UCLA baseball coach John Savage walks on the field at Great Park in Irvine. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)
John Savage’s ability to develop pitchers is arguably what gave him a career in collegiate baseball.
His first job with a Power Five program was as a pitching coach at USC from 1997 to 2000, developing future Big League arms like Barry Zito and Mark Prior.
It’s been 10 years since the Bruins and Trojans both reached the 30-win mark in a single season.
Following USC’s win over Cal State Northridge on Tuesday, both teams eclipsed the mark with double-digit games remaining – making this year’s crosstown rendition arguably the most competitive in years.
The San Francisco Giants celebrated the career of Brandon Crawford on Saturday at Oracle Park.
Crawford, who played in Westwood from 2006 to 2008, may be the most recognizable former Bruin shortstop in program history.
A blown save nearly cost the Bruins their Friday series opener.
But the bats stormed back for a walk-off victory.
On Saturday, the Bruins’ hitters stayed hot – giving the team’s pitching staff little to worry about – and the hurlers upheld their end of the bargain anyway.
The Bruins were three outs from snapping their two-game skid.
Then the Nittany Lions scored four in the top of the ninth, and suddenly, the Bruins were down one and three outs away from a season-long three-game losing streak.
James Hepp’s day was done after facing just three hitters Tuesday as the junior right-hander failed to record a single out.
And though the Bruins would eventually shut out the Anteaters from the second inning on, the five runs No.
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