Tuesday, April 8
Los Angeles, CA
6:00 PM (PT)
UCLA
vs
Long Beach State
Mulivai Levu
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
No. 10 UCLA Hosts Long Beach State on Tuesday Night
April 07, 2025 | Baseball
LOS ANGELES - The No. 10-ranked UCLA baseball team will host Long Beach State for a midweek contest on Tuesday, April 8 at 6 p.m. PT. The game will be streamed on B1G+, with Nick Koop and Sid Iyer on the call. Fans can also follow along with live stats (StatBroadcast) and X/Twitter updates (@UCLABaseball).
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue:ย Jackie Robinson Stadium
Stream:ย B1G+
Talent:ย Nick Koop (play-by-play),ย Sid Iyerย (analyst)
Live Stats:ย ucla.statbroadcast.com
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THE RUNDOWNย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
WEEKEND RECAPย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
UCLA baseball earned a dominant run rule victory over San Diego on Friday night and snatched a tight 7-6 decision on Saturday afternoon to clinch its eighth-straight winning weekend. The Bruins saw their nine-game winning streak snapped in a 14-inning marathon on Sunday afternoon's series finale. UCLA left a total of 18 runners on base and went just 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position as it squandered multiple opportunities to plate the winning run in extra innings. Both teams were unable to capitalize in bases-loaded, no-outs situations in the 11th inning before the Bruins loaded the bases again in the 13th, but once again, failed to score. San Diego finally provided the finishing blow in the top of the 14th when Austin Smith launched his second home run of the game to lift his team to the improbable 4-3 win.
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PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUP
Tuesday, April 8 - 6 p.m. PTย
UCLA - RS Jr. LHP Ian May (5-1, 4.05 ERA)
LBSU โ Jr. RHP Alex Ramos (0-1, 4.22 ERA)
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ABOUT THE DIRTBAGSย ย
Long Beach State returns to the mainland after taking a three-game set at Hawaii last weekend. The Dirtbags have won each of their last two Big West series, including a series victory over the reigning conference champion, UC Santa Barbara.ย LBSU is 4-6 on the road in 2025. Last season, UCLA and Long Beach State split the home-and-home series, with each team picking up a win at its home ballpark.
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CHOLOWSKY NAMED TO GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD MIDSEASON WATCH LISTย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
Sophomore Roch Cholowsky was named to the USA Baseball Midseason Golden Spikes Watch List. Cholowsky, a sophomore from Chandler, Ariz., has been outstanding for UCLA as it reaches the halfway point in the season. The shortstop is hitting a team-best .372 with nine home runs and 32 RBIs during his excellent campaign. Cholowsky boasts team-bests in on-base percentage (.532) and slugging (.712) to post an OPS of 1.249. The 2024 Freshman All-American has produced in the crucial moments for the Bruins with four go-ahead home runs on the season. He launched a grand slam to complete UCLA's comeback against Michigan State on Feb. 23 in what was just the beginning of his heroics at the plate in 2025.
In what was arguably UCLA's most exhilarating win of the season, Cholowsky hit a three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning, giving the Bruins the lead when they were down to their final out against Maryland on March 7. This dramatic moment helped secured UCLA's first-ever victory in the Big Ten Conference.
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CARDIAC BRUINSย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
UCLA has scored first just 12 times in its 31 games this season, racking up a total of 13 come-from-behind victories during its 25-6 start to the year. Remarkably, the Bruins have pulled off three comebacks after trailing by five or more runs. Notably, UCLA is undefeated when scoring first, posting a perfect 12-0 record.
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ROCH AND THE ADVANCED STATISTICS
Roch Cholowsky has undoubtedly been one of the nation's most valuable players, and the advanced statistics prove it. According to data combined by 643 charts, Cholowsky ranks sixth in the nation in wins-above-replacement (WAR) with a mark of 3.28. UCLA's shortstop has particularly stood out defensively with a defensive-runs-saved mark of 8.67 and defensive WAR of 0.65, both metrics inside the top-15 nationally.
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CLOSING IN ON HISTORYย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
Head Coach John Savage recently reached a significant milestone, eclipsing the 700-win mark at UCLA with a Friday night win over San Diego. With 701 wins at UCLA, he ranks second all-time, trailing only Gary Adams (1975-2004) who finished his career with 984 wins. Savage began his head coaching career at UC Irvine, where he notched 88 wins in his first three seasons, bringing his career total to 789. His winning percentage of .599 with the Bruins is the highest among UCLA coaches with over 100 games coached.
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QUITE THE INTRODUCTIONย ย ย ย ย ย ย
Sophomore Grant Gray received his first career start in UCLA's midweek matchup with LMU on Tuesday night, and he made the most of it, launching a two-run home run in what was his first career hit. Gray is a two-way athlete, as he also competes as a wide out for the UCLA football team.
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BRUINS PICKED TO FINISH FOURTH IN BIG TEN PRESEASON POLLย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
Big Ten Preseason Poll
1. Oregon
2. Nebraska
3. Indiana
4. UCLA
5. Michigan
6. USC
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FRIENDLY CONFINESย ย ย ย ย
With a sweep over Stanford in the final weekend of the 2024 regular season, UCLA clinched its ninth consecutive season with a winning record at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruins have had a losing record at home just twice over the last 20 seasons, last occurring in 2014 (11-20).
