Andrew Kittredge pitched like the UW baseball team needed him to.

All weekend, the Huskies had trouble manufacturing runs and even hits en route to losses Friday and Saturday against UCLA. So it was no surprise that the right-handed freshman would have had to turn in one of his best outings yesterday for Washington to take one game from the Bruins.

Kittredge allowed two runs through his first six innings, but his efforts weren’t enough as the Huskies fell again, 6-3, to the Bruins at Jackie Robinson Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. It was the Huskies’ second sweep by a Pac-10 opponent this season.

“He pitched very well, competed really great,” said UW head coach Ken Knutson of Kittredge. “It’s what you expect out of him.”

But UCLA’s pitchers shut down the Huskies in workmanlike fashion. Starter Gerrit Cole limited the Huskies to two runs on one hit and three walks while striking out 13 Friday to lead his team to a 4-2 win over the Dawgs.

Saturday, the Huskies fell behind early and never made any noise, losing 13-0 as the Bruins’ Trevor Bauer earned his sixth win of the season by throwing a complete game — a one-hit, nine-strikeout gem.

“[Cole] shut us down pretty good,” Knutson said. “We didn’t really threaten them, and yesterday, [Bauer] kept us off balance and dominated our left-handed hitting.”

But then came yesterday’s game, a game in which Washington (14-22, 4-7 Pac-10) had numerous chances to score and take the lead.

The Dawgs fell behind 1-0 in the bottom of the third when UCLA scored on a sacrifice fly. And with runners on the corners and one out in the top of the fourth inning, Bruins’ starter Charles Brewer struck out two batters and limited the Huskies to one run as they tied it at 1-1.

Again in the seventh inning, after Caleb Brown scored on a passed ball, Justin Gunn doubled down the left-field line to put another runner in scoring position.

But Andy Bethel and Jake Rife struck out to end the top half of the inning.

“We just didn’t have a lot of extra base hits, and UCLA didn’t walk anybody, and they played good defense,” Knutson said. “Sometimes you need to hit one out of the park or get an extra base hit to clear the bases, but that didn’t happen.”

UCLA (17-19, 9-6 Pac-10) essentially sealed the game in the bottom of the seventh by scoring four runs, two off Kittredge and two off Brian Pearl, who came in to pitch for the fatigued freshman. This gave the Bruins a decisive 6-2 lead.

Knutson said injuries to several of the Huskies’ top players are again to blame for the lack of run production.

“We’ve got to get some guys back and try not to get too many guys hurt,” Knutson said. “Kids have played a lot and gotten some experience, and positive results will happen with improvement. But that’s the disappointment of this season — that we don’t have a full team.”

Reach reporter Allen Wagner at sports@dailyuw.com.