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UCLA BASEball UCLA Sports Information u J.D. Morgan Center u 325 Westwood Plaza u Los Angeles, CA 90095 Baseball SID: Alex Timiraos u [email protected] u (310) 206-4008 u (310) 825-8664 FAX 2010 STATS LEADERS BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI UC Riverside Highlanders (7-4) Dean Espy 9/5 .478 23 11 3 12 Brett Krill 8/8 .433 30 13 1 6 at Justin Uribe 9/8 .433 30 13 1 8 Tyler Rahmatulla 9/9 .412 34 14 0 8 No. 15 UCLA Bruins (9-0) Cody Regis 6/5 .412 17 7 0 5 at UCLA’s Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO Tuesday, March 9 – Game Time: 6 p.m. Dan Klein 7/0 0.00 1-0 8.0 13 Matt Grace 6/0 0.00 0-0 5.0 8 UCR – Trevor Frank, RHP, Fr. (2-0, 3.75) .................... vs. ............UCLA – Garett Claypool, RHP, Sr. (1-0, 1.00) Garett Claypool 3/1 1.00 1-0 9.0 9 2010 SCHEDULE TUESDAY’S MATCHUP Date Opponent Time/Result UCLA hosts UC Riverside on Tuesday in a non-conference midweek contest at Jackie Robinson Stadium (6 p.m.). The 2/19 Southern W 16-2 Bruins will send senior right-hander Garett Claypool to the hill against UC Riverside freshman right-hander Trevor 2/20 vs. Bethune Cookman (TV – MLBN) ^ W 10-3 Frank. Claypool has gone 1-0 with a 1.00 ERA in three games (one start) this season. Two weeks ago, Claypool allowed 2/21 Cal State Northridge W 14-5 2/23 at Long Beach State W 10-1 one run and five hits in seven innings at Long Beach State to earn the victory. Last season, the Bruins dropped both 2/26 Vanderbilt** W 9-2 midweek contests to UC Riverside after having swept a three-game weekend series at UCLA in 2008. 2/28 vs. USC (at Dodger Stadium)** W 6-1 3/5 Nebraska W 13-1 HISTORICAL START 3/5 Nebraska W 5-3 The Bruins have opened their 2010 season with a 9-0 record, the best start for any UCLA baseball team in the 3/6 Nebraska W 5-4 modern era (dating back to 1955). UCLA has registered its first nine-game win streak since February 1982, 3/9 UC Riverside 6 p.m. when the Bruins won 10 consecutive games (Feb. 2-20). UCLA has not allowed more than five runs in any 3/12 at Texas A&M Corpus Christi ^^ 4 p.m. contest and has outscored its opposition by an 88-22 margin. The Bruins opened the 1997 season with a 7-0 3/13 vs. Mississippi State ^^ 3 p.m. mark and began the 1978 campaign going 8-0. UCLA’s best one-loss start came in 1969, when the Bruins 3/14 vs. Oklahoma (25) ^^ 9 a.m. went 16-1 through their first 17 games before earning their first-ever trip to the College World Series. 3/19 Oral Roberts 6 p.m. 3/20 Oral Roberts 2 p.m. TOP IN THE PAC 3/21 Oral Roberts 1 p.m. Entering Tuesday’s games, UCLA ranks first in the Pac-10 Conference in team ERA (2.00) and second in team 3/23 at UC Santa Barbara 2 p.m. batting average (.379). Offensively, the Bruins lead the league with 16 home runs. On the mound, UCLA ranks 3/25 Cal Poly 6 p.m. first in opposing batting average (.193), strikeouts (119), strikeouts per nine ninnings (13.5) and fewest walks 3/26 Cal Poly 6 p.m. issued (23). Individually, Steve Rodriguez has belted a Pac-10-leading five home runs. UCLA’s three weekend 3/27 Cal Poly 2 p.m. starters are in the conference’s top five strikeout leaders – Gerrit Cole (second, with 26); Rob Rasmussen and 3/30 Pepperdine 6 p.m. Trevor Bauer (tied for fourth, with 23). Cole’s .117 opponent average leads all Pac-10 pitchers. 4/1 Stanford* (23) 6 p.m. 4/2 Stanford* (23) 6 p.m. 4/3 Stanford* (23) 2 p.m. BACK TO TEXAS 4/6 Cal State Fullerton 6 p.m. The Bruins hit the road for three games at the Whataburger College Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas, beginning 4/9 at Oregon State* (21) 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 12. Last season, UCLA played three games at the annual Houston College Classic in Minute Maid 4/10 at Oregon State* (21) 2 p.m. Park. This year’s three-game trip to Whataburger Field features single games against Texas A&M Corpus Christi 4/11 at Oregon State* (21) 12 p.m. on Friday evening, Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon and Oklahoma late Sunday morning. All games will 4/13 at UC Riverside 6 p.m. be played at Whataburger Field, home to the Corpus Christi Hooks (double-A affiliate, Houston Astros). 