UCLA
2-0
Portland
0-2
No. 13 UCLA Shuts Out Portland, 13-0
February 17, 2018 | Baseball
LOS ANGELES - Jon Olsen tossed seven shutout innings and Chase Strumpf drove in four runs with a home run and a double as the No. 13 UCLA baseball team defeated Portland, 13-0, on Saturday from Jackie Robinson Stadium. Ryan Kreidler and Will McInerny each hit their first home runs of the season in the win.
Olsen surrendered just four hits in his 7.0 innings of work and collected seven strikeouts to earn the win. Portland's Corbin Powers suffered the loss allowing eight runs on nine hits in four innings.
Offensively, Kreidler went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, Michael Toglia collected two hits to go along with three runs scored, whileย Kyle Cuellar and Garrett Mitchell each plated two runs.
UCLA jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead after the first inning when Strumpf hit a three-run home run over the left-center field wall to plate Daniel Amaral and Toglia.
The Bruins added a run in the third inning on a Cuellar sacrifice fly and then put up three runs in the fourth inning to go up 7-0. Kreidler scored Jake Hirabayashi and Jake Pries with a single to left field followed by McInerny hitting a opposite field solo home run just inside the right-field foul pole.
UCLA tacked on five runs in the eighth inning highlighted by Kreidler hitting a solo home run to left field and Mitchell ripping a single up the middle to bring in Toglia and Jack Stronach.
Ryan Garcia and Kyle Mora combined to throw 2.0 shutout innings in relief for the Bruins without allowing a base runner to close the game.
UCLA (2-0) finished the game with 13 runs on 14 hits with no errors, while Portland (0-2) totaledย four hits with no errors.
UCLA will play the series finale against Portland on Sunday at 1 p.m. PT from Jackie Robinson Stadium.
Game Notes:ย Jon Olsen tossed 7.0 or more innings for the fifth time in his career ... Olsen struck out seven or more batters for the fifth time as a Bruin ... Every UCLA player in the starting lineup recorded at least one hit ... Chase Strumpf hit the first home run of the season for the Bruins and the eighth of his career ... Will McInerny hit his first career home run and Ryan Kreidler hit his fifth ... Kyle Cuellar recorded his second-straight multi-RBI game this season ... Garrett Mitchell recorded his first career hit and RBIs ... Michael Toglia set a career-high with three runs scored ... Daniel Amaralย tied a career-best with two stolen bases.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Olsen, Jon (1-0)
L: POWERS, Corbin (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Ydens, Jeremy 1 ; Toglia, Michael 1 ; Cuellar, Kyle 1 ; Strumpf, Chase 1 ; Hirabayashi, Jake 1
HR: Strumpf, Chase 1 ; Kreidler, Ryan 1 ; McInerny, Will 1
RBI: Cuellar, Kyle 2 ; Strumpf, Chase 4 ; Mitchell, Garrett 2 ; Kreidler, Ryan 3 ; McInerny, Will 1
SF: Cuellar, Kyle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Amaral, Daniel 2 ; Ydens, Jeremy 1 ; Toglia, Michael 3 ; Stronach, Jack 1 ; Strumpf, Chase 2 ; Pries, Jake 1 ; Hirabayashi, Jake 1 ; Kreidler, Ryan 1 ; McInerny, Will 1
SB: Amaral, Daniel 2
CS: Amaral, Daniel 1
HBP: Strumpf, Chase 1 ; McInerny, Will 1
