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) 206-4008 u (310) 825-8664 FAX 2009 stats LEADERS BATTER GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI UCLA BASEBALL – 2009 SEASON NOTES Gino Aielli 43/35 .353 136 48 2 16 Bruins finish third in Pac-10 Conference for fourth consecutive season Cody Decker 56/55 .322 199 64 21 53 Justin Uribe 47/41 .318 151 48 3 23 2009 AT A GLANCE Casey Haerther 52/49 .305 203 62 9 42 • UCLA posted a 27-29 overall record and finished third in the Pac-10 Conference with a 15-12 mark. Blair Dunlap 55/55 .301 226 68 7 39 • UCLA played the No. 3-ranked strength of schedule, as rated by Boyd’s World (boydsworld.com). PITCHER GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO • UCLA had eight players selected in the 2009 MLB Draft, including two draftees in the first 10 rounds. Trevor Bauer 20/10 2.99 9-3 105.1 92 • UCLA finished fourth in team batting average (.285), ERA (4.28) and fielding percentage (.969) in the Pac-10. Garett Claypool 14/8 3.46 2-1 39.0 48 • UCLA produced the Pac-10 home run champion (Cody Decker, 21 HR) for the first time since 2002. Gerrit Cole 15/14 3.49 4-8 85.0 104 • UCLA was represented on the All-Pac-10 team by Trevor Bauer (RHP), Gerrit Cole (RHP) and Cody Decker (1B). 2009 SCHEDULE SEASON IN REVIEW Date Opponent Result Score UCLA finished in a third-place tie with Oregon State in the Pac-10 standings, winning the tiebreak by virtue of 2/20 UC Davis W 13-1 the Bruins’ Pac-10 series victory over the Beavers (April 24-26). The Bruins recorded their fourth consecutive 2/21 UC Davis W 5-2 third-place finish in Pac-10 play, finishing 15-12. Over the last four seasons (2006-09), UCLA ranks second 2/22 UC Davis L (11) 8-7 in the Pac-10 in conference wins (55) and conference win percentage (.561). In 2009, the Bruins finished 2/24 at UC Santa Barbara L 7-6 25-19 through their final 46 games after having opened the season with a 2-10 record. 2/25 UC Riverside L 11-1 2/27 vs. Rice^ (10) L (10) 5-4 2/28 vs. Baylor^ (6) L 5-1 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR 3/1 vs. UC Irvine^ (5) L 7-4 Right-hander Trevor Bauer earned Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors after having gone 9-3 with a 2.99 3/3 Pepperdine (12) L 5-4 ERA. Bauer recorded 92 strikeouts and 27 walks in a team-leading 105.1 innings, making 20 appearances (10 3/6 at Oklahoma (16) L 6-5 starts). He secured Freshman All-America honors from Baseball America, Rivals.com/Yahoo! Sports, Collegiate 3/7 at Oklahoma (16) L 7-6 Baseball, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Ping!Baseball. In addition, Bauer 3/8 at Oklahoma (16) L 6-4 was named the National Freshman Pitcher of the Year by Collegiate Baseball. Bauer, who led the Bruins with 3/10 UC Santa Barbara (25) W 5-3 four complete games, was one of just three freshmen in the conference to earn All-Pac-10 team honors. 3/11 San Diego State L 10-6 3/13 at East Carolina W 10-9 UPPER DECKER 3/14 at East Carolina W 8-6 Senior first baseman Cody Decker finished the season batting .322 with team-highs of 21 home runs, 53 RBI, 3/15 at East Carolina L 7-5 136 total bases and a .683 slugging percentage. Decker became the first UCLA ballplayer since 2002 (Adam 3/21 at USC* W 14-4 Berry, Wes Whisler) to lead the Pac-10 Conference in home runs. He earned All-Pac-10 team accolades for 3/22 at USC* L 5-1 the second time in his career (also 2007) before being selected in the 22nd round of the 2009 MLB Draft 3/23 at USC* W 17-2 by the San Diego Padres. Decker’s 21 home runs in 2009 marked the largest single-season total by a Bruin 3/25 at Pepperdine (17) W 7-2 since 2001 (Forrest Johnson 23, Bill Scott 22, Chase Utley 21). 