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UCLA BASEBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 / (310) 206-4008 Baseball Contact: Andrew Wagner ([email protected]) No. 1 UCLA (51-9) vs. No. 13 Michigan (44-19) - Los Angeles Super Regional 2019 SCHEDULE Jun. 7-9, 2019 FEBRUARY Los Angeles, Calif. (Jackie Robinson Stadium) Fri. 15 St. John’s W, 3-2 Sat. 16 St. John’s W, 9-0 REGIONAL INFORMATION Sun. 17 St. John’s W, 11-1 Tues. 19 Loyola Marymount W, 5-0 Venue: Jackie Robinson Stadium Fri. 22 at No. 19 Georgia Tech L, 3-4 (11) Internet Radio: UCLABruins.com vs. Sat. 23 at No. 19 Georgia Tech W, 8-2 Radio Talent: Tim Wilhelm Sun. 24 at No. 19 Georgia Tech W, 6-0 TV/Stream: ESPN2 / WatchESPN Tues. 26 at CSUN W, 4-3 TV Talent: Roxy Bernstein (pbp), Wes Clements (color) MARCH 51-9 44-19 Fri. 1 Sacramento State W, 2-1 Live Stats: NCAA.com Sun. 3 Sacramento State (Game 1) W, 6-0 All-Time Postseason Record: 69-46 Sun. 3 Sacramento State (Game 2) L, 1-2 Bruins are No. 1 national seed for second time in five years Fri. 8 vs. No. 16 Michigan^ L, 5-7 Sat. 9 vs. Oklahoma State^ W, 6-3 Sun. 10 vs. USC ^ (TV: P12N) W, 7-5 Wed. 12 at Long Beach State W, 2-0 Fri. 15 No. 3 Oregon State* W, 8-0 TOP-RANKED UCLA HOSTS MICHIGAN IN LOS ANGELES SUPER REGIONAL Sat. 16 No. 3 Oregon State* (TV: P12N) L, 3-7 Sun. 17 No. 3 Oregon State* (TV: P12N) W, 9-7 No. 1-ranked and No. 1 national seed UCLA (51-9) is set to continue postseason play this weekend, hosting Michigan Fri. 22 Arizona* W, 10-5 (44-19) in the Los Angeles Super Regional. The winner of the best-of-three series advances to the College World Series in Sat. 23 Arizona* W, 12-10 Omaha. The Bruins are in the Super Regional round for the first time since 2013. Michigan, which was the No. 3 seed in Sun. 24 Arizona* W, 3-1 the Corvallis Regional, is in Supers for the first time since 2007. The series runs from Friday to Sunday (if necessary), with Tues. 26 at Loyola Marymount W, 9-4 all three games starting at 6:00 p.m. PT and appearing on ESPN2. Roxy Bernstein and Wes Clements will have the call for Fri. 29 at USC* (TV: P12N) L, 2-7 Sat. 30 at USC* (TV: P12N) W, 7-1 ESPN. UCLABruins.com will carry a live audio broadcast of every game this season, with Tim Wilhelm on the call, and fans Sun. 31 at USC* (TV: P12N) W, 9-2 can follow along on Twitter at @UCLABaseball. APRIL SUPER REGIONAL SCHEDULE Tues. 2 CSUN W, 10-1 Fri. 5 at No. 2 Stanford* L, 2-3 Friday, Jun. 7 Sat. 6 at No. 2 Stanford* W, 11-5 Michigan at UCLA | 6:00 PM PT | ESPN2 Sun. 7 at No. 2 Stanford* W, 10-7 Saturday, Jun. 8 Tues. 9 No. 16 UC Irvine W, 9-3 UCLA (designated away team) vs. Michigan | 6:00 PM PT | ESPN2 Fri. 12 No. 8 East Carolina W, 7-5 Sat. 13 No. 8 East Carolina (DH Game 1) W, 8-5 Sunday, Jun. 9 (if necessary) Sat. 13 No. 8 East Carolina (DH Game 2) W, 3-0 Michigan at UCLA | 6:00 PM PT | ESPN2 Mon. 15 Pepperdine W, 3-2 Thu. 18 California* (TV: P12N) W, 8-7 PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS Fri. 19 California* (TV: P12N) L, 1-4 Friday, June 7 - 6:00 p.m. PT Sat. 20 California* W, 6-1 UCLA - Ryan Garcia, RHP, Jr. (10-0, 1.36 ERA) Tues. 23 at Cal State Fullerton W, 8-3 MICH - Karl Kauffmann, RHP, Jr. (9-6, 2.62 ERA) Fri. 26 Utah* W, 5-0 Sat. 27 Utah* W, 6-1 Saturday, June 8 - 6:00 p.m. PT Sun. 28 Utah* W, 6-4 UCLA - Jack Ralston, RHP, RJr. (11-1, 2.55 ERA) Tues. 30 at Pepperdine W, 8-5 MICH - Jeff Criswell, RHP, So. (7-1, 2.82 ERA) MAY Sunday, June 9 - 6:00 p.m. PT Fri. 3 at No. 16 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) W, 3-2 UCLA - TBA Sat. 4 at No. 16 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) W, 18-3 MICH - Tommy Henry, LHP, Jr. (9-5, 3.61 ERA) Sun. 5 at No. 16 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) L, 7-8 Tues. 7 Long Beach State W, 2-1 (12) 2019 IN BRIEF Fri. 10 at Washington State* W, 6-2 UCLA is 51-9 so far this season, and went 24-5 in conference play en route to the 2019 Pac-12 Championship. The Bruins Sat. 11 at Washington State* W, 10-0 Sun. 12 at Washington State* W, 13-10 won all 14 of their weekend series this year, took two of three in the Dodger Stadium College Baseball classic, and posted Tues. 14 at UC Irvine W, 7-0 an unbeaten 11-0 record in midweeks. At 51-9, UCLA leads the country in winning percentage (.850) and has the best Fri. 17 Washington* (TV: P12N) W, 8-3 record through 60 games in program history, besting the previous mark of 46-14 (‘10, ‘12). Sat. 18 Washington* (TV: P12N) W, 4-0 Sun. 19 Washington* (TV: P12N) W, 14-2 BRUINS TIE PROGRAM RECORD FOR WINS Thurs. 