LOS ANGELES – The No. 12-ranked UCLA baseball team finished off a weekend sweep of Omaha after recording an 8-1 win on Sunday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
UCLA (3-0) never trailed in the contest, going ahead for good on a two-run homer from Jack Holman in the second inning. Senior righty Kelly Austin and six Bruin relievers combined to limit the Mavericks (0-3) to one run on six hits.
Junior third baseman Kyle Karros (2-4, RBI) and senior catcher Darius Perry (2-4, two RBIs) led UCLA with two hits apiece. Junior right fielder JonJon Vaughns added a moon shoot home run in the eighth inning, his second roundtripper in as many days.
Omaha was led by first baseman Brennen Bales, who finished 2-3 and reached base three times. Infielder Zach Lechnir hit a solo home run for the Mavs in the eighth inning to spoil the shutout.
The Bruins needed just three pitches to take the lead in the bottom of the second inning. Sophomore second baseman Duce Gourson opened that rally by pulling a 1-0 offering into right field for leadoff single. Holman then pounced on the first pitch he saw from Omaha starter Preston Tenney, depositing it into the Gifford Hitting Facility beyond right field for a go-ahead two-run homer. It was Holman’s first career homer at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
UCLA continued to add to the lead over the middle portion of the game, plating an unearned run on a Carson Yates RBI groundout in the fourth before stretching the lead…
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