University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA
39-4
Sacramento State
20-25
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento State | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| UCLA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
No. 1 UCLA Falls to Sacramento State, 9-6
April 26, 2026 | Baseball
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Despite a two-homer performance from Roch Cholowsky, the Bruins (39-4) surrendered a season-high nine runs and were unable to climb out of a six-run deficit by the sixth inning. Cholowsky's pair of blasts, his 16th and 17th of the season, highlighted a strong day at the plate, marking his fourth multi-homer game of the year.
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Dean West, Roman Martin, and Kasen Khansarinia each recorded two hits, while Mulivai Levu, Will Gasparino, Payton Brennan, and Jarrod Hocking added one hit apiece.
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Landon Stump (2-1) took his first loss of the season after allowing five runs over 3.0 innings.
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UCLA grabbed the lead in the bottom of the second when Khansarinia delivered a two-out RBI single, bringing home Brennan after his leadoff walk.
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The Hornets answered with a five-run third inning, using back-to-back walks followed by three straight hits, including a home run from Jakob Posternak, to surge in front. The five-run frame matched the most runs UCLA has surrendered in a single inning this season.
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The Bruins got a run back in the fourth when Brennan drilled a triple off the center-field wall, then scored on Aiden Aguayo's sacrifice fly. UCLA started to chip away when Cholowsky smoked a line drive that snuck over the left-field wall to make it a two-run ballgame.
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Sacramento State capitalized on a defensive miscue to push a run across in the sixth, then added three more runs in the seventh to extend the advantage to six.
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The Bruins clawed closer in the seventh when Cholowsky crushed his second homer of the day, a towering three-run shot that sliced the deficit in half.
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UCLA was unable to mount a comeback over the final two frames, suffering just its fourth defeat of the season.
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The Bruins begin a four-game road trip on Tuesday, April 28 when they travel to UC Santa Barbara. First pitch is set for 4:35 p.m. at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, with live coverage available on ESPN+
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Timothy, Carson (3-4)
L: Stump, Landon (2-1)
S: Wilson, Trevor (4)
Batting:
2B: Ellis, Ryan 1 ; Dessens, Erick 1 ; Beasley, Nikhil 1
HR: Poturnak, Jakob 1
RBI: Harry, Sam 1 ; Ellis, Ryan 1 ; Dessens, Erick 1 ; Poturnak, Jakob 2 ; Jeremiah, Jace 1 ; Sewell, Cameron 1 ; Ott, Brett 1
SH: Dessens, Erick 1 ; Ott, Brett 1
SF: Ott, Brett 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Harry, Sam 1 ; Ellis, Ryan 1 ; Dessens, Erick 1 ; Poturnak, Jakob 2 ; Pimentel-Guerrero, L 1 ; Jeremiah, Jace 1 ; Sewell, Cameron 1 ; Beasley, Nikhil 1
SB: Dessens, Erick 1 ; Pimentel-Guerrero, L 1 ; Beasley, Nikhil 1
HBP: Harry, Sam 1
Batting:
2B: Levu, Mulivai 1
3B: Brennan, Payton 1
HR: Cholowsky, Roch 2
RBI: Cholowsky, Roch 4 ; Aguayo, Aiden 1 ; Khansarinia, Kasen 1
SF: Aguayo, Aiden 1
Base Running:
RUNS: West, Dean 1 ; Cholowsky, Roch 2 ; Brennan, Payton 2 ; Khansarinia, Kasen 1
HBP: Martin, Roman 1
