Baseball Wraps Regular Season at Arizona State

UCLA (26-21-1, 11-14-1) at Arizona State (29-21, 14-12)
Thursday, May 18, 2023 – 7:00 p.m. PT

Friday, May 19, 2023 – 6:00 p.m. PT

Saturday, May 20, 2023 – 12:00 p.m. PT
Location: Tempe, Ariz. (Phoenix Municipal Stadium)
TV: Pac-12 Networks
TV Talent: Daron Sutton
Stream: Pac-12 Now App / Pac-12.com
Live Stats

UCLA Wraps 2023 Regular Season at Arizona State    

The UCLA baseball team (26-21-1, 11-14-1 Pac-12) hits the road this weekend for its final series of the regular season, facing Arizona State (29-21, 14-12) in Tempe, Ariz. for a three-game set.  The series, which will be televised in its entirety on the Pac-12 Networks, begins on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. PT and continues on Friday at 6:00 p.m. PT and Saturday at 12:00 p.m. PT. Fans can also follow along with live stats (uclalivestats.com) and Twitter updates from @UCLABaseball. 

Quick Hits    

• UCLA is 26-21-1 overall on the year, with a 15-7 mark in non-conference competition
• The Bruins are 11-14-1 in Pac-12 play, with series wins against Oregon, Arizona, and Utah
• The Bruins ranked top-10 nationally in ERA for most of the year, but enter this weekend ranked No. 37 (4.55)
• UCLA ranks top-10 nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.0, eighth) and walks allowed per nine innings (3.2, 10th)
• The Bruins are 21-2 this year when allowing four runs or fewer (5-19-1 when allowing 5+) 
• Kelly Austin (3.04, fourth) ranks top-five in the Pac-12 in ERA
• UCLA has sizable advantages in walks drawn vs. issued (252-155) and HBPs drawn vs. issued (68-40)
• The Bruins have issued more walks than they’ve drawn in just 11 of 48 games this year
• The Bruins have homered in seven straight (and nine of the last 10) games
• Jack Holman homered in 4 straight from May 5-9, the first Bruin with a 4-gm homer streak since 1999
• The Bruins are 19-4-0 when scoring first this year, and 11-1 when scoring in the first inning
• UCLA has got into double-digits in the hit column in 20 of 48 games this year, including nine of the last 13 contests
• UCLA’s current sophomore class was the No. 1-ranked recruit class in the country
• Cody Schrier and Alonzo Tredwell were named 2023 Preseason All-Americans
• 2022: UCLA went 40-24, earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tourney, had an NCAA-high four Freshman All-Americans

Projected Pitching Matchups
Thursday, May 18 – 7:00…