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UCUCLALA Sports Information Baseball 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 2008 STATS LEADERS UCLA RETURNS TO THE ROAD FOR THREE-GAME SET AT WASHINGTON Name GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI Bruins travel north, aiming to improve Pac-10 record this weekend at Husky Ballpark Alden Carrithers 36/36 .401 147 59 4 34 Casey Haerther 34/33 .331 139 46 6 29 LOS ANGELES – UCLA hits the road for a three- UCLA BRUINS (20-16, 4-5) Brandon Crawford 36/26 .310 145 45 4 30 game Pac-10 series at Washington this weekend. The AT Jermaine Curtis 33/36 .297 138 41 1 16 Bruins, winners of five of their last eight games, will Justin Uribe 16/15 .283 53 15 0 8 WASHINGTON HUSKIES (24-14, 4-5) play their first road games this weekend since winning at Washington’s Husky Ballpark Name GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO two of three games at Arizona (March 28-30). UCLA Matt Grace 10/0 2.84 0-0 12.2 9 Friday, April 25, 6:30 p.m. Garett Claypool 12/4 3.29 1-1 27.1 20 concluded a 13-game homestand Tuesday evening, UCLA – Tim Murphy, LHP, Jr. (3-4, 3.45) Tim Murphy 11/9 3.45 3-4 62.2 70 defeating UNLV, 8-7, in 11 innings. The Bruins posted WASH – Jorden Merry, RHP, Jr. (5-0, 2.10) a 7-6 mark in their longest homestand of the season Saturday, April 26, 2 p.m. 2008 SCHEDULE and will play eight of their next 12 games on the road. UCLA – Charles Brewer, RHP, So. (4-4, 5.90) 2/22 Oklahoma W, 7-5 Last spring, UCLA won the first two of three games WASH – Nick Haughian, LHP, Jr. (4-3, 3.45) 2/23 Oklahoma L, 3-2 (12) against Washington at Jackie Robinson Stadium (April Sunday, April 27, 1 p.m. 2/24 Oklahoma Ccd. (rain) 5-7). Last weekend, the Huskies (24-14) dropped two 2/26 at Cal State Northridge^ W, 22-2 UCLA – Gavin Brooks, LHP, So. (4-2, 4.72) 2/27 UC Santa Barbara W, 5-4 (13) of three games at California. WASH – Cam Nobles, RHP, So. (3-2, 4.14) 2/29 Southern W, 11-2 3/1 vs. Bethune-Cookman# (ESPN2) W, 2-0 3/2 at USC W, 4-3 CARRITHERS KEEPS PACE 3/4 at Cal State Fullerton L, 7-1 Second baseman Alden Carrithers leads the Bruins with a .401 batting average, the highest mark by 3/5 Cal State Fullerton L, 13-2 a Bruin through the season’s first 36 games since Brian Baron was hitting at a .500 clip at this point 3/7 St. Mary’s W, 14-0 during the 2001 season. Carrithers went 4-for-6 with two runs in UCLA’s 8-7 win against UNLV on April 3/8 St. Mary’s W, 4-3 22, recording his fifth four-hit game of the season (seventh of his career). Carrithers leads the team with 3/9 St. Mary’s L, 4-2 59 hits, 147 at-bats, 30 runs, three triples (tied), 34 RBI, 87 total bases, a .592 slugging percentage, 14 3/11 Pepperdine W, 11-3 stolen bases and four sacrifice flies. Carrithers has hit safely in 30 of 36 games as a senior. 3/13 at Cal Poly L, 9-8 3/14 at Cal Poly W, 10-6 AN EXTRA DIMENSION 3/15 at Cal Poly W, 12-9 Shortstop Brandon Crawford helped lead the Bruins to victory Tuesday against UNLV, going 2-for-6 at the 3/21 No. 7 Long Beach State L, 13-3 plate and hurling 2.2 innings of scoreless relief in his collegiate pitching debut. Crawford also scored the 3/22 at No. 7 Long Beach State L, 3-2 game-winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 11th. Crawford belted a two-out double with the bases 3/22 at No. 7 Long Beach State L, 10-3 empty and advanced home on a pinch-hit single by Mickey Weisser. On the mound, Crawford fanned four 3/25 at San Diego State L, 6-3 hitters without issuing a walk and scattered two hits to record the win. A five-tool ballplayer, Crawford has 3/28 at No. 6 Arizona* W, 4-3 (10) started all 155 contests (153 at shortstop, two at designated hitter) in three seasons at UCLA. 3/29 at No. 6 Arizona* W, 20-8 3/30 at No. 6 Arizona* L, 8-4 HITTING IT FARTHER 4/1 San Diego State W, 6-2 First baseman Casey Haerther ranks second on the ballclub with a .331 batting average, going 46-for-139, 4/4 USC* L, 6-1 in 34 games this spring (33 starts, all at first base). Haerther has collected six home runs, 29 RBI, a team- 4/5 USC* L, 7-4 leading 13 doubles and nine stolen bases in 11 attempts. In UCLA’s last 15 contests, Haerther has posted a 4/6 USC* W, 4-2 4/8 No. 7 UC Irvine L, 6-5 (10) .462 batting average, totaling five home runs, 10 doubles, 17 RBI, 14 runs and a .846 slugging percentage. 