No. 1 UCLA Cruises Past Ohio State in Big Ten Opener, 11-1

Friday, March 6

Columbus, OH

1:00 PM (PT)

UCLA

11-2, 1-0

Ohio State

5-7, 0-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
UCLA	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	11	9	0
Ohio State	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	2

Photo by: Ohio State

No. 1 UCLA Cruises Past Ohio State in Big Ten Opener, 11-1

March 06, 2026 | Baseball

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 1-ranked UCLA baseball team rolled to an 11-1 win over Ohio State on Friday afternoon at Bill Davis Stadium, in the opening game of Big Ten Conference play.

The Bruins (11-2, 1-0 Big Ten) jumped out to an eight-run lead behind a pair of early home runs from Roch Cholowsky and Will Gasparino, seizing control of the game from the outset. Mulivai Levu then added the knockout blow with his two-run bomb in the eighth.

Logan Reddemann (4-0) turned in another standout performance, earning his fourth win in as many starts. The right-hander matched his career high with 10 strikeouts, his second double-digit haul of the year, while allowing just three hits over six scoreless innings.

Cholowsky walked three times in addition to his including a second-inning homer, his eighth of the season. Gasparino added his nation-leading 11th long ball, continuing his scorching start to the year.

Levu paced the offense with a four-hit day in addition to his home run, which marked his third of the season. Roman Martin chipped in a multi-hit effort with an RBI and a run scored.

UCLA struck early in the top of the first, pushing across three runs on a pair of gits. Cholowsky jump-started the inning by working a leadoff walk, and Levu followed by jumping on the first pitch he saw, shooting a single through the right side to put runners at the corners. Martin wasted no time putting the Bruins on the board, drilling a double into the left-center gap to score the game's first run. With two outs, Gasparino reached on an error that allowed Levu to come home, and Cadiz capped the three-run frame by drawing a bases-loaded walk.

The Bruins piled on four more in the second, starting with Cholowsky unloading on a 428-foot no-doubter for a two-run blast. Gasparino kept the momentum rolling moments later, continuing his torrid stretch by hammering another two-run shot, a towering drive to left-center, stretching UCLA's lead to seven.

UCLA loaded the bases yet again in the fourth. Despite two strikeouts that appeared to halt the rally, Cashel Dugger managed to push another run across when he scorched a hot shot to first that was bobbled, and he hustled down the line to beat the throw, pushing the Bruins' lead to eight.

Ohio State scratched across its lone run in the seventh when Dane Harvey lifted a solo homer to eight. UCLA answered right back in the eighth, as Levu stayed hot and drove an opposite-field two-run shot to extend the Bruins' lead to nine. Levu then added one more insurance run with his RBI ground out in the ninth to make it a 10-run advantage.

Ian May, Jake Swenson, and Zach Strickland combined to throw the last three innings, allowing just one run.

The Bruins continue the series tomorrow at 11 a.m. PT, with live coverage available on B1G+.