UCLA BASEBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 / (310) 206-4008 Baseball Contact: Andrew Wagner ([email protected]) UCLA’S STAT LEADERS No. 22 UCLA (28-15) vs. UC Santa Barbara (30-16) BATTER GP-GS AVG OBP SLG HR RBI JT Schwartz 33-33 .408 .534 .633 6 37 May 14-16, 2021 Kevin Kendall 39-39 .348 .400 .495 4 28 Los Angeles, Calif. (Jackie Robinson Stadium) / Santa Barbara, Calif. (Caesar Uyesaka Stadium) Matt McLain 40-39 .325 .432 .578 9 27 SERIES INFORMATION PITCHER GP-GS ERA W-L IP SO Venue: Jackie Robinson Stadium (Fri/Sun) Sean Mullen 19-9 2.90 8-1 59.0 75 vs. Zach Pettway 11-10 3.63 1-3 57.0 54 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium (Sat.) Max Rajcic 15-0 2.00 5 SV 18.0 16 First Pitch: 6 PM / 2 PM / 2 PM Stream: Pac-12.com/live (Fri/Sun) 2021 SCHEDULE Big West TV (Sat.) 28-15 30-16 FEBRUARY Audio: UCLA.leanplayer.com Fri. 19 San Francisco UCLA Stream L, 2-6 Audio/Stream Talent: Tim Wilhelm Sat. 20 San Francisco UCLA Stream W, 8-2 All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 53-39-1 Sun. 21 San Francisco UCLA Stream L, 3-8 Live Stats: UCLAlivestats.com The Bruins and Gauchos are meeting in a weekend series for Tue. 23 Loyola Marymount W, 5-2 Twitter: @UCLABaseball the first time since 2005 Fri. 26 UC Irvine UCLA Stream W, 4-3 Sat. 27 at UC Irvine Big West TV L, 3-7 Sun. 28 UC Irvine UCLA Stream W, 4-0 NO. 22 UCLA FACES UC Santa BARBARA IN HOME-Away SERIES MARCH Tue. 2 Cal State Fullerton UCLA Stream W, 14-1 No. 22-ranked UCLA is in its conference-bye week, and will face UC Santa Barbara (30-16) in a home-and-away series Fri. 5 Pepperdine^ UCLA Stream W, 16-8 starting Friday. The Bruins host the Gauchos on Friday night and Sunday afternoon, and head to Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Sat. 6 Cal State Fullerton^ UCLA Stream W, 6-1 for a Saturday matinee at 2:00 p.m. All three games of the series will be streamed by the respective home team. Tim Sun. 7 USC^ UCLA Stream W, 10-1 Wilhelm will also be on hand for a live audio broadcast of each game, availabile through UCLABruins.com. Fans can also Tue. 9 at Cal State Fullerton Big West TV W, 6-2 Fri. 12 at Cal Poly Big West TV L, 4-5 follow along with live stats at UCLAlivestats.com and live updates from the team Twitter account, @UCLABaseball. Sat. 13 at Cal Poly Big West TV W, 13-12 Sun. 14 at Cal Poly Big West TV L, 5-8 UCLA OUTDOOR HOME Sporting EVENTS OPEN TO TEAM GUESTS Fri. 19 No. 17 Arizona* UCLA Stream W, 3-2 In compliance with state and county public health guidance, UCLA outdoor home sporting events will be open to a limited Sat. 20 No. 17 Arizona* UCLA Stream L, 3-7 number of team guests. Seating at these events will be limited in order to comply with updated state public health guidance Sun. 21 No. 17 Arizona* UCLA Stream W, 11-3 for higher education and college athletics that has been adopted by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Tue. 23 Loyola Marymount UCLA Stream W, 13-6 Fri. 26 at USC* P12N L, 4-5 as well as city, county and campus COVID-19 health and safety protocols. Tickets will not be available to the general public, Sat. 27 at USC* P12N W, 6-3 and non-ticketed guests should not come to the competition venues. UCLA’s campus remains closed to the general public. Sun. 28 at USC* P12N W, 13-1 Mar. 30 Pepperdine CANCELED PROJECTED PITCHING Matchups APRIL Friday, May 14 - 6:00 p.m. PT Thu. 1 Washington* P12N L, 6-8 UCLA - Zach Pettway, RHP, Sr. (1-3, 3.63 ERA) Fri. 2 Washington* P12N L, 6-7 UCSB - Michael McGreevy, RHP, So. (6-1, 2.96 ERA) Sat. 3 Washington* P12N W, 13-2 Fri. 9 at No. 23 Stanford* P12+ L, 2-6 Saturday, May 15 - 2:00 p.m. PT Sat. 10 at No. 23 Stanford* P12+ L, 6-11 UCLA - Sean Mullen, RHP, Jr. (8-1, 2.90 ERA) Sun. 11 at No. 23 Stanford* P12+ W, 6-1 UCSB - Rodney Boone, LHP, So. (8-3, 2.47 ERA) Tue. 13 Loyola Marymount UCLA Stream W, 12-2 Sunday, May 16 - 2:00 p.m. PT Fri. 16 Utah* UCLA Stream W, 20-0 UCLA - Jesse Bergin, RHP, Jr. (4-3, 4.66 ERA) Sat. 17 Utah* UCLA Stream W, 13-3 Sun. 18 Utah* UCLA Stream W, 9-2 UCSB - Cory Lewis, RHP, Fr. (4-3, 3.76 ERA) Tue. 20 at Pepperdine WCC Network W, 5-4 Fri. 23 at No. 13 Oregon* P12+ L, 3-5 THE WEEK IN REVIEW Sat. 24 at No. 13 Oregon* P12+ L, 2-3 (10) UCLA is coming off a 3-1 week, rallying from a Friday night loss to record a series win on the road at Washington State, Sun. 25 at No. 13 Oregon* P12+ W, 7-6 (10) then taking a 9-8 decision over LMU in a Tuesday tune up in Westchester. Fri. 30 Oregon State* P12N W, 6-5 (10) • The Bruins dropped the WSU series opener 5-2, going ahead on a two-run homer by JonJon Vaughns in the fifth but MAY allowing five unanswered runs the rest of the way. Zach Pettway was excellent on the mound for UCLA, taking a one- Sat. 1 Oregon State* P12N W, 2-0 Sun. 2 Oregon State* P12N L, 3-5 hitter into the sixth and ultimately allowing just three hits over six innings. Adrian Chaidez followed with a dominant Fri. 7 at Washington State* P12+ L, 2-5 seventh, striking out the side in order (all swinging). Sat. 8 at Washington State* P12+ W, 7-6 • UCLA rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth to claim a series-evening 7-6 win on Saturday. Trailing by two heading Sun. 9 at Washington State* P12+ W, 16-7 into the ninth, UCLA got the first two batters of the frame into scoring position on a HBP, single, and wild pitch. Pat Tue. 11 at Loyola Marymount WCC Network W, 9-8 Fri. 14 UC Santa Barbara UCLA Stream 6 PM Caulfield cashed in both those runners by rolling a grounder up the middle to tie the game, and came in himself to Sat. 15 at UC Santa Barbara Big West TV 2 PM plate the go-ahead and game-winning run on a Kyle Cuellar flare later in the inning. The Bruins nearly doubled up the Sun. 16 UC Santa Barbara UCLA Stream 2 PM Cougars in the hit column (15-8) and saw JT Schwartz reach base in all six of his plate appearances (two singles, Tue. 18 Nevada UCLA Stream 6 PM two walks, two HBPs). Fri. 21 California* UCLA Stream 6 PM Sat. 22 California* UCLA Stream 2 PM • The Bruins slugged their way to a 16-7 win on Sunday, clinching the series. The two teams traded blows early on - UCLA Sun. 23 California* UCLA Stream 1 PM scored three in the top of the first, saw WSU respond with a four-spot to go ahead, then both teams plated a single Thu. 27 at Arizona State* ESPNU 6 PM run in the second - but the Bruins outscored the hosts 12-2 from the third inning on. Schwartz led the offense with Fri. 28 at Arizona State* P12N 6 PM a career-high four hits, and five separate Bruins had multiple hits. The Bruin bullpen combined to toss 4 2/3 innings Sat. 29 at Arizona State* P12N 1 PM without an earned run against, keeping the WSU bats at bay after the early back-and-forth. POSTSEASON • Last weekend marked UCLA’s third straight series win over Washington State 6/4-6 NCAA Regionals TBD 6/11-13 NCAA Super Regionals TBD • Michael Townsend received the decision in all three games, the second time a Bruin pitcher has received three straight 6/19-30 College World Series TBD decisions over the last month (Max Rajcic; Apr. 24-30). • UCLA defeated LMU 9-8 on Tuesday night to improve to 7-0 this season in midweeks. Mikey Perez hit a grand slam as All Times are Pacific Time part of a five-run first and Pat Caulfield drove in three runs during the middle innings, which allowed the Bruins to *Pac-12 Conference Game ^ College Baseball Classic - co-hosted w/ USC build up a big enough lead to withstand a late charge from LMU, which scored in six consecutive innings starting in the fourth. The Lions got the tying run to third base with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but Max Rajcic came up UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA with a clutch backwards-K before rolling up a grounder to first to strand the runner and end the game. Baseball Twitter: @UCLABaseball Baseball Instagram: @UCLABruinsBaseball QUICK HITS Baseball Facebook: /UCLABaseball • The Bruins have won three straight and six of their last eight, including two straight series wins UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics • UCLA enters the weekend at No. 33 in the RPI UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics • UCLA is 7-0 this season in midweeks • JT Schwartz enters the week with the top batting average in the Pac-12 (.408) and the No.