LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Bruins dropped a midweek
contest to the Cal State Fullerton Titans, 14-7, on Tuesday evening in
front of 1,382 fans at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
The Bruins racked up 10 hits in the loss, led by
Sean Bouchard
(2-for-4, R, 3 RBI, BB) who recorded his seventh multi-hit game in his
last eight games. Four other Bruins finished with two hits, including
Brett Urabe (2-for-4, 2 RBI, BB) who drove in a pair of runs.
Jake Bird
(1-2) earned the loss for UCLA after allowing seven runs (six earned)
on three hits over 1.1 innings of work. Cal State Fullerton reliever
Gavin Velasquez (1-1) got the win after throwing 1.1 scoreless innings
out of the bullpen.
Cal State Fullerton (13-11) got the scoring started early with a run
in the opening frame. With two outs and a man on second, Turner Buis
delivered an RBI-double to left field to get the Titans on the board
first.
Then, Fullerton backed that up with an eight-run second inning to
take a nine-run advantage on the Bruins. The Titans racked up just three
hits, but four walks, two hit by pitch and an error aided the efforts
to give them a 9-0 lead.
UCLA (12-10) bounced back with a pair of runs in the bottom half of
the second to inch closer. A two-out, two-RBI single from Urabe brought
the Bruins within seven runs, 9-2.
However, the UCLA pitching staff could not corral the Titan offense
which continued to score runs, totaling five more tallies over the next
four innings.
The Bruin offense tried to keep pace, scoring two runs in the sixth
and eighth innings, along with a one-run inning in the fifth, but could
never fully recover from the early deficit.
The Bruins will now continue Pac-12 Conference play this weekend when
they travel to face the California Golden Bears for a three-game series
in Berkeley. The series begins on Friday, April 1 at 7:00pm PT and fans
can listen to all of the weekend’s action live on uclabruins.com.
Notes: Eric Filia has now reached base in all 22 games this season…
Sean Bouchard
has recorded two or more hits in seven of his last eight games…Bouchard
tied his single game career-high with three RBI and has 17 RBI over his
last 11 games…Bouchard and
Trent Chatterton have reached base in eight consecutive games…The Bruins recorded double digit hits for the sixth time this season.
