The Bruins’ 25-5 start was their best since 2010. But No. 15 UCLA baseball (29-10, 13-5 Big Ten) has since gone 4-6 – including a 1-3 performance last week against then-No. Read more...
Photo: UCLA baseball coach John Savage looks toward the field from the Bruin dugout. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It’s a risk putting all of your eggs into one basket – especially against a former Pac-12 rival. And by the end of Easter Sunday, the Bruins had hatched just one win against the Ducks. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore third baseman Roman Martin, sophomore shortstop Roch Cholowsky, junior right-hander Jack O’Connor, sophomore second baseman Phoenix Call, sophomore first baseman Mulivai Levu, coach John Savage and sophomore catcher Blake Balsz meet on the mound as graduate student right-hander August Souza exits. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)
Josh Alger came in to shut the door in the Bruins’ 18-2 victory Feb. 15. But it was probably unclear for many in the stands why sophomore catcher Blake Balsz gave the redshirt junior right-hander a long embrace – or why past and present Bruins flooded social media with words for Alger – after a routine relief appearance in an early-season blowout. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior right-hander Josh Alger follows through on his motion at Jackie Robinson Stadium. After a myriad of injuries kept him off the mound since his senior year of high school, Alger had to wait till his fourth season at UCLA to make his collegiate debut, which came Feb. 15. (Renee Rubanowitz/Daily Bruin)
Prospect rankings are often meaningless. They routinely fail to predict a 17-year-old’s skillset at 21 or the future impact they’ll have on a team. UCLA baseball had Baseball America’s most premier 2021 recruiting class, ultimately winning 40 games that year before falling in the NCAA regionals. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore shortstop Roch Cholowsky flips a ball towards second. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
Many longtime Bruin fans feared rivalries built after 95 years in the Pac-12 would vanish once UCLA moved to the Big Ten. However, the now-separated conference’s longstanding matchups have proven the test of time. Read more...
Photo: Martin (left) high fives sophomore shortstop Roch Cholowsky (center) after crossing home plate with junior outfielder Jarrod Hocking on deck. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A team needs to be firing on all cylinders in order to take down a top-10 baseball squad. But Tuesday, Bruin hitters recorded just four hits, the pitching staff allowed seven runs and the defense made three errors, tying its single-game season high. Read more...
Photo: Sophomores shortstop Roch Cholowsky, second baseman Grant Gray, third baseman Roman Martin, first baseman Mulivai Levu, catcher Cash Dugger and coach John Savage surround redshirt junior right-hander Josh Alger during a mound visit. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin)
Many might assume that a team that lost seven players to the 2024 MLB Draft – including No. 1 overall pick Travis Bazzana – would be a shadow of its former self. Read more...
Photo: UCLA baseball players cheer on their teammates from the dugout. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)