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MIDWEEK NOTESย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCKย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
UCLA added 11 newcomers ahead of the 2025 season, including eight freshmen and three transfers. Coach Savage has bolstered his pitching staff with three pitchers joining via the transfer portal. Left-hander Ian May (California) will look to occupy a spot in the starting rotation after logging 20 starts and 90.0 total innings for the Golden Bears. Fellow southpaw Ryan Rissas (UC San Diego) helped lead the Tritons to their first-ever Big West title in 2023. August Souza (Santa Clara) brings 43 appearances worth of experience after spending a total of five seasons (including 2020 Covid-shortened season) at Santa Clara.
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ย
GAME INFORMATION
Venue:ย Jackie Robinson Stadium
Stream:ย B1G+
Talent:ย Nick Koop (play-by-play),ย Sid Iyerย (analyst)
Live Stats:ย ucla.statbroadcast.com
ย
THE RUNDOWNย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
- UCLA ascended four spots in the D1Baseball poll, landing at No. 10
- The Bruins are also ranked in the Baseball America poll at No. 17
- At 23-5, UCLA achieved its best 28-game start to a season since 2010
- UCLA made it eight consecutive winning weekends after taking two of three games from San Diego
- The Bruins suffered their first defeat since March 21 when they fell in a 14-inning battle on Sunday afternoon vs. USD
- UCLA scored 37 runs in the sweep over Purdue, matching its tally from the three-game set against Cal Poly (Feb. 14-16)
- UCLA has won all four of its conference series and currently sits atop the Big Ten standings at 10-2
- UCLA has won 18 of its last 21 contests
- UCLA is 18-4 at Jackie Robinson Stadium this season
- Roch Cholowsky was recently named to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
- Cholowsky leads the team in hitting at .372, mashing nine home runs, collecting 32 RBI, and slugging .717
- Mulivai Levu ranks sixth in the nation and leads the Big Ten with 48 RBIs
- Levu leads the team with 10 homers and is hitting .463 with 20 RBIs and two homers over the last 10 games
- Levu recorded back-to-back four hit games in the Saturday and Sunday wins over Purdue
- AJ Salgado is slashing .459/.571/.919 with four home runs and 12 RBI over the last 10 contests
- Michael Barnett ranks 10th in the nation with six wins this season, and eighth in strikeout-to-walk ratio at 9.25
- UCLA secured its first-ever sweep in the Big Ten era by winning three straight games over Nebraska
- Cholowsky was hit by a pitch three times on Tuesday, a first for UCLA in over a decade
- Against Michigan, UCLA scored 20 or more runs in a game for the first time since its 23-0 win over Omaha (2/18/23)
- Cholowsky's dramatic three-run homer gave UCLA the lead in the ninth inning on Friday night at Maryland
- UCLA drew 15 walks against BYU, its most in a game since Feb. 18, 2024
- UCLA enters its inaugural season in the Big Ten in 2025
- In 2023, the Bruins welcomed the top signing class in the country
- Roch Cholowsky returns for his sophomore season after receiving Freshman All-American acclaim (Perfect Game)
- The program has posted 15 winning records in 20 seasons under HC John Savage
- Duce Gourson, Cody Schrier, and Luke Jewett were selected in the 2024 MLB Draft
- The Bruins were picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten Preseason Poll
- Roch Cholowsky, Cody Delvecchio, and Dean West were named Big Ten Players to Watch
- UCLA is coming off a 19-33 campaign, snapping a streak of seven consecutive winning seasons
- Three transfer pitchers (Ian May - Cal, Ryan Rissas - UCSD, August Souza - Santa Clara) bolster UCLA's pitching staff
WEEKEND RECAPย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
UCLA baseball earned a dominant run rule victory over San Diego on Friday night and snatched a tight 7-6 decision on Saturday afternoon to clinch its eighth-straight winning weekend. The Bruins saw their nine-game winning streak snapped in a 14-inning marathon on Sunday afternoon's series finale. UCLA left a total of 18 runners on base and went just 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position as it squandered multiple opportunities to plate the winning run in extra innings. Both teams were unable to capitalize in bases-loaded, no-outs situations in the 11th inning before the Bruins loaded the bases again in the 13th, but once again, failed to score. San Diego finally provided the finishing blow in the top of the 14th when Austin Smith launched his second home run of the game to lift his team to the improbable 4-3 win.
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PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUP
Tuesday, April 8 - 6 p.m. PTย
UCLA - RS Jr. LHP Ian May (5-1, 4.05 ERA)
LBSU โ Jr. RHP Alex Ramos (0-1, 4.22 ERA)
ย
ABOUT THE DIRTBAGSย ย
Long Beach State returns to the mainland after taking a three-game set at Hawaii last weekend. The Dirtbags have won each of their last two Big West series, including a series victory over the reigning conference champion, UC Santa Barbara.ย LBSU is 4-6 on the road in 2025. Last season, UCLA and Long Beach State split the home-and-home series, with each team picking up a win at its home ballpark.
