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.

No. 14 UCLA baseball (24-5, 10-2 Big Ten) defeated San Diego (6-23, 3-3 WCC) by a score of 15-2 in a seven-inning run-rule contest Friday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Every Bruin starter recorded a hit and scored a run for the first time this season in coach John Savage’s 700th victory at UCLA’s helm.

“There’s been a lot of loyalty on both sides,” Savage said. “That’s what you don’t really see a lot anymore in college athletics, or in athletics period. I love UCLA and what it stands for, and it’s just a cool evening.”

Savage now has 788 career wins in his 24 seasons heading UC Irvine and UCLA but is in the final year of his current contract.

The Bruins opened the affair with a five-run bottom of the first.

Redshirt sophomore center fielder Payton Brennan delivered a two-run line-drive double to get the Bruins on the board, and redshirt senior right fielder AJ Salgado added three of his own with his sixth big fly of the season.

Salgado has been an integral part of UCLA’s offensive machine during his 10-game hitting streak, where he hit .486 alongside five of his six home runs.

With the Bruins’ typical Friday night starter, junior right-hander Cody Delvecchio, out because of academic ineligibility, Savage said, the Bruins turned to freshman right-hander Wylan Moss to start on the bump. Entering Friday, Moss has started five games; however, all came in Tuesday contests.

Moss said he decided to stick with what he knows.

“I just approached the same as the Tuesday night games,” Moss said. “With the preparation and everything, it was just like a Tuesday game, but now it’s on a Friday. Just kept the nerves down a little bit.”

Moss tossed four innings against the Toreros, allowing just one earned run, but only struck out one batter while walking two.

Savage said Moss’ velocity was down and that he looked tired, but that it was good he got his first weekend start against a non-conference opponent.

“The timing was pretty good,” Savage said. “You bring a Big Ten opponent into here, and it’s his first start on a Friday facing (their) No. 1. That’s really not how you’d draw it up.”

After San Diego added two of its own in the second frame, reducing the deficit to three, center fielder Aden Howard robbed what could’ve been sophomore shortstop Roch Cholowsky’s 10th homer of the year – and a three-run shot at that – with a jumping grab over the center field wall.

Despite Howard’s robbery, the Bruins found their stride in the fourth and fifth frames – scoring 10 to bring their lead up to 13.

“It’s definitely confidence,” said sophomore left fielder Dean West, who recorded his third straight multi-hit performance Friday. “We’re just sticking to our game plan, and we’re just executing. That’s all we’re really doing right now – just executing it.”

If the Bruins win Saturday, they’ll have their longest win streak since they opened the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign 11-0. UCLA will send junior right-hander Michael Barnett, who’s coming off his worst start of 2025, while San Diego will hand the ball to right-hander Cal Scolari.

“That’s the bar for us, to come out of here with the sweep,” Moss said. “Just got to get the sweep, get the job done and keep this little winning streak going.”