2022 UCLA Bruins baseball team

2022 UCLA Bruins baseball
2022 UCLA Bruins baseball
NCAA Auburn Regional, 2–2
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
CB	No. 15
Record	40–24 (19–11 Pac-12)
Head coach	John Savage (18th season);
Hitting coach	Bryant Ward (8th season)
Home stadium	Jackie Robinson Stadium

2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 2 Stanford ‍†‍‡‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	47	–	16	–	0	.746
No. 3 Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	48	–	18	–	0	.727
No. 19 UCLA ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	40	–	24	–	0	.625
Oregon ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	36	–	25	–	0	.590
Arizona ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	39	–	25	–	0	.609
Washington ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	30	–	26	–	0	.536
California ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	29	–	27	–	0	.518
Arizona State ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	26	–	31	–	0	.456
Washington State ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0	.400	27	–	26	–	0	.509
Utah ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0	.333	26	–	27	–	1	.491
USC ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0	.267	25	–	28	–	0	.472

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 13, 2022^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by head coach John Savage, in his 18th season at UCLA.

Previous season

The Bruins finished with a record of 37–20, and 18–12 in conference play.^[2] In the postseason, the Bruins were invited and participated in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to North Carolina and the #8 national seed Texas Tech in the Lubbock Regional in Lubbock, Texas.^[3]

Preseason

Long time assistant coach Rex Peters has retired after 29 years of coaching baseball, with the last 10 years at UCLA. To fill the vacancy on John Savage's staff, Niko Gallego was promoted from volunteer assistant coach to assistant and former UCLA pitcher David Berg took over as volunteer assistant coach. Berg played an important part as a member of the Bruins' 2013 College World Series championship team.

Personnel

Roster

2022 UCLA Bruins roster^[4]

Pitchers

8 – Max Rajcic – Sophomore
10 – Nate Leibold – Freshman
12 – Gage Jump – Freshman
14 – Charles Harrison – Junior
19 – Jared Karros – Junior
20 – Josh Alger – Freshman
25 – Thatcher Hurd – Freshman
27 – Jack Filby – Senior
28 – James Hepp – Freshman
30 – Alonzo Tredwell – Freshman
31 – Chris Aldrich – Freshman
32 – Josh Hahn – Junior
33 – Jake Saum – Junior
34 – Jake Brooks – Sophomore
35 – Luke Jewett – Freshman
40 – Ethan Flanagan – Freshman
43 – Daniel Colwell – Senior
51 – Caedon Kottinger – Sophomore
55 – Kelly Austin – Sophomore

Catchers

9 – Darius Perry – Junior
17 – Jack Holman – Freshman
36 – Tommy Beres – Sophomore

Infielders

1 – Cody Schrier – Freshman
3 – Ethan Gourson – Freshman
5 – Daylen Reyes – Sophomore
6 – Michael Curialle – Junior
7 – Bryce Grudzielanek – Freshman
11 – Jake Moberg – Senior
27 – Jack Filby – Senior
37 – Eli Paton – Freshman
44 – Kyle Karros – Sophomore
45 – Alex Fernandes – Freshman

Outfielders

4 – Nick McLain – Freshman
6 – Michael Curialle – Junior
15 – Kenny Oyama – Grad. student
16 – Emanuel Dean – Sophomore
18 – Carson Yates – Sophomore
21 – JonJon Vaughns – Sophomore
24 – Malakhi Knight – Freshman
32 – Josh Hahn – Junior
38 – Jake Palmer – Grad. student

Coaches

2022 UCLA Bruins baseball coaching staff^[4]

John Savage – Head coach – 18th season
Bryant Ward – Assistant coach – 7th season
Niko Gallego – Assistant coach – 8th season
David Berg – Volunteer assistant coach – 4th season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at UCLA.

