2019 UCLA Bruins baseball team explained

Sport:	baseball
Year:	2019
Team:	UCLA Bruins
Conference:	Pac-12 Conference
Short Conf:	Pac-12
Coachrank:	8
Cbrank:	9
Record:	52–11
Conf Record:	24–5
Head Coach:	John Savage
Hc Year:	15th
Hit Coach:	Bryant Ward
Htc Year:	4th
Pitch Coach:	Rex Peters
Pc Year:	8th
Stadium:	Jackie Robinson Stadium (Capacity: 1,820)
Champion:	Los Angeles Regional champions Pac-12 regular season champions
Tourney:	NCAA tournament
Tourney Result:	Super Regional, (1–2)

The 2019 UCLA Bruins baseball team represents the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The team is coached by John Savage and plays their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

UCLA finished the regular season with a 47–8 overall record (24–5 in conference). They were the #1 ranked team for much of the year, and were awarded the #1 overall seed in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Previous season

The Bruins finished 38–21 overall, and 19–11 in the conference. During the season, the Bruins were invited and participated in the Dodger Stadium Classic in Los Angeles, California. UCLA was defeated by Vanderbilt and USC. In the postseason, the Bruins were invited and participated in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to Minnesota twice in the Corvallis Regional in Corvallis, Oregon.

MLB draft selections

The Bruins had four individuals selected in the 2018 MLB draft.^[1]

	5	156	Colorado Rockies
Jon Olsen	12	364	Minnesota Twins
Danny Amaral	14	414	Pittsburgh Pirates
Jeremy Ydens	33	999	Arizona Diamondbacks

Schedule

2019 UCLA Bruins baseball season game log

Regular season

February
Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record (Pac-12 Record)
February 15	6:00 p.m.		No. 3		3–2	Filby (1–0)	Mondak (0–1)	Powell (1)	653	1–0 (0–0)
February 16	2:00 p.m.	St. John's	No. 3	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	9–0	Ralston (1–0)	Belge (0–1)	–	1072	2–0 (0–0)
February 17	1:00 p.m.	St. John's	No. 3	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	11–1	Bergin (1–0)	LaSorsa (0–1)	–	841	3–0 (0–0)
February 19	6:00 p.m.		No. 3	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–0	Hadley (1–0)	Finkelnburg (0–1)	–	516	4–0 (0–0)
February 22	1:00 p.m.	No. 19	No. 3	Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, Georgia,	3–4¹¹	English (1–0)	Mora (0–1)	–	1134	4–1 (0–0)
February 23	11:00 a.m.	No. 19 Georgia Tech	No. 3	Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, Georgia	8–2	Ralston (2–0)	Thomas (0–1)	–	1251	5–1 (0–0)
February 24	10:00 a.m.	No. 19 Georgia Tech	No. 3	Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, Georgia	6–0	Bergin (2–0)	Hunter (0–1)	–	1501	6–1 (0–0)
February 26	2:00 p.m.		No. 3		4–3	Hadley (2–0)	Blaine (0–1)	Powell (2)	587	7–1 (0–0)

