UCLA Pitcher Shines in Team USA’s Win Over Japan With Four Hitless Innings

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13 July 2026 at 20:14

UCLA rising junior pitcher Easton Hawk is spending the summer representing Team USA at the World Collegiate Baseball Championship in Taiwan. On Monday, he threw four hitless innings out of the bullpen against Japan to lead Team USA to a 3-2 victory at Intercontinental Stadium.

The win makes Team USA’s record 2-0 in the tournament.

Easton Hawk throws four hitless innings for Team USA at Intercontinental Stadium at the World Collegiate Baseball Championship. Photo Credit: USA Baseball

Hawk took the mound in the sixth inning with runners at both corners and no outs. The Granda Hills, California native managed to retire all 16 batters he faced to record a save and secure a big win for Team USA.

Before Monday’s win, Team USA had loss seven straight games against Japan. Team USA will play its third game of the tournament on Tuesday against Korea at Intercontinental Stadium.

Hawk’s Career at UCLA

Hawk has spent the first two seasons of his collegiate career at UCLA. During his freshman season in 2025, he was the team’s closer and led the Bruins with eight saves that season.

He also contributed to getting UCLA back to the Men’s College World Series for the first time in 12 years.

Jun 14, 2025; Omaha, Neb, USA; UCLA Bruins pitcher Easton Hawk (27) throws against the Murray State Racers during the ninth inning at Charles Schwab Field. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-Imagn Images

This season, Hawk returned as one of the top relievers for UCLA. He finished the season with a 1.93 ERA, 52 strikeouts and career-high 14 saves while giving up just nine earned runs in 42 innings.

Hawk was named an All-Big Ten First Team selection and an ABCA/Rawlings and NCBWA First Team All-American for his performance during the 2026 season.

The standout right-hander will return to UCLA for his junior season in 2027.

Photo Credit: USA Baseball

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Finland June 2026: Toyota bZ4X and BMW iX3 break records

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By:Matt Gasnier

7 July 2026 at 10:14

First Finnish Top 10 finish for the BMW iX3.

7,433 new cars hit Finnish roads in June, a small 1.9% year-on-year improvement. This is enough to tilt the year-to-date volume into positive territory, albeit by just 7 sales at 36,585. Toyota (+70.6%) posts another fantastic month, climbing to 21.9% share, its highest since last October (22%). Skoda (+17.7%) overtakes a plunging Volkswagen (-35.9%) which was #1 a year ago in June 2025. Mercedes (+52.1%), Tesla (+70.4%) and BMW (+39.9%) are all on a roll below. In contrast Volvo (-20.3%) and Kia (-56.4%) implode. Excellent performances by Audi (+31.2%), Seat (+40.8%), Cupra (+173.7%), BYD (+553.8%) and Smart (+204.5%).

For the second month in a row, Toyota places five models inside the Top 6: the Corolla (+84.3%) repeats at #1 followed by the Yaris (+64.7%). The bZ4x (+3400%) surges to third place with 350 sales and 4.7% share, both records. The Yaris Cross (-15.5%) is down three spots on May to #5 and the C-HR (+108.6%) down one to #6. The Tesla Model Y (+63.7%) is once again the odd one out, this time at #4. The new Mercedes CLA (+1530.8%) continues to make waves at #6, with the VW T-Roc (+608.7%) and Tesla Model 3 (+85%) both in outstanding shape. Finally the BMW iX3 breaks into the Top 10 for the first time at #10.

Previous month: Finland May 2026: Toyota places five models in the Top 6

One year ago: Finland June 2025: Volkswagen #1 for the first time in 4.5 years, Kia Ceed signs first win

Full June 2026 Top 30 brands and Top 20 models below.

Finland June 2026 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Jun-26	%	/25	May	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Toyota	1,626	21.9%	+ 70.6%	1	6,288	17.2%	+ 16.3%	1	1
2	Skoda	710	9.6%	+ 17.7%	3	3,571	9.8%	+ 9.3%	3	3
3	Volkswagen	672	9.0%	– 35.9%	2	3,690	10.1%	– 18.7%	2	2
4	Mercedes	499	6.7%	+ 52.1%	4	2,228	6.1%	+ 30.8%	5	7
5	Tesla	496	6.7%	+ 70.4%	5	2,184	6.0%	+ 121.5%	6	10
6	BMW	459	6.2%	+ 39.9%	7	1,949	5.3%	+ 12.0%	8	6
7	Volvo	401	5.4%	– 20.3%	6	2,792	7.6%	– 11.6%	4	4
8	Kia	390	5.2%	– 56.4%	8	2,171	5.9%	– 31.4%	7	5
9	Audi	353	4.7%	+ 31.2%	9	1,767	4.8%	+ 10.6%	9	8
10	Ford	192	2.6%	– 32.4%	10	1,297	3.5%	– 11.7%	10	9
11	Polestar	190	2.6%	– 23.1%	14	655	1.8%	– 24.0%	13	13
12	Renault	152	2.0%	– 40.9%	17	610	1.7%	– 31.3%	14	14
13	Nissan	146	2.0%	– 34.2%	22	894	2.4%	– 38.3%	11	11
14	Seat	107	1.4%	+ 40.8%	n/a	178	0.5%	– 31.8%	29	30
15	Cupra	104	1.4%	+ 173.7%	23	382	1.0%	+ 42.0%	20	23
16	BYD	85	1.1%	+ 553.8%	13	597	1.6%	+ 241.1%	15	18
17	Hyundai	85	1.1%	– 66.3%	11	782	2.1%	– 41.6%	12	12
18	Smart	67	0.9%	+ 204.5%	12	481	1.3%	+ 345.4%	16	24
19	Mazda	66	0.9%	+ 20.0%	16	418	1.1%	+ 5.3%	18	17
20	MG	63	0.8%	+ 28.6%	20	279	0.8%	+ 9.0%	25	22
21	Lexus	61	0.8%	+ 134.6%	19	282	0.8%	+ 22.1%	24	26
22	Dacia	58	0.8%	+ 28.9%	26	271	0.7%	– 27.7%	27	15
23	Opel	58	0.8%	+ 38.1%	18	403	1.1%	+ 82.4%	19	25
24	Peugeot	57	0.8%	+ 35.7%	15	422	1.2%	– 15.6%	17	16
25	Mitsubishi	54	0.7%	– 63.3%	25	296	0.8%	– 23.5%	22	20
26	Porsche	45	0.6%	+ 2.3%	28	179	0.5%	– 24.8%	28	27
27	Citroen	44	0.6%	– 27.9%	21	310	0.8%	– 14.1%	21	19
28	Subaru	40	0.5%	+ 100.0%	24	273	0.7%	+ 28.2%	26	28
29	Suzuki	39	0.5%	+ 69.6%	27	294	0.8%	– 12.0%	23	21
30	Land Rover	17	0.2%	– 26.1%	30	154	0.4%	– 21.0%	30	29

