LOS ANGELES, Calif. --- UC Irvine baseball fell 11-1 Tuesday night against No. 1 UCLA in Jackie Robinson Stadium

• Things got off to a rough start for the Anteaters spotting nine runs to the Bruins in the first inning
  • A two-run single got the ball rolling with one out
  • The next batter reached on a fielder's choice that was bobbled at second base which led to a grand slam two batters later for a 6-0 lead
  • UCLA restarted its rally putting two on base for Roch Cholowsky who deposited one out for a 9-0 deficit
• The Bruins put up single runs in the second and fourth innings with UCI getting on the board mixed in there from a bases loaded walk to James Castagnola in the fourth

UCLA 11, UC Irvine 1

• The teams invoked the run-rule with the 'Eaters trailing by 10 runs ending the game in the seventh inning.
• Cade Castles drew the loss charged for all nine of the first-inning runs with just five earned
  • The relief held its own for UCI allowing two runs with Dane Grant dealing a big chunk of that allowing a run in three innings with two strikeouts
  • Danny Suarez mopped up the final inning retiring all three hitters he faced and added a strikeout
• The offense managed just three hits with Frankie Carney scoring the lone run following his, Zach Fjelstad hitting his eighth double of the season, and James Castagnola earning the team's RBI on a walk
• An Anteater debut came in the fourth inning as second-year Michael Podstreleny came up as a pinch-hitter

The Anteaters looked to right the ship starting Friday, March 13 with a three-game series at Cal State Fullerton.

Postgame Thoughts from head coach Ben Orloff
"That's a good offense. You give them a couple free bases in the first and don't make a play, things can get out of hand fast. When these guys are good, we saw that down the stretch last year; that first time through the lineup, they have a good plan, they have good players, and you've got to execute at a really high level and not give them anything for free. They rolled through this regional last year in so many of the games by ambushing people early and its a big score in the second inning."

"Dane Grant gave us a good performance, and we needed the outs to finish the game. Danny Suarez two weeks in a row even in blowouts he's pitched it well, he threw the ball well in one inning today. We're searching for answers and those two guys did a good job of throwing strikes and getting outs."