UCLA beats Fullerton in 10 innings
Published 5:00 am Saturday, June 8, 2013
FULLERTON, Calif. — Eric Filia broke a 10th-inning tie with an RBI single — his fourth hit of the game — and Pat Valaika drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in UCLA’s 5-3 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Friday night in Game 1 of the best-of-three NCAA super regional series.
“He (JD Davis) threw me two high fastballs and I knew he was coming with a curve ball,” Filia said about his one-out hit. “He left it up and I hit into right field.”
Pac-12 pitcher of the year David Berg (7-0) struck out Davis and Michael Lorenzen with two runners on in the bottom of the inning for the Bruins (43-17).
“I froze him (Lorenzen) with a two-seam slider,” Berg said about the game-ending pitch.
Davis (1-2) took the loss in relief for Fullerton (51-9).
Game 2 is today, with UCLA trying to advance to the College World Series for the fifth time.
In another game on Friday:
LSU 2, Oklahoma 0: BATON ROUGE, La. — Aaron Nola threw a two-hitter, pinch-hitter Tyler Moore belted a run-scoring double off Oklahoma ace Jonathan Gray to break a scoreless tie in the eighth, and LSU took Game 1 of the NCAA Baton Rouge super regional.