The 2019 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was coached by John Savage and played 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.

Jake Bird Pitcher 5 156 Colorado Rockies Jon Olsen Pitcher 12 364 Minnesota Twins Danny Amaral Left fielder 14 414 Pittsburgh Pirates Jeremy Ydens Outfielder 33 999 Arizona Diamondbacks

Roster

Schedule

2019 UCLA Bruins baseball season game log Regular season February Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(Pac-12 Record) February 15 6:00 p.m. No. 3 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumAtlanta, 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 StadiumAtlanta, 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 StadiumAtlanta, Georgia 6–0 Bergin (2–0) Hunter (0–1) – 1501 6–1 (0–0) February 26 2:00 p.m. No. 3 Matador FieldNorthridge, California 4–3 Hadley (2–0) Blaine (0–1) Powell (2) 587 7–1 (0–0) March Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(Pac-12 Record) March 1 6:00 p.m. No. 3 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 2–1 Mora (1–1) Roberts (1–1) – 901 8–1 (0–0) March 3 12:00 p.m. Sacramento StateDoubleheader No. 3 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 6–0 Ralston (3–0) Randall (1–1) – 903 9–1 (0–0) March 3 3:30 p.m. Sacramento StateDoubleheader No. 3 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 1–2 Dalton (1–1) Powell (0–1) – 903 9–2 (0–0) March 8 6:00 p.m. No. 16 MichiganDodgertown Classic No. 2 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 Blair FieldLong Beach, California 2–0 Mullen (1–0) Gainey (0–1) Powell (5) 1781 12–3 (0–0) March 15 6:00 p.m. No. 3 Oregon State No. 2 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos Angeles, California 9–7 Garcia (1–0) Chamberlain (2–1) Powell (6) 1250 14–4 (2–1) March 22 6:00 p.m. Arizona No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos Angeles, California 9–4 Hadley (4–0) Madole (0–1) – 568 18–4 (5–1) March 29 7:00 p.m. USCRivalry No. 1 Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 2–7 Lunn (3–1) Pettway (2–2) – 511 18–5 (5–2) March 30 4:00 p.m. USCRivalry No. 1 Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 7–1 Ralston (4–0) Esqueda (2–1) – 810 19–5 (6–2) March 31 4:00 p.m. USCRivalry No. 1 Dedeaux FieldLos Angeles, California 9–2 Garcia (2–0) Hurt (0–4) – 2054 20–5 (7–2) April Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(Pac-12 Record) April 2 6:00 p.m. Cal State Northridge No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 10–1 Bergin (3–0) Hamm (2–2) – 548 21–5 (7–2) April 5 6:05 p.m. Stanford No. 1 Klein Field at Sunken DiamondStanford, California 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 DiamondStanford, 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 DiamondStanford, 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 CarolinaDoubleheader No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 8–5 Mora (3–2) Burleson (2–1) – 1102 26–6 (9–3) April 13 6:00 p.m. No. 8 East CarolinaDoubleheader No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos Angeles, California 6–1 Ralston (6–0) Holman (2–2) – 2126 30–7 (11–4) April 23 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Goodwin FieldFullerton, California 8–3 Bergin (4–0) Magrisi (0–2) – 2089 31–7 (11–4) April 26 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 Eddy D. Field StadiumMalibu, California 8–5 Hadley (7–1) Salazar (1–4) Powell (13) 374 35–7 (14–4) May Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record(Pac-12 Record) May 3 7:00 p.m. No. 16 Arizona State No. 1 Phoenix Municipal StadiumPhoenix, Arizona 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 StadiumPhoenix, 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 StadiumPhoenix, 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 StadiumLos Angeles, California 2–112 Powell (3–3) Gums (1–4) – 841 38–8 (16–5) May 10 5:05 p.m. No. 1 Bailey-Brayton FieldPullman, Washington 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 FieldPullman, 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 FieldPullman, 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 BallparkIrvine, California 7–0 Rubi (1–0) Rashi (4–1) – 1575 42–8 (19–5) May 17 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos 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 StadiumLos Angeles, California 14–4 Townsend (2–0) Burgmann (4–6) – 1786 45–8 (22–5) May 23 6:00 p.m. No. 1 PK ParkEugene, Oregon 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 ParkEugene, 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 ParkEugene, Oregon Cancelled NCAA tournament – Los Angeles Regional Date Time Opponent Rank Sitestadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record May 31 7:00 p.m.ESPN3 (4) Quarterfinals (1) No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 5–2 Garcia (10–0) Kinney (11–2) Mora (1) 1,751 48–8 June 1 7:00 p.m.ESPNU (3) Semifinals (1) No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 2–3 Fernandezees (4–1) Ralston (11–1) Frasso (10) 2,014 48–9 June 2 12:00 p.m.ESPN2 (2) Elimination game (1) No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 11–6 Rubi (2–0) Thomas (1–2) – 1,911 49–9 June 2 6:00 p.m.ESPN3 (3) Loyola MarymountRegional Final (1) No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 6–1 Nastrini (1–0) Voelker (2–5) – 1,957 50–9 June 3 7:00 p.m.ESPN2 (3) Loyola MarymountRegional Final (1) No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 6–3 Townsend (3–0) Fernandezees (4–2) Powell (17) 1,955 51–9 June 7 6:00 p.m.ESPN2 MichiganSuper Regional Game 1 No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 2–3 Kauffmann (10–6) Garcia (10–1) Criswell (1) 1,904 51–10 June 8 6:00 p.m.ESPN2 MichiganSuper Regional Game 2 No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 5–412 Powell (4–3) Cleveland (4–3) – 1,967 52–10 June 9 6:00 p.m.ESPN2 MichiganSuper Regional Game 3 No. 1 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California 2–4 Henry (10–5) Mora (3–3) Keizer (2) 2,031 52–11

Rankings

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

References