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UCLA Baseball Mocked Oregon For Premature Gloating After Humbling Collapse

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The UCLA baseball team picked up its ninth straight series win in Big 10 play over the weekend. The most recent triumph came against rival Oregon.

That series was chippy with each team splitting the first two games of the set. The Bruins won the rubber match to send the Ducks back to Eugene humbled.

In Game 3, Oregon jumped out to a big lead. Confidence was received as gloating by the home team. UCLA quieted the trash talk with an incredible come-from-behind effort.

UCLA baseball won another series.

It’s like clockwork at this point. The Bruins have not been beaten by a league rival in a three-game set this season. They are a perfect 9-0.

They hadn’t lost a game to a Big 10 foe up through this weekend, entering Saturday’s matchup at 26-0 in conference play.

Oregon would prevent UCLA from perfection with a 9-6 win. The Ducks were unable to clinch the series on Sunday despite early momentum.

The Bruins struck first with a run in the bottom of the first. They then watched Oregon plate six across the next three frames.

An upset bid was on the Ducks’ minds. It would be thwarted in dramatic fashion.

UCLA trimmed the lead to 6-4 in the seventh. It got to within a run in the eighth before putting an exclamation point on the comeback.

With the bases loaded and two outs, leadoff man Dean West blasted a grand slam to give his team a 9-6 advantage. It would end up being the final score.

UCLA closed out the win in the top of the ninth. They celebrated after the fact.

UCLA mocked Oregon.

The Bruins trolled the Ducks after quieting the trash talk. It put an end to a very chippy series.

In Game 2, both teams had a coach ejected amid a brief benches clearing exchange early in the contest. Emotions ran high in the rivalry set. The testiness continued into the finale.

UCLA got the last word with its comeback victory. Oregon was humbled by the nation’s top team. The Bruins are still the cream of the conference crop.

Dean West was the MVP of the rubber match. He shined with his glove and his bat.

The outfielder went 4-5 at the dish with those four grand slam RBIs. He also robbed an Oregon grand slam in the fourth inning.

With the win, UCLA kept its series unbeaten streak alive. It is now 26-1 in league play. The Ducks fell to 18-9 in league play after narrowly missing out on bragging rights.

Both teams will close out the regular season next weekend before prepping for the Big 10 and NCAA Tournaments.