Schedule

2022 UCLA Bruins Game Log (38–22)

Regular season: 35–20 (Home: 22–9; Away: 11–10; Neutral: 2–1)

February: 5–3
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
1	February 18		Cal State Northridge*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	9–2	Brooks (1–0)	Traxel (0–1)	—	1,005	1–0	–
2	February 19		Cal State Northridge*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	4–6	Sodersten (1–0)	Rajcic (0–1)	Schriever (1)	650	1–1	–
3	February 20		Cal State Northridge*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–3 (13)	Saum (1–0)	Braun (0–1)	—	805	2–1	–
4	February 22		Pepperdine*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–7	Baird (2–0)	Harrison (0–1)	—	300	2–2	–
5	February 23		Omaha*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	4–9	Posch (1–0)	Harrison (0–2)	—	280	2–3	–
6	February 25		UC Riverside*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	3–1	Brooks (2–0)	Jacobs (0–1)	Tredwell (1)	370	3–3	–
7	February 26		UC Riverside*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	12–0	Rajcic (1–1)	Magrisi (0–2)	—	500	4–3	–
8	February 27		UC Riverside*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	2–1	Tredwell (1–0)	Turner (0–1)	—	400	5–3	–

March: 11–5
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
9	March 1		No. 25 Long Beach State*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	3–0	Hurd (1–0)	Carabajal (0–1)	Flanagan (1)	526	6–3	–
10	March 4		vs. Baylor*	Minute Maid Park Houston, Texas,	1–2	Thomas (2–1)	Brooks (2–1)	Marriott (1)	16,515	6–4	–
11	March 5		vs. Oklahoma*	Minute Maid Park Houston, Texas	15–3 (7)	Flanagan (1–0)	Sandlin (1–2)	—	24,787	7–4	–
12	March 6		vs. No. 1 Texas*	Minute Maid Park Houston, Texas	5–1	Austin (1–0)	Johnson (0–1)	Tredwell (2)	12,577	8–4	–
13	March 8		Cal State Fullerton*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–4	Flanagan (2–0)	Howitt (0–2)	—	369	9–4	–
14	March 11		USC Rivalry	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	4–7	Lambert (2–0)	Brooks (2–2)	Clow (1)	857	9–5	0–1
15	March 12		USC Rivalry	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	11–2	Rajcic (2–1)	Stromsborg (1–1)	—	1,655	10–5	1–1
16	March 13		USC Rivalry	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	3–6	Hurley (3–0)	Austin (1–1)	Keating (2)	1,692	10–6	1–2
17	March 18		Harvard*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	25–2	Brooks (3–2)	Stone (1–2)	—	487	11–6	–
18	March 19		Harvard*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	0–5	Williamson (2–1)	Rajcic (2–2)	—	632	11–7	–
19	March 20		Harvard*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	3–2 (11)	Jewett (1–0)	Jacobsen (1–2)	—	787	12–7	–
20	March 22		at Loyola Marymount*	George C. Page Stadium Los Angeles, California	9–5	Jump (1–0)	Galicia (0–3)	—	536	13–7	–
21	March 25		at No. 11 Arizona Rivalry	Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona	10–2	Brooks (4–2)	Nichols (3–1)	—	3,524	14–7	2–2
22	March 26		at No. 11 Arizona Rivalry	Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona	2–4	Irvin (3–1)	Rajcic (2–3)	Christian (3)	3,890	14–8	2–3
23	March 27		at No. 11 Arizona Rivalry	Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona	7–3	Hurd (2–0)	Netz (2–1)	—	3,003	15–8	3–3
24	March 29		UC Santa Barbara*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	7–2	Saum (2–0)	Callahan (1–1)	—	440	16–8	–

