UCLA
28-10
Cal Poly
19-22
No. 9 UCLA Takes Series at Cal Poly with 6-3 Win
April 28, 2018 | Baseball
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. โ Kevin Kendall drove in two runs on two hits with a triple, while Zach Pettway tossed 6.2 strong innings as the No. 9 UCLA baseball team on Saturday evening from Baggett Stadium. The Bruins take the series after defeating the Mustangs on Friday night, 9-5.
Pettway (7-1) earned the win tossing 6.2 innings, allowing three runs and scattering eight hits with five strikeouts. Holden Powell (5) picked up the save tossing a scoreless ninth inning.
Trailing 3-0 after the fifth inning, the Bruins put up six runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a three-run lead. Daniel Amaral started the inning with a double to left-center field and scored on a Ryan Kreidler ground ball to third base. A throwing error by the pitcher and a wild pitch would tie the game followed by Kendall ripping a two-run tripleย into the gap for UCLA's first lead of the game. Chase Strumpf plated the final run of the frame with a RBI-double for the 6-3 lead.
After five scoreless innings to begin the game, Cal Poly got on the board in the bottom half of the fifth inning on a three-run home run just inside the left-field foul pole by Alex McKenna.
Cal Poly's Darren Nelson (4-4) suffered the loss allowing five runs, four earned, on eight hits in 5.0 innings of work.
UCLA (28-10) scored six runs on 10 hits with one error, while Cal Poly (19-22) finished the game with three runs on nine hits with one error.
The series finale between UCLA and Cal Poly will take place on Sunday at 1 p.m. PT from Baggett Stadium.
Game Notes: UCLA has recorded double-digit hits in 10-straight games โฆ The Bruins have won six-straight games for the first time since March of 2017 โฆ Kevin Kendall recorded his third multi-RBI game of the season โฆ Zach Pettway has thrown six or more innings in five of his last six starts โฆ Pettway has struck out five or more batters in six games this season โฆ Chase Strumpf has reached base safely in 26 consecutive games โฆ Strumpf now leads the team with 17 multi-hit games โฆ Michael Toglia recorded his 18th double of the season โฆ Nick Scheidler appeared in his team-high 25th game this season, while Kyle Mora made his 21st โฆ Jeremy Ydens had his 12-game hitting streak snapped.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Pettway, Zach (7-1)
L: Nelson, Darren (4-4)
S: Powell, Holden (5)
Batting:
2B: Strumpf, Chase 1 ; Toglia, Michael 1 ; Amaral, Daniel 1
3B: Kendall, Kevin 1
RBI: Kendall, Kevin 2 ; Strumpf, Chase 1 ; Kreidler, Ryan 1
SH: Amaral, Daniel 1 ; McInerny, Will 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ydens, Jeremy 1 ; Kendall, Kevin 1 ; Amaral, Daniel 1 ; Mitchell, Garrett 1 ; Kreidler, Ryan 1 ; McInerny, Will 1
Batting:
2B: Marinconz, Kyle 1
HR: McKenna, Alex 1
RBI: McKenna, Alex 3
SH: Doherty, Dylan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: McKenna, Alex 1 ; Barrick, Colby 1 ; Ogrin, Scott 1
HBP: Samuelson, Tate 1 ; Barrick, Colby 1
