last year was .75 higher than his freshman year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA baseball team has been like a mass on a swinging pendulum over the past two seasons, swaying in one direction and then another. There’s been forward progress and a rise to national prominence in 2013, followed by a regression to a sub-.500 record and a fallout into obscurity by the end of 2014. Read more...
Photo: Junior outfielder Ty Moore said the biggest thing for UCLA baseball as it’s headed to the 2015 season is the 19 returning players who featured in the 2013 championship-winning season. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA baseball’s No. 1 starting pitcher and No. 1 reliever were added to the watch list for the highest award in collegiate baseball Tuesday. James Kaprielian – the leader of UCLA’s rotation – and David Berg – the Bruins’ closer – were named to the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award watch list, which includes 50 collegiate players from across the country. Read more...
Photo: Senior closer David Berg was added to the Spikes Award watch list along with junior pitcher James Kaprielian. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Pac-12 baseball coaches picked UCLA as the top team in the conference in a preseason poll released Monday. The Bruins edged the second-place Oregon Ducks by 12 points in the poll. Read more...
Photo: Senior closer David Berg returns to UCLA for his senior season this year. Berg is one of 19 players on the team in 2015 who was also part of UCLA’s 2013 national championship team. (Daily Bruin file photo)
