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UCLA Baseball Weekly Notes Baseball SID: Neila Matheny • Email: [email protected] • Website: www.uclabruins.com UCLA Sports Information • JD Morgan Center, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 2004 Baseball Schedule BRUINS CONCLUDE REGULAR S EASON AT OREGON S TATE Overall Record: 31-26, Pac-10 Record: 12-9 Date Opponent Time/Score THIS W EEK'S G AMES : May 28, at Oregon State, at Goss Stadium, 5:00 p.m. 2/3 UC Riverside W, 4-1 RHP Casey Janssen (9-3) vs. LHP Jake Postlewait (10-3) 2/13 Fresno State W, 6-2 May 29, at Oregon State, at Goss Stadium, 1:00 p.m. 2/14 Fresno State W, 13-11 2/15 Fresno State L, 3-2 (10) RHP David Johnson (2-3) vs. RHP Dallas Buck (3-5) 2/17 Loyola Marymount L, 7-3 May 30, at Oregon State, at Goss Stadium, 1:00 p.m. 2/20 Pacific W, 6-1 2/21 Pacific L, 7-0 LHP Wes Whisler (2-4) vs. RHP Jonah Nickerson (4-2) 2/24 Pepperdine W, 8-6 2/26 Hawaii-Hilo W, 10-4 2/27 Hawaii-Hilo W, 14-1 BRUINS T O CLOSE OUT REGULAR S EA- the Bruins to a 3-1 victory. He struck out 2/29 Hawaii-Hilo W, 11-0 eight batters and walked only one. 3/1 Hawaii-Hilo W, 12-1 SON AT OREGON S TATE : UCLA (31-26, 12- 3/2 UC Santa Barbara W, 3-2 (12) 9) looks to continue its winning ways as Sophomore catcher Chris Denove hit his 3/5 Texas A&M W, 8-6 seventh home run of the year on Friday 3/6 Texas A&M L, 8-4 it heads to Oregon State (30-20, 9-12) 3/7 Texas A&M L, 8-2 to wrap-up its Pac-10 schedule. The night to seal the win. 3/9 UC Irvine L, 6-0 The Huskies scored four runs in 3/12 Long Beach State L, 3-0 Bruins have been strong on the road in 3/13 Nebraska W, 4-2 conference action this year, posting a the sixth inning on Saturday afternoon 3/14 Houston L, 7-6 en route to a 7-2 win over the Bruins. 3/16 Loyola Marymount W, 7-5 6-3 record and winning series at Ari- 3/26 USC L, 11-4 zona, California and Washington. Jarrad Page drove in both Bruin runs in 3/27 USC L, 5-0 the ninth inning. 3/28 USC W, 13-7 Entering the week, UCLA sits 3/30 San Diego State L, 5-1 tied for third in the Pac-10 standings McCarthy recorded his third 4/2 Stanford* L, 11-4 multiple home run game of the season 4/3 Stanford* L, 15-13 along with Arizona State. Stanford (14- 4/4 Stanford* W, 6-5 7) leads the conference with Washing- on Sunday with two in UCLA's 4-3 win. 4/6 Pepperdine W, 3-2 The junior shortstop hit his 12th of the 4/8 Arizona* W, 9-7 ton (15-9) in second place. 4/9 Arizona* W, 4-3 year in the eighth inning to break a 3-3 4/10 Arizona* L, 9-5 tie and lead UCLA to the win. Brandon 4/13 Long Beach State W, 11-1 UCLA T AKES TWO FROM #14 W ASH - 4/16 Arizona State* L, 12-4 Averill also homered in game, his eighth INGTON IN S EATTLE : Casey Janssen 4/17 Arizona State* L, 4-3 of the year. 4/18 Arizona State* W, 11-10 threw a six-hit complete game on Fri- 4/20 Cal State Fullerton W, 5-4 (12) 4/23 California* W, 7-2 day night and Ryan McCarthy hit two 4/24 California* W, 10-7 home runs on Sunday to bookend the JANSSEN NAMED PAC-10 P ITCHER OF THE 4/25 California* L, 3-2 4/27 Long Beach State L, 2-1 weekend series with two wins over 14th- W EEK : Senior right-handed pitcher 4/30 USC* L, 6-4 ranked Washington in Seattle. 5/1 USC* W, 12-6 Casey Janssen (Huntington Beach, CA/ 5/2 USC* W, 13-12 Janssen held the Huskies to Fountain Valley HS) was named the Pa- 5/4 Wichita State L, 6-4 one run in Friday night's contest to lead 5/5 Wichita State L, 10-3 cific-10 Conference Pitcher of the Week, 5/7 Arizona W, 7-3 5/8 Arizona L, 20-9 5/9 Arizona L, 11-2 5/11 Cal State Fullerton W, 8-2 Tentative Lineup 2004 Notes 5/14 Washington State* L, 10-9 1B Wes Whisler (6-5, 237, L/L, Jr.) 37 RBI are second among Bruins 5/15 Washington State* W, 3-1 5/16 Washington State* W, 14-0 2B Mike Svetlic (5-9, 175, R/R, Sr.) 10 sacrifice hits are a team-high 5/18 UC Irvine L, 7-5 SS Ryan McCarthy (6-3, 180, R/R, Jr.) Homered twice in 4-3 win at UW 5/23 5/21 Washington* W, 3-1 5/22 Washington* L, 7-2 3B Preston Griffin (5-11, 184, R/R, Sr.) .419 OB % is second on the team 5/23 Washington* W, 4-3 LF Brandon Averill (6-4, 200, R/R, Sr.) Eight home runs rank second 5/28 Oregon State* 5:00 pm 5/29 Oregon State* 1:00 pm CF Jarrad Page (6-0, 200, S/R, Fr.) Hitting .341 in Pac-10 action 5/30 Oregon State* 1:00 pm RF Matt Thayer (5-10, 180, R/L, Jr.) Tops on team with 31 BB and 41 runs 6/4-6 NCAA Regional TBA 6/11-13 NCAA Super Regionals TBA C Chris Denove (6-1, 202, R/R, So.) Driven in team-high 40 Bruin runs 6/18-26 College World Series TBA DH Brett McMillan (6-5, 225, L/L, So.) Team-high 12 multiple RBI games * - Pacific-10 Game All home games (in bold) are played at Jackie P Casey Janssen (6-4, 210, R/R, Sr.) Threw CG win at Washington (5/21) Robinson Stadium P David Johnson (6-5, 210, R/R, Jr.) Set career-high 7 SO's at Wichita State All Times are Local to Site P Wes Whisler (6-5, 237, L/L, Jr.) Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week (5/18) Top 5 Comissioner Tom Hansen announced on Tuesday. Bruin Leaders BATTING AVERAGE (MIN 57 AB) 1. Billy Susdorf .................................333 Janssen threw his first career Hitting (Min 57 AB) 2. Matt Thayer ............................... .319 complete game on Friday night as UCLA Batting Average .................. Susdorf - .333 3. Preston Griffin .............................305 th defeated 14 -ranked Washington, 3-1 in Slugging % ........................ McCarthy - .531 4. Ryan McCarthy ...........................304 Seattle. The Bruins went on the win the 5. Wes Whisler ............................... .281 On Base % ............................ Thayer - .419 HITS series with a 4-3 win on Sunday. He 1. Ryan McCarthy .............................. 68 held the Huskies to one run on six hits Runs ......................................... Thayer - 41 2. Matt Thayer ...................................61 in the contest. He struck out eight bat- Hits.......................................McCarthy - 68 3. Wes Whisler .................................. 56 ters on the night and walked only one. 4. Chris Devove ................................ 52 RBI ........................................... Denove - 40 5. Preston Griffin ................................51 Janssen allowed the lone Washington Doubles ............................... McCarthy - 15 RUNS BATTED IN run in the first inning and went on the 1. Chris Denove ................................. 40 throw eight scoreless innings to follow. Triples .........................................Thayer - 5 2. Wes Whisler .................................. 37 He also struck out four batters over the Home Runs ......................... McCarthy - 12 3. Ryan McCarthy ............................. 37 4. Brett McMillan .............................. 36 last three frames. Total Bases ......................... McCarthy - 119 5. Matt Thayer .................................. 29 On the season, Janssen leads Walks ....................................... Thayer - 31 DOUBLES UCLA with a 9-3 record. He has struck 1. Ryan McCarthy ...............................15 HBP .............................................Griffin - 12 out 91 batters in 101.2 innings of action. 2. Wes Whisler ................................... 11 Sac Bunts .................................. Svetlic - 10 2. Preston Griffin ................................ 11 He ranks among the top five in the Pac- 4. Matt Thayer ...................................10 10 in ERA, opposing batting average, Sac Flies ................................ McMillan - 9 5. Brandon Averill ............................... 9 and strikeouts. Stolen Bases ..............................Thayer - 9 TRIPLES 1. Matt Thayer ..................................... 5 The honor marks the second Caught Stealing ......................... Svetlic - 3 2. Brett McMillan ................................ 3 career award for Janssen, who was Steal Attempts ...............Susdorf, Thayer - 9 3. Anthony Norman ........................... 2 named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week last Strikeouts ................................... Averill - 52 HOME RUNS year on May 12th. It is also the second 1. Ryan McCarthy ...............................12 Total Plate Apps ................ McCarthy - 251 2. Brandon Averill ............................... 8 consecutive honor for UCLA after Wes 3. Chris Denove .................................. 7 Whisler earned the same award last At Bats .............................. McCarthy - 224 4. Brett McMillan ................................ 5 week. 4. Wes Whisler .................................... 5 Pitching (Min 20 inn.) PITCHING LEADERS (Min 20 inn.) LATE RALLY FALLS SHORT , BRUINS FALL ERA ...................................... Wilson - 2.82 EARNED RUN AVERAGE 1. Kyle Wilson .................................2.82 7-5 TO UC I RVINE: UCLA scored three Opp. BA ................................. Wilson - .194 2. Casey Janssen ..........................3.45 runs in the seventh inning to cut the Won-Loss % ................ Botterman - 1.000 3. Daniel Miltenberger..................4.22 Irvine lead to two runs, but could not Wins ....................................... Janssen - 9 4. Kevin Brophy .............................4.40 score again, falling 7-5 to the Anteat- 5. Adam Simon .............................4.50 Losses ....................................... Whisler - 4 W INS ers. Pinch-hitter Billy Susdorf highlighted 1. Casey Janssen ................................ 9 the inning with a two-run double, while Saves .......................................... Simon - 4 2. Kevin Brophy .................................