University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
1-7
UCLA
8-3
HookC Loses at UCLA
3/2/2025 12:39:00 AM | Baseball
WESTWOOD, CA - The UConn baseball team (1-7) lost to UCLA, 8-6, on Saturday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium.Â
The Huskies scored first, with their first run in the first inning this season, on a Tyler Minick solo homer. It was the fourth home run of the year for Minick. The sophomore third baseman posted a three-hit game including an RBI single that made it 8-6 in the seventh inning.
UConn starter Ian Cooke logged the longest outing for a UConn starting pitcher with 4.2 innings pitched on Saturday.
Gabe Van Emon pitched 1.2 innings and allowed just one unearned run while Jude Abbadessa tossed a scoreless inning of work. LHP JT Caruso made his UConn debut on Saturday with 0.2 innings pitched that featured his first strikeout of the season.
Rob Rispoli had a multi-hit effort including a two-run home run, his first career homer, in the fifth inning to tie the game at 3-3. However, UCLA plated five runs in the fifth inning with two outs with the help of some misplays in the field for the Huskies.Â
Grant MacArthur also recorded a multi-hit effort in the loss.Â
UConn closes the Southern California Classic on Sunday, March 2 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PST with a contest against No. 14 Vanderbilt at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bott, CJ (1-0)
L: Cooke, Ian (0-3)
S: Moss, Wylan (2)
Batting:
2B: MacArthur, Grant 1
HR: Rispoli, Rob 1 ; Minick, Tyler 1
RBI: Rispoli, Rob 2 ; Minick, Tyler 2 ; Padilla, Bryan 1 ; Groen, Carter 1
SF: Padilla, Bryan 1 ; Groen, Carter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rispoli, Rob 1 ; Minick, Tyler 1 ; Daniels, Ryan 1 ; MacArthur, Grant 1 ; Garbowski, Matt 1 ; Belisario, Anthony 1
SB: Biller, Sam 1 ; Belisario, Anthony 1
CS: Rispoli, Rob 1
Batting:
3B: Brennan, Payton 1 ; Salgado, AJ 1
HR: Levu, Mulivai 1
RBI: West, Dean 1 ; Levu, Mulivai 1 ; Hocking, Jarrod 1 ; Kim, Cameron 2 ; Call, Phoenix 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Levu, Mulivai 1 ; Brennan, Payton 2 ; Hocking, Jarrod 1 ; Salgado, AJ 2 ; Kim, Cameron 1 ; Balsz, Blake 1
HBP: Brennan, Payton 1
