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 2012 STATS LEADERS No. 13 Purdue Boilermakers (34-7) at No. 14 UCLA Bruins (29-12) BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI at UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium Jeff Gelalich 41/41 .383 154 59 6 29 Tyler Heineman 39/39 .381 134 51 1 20 Saturday, May 5 1 p.m. Cody Keefer 40/40 .362 152 55 0 24 Purdue – Joe Haase, RHP, Sr. (7-0, 3.38) Beau Amaral 41/41 .329 173 57 4 31 vs. Trevor Brown 41/41 .309 152 47 2 35 UCLA – Adam Plutko, RHP, So. (5-3, 3.65) PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO Saturday, May 5 5 p.m. Purdue – Lance Breedlove, RHP, Sr. (6-3, 2.71) Ryan Deeter 26/0 0.83 1-0 21.2 19 34-7 29-12 Scott Griggs 23/0 1.11 0-1 24.1 40 UCLA – Nick Vander Tuig, RHP, So. (5-3, 5.32) Chase Brewer 12/0 1.23 1-0 14.2 6 Sunday, May 6 1 p.m. All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 1-0 2012 SCHEDULE Purdue – Connor Podkul, RHP, Fr. (2-1, 3.19) Purdue in 2011: 37-20, 14-10 Big Ten Date Opponent Time UCLA – Zack Weiss, RHP, So. (2-2, 3.80) UCLA in 2011: 35-24, 18-9 Pac-10 2/17 Maryland L 2-1 2/18 Maryland W 6-5 BRUINS VERSUS PURDUE 2/19 Maryland L 5-1 UCLA plays a three-game non-conference series against No. 13 Purdue this weekend, opening with a doubleheader 2/21 at Cal State Northridge W 19-7 on Saturday afternoon (1/5 p.m.). Purdue has won 14 of its last 16 games, having taken two of three against 2/24 Baylor (25) L 15-3 2/25 Baylor (25) W 9-3 conference foe Michigan State last weekend. UCLA and Purdue have played just one game against each other in 2/26 Baylor (25) W 8-6 the past, with the Bruins earning a 10-6 victory over the Boilermakers on March 14, 2001, at Jackie Robinson 2/28 Long Beach State W 9-1 Stadium. This weekend’s games mark the final non-conference series for UCLA during the 2012 regular season. 3/2 Sacramento State W 5-2 3/3 Sacramento State W 6-2 UCLA EDGES LONG BEACH STATE 3/4 Sacramento State W 11-2 Freshman left-hander Grant Watson threw six scoreless innings, scattering just two hits, to earn his team-leading 3/6 UC Riverside W 4-0 eighth win as UCLA defeated Long Beach State, 2-1, at Blair Field on Tuesday night. Trevor Brown drove home 3/9 at Georgia (9) W 2-0 both runs for the Bruins, who earned a two-game season sweep of Long Beach State. Watson has become just 3/10 at Georgia (9) W 7-6 the fourth pitcher in school history to collect at least eight wins during his freshman season (Trevor Bauer and 3/11 at Georgia (9) W 7-3 Pete Janicki each totaled nine wins as freshmen). UCLA has gone 8-0 in midweek games this spring. 3/13 USC (at Dodger Stadium) W 7-2 3/16 Arizona State* (11) W 6-5 GETTING OFFENSIVE 3/18 Arizona State* (11) L 4-3 Jeff Gelalich (.383) and Tyler Heineman (.381) enter the weekend ranking third and fifth, respectively, in the 3/18 Arizona State* (11) W 4-2 Pac-12 Conference in batting average. In addition, Cody Keefer (.362) is ninth in that category. Tyler Heineman 3/23 Washington State* W 12-3 (.488) and Jeff Gelalich (.475) rank first and second, respectively, in the conference in on-base percentage. 3/24 Washington State* W 12-3 Gelalich leads all Pac-12 players with 14 stolen bases, and Beau Amaral leads the conference with 47 runs. 3/25 Washington State* L 10-4 3/30 at Utah* W 16-0 STARTING ON SATURDAY 3/31 at Utah* W 9-6 Sophomore right-hander Adam Plutko (5-3, 3.65 ERA) will start Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader for the 4/1 at Utah* W 5-1 Bruins. Plutko, hailing from Upland, Calif., ranks seventh in the Pac-12 with 62 strikeouts entering this weekend. 4/5 Oregon* (22) L 6-2 He has had four starts of six or more innings in which he has blanked the opposition this season. Plutko’s most 4/6 Oregon* (22) L 8-3 4/7 Oregon* (22) W 8-6 dominant outing came at then-No. 9-ranked Georgia, where he struck out a season-high 11 in his second career 4/10 Cal State Fullerton (12) W 4-2 complete game, scattering just five hits at the Bulldogs’ Foley Field in Athens, Ga. 4/13 at Arizona* (4) L 4-3 4/14 at Arizona* (4) W 15-3 SATURDAY, PART TWO 4/15 at Arizona* (4) W 6-2 Sophomore right-hander Nick Vander Tuig (5-3, 5.32) is slated to start Game 2 of the doubleheader on Saturday. 