No. 1 UCLA baseball's 27-game win streak comes to an end

The No. 1 UCLA baseball's 27-game win streak came to an end as they were shutout against UC Santa Barbara at Jackie Robinson Stadium on Tuesday. It was just the third loss of the season for the Bruins with the previous two coming against UC San Diego and San Diego State.

UCLA's batters were alive in their series sweep against Rutgers , but the Gauchos pitching staff proved much stingier with five hits allowed, while throwing two walks and nine strikeouts. Missed opportunity UCLA had the bases loaded in the bottom of the first, but was unable to get a runner to cross home plate. Despite the Bruins getting four runners on base, UCLA got only one hit.

The rest of the base runners came from a pair of walks and a hit by pitch. First score In the top of the third, the Gauchos dialed in on freshman right-handed pitcher Angel Cervantes' throws to get three hits and score two runs for the first runs of the game. No chance UCLA's regained their footing in the next two innings by allowing one hit and no runs to give their batters a chance.

However, the Bruins remained stifled at bat with no hits or base runners in the fourth or fifth to keep UC Santa Barbara with a two-run lead. Holding out hope In the bottom of the sixth, UCLA had their second hit of the game and first base runner since the third. However, it led to no runs.