This post was updated Feb. 26 at 11:50 a.m. The Bruins’ next opponent has already swept a Pac-12 team this season. No. 8 UCLA baseball (2-2) will play UC Irvine (3-0) in a home-and-home weekend series, with the Bruins hosting the Friday and Sunday matchups and the Anteaters welcoming them to Irvine on Saturday. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior center fielder Kevin Kendall is batting .263 on the early season and recorded three hits and two stolen bases in No. 8 UCLA baseball’s second game of the campaign. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Sean Mullen toed the rubber in the Bruins’ first midweek game of the season and brought his team back to the .500 mark. The junior right-hander pitched deep into the night Tuesday as No. Read more...

Photo: Junior right-hander Sean Mullen pitched a career-high 7 1/3 innings and punched out a career-high seven batters as No. 8 UCLA baseball got back in the win column Tuesday night. (Courtesy of Scott Chandler)

For the third straight year, the Bruins will play the Lions in their first midweek game of the season. They won the last two of those battles 5-0 and 10-1, but things are already off to a different start in 2021. Read more...

Photo: Junior shortstop Matt McLain was 5-for-11 with a home run and a pair of walks over the weekend as No. 8 UCLA baseball dropped its opening series. (Jefferson Alade/Daily Bruin)

Jesse Bergin picked up right where he left off in 2020. The junior right-hander carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning of No. 2 UCLA baseball’s (1-1) 8-2 victory over San Francisco (1-1) on Saturday, striking out six and only allowing three men on base. Read more...

Photo: Junior right-hander Jesse Bergin stymied San Francisco for 6.2 innings Saturday, earning the win in No. 2 UCLA baseball’s second game of the season. (Jefferson Alade/Daily Bruin)

Despite loading the bases in two different innings, the Bruins were unable to come away with an Opening Day win. No. 2 UCLA baseball (0-1) fell to San Francisco (1-0) 6-2 in its first Opening Day loss since 2016. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore lefty Jake Saum retired five of the six batters he faced – four via strikeout – in No. 2 UCLA baseball’s Opening Day defeat. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)

After nearly a year off, the Bruins are back to playing ball. No. 2 UCLA baseball opens its season at Jackie Robinson Stadium this weekend with a three-game series against San Francisco after not having played a game for 348 days. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior reliever Kyle Mora will be pitching in his fifth season for No. 2 UCLA baseball in the 2021 campaign. (Daily Bruin file photo)