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Morgan Center u 325 Westwood Plaza u Los Angeles, CA 90095 Baseball SID: Alex Timiraos u [email protected] u (310) 206-0524 u (310) 825-8664 FAX 2011 STATS LEADERS Cal State Bakersfield (26-19) at No. 24 UCLA (27-18) BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI at UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium Beau Amaral 44/44 .315 162 51 2 24 Dean Espy 45/44 .303 175 53 1 29 Friday, May 13 6 p.m. Cody Keefer 44/44 .301 156 47 0 14 CSUB – Mike McCarthy, RHP, R-Sr. (5-5, 1.81) at Cody Regis 43/42 .297 145 43 3 34 UCLA – Gerrit Cole, RHP, Jr. (5-5, 3.25) Jeff Gelalich 42/41 .273 139 38 1 9 Saturday, May 14 2 p.m. PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO CSUB – Martin Medina, RHP, Jr. (2-2, 4.15) 26-19 27-18 Trevor Bauer 12/12 1.43 9-2 110.2 154 UCLA – Trevor Bauer, RHP, Jr. (9-2, 1.43) Adam Plutko 12/11 1.59 4-3 79.1 68 All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 1-0 Mitchell Beacom 24/0 1.69 0-2 32.0 37 Sunday, May 15 1 p.m. CSUB – Jonathan Montoya, LHP, Jr. (7-4, 3.64) Cal State Bakersfield in 2010: 26-30 (Independent) 2011 SCHEDULE UCLA – Adam Plutko, RHP, Fr. (4-3, 1.59) UCLA in 2010: 51-17, 18-9 Pac-10 Date Opponent Result/Time (PT) 2/18 San Francisco W 1-0 BACK HOME 2/19 San Francisco W 4-1 UCLA hosts a three-game non-conference series against Cal State Bakersfield this weekend during the team’s 2/20 San Francisco W 3-0 final stretch of eight home games. The Bruins have only faced Cal State Bakersfield once in the past, earning a 2/22 Pepperdine W 9-0 15-2 decision in midweek action on May 5, 2009 after having returned home from a series at Oregon. Currently 2/26 San Jose State L 5-3 of independent affiliation, the Roadrunners have lost 11 of their last 13 since opening the year 24-8. 2/27 San Jose State ^ L 8-3 2/27 San Jose State W 12-2 MIDWEEK SETBACKS 3/1 at San Diego State W 5-2 After sweeping Oregon last weekend, the Bruins dropped consecutive midweek games to Long Beach State and 3/4 at Nebraska (11) W 1-0 UC Santa Barbara on Tuesday and Wednesday. UCLA could not overcome a 4-0 deficit at Long Beach State. 3/5 at Nebraska (12) L 2-1 Against UC Santa Barbara, the Bruins rallied with two runs in the eighth inning to reduce their deficit to 5-4 3/6 at Nebraska (11) L 5-4 but could not tie the contest. Jeff Gelalich went 3-for-4 and Beau Amaral went 2-for-5 against the Gauchos. 3/11 Georgia DC L 6-2 3/12 Saint Mary’s DC W 10-2 PAC-10 PITCHER OF THE WEEK 3/13 vs. USC (at Dodger Stadium) DC L 2-0 Freshman right-hander Adam Plutko fired UCLA’s fourth complete game shutout of the season on Sunday, 3/21 at Cal Poly L 2-1 limiting Oregon to two hits before earning Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week acclaim on Monday. Plutko improved his 3/21 at Cal Poly W 8-0 record to 4-3, lowering his ERA to a 1.59 mark (second-lowest in the Pac-10). Plutko has pitched six innings or 3/25 at USC* W 8-4 more in 11 of his 12 appearances and has limited the opposition to two runs or fewer in nine outings. 3/26 at USC* W 4-0 3/27 at USC* L 6-2 WEEKEND IN REVIEW 3/29 at Cal State Fullerton (12) L 5-3 The Bruins swept a three-game Pac-10 series at Oregon last weekend, outscoring the Ducks by a 14-2 margin. 4/1 Washington* W 2-1 Freshman right-hander Adam Plutko threw a two-hit complete game shutout on Sunday in UCLA’s 4-0 victory. 4/2 Washington* W 5-3 Junior right-hander Trevor Bauer hurled his fifth consecutive complete game on Saturday (3-1 win). Junior 4/3 Washington* W 3-2 right-hander Gerrit Cole limited Oregon to one run and six hits through 7.1 innings on Friday night (7-1 win). 