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UCLA BASEBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 / (310) 206-4008 Baseball Contact: Andrew Wagner ([email protected]) UCLA’S STAT LEADERS No. 18 UCLA (31-16, 14-10 Pac-12) vs. Cal (26-23, 12-12 Pac-12) BATTER GP-GS AVG OBP SLG HR RBI JT Schwartz 37-37 .397 .525 .632 7 39 May 21-23, 2021 Kevin Kendall 46-46 .363 .418 .517 4 34 Los Angeles, Calif. (Jackie Robinson Stadium) Matt McLain 40-39 .325 .432 .578 9 27 SERIES INFORMATION PITCHER GP-GS ERA W-L IP SO Venue: Jackie Robinson Stadium Sean Mullen 20-10 2.77 9-1 65.0 81 vs. Max Rajcic 18-0 1.61 6 SV 22.1 21 First Pitch: 6 PM / 2 PM / 1 PM Adrian Chaidez 24-0 1.33 2-0 20.1 32 Stream: Pac-12.com/live Audio: UCLA.leanplayer.com 2021 SCHEDULE Audio/Stream Talent: Tim Wilhelm 31-16, 14-10 26-23, 12-12 FEBRUARY Live Stats: UCLAlivestats.com Fri. 19 San Francisco UCLA Stream L, 2-6 Twitter: @UCLABaseball Sat. 20 San Francisco UCLA Stream W, 8-2 All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 183-178 Sun. 21 San Francisco UCLA Stream L, 3-8 This weekend marks UCLA’s final home games of the season Tue. 23 Loyola Marymount W, 5-2 at Jackie Robinson Stadium Fri. 26 UC Irvine UCLA Stream W, 4-3 Sat. 27 at UC Irvine Big West TV L, 3-7 Sun. 28 UC Irvine UCLA Stream W, 4-0 UCLA Battles CALIFORNIA IN FINAL HOME SERIES OF 2021 MARCH Tue. 2 Cal State Fullerton UCLA Stream W, 14-1 No. 18 UCLA (31-16, 14-10) returns to Pac-12 Conference play this weekend, hosting California (26-13, 12-12) in a Fri. 5 Pepperdine^ UCLA Stream W, 16-8 three-game set at Jackie Robinson Stadium starting at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and continuing on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and Sat. 6 Cal State Fullerton^ UCLA Stream W, 6-1 Sunday and 1:00 p.m. The series represents the last home games of the 2021 campaign for UCLA. All three games this Sun. 7 USC^ UCLA Stream W, 10-1 weekend will be streamed through Pac-12.com/live and the Pac-12 Now app, with Tim Wilhelm on the call. Fans can also Tue. 9 at Cal State Fullerton Big West TV W, 6-2 Fri. 12 at Cal Poly Big West TV L, 4-5 follow along with a live audio broadcast on UCLABruins.com as well as live stats at UCLAlivestats.com and updates from Sat. 13 at Cal Poly Big West TV W, 13-12 the team Twitter account, @UCLABaseball. Sun. 14 at Cal Poly Big West TV L, 5-8 Fri. 19 No. 17 Arizona* UCLA Stream W, 3-2 UCLA OUTDOOR HOME Sporting EVENTS OPEN TO TEAM GUESTS Sat. 20 No. 17 Arizona* UCLA Stream L, 3-7 In compliance with state and county public health guidance, UCLA outdoor home sporting events will be open to a limited Sun. 21 No. 17 Arizona* UCLA Stream W, 11-3 number of team guests. Seating at these events will be limited in order to comply with updated state public health guidance Tue. 23 Loyola Marymount UCLA Stream W, 13-6 for higher education and college athletics that has been adopted by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Fri. 26 at USC* P12N L, 4-5 Sat. 27 at USC* P12N W, 6-3 as well as city, county and campus COVID-19 health and safety protocols. Tickets will not be available to the general public, Sun. 28 at USC* P12N W, 13-1 and non-ticketed guests should not come to the competition venues. UCLA’s campus remains closed to the general public. Mar. 30 Pepperdine CANCELED PROJECTED PITCHING Matchups APRIL Thu. 1 Washington* P12N L, 6-8 Friday, May 21 - 6:00 p.m. PT Fri. 2 Washington* P12N L, 6-7 UCLA - Zach Pettway, RHP, Sr. (1-4, 4.45 ERA) Sat. 3 Washington* P12N W, 13-2 Cal - Josh White, RHP, So. (4-2, 1.93 ERA) Fri. 9 at No. 23 Stanford* P12+ L, 2-6 Saturday, May 22 - 2:00 p.m. PT Sat. 10 at No. 23 Stanford* P12+ L, 6-11 UCLA - Sean Mullen, RHP, Jr. (9-1, 2.77 ERA) Sun. 11 at No. 23 Stanford* P12+ W, 6-1 Tue. 13 Loyola Marymount UCLA Stream W, 12-2 Cal - Sean Sullivan, RHP, Jr. (3-5, 3.57 ERA) Fri. 16 Utah* UCLA Stream W, 20-0 Sunday, May 23 - 1:00 p.m. PT Sat. 17 Utah* UCLA Stream W, 13-3 UCLA - Jesse Bergin, RHP, Jr. (4-3, 4.76 ERA) Sun. 18 Utah* UCLA Stream W, 9-2 Cal - Grant Holman, RHP, Jr. (1-2, 3.00 ERA) Tue. 20 at Pepperdine WCC Network W, 5-4 Fri. 23 at No. 13 Oregon* P12+ L, 