3/27 Arizona* W 7-6 3/28 Arizona* L 19-5 WEEKEND HURLER 3/29 Arizona* W 8-6 Freshman right-hander Gerrit Cole was a fixture in UCLA’s weekend rotation the entire season. Cole finished the 4/1 Loyola Marymount L 3-2 year 4-8 with a 3.49 ERA, compiling 104 strikeouts and 38 walks in 85.0 innings. He finished first among Pac- 4/3 at Washington State* L 7-2 4/4 at Washington State* L 4-3 10 pitchers with a .191 opponent batting average, and his 104-strikeout total ranked fourth in the conference 4/5 at Washington State* W 9-5 and established a new freshman single-season record at UCLA. Cole ranked third in the nation in hits allowed 4/7 UC Irvine (5) W 8-3 per nine innings (6.04), behind junior right-handers Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State, 5.37) and Mike Leake 4/9 at Stanford* L (10) 4-3 (Arizona State, 6.02). Cole led the Pac-10 and ranked 17th nationally in strikeouts per nine innings (11.01). 4/10 at Stanford* W 8-5 4/11 at Stanford* (TV – CBS-CS) L 7-2 ROAD WARRIORS 4/14 at San Diego State (15) W 7-3 UCLA faced the third-most difficult schedule, nationally, as ranked by Boyd’s World (national strength of 4/17 Washington* W 4-2 schedule ranking service). After opening the season with a three-game home series, the Bruins spent four 4/18 Washington* W 13-0 consecutive weekends on the road – in the Houston College Classic (Feb. 27-March 1), at Oklahoma (March 4/19 Washington* W 6-3 6-8), at East Carolina (March 13-14) and at USC (March 21-23). UCLA played seven weekend trips away 4/21 at UC Riverside L 17-6 from southern California. The Bruins began the season playing 22 of their first 33 games away from home. 4/24 Oregon State* (17) W 7-5 Round-trip flights included, UCLA’s travel schedule spanned over 16,000 miles. 4/25 Oregon State* (17) L 5-3 4/26 Oregon State* (17) W 5-2 STRIKEOUT STAFF 4/28 Long Beach State W 7-5 UCLA’s pitching staff recorded 509 strikeouts, the second-highest total in program history (531 in 2000). Led 5/1 at Oregon* (TV – OSN) L 3-2 by Gerrit Cole (104), Trevor Bauer (92) and Charles Brewer (71), the Bruins ranked ninth in the nation and 5/2 at Oregon* W 6-2 second in the Pac-10 with 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings. UCLA registered 10 strikeouts or more in 25 games. 5/3 at Oregon* W 8-1 Cole (12) and Bauer (5) combined for a team season-high 17 strikeouts in the second game of a doubleheader 5/5 Cal State Bakersfield W 15-2 at East Carolina (March 13). Cole totaled a team-best 13 strikeouts against Washington (April 17). 5/8 California* L 3-2 5/9 California* W 9-4 5/10 California* L 8-3 CENTER STAGE 5/12 Long Beach State W 15-2 Junior Blair Dunlap started 55 of UCLA’s 56 games in center field. He led the team in hits (68), at-bats (226), 5/15 at Cal State Fullerton (5) L 6-3 doubles (17), triples (tied, 3), and stolen bases (15). Dunlap ranked second with 19 multiple-hit games and 5/16 Cal State Fullerton (5) L (10) 6-5 11 multiple-RBI efforts. He logged a career-high 11-game hitting streak (Feb. 27-March 13) and finished the 5/17 Cal State Fullerton (5) W 13-10 year having hit safely in 43 of 55 games. An honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection and two-time Pac-10 All- 5/19 at UC Irvine (1) L (10) 5-4 Academic honoree, Dunlap collected six of his seven home runs and 25 of his 39 RBI in Pac-10 play. 5/22 at Arizona State* (3) L 4-0 5/23 at Arizona State* (3) W 10-4 CASEY AT THE BAT 5/24 at Arizona State* (3) L 6-5 Junior corner infielder Casey Haerther batted .305 with nine home runs, 42 RBI and 31 runs in 52 games ^ Houston College Classic (at Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX) (49 starts). A fifth-round draft selection by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (171st overall), Haerther led * indicates Pac-10 Conference game UCLA with 21 multiple-hit games and registered 10 multiple-RBI efforts. Haerther was named Pac-10 Player Rankings are from Baseball America’s weekly top-25 poll of the Week (March 24) after batting .500 (7-for-14) with two home runs, eight RBI and five runs in three TV: FSN (Fox Sports Net), CBS-CS (CBS College Sports), games at USC. Haerther went 8-for-12 (.667) in three games at the Houston College Classic (Minute Maid OSN (Oregon Sports Network) Park). He finished his Bruin career wtih a .305 batting average, 22 home runs and 109 RBI.