LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The University of Michigan baseball team had its comeback fall short against No. 17-ranked UCLA in a 9-4 loss on Wednesday night (March 1) at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
After a two-out single by Ted Burton in the first went for naught in the scoring department, UCLA jumped out to a 2-0 lead on back-to-back run-scoring hits after starting pitcher Jacob Denner (0-2) issued a pair of walks.
A scoreless second inning for both squads preceded the Bruins (6-2) push another run across to take a 3-0 lead. Denner shook off the run and struck out three out of the next four batters to get out of the inning with no further damage.
The Wolverines (4-4) went scoreless for a third straight frame, and Denner was pulled in favor of Jake Keaser to begin the fourth. Denner’s final line was three runs on three hits with five strikeouts against three walks. Keaser walked the first two batters before a routine double play ball hit off the second base umpire, allowing the batter to reach safely and load the bases. The next three Bruins batters drove in runs and the home team added an unearned run to take a 7-0 lead through four innings.
U-M went three up, three down to start the fifth before Ahmad Harajli came into pitch in the bottom half of the inning. After an opening walk, Harajli focused up and struck out two in a row. The final batter of the inning was retired on a groundout stranding the runner at first.
In the sixth, the Wolverines had…
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