UCLA Sports Information Baseball 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 2008 STATS LEADERS UCLA BASEBALL TO HOST NO. 8 SAN DIEGO TUESDAY EVENING Name GP/GS AVG AB H HR RBI Bruins set to face West Coast Conference-leading Toreros for first time since 2005 Alden Carrithers 44/44 .391 174 68 4 39 Casey Haerther 42/41 .318 173 55 8 37 LOS ANGELES – With just 12 regular-season games NO. 8 SAN DIEGO TOREROS (37-13) Niko Gallego 19/11 .317 41 13 0 4 left on their schedule, the Bruins host San Diego in a AT Jermaine Curtis 44/44 .315 168 53 2 19 non-conference game on Tuesday evening at Jackie Brandon Crawford 44/44 .287 171 49 4 35 UCLA BRUINS (24-20) Robinson Stadium. UCLA will send Garett Claypool to the at UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium Name GP/GS ERA W-L IP SO mound against the Toreros, who boast a 37-13 mark Matt Grace 11/1 3.18 0-0 17.0 12 Tuesday, May 6, 6 p.m. Tim Murphy 13/11 3.64 3-5 76.2 87 and stand atop the West Coast Conference standings San Diego – Sammy Solis, LHP, Fr. (3-1, 2.21) Matt Drummond 15/3 3.92 2-2 43.2 37 with a four-game lead over Pepperdine. UCLA – Garett Claypool, RHP, So. (1-2, 4.25) 2008 SCHEDULE 2/23 Oklahoma W, 7-5 TOREREOS ON TUESDAY 2/23 Oklahoma L, 3-2 (12) UCLA faces the University of San Diego for the first time since May 3, 2005, when the Bruins registered 2/24 Oklahoma Ccd. (rain) an 8-5 win over the Toreros at Jackie Robinson Stadium. UCLA has totaled a 15-6 all-time record against 2/26 at Cal State Northridge^ W, 22-2 San Diego, as both teams first met in 1961. Sophomore right-hander Garett Claypool (1-2) takes the hill 2/27 UC Santa Barbara W, 5-4 (13) for UCLA, as the visiting Toreros will counter with freshman left-hander Sammy Solis (3-1). San Diego has 2/29 Southern W, 11-2 3/1 vs. Bethune-Cookman# (ESPN2) W, 2-0 logged a 37-13 overall record, including a first-place 15-3 mark in the West Coast Conference. 3/2 at USC W, 4-3 3/4 at Cal State Fullerton L, 7-1 TUESDAY NIGHT LIGHTS 3/5 Cal State Fullerton L, 13-2 Right-hander Garett Claypool will make his sixth start of the season, all coming in mid-week contests. Claypool 3/7 St. Mary’s W, 14-0 has logged a 1-2 record and 4.25 ERA in 29.1 innings (13 appearances) this spring. The sophoomore 3/8 St. Mary’s W, 4-3 from West Hills, Calif., has limited the opposition to a .233 batting average, recording 20 strikeouts and 3/9 St. Mary’s L, 4-2 27 walks. Claypool absorbed the loss in a 6-2 setback at Pepperdine last Tuesday, allowing five runs (four 3/11 Pepperdine W, 11-3 earned), three hits and five walks in 2.1 innings. Two weeks ago, the right-hander hurled a career-high six 3/13 at Cal Poly L, 9-8 scoreless innings and did not receive a decision in a 8-7, 11-inning win versus UNLV (April 22). 3/14 at Cal Poly W, 10-6 3/15 at Cal Poly W, 12-9 ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE 3/21 No. 7 Long Beach State L, 13-3 Second baseman Alden Carrithers has emerged as a legitimate All-America candidate, as he ranks fourth 3/22 at No. 7 Long Beach State L, 3-2 among Pac-10 players with a .391 batting average. The Portland, Ore., resident leads UCLA in numerous 3/22 at No. 7 Long Beach State L, 10-3 offensive categories, including on-base percentage (.471), slugging percentage (.569), hits (68), stolen bases 3/25 at San Diego State L, 6-3 (17), RBI (39), and at-bats (174). Carrithers is also tied for the team lead in runs (36) with third baseman 3/28 at No. 6 Arizona* W, 4-3 (10) 3/29 at No. 6 Arizona* W, 20-8 Jermaine Curtis. Carrithers has hit safely in 37 of 44 games and has tallied hit streaks of 11 and 10 games. In 3/30 at No. 6 Arizona* L, 8-4 five games last week, Carrithers batted .438, going 7-for-16 with seven walks (.625 on-base percentage). 