Thursday, April 6
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UCLA Returns to Jackie Robinson Stadium to Host Utah
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No. 22 UCLA (17-8, 6-5) vs. Utah (11-16, 3-9)
Thursday, Apr. 6 - 6:00 p.m. PT
Friday, Apr. 7, 2023 - 5:00 p.m. PT
Saturday, Apr. 8, 2023 - 12:00 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Jackie Robinson Stadium)
Stream: Pac-12 Now App /ย Pac-12.com
Audio: UCLA Lean Playerย / UCLA Bruins app / Varsity Network app
Play-by-Play Talent:ย Nick Koop
Live Stats
UCLA Hosts Utah for Pac-12 Seriesย ย ย
No. 22-ranked UCLA (17-8, 6-5 Pac-12) returns to Jackie Robinson Stadium this weekend to host Utah (11-16, 3-9) in a league series. As it is Easter weekend, the three-game set will run Thursday to Saturday. The entire series will be streamed live through Pac-12.com, and fans can also access a live audio broadcast through UCLABruins.com or the Varsity Network app. In addition, there will be live stats and Twitter updates from @UCLABaseball.
Quick Hitsย ย ย
Thursday, Apr. 6 - 6:00 p.m. PTย
UCLA - Kelly Austin, RHP, Sr. (2-1, 1.85 ERA)
UTAH - Ernesto Lugo-Canchola, LHP, Jr. (2-1, 4.68 ERA)
Friday, Apr. 7 - 5:00 p.m. PTย
UCLA - Jake Brooks, RHP, Jr. (4-3, 5.50 ERA)
UTAH - Bryson Van Sickle, LHP, RJr. (2-3, 4.66 ERA)
Saturday, Apr. 8 - 12:00 p.m. PTย
UCLA - Alonzo Tredwell, RHP, So. (3-1, 3.10 ERA)
UTAH - TBA
The Week In Reviewย ย ย
UCLA is 1-2 over the last week, dropping two games at Washington State before rallying for an extra-innings win at Long Beach State on Tuesday:
UCLA entered the week ranked in three of the five major national polls, checking in as high as No. 22 (USA TODAY Coaches Poll) while also appearing at No. 23 (D1Baseball, NCBWA). The Bruins were unranked in the Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball polls. Utah enters the series unranked.
The All-Time Series Against Utahย ย ย
UCLA owns a 33-6 record all-time against Utah, including a 26-4 mark since the Utes joined the Pac-12 Conference before the 2012 season. UCLA has won nine of 10 series over Utah since 2012, and has won 15 of the last 16 head-to-head games against the Utes (Utah snapped a 15-game losing streak to UCLA in last year's series finale).
Last Year Against the Utesย ย ย
UCLA took two of three from Utah in Salt Lake City last year (Apr. 8-10), with each game decided by one run:
Active Bruins with strong career numbers against the Utes include Kelly Austin (3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K), Josh Hahn (7-9, 2 HR, 1.154 SLG, 9 RBIs in 4 GP), Darius Perry (3-5, 2 RBIs in 3 GP), Cody Schrier (7-15, HR, 3 XBH in 3 GP) and Carson Yates (5-13, 4 R, 2 RBIs in 3 GP).ย
Friendly Confinesย ย ย
The Bruins have posted a 13-2 record in home games to this point in the season, winning 13 consecutive contests at Jackie Robinson Stadium to open the campaign. UCLA has widely outperformed its opponents at JRS, slashing a collective .392/.416/.461 (compared to .236/.291/.360 for opponents) while posting a plus-78 run differential (125-47). On the pitching side, the Bruins have a 2.25 team ERA at Jackie (opponents: 8.20) with a 166-127 advantage in strikeouts. Four Bruins regulars are hitting over .300 in home games, with Jack Holman (.396/.458/.688) and Kyle Karros (.412/.500/.647) proving especially-tough outs.
Bruins On the National Leaderboardsย ย ย
To this point in the season, UCLA ranks near the top nationally in a number of statistics on both sides of the ball:
So far this season, UCLA has ranked among the best in nation in drawing walks on the offensive end while limiting free passes on the mound. The Bruins have a plus-77 walk differential this season (147 drawn, 70 issued), good for sixth in the country. UCLA is one of just five schools in the country with 70 or fewer walks issued (Wofford, Tennessee, Wake Forest, New Mexico).
