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OMAHA, Neb. \u2014 College baseball\u2019s top-ranked team added another chapter to its magical season on Friday night, as UCLA walked off Purdue, 4-3, in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal.<\/p>\n

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With the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, first baseman Mulivai Levu delivered a clutch, game-winning sacrifice fly to give the top-seeded Bruins their first victory in postseason play, securing a spot in a semifinal against fourth-seeded rival USC on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I was] just trying to keep it simple, ya know?\u201d Levu said. \u201cThe atmosphere was pretty sick, but I was just trying to slow my heart rate down and do a job. I wasn\u2019t trying to do too much, just try to put it in play for the man on third to score, and that\u2019s about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Levu\u2019s heroics concluded a long day for the Bruins (49-6). Friday\u2019s game was originally slated for a 1 p.m. local start time, but the threat of rainstorms pushed first pitch back to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie, it was pissing me off the whole day,\u201d Levu said. \u201cI really wanted to play. I wanted to get out there. It\u2019s great to be back here at Charles Schwab in Omaha. I just wanted to play, but it was a little annoying at some points.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coming out of a 6-hour weather delay and UCLA\u2019s longest break of the season \u2013 the team hadn\u2019t played since its regular-season finale last Saturday \u2013 it took nearly eight innings for UCLA\u2019s offense to wake from its slumber. The Bruins had just two hits through the game\u2019s first seven innings, five of which were tossed by relief pitcher Thomas Howard, making his first start of the season. Howard allowed just one run off two hits and one walk, striking out four Bruins, and throwing 83 pitches.<\/p>\n

Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth with two outs, a base hit to right field from Levu sparked a late rally. The next batter, Roman Martin, rocketed a ball that appeared to clear the left-center field wall. Initially ruled a home run, the play was reviewed and ruled a triple, scoring Levu. Payton Brennan followed Martin\u2019s three-bagger with a game-tying single.<\/p>\n

The Bruins showed signs of rust in the game\u2019s early innings, committing two errors, walking four batters and hitting one batsman before surging past the fifth-seeded Boilermakers (37-20).<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was kind of a rollercoaster,\u201d UCLA manager John Savage said. \u201cI didn\u2019t think we came out with that sort of intensity that we needed to and Purdue did. I thought Coach [Greg] Goff did a good job of getting his team ready. They are a good team, I think they are a regional[-worthy] team, I truly believe that. I hope the committee looks at that and looks at how they played us, looks at how they almost won 40 games, so credit to them for playing very well.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey really had the game where they wanted [it]. Roman came up with the big triple, we thought it was a home run, and Brennan with the big base hit, but I\u2019ve seen that all year. We\u2019ve done that a few times. It\u2019s not really how you draw it up. It was a good win, but at the end of the day, for us to go where we want to go, we have to play much, much better.\u201d<\/p>\n

The win encapsulated the season for the Bruins, who have a knack for dramatic wins.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, we\u2019re all well-connected,\u201d Levu said. \u201cWe know seven, eight and nine are our innings and that we just need to chip away and get one run an inning, just win each inning. It\u2019s a part of our offense and goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

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UCLA and USC (43-14) are scheduled to square off at noon PT on Saturday. The winner advances to Sunday\u2019s Big Ten championship game.<\/p>\n

UCLA ace and projected first-round draft pick Logan Reddemann, who hasn\u2019t pitched since April 17 because of arm fatigue, will not pitch this weekend, Savage told reporters Friday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not see Logan in the next two days,\u201d Savage said. \u201cWe were hoping we would see him, but we certainly hope that he\u2019s ready to go next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“We just don’t give up, that’s about it.”<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Mulivai Levu on No. 1 @UCLABaseball’s latest comeback win pic.twitter.com\/foulORtqW4<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Big Ten Baseball (@B1Gbaseball) May 23, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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