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) 206-0524 u (310) 825-8664 FAX 2010 RETURNING STATS LEADERS Pepperdine Waves (3-0) at No. 2 UCLA Bruins (3-0) BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI at UCLA’s Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium Beau Amaral 64/57 .354 223 79 4 31 Dean Espy 63/40 .345 174 60 9 52 Tuesday, Feb. 22 6 p.m. Tyler Rahmatulla 61/61 .328 232 76 7 45 Cody Keefer 45/43 .318 148 47 2 31 Pepperdine – Matt Maurer, LHP, Fr. (0-0, 27.00) at Cody Regis 61/53 .312 189 59 9 47 UCLA – Scott Griggs, RHP, So. (first appearance) PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO Last season vs. Pepperdine Trevor Bauer 18/18 3.02 12-3 131.1 165 UCLA 2, Pepperdine 1 (3/30/10 at UCLA) 3-0 3-0 Gerrit Cole 19/19 3.37 11-4 123.0 153 WP: Garett Claypool LP: Aaron Gates SV: Dan Klein Mitchell Beacom 14/0 4.58 1-1 17.2 22 All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 54-37-4 UCLA 5, Pepperdine 1 (5/4/10 at Pepperdine) 2011 SCHEDULE WP: Garett Claypool LP: Robert Dickmann Pepperdine in 2010: 24-30, 12-9 WCC Date Opponent Result/Time (PT) UCLA in 2010: 51-17, 18-9 Pac-10 2/18 San Francisco W 1-0 2/19 San Francisco W 4-1 2/20 San Francisco W 3-0 POWERED BY PITCHING 2/22 Pepperdine 6 p.m. UCLA’s three starting pitchers (Gerrit Cole, Trevor Bauer, Adam Plutko) combined with three relievers to limit San 2/25 San Jose State 6 p.m. Francisco to one unearned run and 12 hits in 27.0 innings last weekend. The pitching staff tallied 32 strikeouts 2/26 San Jose State 2 p.m. and eight walks, holding San Francisco to a .132 batting average. UCLA has already logged two shutouts this 2/27 San Jose State 1 p.m. season, one more than its 2010 total, and UCLA’s most shutouts since recording five in 2008. 3/1 at San Diego State 6 p.m. 3/4 at Nebraska 11:30 a.m. SERIES SWEEP 3/5 at Nebraska 12 p.m. Freshman right-hander Adam Plutko threw six scoreless innings in his first collegiate outing Sunday, helping 3/6 at Nebraska 11 a.m. UCLA sweep San Francisco with a 3-0 victory. Plutko allowed just two hits as the Bruins’ starter before relievers 3/11 Georgia DC 6 p.m. Zack Weiss, Mitchell Beacom and Nick Vander Tuig combined for three scoreless innings in relief. Jeff Gelalich 3/12 Saint Mary’s DC 2 p.m. went 1-for-3 with an RBI-triple in the victory, finishing the weekend with a .556 batting average (5-for-9). Cody 3/13 vs. USC (at Dodger Stadium) DC 2:30 p.m. Keefer and Beau Amaral each recorded two hits for the Bruins in their third win of the season. 3/19 at Cal Poly 6 p.m. 3/20 at Cal Poly 2 p.m. CATCH-22 3/21 at Cal Poly 6 p.m. Junior right-hander Trevor Bauer tallied 10 strikeouts, surrendering just one unearned run and two hits through 3/25 at USC* 6 p.m. 7.2 innings to lead UCLA past San Francisco, 4-1, on Saturday. Bauer, a two-time All-Pac-10 selection, has 3/26 at USC* 6 p.m. recorded 267 career strikeouts in 244.1 innings, posting a 22-6 career record. He ranks sixth on UCLA’s all-time 3/27 at USC* 1 p.m. strikeouts list and has moved into a five-way tie for eighth place on the career wins list. Bauer is the first UCLA 3/29 at Cal State Fullerton (12) 6 p.m. pitcher to have logged at least 22 wins since Casey Janssen finished with 22 during his senior season. 4/1 Washington* 6 p.m. 4/2 Washington* 2 p.m. SEASON OPENING VICTORY 4/3 Washington* 1 p.m. Junior right-hander Gerrit Cole led UCLA past San Francisco, 1-0, by pitching a complete game to earn the 4/5 at UC Riverside 6 p.m. victory in the Bruins’ season opener last Friday. Cole tossed his second career complete game (first CG win), 4/8 at Washington State* 5:30 p.m. 4/9 at Washington State* 1 p.m. recording 11 strikeouts and just one walk through a career-high nine innings. UCLA received a 2-for-3 effort 4/10 at Washington State* 12 p.m. from Trevor Brown, who scored the game’s only run and had one double. The Bruins won their fifth consecutive 4/12 Long Beach State 6 p.m. season-opening contest, improving to 6-1 on Opening Day under head coach John Savage. 