Another close game into late innings ends with the host Bruins pulling away
By Carl James @jovian34 March 23rd, 2025
Indiana Hoosiers 3, UCLA Bruins 6
Inning by inning details in the Live Game Blog | Box Score
For the third game in a row, Indiana was held to under 10 hits by UCLA pitching. On Sunday, it was just 6 total hits. Hoosier pitching was solid yet again, but not good enough to win, allowing just 4 earned runs in 8 innings of work.
Lefty opener Deron Swanson allowed 2 runs, two hits and two free passes while only collecting two outs in the top of the first inning, forcing an early move to righty Gavin Seebold, who was effective through 4.1 innings, allowing only 1 unearned run on 4 hits and 4 free passes. Seebold seemed to improve as the outing progressed. Lefty Anthony Gubitosi provided 2.0 scoreless innings and one time through the order to turn the batters’ eyes around for righty Pete Haas who got in trouble with a one-out triple in the 8th that snowballed into a 3-run (2 earned) inning.
Bruins’ pitching held Devin Taylor, Korbyn Dickerson, Cooper Malamazian, TJ Schuyler, and Jasen Oliver all hitless on the day. This ended Taylor’s 13-game hitting streak. UCLA held the hot bat of Dickerson to just one hit (a Friday home run) all series.
Jake Hanley and Tyler Cerny had two-hit days, with Cerny hitting a solo homer in the 9th. Cerny drove in two of the Hoosiers three runs on the day.
The loss drops Indiana to 5-4 in the B1G and 13-11 overall on the season. Indiana is in 6th place in the B1G Standings as the rest of the league mostly beat up on each other with only Iowa managing a sweep on the weekend. The Hawkeyes have matched UCLA and no. 9 Oregon with a 7-2 mark in the league so far.
Indiana returns for a long home stand and hosts Bellarmine in a midweek game on Tuesday at 5pm, before welcoming Southern California (4-5 B1G) for a series starting Friday.