UCLA baseball players cheer on their teammates from the dugout. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Many might assume that a team that lost seven players to the 2024 MLB Draft – including No. 1 overall pick Travis Bazzana – would be a shadow of its former self.
The Bruins let their opponent score first for the 22nd time this season Sunday – but for the 15th time this year, it didn’t matter.
A three-run Husky third was met with a three-run Bruin third.
This post was updated April 10 at 9:04 p.m.
The Bruins had lost five of their last eight weekend series – and were on the verge of a sixth – as they headed to Seattle this time last year.
Losses are inevitable in a 54-game regular season.
What matters is how a team responds to them.
After losing in 14 innings to San Diego on Sunday, UCLA baseball (26-6, 10-2 Big Ten) needed just seven innings to run-rule Long Beach State (12-18, 6-9 Big West) 12-1 at Jackie Robinson Stadium on Tuesday night.
The Bruins’ nine-game win streak may have come to an end Sunday, but their four-bout tear in midweek affairs persists.
And the team will have a chance to extend the latter Tuesday.
Baseball is a marathon, not a sprint. And that race only gets longer once you reach extra innings.
But through 14 innings Sunday, the Bruins could just not seem to find their footing.
It’s almost every young ballplayer’s dream to go pro.
But when Phoenix Call heard his name called by the Boston Red Sox in the 15th round of the 2023 MLB Draft, he didn’t sign, instead upholding his commitment to the Bruins.
The Bruins’ offense might be sick.
After all, hitting is contagious.
Over its past four games, the unit has racked up 62 hits and 57 runs – its most hits in a four-game stretch since May 2022 – helping extend the team’s winning streak to eight games.
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