Wes Whisler homered for the second consecutive day and drove in three
runs as UCLA upended No. 21 Tulane, 12-2, in the third game of the Kia
Baseball Bash at Goodwin Field Saturday afternoon.
The Bruins, who beat No. 6 Texas, 13-2, on Friday, improved to 10-9 while
Tulane dropped to 9-3.
Tulane got on the board first when Jonny Kaplan drew a leadoff walk to
open the game and later scored on a groundout by Michael Aubrey. But it
was all UCLA after that.
The Bruins scored three runs in the fourth, two each in the fifth and
sixth and five in the seventh. Brett McMillan and Hector Ambriz each had
three hits for UCLA and Billy Susdorf, Whisler and Chris Denove had two
a piece.
Casey Janssen allowed two runs on five hits in six innings to improve
to 3-1 and Bryan Beck picked up his first save with three scoreless innings.
Tulane's Billy Mohl took the loss to fall to 1-1.
Tulane will wrap up tournament play on Sunday at 1 p.m. against Texas
while UCLA will go for the tournament sweep when it plays host Cal State
Fullerton at 5 p.m.
