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UCLA BASEBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 / (310) 206-4008 Baseball Contact: Andrew Wagner ([email protected]) UCLA’S STAT LEADERS UCLA (32-18, 15-12 Pac-12) at No. 21 Arizona State (32-17, 16-11) BATTER GP-GS AVG OBP SLG HR RBI JT Schwartz 37-37 .397 .525 .632 7 39 May 27-29, 2021 Kevin Kendall 49-49 .364 .416 .514 4 34 Phoenix, Ariz. (Phoenix Municipal Stadium) Matt McLain 40-39 .325 .432 .578 9 27 SERIES INFORMATION PITCHER GP-GS ERA W-L IP SO Venue: Phoenix Municipal Stadium (8,775) Sean Mullen 21-11 2.86 9-1 69.1 82 vs. Max Rajcic 20-0 1.38 6 SV 26.0 28 First Pitch: 6 PM / 6 PM / 1 PM Adrian Chaidez 26-0 1.16 2-0 23.1 36 TV: ESPN2 (Thu.) / Pac-12 Network (Fri./Sat) Stream: WatchESPN (Thu.) / Pac-12.com/live (Fri./Sat.) 2021 SCHEDULE Audio: UCLA.leanplayer.com 32-18, 15-12 32-17, 16-11 FEBRUARY Audio Talent: Tim Wilhelm Fri. 19 San Francisco UCLA Stream L, 2-6 Live Stats: UCLAlivestats.com Sat. 20 San Francisco UCLA Stream W, 8-2 All-Time Series: UCLA trails, 78-120 Sun. 21 San Francisco UCLA Stream L, 3-8 Twitter: @UCLABaseball The Bruins are 7-3 over their last 10 games Tue. 23 Loyola Marymount W, 5-2 Fri. 26 UC Irvine UCLA Stream W, 4-3 Sat. 27 at UC Irvine Big West TV L, 3-7 Sun. 28 UC Irvine UCLA Stream W, 4-0 UCLA CLOSES OUT 2021 Campaign ON THE Road at ARIZONA State MARCH Tue. 2 Cal State Fullerton UCLA Stream W, 14-1 The UCLA (32-18, 15-12) baseball team finishes up the 2021 campaign this week with a three-game Pac-12 series at Fri. 5 Pepperdine^ UCLA Stream W, 16-8 No. 21 Arizona State (32-17, 16-11) starting on Thursday night at 6:00 p.m. on ESPN2. The series continues with Sat. 6 Cal State Fullerton^ UCLA Stream W, 6-1 Pac-12 Networks-televised contests on Friday at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Tim Wilhelm will be on hand Sun. 7 USC^ UCLA Stream W, 10-1 for an audio broadcast of each game, accessible on UCLABruins.com, and fans can also follow along with live stats at Tue. 9 at Cal State Fullerton Big West TV W, 6-2 Fri. 12 at Cal Poly Big West TV L, 4-5 UCLAlivestats.com and updates from the team Twitter account, @UCLABaseball. Sat. 13 at Cal Poly Big West TV W, 13-12 Sun. 14 at Cal Poly Big West TV L, 5-8 Bruins ON THE WORLDWIDE LEADER Fri. 19 No. 17 Arizona* UCLA Stream W, 3-2 Thursday night will be an unofficial UCLA takeover of ESPN, as the Bruins’ 6:00 p.m. contest against the Sun Devils will run Sat. 20 No. 17 Arizona* UCLA Stream L, 3-7 concurrently with the UCLA softball team’s scheduled 6:30 Super Regional contest (vs. Virginia Tech) on ESPN. Sun. 21 No. 17 Arizona* UCLA Stream W, 11-3 Tue. 23 Loyola Marymount UCLA Stream W, 13-6 PROJECTED PITCHING Matchups Fri. 26 at USC* P12N L, 4-5 Thursday, May 27 - 6:00 p.m. PT Sat. 27 at USC* P12N W, 6-3 UCLA - Zach Pettway, RHP, Sr. (1-5, 5.12 ERA) Sun. 28 at USC* P12N W, 13-1 Mar. 30 Pepperdine CANCELED ASU - Tyler Thornton, RHP, RSo. (2-3, 5.27 ERA) APRIL Friday, May 28 - 6:00 p.m. PT Thu. 1 Washington* P12N L, 6-8 UCLA - Sean Mullen, RHP, Jr. (9-1, 2.86 ERA) Fri. 2 Washington* P12N L, 6-7 ASU - Justin Fall, LHP, RJr. (7-2, 3.78 ERA) Sat. 3 Washington* P12N W, 13-2 Saturday, May 29 - 1:00 p.m. PT Fri. 9 at No. 23 Stanford* P12+ L, 2-6 UCLA - Jesse Bergin, RHP, Jr. (4-3, 4.76 ERA) Sat. 10 at No. 23 Stanford* P12+ L, 6-11 Sun. 11 at No. 23 Stanford* P12+ W, 6-1 ASU - TBA Tue. 13 Loyola Marymount UCLA Stream W, 12-2 Fri. 16 Utah* UCLA Stream W, 20-0 THE WEEK IN REVIEW Sat. 17 Utah* UCLA Stream W, 13-3 UCLA went 2-2 last week, topping a red-hot Nevada squad on Tuesday before losing two of three over the weekend to Cal. Sun. 18 Utah* UCLA Stream W, 9-2 • UCLA started last week off with an 11-3 Tuesday win over Nevada, a team which entered the contest having won 11 Tue. 20 at Pepperdine WCC Network W, 5-4 of its last 12. A pair of two-out rallies from the 8-9-1 spots in the order helped the Bruins build a 6-1 lead by the Fri. 23 at No. 13 Oregon* P12+ L, 3-5 Sat. 24 at No. 13 Oregon* P12+ L, 2-3 (10) end of the fourth, and then UCLA pulled