No. 22 UCLA (17-8, 6-5) vs. Utah (11-16, 3-9)
Thursday, Apr. 6 - 6:00 p.m. PT
Friday, Apr. 7, 2023 - 5:00 p.m. PT
Saturday, Apr. 8, 2023 - 12:00 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Jackie Robinson Stadium)
Stream: Pac-12 Now App /ย Pac-12.com
Audio: UCLA Lean Playerย / UCLA Bruins app / Varsity Network app
Play-by-Play Talent:ย Nick Koop
Live Stats
UCLA Hosts Utah for Pac-12 Seriesย ย ย
No. 22-ranked UCLA (17-8, 6-5 Pac-12) returns to Jackie Robinson Stadium this weekend to host Utah (11-16, 3-9) in a league series. As it is Easter weekend, the three-game set will run Thursday to Saturday. The entire series will be streamed live through Pac-12.com, and fans can also access a live audio broadcast through UCLABruins.com or the Varsity Network app. In addition, there will be live stats and Twitter updates from @UCLABaseball.
Quick Hitsย ย ย
- UCLA is 17-8 overall on the year, including an 11-3 mark in non-conference play
- The Bruins are 6-5 in Pac-12 play, with series wins against Oregon and Arizona
- The Bruins enter the weekend with the No. 10 ERA in the country (3.38)
- UCLA ranks top-10 nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.7, fifth) and walks per nine innings (2.8, seventh)
- Michael Barnett (1.80) and Kelly Austin (1.85) rank 1-2 in the Pac-12 in ERA among qualifying pitchers
- UCLA has sizable advantages in walks drawn vs. issued (147-70) and HBPs drawn vs. issued (37-16)
- Three Bruins regulars have an OPS north of 1.000 (Kyle Karros, Duce Gourson, JonJon Vaughns)
- The Bruins (13-2 at JRS) are averaging 8.3 runs per game at home
- UCLA has allowed a crooked number 21 times in 224 defensive innings
- UCLA is 12-0 this year in games with 1+ SB
- UCLA's current sophomore class was the No. 1-ranked recruit class in the country
- Cody Schrier and Alonzo Tredwell were named 2023 Preseason All-Americans
- 2022: UCLA went 40-24, earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tourney, had an NCAA-high four Freshman All-Americans
Thursday, Apr. 6 - 6:00 p.m. PTย
UCLA - Kelly Austin, RHP, Sr. (2-1, 1.85 ERA)
UTAH - Ernesto Lugo-Canchola, LHP, Jr. (2-1, 4.68 ERA)
Friday, Apr. 7 - 5:00 p.m. PTย
UCLA - Jake Brooks, RHP, Jr. (4-3, 5.50 ERA)
UTAH - Bryson Van Sickle, LHP, RJr. (2-3, 4.66 ERA)
Saturday, Apr. 8 - 12:00 p.m. PTย
UCLA - Alonzo Tredwell, RHP, So. (3-1, 3.10 ERA)
UTAH - TBA
The Week In Reviewย ย ย
UCLA is 1-2 over the last week, dropping two games at Washington State before rallying for an extra-innings win at Long Beach State on Tuesday:
- Washington State logged a 9-5 win in Friday night's series opener. Bruin relievers retired 12 consecutive Cougars to close the game, but that wasn't enough to overcome a pair of early multi-run rallies from the hosts, who led 9-3 through four. Darius Perry paced the Bruins offensively with a home run and a double. Jake Saum, Cody Delvecchio, and Chris Aldrich teamed up for that 12-up, 12-down spree in the second half of the game.ย
- WSU closed out the series with a 5-1 win on Sunday. Again, UCLA sent down eight batters in a row to close the game but couldn't overcome an early deficit, as the Cougars scored in three consecutive frames starting in the third to build a 5-0 lead. Cody Schrier got UCLA on the board with a solo shot in the sixth.
- The series in Pullman was affected by weather. UCLA-WSU had a scheduled Saturday game postponed, and ultimately not made up, due to snow. The start of Sunday's game was also delayed about 90 minutes due to snow flurries at Bailey-Brayton Field.
- UCLA outlasted Long Beach State for a 4-3 win in 13 innings on Tuesday night at Blair Field. The Bruins were trailing 3-1 and down to their last out in the ninth inning when Duce Gourson took Dalton Ponce deep for a game-tying two-run home run. The teams battled to a deadlock until UCLA manufactured a single run in the 13th โ Darius Perry drew a leadoff walk, moved to second on a sac bunt, and later scored on a sac fly โ to take its first lead of the game. Luke Jewett got the win after a masterful relief effort, closing the game by going a career-long 5 1/3 innings without allowing a run. His stiffest test came in the bottom of the 13th after allowing a leadoff double, but he got the next three batters in a row to strand the game-tying run. As a whole, Bruin relievers closed the game by getting 27 consecutive outs without allowing a run, the equivalent of a full nine-inning game.ย
UCLA entered the week ranked in three of the five major national polls, checking in as high as No. 22 (USA TODAY Coaches Poll) while also appearing at No. 23 (D1Baseball, NCBWA). The Bruins were unranked in the Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball polls. Utah enters the series unranked.
