Freshman catcher Cashel Duggar smoked a low offspeed pitch down the first-base line with two runners on.
Rather than escaping the infield for a hit, the ball was cleanly picked at first base, turning a hard-hit ball into an inning-ending 3-6-1 double play.
This post was updated April 11 at 9:22 p.m.
A road victory was elusive for more than five weeks.
While Loyola Marymount is less than ten miles from Westwood, the Bruins’ win over the Lions broke their seasonlong road losing streak last Tuesday.
This post was updated March 31 at 11:28 p.m.
The Bruins had three opportunities to end their winless road record.
But in all three games – Thursday, Friday and Saturday – each contest concluded with a Wildcat walk-off.
Baseball is a timely game.
The difference between a win and a loss can be just a few hits that come with runners on base.
A lack of timeliness has plagued UCLA lately, as it carried a .118 batting average with runners in scoring position during the seven-game skid that led up to the weekend’s series.
Roman Martin pointed to togetherness after the Bruins dropped their seventh straight game Tuesday.
“I think we get pretty separated,” the freshman infielder said. “That’s our main problem.”
But when the Bruins host the Cougars in their second series of conference play, they’ll have a chance to get on the mend.
A midweek rematch of last week’s 23-run affair proved to be the antithesis of the former.
The Dirtbags scored the sole two runs of the game as the Bruins were shut out for the first time since March 2023.
The Bruins and Dirtbags were tied in the bottom of the 10th with two outs and a runner on second.
Payton Brennan – hitless with two punchouts to his name – walked up to the plate.
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