UCLA's Beau Amaral talks about the Bruins' tough loss to Florida State at the College World Series with ESPN.com's Jason King.
UCLA's season came to an end with a 4-1 loss to Florida State in an elimination game at the College World Series Tuesday in Omaha. Here’s a quick look at the game: OVERVIEW: Florida State struck early, tagging UCLA starter Zack Weiss for two runs on three walks and a hit in only 1/3 of an inning before he got pulled.
UCLA lost to Pac-12 rival Arizona, 4-0, in a winners bracket game at the College World Series on Sunday night in Omaha. Here's a quick look at the game: OVERVIEW: Arizona pitcher Konner Wade turned in a dominant outing by pitching a five-hitter with four strikeouts and no walks.
UCLA opened the College World Series with a 9-1 victory over Stony Brook on Friday in Omaha, Neb. Here's a quick look at the game: OVERVIEW: The College World Series opener couldn't have gotten off to a better start for UCLA (48-14), which struck for five runs in the first inning against Stony Brook ace Tyler Johnson (12-2).
The name on the front of their jerseys is the same and if UCLA had names on the backs of their jerseys, many of those would be the same, too. But make no mistake, the UCLA baseball team that takes the field against Stony Brook for the College World Series opener Friday at 2 p.
UCLA baseball players Beau Amaral, Tyler Heineman, Scott Griggs, Trevor Brown, Eric Jaffe and Cody Keefer were selected Tuesday during the second day of the Major League Baseball draft. They joined Jeff Gelalich, taken in the supplemental first round Monday, to give UCLA total of seven players drafted in the first 15 rounds--tied for most in school history.
LOS ANGELES -- Adam Plutko was pitching with a heavy heart, but luckily for him the baseball felt light. A day after attending the funeral of his great grandmother, Plutko turned in the finest pitching performance of the season for UCLA as he spun a two-hitter to lead the Bruins to a 3-0 victory over Creighton in a first-round game of the NCAA Los Angeles Regional on Friday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
LOS ANGELES -- At some point the UCLA baseball team might figure out how to win a conference title without so much drama, but until that day arrives the Bruins will just have to take what they can get.
UCLA center fielder Beau Amaral was named the Pac-12 player of the week after batting .700 with a home run, two doubles, six runs scored and three RBI in two games. Amaral, a junior, is the third UCLA player to earn player of the week honors.
Nineteen UCLA baseball players will compete in collegiate leagues this summer, five of which will get a crack in the prestigious Cape Cod League in Massachusetts. Beau Amaral, Cody Keefer and Scott Griggs -- each of which is entering the ever-important draft-eligible year -- along with pitchers Zack Weiss and Eric Jaffe will head to the Northeast looking to improve their stock against the nation's premier prospects.
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