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]) UCLA’S 2019 STAT LEADERS No. 1 UCLA (47-8) vs. Los Angeles Regional BATTER GP-GS AVG OBP SLG HR RBI Garrett Mitchell 55-55 .360 .426 .579 6 38 May 31 - Jun. 3 Michael Toglia 55-55 .315 .389 .620 14 56 Los Angeles, Calif. (Jackie Robinson Stadium) Noah Cardenas 50-32 .407 .508 .528 2 17 REGIONAL INFORMATION PITCHER GP-GS ERA W-L IP SO Venue: Jackie Robinson Stadium Ryan Garcia 13-11 1.42 9-0 76.0 101 vs. Holden Powell 36-0 2.03 3-3 40.0 55 Internet Radio: UCLABruins.com Jack Ralston 15-15 2.43 11-0 89.0 97 Radio Talent: Tim Wilhelm TV/Stream: ESPN / WatchESPN 2019 SCHEDULE TV Talent: Roxy Bernstein (pbp), Wes Clements (color) 47-8 FEBRUARY Live Stats: NCAA.com Fri. 15 St. John’s W, 3-2 Sat. 16 St. John’s W, 9-0 All-Time Postseason Record: 65-45 Sun. 17 St. John’s W, 11-1 Bruins are No. 1 national seed for second time in five years Tues. 19 Loyola Marymount W, 5-0 Fri. 22 at No. 19 Georgia Tech L, 3-4 (11) Sat. 23 at No. 19 Georgia Tech W, 8-2 Sun. 24 at No. 19 Georgia Tech W, 6-0 Tues. 26 at CSUN W, 4-3 TOP-RANKED UCLA SELECTED AS NO. 1 NATIONAL SEED, WILL HOST LOS ANGELES REGIONAL MARCH The top-ranked Bruins were selected as the No. 1 National Seed during Monday’s NCAA Baseball Selection Special, Fri. 1 Sacramento State W, 2-1 earning a host appointment for the Los Angeles Regional. The regional field is rounded out by No. 2 seed Baylor (34-17), Sun. 3 Sacramento State (Game 1) W, 6-0 No. 3 seed Loyola Marymount (32-23), and No. 4 seed Omaha (31-22-1). The entire regional will be televised on the ESPN Sun. 3 Sacramento State (Game 2) L, 1-2 family of networks, with Roxy Bernstein and Wes Clements on the call. UCLABruins.com will carry a live audio broadcast of Fri. 8 vs. No. 16 Michigan^ L, 5-7 Sat. 9 vs. Oklahoma State^ W, 6-3 every game this season, with Tim Wilhelm on the call, and fans can follow along on Twitter at @UCLABaseball. Sun. 10 vs. USC ^ (TV: P12N) W, 7-5 Wed. 12 at Long Beach State W, 2-0 REGIONAL SCHEDULE Fri. 15 No. 3 Oregon State* W, 8-0 Friday, May 31 Sat. 16 No. 3 Oregon State* (TV: P12N) L, 3-7 Game 1: LMU (32-23) vs. Baylor (34-17) | 1:00 p.m. Sun. 17 No. 3 Oregon State* (TV: P12N) W, 9-7 Game 2: No. 1 UCLA (47-8) vs. Omaha (31-22-1) | 7:00 p.m. Fri. 22 Arizona* W, 10-5 Sat. 23 Arizona* W, 12-10 Saturday, June 1 Sun. 24 Arizona* W, 3-1 Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 | 2:00 p.m. Tues. 26 at Loyola Marymount W, 9-4 Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 | 7:00 p.m. Fri. 29 at USC* (TV: P12N) L, 2-7 Sat. 30 at USC* (TV: P12N) W, 7-1 Sunday, June 2 Sun. 31 at USC* (TV: P12N) W, 9-2 Game 5: Loser Game 4 vs. Winner Game 3 | 12:00 p.m. APRIL Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 | 6:00 p.m. Tues. 2 CSUN W, 10-1 Monday, June 3 Fri. 5 at No. 2 Stanford* L, 2-3 Game 7: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5* (if necessary) | 6:00 p.m. Sat. 6 at No. 2 Stanford* W, 11-5 Sun. 7 at No. 2 Stanford* W, 10-7 PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS Tues. 9 No. 16 UC Irvine W, 9-3 Friday, May 31 - 7:00 p.m. PT Fri. 12 No. 8 East Carolina W, 7-5 UCLA - Ryan Garcia, RHP, Jr. (9-0, 1.42 ERA) Sat. 13 No. 8 East Carolina (DH Game 1) W, 8-5 Sat. 13 No. 8 East Carolina (DH Game 2) W, 3-0 OMAHA - Payton Kinney, RHP, Sr. (11-1, 1.65 ERA) Mon. 15 Pepperdine W, 3-2 Thu. 18 California* (TV: P12N) W, 8-7 THE STORY SO FAR Fri. 19 California* (TV: P12N) L, 1-4 UCLA went 47-8 in the 2019 regular season with a 24-5 mark in conference play. The Bruins won all 14 of their weekend Sat. 20 California* W, 6-1 series, took two of three in the Dodger Stadium College Baseball classic, and posted an unbeaten 11-0 record in midweeks. Tues. 23 at Cal State Fullerton W, 8-3 At 47-8, UCLA leads the country in winning percentage (.855) and has the best record through 55 games in program Fri. 26 Utah* W, 5-0 Sat. 27 Utah* W, 6-1 history, besting the previous mark of 42-13 (‘10, ‘15). This year marks the fifth time since 2010 that UCLA has hit the Sun. 28 Utah* W, 6-4 40-win mark. Tues. 30 at Pepperdine W, 8-5 WIN, WIN, WIN MAY Fri. 3 at No. 16 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) W, 3-2 UCLA’s 2019 season was arguably the most successful in program history. Sat. 4 at No. 16 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) W, 18-3 • Program record for regular season wins (47) Sun. 5 at No. 16 Arizona State* (TV: P12N) L, 7-8 • Program record for conference wins (24) and Pac-12 winning percentage (.828) Tues. 7 Long Beach State W, 2-1 (12) • .855 winning percentage is highest since 1924 (.889), when there were just 18 games on the schedule Fri. 10 at Washington State* W, 6-2 Sat. 11 at Washington State* W, 10-0 • 2019 represents fourth time that a UCLA team has won 47+ games, postseason included (all four during Savage era) Sun. 12 at Washington State* W, 13-10 • Pac-12 Champions, fourth league title under Savage and 12th all-time Tues. 14 at UC Irvine W, 7-0 • Ranked No. 1 for 11 straight weeks, longest stretch in program history Fri. 17 Washington* (TV: P12N) W, 8-3 Sat. 18 Washington* (TV: P12N) W, 4-0 BRUINS REMAIN CONSENSUS NO. 1 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY Sun. 19 Washington* (TV: P12N) W, 14-2 After winning both games in Oregon, UCLA retained its place at the top of the polls. On Monday, the Bruins were tabbed Thurs. 23 at Oregon* (TV: P12N) W, 4-2 Fri. 24 at Oregon* (TV: P12N) W, 6-5 No. 1 in the nation by D1Baseball, Baseball America, ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, the NCBWA, and Perfect Game for Sat. 25 at Oregon* (TV: P12N) CANCELED the 11th consecutive week. In addition, the Bruins topped the list of Collegiate Baseball for the eighth consecutive week, JUNE maintaining their status as the consensus No. 1 team in the country. UCLA jumped to No. 1 in mid-March after taking two 5/31-6/3 NCAA Regionals TBD of three from defending national champion Oregon State, the first time the Bruins had been atop the rankings since the 6/7-10 NCAA Super Regionals TBD final polls of 2013. At 11 weeks, this is the longest consecutive stretch of being ranked No. 1 nationally in program history. 6/15-26 College World Series TBD All Times are Pacific Time WEEKEND WARRIORS *Pac-12 Conference Game UCLA has won all 14 of its weekend series this year, a first in program history. In addition, the 14-series winning streak is ^ Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic tied for the longest in the school annals, matching a streak from the 2014-15 seasons. UCLA was the only Division I team UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA that didn’t drop a weekend series in 2019. UCLA won all its home series for the second consecutive year and won all road Baseball Twitter: @UCLABaseball series for the first time since 2010. Baseball Instagram: @UCLABruinsBaseball Baseball Facebook: /UCLABaseball UCLA TAKES OVER NATIONAL LEAD IN ERA UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics For the fourth consecutive week, UCLA is leading the nation in team ERA. The Bruins enter the weekend with a 2.59 ERA UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics after surrendering two earned runs or fewer in eight of the last 10 games. UCLA has a massive lead nationally in ERA, as only one other squad nationwide has an ERA under 3.00 (Oregon State, 2.98). The Bruins also lead the country in WHIP #GOBRUINS (1.06) and rank top-five in hits allowed per nine innings (6.16, second) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.12, fifth). 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.