{"id":286229,"date":"2026-04-26T01:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/286229\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T01:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:39:10","slug":"three-solo-homers-late-rally-lift-no-1-ucla-past-sacramento-state-5-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/286229\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Solo Homers, Late Rally Lift No.\u00a01 UCLA Past Sacramento State, 5-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013 The No. 1-ranked UCLA baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to complete another come-from-behind victory, 5-3, over Sacramento State on Saturday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Bruins (39-3) fell behind 2-0 after a first-inning two-run shot from the Hornets (19-26), but solo homers from <a href=\"https:\/\/uclabruins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/roch-cholowsky\/15523\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15523\" target=\"_blank\">Roch Cholowsky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uclabruins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/mulivai-levu\/15534\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15534\" target=\"_blank\">Mulivai Levu<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/uclabruins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/will-gasparino\/15558\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15558\" target=\"_blank\">Will Gasparino<\/a> powered UCLA into the lead.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSacramento State briefly pulled even with a run in the seventh, only for the Bruins to answer with a decisive two-run eighth. <a href=\"https:\/\/uclabruins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/easton-hawk\/15528\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15528\" target=\"_blank\">Easton Hawk<\/a> (3-1) recorded the final five outs to secure the victory.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCholowsky led the offense with a pair of hits, including his 15th home run of the season. Levu added his 12th long ball, and Gasparino extended his team lead with his 18th.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uclabruins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/michael-barnett\/15519\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15519\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Barnett<\/a> made his 11th consecutive Saturday start and delivered five strong innings, allowing just two runs on three hits in a no-decision.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAfter Jakob Poturnak&#8217;s two-run homer put Sacramento State ahead early, UCLA got on the board in the third when Cholowsky launched a solo shot to left-center. Levu tied it in the fifth with a 410-foot blast to nearly the same spot, and Gasparino&#8217;s towering drive to right in the sixth gave UCLA its first lead of the day.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Hornets tied the game in the seventh, but the Bruins responded immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/uclabruins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cashel-dugger\/15524\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15524\" target=\"_blank\">Cashel Dugger<\/a> opened the eighth with a sharp single to left, and <a href=\"https:\/\/uclabruins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/payton-brennan\/15521\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15521\" target=\"_blank\">Payton Brennan<\/a> followed with a double off the wall in center. A wild pitch brought home the go-ahead run, and <a href=\"https:\/\/uclabruins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/dean-west\/15543\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15543\" target=\"_blank\">Dean West<\/a> lined a single to center to score Brennan and cap the two-run frame.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHawk was clutch for UCLA, striking out two in the eighth to strand a pair in scoring position before firing a perfect ninth to lock down the win.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUCLA and Sacramento State conclude the series tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Stadium, with live coverage on B1G+.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2013 The No. 1-ranked UCLA baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-286229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}