LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — UCLA scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to rally past Virginia Tech 6-5 on Saturday afternoon at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. The Bruins (52-7) trailed 5-3 entering the ninth before Mulivai Levu and Roman Martin hit back-to-back solo homers to tie the game. Cal singled to drive in Will Gasparino for the winning run. Gasparino earlier homered in the fifth.

Virginia Tech (30-26) built a 5-0 lead in the third inning on a run-scoring single by S. Grube. The Hokies later added solo homers from Ethan Gibson in the seventh and E. Ball in the eighth, plus an RBI single by H. Lutterman in the ninth.

Michael Barnett (6 innings, 3 earned runs, 5 strikeouts) earned the win for UCLA. For Virginia Tech, Brett Renfrow allowed 2 runs in 4 hitless innings, and Griffin Stieg pitched 1 1/3 scoreless frames.