The UCLA Bruins baseball team (48-8) overcame a slow start with their bats tonight, scoring three runs in the fifth inning and two runs in the sixth inning, to overcome a 1-0 deficit, ultimately beating the Ohama Mavericks (32-22-1), 5-2. UCLA’s Ryan Garcia outdueled Omaha’s Payton Kinney, despite a great start by Kinney through four innings.
Earlier in the day, the Loyola Marymount Lions surprised the Baylor Bears, prevailing 3-1, in the first game of the Los Angeles Regional. The Bruins will play the Lions tomorrow at 7 pm PT.
In the early innings of the contest, both UCLA starter Garcia, the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year, and Omaha’s Friday night ace Kinney, the Summit League Pitcher of the Year, were absolutely dealing with both pitchers making their hitting counterparts look bad at the plate.