UCUCLALA Sports Information Baseball u J.D. Morgan Center u 325 Westwood Plaza u Los Angeles, CA 90024 Baseball SID: Alex Timiraos u [email protected] u (310) 206-4008 u (310) 825-8664 FAX 2007 STATS LEADERS (returners) NO. 1 UCLA OPENS 2008 CAMPAIGN AGAINST OKLAHOMA Name GP-GS AVG H HR RBI Bruins, Sooners previously met in Oklahoma City at 2000, 2004 NCAA Regionals Alden Carrithers 61-61 .352 82 2 32 Gabe Cohen 56-51 .345 71 10 36 UCLA opens the season with a three-game home OKLAHOMA (0-0) AT NO. 1 UCLA (0-0) Brandon Crawford 61-61 .335 83 7 55 series on Friday, Feb. 22, against Oklahoma, a at UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium Jermaine Curtis 37-37 .329 50 4 33 perennial contender in the Big 12 Conference. UCLA Cody Decker 54-49 .307 59 14 57 Friday, Feb. 22, 6 p.m. (2007 stats) holds a 4-3 all-time record against Oklahoma, as OU - Jeremy Erben, RHP, So. (JC transfer) Name GP-GS ERA W-L IP SO the two teams met at Cal State Fullerton in the Kia UCLA - Gavin Brooks, LHP, So. (6-7, 4.47 ERA) Garett Claypool 23-7 3.54 3-1 53.1 35 Baseball Bash – Oklahoma defeated UCLA, 7-2, on Gavin Brooks 18-18 4.47 6-7 110.2 98 Saturday, Feb. 23, 3 p.m. Jason Novak 24-0 4.83 3-0 41.0 38 March 4, 2005. The Bruins and Sooners also met in the Oklahoma City Regional in 2000 and 2004. OU - Michael Rocha, RHP, Fr. (Hays HS) 2008 SCHEDULE UCLA defeated Oklahoma in each of four meetings UCLA - Tim Murphy, LHP, Jr. (5-4, 5.68 ERA) 2/22 Oklahoma 6:00 p.m. – two games at each regional; in 2000, the Bruins Sunday, Feb. 24, 1 p.m. 2/23 Oklahoma 3:00 p.m. won the Oklahoma City Regional. Both teams first met OU - Chase Anderson, RHP, So. (JC transfer) 2/24 Oklahoma 1:00 p.m. in 1992 at the NCAA Mideast Regional (L, 4-3). UCLA - Charles Brewer, RHP, So. (0-1, 5.40 ERA) 2/26 Cal State Northridge 6:00 p.m. 2/27 UC Santa Barbara 6:00 p.m. 2/29 Southern 6:00 p.m. ’08 bruins return intact 3/1 vs. Bethune-Cookman# (ESPN2) 5:00 p.m. Seven of UCLA’s eight All-Pac-10 selections from 2007, including three honorable mention awardees, return 3/2 at USC 1:00 p.m. to the ballclub in 2008. In all, the Bruins return 22 letterwinners – seven starting position players will be back 3/4 at Cal State Fullerton 6:00 p.m. in the lineup, and two weekend starting pitchers return to the mound. UCLA’s infield welcomes back each 3/5 Cal State Fullerton 6:00 p.m. starter from its 2007 campaign – Jermaine Curtis (3B, Jr.), Brandon Crawford (SS, Jr.), Alden Carrithers 3/7 St. Mary’s 6:00 p.m. (2B, Sr.), Cody Decker (1B, Jr.) and Ryan Babineau (C, Jr.). Left-handers Gavin Brooks (So.) and Tim Murphy 3/8 St. Mary’s 2:00 p.m. (Jr.) return to the rotation after having served as the back two weekend starters in 2007. 3/9 St. Mary’s 1:00 p.m. 3/11 Pepperdine 6:00 p.m. WELCOME TO WESTWOOD 3/13 at Cal Poly 6:00 p.m. The incoming group of 12 players (10 freshmen, two junior college transfers) was rated the No. 7 recruiting 3/14 at Cal Poly 6:00 p.m. class in the nation last fall by Baseball America. The group of newcomers features two AFLAC All-Americans 3/15 at Cal Poly 1:00 p.m. – freshman outfielder Brett Krill and freshman right-handed pitcher Erik Goeddel. Five freshmen were selected 3/21 Long Beach State 6:00 p.m. in the 2007 MLB Draft, including Krill, right-hander Dan Klein, left-hander Rob Rasmussen and infielders 3/22 Long Beach State 1:00 p.m. Niko Gallego and Brandon Lodge. The third full recruiting class under head coach John Savage includes six 3/22 Long Beach State Game 2 pitchers and six position players. 3/25 at San Diego State 6:00 p.m. 3/28 at Arizona* 7:00 p.m. BACK TO WORK 3/29 at Arizona* 6:00 p.m. Entering his fourth season at the helm of the UCLA baseball program, head coach John Savage has the 3/30 at Arizona* 12:00 p.m. Bruin baseball program headed in the right direction. UCLA finished its 2007 season with its first trip to 4/1 San Diego State 6:00 p.m. the NCAA Super Regionals since 2000. The Bruins dropped both games to Cal State Fullerton, by scores 4/4 USC* 6:00 p.m. of 12-2 and 2-1, respectively. UCLA advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals after winning the Long Beach 4/5 USC* 2:00 p.m. Regional, recording wins over No. 3-seed Pepperdine (7-3), No. 4-seed Illinois-Chicago (3-1) and No. 1-seed 4/6 USC* 1:00 p.m. 4/8 UC Irvine 6:00 p.m. Long Beach State (7-4) at Blair Field. 