It’s a risk putting all of your eggs into one basket – especially against a former Pac-12 rival.
And by the end of Easter Sunday, the Bruins had hatched just one win against the Ducks.

Josh Alger came in to shut the door in the Bruins’ 18-2 victory Feb. 15.
But it was probably unclear for many in the stands why sophomore catcher Blake Balsz gave the redshirt junior right-hander a long embrace – or why past and present Bruins flooded social media with words for Alger – after a routine relief appearance in an early-season blowout.

Prospect rankings are often meaningless.
They routinely fail to predict a 17-year-old’s skillset at 21 or the future impact they’ll have on a team.
UCLA baseball had Baseball America’s most premier 2021 recruiting class, ultimately winning 40 games that year before falling in the NCAA regionals.

Many longtime Bruin fans feared rivalries built after 95 years in the Pac-12 would vanish once UCLA moved to the Big Ten.
However, the now-separated conference’s longstanding matchups have proven the test of time.

A team needs to be firing on all cylinders in order to take down a top-10 baseball squad.
But Tuesday, Bruin hitters recorded just four hits, the pitching staff allowed seven runs and the defense made three errors, tying its single-game season high.

Many might assume that a team that lost seven players to the 2024 MLB Draft – including No. 1 overall pick Travis Bazzana – would be a shadow of its former self.

The Bruins let their opponent score first for the 22nd time this season Sunday – but for the 15th time this year, it didn’t matter.
A three-run Husky third was met with a three-run Bruin third.