UCLA Baseball Weekly Notes Baseball SID: Neila Matheny • Email: [email protected] • Website: www.uclabruins.com UCLA Sports Information • JD Morgan Center, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 2004 Baseball Schedule BRUINS HOST W ASHINGTON S TATE IN FINAL PAC-10 H OME S ERIES Overall Record: 27-23, Pac-10 Record: 8-7 Date Opponent Time/Score TODAY 'S GAME: May 14, vs. Washington State, at Jackie Robinson Stadium, 6:00 p.m. 2/3 UC Riverside W, 4-1 RHP Aaron Trolia (5-4) vs. RHP Casey Janssen (8-3) 2/13 Fresno State W, 6-2 May 15, vs. Washington State, at Jackie Robinson Stadium, 1:00 p.m. 2/14 Fresno State W, 13-11 2/15 Fresno State L, 3-2 (10) RHP Aaron MacKenzie (5-6) vs. RHP David Johnson (1-2) 2/17 Loyola Marymount L, 7-3 May 16, vs. Washington State, at Jackie Robinson Stadium, 12:00 p.m. 2/20 Pacific W, 6-1 2/21 Pacific L, 7-0 LHP Garrett Alwert (4-2) vs. LHP Wes Whisler (1-4) 2/24 Pepperdine W, 8-6 2/26 Hawaii-Hilo W, 10-4 2/27 Hawaii-Hilo W, 14-1 UCLA C OMPLETES FIRST S WEEP OF CAL struck out 10 batters on the night. 2/29 Hawaii-Hilo W, 11-0 On Saturday, UCLA hit a sea- 3/1 Hawaii-Hilo W, 12-1 STATE FULLERTON S INCE 1991: The Bru- 3/2 UC Santa Barbara W, 3-2 (12) ins hit three home runs and held Cal son-high four home runs, but it wouldn't 3/5 Texas A&M W, 8-6 be enough as Arizona claimed a 20-9 3/6 Texas A&M L, 8-4 State Fullerton to four hits en route to a 3/7 Texas A&M L, 8-2 8-2 victory on Tuesday night. Wes victory. Preston Griffin, Brandon Averill, 3/9 UC Irvine L, 6-0 Wes Whisler and Will Penniall all 3/12 Long Beach State L, 3-0 Whisler drove in three runs, while Chris 3/13 Nebraska W, 4-2 Denove, Brandon Averill and Jarrad homered in the contest. 3/14 Houston L, 7-6 Sunday saw UCLA held to two 3/16 Loyola Marymount W, 7-5 Page each homered. 3/26 USC L, 11-4 Starter Daniel Miltenberger hits, as Arizona hurler John Meloan 3/27 USC L, 5-0 pitched complete game. Griffin and 3/28 USC W, 13-7 improved to 3-0 on the season as he 3/30 San Diego State L, 5-1 threw a career-high six innings and al- Ryan McCarthy had the lone Bruin hits., 4/2 Stanford* L, 11-4 which were both home runs. Griffin's 4/3 Stanford* L, 15-13 lowed only two hits. Reliever Kyle Wil- 4/4 Stanford* W, 6-5 son struck-out a career-high five batters, roundtripper came in the first Bruin at- 4/6 Pepperdine W, 3-2 bat of the game and marked his sec- 4/8 Arizona* W, 9-7 including three in the ninth inning, to 4/9 Arizona* W, 4-3 earn his second save of 2004. ond home run in as many games. 4/10 Arizona* L, 9-5 4/13 Long Beach State W, 11-1 4/16 Arizona State* L, 12-4 BRUINS EARN ONE W IN IN W EEKEND 4/17 Arizona State* L, 4-3 UCLA D ROPS TWO CONTESTS AT #12 4/18 Arizona State* W, 11-10 SERIES W ITH ARIZONA : Casey Janssen W ICHITA S TATE : The Bruins took early 4/20 Cal State Fullerton W, 5-4 (12) 4/23 California* W, 7-2 picked up his eighth win of the season leads in both of their games in Wichita, 4/24 California* W, 10-7 and UCLA picked up its only win of the 4/25 California* L, 3-2 Kansas, but the 12th-ranked Shockers 4/27 Long Beach State L, 2-1 weekend on Friday night over Arizona. posted late rallies to hand UCLA back- 4/30 USC* L, 6-4 In the 7-3 nonconference victory, the 5/1 USC* W, 12-6 to-back losses. 5/2 USC* W, 13-12 Bruin bullpen relieved Janssen, holding On Tuesday, David Johnson 5/4 Wichita State L, 6-4 the Wildcats to only one run on one hit 5/5 Wichita State L, 10-3 notched a new career-high with seven 5/7 Arizona W, 7-3 in the final 4.2 frames. The Bruin staff strikeouts in 5.1 innings of work. How- 5/8 Arizona L, 20-9 5/9 Arizona L, 11-2 5/11 Cal State Fullerton W, 8-2 Tentative Lineup 2004 Notes 5/14 Washington State* 6:00 pm 1B Wes Whisler (6-5, 237, L/L, Jr.) Drove in three runs in Tuesday's win 5/15 Washington State* 1:00 pm 5/16 Washington State* 1:00 pm 2B Mike Svetlic (5-9, 175, R/R, Sr.) Nine sacrifice hits are a team-high 5/18 UC Irvine 5:00 pm SS Ryan McCarthy (6-3, 180, R/R, Jr.) .505 slugging % leads UCLA 5/21 Washington* 6:30 pm 5/22 Washington* 1:00 pm 3B Preston Griffin (5-11, 184, R/R, Sr.) .429 OB % is tops on the team 5/23 Washington* 1:00 pm LF Brandon Averill (6-4, 200, R/R, Sr.) Hit his sixth HR of 2004 on Tuesday 5/28 Oregon State* 5:00 pm 5/29 Oregon State* 1:00 pm CF Chad Concolino (5-11, 185, R/R, Sr.) .402 OB % is tied for third on the team 5/30 Oregon State* 1:00 pm RF Matt Thayer (5-10, 180, R/L, Jr.) Tops on team with 36 runs scored 6/4-6 NCAA Regional TBA 6/11-13 NCAA Super Regionals TBA C Chris Denove (6-1, 202, R/R, So.) Driven in team-high 37 Bruin runs 6/18-26 College World Series TBA DH Brett McMillan (6-5, 225, L/L, So.) Leads conference with nine sac flies * - Pacific-10 Game All home games (in bold) are played at Jackie P Casey Janssen (6-4, 210, R/R, Sr.) Eight wins are a team-high Robinson Stadium P David Johnson (6-5, 210, R/R, Jr.) Set career-high 7 SO's at Wichita State All Times are Local to Site P Wes Whisler (6-5, 237, L/L, Jr.) Second on the team with 42 strikeouts Top 5 ever, Wichita State erased a 4-0 deficit, scoring six runs off the Bruin bullpen to Bruin Leaders BATTING AVERAGE (MIN 50 AB) 1. Billy Susdorf .................................329 post a 6-4 win. Hitting (Min 50 AB) 2. Preston Griffin .............................324 In Wednesday's game, Daniel Batting Average .................. Susdorf - .329 3. Matt Thayer .................................317 Miltenberger held the Shockers score- Slugging % ....................... McCarthy - .505 4. Ryan McCarthy ...........................306 less through the first 4.1 innings in his 5. Brandon Averill ...........................285 On Base % .............................Griffin - .429 HITS first start of the season. Wichita State 1. Ryan McCarthy .............................. 60 would explode for 10 runs after the Runs ........................................ Thayer - 36 2. Matt Thayer .................................. 53 fourth frame to earn a 10-3 victory. Bran- Hits.......................................McCarthy - 60 3. Chris Denove ................................ 46 don Averill led UCLA with three hits on 4. Wes Whisler .................................. 45 RBI ........................................... Denove - 37 4. Preston Griffin ............................... 45 the night. Doubles ............................... McCarthy - 12 RUNS BATTED IN Triples .........................................Thayer - 5 1. Chris Denove ................................. 37 BRUINS CLAIM S ERIES W IN OVER USC 2. Brett McMillan .............................. 32 Home Runs ........................... McCarthy - 9 3. Wes Whisler .................................. 32 IN DRAMATIC FASHION : UCLA came back 4. Ryan McCarthy ............................. 30 to win the Saturday and Sunday contests Total Bases ..........................McCarthy - 99 5. Matt Thayer .................................. 27 against USC to take its first conference Walks ...................................... Thayer - 26 DOUBLES 1. Ryan McCarthy ...............................12 series win over the Trojans since 2001. HBP .............................................. Griffin - 9 2. Preston Griffin ................................10 After dropping a 6-4 contest on Fri- Sac Bunts .................................... Svetlic - 9 2. Wes Whisler ...................................10 day night, UCLA posted a 12-6 victory Sac Flies ................................ McMillan - 9 4. Matt Thayer .................................... 8 over the Trojans on Saturday. Jarrad 4. Brandon Averill ............................... 8 Stolen Bases ............... Susdorf, Thayer - 7 TRIPLES Page would go 4-for-4 with three 1. Matt Thayer ..................................... 5 doubles and four RBI to spearhead the Caught Stealing ......................... Svetlic - 3 2. Brett McMillan ................................ 3 Bruin offense, while Matt Thayer hit his Steal Attempts ........................... Susdorf - 9 3. Anthony Norman ........................... 2 third home run of the season. On the HOME RUNS Strikeouts ................................... Averill - 46 mound, Adam Simon shut down USC, 1. Ryan McCarthy ................................ 9 Total Plate Apps ................ McCarthy - 218 2. Chris Denove .................................. 6 holding the Trojans to two hits over the 2. Brandon Averill ............................... 6 final 3.2 innings of the game. Sopho- At Bats ............................... McCarthy - 196 4. Brett McMillan ................................ 5 more Scott Botterman picked up his first 5. Wes Whisler .................................... 4 collegiate win in the contest. Pitching (Min 20 inn.) PITCHING LEADERS (Min 20 inn.) On Sunday, UCLA rallied to score six ERA ...................................... Wilson - 3.05 EARNED RUN AVERAGE runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to Opp. BA ................................. Wilson - .194 1. Kyle Wilson .................................3.05 overcome a 12-7 deficit and post a 13- 2. Casey Janssen ..........................3.36 Won-Loss % ................ Botterman - 1.000 3. Kevin Brophy .............................4.30 12 win over the Trojans. Sophomore 4. David Johnson .......................... 4.70 catcher Chris Denove drove in the win- Wins ....................................... Janssen - 8 5. Adam Simon .............................5.33 ning run in the ninth with a single Losses ......................................