The Bruins will play top-seed Auburn (39-19) at 4 p.m. Sunday in another must-win game, and then must beat the Tigers again in a re-match on Monday. The winner of that game advances to the Super Re…
Carson Yates entered the NCAA Tournament with five home runs all season. Suddenly, he’s become a power hitter — and the timing couldn’t have been better for the UCLA baseball team.
UCLA, the No. 2 seed, has little time to rest, though. It will play top-seed Auburn at 4 p.m. Sunday in another must-win game, and then must beat the Tigers again in a re-match on Monday. The winner of that game advances to the Super Regionals. The Bruins survived a pitchers’ duel between UCLA’s Kelly Austin and Florida State’s Jonah Scolaro to stave off elimination, with the score tied 1-1 heading into the ninth.
But Kyle Karros tied the game for UCLA on the first pitch of the seventh inning by Scolaro, just sneaking it past the lower portion of the tall left field wall.Both teams were held scoreless through five innings, as both starters were efficient and effective. Austin allowed one run on six hits, throwing 90 pitches and striking out six. Scolaro struck out nine Bruins on 92 pitches, both career highs. He allowed one run on five hits in 6.1 innings.