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UCLA BASEBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 / (310) 825-8664 Baseball Contact: Dan Gliot ([email protected]) UCLA’S 2018 STAT LEADERS No. 15 UCLA (15-5, 5-1) at California (14-9, 1-5) BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI Jeremy Ydens 17/17 .367 60 22 0 9 March 29-31, 2018 – 7 p.m./6 p.m./2 p.m. (PT) Michael Toglia 20/20 .329 73 24 4 17 Berkeley, Calif. (Evans Diamond) Jake Hirabayashi 20/18 .302 63 19 2 13 SERIES INFORMATION PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO Jake Bird 6/6 1.17 2-1 38.1 21 Venue: Evans Diamond (2,500) Garrett Barker 12/0 1.29 0-1 7.0 5 First Pitch: 7 p.m./6 p.m./2 p.m. PT Ryan Garcia 6/3 1.42 2-0 19.0 23 Live Stream: CalBears.com vs. Internet Radio: UCLABruins.com 2018 SCHEDULE Radio Talent: Tim Wilhelm 14-9, 1-5 15-5, 5-1 FEBRUARY Live Stats: CalBears.com Fri. 16 Portland W 7-2 Sat. 17 Portland W 13-0 All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 180-175 Sun. 18 Portland W 15-3 UCLA and ASU are 6-6 over the last four seasons but the Sun Tues. 20 Pepperdine W 2-1 Devils have won four of six at JRS. Fri. 23 Baylor W 5-2 Sat. 24 Baylor L 8-6 Sun. 25 Baylor W 3-0 NO. 15 BRUINS TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA FOR FIRST PAC-12 ROAD TRIP Tues. 27 at Cal State Fullerton W 12-2 The 15th-ranked UCLA baseball team (15-5, 5-1) will be on the road for the first time during Pac-12 play this season MARCH Fri. 2 vs. Illinois % L 5-3 when they travel to north to take on California (14-9, 1-5) in a three-game conference series beginning on Thursday, Sat. 3 vs. Michigan State % W 4-1 March 29 at 7 p.m. PT at Evans Diamond. Each game of the series can be heard live on UCLABruins.com with Tim Sun. 4 vs. Minnesota % W 6-1 Wilhelm on the call. Tues. 6 Loyola Marymount W 12-1 Fri. 9 Vanderbilt ^ L 6-3 Sat. 10 TCU ^ CANCELED PITCHING MATCHUPS Sun. 11 vs. USC ^ (TV: P12N) L 3-2 Thursday, March 29 - 7 p.m. PT Wed. 14 at CSUN SUSPENDED UCLA - Jake Bird, RHP, Sr. (2-1, 1.17 ERA) Fri. 16 Washington State* W 6-5 Sat. 17 Washington State* W 8-5 CAL - Matt Ladrech, LHP, Sr. (2-3, 4.97 ERA) Sun. 18 Washington State* W 5-4 Friday, March 30 - 6 p.m. PT Fri. 23 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) W 5-4 (10) Sat. 24 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) W 12-1 UCLA - Zach Pettway, RHP, Fr. (4-0, 2.35 ERA) Sun. 25 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) L 4-0 CAL - Jared Horn, RHP, So. (3-2, 4.81 ERA) Thurs. 29 at California* 7:00 p.m. Fri. 30 at California* 6:00 p.m. Saturday, March 31 - 2 p.m. PT Sat. 31 at California* 2:00 p.m. UCLA - TBA APRIL CAL - Aaron Shortridge, RHP, Jr. (1-1, 3.03 ERA) Tues. 3 at Loyola Marymount 6:00 p.m. Fri. 6 *Stanford 6:00 p.m. WEEKEND IN REVIEW Sat. 7 *Stanford 2:00 p.m. Sun. 8 *Stanford 1:00 p.m. UCLA won its second-straight Pac-12 series to being the conference season taking two out of three from Arizona State. Tues. 10 at Long Beach State 6:00 p.m. · UCLA began the weekend in dramatic fashion as they earned a walk-off win over ASU, 6-5, in the 10th inning Fri. 13 *at Utah 5:00 p.m. Sat. 14 *at Utah Noon as Kyle Cuellar came into the game as a pinch hitter and delivered the game-winning hit. Sun. 15 *at Utah Noon · On Saturday, the Bruins took the series the a dominate 12-1 victory. RJ Teijeiro collected three hits with two Tues. 17 UC Irvine 6:00 p.m. doubles and scored three runs, while Jake Hirabayashi hit a home run to lead the offense. Fri. 20 *USC (TV: P12N) 7:00 p.m. Sat. 21 *USC (TV: P12N) 4:00 p.m. · UCLA dropped the series finale, 4-0, to Arizona State as Jack Stronach and Jake Pries each recorded two base Sun. 22 *USC (TV: P12N) Noon hits, while Jack Ralston threw 4.1 innings allowing just one run. Tues. 24 Cal State Fullerton 6:00 p.m. Fri. 27 at Cal Poly 6:00 p.m. CLOSING IN ON 800 Sat. 28 at Cal Poly 6:00 p.m. Sun. 29 at Cal Poly 1:00 p.m. UCLA head coach John Savage is nearing a milestone mark at UCLA. The skipper is scheduled to surpass 800 career MAY games at UCLA on March 29 at California as he sits at 799 games. Savage is the third longest-tenured coach in Tues. 1 at UC Irvine 6:30 p.m. program history behind Gary Adams (1975-2004) with over 1,800 career games and Arthur Reichle (1941, 1946- Thurs. 