4/1 San Diego State W, 6-2 4/4 USC* L, 6-1 ACCOLADES ALL AROUND 4/5 USC* L, 7-4 Several Bruins have garnered national attention within the college baseball community. Alden Carrithers has 4/6 USC* W, 4-2 been named as one of 50 players to the Dick Howser Award watch list. Over the weekend, Carrithers was 4/8 No. 7 UC Irvine L, 6-5 (10) chosen as one of 100 players on the revised Brooks Wallace Award watch list. Prior to Opening Day, Ryan 4/11 UC Riverside W, 5-3 Babineau was named to the Johnny Bench Award watch list, a compilation of the nation’s top 36 catchers. 4/12 UC Riverside W, 18-7 Brandon Crawford was tabbed as one of 50 players to the Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list. 4/13 UC Riverside W, 9-5 4/15 Cal State Northridge L, 4-0 CRUSHING IT FARTHER 4/18 No. 10 Stanford* L, 4-1 First baseman Casey Haerther leads the Bruins with eight home runs and has belted seven of those round- 4/19 No. 10 Stanford* L, 6-1 trippers since going 7-for-7 at Arizona on Saturday, March 29. In that 20-8 UCLA victory, Haerther established 4/20 No. 10 Stanford* W, 8-2 the Pac-10 and UCLA record for most hits in a single game. UCLA’s starting first baseman has batted .318 4/22 UNLV W, 8-7 (11) in 42 games (41 starts, all at first base), totaling 37 RBI, 33 runs, 16 doubles and one triple. Haerther has 4/25 at Washington* L, 5-2 4/26 at Washington* W, 8-1 logged a .561 slugging percentage and successfully stolen nine bases in 11 attempts. Haerther crushed a 4/27 at Washington* W, 4-3 career-high two home runs in an 18-7 rout of UC Riverside on Saturday, April 12. 4/29 at Pepperdine L, 6-2 4/30 Loyola Marymount W, 6-2 ROAD WARRIORS 5/2 No. 4 Arizona State* L, 10-5 Earlier this spring, UCLA became just the second team in the past two seasons to win a three-game series at 5/3 No. 4 Arizona State* (FSN) W, 8-3 Arizona, which currently boasts an 18-3 home mark. The Bruins took the first two of three games at Arizona’s 5/4 No. 4 Arizona State* L, 11-8 Kindall Field (March 28-30) to open Pac-10 play. Last season, the Wildcats posted a 28-4 home record, 5/6 No. 8 San Diego 6:00 p.m. losing one home series to USC. The weekend of April 25-27, UCLA won two of three games at Washington, 5/9 at Oregon State* 5:00 p.m. where the Huskies had previously recorded an 18-5 home record with just one home series loss to Cal Poly. 5/10 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. The Bruins have logged an 8-8 road record and a 1-0 mark at a neutral site this spring. 5/11 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. 5/13 at No. 13 UC Irvine 6:00 p.m. VETERAN PRODUCTION 5/16 Washington State* 6:00 p.m. Senior Brady Dolan went 7-for-16 (.438) at the plate in five games last week. Dolan logged six singles, one 5/17 Washington State* (FSN) 1:30 p.m. triple, five runs, five RBI, two walks and one stolen base. The Reno, Nev., resident was 3-for-3 with two runs in 5/18 Washington State* 1:00 p.m. an 8-3 victory over Arizona State on Saturday, and finished the weekend going 2-for-5 with two runs and one 5/20 at No. 12 Cal State Fullerton 6:00 p.m. RBI in Sunday’s 11-8 loss in the series finale. Dolan registered a pinch-hit RBI-single against Pepperdine (April 5/23 at No. 16 California* 2:30 p.m. 5/24 at No. 16 California* 1:00 p.m. 29) and was 1-for-3 with a key three-RBI triple in the Bruins 6-2 win over Loyola Marymount (April 30). 5/25 at No. 16 California* 1:00 p.m. 5/30-6/1 NCAA Regionals TBD TWO-WAY TALENT 6/6-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBD Junior Tim Murphy, a left-handed pitcher and center fielder, has played in 24 games this season. Murphy 6/14-25 College World Series TBD has logged a 3.64 ERA and 3-5 record in 13 pitching appearances (11 starts) and has registered a .258 ^ Game resumed on April 15 at UCLA (final 1.5 innings) batting average in 12 games on the field. The left-hander from Vista, Calif., has totaled 87 strikeouts, the # at MLB Urban Youth Academy (Compton, Calif.) second-highest total among Pac-10 pitchers after Washington’s Nick Haughian (88).