Two weeks after UCSB pitched a shutout in a 4-0 upset of No. 1-ranked UCLA, the Bruins came to Santa Barbara with redemption in mind. It didn’t take long for them to show their scoring punch.
Roch Cholowsky, a power-hitting shortstop and top major-league prospect, smacked a towering two-run homer on the eighth pitch of the game, and the Bruins kept hammering seven Gaucho pitchers to post a 15-3 victory. UCSB’s ordeal ended after seven innings.
“UCLA wanted some revenge, and they spanked our bottoms,” UCSB coach Andrew Checketts said. “It’s embarrassing, in front of our family.”