23 at Oregon* (TV: P12N) W, 4-2 With the team’s 4-1 showing in the regional round, UCLA hit the 51-win mark for the season. That ties the program record Fri. 24 at Oregon* (TV: P12N) W, 6-5 for wins (2010) and represents the second time ever that the Bruins have logged 50 wins in a season. UCLA is one of two Sat. 25 at Oregon* (TV: P12N) CANCELED Fri. 31 Omaha# W, 5-2 schools with 50 wins this year and is the only squad with single-digit losses in the country. JUNE LOS ANGELES REGIONAL IN BRIEF Sat. 1 Loyola Marymount# L, 2-3 UCLA advanced to the Super Regional round after winning the Los Angeles Regional. The field also included (2) Baylor, (3) Sun. 2 Baylor# W, 11-6 Sun. 2 Loyola Marymount# W, 6-1 Loyola Marymount, and (4) Omaha. The Bruins opened the weekend with a 5-2 win over Omaha, but had to fight through Mon. 3 Loyola Marymount# W, 6-3 the elimination bracket after falling to LMU 3-2 on Saturday night. Needing three wins in a 36-hour period to advance, Fri. 7 Michigan$ (TV: ESPN2) 6 PM UCLA eliminated Baylor with an 11-6 victory on Sunday afternoon before defeating LMU in back-to-back games to win the Sat. 8 Michigan$ (TV: ESPN2) 6 PM regional final. Chase Strumpf was named the regional’s Most Outstanding Player after hitting three-run homers in each of Sun. 9 Michigan$ (TV: ESPN2) 6 PM the regional final wins over the Lions. He was one of six Bruins named to the All-Tournament Team. 6/15-26 College World Series TBD All Times are Pacific Time WIN, WIN, WIN *Pac-12 Conference Game ^ Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic UCLA’s 2019 season was arguably the most successful in program history. # Los Angeles Regional • Program record for regular season wins (47) $ Los Angeles Super Regional • Program record for conference wins (24) and Pac-12 winning percentage (.828) • .855 regular season winning percentage is highest since 1924 (.889), when there were just 18 games on the schedule UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA • 2019 represents fourth time that a UCLA team has won 47+ games, postseason included (all four during Savage era) Baseball Twitter: @UCLABaseball Baseball Instagram: @UCLABruinsBaseball • Pac-12 Champions, fourth league title under Savage and 12th all-time Baseball Facebook: /UCLABaseball • Ranked No. 1 for 12 straight weeks, longest stretch in program history UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics WEEKEND WARRIORS UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics UCLA has won all 14 of its weekend series this year, a first in program history. In addition, the 14-series winning streak is tied for the longest in the school annals, matching a streak from the 2014-15 seasons. UCLA was the only Division I team #GOBRUINS that didn’t drop a weekend series in 2019. UCLA won all its home series for the second consecutive year and won all road series for the first time since 2010. 2019 UCLA BASEBALL MEDIA INFORMATION 2019 UCLA NUMERICAL ROSTER UCLA Athletic Communications No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) J.D. Morgan Center, Suite 128 1 McLain, Matt Fr. INF/OF R/R 5-9 163 Tustin, Calif. (Beckman HS) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 3 Kreidler, Ryan Jr. INF R/R 6-4 208 Davis, Calif. (Davis HS) Baseball Contact Andrew Wagner 4 Kendall, Kevin So. INF L/R 5-10 166 La Mirada, Calif. (La Mirada HS) Office Phone (310) 206-4008 Cell Phone (818) 437-3160 5 Mitchell, Garrett So. OF L/R 6-3 204 Orange, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) E-Mail [email protected] 6 Stronach, Jack Jr. INF L/R 6-2 188 La Mesa, Calif. (Helix HS) Fax (310) 825-8664 7 Toglia, Michael Jr. 1B/OF S/L 6-5 226 Gig Harbor, Wash. (Gig Harbor HS) Website www.uclabruins.com 8 Silva, Jarron RS So. OF L/L 5-10 183 Stockton, Calif.