UCLA overpowers SE Louisiana 16-2 in elimination game

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Ethan Gourson and Carson Yates hit house runs, catcher Darius Perry went 4-for-4 and UCLA steamrolled Southeastern Louisiana 16-2 in an elimination recreation of the Auburn Regional on Saturday.

UCLA (39-23) will play one other elimination recreation on Sunday morning towards the loser of Saturday’s nightcap between No. 14 general seed Auburn and Florida State.

Gourson had an RBI double to spark a three-run first inning and Perry’s two-run single got here in the course of a four-run fourth that gave the Bruins a 7-1 lead. Yates hit a two-run homer in a three-run sixth and Gourson hit a solo shot within the ninth to cap the scoring. UCLA scored a number of runs in 5 completely different innings.

Ethan Flanagan went 4 innings in a begin for the Bruins, permitting an unearned run on two hits and three walks. Jake Saum (4-0) relieved Flanagan and picked up the win with a scoreless inning of labor.

Tyler Finke had a double because the Lions (30-31) managed simply three hits.

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