UUCLACLA Sports Information Baseball 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 2008 STATS LEADERS UCLA CONTINUES HOMESTAND AGAINST NO. 7 UC IRVINE, UC RIVERSIDE Name GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI Bruins to host seventh-ranked Anteaters in Tuesday night contest (6 p.m.) Alden Carrithers 26/26 .394 106 41 3 25 Brent Dean 12/12 .323 31 10 1 4 MIDWEEK – UCLA hosts UC Irvine on Tuesday evening, NO. 7 UC IRVINE (20-5) AT UCLA (14-12) Brandon Crawford 26/26 .311 103 32 2 18 as the Bruins play their fifth game of a 13-game at UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium Casey Haerther 24/23 .274 95 26 2 16 homestand. Last season, UCLA dropped a 5-4 decision Jermaine Curtis 26/26 .262 103 27 1 10 Tuesday, April 8, 6 p.m. to the Anteaters at home (April 10) and won at UC Irvine, UCI – Christian Bergman, RHP, So. (4-0, 1.08) Name GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO 4-2 (May 1). Sophomore right-hander Garett Claypool UCLA – Garett Claypool, RHP, So. (1-0, 4.61) Matt Grace 7/0 3.12 0-0 8.2 5 will make his eighth career start, including his third start Tim Murphy 8/7 3.44 2-2 49.2 57 against the Anteaters. UC RIVERSIDE (9-16) AT UCLA (14-12) Brendan Lafferty 13/0 4.45 1-1 28.1 24 at UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium 2008 SCHEDULE WEEKEND – The Bruins host a three-game series Friday, April 11, 6 p.m. 2/22 Oklahoma W, 7-5 against UC Riverside on April 11-13. Last spring, the UCR – Stephen Penney, RHP, Jr. (3-2, 2.72) 2/23 Oklahoma L, 3-2 (12) non-conference foes split two Tuesday evening meetings. UCLA – Tim Murphy, LHP, Jr. (2-2, 3.44) 2/24 Oklahoma Ccd. (rain) UCLA downed UC Riverside, 3-2, in the Bruins’ seventh Saturday, April 12, 2 p.m. 2/26 at Cal State Northridge^ Susp. (8th) regular-season game (Feb. 13) and lost at UC Riverside, UCR – Matt Larkins, RHP, Fr. (4-1, 3.37) 2/27 UC Santa Barbara W, 5-4 (13) 3-1 (April 24). The Highlanders won two of three games UCLA – Charles Brewer, RHP, So. (3-3, 5.03) 2/29 Southern W, 11-2 last weekend against Long Beach State. UC Riverside Sunday, April 13, 1 p.m. 3/1 vs. Bethune-Cookman# (ESPN2) W, 2-0 hosts San Diego on Tuesday before hitting the road to UCR – Paul Bargas, LHP, So. (1-3, 4.98) 3/2 at USC W, 4-3 play the Toreros in San Diego on Wednesday. UCLA – Gavin Brooks, LHP, So. (2-2, 5.61) 3/4 at Cal State Fullerton L, 7-1 3/5 Cal State Fullerton L, 13-2 3/7 St. Mary’s W, 14-0 HISTORY WITH THE ANTEATERS 3/8 St. Mary’s W, 4-3 UCLA has recorded a 6-5 record against UC Irvine since the Anteaters revived their baseball program in 3/9 St. Mary’s L, 4-2 2002. Overall, the Bruins have logged a 39-21-1 record against UC Irvine. Head coach John Savage arrived 3/11 Pepperdine W, 11-3 at UCLA after serving as head coach at UC Irvine from 2002-2004 – Savage led the Anteaters to a 4-0 3/13 at Cal Poly L, 9-8 record against UCLA in three seasons. As the Bruins’ head coach, Savage has guided UCLA to a 6-1 mark 3/14 at Cal Poly W, 10-6 against UC Irvine. The Bruins and Anteaters will meet again at UC Irvine on Tuesday, May 13. 3/15 at Cal Poly W, 12-9 3/21 Long Beach State L, 13-3 OMAHA OPPONENTS 3/22 at Long Beach State L, 3-2 This spring, the Bruins play four teams which advanced to the 2007 College World Series in Omaha, Neb. In 3/22 at Long Beach State L, 10-3 addition to two games against UC Irvine, which made its first NCAA Division I College World Series appearance 3/25 at San Diego State L, 6-3 last June, the Bruins’ schedule features three games against Cal State Fullerton, three games at home versus 3/28 at Arizona* W, 4-3 (10) Arizona State and three contests at Oregon State. One year ago, UCLA played 11 games (nine during the 3/29 at Arizona* W, 20-8 regular season) against teams that advanced to the 2006 College World Series. 