2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Kyle Mora
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Los Alamitos, Calif.
- High School:
- Los Alamitos HS
Notes
Ended his career with 117 pitching appearances, the third-most in UCLA history (David Berg, NCAA-record 175; Bill Wenrick, 119) ... Fourth Bruin in program history to eclipse the 100-appearance mark in his career ... Had an ERA under 2.10 in each season from 2018-20 ... Was the NCAA leader in appearances in 2019, finished runner-up in 2020, and was 11th in 2018 ... Had a career ERA of 2.54 and 148 strikeouts over 148 2/3 innings.
2021
Made 21 relief appearances as a redshirt senior ... Named a Second Team Preseason All-American by D1Baseball ... Had a 2-2 record, one save, and 4.81 ERA over 24 1/3 innings ... Posted 21 strikeouts against 12 walks ... Did not allow a triple or home run ... Allowed no earned runs in 14 of 21 appearances ... Drew the start in UCLA's Regional Final game against host Texas Tech, his first start since 2018 ... Tossed 1 1/3 hit-free relief innings to earn the save on Feb. 23 against Loyola Marymount ... Matched a season-high with three strikeouts over 2 1/3 innings in NCAA Tournament play against Army on Jun. 5 ... Had a 1.80 ERA in February ... Posted a 4.15 ERA in 8 2/3 innings against Pac-12 opponents ... Stranded five of his 11 inherited runners.ย
2020
Made 11 appearances out of the bullpen, tied for most on the team (Townsend) and second-most nationally ... Had no record and pitched to a 0.96 ERA with 15 strikeouts on 9 1/3 innings ... Had a .194 batting average against and 1.10 WHIP ... Had the second-best K/9 on the team (14.5) among pitchers with 4+ innings ... Listed at No. 21 in D1Baseball's positional power rankings of relief pitchers ...ย Allowed an earned run in just one of his 11 outings, and went without an ER over his first eight appearances ... Made his season debut on Opening Day (Feb. 14), striking out a pair of UC Riverside batters in the eighth inning of an eventual 4-2 UCLA win ... Recorded 1-2-3 innings on Feb. 16 against UCR and Mar. 1 against Illinois ... Struck out the side in his inning of work against UC Santa Barbara on Mar. 3 ...ย Named to the Director's Honor Roll forย spring (quarter GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 units).ย
2019
Led the NCAA with 47 appearances, the third-most in UCLA single-season history ... Had a 3-3 record, one save, 2.09 ERA, .196 batting average against,ย and 67 strikeouts over 56.0 innings ... Prior to 2019, only three Bruins had made 40+ appearances (David Berg, Grant Dyer, Zack Weiss) ... Unscored upon in 36 of 47 appearances, including 19 of his last 22 to close the year ... Struck out a batter per inning or more in 33 of his appearances ... His 21 appearances in Pac-12 play led all league pitchers ... Had a 1-1 record, 4.58 ERA, .274 BAA, and 20 strikeouts in 17 2/3 innings in Pac-12 play ...ย His 10.77 strikeouts per nine innings and 3.7 strikeout-to-walk ratios trailed only Ryan Garcia (11.20, 4.5) among Bruin pitchers with more than 20 innings pitched ... In postseason play, went 0-1 with a 1.23 ERA over four appearances spanning 7 1/3 innings ... Allowed an earned run in just one of 18 appearances from Apr. 9 to May 23 , and in just two of 23 appearances from Mar. 30 to May 23 ... Struck out a season-high six batters over 3.0 innings at Georgia Tech on Feb. 22 ... Finished off the trip to Atlanta by striking out the side in his one inning of work on Feb. 24 ... Pitched more than an inning in 11 of his outings ... Had a 10-inning scoreless streak from Apr. 9-30 ... Struck out four and retired all six batters he faced in two innings of work against St. John's on Feb. 17 ... Earned his lone save of the year on May 31 in the Los Angeles Regional opener against Omaha, retiring the final two batters of the game in order ... Picked up his first win of the year against Sac State on Mar. 1, striking out two over 2.0 shutout innings ... Earned the victory against Arizona on Mar. 23 with 1 1/3 scoreless relief innings ... Went six-up, six-down with three strikeouts against the high-octane East Carolina University offense on Apr. 13 ... Faced one over the minimum, allowing just a hit-by-pitch, in three shutout innings against Long Beach State on May 7 ... Appeared three times during regionals, allowing no runs and striking out three in 3 2/3 innings ... Allowed one earned over 3 2/3 innings in the Los Angeles Super Regional final against Michigan.ย ย
2018 (Summer)
Made three starts for Harwich in the Cape Cod League, going 1-1 with a 2.13 ERA over 12 2/3 innings โฆ Struck out over a batter per inning, ending up with 14 Ks at the end of the year.
