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) 206-4008 u (310) 825-8664 FAX 2009 stats LEADERS UCLA TO FACE OREGON FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1979 BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI Bruins ready to hit road for seventh Pac-10 series of season, play three games at Oregon Casey Haerther 37/34 .333 141 47 7 32 Gino Aielli 29/21 .329 79 26 1 9 LOS ANGELES – The UCLA baseball team returns to UCLA Bruins (20-21, 11-7) Eddie Murray 40/40 .316 136 43 2 26 the road for a three-game Pac-10 series at Oregon, at Justin Uribe 36/30 .310 113 35 3 20 beginning Friday, May 1. The Bruins have not faced Cody Decker 41/40 .308 146 45 15 37 Oregon Ducks (13-29, 3-12) Oregon since 1979 and have not played the Ducks at Oregon’s PK Park PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO in Eugene, Ore., since the 1969 season. Winners of Friday, May 1, 3 p.m. Trevor Bauer 16/6 2.60 6-3 69.1 65 10 of their last 14 games, the Bruins will send right- Garett Claypool 11/5 3.75 1-1 24.0 30 UCLA – Gerrit Cole, RHP, Fr. (4-3, 3.99) hander Gerrit Cole to the hill for Friday afternoon’s Oregon – Erik Stavert, RHP, Jr. (4-3, 2.63) Charles Brewer 12/10 3.83 2-4 54.0 55 series opener. UCLA looks to right-hander Trevor Bauer for Saturday’s early contest before closing the Saturday, May 2, 11 a.m. UCLA – Trevor Bauer, RHP, Fr. (6-3, 2.60) 2009 SCHEDULE series Sunday afternoon with right-hander Charles Date Opponent Result Score Oregon – Tyler Anderson, LHP, Fr. (2-5, 5.11) Brewer on the mound. 2/20 UC Davis W 13-1 Sunday, May 3, 1 p.m. 2/21 UC Davis W 5-2 SERIES VS. OREGON: UCLA leads, 11-2 UCLA – Charles Brewer, RHP, Jr. (2-4, 3.83) 2/22 UC Davis L (11) 8-7 CURRENT SERIES STREAK: UCLA, two wins Oregon – TBA 2/24 at UC Santa Barbara L 7-6 2/25 UC Riverside L 11-1 2/27 vs. Rice^ (10) L (10) 5-4 WHAT’S BRUIN 2/28 vs. Baylor^ (6) L 5-1 • UCLA enters this weekend’s series at Oregon having won 10 of its last 14 games. 3/1 vs. UC Irvine^ (5) L 7-4 • Cody Decker (15 HR, 37 RBI) and Casey Haerther (7 HR, 32 RBI) have led the Bruins’ offense in 2009. 3/3 Pepperdine (12) L 5-4 • Right-hander Trevor Bauer leads UCLA’s pitching staff with six wins, a 2.60 ERA and 69.1 innings pitched. 3/6 at Oklahoma (16) L 6-5 3/7 at Oklahoma (16) L 7-6 • Right-hander Gerrit Cole has logged a team-high 78 strikeouts (56.1 inn.) and a .197 opponent average. 3/8 at Oklahoma (16) L 6-4 • UCLA has picked up its pace in Pac-10 play, posting victories in five of its last six conference contests. 3/10 UC Santa Barbara (25) W 5-3 • Left-hander Gavin Brooks has recorded three saves in the last four games, having notched eight this spring. 3/11 San Diego State L 10-6 3/13 at East Carolina W 10-9 OFF TO OREGON 3/14 at East Carolina W 8-6 UCLA plays its first games against Oregon this weekend since the university chose to reinstate baseball as an 3/15 at East Carolina L 7-5 NCAA sport in the summer of 2007 (dropped following the 1981 season). The Bruins went 11-2 in 13 meetings 3/21 at USC* W 14-4 against the Ducks from 1967 through 1979. UCLA has played at Oregon three times – the Bruins earned a 3/22 at USC* L 5-1 4-1 win May 9, 1969 and swept a doubleheader against the Ducks on May 13, 1967 (10-2, 3-0). The Bruins 3/23 at USC* W 17-2 last faced Oregon on March 24, 1979, when UCLA won both games of a doubleheader (14-3, 5-4). The first 3/25 at Pepperdine (17) W 7-2 two games of the series will feature a live video broadcast available online (fee required) at goducks.com. The 3/27 Arizona* W 7-6 series finale on Sunday will air live on Comcast SportsNet Northwest (local cable network). 