NCAA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: MALIBU REGIONAL: UCLA LETS HAIR DOWN IN WIN AMBRIZ PITCHES FOUR-HITTER FOR BRUINS IN OPENER.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer MALIBU -- Hector Ambriz was among a group of 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 players who bleached their hair blond because he said the team's veterans needed to do something special in the Bruins' quest to win their first NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association baseball regional since 2000. UCLA couldn't have asked for anything more special than the pitching performance it got from Ambriz in Friday's opening game of the four-team regional at Pepperdine's Eddy D. Field Eddy D. Field is home of the Pepperdine University Waves' baseball team located in Malibu, California. It was originally built in 1973, but underwent renovations in 1980 and 1999. It now holds up to 2,000 spectators, all box seats. Stadium. Ambriz pitched a four-hitter without allowing an 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 as the second-seeded Bruins defeated No. 3 UC Irvine 3-2. UCLA advances to a 3 p.m. game today against Pepperdine. ``It was my first regional game,'' said Ambriz, a junior right-hander. ``I'm a Friday guy and a leader. I have to go out there and set the tone.'' Ambriz (8-7) also took over as the Bruins' designated hitter designated hitter n. Baseball Abbr. DH A player designated at the start of a game to bat instead of the pitcher in the lineup. Noun 1. in the sixth inning and finished 2 for 2. The Anteaters (36-23) took a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning on Ben Orloff's two-out grounder that went between the legs of UCLA third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Jermaine Curtis. A home run by Bruins freshman Ryan Babineau tied the score in the bottom half of the inning, and a seventh-inning double by Brandon Crawford drove in the deciding run. Former Chatsworth All-American Justin Cassel (7-9) went 71/3 innings, surrendering 11hits and three runs with seven strikeouts for UC Irvine. ``It's quite a game,'' UCLA coach John Savage John Savage may refer to:
--Pepperdine 3, Missouri 2: The top-seeded Waves (41-19) held on to beat the fourth-seeded Tigers, who scored a run in the ninth and had the potential tying run on third base and go-ahead run at first before a diving play by second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Denny Duron clinched the win. Duron, a freshman who was in the lineup because of a late-season ankle injury to all-conference senior second baseman David Uribes, was also key at the plate. He broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning with a double to right field to score Donald Brown. Matt Aidem followed with another double to make it 3-1. Missouri (31-26) took the initial lead on a solo home run by Derek Chambers in the sixth inning. A sacrifice fly by Pepperdine's Chad Tracy in the bottom half of the inning tied the score. heather.gripp@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: UCLA's Blair Dunlap safely slides into second base behind UC Irvine's Cody Cipriano in Friday's NCAA regional game. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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