The All-Time Series Against Utahย ย ย
UCLA owns a 33-6 record all-time against Utah, including a 26-4 mark since the Utes joined the Pac-12 Conference before the 2012 season. UCLA has won nine of 10 series over Utah since 2012, and has won 15 of the last 16 head-to-head games against the Utes (Utah snapped a 15-game losing streak to UCLA in last year's series finale).
Last Year Against the Utesย ย ย
UCLA took two of three from Utah in Salt Lake City last year (Apr. 8-10), with each game decided by one run:
- Game 1 โ The Bruins rallied for a 6-5 win in 10 innings to open the series. UCLA trailed 5-1 after six, but knotted it up late on a Cody Schrier solo home run, two-run Josh Hahn single, and Daylen Reyes sac fly. The Bruins moved ahead in the tenth after Carson Yates led off with a double and later scored on a wild pitch. Kelly Austin received the win after a standout relief outing. He entered with two on and nobody out with the game tied 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth, but got out of that inning unscathed before posting a 1-2-3 bottom of the 10th.ย
- Game 2 โ UCLA clinched the series over Utah with a 4-3 Saturday win. Daylen Reyes put the Bruins up for good with a two-run home run in the fourth (his first-career HR). Carson Yates added a two-run single in the next inning to make it 4-1, which turned out to be just enough offense to preserve the lead. Ethan Flanagan wiggled out of jams in the eighth and ninth inning to keep UCLA ahead, picking up his second-career save. Max Rajcic was solid for UCLA, striking out a career-high eight in a six-inning start. Bruin pitchers limited the Utes to a 1-13 line with runners in scoring position. It was technically another comeback, one-run win for UCLA, as Utah opened the scoring with a run in the second.ย
- Game 3 โ The Bruins dropped a back-and-forth series finale on Sunday, 7-6. Both teams led multiple times over the course of the game, but the Utes went ahead for good with a three-spot in the bottom of the seventh. Darius Perry and Jake Palmer had RBI singles as part of a go-ahead four-spot for UCLA in the second inning, while Daylen Reyes sparked a two-spot with a one-out triple in the sixth. Gage Jump made his first-collegiate start in the game, striking out four over 1 2/3 innings.ย
- For the weekend, UCLA edged Utah in batting (.279-.250), runs (16-15), hits (31-26), ERA (5.00-5.14), and strikeouts (31-26).
Active Bruins with strong career numbers against the Utes include Kelly Austin (3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K), Josh Hahn (7-9, 2 HR, 1.154 SLG, 9 RBIs in 4 GP), Darius Perry (3-5, 2 RBIs in 3 GP), Cody Schrier (7-15, HR, 3 XBH in 3 GP) and Carson Yates (5-13, 4 R, 2 RBIs in 3 GP).ย
Friendly Confinesย ย ย
The Bruins have posted a 13-2 record in home games to this point in the season, winning 13 consecutive contests at Jackie Robinson Stadium to open the campaign. UCLA has widely outperformed its opponents at JRS, slashing a collective .392/.416/.461 (compared to .236/.291/.360 for opponents) while posting a plus-78 run differential (125-47). On the pitching side, the Bruins have a 2.25 team ERA at Jackie (opponents: 8.20) with a 166-127 advantage in strikeouts. Four Bruins regulars are hitting over .300 in home games, with Jack Holman (.396/.458/.688) and Kyle Karros (.412/.500/.647) proving especially-tough outs.
Bruins On the National Leaderboardsย ย ย
To this point in the season, UCLA ranks near the top nationally in a number of statistics on both sides of the ball:
- K-BB Ratio โ 5th (3.66, 1st in the Pac-12)
- BB/9 โ 7th (2.81, 1st in the Pac-12)
- ERA โ 10th (3.38,1st in the Pac-12)
- WHIP โ 16th (1.25, 1st in the Pac-12)ย
- Shutouts โ 17th (3, T-1st in the Pac-12)
- K/9 โ 38th (10.3, 3rd in the Pac-12)
- H/9 โ 52nd (8.44, 6th in the Pac-12)
- Walks Drawn โ 65th (147, 2nd in the Pac-12)
- Home Runs Per Game โ 78th (1.3, 5th in the Pac-12)
So far this season, UCLA has ranked among the best in nation in drawing walks on the offensive end while limiting free passes on the mound. The Bruins have a plus-77 walk differential this season (147 drawn, 70 issued), good for sixth in the country. UCLA is one of just five schools in the country with 70 or fewer walks issued (Wofford, Tennessee, Wake Forest, New Mexico).
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