TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Wildcats (16-6, 5-2) dropped their series opener to the UCLA Bruins (14-7, 2-2) by a final score of 10-2 on Friday night.

Starting pitcher TJ Nichols went 5.1 innings for the Wildcats and did not allow an earned run. The right-hander surrendered five hits and struck out six while being tagged with the loss to move to 3-1 on the year.

Catcher Daniel Susac narrowly missed Arizona's first five-hit performance since 2018, picking up four at-bats in his first four turns at the plate before lining out to right on hard contact late in the game.

Arizona WildBATS

• C Daniel Susac: 4-for-5, R, 2B
• CF Mac Bingham: 2-for-4, RBI
• RF Tanner O'Tremba: 2-for-5, 3B, RBI

Bullpen Bullies

• LHP Eric Orloff: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 5 K
• LHP Drew Calloway: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R

Number of the Night

• With two runs on Friday night, Arizona extended their scoring streak to 194 games, the longest active streak in the Power 5.

Photo of the Night

Tweet of the Night

Heaven on earth ??? #BearDown pic.twitter.com/Bk9eEICEI7

— Arizona Baseball (@ArizonaBaseball) March 26, 2022

Up Next

Arizona looks to even the series against the Bruins on Saturday night at 6:00 p.m. MST.