2006 UCLA Baseball Game Notes UCLA Bruins (31-22, 12-9 Pac-10) vs. No. 5 Oregon State Beavers (38-13, 15-6 Pac-10) Fri.-Sun., May 26-28, Goss Stadium at Coleman Field UCLA 2006 Schedule Game Data: January UCLA at No. 5 Oregon State – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, May 26 at 6 p.m., Hector Ambriz, RHP (7-6, 28 Alumni Game W, 5-0 3.56) vs. Dallas Buck, RHP (0-2, 2.95) February 3 Fresno State L, 9- UCLA at No. 5 Oregon State – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, May 27 at 2 p.m., Dave Huff, LHP (6-3, 2.92) 4 Fresno State L, 0-5 vs. Jonah Nickerson, RHP (9-3, 2.59) 5 Fresno State W, 2-2 0 Miami L, -3 UCLA at No. 5 Oregon State – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, May 28 at 12:30 p.m., Tyson Brummett, RHP Miami W, 7-4 (6-6, 4.74) vs. Mike Stutes, RHP (6-2, 2.7) 2 Miami L, 2-5 4 UC Riverside L, 4-6 Get After It: The UCLA baseball team (3-22, 12-9 Pac-0) travels to Corvallis, Ore., to take on the No. 5 8 at Pacific W, 5-2 Oregon State Beavers (38-3, 15-6 Pac-0) in a three-game series for a chance to share the 2006 Pacific-0 8 at Pacific W, 5- Conference Title. The second-place Bruins are currently three games behind the first-place Beavers, and 9 at Pacific L, 0-3 need a series sweep to force a tie in the Pac-0 standings and a share of the conference championship 2 Pepperdine W, 2-0 with OSU. 23 Waseda Univ. (Exhibition) X, 4-0 24 Cal State Fullerton L, 2-7 Time Flies: UCLA will wrap up the 2006 regular season and Pac-0 schedule this weekend at Oregon 25 at Cal State Fullerton L, -3 State. 26 at Cal State Fullerton L, 6-2 28 at Long Beach State W, 6-3 UC Irvine Recap: The UCLA baseball team cruised to a 10- win over UC Irvine on Tuesday night in the March final home game of the season for the Bruins at Jackie Robinson Stadium. In the final game of their careers 3 at NC State W, 7-2 at JRS, senior Sean Smith hit a three-run home run, senior Chris Jensen celebrated his birthday with a 2- 4 at NC State W, 5-4 for-4 performance with a RBI double, and senior Brett McMillan went 2-for-2 with a run scored. Freshman 5 at NC State W, 3-2 Brandon Crawford went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, and junior Tim Stewart finished 2-for-3 at the 7 at Pepperdine L, -6 plate with a double. Junior LHP Brian Schroeder (4-2) earned the win tossing 2.2 innings of scoreless relief 0 Ole Miss W, 9-2 with two strikeouts. Ole Miss L, 5-6 2 Ole Miss W, 6-4 About the Beavers: The Oregon State University Beavers enter the weekend’s Pac-0 season series finale 4 UNLV W, 6-2 with a 38-3 overall record, a first-place mark of 15-6 in the Pac-0, and a No. 5 national-ranking by Base- 7 San Diego State W, 4-6 ball America. OSU has clinched at least a share of the 2006 Pac-0 Championship, the program’s second 8 San Diego State W, 2-2 consecutive title. The Beavers are coming off of a series sweep at Washington State, where they outscored 9 San Diego State W, 9- the Cougars 39-6 in three games. Oregon Sate has won four-consecutive games and 22 of their last 27 3 *at Washington L, 0-5 contests. The Beavers are 2-3 so far this season at home. As a team, OSU hits .30 (532-769) with 26 April home runs, 322 RBI, 368 runs scored, and 63 stolen bases in 85 attempts. The Beaver pitching staff owns *at Washington W, 3-2 () a Pac-0 best 3.57 team ERA with 364 strikeouts in 45. innings pitched, while limiting opponents to a 2 *at Washington L, -4 .242 batting average, a mark that is tops in the Pac-0. Head Coach Pat Casey is in his 12th season at the 7 *Washington State W, 9-5 helm of the Oregon State program. 8 *Washington State L, 3-4 (0) 9 *Washington State W, 0-7 The Oregon State-UCLA Series: UCLA leads the all-time series with Oregon State by a mark of 24-4. 3 *at Arizona L, 3-4 Since 2000, the Bruins are 11-7 against the Beavers. OSU swept UCLA in a three-game series last season at 4 *at Arizona W, 3-8 Jackie Robinson Stadium, outscoring the Bruins 29-8. Before that series loss, UCLA had won six-consecu- 5 *at Arizona W, 8-5 tive series against the Beavers. 