4/5 at UC Riverside (11) L 5-4 4/8 at Washington State* W 3-1 BAUER POWER 4/9 at Washington State* W 10-3 Junior right-hander Trevor Bauer leads the nation in strikeouts (154), strikeouts per nine innings (13.76) and 4/10 at Washington State* L 3-2 hits allowed per nine innings (4.38), through May 8. He has thrown six complete games this spring (including 4/12 Long Beach State W 6-4 each of his last five starts) and has logged at least 10 strikeouts in 11 of his 12 starts. He has been named 4/15 Arizona* (20) L 5-4 4/16 Arizona* (20) W 4-0 Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week on five occasions and Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week five times. 4/17 Arizona* (20) W 8-5 THE COLE FILE 4/19 San Diego State W 14-6 Junior right-hander Gerrit Cole has started each of UCLA’s series-opening games, going 5-5 with a 3.25 ERA 4/21 at Stanford* L 7-4 and three complete games. He has collected 81 strikeouts and 16 walks in 75.2 innings and has limited the 4/22 at Stanford* W 4-1 4/23 at Stanford* L 5-4 opposition to under one run or fewer in six of 12 starts. The right-hander from Santa Ana, Calif., held Oregon to one run and six hits through 7.1 innings in last Friday’s 7-1 win. 4/26 UC Irvine W 6-1 UCLA’S CAREER STRIKEOUTS 4/29 Oregon State* (3) L 7-5 ATOP THE OFFENSE 1. Trevor Bauer (2009-11) 411 4/30 Oregon State* (3) L 2-0 Sophomore outfielder Beau Amaral enters this weekend’s series against 2. Gerrit Cole (2009-11) 343 5/1 Oregon State* (3) W 5-2 3. Alex Sanchez (1985-87) 328 5/3 at Pepperdine W 10-0 Cal State Bakersfield with a team-best .315 batting average. Amaral has totaled two home runs, 24 RBI and a team-leading 30 runs in 44 UCLA’S CAREER WINS 5/6 at Oregon* W 7-1 1. Trevor Bauer (2009-11) 30 5/7 at Oregon* W 3-1 starts. He leads all Bruins with a .437 on-base percentage and has 2. Alex Sanchez (1985-87) 27 stolen eight bases in 11 attempts. Amaral has started each of the 5/8 at Oregon* W 4-0 UCLA’S CAREER INNINGS 5/10 at Long Beach State L 4-2 team’s last 41 games in center field. He also leads the offense with a 1. Alex Sanchez (1985-87) 341.0 5/11 UC Santa Barbara L 5-4 .378 batting average in all 21 Pac-10 Conference games. 2. Trevor Bauer (2009-11) 337.1 5/13 Cal State Bakersfield 6 p.m. 3. Jim Parque (1995-97) 334.2 5/14 Cal State Bakersfield 2 p.m. POINT BLANK 4. Pete Janicki (1990-92) 325.0 5/15 Cal State Bakersfield 1 p.m. UCLA has thrown nine shutouts, the most for the Bruins since 1978 5. Tim O’Neill (1977-79) 307.0 (nine). In 1969, the Bruins hurled a school-record 10 shutouts. UCLA 6. Tim Leary (1977-79) 306.0 5/17 Cal State Fullerton (9) 6 p.m. 7. Tim Lindsay (1987, 89-91) 302.0 5/20 California* 6 p.m. totaled eight shutouts in 1967 and had five in 2008, 1992 and 1977. 8. Hector Ambriz (2003-06) 296.0 5/21 California* 2 p.m. UCLA’s vaunted pitching staff hurled just one shutout last spring. The Jon Brandt (1998-01) 296.0 5/22 California* 1 p.m. Bruins opened this season with six shutouts in their first 18 games. UCLA 10. Gerrit Cole (2009-11) 291.0 5/24 at UC Irvine 6:30 p.m. has tossed three of its nine shutouts this spring in Pac-10 action. Pat Clements (1981-83) 291.0 5/27 at Arizona State* (6) 6:30 p.m. UCLA’S SINGLE-SEASON STRIKEOUTS 5/28 at Arizona State* (6) 6:30 p.m. RECORD WATCH 1. Trevor Bauer 2010 165 5/29 at Arizona State* (6) 12:30 p.m. Trevor Bauer has become UCLA’s career leader in strikeouts (411) 2. Trevor Bauer 2011 154 6/3-6 NCAA Regionals TBD and wins (30), posting a career 30-8 record (28-5 as a starter). 3. Gerrit Cole 2010 153 6/10-13 NCAA Super Regionals TBD Bauer’s 411 strikeouts is fourth all-time among Pac-10 pitchers. He PAC-10 CAREER STRIKEOUTS 6/18-29 College World Series TBD ranks second on UCLA’s career innings list (337.1), trailing leader 1. Tim Lincecum, WASH (2004-06) 491 2. Rik Currier, USC (1998-01) 449 * Pac-10 Conference game Alex Sanchez by 3.2 innings. Bauer’s nation-best 154 strikeouts this 3. Seth Etherton, USC (1995-98) 420 ^ resumed from Feb.