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 2011 STATS LEAdERS BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI UCLA BASEBALL – 2011 SEASON NOTES Dean Espy 59/58 .320 231 74 3 40 Bruins win Pac-10 Conference title, host Regional for second consecutive season Cody Keefer 58/58 .303 201 61 1 18 Beau Amaral 58/58 .299 221 66 2 29 UCLA’S SEASON AT A GLANCE Cody Regis 57/56 .284 194 55 6 45 • UCLA earned its first outright Pac-10 Conference title since 1986 (three-way tie for first place in 2000). Jeff Gelalich 55/53 .268 183 49 2 13 • The Bruins hosted NCAA Regional action at Jackie Robinson Stadium for the second consecutive year. PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO • UCLA finished the season with a 35-24 record and an 18-9 mark in Pac-10 play. Trevor Bauer 16/16 1.25 13-2 136.2 203 • The Bruins posted a second-place finish at the NCAA Los Angeles Regional, getting eliminated by UC Irvine. Adam Plutko 16/15 2.01 7-4 107.2 92 • UCLA’s pitching staff led the Pac-10 with a 2.44 ERA, the third-lowest mark among NCAA Division I teams. Mitchell Beacom 25/0 2.20 0-2 32.2 38 • Trevor Bauer led the nation with 203 strikeouts and 10 complete games, going 13-2 with a 1.25 ERA. • UCLA’s Gerrit Cole (Pittsburgh) and Trevor Bauer (Arizona) were selected No. 1 and No. 3 in the MLB Draft. 2011 SCHEdULE Date Opponent Result/Time (PT) TOP MARKS 2/18 San Francisco W 1-0 • Trevor Bauer set the Pac-10 single-season strikeouts record (203, ahead of Mark Prior’s 202 in 2001). 2/19 San Francisco W 4-1 • UCLA’s 572 strikeouts ranks second-highest in school history, behind UCLA’s 700 strikeouts in 2010. 2/20 San Francisco W 3-0 • The Bruins posted a 2.44 ERA, the lowest mark in program history since 1969 (2.40). 2/22 Pepperdine W 9-0 • Trevor Bauer became the first player in UCLA baseball history to win the Golden Spikes Award. 2/26 San Jose State L 5-3 • UCLA ranked second in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings (9.8) and hits allowed per nine innings (6.61). 2/27 San Jose State ^ L 8-3 2/27 San Jose State W 12-2 ELITE PITCHING 3/1 at San Diego State W 5-2 UCLA’s pitching staff posted the nation’s third-lowest ERA (2.44), behind College World Series participants 3/4 at Nebraska (11) W 1-0 Virginia (2.24) and Texas (2.35). For the second consecutive season, UCLA led the Pac-10 in strikeouts (572). 3/5 at Nebraska (12) L 2-1 The Bruins recorded 15 complete games (10 by Trevor Bauer), the highest total by a Pac-10 team since 3/6 at Nebraska (11) L 5-4 DC Oregon State hurled 17 complete games in 2001. UCLA’s pitchers recorded 10 or more strikeouts in 30 of 3/11 Georgia L 6-2 59 games and had at least 15 strikeouts in six ballgames. 3/12 Saint Mary’s DC W 10-2 3/13 vs. USC (at Dodger Stadium) DC L 2-0 POSTSEASON PLAY 3/21 at Cal Poly L 2-1 Backed by their first outright conference title since 1986, UCLA hosted the NCAA Los Angeles Regional at 3/21 at Cal Poly W 8-0 3/25 at USC* W 8-4 Jackie Robinson Stadium for the second consecutive year. Never before had UCLA hosted postseason play in 3/26 at USC* W 4-0 back-to-back seasons. The Bruins went 2-2 at the NCAA Regional, falling to UC Irvine, 4-3, in the Regional’s final 3/27 at USC* L 6-2 game the night of Sunday, June 5. UCLA secured its 17th NCAA Regional berth, advancing to the postseason 3/29 at Cal State Fullerton (12) L 5-3 for the fifth time in head coach John Savage’s seven seasons. 4/1 Washington* W 2-1 4/2 Washington* W 5-3 CONFERENCE CROWN 4/3 Washington* W 3-2 With the Pac-10 title on the line during the season’s final regular-season weekend, UCLA won the first two of 4/5 at UC Riverside (11) L 5-4 three games at Arizona State (May 27-29), and Oregon State was swept in a three-game series at Oregon. That 4/8 at Washington State* W 3-1 combination helped UCLA capture its first outright Pac-10 Conference championship since 1986. The Bruins 4/9 at Washington State* W 10-3 were Pac-10 Co-Champions in 2000 with Stanford and Arizona State. Since the Pac-8’s inception in 1967, 4/10 at Washington State* L 3-2 UCLA has secured a share of the conference crown six times (1969, 1976, 1979, 1986, 2000, 2011). 