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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. 8 UCLA (2-2) vs. UC Irvine (3-0) BATTER GP-GS AVG OBP SLG HR RBI Matt McLain 4-4 .400 .500 .733 1 3 Feb. 26-28, 2021 Jack Filby 3-3 .333 .538 .333 0 1 Los Angeles, Calif. (Jackie Robinson Stadium) / Irvine, Calif. (Anteater Ballpark) Jarron Silva 4-3 .286 .375 .286 0 1 SERIES INFORMATION PITCHER GP-GS ERA W-L IP SO Venue: Fri/Sun: Jackie Robinson Stadium (1,879) Jesse Bergin 1-1 0.00 1-0 6.2 6 vs. Nick Nastrini 1-1 4.26 0-0 6.1 11 Sat: Anteater Ballpark (3,408) Sean Mullen 2-1 1.08 1-0 8.1 9 First Pitch: 5 PM / 1 PM / 2 PM Live Stream/Radio: UCLABruins.com 2021 SCHEDULE Stream/Radio Talent: Tim Wilhelm 2-2 3-0 FEBRUARY Live Stats: UCLAlivestats.com Fri. 19 San Francisco UCLA Stream L, 2-6 Sat. 20 San Francisco UCLA Stream W, 8-2 All-Time Series: UCLA leads 57-33-1 Sun. 21 San Francisco UCLA Stream L, 3-8 The Bruins are 23-12 against UCI under John Savage Tue. 23 Loyola Marymount W, 5-2 Fri. 26 UC Irvine UCLA Stream 5 PM Sat. 27 at UC Irvine Big West TV 1 PM Sun. 28 UC Irvine UCLA Stream 2 PM UCLA FACES UC IRVINE IN NON-CONFERENCE SERIES MARCH Tue. 2 Cal State Fullerton 5 PM No. 8 UCLA (2-2) engages Big West-member UC Irvine (3-0) this weekend in a home-and-away series. The Bruins will Fri. 5 Pepperdine^ 5 PM host the Anteaters at Jackie Robinson Stadium on Friday evening at 5:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m., and Sat. 6 Cal State Fullerton^ 2 PM will travel to Orange County for a contest at Anteater Ballpark starting at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. All three games of the Sun. 7 USC^ 1 PM series will be live streamed. Fans can follow along with an audio broadcast and live stats on UCLABruins.com as well as Tue. 9 at Cal State Fullerton 6 PM Fri. 12 at Cal Poly 6 PM live updates on the team Twitter account, @UCLABaseball. Sat. 13 at Cal Poly 6 PM Sun. 14 at Cal Poly 1 PM PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS Fri. 19 Arizona* 6 PM Friday, Feb. 26 - 5:00 p.m. PT (at UCLA) Sat. 20 Arizona* 2 PM UCLA - Jared Karros, RHP, So. (0-1, 5.40 ERA) Sun. 21 Arizona* 1 PM UCI - Trenton Denholm, RHP, Jr. (0-0, 9.00 ERA) Tue. 23 Loyola Marymount 6 PM Fri. 26 at USC* P12N 7 PM Saturday, Feb. 27 - 1:00 p.m. PT (at UCI) Sat. 27 at USC* P12N 6 PM UCLA - Jesse Bergin, RHP, Jr. (1-0, 0.00 ERA) Sun. 28 at USC* P12N 4 PM UCI - Peter Van Loon, RHP, Jr. (1-0, 0.00 ERA) APRIL Sunday, Feb. 28 - 2:00 p.m. PT (at UCLA) Thu. 1 Washington* P12N 6 PM UCLA - Nick Nastrini, RHP, Jr. (0-0, 4.26 ERA) Fri. 2 Washington* P12N 2 PM Sat. 3 Washington* P12N 12 PM UCI - Nick Pinto, LHP, Fr. (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Fri. 9 at Stanford* 6:05 PM THE ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST UC IRVINE Sat. 10 at Stanford* 2:05 PM Sun. 11 at Stanford* 1:05 PM UCLA owns a 57-33-1 all-time record against UC Irvine, including a 23-12 mark under head coach John Savage. The Tue. 13 Loyola Marymount 6 PM Bruins have lost the season series to UCI just once since 2010. UCLA and UC Irvine were scheduled to meet for a pair of Fri. 16 Utah* 6 PM midweeks in 2020 - one home and one away - before the season was cut short in early March. This is just the second Sat. 17 Utah* 2 PM time ever that the two programs are meeting for a three-game weekend series during the regular season, with the Bruins Sun. 18 Utah* 1 PM Tue. 20 at Pepperdine 1 PM taking two of three in 2016 (the series was set up the same way as this weekend, with Friday and Sunday being played in Fri. 23 at Oregon* 6 PM Los Angeles and Saturday in Irvine). Exempting 2020, the Bruins and Anteaters have met every year since 2004, a streak Sat. 24 at Oregon* 2 PM of 16 consecutive seasons. Sun. 25 at Oregon* 12 PM Fri. 30 Oregon State* 6 PM THE WEEK IN REVIEW MAY The UCLA baseball team opened its 2021 season with a series loss to San Francisco, dropping two of three games. The Sat. 1 Oregon State* 2 PM Bruins recovered with a 5-2 victory over Loyola Marymount on Tuesday night. Sun. 2 Oregon State* 1 PM Fri. 7 at Washington State* 6:05 PM • The Bruins were limited to just five hits in a 6-2 loss on Opening