3/28 Arizona* L 19-5 3/29 Arizona* W 8-6 4/1 Loyola Marymount L 3-2 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS 4/3 at Washington State* L 7-2 Right-hander Gerrit Cole has earned the role as UCLA’s Friday night starter, as he leads the Bruins with 78 4/4 at Washington State* L 4-3 strikeouts in 56.1 innings (12.5 K/9 IP average). The former standout pitcher at Orange Lutheran High School 4/5 at Washington State* W 9-5 has gone 4-3 in 10 starts, registering a 3.99 ERA and .197 opponent batting average, tops on the Bruins’ staff. 4/7 UC Irvine (5) W 8-3 Two weeks ago, Cole limited Washington (April 17) to one hit and two unearned runs in eight innings, logging 4/9 at Stanford* L (10) 4-3 a career-high 13 strikeouts in a 4-2 UCLA victory. Last month, he notched 12 strikeouts in five innings at East 4/10 at Stanford* W 8-5 Carolina (March 13) before a rain delay forced the right-hander out of the contest. Through Tuesday’s action, 4/11 at Stanford* (TV – CBS-CS) L 7-2 Cole ranked third in the Pac-10 in opponent batting average (.197) and tied for fourth in strikeouts (78). 4/14 at San Diego State (15) W 7-3 4/17 Washington* W 4-2 THE BAUER FILE 4/18 Washington* W 13-0 Right-hander Trevor Bauer leads UCLA with six wins (6-3 record), a 2.60 ERA and 69.1 innings. After opening the 4/19 Washington* W 6-3 4/21 at UC Riverside L 17-6 season as a go-to relief pitcher, Bauer continued to blossom as a midweek starter before entering the weekend 4/24 Oregon State* (17) W 7-5 rotation at Washington State (April 5). He has gone 4-0 in Pac-10 play, posting a 2.75 ERA in conference 4/25 Oregon State* (17) L 5-3 action. The freshman from Valencia, Calif., has limited the opposition to a .226 batting average, compiling 65 4/26 Oregon State* (17) W 5-2 strikeouts and 15 walks. As a starting pitcher, he has gone 4-0 with a 2.68 ERA, 40 strikeouts and seven 4/28 Long Beach State W 7-5 walks in 43.2 innings. Bauer has twice earned Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors in his freshman campaign, 5/1 at Oregon* (TV – COMCAST) 3 p.m. becoming the first Bruin pitcher to earn the award twice in one season since Tyson Brummett (2007). 5/2 at Oregon* 11 a.m. 5/3 at Oregon* 1 p.m. UPPER DECKER 5/5 Cal State Bakersfield 6 p.m. Senior first baseman Cody Decker earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors Monday for the second time this 5/8 California* 6 p.m. season. UCLA’s team leader in home runs (15) and RBI (37), Decker went 7-for-15 (.467) with three homers 5/9 California* 2 p.m. and five RBI in four games last week. Decker became the first Bruin to earn Pac-10 Player of the Week honors 5/10 California* 1 p.m. twice or more in one season since 2000 (Forrest Johnson). With his 41st career home run on Saturday, 5/12 Long Beach State 6 p.m. 5/15 at Cal State Fullerton (6) 7 p.m. Decker moved into sole possession of eighth place on UCLA’s all-time home runs list, surpassing Colorado 5/16 Cal State Fullerton (6) 6 p.m. Rockies third baseman Garrett Atkins, who belted 40 round-trippers from 1998-2000. The resident of Santa 5/17 Cal State Fullerton (6) 1 p.m. Monica, Calif., has become the first Bruin to hit at least six homers in each of four seasons since current 5/19 at UC Irvine (1) 6 p.m. Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Eric Byrnes belted 48 home runs from 1995-98. 5/22 at Arizona State* (3) 6:30 p.m. 5/23 at Arizona State* (3) 6:30 p.m. CASEY AT THE BAT 5/24 at Arizona State* (3) 1 p.m. Junior third baseman Casey Haerther leads the Bruins with a .333 average and ranks second on the team 5/29-6/1 NCAA Regionals TBD with seven home runs and 32 RBI. The resident of Chatsworth, Calif., logged a career-high five RBI in a 2-for-4 6/5-8 NCAA Super Regionals TBD effort against Long Beach State on Tuesday. Haerther’s first-inning grand slam put UCLA ahead, 4-0, before 6/13-24 College World Series TBD he notched his fifth RBI of the game in the third inning. Haerther has belted two grand slams this spring (one ^ Houston College Classic (at Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX) vs.