4/17 Cal State Northridge W 12-4 Vander Tuig earned the victory in UCLA’s 7-4 win over Stanford last Saturday. He allowed four runs and six hits 4/20 at Oregon State* W 4-0 in 5.2 innings, but had limited Stanford to just two runs and four hits through the first five innings before allowing 4/21 at Oregon State* L 3-0 back-to-back solo home runs with two outs in the top of the seventh. Vander Tuig has issued two walks or fewer 4/22 at Oregon State* L 7-6 in eight of his 11 starts this season. He earned All-Pac-10 honorable mention acclaim as UCLA’s closer in 2011. 4/24 UC Irvine W 9-3 4/27 Stanford* (13) L 7-2 TALENTED OUTFIELD 4/28 Stanford* (13) W 7-4 UCLA’s three outfielders, all juniors who hit left-handed, enter Saturday’s doubleheader batting above .325. The 4/29 Stanford* (13) L 7-2 trio has played extensively since arriving in Westwood in the fall of 2009. Jeff Gelalich has started all 41 games 5/1 at Long Beach State W 2-1 in right field this year, batting .383 with six home runs, seven doubles and 29 RBI. Beau Amaral has been UCLA’s 5/5 Purdue (13) 1 p.m. starting center field the last three seasons and is batting .329 with four homers, 31 RBI and a conference-best 5/5 Purdue (13) 5 p.m. 47 runs. Cody Keefer has batted .362 with six doubles, 24 RBI and a .441-on base percentage in 40 games. 5/6 Purdue (13) 1 p.m. 5/8 at Pepperdine 3 p.m. STEADY AT SHORTSTOP 5/11 at Washington* (at Safeco Field) 6 p.m. Entering Friday’s conference games, sophomore shortstop Pat Valaika leads the Pac-12 Conference with 140 5/12 at Washington* 2 p.m. assists, having started the Bruins’ last 48 games at shortstop (dating back to 2011). Valaika has batted .261 5/13 at Washington* 1 p.m. 5/15 at Cal State Fullerton (8) 6 p.m. with one home run and a team-leading 11 doubles, starting at shortstop in all 41 games this spring. The native 5/18 at California* 2:30 p.m. of Valencia, Calif., has totaled nine multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI efforts. 5/19 at California* 1 p.m. 5/20 at California* 1 p.m. ROAD WARRIORS 5/22 at UC Irvine 6:30 p.m. Since the start of the 2010 season, UCLA has gone 48-23 in all road and neutral site contests. The Bruins have 5/25 USC* 6 p.m. opened this season with an 12-3 record away from home, posting a 6-3 mark on the road in Pac-12 games. 5/26 USC* 2 p.m. Last year, UCLA went 14-13 in road/neutral site games, while in 2010 the Bruins went 15-4 on the road and 5/27 USC* 1 p.m. 7-3 at neutral sites. In conference action, UCLA has tallied a 26-10 road record since 2010. 6/1-4 NCAA Regionals TBD 6/8-11 NCAA Super Regionals TBD LEADING UCLA’S BULLPEN 6/15-26 College World Series TBD Right-hander Scott Griggs has totaled 10 saves in 23 relief appearances, posting a 1.11 ERA and .076 opponent * Pac-12 Conference game batting average in 24.1 innings. Griggs’ 10 saves is tied for second place on the school’s single-season saves Rankings are from Baseball America’s weekly top-25 poll list. Right-hander David Berg enters the weekend leading the Pac-12 with a 1.67 ERA and .170 opponent batting average, having gone 4-2 in a team-leading 28 relief appearances during his freshman season. UCLA BASEBALL – STEELE FIELD AT JACKIE ROBINSON STADIUM – HOME OF THE BRUINS MEDIA INFORMATION WELL-TRAVELED BRUINS UCLA’S LONG DISTANCE ROAD TRIPS UCLA Sports Information In their eighth season under head coach John Savage, Year Opponent Miles W-L J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 the Bruins have regularly played non-conference road 2005 Texas A&M 1,304 0-3 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 series against teams away from the West Coast.