April: 13–5
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
25	April 1		No. 21 Oregon	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–2	Brooks (5–2)	Gordon (1–1)	Jump (1)	657	17–8	4–3
26	April 2		No. 21 Oregon	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	4–3	Rajcic (3–3)	Ayon (2–1)	Austin (1)	825	18–8	5–3
27	April 3		No. 21 Oregon	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–4	Saum (3–0)	Somers (1–1)	Jump (2)	1,144	19–8	6–3
28	April 5	No. 15	Loyola Marymount*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–4 (11)	Aldrich (1–0)	Hackman (1–2)	—	371	20–8	–
29	April 8	No. 15	at Utah	Smith's Ballpark Salt Lake City, Utah	6–5 (10)	Austin (2–1)	Whiting (2–1)	—	1,315	21–8	7–3
30	April 9	No. 15	at Utah	Smith's Ballpark Salt Lake City, Utah	4–3	Rajcic (4–3)	Harris (1–1)	Flanagan (2)	1,367	22–8	8–3
31	April 10	No. 15	at Utah	Smith's Ballpark Salt Lake City, Utah	6–7	Schramm (3–0)	Aldrich (1–1)	McCleve (2)	967	22–9	8–4
32	April 12	No. 12	at Pepperdine*	Eddy D. Field Stadium Malibu, California	9–7	Colwell (1–0)	Georges (0–1)	Aldrich (1)	450	23–9	–
33	April 14	No. 12	No. 22 Stanford	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	1–9	Williams (4–1)	Brooks (5–3)	—	641	23–10	8–5
34	April 15	No. 12	No. 22 Stanford	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–4	Flanagan (3–0)	O'Rourke (1–4)	—	1,494	24–10	9–5
35	April 16	No. 12	No. 22 Stanford	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	0–11	Mathews (6–1)	Jump (1–1)	—	1,334	24–11	9–6
36	April 19	No. 13	at UC Santa Barbara*	Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Santa Barbara, California	14–4	Austin (3–1)	Welch (2–2)	—	512	25–11	–
37	April 22	No. 13	at California	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	3–8	Zobac (2–2)	Brooks (5–4)	—	1,637	25–12	9–7
38	April 23	No. 13	at California	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	9–4	Rajcic (5–3)	King (3–2)	—	1,317	26–12	10–7
39	April 24	No. 13	at California	Evans Diamond Berkeley, California	6–3	Colwell (2–0)	Stoutenborough (2–2)	—	1,791	27–12	11–7
40	April 26	No. 13	UC Irvine*	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	2–4	King (1–1)	Harrison (0–3)	Taylor (5)	383	27–13	–
41	April 29	No. 13	Arizona State	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	19–2	Rajcic (6–3)	Tulloch (2–2)	—	771	28–13	12–7
42	April 30	No. 13	Arizona State	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	7–5	Jewett (2–0)	Levine (3–3)	Tredwell (3)	857	29–13	13–7

May: 6–7
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
43	May 1	No. 13	Arizona State	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	16–5	Hepp (1–0)	Vander Kooi (1–2)	Jewett (1)	791	30–13	14–7
44	May 3	No. 8	at Long Beach State*	Blair Field Long Beach, California	3–4	Carabajal (1–1)	Hepp (1–1)	—	1,786	30–14	–
45	May 7 (DH)	No. 8	at Washington	Husky Ballpark Seattle, Washington	1–7	Engman (3–5)	Rajcic (6–4)	—	1,217	30–15	14–8
46	May 7 (DH)	No. 8	at Washington	Husky Ballpark Seattle, Washington	3–4	Matter (1–2)	Tredwell (1–1)	—	890	30–16	14–9
47	May 8	No. 8	at Washington	Husky Ballpark Seattle, Washington	4–5	Emanuels (2–4)	Jewett (2–1)	Velazquez (3)	867	30–17	14–10
48	May 10	No. 23	at Cal State Fullerton*	Goodwin Field Fullerton, California	2–9	Gil (3–1)	Colwell (2–1)	—	1,289	30–18	–
49	May 13	No. 24	Washington State	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	4–0	Rajcic (7–4)	McMillan (4–5)	—	722	31–18	15–10
50	May 14	No. 24	Washington State	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	10–1	Harrison (1–3)	Taylor (3–5)	—	713	32–18	16–10
51	May 15	No. 24	Washington State	Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California	8–7	Tredwell (2–1)	Grillo (2–3)	—	784	33–18	17–10
52	May 17	No. 23	at UC Irvine*	Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California	1–8	Antone (2–0)	Colwell (2–2)	—	1,580	33–19	–
53	May 19	No. 23	at No. 2 Oregon State	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Corvallis, Oregon	4–1	Rajcic (8–4)	Hjerpe (9–2)	Tredwell (4)	3,718	34–19	18–10
54	May 20	No. 23	at No. 2 Oregon State	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Corvallis, Oregon	7–4	Harrison (2–3)	Townsend (2–1)	Tredwell (5)	4,128	35–19	19–10
55	May 21	No. 23	at No. 2 Oregon State	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Corvallis, Oregon	3–9	Pfennigs (3–0)	Austin (3–2)	—	4,275	35–20	19–11