Finland June 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	Jun-26	%	/25	May	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Toyota Corolla	365	4.9%	+ 84.3%	1	1,216	3.3%	+ 26.8%	3	3
2	Toyota Yaris	354	4.8%	+ 64.7%	4	1,199	3.3%	+ 3.1%	4	2
3	Toyota bZ4x	350	4.7%	+ 3400.0%	6	1,165	3.2%	+ 227.2%	5	n/a
4	Tesla Model Y	293	3.9%	+ 63.7%	3	1,575	4.3%	+ 145.7%	1	5
5	Toyota Yaris Cross	272	3.7%	– 15.5%	2	1,509	4.1%	+ 13.7%	2	1
6	Toyota C-HR	219	2.9%	+ 108.6%	5	873	2.4%	+ 42.2%	8	12
7	Mercedes CLA	212	2.9%	+ 1530.8%	7	934	2.6%	+ 853.1%	6	n/a
8	Tesla Model 3	198	2.7%	+ 85.0%	11	598	1.6%	+ 78.5%	15	24
9	VW T-Roc	163	2.2%	+ 608.7%	8	811	2.2%	+ 391.5%	11	n/a
10	BMW iX3	149	2.0%	new	n/a	n/a	n/a	new	n/a	n/a
11	Skoda Octavia	144	1.9%	+ 69.4%	9	564	1.5%	+ 15.6%	16	15
12	Skoda Elroq	142	1.9%	– 11.3%	10	886	2.4%	+ 55.2%	7	11
13	BMW i4	140	1.9%	+ 81.8%	18	462	1.3%	+ 49.5%	17	26
14	VW Golf	126	1.7%	+ 61.5%	19	446	1.2%	– 14.2%	18	21
15	Skoda Fabia	118	1.6%	n/a	n/a	338	0.9%	+ 61.7%	29	n/a
16	Polestar 4	117	1.6%	– 6.4%	n/a	400	1.1%	– 9.7%	23	20
17	Mercedes GLC	116	1.6%	+ 84.1%	16	377	1.0%	+ 27.8%	26	n/a
18	Skoda Enyaq	112	1.5%	– 23.8%	12	839	2.3%	– 0.1%	9	6
19	Skoda Kodiaq	107	1.4%	+ 84.5%	n/a	316	0.9%	– 11.5%	30	27
20	Volvo XC60	107	1.4%	– 42.5%	17	819	2.2%	– 11.7%	10	7
n/a	Audi Q6	103	1.4%	+ 134.1%	n/a	398	1.1%	+ 28.8%	24	n/a
n/a	VW Tiguan	94	1.3%	+ 3.3%	n/a	379	1.0%	– 34.9%	25	17
n/a	Nissan Qashqai	90	1.2%	– 40.0%	n/a	663	1.8%	– 30.3%	13	9
n/a	Kia Stonic	84	1.1%	+ 82.6%	n/a	441	1.2%	+ 11.9%	19	23
n/a	Volvo EX40	82	1.1%	+ 24.2%	15	608	1.7%	+ 43.4%	14	16
n/a	Volvo EX30	76	1.0%	+ 94.9%	n/a	370	1.0%	+ 12.5%	27	30
n/a	Kia EV3	70	0.9%	– 10.3%	n/a	408	1.1%	– 23.6%	22	14
n/a	VW ID.4	66	0.9%	– 47.2%	13	738	2.0%	– 13.3%	12	8
n/a	Smart #5	56	0.8%	+ 2700.0%	14	436	1.2%	+ 6128.6%	20	n/a
n/a	VW ID.7	43	0.6%	– 69.3%	n/a	420	1.1%	– 42.7%	21	13
n/a	Audi Q4	30	0.4%	– 60.0%	20	355	1.0%	– 20.0%	28	19

Source: AUT

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