Griffin Canning gave up six hits and three runs over 7 2/3 innings but the UCLA Bruins’ late rally fell short in a 3-2 loss to the Texas Longhorns on Friday night in the Long Beach Regional opener at Blair Field.
Kacy Clemens hit a solo home run in the fourth inning for the second-seeded Longhorns (37-22). Bret Boswell added an RBI single in the seventh for Texas, the six-time NCAA champions now under the direction of first-year coach David Pierce.
Ryan Kreidler homered in the eighth inning to cut the deficit in half for the Bruins, who won the 2013 College World Series.