Source: dailybruin.com --- Sunday, April 30, 2017
The Bruin offense didn’t give Griffin Canning very much support Friday night, but he didn’t need it. The junior ace tossed 8 2/3 innings on 110 pitches, allowing one run and striking out 10 without walking a batter in UCLA Baseball’s (20-18) 2-1 victory over Cal Poly (18-22). The contest lasted just two hours and 19 minutes, with wind blowing in all game long. “Extremely difficult night to hit,” said coach John Savage. “I haven’t seen many nights like that, where the wind was howling in. Every ball up in the air was an adventure.” Canning said that the conditions made him a little more confident, and that he felt like he had a good four-pitch mix, though he was mostly attacking hitters with his fastball. Savage said Canning was throwing all “major league average” pitches. Fastball 92-94, curve ball 80-81, changeup 86, slider 84-86 #MLBDraft https://t.co/S4gvHBtf5v — David Gottlieb (@DGottlieb11) April 29, 2017 After cruising through the first eight innings, Canning ran into trouble with two outs in the ninth. The junior allowed three singles – including an RBI, infield hit – prompting Savage to pull the right hander in favor of Scott Burke. The senior closer struck out Cal Poly catcher Nick Meyer to earn his second save of the year. Savage said he didn’t consider pulling Canning prior to that at-bat, but chose to pull his ace because Meyer caught Canning when they were high school teammates at Santa Margarita Catholic High Schoo ...
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