March
Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record (Pac-12 Record)
March 1	6:00 p.m.		No. 3	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	2–1	Mora (1–1)	Roberts (1–1)	–	901	8–1 (0–0)
March 3	12:00 p.m.	Sacramento State Doubleheader	No. 3	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	6–0	Ralston (3–0)	Randall (1–1)	–	903	9–1 (0–0)
March 3	3:30 p.m.	Sacramento State Doubleheader	No. 3	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	1–2	Dalton (1–1)	Powell (0–1)	–	903	9–2 (0–0)
March 8	6:00 p.m.	No. 16 Michigan Dodgertown Classic	No. 2	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–7	Henry (4–0)	Pettway (0–1)	Weiss (4)	1271	9–3 (0–0)
March 9	2:00 p.m.	Dodgertown Classic	No. 2	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	6–3	Filby (2–0)	Lyons (1–2)	Powell (3)	823	10–3 (0–0)
March 10	3:00 p.m.	Dodgertown Classic/Rivalry	No. 2	Dodger Stadium Los Angeles, California	7–5	Hadley (3–0)	Clarke (2–1)	Powell (4)	7053	11–3 (0–0)
March 12	6:00 p.m.		No. 2		2–0	Mullen (1–0)	Gainey (0–1)	Powell (5)	1781	12–3 (0–0)
March 15	6:00 p.m.		No. 2	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	8–0	Pettway (1–1)	Gambrell (0–1)	–	1056	13–3 (1–0)
March 16	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 Oregon State	No. 2	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	3–7	Eisert (5–0)	Powell (0–2)	–	1780	13–4 (1–1)
March 17	12:00 p.m.	No. 3 Oregon State	No. 2	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	9–7	Garcia (1–0)	Chamberlain (2–1)	Powell (6)	1250	14–4 (2–1)
March 22	6:00 p.m.		No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	10–5	Pettway (2–1)	Labaut (2–2)	–	1042	15–4 (3–1)
March 23	2:00 p.m.	Arizona	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	12–10	Mora (2–1)	Collins (0–2)	Powell (7)	1489	16–4 (4–1)
March 24	1:00 p.m.	Arizona	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	3–1	Powell (1–2)	Sherman (1–1)	–	2094	17–4 (5–1)
March 26	6:00 p.m.	Loyola Marymount	No. 1	George C. Page Stadium Los Angeles, California	9–4	Hadley (4–0)	Madole (0–1)	–	568	18–4 (5–1)
March 29	7:00 p.m.	USC Rivalry	No. 1	Dedeaux Field Los Angeles, California	2–7	Lunn (3–1)	Pettway (2–2)	–	511	18–5 (5–2)
March 30	4:00 p.m.	USC Rivalry	No. 1	Dedeaux Field Los Angeles, California	7–1	Ralston (4–0)	Esqueda (2–1)	–	810	19–5 (6–2)
March 31	4:00 p.m.	USC Rivalry	No. 1	Dedeaux Field Los Angeles, California	9–2	Garcia (2–0)	Hurt (0–4)	–	2054	20–5 (7–2)

April
Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record (Pac-12 Record)
April 2	6:00 p.m.	Cal State Northridge	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	10–1	Bergin (3–0)	Hamm (2–2)	–	548	21–5 (7–2)
April 5	6:05 p.m.		No. 1		2–3	Weiermiller (5–0)	Mora (2–2)	–	1860	21–6 (7–3)
April 6	2:05 p.m.	Stanford	No. 1	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond Stanford, California	11–5	Ralston (5–0)	Palisch (2–1)	–	2316	22–6 (8–3)
April 7	1:05 p.m.	Stanford	No. 1	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond Stanford, California	10–7	Garcia (3–0)	Matthiessen (1–1)	Powell (8)	2793	23–6 (9–3)
April 9	6:00 p.m.		No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	9–3	Bergin (4–0)	Bocko (3–1)	–	497	24–6 (9–3)
April 12	6:00 p.m.	No. 8	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	7–5	Hadley (5–0)	Voliva (4–2)	Powell (9)	1211	25–6 (9–3)
April 13	2:00 p.m.	No. 8 East Carolina Doubleheader	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	8–5	Mora (3–2)	Burleson (2–1)	–	1102	26–6 (9–3)
April 13	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 East Carolina Doubleheader	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	3–0	Garcia (4–0)	Kuchmaner (3–1)	Powell (10)	1102	27–6 (9–3)
April 15	6:00 p.m.		No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	3–2	Hadley (6–0)	Slattery (0–1)	Powell (11)	567	28–6 (9–3)
April 18	7:00 p.m.		No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	8–7	Powell (2–2)	Sullivan (1–1)	–	1009	29–6 (10–3)
April 19	7:00 p.m.	California	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	1–4	Horn (3–1)	Hadley (6–1)	Sabouri (3)	1497	29–7 (10–4)
April 20	2:00 p.m.	California	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	6–1	Ralston (6–0)	Holman (2–2)	–	2126	30–7 (11–4)
April 23	6:00 p.m.		No. 1		8–3	Bergin (4–0)	Magrisi (0–2)	–	2089	31–7 (11–4)
April 26	6:00 p.m.		No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–0	Garcia (5–0)	Pierce (1–6)	–	800	32–7 (12–4)
April 27	2:00 p.m.	Utah	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	6–1	Ralston (7–0)	Tedeschi (5–4)	–	990	33–7 (13–4)
April 28	1:00 p.m.	Utah	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	6–4	Townsend (1–0)	Schramm (1–2)	Powell (12)	1468	34–7 (14–4)
April 30	3:00 p.m.	Pepperdine	No. 1		8–5	Hadley (7–1)	Salazar (1–4)	Powell (13)	374	35–7 (14–4)