4/11 UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. PRESEASON RANKINGS 4/12 UC Riverside 2:00 p.m. UCLA has been ranked No. 1 in Baseball America’s preseason poll, marking the highest preseason ranking 4/13 UC Riverside 1:00 p.m. in program history. The Bruins began the 1997 season ranked No. 2 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 5 by 4/15 at Cal State Northridge 3:00 p.m. 4/18 Stanford* 6:00 p.m. Baseball America. The 2008 Bruins have also been ranked No. 3 by Rivals.com, No. 7 by Perfect Game 4/19 Stanford* 2:00 p.m. Crosschecker, No. 17 by ESPN/USA Today, No. 18 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 19 by the National 4/20 Stanford* 1:00 p.m. Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Last summer, UCLA was heralded as the No. 1 rising program in 4/22 UNLV 6:00 p.m. the nation by Rivals.com’s college baseball staff. 4/25 at Washington* 6:30 p.m. 4/26 at Washington* 2:00 p.m. FIELDING AN IMPROVEMENT 4/27 at Washington* 1:00 p.m. Among the greatest changes to the Bruins’ baseball program this offseason was the renovation of the field 4/29 at Pepperdine 3:00 p.m. surface at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Turf crews installed over 100,000 square feet of natural grass sod. 5/2 Arizona State* 6:00 p.m. Prior to turf installation, construction crews spent two months establishing a durable drainage system with 5/3 Arizona State* (FSN) 4:00 p.m. proper irrigation. Additional upgrades included the installation of synthetic turf in both bullpens, a rubberized 5/4 Arizona State* 1:00 p.m. track spanning from dugout to dugout in foul territory, a new 15-foot wide dirt warning track and fresh coats 5/6 San Diego 6:00 p.m. of paint in each dugout and bullpen. New vinyl screens were applied to the outfield fence, perimeter walls 5/9 at Oregon State* 5:00 p.m. and the lower portion of the backstop behind home plate. 5/10 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. 5/11 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. NOTABLE NOTES FROM 2007 5/13 at UC Irvine 6:00 p.m. l UCLA has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in three of the past four seasons, including each of the last 5/16 Washington State* 6:00 p.m. two years...in June 2007, the Bruins made their first trip to the NCAA Super Regionals since 2000. 5/17 Washington State* (FSN) 1:30 p.m. l The Bruins finished 2007 with a 33-28 overall record and a 14-10 Pac-10 mark (third place)...last spring, 5/18 Washington State* 1:00 p.m. UCLA began the year 8-14 before reeling off wins in 17 of its next 21 games. 5/20 at Cal State Fullerton 6:00 p.m. l With starts of 8-1 and 12-2 in Pac-10 play, UCLA registered its best conference start since finishing 5/23 at California* 2:30 p.m. 10-0 in the Southern California Conference in 1924. 5/24 at California* 1:00 p.m. l The Bruins’ trio of starting pitchers fired 11 complete games, including two during the Long Beach Regional... 5/25 at California* 1:00 p.m. Tyson Brummett hurled seven complete games, tied for second on the school’s single-season list. 5/30-6/1 NCAA Regionals TBD l UCLA swept Stanford at Sunken Diamond for the first time since 1991...the Bruins broke Stanford’s streak of 6/6-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBD 71 consecutive three-game home series in which the Cardinal had not been swept (dated back to 1997). 6/14-25 College World Series TBD l The Bruins recorded their first-ever sweep in a three-game series format at USC’s Dedeaux Field...with # at MLB Urban Youth Academy (Compton, Calif.) the three wins, UCLA has defeated USC in each of the teams’ last five meetings. *indicates Pac-10 Conference game. l Three players were selected in the 2007 MLB Draft (Kevin Brophy, Tyson Brummett and Brant Rustich). 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