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 2020 STAT LEADERS No. 8 UCLA (4-0) vs. St. Mary’s (2-2) BATTER GP-GS AVG OBP SLG HR RBI Matt McLain 4-4 .533 .526 1.000 2 8 Feb. 21-23, 2020 Michael Curialle 4-4 .375 .444 .813 2 6 Los Angeles, Calif. (Jackie Robinson Stadium) Garrett Mitchell 4-4 .417 .632 .583 0 0 SERIES INFORMATION PITCHER GP-GS ERA W-L IP SO Venue: Jackie Robinson Stadium (1,879) Jesse Bergin 1-1 0.00 1-0 5.0 9 vs. Holden Powell 2-0 0.00 1 SV 2.1 5 First Pitch: 6 PM / 2 PM / 1 PM Nick Nastrini 1-1 1.80 1-0 5.0 5 Internet Radio: UCLABruins.com Radio Talent: Tim Wilhelm 2020 SCHEDULE Live Stats: UCLABruins.com 4-0 2-2 FEBRUARY Promos: First Responder Appreciation (Fri.-Sun) Fri. 14 UC Riverside W, 4-2 Student Shuttle Bus (Sat.) Sat. 15 UC Riverside W, 9-1 All-Time Series: UCLA trails 17-26 Sun. 16 UC Riverside W, 8-0 Little League Sunday Bruins and Gaels are playing a weekend series for first time Tue. 18 Loyola Marymount W, 10-1 Kids Run the Bases (Sun.) since 2008 (UCLA won 2 of 3 at home) Fri. 21 St. Mary’s 6 PM Sat. 22 St. Mary’s 2 PM Sun. 23 St. Mary’s 1 PM Tue. 25 Keio University (exhibition) 4 PM NO. 8 UCLA WELCOMES ST. MARY’S FOR WEEKEND SERIES Wed. 26 Pepperdine 6 PM The No. 8-ranked UCLA baseball team continues a season-opening nine-game homestand this weekend by hosting WCC- Fri. 28 vs. Oklahoma State% 1 PM member St. Mary’s for a three-game series starting on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. The set continues with a 2:00 p.m. contest Sat. 29 vs. Texas A&M% 4 PM on Saturday and 1:00 p.m. finale on Sunday. Fans can follow along with live audio - Tim Wilhelm will have the call - on MARCH UCLABruins.com, on Twitter at @UCLABaseball, or with live stats at UCLALiveStats.com. Sun. 1 vs. Illinois% 9 AM Tue. 3 at UC Santa Barbara 5:30 PM PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS Fri. 6 Vanderbilt^ 6 PM Sat. 7 TCU^ 2 PM Friday, Feb. 21 - 6:00 p.m. PT Sun. 8 at USC ^ (TV: P12N) 3 PM UCLA - Zach Pettway, RHP, Jr. (0-0, 3.00 ERA) Fri. 13 Oregon* 6 PM SMC - Carlos Lomeli, RHP, Jr. (0-1, 1.50 ERA) Sat. 14 Oregon* 2 PM Sun. 15 Oregon* 1 PM Saturday, Feb. 22 - 2:00 p.m. PT Fri. 20 Washington State* 6 PM UCLA - Nick Nastrini, RHP, So. (1-0, 1.80 ERA) Sat. 21 Washington State* 2 PM SMC - Ty Madrigal, LHP, RSr. (0-1, 3.60 ERA) Sun. 22 Washington State* 12 PM Sunday, Feb. 23 - 1:00 p.m. PT Tue. 24 UC Irvine 6 PM UCLA - Jesse Bergin, RHP, So. (1-0, 0.00 ERA) Fri. 27 at Utah* 5 PM Sat. 28 at Utah* 3 PM SMC - Dalton Ponce, RHP, So. (0-0, 3.18 ERA) Sun. 29 at Utah* 12 PM Tue. 31 Long Beach State 6 PM SUCCESSFUL START TO 2020 UCLA had an impressive start to the new season this past weekend, sweeping Big West-member UC Riverside and APRIL Fri. 3 Cal State Fullerton 6 PM outscoring them 21-3 on aggregate for the weekend. It was the third consecutive season in which UCLA swept its opening Sat. 4 Cal State Fullerton 2 PM series and the sixth time overall in the John Savage era (since 2005). The Bruins allowed just 12 hits over the weekend to Sun. 5 at Cal State Fullerton 1 PM the Highlanders, including a combined three-hitter on Saturday and a combined two-hitter in the Sunday finale. Thur. 9 at Washington* 6:05 PM Fri. 10 at Washington* 6:05 PM FIRST THINGS FIRST Sat. 11 at Washington* 1:05 PM UCLA has dominated the first inning of games to this point in the season. Over the first four games of the year, UCLA has Tue. 14 UC Santa Barbara 6 PM Fri. 17 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) 7 PM scored 10 runs on 10 hits including a five-spot against Loyola Marymount on Tuesday. Offensively, the Bruins have scored Sat. 18 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) 2 PM multiple runs three times in the first inning. Meanwhile, UCLA pitchers have gone three-up, three-down in the top of the Sun. 19 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) 2 PM first in every game so far, allowing not a single baserunner. Tue. 21 at UC Irvine 6 PM Fri. 24 at Oregon State* 5:35 PM HISTORY AGAINST ST. MARY’S Sat. 25 at Oregon State* (TV: ESPNU) 6 PM UCLA has a 17-26 all-time record in the series against St. Mary’s, which dates back to 