4/11 UC Riverside W, 5-3 The Chatsworth, Calif., resident has recorded a career-high nine-game hitting streak. Haerther has tallied a 4/12 UC Riverside W, 18-7 .389 batting average with two home runs, five doubles and seven RBI in nine Pac-10 contests. 4/13 UC Riverside W, 9-5 4/15 Cal State Northridge L, 4-0 TOP OF THE PACK 4/18 No. 10 Stanford* L, 4-1 Third baseman Jermaine Curtis leads all Bruins with a .400 batting average in Pac-10 play. Curtis also leads 4/19 No. 10 Stanford* L, 6-1 the team in conference action with a .463 on-base percentage. The Fontana, Calif., resident has started at 4/20 No. 10 Stanford* W, 8-2 third base in all 36 games this season, posting a .297 batting average and .431 on-base percentage. Entering 4/22 UNLV W, 8-7 (11) the week, Curtis was tied for fifth in the Pac-10 with 11 doubles and ranked seventh in the conference with 4/25 at Washington* 6:30 p.m. 23 walks. In 123 career games, Curtis has logged a .321 batting average, totaling 70 RBI and 92 runs. 4/26 at Washington* 2:00 p.m. 4/27 at Washington* 1:00 p.m. ABOUT THE HUSKIES 4/29 at Pepperdine 3:00 p.m. The Bruins own a 27-16 all-time record in the series against Washington. The two programs first met on 5/2 No. 6 Arizona State* 6:00 p.m. March 21, 1967, and UCLA won the first 13 meetings. The Huskies’ first victory in the series came on March 5/3 No. 6 Arizona State* (FSN) 4:00 p.m. 27, 1999, in Seattle. Last season, UCLA downed Washington in the first two games of a three-game set at 5/4 No. 6 Arizona State* 1:00 p.m. Jackie Robinson Stadium by scores of 6-5 and 11-2, respectively. The Huskies bounced back in the series 5/6 No. 11 San Diego 6:00 p.m. finale, defeating UCLA by a 9-4 margin. Washington boasts a 3.78 team ERA, as the Huskies’ pitching staff 5/9 at Oregon State* 5:00 p.m. has limited its opponents to a .248 batting average. 5/10 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. 5/11 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. FRIDAY’S MATCHUP 5/13 at No. 16 UC Irvine 6:00 p.m. Left-hander Tim Murphy makes his 10th start of the season Friday evening in Seattle. Murphy, who hails 5/16 Washington State* 6:00 p.m. from Vista, Calif., has recorded a 3-4 record and 3.45 ERA in a team-high 62.2 innings. The southpaw has 5/17 Washington State* (FSN) 1:30 p.m. tallied 10 or more strikeouts in three games this season, registering a career-high 11 strikeouts against 5/18 Washington State* 1:00 p.m. Saint Mary’s (March 7). Murphy leads the Bruins with 70 strikeouts and currently averages 10.1 strikeouts 5/20 at No. 15 Cal State Fullerton 6:00 p.m. 5/23 at No. 7 California* 2:30 p.m. per nine innings this season. Washington will counter with junior right-hander Jordan Merry, who has logged 5/24 at No. 7 California* 1:00 p.m. 45 strikeouts in 51.1 innings, posting a 5-0 record and 2.10 ERA. 5/25 at No. 7 California* 1:00 p.m. 5/30-6/1 NCAA Regionals TBD WALK-OFF FASHION 6/6-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBD UCLA topped UNLV, 8-7, in 11 innings Tuesday night, marking the third game this season in which the 6/14-25 College World Series TBD Bruins have won in walk-off style. Outfielder Mickey Weisser’s single up the middle on an 0-and-2 count sent ^ Game resumed on April 15 at UCLA (final 1.5 innings) home Brandon Crawford from second base in the bottom of the 11th. Right-hander Garett Claypool hurled # at MLB Urban Youth Academy (Compton, Calif.) a career-high six scoreless innings as the Bruins’ starter, scattering three hits before exiting the ballgame *indicates Pac-10 Conference game.