UUCLACLA BBASEBALLASEBALL UCLA Sports Information J.D. Morgan Center 325 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90095 Baseball SID: Mike Leary [email protected] (310) 206-7873 (310) 825-8664 FAX 2013 STATS LEADERS UCLA BASEBALL – 2013 SEASON NOTES BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI Eric Filia 66/63 .281 242 68 1 33 Bruins win first NCAA Championship in program history Kevin Kramer 66/66 .279 245 68 3 42 Pat Gallagher 56/48 .274 175 48 1 20 ABOUT THE BRUINS Brian Carroll 66/66 .258 244 63 0 20 • UCLA won the first national championship in program history and the 109th NCAA title in school history. • The Bruins went 10-0 in the postseason, the longest postseason winning streak in school history. PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO • UCLA became just the third team in NCAA history to go undefeated in the postseason. David Berg 51/0 0.92 7-0 78.0 78 • The Bruins became the first team to go through the CWS without allowing more than one run in every game. James Kaprielian 34/0 1.55 0-0 40.2 53 • UCLA had the lowest ERA in the aluminum bat era of the College World Series at 0.80. Nick Vander Tuig 19/19 2.16 14-4 129.0 93 Adam Plutko 19/19 2.25 10-3 124.0 81 • The Bruins reached their second College World Series Finals and third CWS overall in the last four years. • UCLA outscored its opponents by a 44-14 margin in the postseason. 2013 SCHEDULE • The Bruins went 4-0 against national seeds in the NCAA Tournament (No. 5 Cal State Fullerton, No. 4 LSU, No. 1 UNC) Date Opponent Time • Seven UCLA ballplayers were selected in the 2013 MLB Draft. 2/15 Minnesota L 6-2 (10) • The Bruins are sixth, nationally, with 183 wins in the last four seasons (ranks first among Pac-12 teams). 2/16 Minnesota W 14-0 • UCLA became one of three schools to have hosted NCAA Regionals the last four years (South Carolina and Virginia). 2/17 Minnesota W 14-1 • The Bruins tied a school record with 21 conference wins. 2/22 at Baylor W 4-3 2/23 at Baylor L 5-0 TOP MARKS 2/24 at Baylor W 5-4 • Closer David Berg set the NCAA single-season saves record, recording 24 saves on the year. 2/26 at UC Santa Barbara W 12-3 • Berg also tied the NCAA record for most pitching appearances in a single season with 51. 3/1 Wright State W 6-3 3/2 Wright State W 4-2 • Nick Vander Tuig (27) and Adam Plutko (29) became the winningest pitching tandem in UCLA history. 3/3 Wright State W 10-2 • Vander Tuig’s 14 wins in 2013 finished tied for second on UCLA’s all-time single-season wins list. 3/5 at Long Beach State W 3-2 • UCLA posted a school-record .980 fielding percentage in 2013. 3/8 Notre Dame (22) W 2-1 (10) • The Bruins’ pitching staff posted a team ERA of 2.55, the second-lowest mark in school history. 3/9 Oklahoma (17) L 4-0 • Adam Plutko became UCLA’s all-time postseason leader in wins (7), innings pitched (57.2) and ERA (0.94). 3/10 USC W 6-1 • Head coach John Savage became UCLA’s all-time winningest postseason manager with 32 postseason victories. 3/12 at Cal State Northridge W 5-4 3/15 Washington* W 3-2 (15) NATIONAL CHAMPS 3/16 Washington* W 5-0 UCLA won its first national championship in program history, defeating Mississippi State in the College World Series 3/17 Washington* W 3-0 3/22 California* L 5-1 Finals by scores of 3-1 and 8-0. The Bruins went a perfect 10-0 in the postseason, becoming the third team in NCAA 3/23 California* W 8-3 history to accomplish the feat. UCLA also made history by posting the lowest team ERA in the College World Series’ 3/24 California* W 10-2 aluminum bat era (0.80 ERA) and becoming the first team to complete the College World Series without allowing more 3/28 at Arizona State* L 4-1 than one run in each game. En route to their first championship, the Bruins defeated four national seeds, eliminating 3/29 at Arizona State* L 7-4 two of them (No. 5 Cal State Fullerton, No. 1 North Carolina). 