Day. UCLA scored first in the contest on a third-inning Sat. 8 at Washington State* 2:05 PM RBI single from Matt McLain, but USF went ahead for the good in the top of the fourth with a two-spot, ultimately Sun. 9 at Washington State* 12:05 PM scoring in four of the team’s final six offensive innings. Jarron Silva had a team-high two hits for UCLA. Jared Karros Tue. 11 at Loyola Marymount 6 PM (5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 5 K) drew the Opening Day Start but was tagged with the loss. Jake Saum was solid out of the Fri. 14 UC Santa Barbara 6 PM Sat. 15 at UC Santa Barbara 2 PM bullpen, striking out four in a 1 2/3 inning relief outing. Sun. 16 UC Santa Barbara 1 PM • Keyed by a dominant start from Jesse Bergin, UCLA responded with an 8-2 victory on Saturday. The Bruins led 7-0 after Tue. 18 Nevada 6 PM four, with the Dons plating a pair of consolation runs late. Bergin took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, ultimately Fri. 21 California* 6 PM allowing one hit while striking out six in a 6 2/3 inning gem. UCLA scored in bunches, going ahead with a four-spot Sat. 22 California* 2 PM Sun. 23 California* 1 PM in the second and scoring another three runs in the fourth. Four separate Bruins had multiple hits, including a 3-for-5 Thu. 27 at Arizona State* TBD day from Kevin Kendall and two-double days from Matt McLain and Mikey Perez. Fri. 28 at Arizona State* TBD • San Francisco clinched the series with an 8-3 victory on Sunday. The Bruins held early leads of 1-0 and 3-1, but the Sat. 29 at Arizona State* TBD Dons scored six runs over the final three innings to take control of the game. USF’s bullpen - led by 3 1/3 innings of POSTSEASON one-hit ball from Aidan Lee - posted 4 2/3 innings of shutout ball. Junior righty Nick Nastrini struck out a career-high 6/4-6 NCAA Regionals TBD 11 in a standout start for the Bruins, surrendering just four hits and three earned runs (one of which was charged 6/11-13 NCAA Super Regionals TBD 6/19-30 College World Series TBD after he left the game) over 6 1/3 innings. Matt McLain opened the scoring with a solo homer, the first roundtripper by a Bruin this year. All Times are Pacific Time • UCLA was uncharacteristic against USF in two areas that are traditional strengths; the Bruins’ four errors were their *Pac-12 Conference Game most in a series since committing five against Washington State from Mar. 16-18, 2018, and the bullpen surrendered ^ College Baseball Classic - co-hosted w/ USC multiple runs in three consecutive games for the first time since Mar. 16-22, 2019. UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA • The Bruins got back to .500 with a 5-2 victory over Loyola Marymount on Tuesday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Baseball Twitter: @UCLABaseball Sean Mullen led the Bruins to the win with 7 1/3 strong innings, allowing two unearned runs and walking none while Baseball Instagram: @UCLABruinsBaseball striking out a career-high seven batters. UCLA went ahead for good with four runs in the sixth, stringing together Baseball Facebook: /UCLABaseball UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics three singles early in the inning, taking advantage of an LMU miscue on a sac bunt to plate the game-tying run, then UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics bringing in two more runs - including the game-winning run - on an RBI groundout and wild pitch. UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics HOME COOKING #GOBRUINS The Bruins have a home-heavy schedule to start the season, playing 10 of their first 11 games of the season at Jackie Robinson Stadium. UCLA leaves Southern California just once before the end of March, a three-game set at Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) from Mar. 12-14. 2021 UCLA BASEBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2021 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Athletic Communications No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 1 Matt McLain Jr. INF R/R 5-11 180 Tustin, Calif. (Beckman HS) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 3 Sean Mullen Jr. RHP R/R 6-1 205 Bakersfield, Calif.