May
Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record (Pac-12 Record)
May 3	7:00 p.m.		No. 1		3–2	Garcia (6–0)	Marsh (8–3)	Powell (14)	3878	36–7 (15–4)
May 4	3:00 p.m.	No. 16 Arizona State	No. 1	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	18–3	Ralston (8–0)	Vander Kooi (4–2)	–	2753	37–7 (16–4)
May 5	2:00 p.m.	No. 16 Arizona State	No. 1	Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona	7–8	Burzell (4–0)	Powell (2–3)	Dabovich (2)	2901	37–8 (16–5)
May 7	6:00 p.m.	Long Beach State	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	2–1¹²	Powell (3–3)	Gums (1–4)	–	841	38–8 (16–5)
May 10	5:05 p.m.		No. 1		6–2	Garcia (7–0)	Mills (1–4)	–	846	39–8 (17–5)
May 11	2:05 p.m.	Washington State	No. 1	Bailey-Brayton Field Pullman, Washington	10–0	Ralston (9–0)	Block (0–7)	–	1034	40–8 (18–5)
May 12	12:05 p.m.	Washington State	No. 1	Bailey-Brayton Field Pullman, Washington	13–10	Hadley (8–1)	Guerrero (1–2)	–	826	41–8 (19–5)
May 14	6:00 p.m.	UC Irvine	No. 1	Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California	7–0	Rubi (1–0)	Rashi (4–1)	–	1575	42–8 (19–5)
May 17	6:00 p.m.		No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	8–3	Garcia (8–0)	Rhodes (5–5)	–	1587	43–8 (20–5)
May 18	7:00 p.m.	Washington	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	4–0	Ralston (10–0)	Jones (4–5)	–	1542	44–8 (21–5)
May 19	12:00 p.m.	Washington	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	14–4	Townsend (2–0)	Burgmann (4–6)	–	1786	45–8 (22–5)
May 23	6:00 p.m.		No. 1		4–2	Garcia (9–0)	Ahlstrom (5–7)	Powell (15)	1068	46–8 (23–5)
May 24	6:00 p.m.	Oregon	No. 1	PK Park Eugene, Oregon	6–5	Ralston (11–0)	Walker (2–2)	Powell (16)	1416	47–8 (24–5)
May 25	4:00 p.m.	Oregon	No. 1	PK Park Eugene, Oregon	*Cancelled*

NCAA tournament – Los Angeles Regional
Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record
May 31		(4) Quarterfinals	(1) No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–2	Garcia (10–0)	Kinney (11–2)	Mora (1)	1,751	48–8
June 1		(3) Semifinals	(1) No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	2–3	Fernandezees (4–1)	Ralston (11–1)	Frasso (10)	2,014	48–9
June 2		(2) Elimination game	(1) No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	11–6	Rubi (2–0)	Thomas (1–2)	–	1,911	49–9
June 2		(3) Loyola Marymount Regional Final	(1) No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	6–1	Nastrini (1–0)	Voelker (2–5)	–	1,957	50–9
June 3		(3) Loyola Marymount Regional Final	(1) No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	6–3	Townsend (3–0)	Fernandezees (4–2)	Powell (17)	1,955	51–9
June 7		Michigan Super Regional Game 1	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	2–3	Kauffmann (10–6)	Garcia (10–1)	Criswell (1)	1,904	51–10
June 8		Michigan Super Regional Game 2	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–4¹²	Powell (4–3)	Cleveland (4–3)	–	1,967	52–10
June 9		Michigan Super Regional Game 3	No. 1	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	2–4	Henry (10–5)	Mora (3–3)	Keizer (2)	2,031	52–11

2019 MLB draft

See main article: 2019 MLB draft.

The Bruins had 13 players selected in the draft, tying a program record, and tying Vanderbilt for most in the 2019 draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Michael Toglia	1B	1	23	Colorado Rockies
Ryan Garcia	RHP	2	50	Texas Rangers
Chase Strumpf	2B	2	64	Chicago Cubs
Ryan Kreidler	3B	4	112	Detroit Tigers
Jack Ralston	RHP	7	215	St. Louis Cardinals
Jeremy Ydens	OF	8	243	Washington Nationals
Justin Hooper	LHP	14	409	Kansas City Royals
Jack Stronach	OF	21	623	San Diego Padres
Jake Pries	OF	24	735	New York Yankees
Nate Hadley	RHP	25	749	Minnesota Twins
Kyle Molnar	RHP	26	781	Los Angeles Dodgers
Jake Hirabayashi	INF	39	1,169	Minnesota Twins
Ty Haselman	C	40	1,211	Los Angeles Dodgers

Notes and References

Web site: MLB Draft Picks from the University of California, Los Angeles . Baseball Reference . 27 November 2018.