3/30 at Arizona State* W 12-10 (10) 4/2 Cal State Fullerton (4) L 9-6 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 4/5 Oregon State* (6) W 3-2 Four Bruins landed on the All-CWS team, with pitcher Adam Plutko earning Most Outstanding Player honors at the 4/6 Oregon State* (6) L 5-0 tournament. Plutko went 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA in 13 innings at the 2013 CWS, while striking out four. Plutko earned 4/7 Oregon State* (6) L 5-2 the win in UCLA”s 2-1 victory over LSU in the CWS opener before earning another victory in Game 1 of the CWS 4/9 Hawaii W 5-1 4/12 Loyola Marymount W 2-0 Finals against Mississippi State. Joining Plutko on the All-CWS team were pitcher Nick Vander Tuig, shortstop Pat 4/13 Loyola Marymount W 3-1 Valaika and outfielder Eric Filia. Vander Tuig also went 2-0 at the CWS, posting a 0.60 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 15 4/14 Loyola Marymount L 4-1 innings pitched. Vander Tuig earned the victory in the championship-clinching game against Mississippi State with 4/16 at UC Irvine W 6-4 (12) a dominating performance, tossing eight shutout innings and striking out six. Filia batted .333 with eight RBI in the 4/19 at Oregon*^ (10) W 1-0 CWS, including a career-high five RBI in game 2 of the CWS Finals. Finally, Valaika anchored a UCLA defense that 4/20 at Oregon*^ (10) W 1-0 posted a .984 fielding percentage in the CWS while knocking in four runs at the plate. 4/21 at Oregon* (10) L 5-3 4/23 Long Beach State L 11-1 40-WIN CLUB 4/26 at Washington State* W 7-6 (11) The Bruins won 49 games in 2013, marking the second-highest single-season win total in school histroy. UCLA totaled 4/27 at Washington State* W 10-1 at least 40 wins for the third time in four seasons and for the ninth time in program history. The Bruins have won at 4/28 at Washington State* L 4-3 4/30 UC Irvine W 8-1 least 40 games in all five of their College World Series seasons (1969, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2013). Prior to 2010, 5/3 Utah* W 5-2 UCLA had not recorded 40 or more wins since going 45-21-1 in 1997. The Bruins have only reached the 50-win 5/4 Utah* W 5-4 plateau during their record-setting 51-17 campaign in 2010. 5/5 Utah* W 4-3 5/7 Cal State Northridge L 4-1 MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER 5/10 Arizona* W 10-2 Junior Adam Plutko served as UCLA’s Friday starter all season, posting a 10-3 record with a 2.29 ERA. The junior 5/11 Arizona* W 7-1 from Glendora, Calif. logged 81 strikeouts in 124 innings pitched and allowed a .208 batting average against him, 5/12 Arizona* W 12-5 the fifth-lowest opposing average in the Pac-12. In the CWS, Plutko went 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA, earning him Most 5/14 at Cal State Fullerton (4) L 5-2 Outstanding Player honors at the College World Series. Additionally, he finished his three-year career in sole possession 5/17 at USC* W 2-1 of second place on UCLA’s all-time career wins list with 29 victories and seventh on the Bruins’ all-time strikeout list, 5/18 at USC* W 7-6 logging 272 strikeouts. In his last 12 starts, Plutko went 11-1 with a 1.58 ERA. In eight career postseason starts, 5/19 at USC* W 5-2 5/21 UC Santa Barbara W 2-1 he went 7-0 with a 0.94 ERA. 5/24 at Stanford*^ L 2-1 5/25 at Stanford*^ L 7-3 COACH OF THE YEAR 5/26 at Stanford*^ W 6-4 Head coach John Savage has posted a 32-14 overall record for the Bruins in seven trips to the postseason, making 5/31 vs. San Diego St. (NCAA Regional) W 5-3 him the winningest postseason manager in UCLA history. The Bruins’ ninth-year head coach has gone 17-6 at NCAA 6/1 vs. Cal Poly (NCAA Regional) W 6-4 Regionals, including perfect 3-0 records at the 2007 Long Beach Regional and at the 2010, 2012 and 2013 6/2 vs. San Diego (NCAA Regional) W 6-0 Los Angeles Regionals. His ballclubs have gone 6-3 in four trips to NCAA Super Regionals and 9-5 in three trips 6/7 at Cal St. Fullerton (Super Regional) W 5-3 (10) to the College World Series. The Bruins posted a 3-3 record at the 2010 College World Series, advancing to the 6/8 at Cal St. Fullerton (Super Regional) W 3-0 championship series for the first time in school history.