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UCLA BASEball UCLA Sports Information 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 2010 STATS LEADERS BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (21-25) Beau Amaral 44/37 .357 143 51 3 17 at Justin Uribe 36/32 .355 121 43 1 22 Dean Espy 43/29 .347 124 43 6 35 No. 10 UCLA Bruins (37-11) Blair Dunlap 42/40 .343 169 58 5 18 at UCLA’s Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium Tyler Rahmatulla 47/47 .339 180 61 5 36 PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO Tuesday, May 18 – Game Time: 6 p.m. Dan Klein 29/0 1.96 4-0 37.2 44 UCSB – Nick Capito, LHP, Jr. (4-5, 6.58) ................... vs. ......... UCLA – Garett Claypool, RHP, Sr. (7-2, 2.11) Garett Claypool 17/10 2.11 7-2 68.1 66 Matt Grace 25/0 2.61 0-0 20.2 17 2010 SCHEDULE WHAT’S NEXT Date Opponent Time/Result With two weeks to go in the regular season, UCLA hosts UC Santa Barbara at Jackie Robinson Stadium on 2/19 Southern W 16-2 Tuesday evening before opening a three-game Pac-10 series at California on Friday afternoon. The Bruins won 2/20 vs. Bethune Cookman ^ W 10-3 their previous meeting at UC Santa Barbara this season by a 7-1 margin (March 23). In that contest, senior 2/21 Cal State Northridge W 14-5 Garett Claypool notched a career-high 10 strikeouts in seven innings, limiting the host Gauchos to one run 2/23 at Long Beach State W 10-1 (unearned) and three hits. Admission to UCLA’s game on Tuesday night costs $2 for adults and children. 2/26 Vanderbilt** W 9-2 2/28 vs. USC (at Dodger Stadium)** W 6-1 WALK-OFF WINNERS 3/5 Nebraska W 13-1 UCLA swept a three-game Pac-10 series against crosstown rival USC over the weekend, as freshman Cody 3/5 Nebraska W 5-3 Keefer slugged a two-run walk-off homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning in the series finale 3/6 Nebraska W 5-4 Sunday, leading the Bruins to a 2-1 victory. In a well-pitched contest on both sides, UCLA was down to its last 3/9 UC Riverside W 3-2 out before junior Brett Krill lined a single to right field. With the count 2-and-1, Keefer lined his second homer of 3/12 at Texas A&M Corpus Christi ^^ W 11-3 the season over the right field wall, handing the Bruins a series sweep and their fifth straight win over USC. 3/13 vs. Mississippi State ^^ W 5-2 3/14 vs. Oklahoma (25) ^^ W 5-2 SWEET SWEEP 3/19 Oral Roberts W 20-4 Aside from sweeping the season series against USC last weekend, UCLA registered its 13th victory in its last 3/20 Oral Roberts W 12-2 16 meetings against the Trojans on Sunday. Junior Brett Krill led the Bruins in the three-game series, batting 3/21 Oral Roberts W 9-1 3/23 at UC Santa Barbara W 7-1 .636 (7-for-11) with seven runs, four RBI, one homer, one triple and two doubles. UCLA collected its second 3/25 Cal Poly W 11-7 three-game series sweep of USC in four years, having won all three games at Dedeaux Field in April 2007. 3/26 Cal Poly W 4-3 UCLA has swept consecutive three-game Pac-10 series for the first time since April 1999. 3/27 Cal Poly W 6-4 3/30 Pepperdine W 2-1 STRONG ON SUNDAYS 4/1 Stanford* (19) W (10) 6-5 Junior left-hander Rob Rasmussen has gone 7-2 with a 3.15 ERA as UCLA’s Sunday starter, limiting the 4/2 Stanford* (19) L 8-4 opposition to a .232 batting average in 13 starts. Rasmussen held USC to one run and six hits in seven 4/3 Stanford* (19) W 7-5 innings last Sunday, recording eight strikeouts and no walks in a no-decision. After opening the season with 4/6 Cal State Fullerton L 6-1 three no-decisions, Rasmussen earned the victory in each of his next six starts. The native of Arcadia, Calif., 4/9 at Oregon State* (17) L 4-1 has recorded 90 strikeouts, the fourth-highest total in the Pac-10, while issuing just 23 walks. 