No. 1 UCLA's batters put on an offensive display against Hawaii
No. 1 UCLA baseball defeated Hawaii 12-7 with help from the Bruins batters.
The No. 1 UCLA baseball team defeated the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 12-7 at Jackie Robinson Stadium on Tuesday to pick up their 36th win of the season. The Bruins returned to Los Angeles after wrapping up their series sweep against Minnesota on Sunday and had an offensive outpour against the Rainbow Warriors.
UCLA's batters picked up 11 hits for 12 runs, but the Bruins were struck out 10 times. Meanwhile, UCLA's nine different pitchers gave up 12 hits, five walks for seven runs, while recording nine strikeouts. Fireworks in the first The Bruins gave up two hits in the top of the first, but they scored off of a sacrifice fly.
UCLA responded with their first of three hits coming from junior outfielder Dean West, as he blasted a homer to right field. The final of the three hits was a grand slam by junior outfielder Will Gasparino to put the Bruins up 5-1. Scoring in the third In the top of the third, Hawaii put up five hits and three runs with help from a two-run homer at the start of the inning.
Junior infielder Roman Martin was the first up to bat for UCLA and he extended the Bruins lead with a homer to left center in the bottom of the third. Keeping up the pressure In the fourth, Roch Cholowsky hit a home run in response to Hawaii's homer in the top of the inning. UCLA continued the scoring in the bottom of the fifth with a double leading to two more runs to put the Bruins up 9-5.