Postseason: 5–4 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0; Neutral: 5–4)

2022 Pac–12 tournament: 3–2
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	P12T
56	May 25	No. 20 (3)	vs. (6) California	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona	1–4	White (2–6)	Harrison (2–4)	—	2,019	35–21	0–1
57	May 26	No. 20 (3)	vs. (7) Washington	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona	14–8	Austin (4–2)	Matter (2–3)	Tredwell (6)	1,682	36–21	1–1
58	May 27	No. 20 (3)	vs. (6) California	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona	9–7 (10)	Jewett (3–1)	Stoutenborough (2–4)	—	3,099	37–21	2–1
59	May 28	No. 20 (3)	vs. No. 4 (2) Oregon State	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona	25–22 (10)	Tredwell (3–1)	Brown (4–1)	—	3,321	38–21	3–1
60	May 28	No. 20 (3)	vs. No. 4 (2) Oregon State	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona	7–8	Ferrer (4–0)	Austin (4–3)	—	3,321	38–22	3–2

NCAA Auburn Regional: 2–2
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	NCAAT
61	June 3	(2) No. 19	vs. (3) Florida State	Plainsman Park Auburn, Alabama	3–5	Messick (7–5)	Rajcic (8–5)	Hare (4)	3,714	38–23	0–1
62	June 4	(2) No. 19	vs. (4) Southeastern Louisiana	Plainsman Park Auburn, Alabama	16–2	Saum (4–0)	Landry (3–6)	—	3,218	39–23	1–1
63	June 5	(2) No. 19	vs. (3) Florida State	Plainsman Park Auburn, Alabama	2–1	Tredwell (4–1)	Hare (1–4)	—	1,000	40–23	2–1
64	June 5	(2) No. 19	vs. (1) No. 25 Auburn	Plainsman Park Auburn, Alabama	4–11	Barnett (3–2)	Hepp (1–2)	—	3,346	40–24	2–2

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Bruins team member

Rankings from D1 Baseball.
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
* indicates a non-conference game.

Source:^[5]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'^[6]	24	24*	RV	25	RV	—	RV	17	13	14	14	8	24	23	22	25
Baseball America^[7]	22	21	23	15	—	—	—	18	13	16	14	9	22	22	18	19
Collegiate Baseball^^[8]	18	21	27	24	—	—	25	12	9	12	12	6	15	14	13	13
NCBWA†^[9]	21	23	25	22	RV	RV	RV	19	13	15	12	8	20	25	21	16
D1Baseball^[10]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15	12	13	13	8	23	23	20	19

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

↑ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
↑ "2021 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
↑ "2021 NCAA tournament Field Of 64". d1baseball.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
1 2 "2022 Baseball Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
↑ "2022 Baseball Schedule". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
↑ USA Today Coaches Poll
↑ Baseball America Poll
↑ Collegiate Baseball Poll
↑ NCBWA Poll
↑ D1Baseball Poll

External links

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[1] "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

[2] "2021 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[3] "2021 NCAA tournament Field Of 64". d1baseball.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[roster-4] 1 2 "2022 Baseball Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved December 13, 2021.

[5] "2022 Baseball Schedule". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved December 13, 2021.

[6] USA Today Coaches Poll

[7] Baseball America Poll

[8] Collegiate Baseball Poll

[9] NCBWA Poll

[10] D1Baseball Poll

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