UCLA
18-17, 10-7
Oregon State
31-3, 15-2
UCLA Hits Past No. 1 Oregon State, 7-1
April 22, 2017 | Baseball
LOS ANGELES โ Sean Bouchard recorded three RBIs and Brett Stephens went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, while Moises Ceja tossed 6.0 shutout innings as the UCLA baseball team defeated No. 1 Oregon State, 7-1, on Saturday from Jackie Robinson Stadium in front of a national television audience on ESPNU.
The Bruin bats were on fire to start the game as they put up four runs in the first inning. Bouchard started the scoring with a RBI-single up the middle followed by Chase Strumpf driving in a run with a sacrifice fly to make the score 2-0. Jack Stronach would then clear the bases with two runners on as he ripped a double to right-center field for the 4-0 advantage.
UCLA extended its lead to 6-0 in the second inning as Gavin Johns and Stephens led off the inning with-back-to-back singles and came around to score two batters later as Bouchard hit a double to right field for his third RBI of the game.
Ryan Kreidler pushed the Bruins lead to 7-0 in the bottom of the third inning as he hit a solo home run over the left-field wall.
OSU scored its only run of the contest in the eighth inning as Nick Madrigal hit a RBI-double to right field.
Ceja (2-3) earns the win tossing 6.0 shutout innings and collected six strikeouts. He scattered four hits and just one walk over his six innings of work. Bryce Fehmel (4-2) suffered the loss allowing six runs on seven hits in just 1.1 innings of work.
The Bruins finished the game with seven runs on 12 hits and one error, while the Beavers scored one run on five hits with no errors.
UCLA will play Oregon State in the rubber match of this three-game Pac-12 series on Sunday starting at 1 p.m. from Jackie Robinson Stadium.
Game Notes: The seven runs are tied for the most allowed by Oregon State this season โฆ Moises Ceja set a career-high tossing 6.0 innings โฆ Ceja tied a career-high with six strikeouts โฆ Ryan Kreidler hit his second home run of the season โฆ Sean Bouchard now has six multi-RBI games this season โฆ Brett Stephens set his season high with three hits tonight โฆ UCLA is now 6-4 this season against ranked opponents โฆ This marks the first win over the nation's top ranked team in over 10 years.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ceja, Moises (2-3)
L: Fehmel, Bryce (4-2)
Batting:
2B: Madrigal, Nick 1 ; Gretler, Michael 1
RBI: Madrigal, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Donahue, Christian 1
Batting:
2B: Bouchard, Sean 1 ; Toglia, Michael 1 ; Stronach, Jack 1
HR: Kreidler, Ryan 1
RBI: Bouchard, Sean 3 ; Strumpf, Chase 1 ; Stronach, Jack 2 ; Kreidler, Ryan 1
SH: Amaral, Daniel 2
SF: Strumpf, Chase 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stephens, Brett 2 ; Bouchard, Sean 1 ; Cuellar, Kyle 1 ; Toglia, Michael 1 ; Kreidler, Ryan 1 ; Johns, Gavin 1
HBP: Strumpf, Chase 1