3/30 at Arizona* L, 8-4 4/1 San Diego State W, 6-2 TUESDAY NIGHT LIGHTS 4/4 USC* L, 6-1 Right-hander Garett Claypool makes his ninth career start Tuesday against UC Irvine and carries a 1-0 record 4/5 USC* L, 7-4 and 4.61 ERA into the mid-week contest. Claypool has recorded 12 strikeouts and issued 15 walks in 13.2 4/6 USC* W, 4-2 innings this season. In his career as a starting pitcher, the West Hills, Calif., resident has logged a 1.82 ERA 4/8 UC Irvine 6:00 p.m. and 4-0 record, totaling 26 strikeouts and 11 walks (all starts in mid-week games). Last Tuesday, Claypool 4/11 UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. limited San Diego State to one run and one hit in five innings, striking out five hitters in a 6-2 win. 4/12 UC Riverside 2:00 p.m. 4/13 UC Riverside 1:00 p.m. RIVALRY ENDURES, STREAK ENDED 4/15 Cal State Northridge 6:00 p.m. UCLA’s six-game winning streak against crosstown rival USC was snapped Friday, as the Trojans defeated 4/18 Stanford* 6:00 p.m. the Bruins, 6-1. USC won two of three games over the weekend, as both teams split four games during the 4/19 Stanford* 2:00 p.m. regular season. The Trojans earned a 7-4 win Saturday, before UCLA responded with a 4-2 victory Sunday 4/20 Stanford* 1:00 p.m. afternoon. In 2006 and 2007, UCLA captured the season series against its crosstown rival – the Bruins 4/22 UNLV 6:00 p.m. won two of three games at home in 2006 and swept USC at Dedeaux Field in 2007. 4/25 at Washington* 6:30 p.m. 4/26 at Washington* 2:00 p.m. CONSISTENTLY CRUSHING 4/27 at Washington* 1:00 p.m. Alden Carrithers hit at a .429 clip in four games last week, going 6-for-14 with two home runs, six RBI, four 4/29 at Pepperdine 3:00 p.m. runs and one stolen base. The senior from Portland, Ore., has posted a seven-game hit streak after having 5/2 Arizona State* 6:00 p.m. recorded a team-best 10-game hit streak earlier in the season. Carrithers has recorded at least one hit in 5/3 Arizona State* (FSN) 4:00 p.m. 22 of 26 games and leads the Bruins with 12 multi-hit efforts. Carrithers currently leads the Bruins with 5/4 Arizona State* 1:00 p.m. a .394 batting average, 41 hits, 104 at-bats, 21 runs (tied), eight doubles, three triples, 25 RBI, 64 total 5/6 San Diego 6:00 p.m. bases, .615 slugging percentage and 11 stolen bases. 5/9 at Oregon State* 5:00 p.m. 5/10 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. RUN SUPPORT 5/11 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. The Bruins have posted a 10-1 record when scoring five or more runs. When scoring three runs or fewer, 5/13 at UC Irvine 6:00 p.m. UCLA has logged a 1-9 mark. UCLA has scored 10 or more runs in six games this spring. The Bruins scored 5/16 Washington State* 6:00 p.m. a season-high 20 runs at Arizona (March 29), pounding out a season-best 22 hits and totaling 17 RBI in 5/17 Washington State* (FSN) 1:30 p.m. the Pac-10 victory. UCLA also scored 22 runs in a currently-suspended game at Cal State Northridge – that 5/18 Washington State* 1:00 p.m. game will be resumed in the bottom of the eighth innning on April 15 (4:30 p.m.), when the Matadors travel to 5/20 at Cal State Fullerton 6:00 p.m. Jackie Robinson Stadium for the final regular-season affair between both teams (6 p.m. start). 5/23 at California* 2:30 p.m. 5/24 at California* 1:00 p.m. QUICK HITS 5/25 at California* 1:00 p.m. • John Savage stands five victories shy of 100 as UCLA’s head baseball coach (95-106 record). 5/30-6/1 NCAA Regionals TBD • UCLA’s remaining schedule features 16 Pac-10 games and 10 non-conference contests. 6/6-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBD • The Bruins will conclude the season playing eight of 11 games away from Jackie Robinson Stadium. 6/14-25 College World Series TBD • UCLA’s pitching staff has logged two shutouts through the first 26 games. ^ Game to be resumed April 15 at UCLA (4:30 p.m.) • Each weekend starter has had at least one outing of eight innings or longer this spring. # at MLB Urban Youth Academy (Compton, Calif.) *indicates Pac-10 Conference game.