2018
Made a career-high 34 appearances, making first career start โฆ Finished tied for third in the Pac-12 and 11th in the NCAA in pitching appearances โฆ Posted a 6-3 record with a 1.89 ERA โฆ Second on the team with three saves and fourth in victories โฆ Struck out 41 batters over 52.1 innings โฆ Held opponents to a team-best .170 batting average โฆ Made 18 relief appearances during Pac-12 play, tied for second in the conference โฆ Posted a 1.69 ERA in conference games with a 2-0 record โฆ Led team with three saves in Pac-12 games โฆ Struck out 15 batters in 26.2 innings in Pac-12 play โฆ Allowed just five earned runs during conference play โฆ Tossed 5.2 innings in first career start allowing one run with a career-best eight strikeouts against Loyola Marymount on April 3 โฆ Earned two saves in series sweep of Washington State โฆ Picked up save in season finale at Oregon State with 2.0 scoreless innings at May 26 โฆ Struck out seven batters in 5.2 relief innings vs. CSUN on March 14.
2017 (Summer)
All-New England Collegiate Baseball League first team selection for Newport โฆ All-Star selection โฆ Went 3-1 with a 1.75 ERA in seven appearances, making five starts โฆ Tallied 32 strikeouts with seven walks in 36 innings.
2017
Made four appearances out of the bullpen โฆ Posted a 0-0 record with a 5.40 ERA โฆ Struck out four batters over 6.2 innings pitched โฆ Held opponents to a .269 batting average against โฆ Made two appearances in Pac-12 play, posting a record of 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA โฆ Struck out two batters in 4.0 innings โฆ Held opponents to a .235 batting average against โฆ Made first career appearance at Texas on March 12 throwing 1.2 scoreless innings โฆ Tossed scoreless inning at USC on May 6 โฆ Set career-high with 3.0 innings and two strikeouts against Arizona on March 17.
High School
Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Los Alamitos High School (Los Alamitos, Calif.) under head coach Matt Nuez โฆ Ranked No. 92 in the 2016 Perfect Game USA Top High School Prospects in the state of California โฆ Ranked No. 500 in the 2016 Perfect Game USA Top 500 High School Prospects โฆ 2016 Rawlings/Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American โฆ 2016 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region second team โฆ 2015 Perfect Game USA high honorable mention Underclass All-American โฆ Played for the Milwaukee Brewers at the 2015 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ 2016 All-WCAL second team selection โฆ 2014 Perfect Game USA high honorable mention Underclass All-American โฆ As a freshman, led his team to the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Division I playoffs โฆ As a junior, recorded a 1.60 ERA in 43.2 innings with 48 strikeouts.
Personal
Full name: Kyle James Mora... Born in Los Alamitos, Calif.ย ... Parents are Tim and Nancy Mora โฆ Has three sisters, Jessica, Jordan and Samantha โฆ Decided to attend UCLA because of the opportunity that was given to prolong my baseball career with such a historic program and an amazing coach in Coach Savage, combined with the ability to get an education from such an amazing university โฆ Admires MLB player Marcus Stroman and former NBA star Kobe Bryant โฆ Lists his hobbies outside of baseball as going on hikes and going to the beach ...ย Majoring in political science.ย
Career Highs
Innings: 5.2 (two times)
Strikeouts: 8 at Loyola Marymount (4/3/18)
