LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Naulivou Lauaki Jr. homered and drove in three runs to lead Oregon past UCLA 9-6 on Saturday at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in a Big Ten matchup. The Ducks improved to 36-13 while the Bruins fell to 45-5.

UCLA jumped ahead 4-0 in the first inning on a two-run homer by Roch Cholowsky, a run-scoring double by Will Gasparino and a single by Owen Dugger. Oregon answered in the second when Lauaki crushed a three-run homer to center after a sacrifice fly by Samuel Miranda.

Gasparino homered in the third to cut the lead to 5-4. Jack Brooks’ groundout in the seventh made it 6-4, but Cholowsky’s second homer in the bottom half pulled UCLA within one. Oregon broke it open in the eighth on a run-scoring double by Mason Molony and a three-run double by Brooks, scoring three unearned runs.

Cal Scolari struck out six for the Ducks in 2 1/3 scoreless innings. Tanner Bradley added 2 1/3 hitless frames with one strikeout. Ian May tossed 1 2/3 hitless innings for UCLA.