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Heading into College Station with a six-game losing streak, the UCLA baseball team continued to experience a rough patch in its season during its three-game series against No. 9 Texas A&M.

The Aggies (15-5) swept the Bruins (7-13), who are now mired in their first nine-game losing streak since 1981.

Despite jumping out to early leads in all three games, UCLA could not hold on in any of them. But a combination of all facets of the Bruins’ game going wrong ruined what could have been a momentum-changing weekend.

“I think we need to put a complete game where everything is clicking,” first-baseman Brett McMillan said. “This whole weekend, we saw every part of our game clicking sometimes but not at the same time.”

On Friday, McMillan hit a grand slam in the top of the first inning for UCLA, but that edge evaporated by the end of the second inning when the Aggies scored five runs off starter Adam Simon (1-3). The Aggies put the game away in the fifth inning with 10 runs, foreshadowing the rest of the weekend.

Saturday, the Bruins scored two runs in the first inning but were held scoreless for the rest of the game. Sunday’s script was similar for UCLA, leading 3-0, but was again unable to keep it up.

“We’re trying to develop this program, from the mentality part to the ability part, to seeing vision,” UCLA coach John Savage said. “We need to have guys step up who have been in the program the last couple of years; I think they are pressing a bit, trying to carry the team on their shoulders.”

UCLA will be on a 16-day break for finals and spring break and will try to revive its faltering season against defending national champion Cal State Fullerton on March 29.