3 at Arizona* (TV: P12N) 6:00 p.m. Fri. 4 at Arizona* (TV: P12N) 7:00 p.m. 74) with over 1,300 games coached for the Bruins. Coach Savage has the highest winning percentage of any coach Sat. 5 at Arizona* (TV: P12N) 3:30 p.m. since 1926 and has taken the Bruins to new heights with its first national championship in 2013, three College World Tues. 8 Long Beach State (TV: P12N) 6:00 p.m. Fri. 11 at Washington* 6:00 p.m. Series appearances and led UCLA to postseason play in nine seasons. Sat. 12 at Washington* 2:00 p.m. Sun. 13 at Washington* 1:00 p.m. TOGLIA SETS THE PACE Tues. 15 CSUN 6:00 p.m. Sophomore Michael Toglia is leading the Bruin offense so far the season. Toglia comes into the game leading the Fri. 18 Oregon* (TV: P12N) 4:00 p.m. Sat. 19 Oregon* (TV: P12N) 1:30 p.m. team in slugging at .689 with a .519 on-base percentage and is second on the team hitting .329. Toglia has four Sun. 20 Oregon* (TV: P12N) Noon home runs this season, including two at Cal State Fullerton from both sides of the plate, has driven in 17 runs and Thurs. 24 at Oregon State* (TV: P12N) 4:00 p.m. has also stole two bases. Fri. 25 at Oregon State* (TV: P12N) 4:00 p.m. Sat. 26 at Oregon State* (TV: ESPNU) 2:00 p.m. STARTING PITCHING LEADS THE WAY All Times are Pacific Time *Pac-12 Conference Game Under head coach John Savage, the UCLA baseball team has been known for its starting pitching and this year is % Big Ten vs. Pac-12 Challenge (U.S. Bank Stadium - Minneapolis, Minn.) no different. Through the first 20 games of the season, Bruin starting pitchers have thrown 116.1 innings and have ^ Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic allowed 25 earned runs for a 1.93 ERA. The starters have also totaled 87 strikeouts compared to just 29 walks, good UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA or a 3.0 strikeout-to-walk ratio and are 10-2 this season. Baseball Twitter: @UCLABaseball Baseball Instagram: @UCLABruinsBaseball HOT START FOR THE BRUINS Baseball Facebook: /UCLABaseball The Bruins are off to a fast start this year as they enter the weekend with a 15-5 record. This is the best start for UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics UCLA since beginning the 2015 season 15-5, becoming the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and also UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics the 2013 season starting 15-4, the year the Bruins won its first-ever NCAA championship. UCLA is also 5-1 to start Pac-12 play, the same record as both of the 2013 and 2015 teams. #GOBRUINS 2018 UCLA BASEBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2018 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Athletic Communications No. Name Pos. Yr. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 3 Ryan Kreidler INF So. R/R 6-4 198 Davis, Calif. (Davis HS) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Baseball Contact Dan Gliot 4 Kevin Kendall INF Fr. L/R 5-10 155 La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada HS) Gliot Office Phone (310) 206-7873 5 Garrett Mitchell OF Fr. L/R 6-3 200 Orange, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) Gliot Cell Phone (310) 483-0257 6 Jack Stronach INF So. L/R 6-3 195 La Mesa, Calif. (Helix HS) Gliot E-Mail [email protected] 7 Michael Toglia 1B So. S/L 6-5 209 Gig Harbor, Wash. (Gig Harbor HS) Fax (310) 825-8664 Website www.uclabruins.com 8 Jarron Silva OF So. L/L 5-10 185 Stockton, Calif. (St. Mary’s HS) 9 RJ Teijeiro INF Fr. L/R 6-1 175 Foster City, Calif. (St. Francis HS) Media Availability 10 Sam Glick LHP Fr. L/L 6-1 170 El Toro, Calif. (El Toro HS) Player and coach media availability typically takes place before practice on Thursday. Practices at this time take place at 11 Jon Olsen RHP Jr. R/R 6-3 201 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Damien HS) Jackie Robinson Stadium from 2-4 p.m. Please contact the 12 Justin Hooper LHP Jr.