ย
CHOLOWSKY NAMED TO GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD MIDSEASON WATCH LISTย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
Sophomore Roch Cholowsky was named to the USA Baseball Midseason Golden Spikes Watch List. Cholowsky, a sophomore from Chandler, Ariz., has been outstanding for UCLA as it reaches the halfway point in the season. The shortstop is hitting a team-best .372 with nine home runs and 32 RBIs during his excellent campaign. Cholowsky boasts team-bests in on-base percentage (.532) and slugging (.712) to post an OPS of 1.249. The 2024 Freshman All-American has produced in the crucial moments for the Bruins with four go-ahead home runs on the season. He launched a grand slam to complete UCLA's comeback against Michigan State on Feb. 23 in what was just the beginning of his heroics at the plate in 2025.
In what was arguably UCLA's most exhilarating win of the season, Cholowsky hit a three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning, giving the Bruins the lead when they were down to their final out against Maryland on March 7. This dramatic moment helped secured UCLA's first-ever victory in the Big Ten Conference.
ย
CARDIAC BRUINSย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
UCLA has scored first just 12 times in its 31 games this season, racking up a total of 13 come-from-behind victories during its 25-6 start to the year. Remarkably, the Bruins have pulled off three comebacks after trailing by five or more runs. Notably, UCLA is undefeated when scoring first, posting a perfect 12-0 record.
ย
ROCH AND THE ADVANCED STATISTICS
Roch Cholowsky has undoubtedly been one of the nation's most valuable players, and the advanced statistics prove it. According to data combined by 643 charts, Cholowsky ranks sixth in the nation in wins-above-replacement (WAR) with a mark of 3.28. UCLA's shortstop has particularly stood out defensively with a defensive-runs-saved mark of 8.67 and defensive WAR of 0.65, both metrics inside the top-15 nationally.
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CLOSING IN ON HISTORYย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
Head Coach John Savage recently reached a significant milestone, eclipsing the 700-win mark at UCLA with a Friday night win over San Diego. With 701 wins at UCLA, he ranks second all-time, trailing only Gary Adams (1975-2004) who finished his career with 984 wins. Savage began his head coaching career at UC Irvine, where he notched 88 wins in his first three seasons, bringing his career total to 789. His winning percentage of .599 with the Bruins is the highest among UCLA coaches with over 100 games coached.
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QUITE THE INTRODUCTIONย ย ย ย ย ย ย
Sophomore Grant Gray received his first career start in UCLA's midweek matchup with LMU on Tuesday night, and he made the most of it, launching a two-run home run in what was his first career hit. Gray is a two-way athlete, as he also competes as a wide out for the UCLA football team.
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BRUINS PICKED TO FINISH FOURTH IN BIG TEN PRESEASON POLLย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
Big Ten Preseason Poll
1. Oregon
2. Nebraska
3. Indiana
4. UCLA
5. Michigan
6. USC
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FRIENDLY CONFINESย ย ย ย ย
With a sweep over Stanford in the final weekend of the 2024 regular season, UCLA clinched its ninth consecutive season with a winning record at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruins have had a losing record at home just twice over the last 20 seasons, last occurring in 2014 (11-20).
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MIDWEEK NOTESย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
- UCLA is 44-18 in midweek contests since the start of 2019
- The Bruins are 6-1 in midweek games this season and are undefeated on Tuesdays (6-0)
- Payton Brennan is slashing .471/.550/.706 with a home run during midweek competition
- Mulivai Levu has 13 RBIs in the seven midweek games, slashing .407/.455/.704 with a pair of home runs
- UCLA has out-scored its opponents 78-35 during midweek games in 2025
- UCLA went 5-6 in 2024 in midweeks, defeating Nevada, LBSU, and UCSB at home, and LMU and Pepperdine away
- AJ Salgado (.357 BA, .438 OBP), Payton Brennan (.357/.438/.536), Duce Gourson (.333/.481/.615, 3 HRs), Roch Cholowsky (.326/.415/.630, 4 HRs, 11 RBIs), Roman Martin (.294/.333/.706), and Cody Delvecchio (2.70 ERA in 6.2 IP) were all standouts in midweek competition in 2024.
- The Bruins went undefeated in midweeks in 2019 (11-0) and 2021 (8-0)
- UCLA won seven straight midweeks from Mar. 1 to Apr. 19, 2022
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCKย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
UCLA added 11 newcomers ahead of the 2025 season, including eight freshmen and three transfers. Coach Savage has bolstered his pitching staff with three pitchers joining via the transfer portal. Left-hander Ian May (California) will look to occupy a spot in the starting rotation after logging 20 starts and 90.0 total innings for the Golden Bears. Fellow southpaw Ryan Rissas (UC San Diego) helped lead the Tritons to their first-ever Big West title in 2023. August Souza (Santa Clara) brings 43 appearances worth of experience after spending a total of five seasons (including 2020 Covid-shortened season) at Santa Clara.
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