BRUINS STUNNED IN OPENING ROUND : HARVARD 7, UCLA 2.Byline: Daily News A hot pitcher and timely hitting spelled upset for 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 Thursday in the first round of the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association baseball tournament's Midwest Regional at Stillwater, Okla. Held to six singles by Harvard starter Frank Hogan Frank Smithwick Hogan (Born on January 17, 1902 in Waterbury, Connecticut - Died on April 2, 1974 in New York, New York) was the New York County (Manhattan) District Attorney for almost 32 years. Because of his honesty and incorruptibility, he was known as "Mr. Integrity". , the top-seeded Bruins were beaten 7-2 by Harvard and fell to the elimination bracket. The Bruins (40-19-1) face Ohio University Ohio University, main campus at Athens; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1804, opened 1809 as the first college in the Old Northwest. There are additional campuses at Chiillicothe, Lancaster, and Zanesville, as well as facilities throughout the state. , a 1-0 loser to Tennessee, today at 9 a.m. ``You have to give a lot of credit to the Harvard team,'' said Bruins coach Gary Adams. ``Frank Hogan did a great job. We didn't play a bad game, he just pitched well.'' In all, Harvard had 12 hits, 11 singles. Shortstop David Forst, an Encino resident who attended Brentwood School Brentwood School is the name of some notable schools:
``It's pretty sweet to beat them, especially going to school on the East Coast, where baseball isn't as big,'' Forst said. ``I get a lot of talk back home how good UCLA is. It's nice to prove we do play good baseball on the East Coast.'' UCLA took a 2-0 lead in the third inning when catcher Jason Green stroked a two-run, one-out single. The Bruins threatened three other times, loading the bases in the third and seventh innings, but Hogan (8-2) was able to pitch out of trouble. Hogan ended the third-inning threat by getting Eric Valent Eric Valent (born April 4, 1977 in La Mirada, California) is a Major League Baseball player. He has played parts of 5 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Phillies, Reds, and most recently the Mets. He bats and throws left handed. to hit into a double play. The seventh-inning threat met a similar fate, ending with a double-play grounder off the bat of Jon Heinrichs. In the ninth, after giving up two singles, Hogan gave way to reliever Don Jamieson Donald Campbell Jamieson, PC (April 30 1921 – November 19 1986) was a Canadian politician, diplomat and broadcaster. Jamieson was born in St. John's Newfoundland. , who retired the side. Bruins starter Tom Jacquez was cruising until one out in the fifth, when Harvard put together five straight singles to score three times and take a 3-2 lead. Harvard got four more runs in the seventh on three singles, a walk and a hit batter. ``I have to tip my hat to their batters,'' said Jacquez, who threw a variety of offspeed pitches. ``They battled with two strikes and made contact.'' Adams said the loss leaves the Bruins with a difficult but not impossible route to the College World Series. ``Now we're likely going to have to win five games to win the regional,'' Adams said. ``But we're certainly capable of doing it.'' 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 HIGHLIGHTS Valley natives made an ipact in several of Thursday's first-round games in the NCAA regional bseball playoff. Here are the highlights: Fresno State 2, Texas A&M 1:Former Simi Valley High School Simi Valley High School is a secondary school located in Simi Valley, California which was established in 1920 as the first high school in the valley. It nestles in the Santa Susana Mountains and is adjacent to the San Fernando Valley, part of the city and county of Ventura. pitcher Jeff Weaver set an NCAA postseason record with 21 strikeouts and pitched a three-hitter in the West Regional at Stanford. Weaver (11-5), a sophomore who played for the 1996 U.S. Olympic team, broke the NCAA postseason record of 20 strikeouts by Ohio State's Steve Arlin in a 15-inning game in 1965. The previous record for a nine-inning game was 19, by Arizona State's Eddie Bane BANE. This word was formerly used to signify a malefactor. Bract. 1. 2, t. 8, c. 1. in 1973. Santa Clara 5, Cal State Fullerton 0: Mike Frank (11-0) threw a three-hitter over eight innings and hit a three-run home run to lead Santa Clara in the West Regional at Stanford. Clemson 13, Nevada 9:Former Alemany third baseman Andy Dominique hit a pair of two-run home runs, but Nevada was beaten in the Central Regional in Lubbock, Texas. Arizona State 10, Florida International 2: Dan McKinley's two-run double broke open a close game in the Atlantic Regional opener in Coral Gables, Fla. He went 4 for 5 with four RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in . Long Beach State 1, Oklahoma 0: Marcus Jones gave up just two hits, retiring 23 straight batters, as the 49ers won in the South Regional in Baton Rouge, La.Jones did not walk a batter in a game that lasted just 1 hour and 59 minutes. Stanford 12, Northeastern 3: Joe Kilburg homered, tripled, doubled and drove in three runs for top-seeded Stanford in a West Regional opener. CAPTION(S): Box Box: COLLEGE BASEBALL HIGHLIGHTS (See text) |
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