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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 2019 STAT LEADERS No. 1 UCLA (42-8, 19-5) vs. Washington (28-19, 12-12) BATTER GP-GS AVG OBP SLG HR RBI Garrett Mitchell 50-50 .353 .425 .544 5 29 May 17-19, 2019 Michael Toglia 50-50 .302 .372 .583 11 51 Los Angeles, Calif. (Jackie Robinson Stadium) Noah Cardenas 46-28 .396 .496 .521 2 12 SERIES INFORMATION PITCHER GP-GS ERA W-L IP SO Venue: Jackie Robinson Stadium (1,879) Ryan Garcia 11-9 1.27 7-0 64.0 82 vs. Holden Powell 33-0 2.23 3-3 36.1 45 First Pitch: 6 PM / 7 PM / 12 PM Jack Ralston 13-13 2.34 9-0 77.0 78 Internet Radio: UCLABruins.com Radio Talent: Tim Wilhelm 2019 SCHEDULE TV/Stream: Pac-12 Networks 42-8, 19-5 28-19, 12-12 FEBRUARY TV Talent: Jim Watson (PxP), Wes Clements (analyst) Fri. 15 St. John’s W, 3-2 Live Stats: UCLABruins.com Sat. 16 St. John’s W, 9-0 All-Time Series: UCLA leads 51-25 Sun. 17 St. John’s W, 11-1 Giveaways/Promos: Nine Innings of Winning (FRI) Bruins looking to win all their home series for a second Tues. 19 Loyola Marymount W, 5-0 Sat: Faculty/Staff Appreciation, White Out Game, Diddy Riese consecutive season Fri. 22 at No. 19 Georgia Tech L, 3-4 (11) Sun: Senior Day, Faculty/Staff Appreciation Sat. 23 at No. 19 Georgia Tech W, 8-2 Sun. 24 at No. 19 Georgia Tech W, 6-0 Tues. 26 at CSUN W, 4-3 NO. 1 UCLA HOSTS WASHINGTON IN FINAL REGULAR SEASON HOME SERIES MARCH The No. 1-ranked Bruins (41-8), winners of 21 of their last 23 games, host Washington this weekend in the final regular Fri. 1 Sacramento State W, 2-1 season home series of the year at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Pac-12 Network will televise all three games of the Sun. 3 Sacramento State (Game 1) W, 6-0 series, with Jim Watson and Wes Clements on the call. UCLABruins.com will carry a live audio broadcast of every game Sun. 3 Sacramento State (Game 2) L, 1-2 this season and fans can follow along on Twitter at @UCLABaseball. Fri. 8 vs. No. 16 Michigan^ L, 5-7 Sat. 9 vs. Oklahoma State^ W, 6-3 PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS Sun. 10 vs. USC ^ (TV: P12N) W, 7-5 Wed. 12 at Long Beach State W, 2-0 Friday, May 17 - 6:00 p.m. PT Fri. 15 No. 3 Oregon State* W, 8-0 UCLA - Ryan Garcia, RHP, Jr. (7-0, 1.27 ERA) Sat. 16 No. 3 Oregon State* (TV: P12N) L, 3-7 WASH - David Rhodes, RHP, Fr. (5-4, 4.09 ERA) Sun. 17 No. 3 Oregon State* (TV: P12N) W, 9-7 Saturday, May 18 - 7:00 p.m. PT Fri. 22 Arizona* W, 10-5 UCLA - Jack Ralston, RHP, Jr. (9-0, 2.34 ERA) Sat. 23 Arizona* W, 12-10 Sun. 24 Arizona* W, 3-1 WASH - Jordan Jones, RHP, Jr. (4-4, 4.91 ERA) Tues. 26 at Loyola Marymount W, 9-4 Sunday, May 19 - 12:00 p.m. PT Fri. 29 at USC* (TV: P12N) L, 2-7 UCLA - Jesse Bergin, RHP, Fr. (5-0, 3.88 ERA) Sat. 30 at USC* (TV: P12N) W, 7-1 WASH - John Burgmann, So. (4-5, 3.91 ERA) Sun. 31 at USC* (TV: P12N) W, 9-2 APRIL THE STORY SO FAR Tues. 2 CSUN W, 10-1 UCLA is 42-8 to start the 2019 campaign and 19-5 in Pac-12 play, winning all 12 of its weekend series, taking two of Fri. 5 at No. 2 Stanford* L, 2-3 three in the Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic, and posting an unbeaten 11-0 record in midweeks. At 42-8, UCLA is Sat. 6 at No. 2 Stanford* W, 11-5 second in the country in winning percentage (.840) and has the best record through 50 games in program history, besting Sun. 7 at No. 2 Stanford* W, 10-7 Tues. 9 No. 16 UC Irvine W, 9-3 the previous mark of 39-11 (2010). Fri. 12 No. 8 East Carolina W, 7-5 Sat. 13 No. 8 East Carolina (DH Game 1) W, 8-5 BRUINS REMAIN CONSENSUS NO. 1 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY Sat. 13 No. 8 East Carolina (DH Game 2) W, 3-0 After sweeping the series at Washington State, UCLA retained its place at the top of the polls. On Monday, the Bruins were Mon. 15 Pepperdine W, 3-2 tabbed No. 1 in the nation by D1Baseball, Baseball America, ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, the NCBWA, and Perfect Game Thu. 18 California* (TV: P12N) W, 8-7 for the ninth consecutive week. In addition, the Bruins topped the list of Collegiate Baseball for the sixth consecutive