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The University of Utah Athletics
This Week In Utah Baseball
2/16/2005 12:00 AM | Baseball
Feb. 16, 2005
This Week in Utah Baseball
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California Dreamin' ... Utes Head to Los Angeles to Face UCLA
The University of Utah baseball team will hit the mid-point of its season-opening 14-game road trip when it faces UCLA Friday evening in Los Angeles.
The Utes will head to California looking for their first victory of the season. This weekend's three-game series marks Utah's second of three trips to California and the first of two series in Los Angeles.
The Utes were swept by TCU last week in a matchup with the future Mountain West Conference member.
This Week's Schedule
Fri. - at UCLA - Los Angeles - Jackie Robinson Stadium - 7 pm PST
Sat. - at UCLA - Los Angeles - Jackie Robinson Stadium - 2 pm PST
Sun. - at UCLA - Los Angeles - Jackie Robinson Stadium - 1 pm PST
This Week's Pitching Matchups
Jason Price (0-1, 6.30 ERA, 9 K, 3 BB) vs. Hector Ambriz (1-0, 2.16 ERA)
Chad Cullers (0-0, 8.31 ERA, 2 K, 3 BB) vs. Bryan Beck (0-0, 2.70 ERA)
Matt Crockett (0-2, 7.36 ERA, 3 K, 2 BB) vs. Brant Rustich (1-0, 2.08 ERA)
Utah vs. UCLA Balls & Strikes
? Utah is 0-4 all-time against UCLA. The Utes were 0-2 against the Bruins back in 2002, the last time the squads met. Those two games took place in College Station, Texas at the Aggie Baseball Classic.
? Utah is 5-16 against members of the Pac-10 over the past 10 years. In addition to being 0-2 against UCLA, the Utes are 0-7 against Arizona State, 0-2 against Oregon State, 2-4 against Arizona and 3-1 vs. Washington in the past 10 seasons.
? This weekend's trip to Los Angeles will be the second trip of the season to California. The Utes will be making a third trip to the Golden State and a second to the City of Angels next weekend, playing at Loyola Marymount.
? Since the 2000 season, Utah is 24-27 when playing in California and 31-43 vs. teams from California.
Scouting UCLA
UCLA is 6-3 overall this season and will be riding a four-game winning streak when Utah arrives at Jackie Robinson Stadium in Los Angeles this weekend.
The Bruins swept a pair of games from Cal State Northridge last weekend and defeated UC Riverside on Feb. 8 after stopping Fresno State 6-5 on Feb. 6. UCLA opened the season going 1-2 in a series with Cal Poly. The Bruins then took two of three from Fresno State.
The Bruins are led by dual threat Hector Ambriz. The sophomore from Placentia, Calif. is UCLA's top hitter, batting .484 with one home run and seven RBIs. Ambriz is also the Friday starter for the Bruins. He is 1-0 with a 2.16 ERA in three starts this season. Ambriz has struck out 17 in 16 2/3 innings, while walking just eight.
The Bruins have two other players batting better than .400 so far this season. Anthony Norman and Sean Smith are batting .429 and .424, respectively.
UCLA has five pitchers with ERAs under 3.00 and its team ERA is 3.22.
Utah Rewind
Utah was swept in a three-game series by No. 22 TCU last weekend.
The Horned Frogs took game one by a 10-0 count. The Utes left 18 runners on base and were 0-for-14 with runners in scoring position.
Game two started Saturday and was completed Sunday, after inclement weather delayed the contest. Utah took a 4-3 lead after three innings, but couldn't hold on. TCU scored single runs in the seventh and eighth to take a 6-4 victory.
In the series finale, the Horned Frogs broke open a close game in the sixth inning. TCU led 3-2 after five, but scored six runs in the sixth. The Frogs added five more in the seventh in a 14-7 victory.
Beck's Big Bat
Senior second baseman Doug Beck has done most of Utah's damage at the plate so far this season. Beck has accounted for one-third of Utah's RBIs and one-fourth of the Utes' extra-base hits.
Beck has driven in six of the Utes' 18 runs. He has two of Utah's eight doubles. The Utes have yet to deliver a triple or home run.
Beck also leads the team with a .429 batting average and ranks second on the squad with five bases on balls. He has been solid in the field as well, with just one error in 32 chances.
Cooper Cools 'Em Off
The Utah pitching staff has struggled somewhat with a 6.32 earned-run average and an opponent batting average of .319. But one Ute pitcher has been outstanding so far this season.
Transfer reliever Josh Cooper has made two appearances and has yet to allow an earned run. In his 7.0 innings of work, opponents are hitting just .250 against him.
Cooper has four strikeouts, just two walks and has allowed just one extra-base hit.
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