SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Interstat) — Angel Cervantes pitched five scoreless innings without allowing a hit and striking out three as UCLA crushed UC Santa Barbara 15-3 on Tuesday at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.

The Bruins (40-4) amassed 15 hits and scored in five different innings. Payton Brennan went 2 for 2 with a home run, a double, a sacrifice fly and four RBIs. Roch Cholowsky homered and drove in three. Phoenix Call had two hits and three RBIs. Dean West added two RBIs. UCLA scored two runs in the first, one in the second, six in the fifth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh.

Noah Karliner homered twice for the Gauchos (27-15), driving in three runs. Ian May struck out three in two innings of relief for UCLA. Chase Hoover fanned two in 2 1/3 innings for UCSB. Hudson Aber and Nic Peterson also pitched for the Gauchos.

UCLA improved to 40-4, while UC Santa Barbara dropped to 27-15.