3-5 THE WEEK IN REVIEW Sat. 24 at No. 13 Oregon* P12+ L, 2-3 (10) Sun. 25 at No. 13 Oregon* P12+ W, 7-6 (10) UCLA is coming off a 3-1 week, taking two of three from UC Santa Barbara in a split-venue weekend series before downing Fri. 30 Oregon State* P12N W, 6-5 (10) a red-hot Nevada squad on Tuesday night to complete an undefeated midweek schedule. MAY • The Bruins fell behind 7-0 by the fourth inning en route to a 10-4 loss in Friday’s series opener against UCSB at Jackie Sat. 1 Oregon State* P12N W, 2-0 Robinson Stadium. UCLA had 15 hits in the contest, including six different players who had multiple hits led by Kyle Sun. 2 Oregon State* P12N L, 3-5 Cuellar’s 3-4 day. Mikey Perez had a solo homer in the fifth to get the Bruins on the board. Fri. 7 at Washington State* P12+ L, 2-5 • UCLA recovered to take a 5-2 decision on the road at UCSB on Saturday. The Bruins threw a combined four-hitter, with Sat. 8 at Washington State* P12+ W, 7-6 Sean Mullen tossing six innings of one-run ball and Max Rajcic retiring every batter he faced in a seven-out save Sun. 9 at Washington State* P12+ W, 16-7 Tue. 11 at Loyola Marymount WCC Network W, 9-8 opportunity. The two teams traded solo homers early, making the score 1-1 for most of the game. The Bruins broke Fri. 14 UC Santa Barbara UCLA Stream L, 4-10 through with two runs in the seventh to go ahead for good, with Michael Curialle and JonJon Vaughns contributing Sat. 15 at UC Santa Barbara Big West TV W, 5-2 RBI singles. UCSB responded with a solo homer in the bottom half of the seventh, but Rajcic entered the game and Sun. 16 UC Santa Barbara UCLA Stream W, 11-3 shut them down the rest of the way. UCLA added a pair of insurance runs in the ninth to make it a three-run game. Tue. 18 Nevada UCLA Stream W, 11-3 Fri. 21 California* UCLA Stream 6 PM • The Bruins captured the series with an 11-3 Sunday win. UCLA led 4-1 after the second inning and the game remained Sat. 22 California* UCLA Stream 2 PM close until UCLA pulled away with a seven-run seventh highlighted by a Kyle Cuellar grand slam and three-run Sun. 23 California* UCLA Stream 1 PM JonJon Vaughns home run. The Bruin bullpen threw a combined 4 2/3 shutout innings, allowing just a pair of singles. Thu. 27 at Arizona State* ESPNU 6 PM Adrian Chaidez picked up the win for the Bruins to improve to 2-0 on the year. Kevin Kendall and Michael Curialle Fri. 28 at Arizona State* P12N 6 PM had run-scoring hits as part of a go-ahead three-run rally in the bottom of the second. Sat. 29 at Arizona State* P12N 1 PM • UCLA finished off the week with an 11-3 Tuesday win over Nevada, a team which entered the contest having won 11 POSTSEASON 6/4-6 NCAA Regionals TBD of its last 12. A pair of two-out rallies from the 8-9-1 spots in the order helped the Bruins build a 6-1 lead by the 6/11-13 NCAA Super Regionals TBD end of the fourth, and then UCLA pulled away with a five-run seventh highlighted by a bases-loaded double from 6/19-30 College World Series TBD Noah Cardenas. Kevin Kendall led UCLA offensively, going 3-3 with four RBIs and reaching in all five of his plate appearances. The Bruins employed seven different pitchers in the win, with Jake Brooks drawing the start and getting All Times are Pacific Time the W after allowing one earned in two innings. *Pac-12 Conference Game ^ College Baseball Classic - co-hosted w/ USC • Over the last week, UCLA has batted .333, outscored its opponents 31-18, and notched 10+ hits in every game • The last time UCLA won back-to-back games by an identical scoreline: Mar. 18-23, 2018 (5-4 vs. WSU, ASU). UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Baseball Twitter: @UCLABaseball QUICK HITS Baseball Instagram: @UCLABruinsBaseball • The Bruins have won three straight and nine of their last 12 games, including three straight series wins Baseball Facebook: /UCLABaseball • UCLA enters the weekend at No. 25 in the RPI UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics • UCLA went an undefeated 8-0 in midweeks this season UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics • JT Schwartz enters the weekend with the top average in the Pac-12 (.397) and the No.