UCLA
17-7
Loyola Marymount
13-15
Offensive Surge Leads No. 20 UCLA over LMU, 13-1
April 03, 2018 | Baseball
LOS ANGELES โ Kevin Kendall hit a home run, drove in two runs and scored three times, while Kyle Mora threw 5.2 innings allowing just one run as the No. 20 UCLA baseball team earned a 13-1 win over Loyola Marymount on Tuesday night from Page Stadium. The Bruins sweep the season series after defeating the Lions 12-1 at home on March 6.
Daniel Amaral finished with three hits and four runs and Michael Toglia recorded two doubles, two runs scored and one RBI. In total, UCLA had five batters record multi-hit games.
Mora (2-1) finished the game throwing 5.2 innings allowing one run on just three hits. The sophomore struck out eight batters and allowed just one walk.
UCLA jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning. Kendall, the second batter of the game, started the scoring by hitting a two-run home run over the right-field fence. Later in the inning, Jeremy Ydens drove in a run with a single to right field and later scored when Kyle Cuellar grounded out to second base for the fourth run of the frame.
After LMU got on the board with a run in the second inning, the Bruins responded with two more runs in the fourth inning as Chase Strumpf hit a RBI-single to center field, followed by Toglia scoring Kendall with a sacrifice fly to center field for a 6-1 lead.
UCLA tacked on a run in the fifth inning on a safety squeeze by Daniel Rosica and then scored three runs in the sixth inning to push the game out of reach at 10-1. Ryan Kreidler hit a two-out, two-run single through the left side of the infield and the next batter Garrett Mitchell scored Ydens with a single to center field.
LMU's starter CJ Fernandezees (0-2) suffered the loss allowing four runs on four hits and four walks in 1.1 innings of work.
UCLA (17-7) scored 13 runs on 13 hits with no errors, while Loyola Marymount (13-15) finished the game with one run on four hits with no errors.
UCLA returns to Jackie Robinson Stadium this weekend for a marquee top-25 matchup as the Bruins host No. 2 Stanford for a three-game series beginning on Friday at 6 p.m. PT.
Game Notes: Kyle Mora set a career-high in innings pitched and strikeouts โฆ Kevin Kendall hit his first career home run โฆ Daniel Amaral set a career-high scoring four runs and a season-high with three hits โฆ Ryan Kreidler tallied his third multi-RBI game of the season โฆ Michael Toglia tied a career-high with two doubles โฆ UCLA scored in double digits for the sixth time this season โฆ The 13 hits are tied for the third-most this season.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mora, Kyle (2-1)
L: FERNANDEZEES, CJ (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Amaral, Daniel 1 ; Toglia, Michael 2
HR: Kendall, Kevin 1
RBI: Kendall, Kevin 2 ; Strumpf, Chase 1 ; Toglia, Michael 1 ; Ydens, Jeremy 2 ; Cuellar, Kyle 1 ; Kreidler, Ryan 2 ; Mitchell, Garrett 1 ; Rosica, Daniel 1
SH: Rosica, Daniel 1
SF: Toglia, Michael 1 ; Ydens, Jeremy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Amaral, Daniel 4 ; Kendall, Kevin 3 ; Strumpf, Chase 2 ; Toglia, Michael 2 ; Ydens, Jeremy 1 ; Cuellar, Kyle 1
SB: Amaral, Daniel 1 ; Kendall, Kevin 2 ; Strumpf, Chase 1 ; Ydens, Jeremy 1 ; Cuellar, Kyle 1
HBP: Cuellar, Kyle 1 ; Stronach, Jack 1
Batting:
2B: ESQUERRA, Trevin 1
RBI: PACHECO, Niko 1
Base Running:
RUNS: ESQUERRA, Trevin 1
SB: SOGARD, Nick 1
HBP: KAWANO, Ryan 1