week, Fri. 19 California* (TV: P12N) L, 1-4 Sat. 20 California* W, 6-1 maintaining their status as the consensus No. 1 team in the country. UCLA jumped to No. 1 in mid-March after taking two Tues. 23 at Cal State Fullerton W, 8-3 of three from defending national champion Oregon State, the first time the Bruins had been atop the rankings since the Fri. 26 Utah* W, 5-0 final polls of 2013. At nine weeks, this is the longest consecutive stretch of being ranked No. 1 nationally in program history. Sat. 27 Utah* W, 6-1 Sun. 28 Utah* W, 6-4 THE WEEK IN REVIEW Tues. 30 at Pepperdine W, 8-5 UCLA went 4-0 in an all-away week, sweeping Washington State before blanking UC Irvine in midweek action. MAY • After trading single runs in both of the first two innings, UCLA pulled away and outscored WSU 4-0 the rest of the way Fri. 3 at No. 16 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) W, 3-2 to claim a 6-2 win in the series opener at Bailey-Brayton Field. Garrett Mitchell led off the game with a homer for Sat. 4 at No. 16 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) W, 18-3 the Bruins, bashing an 0-2 breaking ball over the right field fence. Michael Toglia added a double and a triple, and Sun. 5 at No. 16 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) L, 7-8 Tues. 7 Long Beach State W, 2-1 (12) Ryan Garcia allowed just two runs (one earned) over his eight innings of work. Garcia and Kyle Mora - who threw a Fri. 10 at Washington State* W, 6-2 scoreless ninth - limited WSU to two hits over the final seven frames of the contest. Sat. 11 at Washington State* W, 10-0 • UCLA dominated WSU on Saturday, winning 10-0 to clinch the series. The Bruins hit four home runs as a team, while Sun. 12 at Washington State* W, 13-10 Jack Ralston struck out a career-high 12 and gave up just four hits over seven shutout innings. He was overwhelming Tues. 14 at UC Irvine W, 7-0 in the middle innings, retiring nine straight and striking out seven between the fifth and seventh innings. Ryan Kreidler Fri. 17 Washington* (TV: P12N) 6 PM Sat. 18 Washington* (TV: P12N) 7 PM was 3-4 and finished a triple short of the cycle to pace the Bruin offense, but five separate UCLA players finished Sun. 19 Washington* (TV: P12N) 12 PM with multiple hits. Freshman southpaw Daniel Colwell made his NCAA debut in the win, throwing a scoreless ninth. Thurs. 23 at Oregon* (TV: P12N) 6 PM • The Bruins completed the sweep on Sunday, emerging victorious by a score of 13-10 in a see-saw series finale. The Fri. 24 at Oregon* (TV: P12N) 6 PM Bruins gave up six runs in the bottom of the fourth, but posted five-spots in both the fourth and seventh innings to Sat. 25 at Oregon* (TV: P12N) 4 PM win the game, which featured four lead changes. Matt McLain homered twice in the game, giving him three big flies JUNE on the weekend, and the Bruins had 17 hits as a team, second-most on the year. Michael Toglia was 3-5, Garrett 5/31-6/3 NCAA Regionals TBD 6/7-10 NCAA Super Regionals TBD Mitchell was 4-6, and Chase Strumpf reached base four times. Nate Hadley settled down the game on the pitching 6/15-26 College World Series TBD side for the Bruins, throwing 3.2 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win, his eighth of the year. All Times are Pacific Time • UCLA finished off an undefeated midweek schedule after blanking UC Irvine 7-0 on Tuesday night at Anteater Ballpark. *Pac-12 Conference Game Felix Rubi made the start for the second straight Tuesday, throwing five scoreless to earn his first career win. The ^ Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic bullpen finished off the shutout with four scoreless innings of relief. Nate Hadley had the most impressive relief UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA outing, getting a three-pitch strikeout to get out of an inherited bases-loaded jam before throwing a scoreless Baseball Twitter: @UCLABaseball seventh. Jeremy Ydens (3-4 in his return to the lineup) and Ryan Kreidler (solo homer, two runs scored) paced the Baseball Instagram: @UCLABruinsBaseball Bruin offense, which put the game away with a four-run fifth inning.