UCLA Bruins edge Michigan State Spartans 4‑3
EAST LANSING, Mich. (Interstat) — Michael Barnett threw 4 1/3 innings of two-hit ball, allowing two earned runs and striking out one, as UCLA beat Michigan State 4-3 on Saturday afternoon.
The Bruins scored all four runs in the first inning. Brennan singled up the middle, driving in two runs, and Cashel Dugger followed with a two-run single. UCLA finished with 10 hits while grounding into two double plays.
Michigan State answered with a run in the second on Parker Picot’s run-scoring double. The Spartans added a run in the fifth on a bases-loaded walk and another in the eighth on a groundout. Michigan State had eight hits.
Logan Pikur pitched four innings of relief for the Spartans, allowing two hits and no earned runs with three strikeouts. Dugger went 3 for 3 with two RBIs for UCLA.
The Bruins improved to 42-4, while the Spartans fell to 16-27. UCLA won the opener of the Big Ten series 4-1 on Friday.