1928. The Bruins and Gaels have Sun. 26 at Oregon State* (TV: P12N) 12 PM Tues. 28 at UC Irvine 6 PM played just four times since 1981, matching up in a weekend series in 2008 and then again during the Dodgertown Classic in 2011. UCLA took two of three from SMC in the 2008 series, winning the first two games of the series and outscoring MAY Fri. 1 Stanford* (TV: P12N) 7 PM the visitors 23-10 for the weekend. The Bruins then topped the Gaels 10-2 on Mar. 12, 2011 in the second game of that Sat. 2 Stanford* (TV: P12N) 2 PM year’s Dodger Stadium tournament. Sun. 3 Stanford* (TV: P12N) 2 PM Tue. 5 at Cal State Fullerton 6 PM WEEK IN REVIEW Fri. 8 at Arizona* (TV: P12N) 7 PM The Bruins opened the season with four wins in as many games, sweeping a weekend series with UC Riverside before Sat. 9 at Arizona* (TV: P12N) 4 PM routing Loyola Marymount 10-1 in a Tuesday night midweek. UCLA outscored UCR 21-3 on the weekend and allowed just Sun. 10 at Arizona* (TV: P12N) 1 PM Tue. 12 at Pepperdine 3 PM 12 hits overall. The Bruins then soundly defeated LMU at Jackie Robinson Stadium on Tuesday, scoring five runs in the Fri. 15 at California* (TV: P12N) 6 PM bottom of the first and then throwing a combined two-hitter in the 10-1 triumph. Sat. 18 at California* (TV: P12N) 6 PM Sun. 17 at California* (TV: P12N) 1 PM PITCHING OFF TO A HOT START Tue. 19 at Loyola Marymount 6 PM A year after leading the NCAA in team ERA, UCLA’s pitching staff is off to a great start to the 2020 campaign. To this point Thur. 21 USC* (TV: P12N) 6 PM in the year, the Bruins rank second nationally in team ERA at 1.00, and lead the country in hits allowed per nine innings Fri. 22 USC* (TV: P12N) 6 PM Sat. 23 USC* (TV: P12N) 1:30 PM (3.5) and WHIP (0.58). The hot start is nothing new - UCLA allowed just three runs and 13 hits through its first four games last year. POSTSEASON 5/29-6/1 NCAA Regionals TBD BRUINS IN THE POLLS 6/5-8 NCAA Super Regionals TBD 6/12-24 College World Series TBD UCLA was represented in all five major national polls this week. The Bruins are ranked as high as No. 8 (ESPN/USA Today All Times are Pacific Time Coaches Poll, which hasn’t been updated since the preseason poll) and also appear at No. 10 (Baseball America, Collegiate *Pac-12 Conference Game Baseball), No. 11 (NCBWA), and No. 14 (D1Baseball). St. Mary’s is unranked. % Frisco College Classic - Dr Pepper Ballpark - Frisco, Tex. ^ Southern California College Baseball Classic SLICK GLOVES UCLA went its entire opening series without committing an error. That is the first time the Bruins went without committing UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Baseball Twitter: @UCLABaseball an error in their first series of the year under John Savage (since 2005). Baseball Instagram: @UCLABruinsBaseball BACK TO BACK Baseball Facebook: /UCLABaseball UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics Freshman Michael Curialle and sophomore Matt McLain launched solo homers in back-to-back fashion during the first UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics inning of Sunday’s series finale against UCR. The pair of jacks represented UCLA’s first set of back-to-back homers since UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics Michael Toglia and Chase Strumpf did so on May 21, 2017 against Utah. 2020 UCLA BASEBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2020 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 So. INF R/R 5-11 170 Tustin, Calif. (Beckman HS) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 3 Sean Mullen So. RHP R/R 6-1 195 Bakersfield, Calif. (Stockdale HS) Baseball Contact Andrew Wagner 4 Kevin Kendall Jr. INF L/R 5-10 165 La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada HS) Office Phone (310) 206-4008 Cell Phone (818) 437-3160 5 Garrett Mitchell Jr. OF L/R 6-3 215 Orange, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) E-Mail [email protected] 6 Michael Curialle Fr. INF R/R 6-2 190 Capistrano Valley, Calif. (JSerra Catholic HS) Fax (310) 825-8664 7 JT Schwartz RS Fr. 1B L/R 6-4 208 Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) Website www.uclabruins.com 8 Jarron Silva RS Jr.