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 BEGIN S IX-GAME ROAD S WING , T RAVEL TO S EATTLE Overall Record: 29-25, Pac-10 Record: 10-8 Date Opponent Time/Score THIS W EEK'S G AMES : May 21, at Washington, at Husky Ballpark, 6:30 p.m. 2/3 UC Riverside W, 4-1 RHP Casey Janssen (8-3) vs. RHP Kyle Parker (2-2) 2/13 Fresno State W, 6-2 May 22, at Washington, at Husky Ballpark, 1:00 p.m. 2/14 Fresno State W, 13-11 2/15 Fresno State L, 3-2 (10) RHP David Johnson (2-2) vs. RHP Matt Kasser (3-0) 2/17 Loyola Marymount L, 7-3 May 23, at Washington, at Husky Ballpark, 1:00 p.m. 2/20 Pacific W, 6-1 2/21 Pacific L, 7-0 LHP Wes Whisler (2-4) vs. RHP Tim Lincecum (8-2) 2/24 Pepperdine W, 8-6 2/26 Hawaii-Hilo W, 10-4 2/27 Hawaii-Hilo W, 14-1 BRUINS TRAVEL TO W ASHINGTON , B E- David Johnson, along with a season- 2/29 Hawaii-Hilo W, 11-0 high 14-run game by the Bruin offense 3/1 Hawaii-Hilo W, 12-1 GIN F INAL R EGULAR S EASON R OAD led UCLA to a 2-1 series win over Wash- 3/2 UC Santa Barbara W, 3-2 (12) SWING : UCLA (29-25, 10-8) enter the 3/5 Texas A&M W, 8-6 ington State. 3/6 Texas A&M L, 8-4 weekend series with Washington (33- On Sunday, UCLA tied a sea- 3/7 Texas A&M L, 8-2 16-1, 14-7) tied for third place in the Pac- 3/9 UC Irvine L, 6-0 son-high with 14 runs and Whisler threw 3/12 Long Beach State L, 3-0 10, along with Arizona State. The Hus- his first career complete game shutout 3/13 Nebraska W, 4-2 kies will finish up their conference slate 3/14 Houston L, 7-6 as the Bruins defeated the Cougars 14- 3/16 Loyola Marymount W, 7-5 this weekend before UC Irvine heads to 0. Brandon Averill drove in five runs on 3/26 USC L, 11-4 town next week. 3/27 USC L, 5-0 the day, including three on his seventh 3/28 USC W, 13-7 3/30 San Diego State L, 5-1 homer of the season. The day also 4/2 Stanford* L, 11-4 LATE RALLY FALLS S HORT , B RUINS FALL marked the final home Pac-10 game for 4/3 Stanford* L, 15-13 4/4 Stanford* W, 6-5 7-5 TO UC I RVINE: UCLA scored three five Bruin seniors and head coach Gary 4/6 Pepperdine W, 3-2 Adams. Adams was honored before 4/8 Arizona* W, 9-7 runs in the seventh inning to cut the 4/9 Arizona* W, 4-3 Irvine lead to two runs, but could not the game with a ceremony retiring his 4/10 Arizona* L, 9-5 uniform number, #13. 4/13 Long Beach State W, 11-1 score again, falling 7-5 to the Anteat- 4/16 Arizona State* L, 12-4 ers. Pinch-hitter Billy Susdorf highlighted Johnson, Brian Schroeder and 4/17 Arizona State* L, 4-3 Kyle Wilson held the Cougars to six hits 4/18 Arizona State* W, 11-10 the inning with a two-run double, while 4/20 Cal State Fullerton W, 5-4 (12) Matt Thayer and Ryan McCarthy each and one run on Saturday as UCLA 4/23 California* W, 7-2 claimed a 3-1 win. Whisler powered the 4/24 California* W, 10-7 had two hits in the game. 4/25 California* L, 3-2 Bruin offense with his fifth home run of 4/27 Long Beach State L, 2-1 the year and two RBI. 4/30 USC* L, 6-4 BRUINS W IN W EEKEND S ERIES O VER 5/1 USC* W, 12-6 The Bruins dropped a heart- 5/2 USC* W, 13-12 W ASHINGTON S TATE : Stellar pitching breaker on Friday night, falling 10-9 in 5/4 Wichita State L, 6-4 performances from Wes Whisler and 5/5 Wichita State L, 10-3 the tenth inning. Brett McMillan led 5/7 Arizona W, 7-3 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* L, 10-9 1B Wes Whisler (6-5, 237, L/L, Jr.) Third on team with 53 hits 5/15 Washington State* W, 3-1 5/16 Washington State* W, 14-0 2B Mike Svetlic (5-9, 175, R/R, Sr.) Nine sacrifice hits are a team-high 5/18 UC Irvine L, 7-5 SS Ryan McCarthy (6-3, 180, R/R, Jr.) .516 slugging % leads UCLA 5/21 Washington* 6:30 pm 5/22 Washington* 1:00 pm 3B Preston Griffin (5-11, 184, R/R, Sr.) .423 OB % is tops on the team 5/23 Washington* 1:00 pm LF Brandon Averill (6-4, 200, R/R, Sr.) Drove in five runs on Sunday 5/28 Oregon State* 5:00 pm 5/29 Oregon State* 1:00 pm CF Jarrad Page (6-0, 200, S/R, Fr.) .677 slugging % in Pac-10 play 5/30 Oregon State* 1:00 pm RF Matt Thayer (5-10, 180, R/L, Jr.) Tops on team with 40 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 39 Bruin runs 6/18-26 College World Series TBA DH Brett McMillan (6-5, 225, L/L, So.) Team-high 12 multiple RBI games * - 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.) Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week (5/18) Top 5 UCLA with a three-run double in the eighth inning that evened the score. He Bruin Leaders BATTING AVERAGE (MIN 54 AB) 1. Billy Susdorf ................................ .341 was 3-for-6 on the night. Hitting (Min 54 AB) 2. Matt Thayer .................................317 Batting Average ...................Susdorf - .341 3. Preston Griffin ............................ .316 4. Ryan McCarthy ...........................305 UCLA C OMPLETES FIRST S WEEP OF CAL Slugging % ........................ McCarthy - .516 5. Wes Whisler ................................282 STATE FULLERTON SINCE 1991: The Bru- On Base % .............................Griffin - .423 HITS ins hit three home runs and held Cal 1. Ryan McCarthy .............................. 65 Runs ........................................ Thayer - 40 2. Matt Thayer .................................. 57 State Fullerton to four hits en route to a Hits.......................................McCarthy - 65 3. Wes Whisler .................................. 53 8-2 victory on Tuesday night. Wes 4. Brett McMillan .............................. 50 Whisler drove in three runs, while Chris RBI ........................................... Denove - 39 5. Griffin and Denove ....................... 49 Denove, Brandon Averill and Jarrad Doubles ............................... McCarthy - 15 RUNS BATTED IN 1. Chris Denove ................................. 39 Page each homered. Triples .........................................Thayer - 5 2. Wes Whisler .................................. 37 Starter Daniel Miltenberger im- Home Runs ......................... McCarthy - 10 3. Brett McMillan .............................. 36 proved to 3-0 on the season as he threw Total Bases ......................... McCarthy - 110 4. Ryan McCarthy ............................. 35 a career-high six innings and allowed 5. Matt Thayer .................................. 28 Walks ...................................... Thayer - 30 DOUBLES only two hits. Reliever Kyle Wilson 1. Ryan McCarthy ...............................15 struck-out a career-high five batters, in- HBP .............................................Griffin - 12 2. Wes Whisler ................................... 11 cluding three in the ninth inning, to earn Sac Bunts .................................... Svetlic - 9 2. Preston Griffin ................................ 11 his second save of 2004. 4. Brandon Averill ............................... 9 Sac Flies ................................ McMillan - 9 5. Matt Thayer .................................... 9 Stolen Bases ..............................Thayer - 9 TRIPLES BRUINS EARN ONE W IN IN W EEKEND 1. Matt Thayer ..................................... 5 Caught Stealing ......................... Svetlic - 3 SERIES W ITH ARIZONA : Casey Janssen 2. Brett McMillan ................................ 3 Steal Attempts ...............Susdorf, Thayer - 9 3. Anthony Norman ........................... 2 picked up his eighth win of the season HOME RUNS and UCLA picked up its only win of the Strikeouts ................................... Averill - 48 1. Ryan McCarthy ...............................10 weekend on Friday night over Arizona. Total Plate Apps ............... McCarthy - 238 2. Brandon Averill ............................... 7 3. Chris Denove .................................. 6 In the 7-3 nonconference victory, the At Bats ............................... McCarthy - 213 4. Brett McMillan ................................ 5 Bruin bullpen relieved Janssen, holding 4. Wes Whisler .................................... 5 the Wildcats to only one run on one hit Pitching (Min 20 inn.) in the final 4.2 frames. The Bruin staff PITCHING LEADERS (Min 20 inn.) ERA ...................................... Wilson - 2.82 EARNED RUN AVERAGE struck out 10 batters on the night. 1. Kyle Wilson .................................2.82 On Saturday, UCLA hit a sea- Opp. BA ................................. Wilson - .194 2. Casey Janssen ..........................3.69 son-high four home runs, but it wouldn't Won-Loss % ................ Botterman - 1.000 3. Kevin Brophy ............................. 4.21 be enough as Arizona claimed a 20-9 4. Daniel Miltenberger..................4.22 Wins ....................................... Janssen - 8 victory. Preston Griffin, Brandon Averill, 5. David Johnson ..........................4.29 Losses ....................................... Whisler - 4 W INS Wes Whisler and Will Penniall all 1. Casey Janssen ................................ 8 homered in the contest. Saves .......................................... Simon - 4 2. Kevin Brophy .................................. 5 Sunday saw UCLA held to two Innings Pitched .................