Phillies fans won't like seeing where their team sits in latest power rankings
Phillies fans will be disappointed with their team's power ranking position.
UCLA baseball suffered their fourth loss of the season, falling 9-6 to Sacramento State in the series finale at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Despite 12 hits, UCLA struggled against the Hornets' pitching throughout the series.
No. 1 UCLA baseball was handed their fourth loss of the season with a 9-6 defeat by Sacramento State in their series finale at Jackie Robinson Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday. It's a surprising loss for the Bruins but the Hornets proved to be a worthy opponent over the three game series.
Every game of the series was close with the first two games of the series being decided in the late innings. The theme of the series was UCLA's batters struggling against the Hornet pitching staff, and despite the Bruins garnering 12 hits, they weren't able to mount a comeback.
UCLA got two hits in the first, but they weren't able to get anyone across the plate. In the bottom of the second, UCLA retrieved their first run of the game with a single sending redshirt junior outfielder Payton Brennan home.
Sacramento State responded with a monstrous third, which featured the Hornets' bats getting hot for the three hits leading to five runs. The highlight was a two-run homer to right center by redshirt junior infielder Jakob Poturnak.
UCLA attempted to shorten the Hornets lead with a run off of a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth and a home run by junior shortstop Roch Cholowsky in the fifth. However, the momentum turned back to Sacramento State as they picked up their sixth run in the top of the sixth to extend their lead to 6-3.
Sacramento looked to put the game on ice in the with three more runs in the top of the seventh, but Cholowsky and the Bruins weren't done fighting. In the bottom of the seventh, Cholowsky hit a three-run homer to center field to bring UCLA back within three runs.
The Bruins chance at another comeback in the series was upon them, but this time, they did not answer. UCLA got two hits in the final two innings and with no runners crossing home plate, ending the game with a loss.
The final score was 9-6 in favor of Sacramento State.
UCLA baseball now has four losses this season.
UCLA's batters struggled against Sacramento State's pitching, despite recording 12 hits.
Phillies fans will be disappointed with their team's power ranking position.
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UCLA will have a chance to avenge another one of their losses in their next game against UC Santa Barbara at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium in Santa Barbara on Tuesday with an anticipated start time of 4:35 p.m. PT.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: UCLA baseball falls to Sacramento State in series finale