away with a five-run seventh highlighted by a bases-loaded double from Sun. 25 at No. 13 Oregon* P12+ W, 7-6 (10) Noah Cardenas. Kevin Kendall led UCLA offensively, going 3-3 with four RBIs and reaching in all five of his plate Fri. 30 Oregon State* P12N W, 6-5 (10) appearances. The Bruins employed seven different pitchers in the win, with Jake Brooks drawing the start and getting MAY the W after allowing one earned in two innings. The win clinched an undefeated midweek schedule in 2021 for UCLA. Sat. 1 Oregon State* P12N W, 2-0 • The Bruins suffered a 14-2 loss to Cal in Friday’s series opener. Kyle Cuellar and Mikey Perez had solo home runs to Sun. 2 Oregon State* P12N L, 3-5 account for UCLA’s scoring, and Jake Brooks allowed two hits and no runs over a career-high three innings in relief. Fri. 7 at Washington State* P12+ L, 2-5 Sat. 8 at Washington State* P12+ W, 7-6 • Cal clinched the series with a 4-2 Saturday win. Both teams scored in only one inning, with JonJon Vaughns hitting a Sun. 9 at Washington State* P12+ W, 16-7 two-run homer in the fourth to open the scoring for UCLA, but Cal answered with a four-spot in the fifth (Keshawn Tue. 11 at Loyola Marymount WCC Network W, 9-8 Ogans had a bases-clearing, three-run double) to take the win. Max Rajcic was a standout for the Bruins out of the Fri. 14 UC Santa Barbara UCLA Stream L, 4-10 bullpen, striking out all five batters he faced. Sat. 15 at UC Santa Barbara Big West TV W, 5-2 Sun. 16 UC Santa Barbara UCLA Stream W, 11-3 • The Bruins salvaged the series with a 7-4 Senior Day win. Jake Moberg drove in runs in back-to-back ABs to put Tue. 18 Nevada UCLA Stream W, 11-3 UCLA ahead for good (two-run homer in B2, RBI double in B4), then UCLA pulled away with a three-spot in the sixth Fri. 21 California* UCLA Stream L, 2-14 highlighted by a two-run Michael Curialle triple. Jesse Bergin earned the win with five innings of two-run ball. Sat. 22 California* UCLA Stream L, 2-4 • UCLA got a home run from its nine-hole hitter in all three games of the Cal series (Perez, Vaughns, Moberg) Sun. 23 California* UCLA Stream W, 7-4 Thu. 27 at Arizona State* ESPN2 6 PM QUICK HITS Fri. 28 at Arizona State* P12N 6 PM • The Bruins have won seven of their last 10 games, and three of their last four series Sat. 29 at Arizona State* P12N 1 PM • UCLA enters the weekend at No. 36 in the RPI POSTSEASON 6/4-6 NCAA Regionals TBD • UCLA went an undefeated 8-0 in midweeks this season 6/11-13 NCAA Super Regionals TBD • JT Schwartz has a higher batting average (.397) and OBP (.525) than any qualified Pac-12 batter 6/19-30 College World Series TBD • Michael Townsend is tied for the NCAA lead in pitching appearances (33) • Sean Mullen leads the Pac-12 with nine wins, is just two off the national lead All Times are Pacific Time • Kevin Kendall leads the Pac and is seventh nationally with 78 hits *Pac-12 Conference Game ^ College Baseball Classic - co-hosted w/ USC • UCLA: only team that ranks top-three in the Pac in both offense (7.1 runs per game, 3rd) and pitching (3.86 ERA, 3rd) UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN THIS WEEk’S POLLS Baseball Twitter: @UCLABaseball UCLA appeared in two of five national polls on Monday, ranking No. 19 in the NCBWA poll and No. 20 in the Collegiate Baseball Instagram: @UCLABruinsBaseball Baseball rankings. UCLA also received votes in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll, garnering the second-most votes among Baseball Facebook: /UCLABaseball teams outside the top-25. UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics THE ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST ARIZONA State UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics UCLA trails the all-time series against ASU by a margin of 78-120, including a 19-26 mark under head coach John Savage. #GOBRUINS Since 2015, the Bruins have won four of five series over the Sun Devils (going 9-6 overall), including the last three in a row in Phoenix. The head-to-head series has been a close one, with neither team registering a sweep since 2010.