8 Long Beach State W, 9-7 2 *Arizona State L, 2-3 The Bruins and the Beavers: UCLA has won three-consecutive series in Corvallis, Ore., including a series 22 *Arizona State W, 5- sweep in 2000. UCLA is the last team to beat OSU in a three-game series at Goss Stadium, as the Bruins 23 *Arizona State W, -0 (0) won two-games in a three-game series from the Beavers in 2004 (May 28-30). 25 UC Santa Barbara L, 8- 28 *at California W, 4-2 So You Know: OSU has not been swept at home since 2003, when the Beavers dropped three games to 29 *at California L, 2-3 () USC. 30 *at California L, 4-9 May Doors Open Man: The door is open for UCLA to claim a share of the 2006 Pac-0 Conference Title. If UCLA 2 at UC Riverside W, 9-4 sweeps Oregon State, the Bruins will claim their first conference crown since 2000, and the program’s 9 at UC Santa Barbara L, 3-4 fifth since 975. 2 *USC L, 6-8 3 *USC W, 8-3 Turning Point: UCLA’s season has made a change for the better since the Bruins played Long Beach State 4 *USC W, 2- on Feb. 28. Entering that February game, UCLA was 5-9 overall and fresh off being swept in three-games 6 at UC Irvine W, 8-4 by Cal State Fullerton. The Bruins knocked off the No. 15 Dirtbags (6-3) that day, and went on to sweep 9 *Stanford W, 8- No. 7 NC State on the road. Since Feb. 28, UCLA is 26-3 (.667). 20 *Stanford L, 2-6 2 *Stanford W, 8-7 Serie-ous: UCLA has won nine of 14 three-game series so far this season, including six of its last seven 23 UC Irvine W, 0- series, and eight of its last 0 series. 26 *at Oregon State 5 p.m. 27 *at Oregon State p.m. Road Warriors: UCLA will play its final road series of the regular season this weekend at Oregon State. 28 *at Oregon State 2 p.m. UCLA is 12-0 on the road so far this season, as the Bruins have won three-game series at Pacific, at No. June 7 NC State, and at Arizona. 2-4 NCAA Regionals TBD 9- NCAA Super Regionals TBD Stay Hot: UCLA enters the weekend on a two-game mini winning streak, and winners of six of the last 6-26 College World Series TBD seven games. *Indicates Pac-10 Conference game All game times are local to site. Punch First: UCLA is quite successful when making the scoreboard light up first in a game. So far this season, the Bruins are 18-5 when scoring in the first inning, and 2-7 when scoring before the opposition in a game. UCLA is 10-5 when opponents score first in a game, and oddly enough, is 11-4 record when 2006 UCLA Quick Facts opponents score in the first inning. In the Fridge: When UCLA has a lead late in the ball game, the Bruins are pretty consistent at sealing the School Information deal. So far this season, UCLA is 28-3 when leading after six innings of play, and a perfect 29-0 when Founded: 99 owning the lead after eight innings. Four different Bruins have two-or-more saves on the year, led by Senior Josh Roenicke with four. On the other side of things, UCLA is 1-5 when trailing after six innings Enrollment: 36,890 and 0-20 when behind after eight innings of play. Nickname: Bruins Colors: Blue and Gold Rank This: The UCLA baseball team was ranked in the national polls for the week of April 24-30. The Home Field: Jackie Robinson Stadium Bruins entered the week ranked No. 22 in the nation by Baseball America, and No. 25 by the Rosenblatt Report. This week marked the first time since March of 200 that UCLA has been ranked in the Top-25 Capacity: ,250 by Baseball America. Surface: Grass Dimensions: 330/365/390/365/330 Rank That: 8 of the Bruins’ first 22 games this season were against nationally ranked opposition, with Affiliation: NCAA Division I a streak of 12-consecutive games versus ranked opponents once in effect. UCLA is 11-0 against ranked opposition on the season, and owns a series sweep of then-No. 17 ranked NC State on the road, and home Conference: Pacific-0 series wins against No.