It took just three games for UCLA baseball’s flaws to be exposed – and coach John Savage is happy about that. “Sometimes when you play, your weaknesses get hidden a little bit but I’d rather know where we’re at,” Savage said. Read more...
Photo: UCLA baseball coach John Savage said he thinks he knows what the Bruins need to work on after they lost two out of three games over the weekend. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
John Savage didn’t sugarcoat it. After watching his team commit four errors and allow nine unanswered runs in the final three innings of a 14-5 loss to North Carolina Sunday, the UCLA baseball coach said it was the worst his team had played in 10 years. Read more...
Photo: Freshman catcher Jake Hirabayashi (left) allowed two passed balls and freshman reliever Brian Gadsby (right) made a throwing error in the ninth inning of Sunday’s 14-5 loss to North Carolina. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
The walk-off hit was not a towering home run or a screaming line drive, but rather a soft flare over the pitcher that landed in the infield dirt and barely bounced into the outfield. Read more...
Photo: The Bruins mobbed redshirt senior outfielder Eric Filia after he delivered a walk-off single to win Saturday’s matchup with North Carolina. (Michael Zschornack/Daily Bruin)
No. 9 UCLA baseball started the season quietly Friday night, dropping the first of a three game series 4-0 against No. 21 North Carolina. The Bruins couldn’t get anything going against Tar Heels starting pitcher Zac Gallen. Read more...
The Bruins have a lot to replace: their top two starting pitchers, their top-three hitters and a closer who established himself as the best in NCAA history. Read more...
Photo: No. 9 UCLA baseball opens the 2016 season this weekend with a trio of games against No. 21 North Carolina at Jackie Robinson Stadium. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Grant Dyer almost saw his baseball career end in the blink of an eye. The incident occurred in 2012, during Dyer’s junior year at Dana Hills High School. Read more...
Photo: Junior right-hander Grant Dyer will be UCLA baseball’s Friday night starter – a year removed from anchoring eighth innings for the Bruins. (Daily Bruin file photo)
John Savage believes in second chances, but this decision wasn’t easy. “I went back and forth,” the UCLA baseball coach said. “I didn’t really ask other people’s opinion. Read more...
Photo: (Devin Le/Daily Bruin senior staff)
