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Photo by: Illinois Athletics
No. 18 UCLA Belts Five Homers to Complete Sweep Over Illinois, 8-4
May 11, 2025 | Baseball
CHAMPAIGN, Ill.ย ย โย The No. 18 UCLA baseball team mashed five home runs as a team to power its way to an 8-4 victory and complete the three-game sweep over Illinois on Sunday afternoon at Illinois Field
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With the win, UCLA (37-14, 20-7 Big Ten) is just one game back of Big Ten-leading Iowa going into the final weekend of the regular season.
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Phoenix Call delivered a monster day at the plate, crushing two homers as part of a 3-for-4, three-RBI outburst. The sophomore also added a double and reached on a hit-by-pitch, amassing 10ย total bases.
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Mulivai Levu hit his first long ball in over a month to bring his season total to 11. UCLA's first baseman went 2-for-5 with a pair RBIs.
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Roch Cholowsky belted his team-leading 18th home run of the season, while Roman Martin added his sixth homer of the year.
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Despite issuing 11 walks and plunking two Illinois (27-22, 12-15 Big Ten)ย batters, UCLA's pitching staff managed to minimize the damage to earn the win.
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Two second inning home runs opened the scoring for UCLA. Martin's 424-foot blast marked the Bruins' first hit of the ballgame then Call followed with a two-run bomb to cap the three-run frame.
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UCLA used another big fly to add to its lead in the third when Levu crushed a two-run shot to the opposite field. Levu's 11thย homer of the season was his first since April 1.
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Call crushed his second homer of the game in the top of the fourth inning, a towering two-run shot to push the Bruins' lead to seven.
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Landon Stump (5-0) danced out of danger repeatedly to keep Illinois off the board through four innings. After stranding two runners in the first, he induced a 6-4-3 double play and a strikeout to escape the second.ย
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His biggest test came in the fourth, when he left two runners in scoring position by recording a clutch strikeout and a pop-up. Despite issuing four walks and plunking a batter, the right-hander's poise kept the Illini at bay.
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Stump dominated through five scoreless frames, scattering two hits and fanning five to notch his fifth victory.
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Roch Cholowsky joined the home run barrage by ambushing a 1-0 offering and parking it just inside the left-field foul pole for UCLA's fifth round tripper of the contest.
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The Bruins' wildness on the mound finally caught up to them in the seventh, as four walks set up a four-run inning for Illinois to cut the lead in half.
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UCLA ran into some more trouble in the eighth and Head Coach John Savage turned to freshman Easton Hawk to get the final four outs. The hard-throwing righty need just one pitch to escape the inning, then faced just one batter over the minimum in the ninth to clinch the win.
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UCLA will host Northwestern for the final series of the regular season beginning on Thursday, May 15 at 4 p.m. PT. The game will be broadcast on Big Ten Network.
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With the win, UCLA (37-14, 20-7 Big Ten) is just one game back of Big Ten-leading Iowa going into the final weekend of the regular season.
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Phoenix Call delivered a monster day at the plate, crushing two homers as part of a 3-for-4, three-RBI outburst. The sophomore also added a double and reached on a hit-by-pitch, amassing 10ย total bases.
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Mulivai Levu hit his first long ball in over a month to bring his season total to 11. UCLA's first baseman went 2-for-5 with a pair RBIs.
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Roch Cholowsky belted his team-leading 18th home run of the season, while Roman Martin added his sixth homer of the year.
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Despite issuing 11 walks and plunking two Illinois (27-22, 12-15 Big Ten)ย batters, UCLA's pitching staff managed to minimize the damage to earn the win.
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Two second inning home runs opened the scoring for UCLA. Martin's 424-foot blast marked the Bruins' first hit of the ballgame then Call followed with a two-run bomb to cap the three-run frame.
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UCLA used another big fly to add to its lead in the third when Levu crushed a two-run shot to the opposite field. Levu's 11thย homer of the season was his first since April 1.
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Call crushed his second homer of the game in the top of the fourth inning, a towering two-run shot to push the Bruins' lead to seven.
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Landon Stump (5-0) danced out of danger repeatedly to keep Illinois off the board through four innings. After stranding two runners in the first, he induced a 6-4-3 double play and a strikeout to escape the second.ย
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His biggest test came in the fourth, when he left two runners in scoring position by recording a clutch strikeout and a pop-up. Despite issuing four walks and plunking a batter, the right-hander's poise kept the Illini at bay.
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Stump dominated through five scoreless frames, scattering two hits and fanning five to notch his fifth victory.
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Roch Cholowsky joined the home run barrage by ambushing a 1-0 offering and parking it just inside the left-field foul pole for UCLA's fifth round tripper of the contest.
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The Bruins' wildness on the mound finally caught up to them in the seventh, as four walks set up a four-run inning for Illinois to cut the lead in half.
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UCLA ran into some more trouble in the eighth and Head Coach John Savage turned to freshman Easton Hawk to get the final four outs. The hard-throwing righty need just one pitch to escape the inning, then faced just one batter over the minimum in the ninth to clinch the win.
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UCLA will host Northwestern for the final series of the regular season beginning on Thursday, May 15 at 4 p.m. PT. The game will be broadcast on Big Ten Network.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stump, Landon (5-0)
L: Hutchings, Payton (2-2)
S: Hawk, Easton (4)
Batting:
2B: Call, Phoenix 1
HR: Cholowsky, Roch 1 ; Levu, Mulivai 1 ; Martin, Roman 1 ; Call, Phoenix 2
RBI: Cholowsky, Roch 1 ; Levu, Mulivai 2 ; Martin, Roman 1 ; Call, Phoenix 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Cholowsky, Roch 2 ; Levu, Mulivai 1 ; Martin, Roman 1 ; Salgado, AJ 1 ; Balsz, Blake 1 ; Call, Phoenix 2
SB: Martin, Roman 1
CS: de Groot, Logan 1
HBP: Call, Phoenix 1
Batting:
RBI: Valincius, Vytas 1 ; Zebig, Jack 1 ; Westcott, Drake 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Chee-Aloy, Cameron 1 ; Valincius, Vytas 1 ; Zebig, Jack 1 ; Schroeder, Jacob 1
HBP: Chee-Aloy, Cameron 1 ; Schupmann, Kyle 1
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