4/10 at Oregon State* (17) W (16) 6-5 4/11 at Oregon State* (17) W 8-2 WATCH LIST REVISED 4/13 at UC Riverside W 10-0 UCLA sophomore starting pitchers Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer have been named to the 2010 National Pitcher 4/16 Oregon* L 5-4 of the Year Award’s revised watch list, as announced in early May by the College Baseball Foundation. Cole 4/17 Oregon* L 8-4 was on the preseason watch list, while Bauer was added to the revised 25-man watch list. Both Bruin pitchers 4/18 Oregon* W 5-1 were named preseason third-team All-America selections by Collegiate Baseball. Cole and Bauer are two of four 4/20 Long Beach State L 16-4 Pac-10 pitchers on the revised watch list, joining Arizona’s Kurt Heyer and Arizona State’s Seth Blair. 4/23 at Arizona* (17) W (10) 6-3 4/24 at Arizona* (17) W 6-2 RANKED TERRITORY 4/25 at Arizona* (17) L 6-4 In the latest polls, five Pac-10 teams are ranked among the top-25 by at least one of five publications. Baseball 4/27 UC Irvine W 4-1 America includes Arizona State (3), UCLA (10), Oregon (22) and Washington State (24) in its weekly poll, while 4/30 Arizona State* (3) L 5-1 5/1 Arizona State* (3) L 6-1 California has been included by Collegiate Baseball. UCLA has gone 7-6 against ranked teams (week of game) 5/2 Arizona State* (3) L 12-3 by Baseball America. The Bruins ascended to No. 1 (week of April 12-18 by Baseball America and Yahoo! 5/4 at Pepperdine W 5-1 Sports/Rivals.com) for the first time during the regular season since March 3, 1997. 5/7 at Washington* W 7-2 5/8 at Washington* W 14-6 ON TO THE NEXT ONE 5/9 at Washington* W 7-6 Sophomore Gerrit Cole ranks second among Pac-10 pitchers with 106 strikeouts, having gone 8-2 with a 3.17 5/11 at UC Irvine L 2-1 ERA in 82.1 innings. Cole has earned the victory in each of his last two starts (at Washington, vs. USC) and ranks 5/14 USC* W 13-7 third in the Pac-10 with a .192 opponent batting average (through Sunday). In UCLA’s 7-2 win at Washington 5/15 USC* W 15-2 two weeks ago, he limited the Huskies to two runs through eight-plus innings. Cole has become the first UCLA 5/16 USC* W 2-1 pitcher to strike out 100 or more batters in consecutive seasons since Jim Parque (1996-1997). 5/18 UC Santa Barbara 6 p.m. 5/21 at California* 2:30 p.m. CENTER STAGE 5/22 at California* 1 p.m. Freshman Beau Amaral had a 15-game hitting streak snapped in UCLA’s 2-1 win over USC on Sunday. 5/23 at California* 1 p.m. The Bruins’ starting center field currently ranks first on the team with a .357 batting average. Since UCLA 5/25 at Cal State Fullerton (9) 6 p.m. opens its season with 22 consecutive victories, Amaral has led the Bruins with a .373 batting average in 5/28 Washington State* (24) 6 p.m. that 26-game span. Amaral’s .348 batting average in Pac-10 play is also tops on the team, as he is tied with 5/29 Washington State* (24) 2 p.m. sophomore Tyler Rahmatulla for most hits on the ballclub in Pac-10 action with 24. 5/30 Washington State* (24) 1 p.m. 6/4-7 NCAA Regionals TBD WINNING WAYS 6/11-14 NCAA Super Regionals TBD Victorious in seven of their last eight games, the Bruins have won each of their last six Pac-10 contests. In 6/19-30 College World Series TBD that eight-game span, the Bruins have posted a .338 batting average, with Beau Amaral (.429), Justin Uribe ^ MLB Urban Invitational (at Compton, CA) ** Dodgertown Classic (.421) and Brett Krill (.400) leading the way in that category. UCLA has outscored its opposition by a 64-27 ^^ Whataburger College Classic (at Whataburger Field, Corpus Christi, TX) margin in the last eight games. Junior Rob Rasmussen has posted a 1.32 ERA with 12 strikeouts and just * indicates Pac-10 Conference game Rankings are from Baseball America’s weekly top-25 poll one walk in his last two Sunday starts (series finales). UCLA BASEBALL – STEELE FIELD AT JACKIE ROBINSON STADIUM – HOME OF THE BRUINS MEDIA INFORMATION THE BAUER FILE UCLA Sports Information Sophomore Trevor Bauer earned his eighth victory on Saturday, helping lead UCLA past USC, 15-2, in the J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 second contest of a three-game Pac-10 series. Bauer (8-3) is one of seven Pac-10 pitchers to have earned 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 eight or more victories (along with teammate Gerrit Cole), and moved into the conference strikeout lead with Baseball SID ....................................................................