BASEBALL: UCLA FRESHMEN ARE NO MATCH FOR URENA TITANS TAKE SERIES BEHIND PITCHER FULLERTON 7, UCLA 2.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer As UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX watched Sean Urena hold the Bruins to one earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team in 7 2/3 innings, they saw exactly what they needed to be one of the nation's elite college baseball College baseball is baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. Compared to American football and basketball in the United States, college competition plays a less significant contribution to cultivating teams. Winning with freshmen pitchers is pivotal for a UCLA lineup that starts two of them in its weekend rotation, but none of the young Bruins came close this weekend to matching the success of Cal State Fullerton's freshman right-hander, Urena. Urena held No. 15 UCLA hitless until the fifth inning of the Titans' 7-2 victory Sunday at Jackie Robinson Noun 1. Jackie Robinson - United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972) Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Robinson Stadium in the deciding game of the three-game series. No. 10 Cal State Fullerton won the final two games of the series against freshmen starters, after UCLA senior Tyson Brummett pitched a complete-game victory in the opener. Urena improved to 2-0 with his longest outing of the season. "He was good," Bruins coach John Savage John Savage may refer to:
UCLA freshman left-hander Gavin Brooks (1-1) -- who wasn't helped by first baseman Tim Stewart's throw into center field on an attempted pickoff pick·off n. 1. Baseball A play in which a runner is caught off base and is put out by a quick throw, as from the pitcher or catcher. 2. Sports An interception, as in football. in the fifth inning -- went 4 2/3 innings, surrendering four runs on four hits, three walks and two strikeouts. He was followed by freshman right-hander Garett Claypool, who allowed two runs on three hits in 2 2/3 innings. UCLA pitchers didn't get any aid from an offense that stranded a combined 24 runners on base in the past two games. UCLA (7-7) loaded the bases with one out in the seventh but didn't score, and left two more in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on in the eighth. Clark Hardman and Chris Jones led the Titans (9-4) with two hits each. heather.gripp@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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