4/15 Arizona* (18) 6 p.m. 4/16 Arizona* (18) 2 p.m. GOING WITH GRIGGS 4/17 Arizona* (18) 1 p.m. UCLA will start sophomore right-hander Scott Griggs against Pepperdine on Tuesday at Jackie Robinson Stadium. 4/19 San Diego State 6 p.m. Griggs pitched in eight games last season, all in relief, and did not record a decision. He logged a 6.75 ERA, 4/21 at Stanford* (8) 5:30 p.m. collecting 10 strikeouts and eight walks in 8.0 innings. Selected in the 34th round of the 2009 MLB Draft by 4/22 at Stanford* (8) 5:30 p.m. the Seattle Mariners, Griggs was a three-year varsity letterwinner at San Ramon Valley High School. UCLA looks 4/23 at Stanford* (8) 1 p.m. to fill the shoes of Garett Claypool, who served as the Bruins’ primary midweek starter the last four years. 4/26 UC Irvine 6 p.m. 4/29 Oregon State* 6 p.m. EYE OF THE TIGER 4/30 Oregon State* 2 p.m. Freshman Nick Vander Tuig earned saves in UCLA’s wins against San Francisco on Saturday and Sunday. He 5/1 Oregon State* 1 p.m. made his collegiate debut in the ninth inning of a 4-1 ballgame Saturday, recording three outs on seven pitches. 5/3 at Pepperdine 3 p.m. In Sunday’s 3-0 shutout victory, Vander Tuig allowed one hit and registered two strikeouts in the ninth inning 5/6 at Oregon* (15) 6 p.m. to collect the save. In that game, he struck out the first two batters he faced looking. 5/7 at Oregon* (15) 5 p.m. 5/8 at Oregon* (15) 1 p.m. HE’S GELLIN 5/10 at Long Beach State 6:30 p.m. Sophomore Jeff Gelalich enters Tuesday’s game against Pepperdine as the only UCLA player to have hit safely 5/13 Cal State Bakersfield 6 p.m. in each of the team’s three games this season. Gelalich has batted .556, going 5-for-9, with one triple, one 5/14 Cal State Bakersfield 2 p.m. double, two runs and two stolen bases. He went 3-for-3 with two runs and two stolen bases in the Bruins’ 4-1 5/15 Cal State Bakersfield 1 p.m. win over San Francisco on Saturday. Last season, Gelalich batted .321 with two homers and 13 RBI in 40 5/17 Cal State Fullerton (12) 6 p.m. games (24 starts). He is a perfect 9-for-9 on the basepaths in his UCLA career. 5/20 California* (17) 6 p.m. 5/21 California* (17) 2 p.m. STRIKEOUT DUO UCLA’S TOP-10 CAREER STRIKEOUTS 5/22 California* (17) 1 p.m. Juniors Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer have packed a formidable 1. Alex Sanchez (1985-87) 328 5/24 at UC Irvine 6:30 p.m. 1-2 punch in UCLA’s starting rotation the past two seasons. 2. Jim Parque (1995-97) 319 5/27 at Arizona State* (9) 6:30 p.m. Bauer led the nation with 165 strikeouts last year, and Cole 3. Pete Janicki (1990-92) 307 5/28 at Arizona State* (9) 6:30 p.m. 4. Gary Robson (1970-72) 274 5/29 at Arizona State* (9) 1 p.m. finished third in the country with 153. Those totals rank first and second, respectively, in UCLA’s single-season strikeout 5. Gerrit Cole (2009-11) 268 6/3-6 NCAA Regionals TBD 6. Trevor Bauer (2009-11) 267 6/10-13 NCAA Super Regionals TBD record list. Bauer and Cole entered the 2011 season tied for 7. Jon Brandt (1998-01) 265 6/18-29 College World Series TBD eighth place on UCLA’s career strikeouts list (257). Cole added 8. Josh Karp (1999-01) 262 * Pac-10 Conference game 11 strikeouts last Friday, and Bauer logged 10 strikeouts in 9. Tim Leary (1977-79) 258 DC Dodgertown Classic UCLA’s win on Saturday. 10. Bill Brasher (1964-66) 254 Rankings are from Baseball America’s weekly top-25 poll UCLA BASEBALL – STEELE FIELD AT JACKIE ROBINSON STADIUM – HOME OF THE BRUINS MEDIA INFORMATION PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS UCLA Sports Information Juniors Trevor Bauer and Gerrit Cole have earned preseason All-America selections from a variety of national J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 baseball publications. Each pitcher has earned first-team All-America acclaim from ESPN, Collegiate Baseball, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association.