UCLA
36-19, 19-11
Oregon State
44-10-1, 20-9-1
No. 16 UCLA Wins Regular Season Finale at No. 2 Oregon State
May 26, 2018 | Baseball
CORVALLIS, Ore. โ Ryan Garcia tossed 6.2 innings allowing just one unearned run, while Jeremy Ydens hit a home run and Ryan Kreidler drove in two runs as the No. 16 UCLA baseball team defeated No. 2 Oregon State, 4-1, on Saturday in the regular-season finale at Goss Stadium. The Bruins finished Pac-12 play with a 19-11 mark.
Ryan Garcia (6-1) tossed 6.2 innings allowing one unearned run on seven hits with four strikeouts. Kyle Mora (3) picked up the save tossing the final 2.0 innings without allowing a run and surrendered just one hit with three strikeouts. Nathan Burns (1-0) suffered the loss allowing two runs on two hits in 0.2 innings to start the game.
UCLA jumped out to an early two-run lead after the top of the first inning as the Bruins loaded the bases for Ryan Kreidler who smacked a two-run single through the left side of the infield to bring home Kevin Kendall and Jack Stronach.
The Bruins added a run in the second inning with another two-out RBI as Kendall ripped a single into left field to score Jake Hirabayashi who led off the frame with a single up the middle.
Oregon State cut the lead to 3-1 in the sixth inning when Zak Taylor scored on a wild pitch but the Beavers were unable to score again as Garcia got a fly ball to center field to end the inning.
UCLA pushed its lead back to three runs in the top of the eighth when Ydens led off the inning with a solo home run to left field on the second pitch of the frame.
UCLA (36-19, 19-11) scored four runs on seven hits with one error, while Oregon State (44-10-1, 20-9-1) finished the game with one run on eight hits with no errors.
UCLA will await the NCAA baseball committee's selection of the 64-team field for the NCAA Tournament. The college baseball NCAA Tournament selection show will air Monday at 9 a.m. (PT) on ESPNU.
Game Notes: The Bruins have won two-straight regular season-finales on the road โฆ UCLA is 16-1 when scoring in the first inning and 25-1 when scoring first โฆ UCLA allowed just seven runs to the Beavers in the series, the fewest in a Pac-12 series this season โฆ Ryan Garcia set a career-high throwing 6.2 innings โฆ Jeremy Ydens hit his sixth home run of the season and drove in his 38th run โฆ Ryan Kreidler recorded his ninth multi-RBI game of the season โฆ Jack Stronach tallied his 12th multi-hit game this season โฆ Kevin Kendall drove in his 19th run of the season โฆ Kyle Mora is second on the team with three saves โฆ Mora made his 32nd appearance of the season, while Garrett Barker made his 30th appearance.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Garcia, Ryan (7-1)
L: Burns, Nathan (1-1)
S: Mora, Kyle (3)
Batting:
HR: Ydens, Jeremy 1
RBI: Ydens, Jeremy 1 ; Kendall, Kevin 1 ; Kreidler, Ryan 2
SH: McInerny, Will 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ydens, Jeremy 1 ; Kendall, Kevin 1 ; Stronach, Jack 1 ; Hirabayashi, Jake 1
CS: Ydens, Jeremy 1 ; Amaral, Daniel 1
HBP: Ydens, Jeremy 1
PO: Hirabayashi, Jake 1
Batting:
2B: Grenier, Cadyn 1 ; Gretler, Michael 1
SH: Grenier, Cadyn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Taylor, Zak 1