4/16 Oregon* 6 p.m. 4/17 Oregon* 2 p.m. TEAM USA INVITEE 4/18 Oregon* 12 p.m. Sophomore right-hander Gerrit Cole has been invited to participate at the 2010 USA Baseball Collegiate National 4/20 Long Beach State 6 p.m. Team Trials (June 5-11) in Cary, N.C. Last summer, Cole went 4-0 with a 1.06 ERA en route to leading the 4/23 at Arizona* 6 p.m. USA National Team to the 2009 World Baseball Challenge Championship in Prince George, British Columbia 4/24 at Arizona* 6 p.m. (Canada). Cole has gone 3-0 for the Bruins this season, leading the team with 26 strikeouts in 18.0 innings. Last 4/25 at Arizona* 12 p.m. Friday, he became the first UCLA pitcher since 2004 (Casey Janssen) to record wins in his first three starts. 4/27 UC Irvine (16) 6 p.m. He allowed one run and two hits, striking out nine (no walks) in seven innings of a 13-1 win over Nebraska. 4/30 Arizona State* (11) 6 p.m. 5/1 Arizona State* (11) 2 p.m. HIT PARADE 5/2 Arizona State* (11) 1 p.m. Sophomore Tyler Rahmatulla has started each of the Bruins’ nine games at second base and hit safely in each 5/4 at Pepperdine 3 p.m. of the team’s first eight games. Yet Rahmatulla’s most important contribution may have come in the bottom of 5/7 at Washington* 6 p.m. 5/8 at Washington* 2 p.m. the ninth inning of Saturday’s 5-4 walk-off victory over Nebraska, allowing UCLA to sweep the series. With the 5/9 at Washington* 1 p.m. bases loaded and one out, Rahmatulla lined the first offering he saw from reliever Mike Nesseth to center field, 5/11 at UC Irvine (16) 6 p.m. deep enough for sophomore Dean Espy to tag up from third base and score the winning run. Rahmatulla has 5/14 USC* 6 p.m. batted .412, going 14-for-34 with three doubles, nine runs and eight RBI with a .500 on-base percentage. 5/15 USC* 2 p.m. 5/16 USC* 1 p.m. STRONG AS A BULL 5/21 at California* 2:30 p.m. UCLA’s bullpen has gone 3-0 with two saves in 28.0 innings, posting a 0.96 ERA. The bullpen has collected 43 5/22 at California* 1 p.m. strikeouts and five walks, allowing six runs (three earned) and 22 hits through nine games. Right-hander Dan 5/23 at California* 1 p.m. Klein (closer) leads the unit with 13 strikeouts and no walks in eight scoreless innings. Klein has registered one 5/25 at Cal State Fullerton 6 p.m. win and two saves, scattering just five hits in a Pac-10-leading seven appearances. Matt Grace has surrendered 5/28 Washington State* 6 p.m. one run (unearned) and two hits in 5.0 innings, totaling eight strikeouts and one walk in six appearances. 5/29 Washington State* 2 p.m. 5/30 Washington State* 1 p.m. VETERAN HITTER 6/4-7 NCAA Regionals TBD Senior Justin Uribe has started eight of the Bruins’ nine contests (all at first base), and has recorded a .433 6/11-14 NCAA Super Regionals TBD batting average. The native of Santa Ana, Calif., has gone 13-for-30 with one homer, two doubles, eight RBI and 6/19-30 College World Series TBD four runs. Uribe leads the offense with a .514 on-base percentage. Over the weekend against Nebraska, Uribe ^ MLB Urban Invitational (at Compton, CA) ** Dodgertown Classic batted .500 (6-for-12) in UCLA’s three-game sweep. Uribe went 3-for-5 with three RBI in the series-opening ^^ Whataburger College Classic (at Whataburger Field, Corpus Christi, TX) victory and went 3-for-4 in UCLA’s 5-3 victory in the series finale. In 118 career games, Uribe has posted a * indicates Pac-10 Conference game Rankings are from Baseball America’s weekly top-25 poll .311 batting average with 57 RBI and 64 runs. UCLA BASEBALL – STEELE FIELD AT JACKIE ROBINSON STADIUM – HOME OF THE BRUINS MEDIA INFORMATION CAREER LEADER UCLA Sports Information Senior Blair Dunlap has batted .407 through the season’s first nine games. UCLA’s most veteran presence J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (148 career games, 122 starts), Dunlap batted .462 (6-for-13) with three doubles, one triple, three runs and one RBI in UCLA’s three-game sweep of Nebraska last weekend.