4/12 Long Beach State W 6-4 4/15 Arizona* (20) L 5-4 SEASON TO REMEMBER 4/16 Arizona* (20) W 4-0 Trevor Bauer became the first UCLA player to ever win the Golden Spikes Award. Not only did he lead the nation 4/17 Arizona* (20) W 8-5 in strikeouts (203) and complete games (10), but he also went 13-2 with a 1.25 ERA in 16 starts. Bauer had 4/19 San Diego State W 14-6 at least 10 strikeouts in 14 of his 16 starts and finished the season having logged nine consecutive complete 4/21 at Stanford* L 7-4 games. In addition to winning the Golden Spikes Award, Bauer was one of three finalists for the Dick Howser 4/22 at Stanford* W 4-1 Trophy and earned Player of the Year honors from Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball. 4/23 at Stanford* L 5-4 4/26 UC Irvine W 6-1 FANTASTIC FRESHMAN 4/29 Oregon State* (3) L 7-5 Serving as UCLA’s No. 3 starting pitcher behind eventual first-round draft selections Gerrit Cole and Trevor 4/30 Oregon State* (3) L 2-0 Bauer, freshman right-hander Adam Plutko earned Freshman All-America honors from Baseball America, 5/1 Oregon State* (3) W 5-2 Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA. He finished second in the Pac-10 with a 2.01 ERA, posting a 7-4 record 5/3 at Pepperdine W 10-0 with 92 strikeouts and 24 walks in 107.2 innings. Plutko was saddled with five no-decisions, four of which came 5/6 at Oregon* W 7-1 5/7 at Oregon* W 3-1 in ballgames during which the Bruins led when he exited after the sixth inning. 5/8 at Oregon* W 4-0 TOP dRAFT SELECTIONS 5/10 at Long Beach State L 4-2 Junior right-handers Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer were selected first and third, respectively, in the first round 5/11 UC Santa Barbara L 5-4 5/13 Cal State Bakersfield L 5-1 of the 2011 MLB Draft. Cole, chosen No. 1 by Pittsburgh, and Bauer, taken No. 3 by Arizona, became the first 5/14 Cal State Bakersfield W 10-1 teammates from one college program to be selected within the first three picks since 1978, when Arizona State’s 5/15 Cal State Bakersfield W 3-2 Bob Horner and Hubie Brooks were taken first and third, respectively. Overall, UCLA had nine players selected 5/20 California* L 4-0 in the 2011 MLB Draft. In seven seasons as UCLA’s head coach, John Savage has had 51 draft picks. 5/21 California* W 2-1 5/22 California* W 5-2 LEAdING HITTERS 5/24 at UC Irvine (24) L 2-1 UCLA’s offense was led by junior Dean Espy and sophomores Beau Amaral, Cody Keefer and Cody Regis in 5/27 at Arizona State* (8) W 10-3 2011. Espy posted a team-best .320 batting average, belting three homers and finishing second on the team 5/28 at Arizona State* (8) W 7-0 with 40 RBI. Amaral captured All-Pac-10 Team honors, batting .299 with two homers, three triples and a 5/29 at Arizona State* (8) L 10-5 team-best 16 doubles. Keefer batted .303 and led the team with a .408 on-base percentage. Regis collected 6/3 San Francisco REG L 3-0 team-highs with six home runs and 45 RBI, batting .284 with two triples and 10 doubles. 6/4 Fresno State REG W 3-1 6/5 San Francisco REG W 4-1 POINT BLANK 6/5 UC Irvine REG L 4-3 UCLA tied the school record for shutouts in one season with 10. The Bruins’ 1969 ballclub also had 10 shutouts * Pac-10 Conference game en route to earning the program’s first-ever apperance to the College World Series after finishing first in the ^ resumed from Feb. 25 (rain suspension) Pac-8 Conference. UCLA tallied nine shutouts in 1978, eight in 1967 and five in 2008, 1992 and 1977. The DC Dodgertown Classic REG NCAA Los Angeles Regional (Jackie Robinson Stadium) Bruins opened their 2011 campaign with six shutouts in 18 games. Trevor Bauer hurled three complete game Rankings are from Baseball America’s weekly top-25 poll shutouts, while Gerrit Cole and Adam Plutko each had one.