2021 UCLA Bruins baseball team

2021 UCLA Bruins baseball
Lubbock Regional, 2–2
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
CB	No. 20
Record	37–20 (18–12 Pac-12)
Head coach	John Savage (16th season)
Hitting coach	Bryant Ward (6th season)
Pitching coach	Rex Peters (10th season)
Home stadium	Jackie Robinson Stadium

2021 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Arizona  ‍†‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			45	–	18		.714
No. 10 Oregon ‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			39	–	16		.709
No. 7 Stanford ‍‍‍y	17	–	10		.630			39	–	17		.696
No. 21 UCLA ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			37	–	20		.649
Arizona State ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			33	–	22		.600
Oregon State ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			37	–	24		.607
California ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			29	–	26		.527
Washington State ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			26	–	23		.531
USC ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			25	–	26		.490
Utah ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			17	–	33		.340
Washington ‍‍‍	6	–	21		.222			20	–	30		.400
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 23, 2021 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2021 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 16th season at UCLA.

Previous season

Main article: 2020 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The 2020 UCLA Bruins baseball team notched a 13–2 (0–0) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Game log

2021 UCLA Bruins baseball game log
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled      Bold = UCLA team member     * Non-conference game
Regular season (35–18)
February (4–3) Date Time (PT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall P12 Sources February 19 5:00 p.m. P12LA San Francisco* No. 2 Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California L 2–6 Bourassa (1–0) Karros (0–1) — 0 0–1 — Box Score Recap February 20 2:00 p.m. P12LA San Francisco* No. 2 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 8–2 Bergin (1–0) Mollerus (0–1) — 0 1–1 — Box Score Recap February 21 1:00 p.m. P12LA San Francisco* No. 2 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 3–8 Lee (1–0) Saum (0–1) Barron (1) 0 1–2 — Box Score Recap February 23 5:00 p.m. P12LA Loyola Marymount* No. 8 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 5–2 Mullen (1–0) Burge (0–2) Mora (1) 0 2–2 — Box Score Recap February 26 5:00 p.m. P12LA UC Irvine* No. 8 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 4–3 Mora (1–0) Ibarra (0–1) — 0 3–2 — Box Score Recap February 27 1:00 p.m. P12LA at UC Irvine* No. 8 Cicerone Field Irvine, California L 3–7 Frias (1–0) Bergin (1–1) — 0 3–3 — Box Score Recap February 28 2:00 p.m. P12LA UC Irvine* No. 8 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 4–0 Nastrini (1–0) Pinto (0–1) — 0 4–3 — Box Score Recap
March (11–4) Date Time (PT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall P12 Sources March 2 5:00 p.m. P12LA Cal State Fullerton* No. 8 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 14–1 Mullen (2–0) Rodriguez (0–1) — 0 5–3 — Box Score Recap March 5 5:00 p.m. P12LA Pepperdine No. 8 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 16–8 6–3 — March 6 2:00 p.m. P12LA at Cal State Fullerton* No. 8 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 6–1 7–3 — March 7 1:00 p.m. P12LA USC* No. 8 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 10–1 8–3 — March 9 5:00 p.m. P12LA Cal State Fullerton* No. 6 Fullerton, CA W 6–2 9–3 — March 12 6:00 p.m. CPTV at Cal Poly* No. 6 San Luis Obispo, CA L 4–5 9–4 — March 13 6:00 p.m. CPTV at Cal Poly* No. 6 San Luis Obispo, CA W 13–12 10–4 — March 14 1:00 p.m. CPTV at Cal Poly* No. 6 San Luis Obispo, CA L 5–8 10–5 — March 19 6:00 p.m. P12LA No. 17 Arizona No. 11 Los Angeles, CA W 3–2 11–5 1–0 March 20 2:00 p.m. P12LA No. 17 Arizona No. 11 Los Angeles, CA L 3–7 11–6 1–1 March 21 1:00 p.m. P12LA No. 17 Arizona No. 11 Los Angeles, CA W 11–3 12–6 2–1 March 23 6:00 p.m. P12LA Loyola Marymount* No. 10 Los Angeles, CA W 13–6 13–6 — March 26 7:00 p.m. P12LA USC No. 10 Los Angeles, CA L 4–5 13–7 2–2 March 27 6:00 p.m. P12LA USC No. 10 Los Angeles, CA W 6–3 14–7 3–2 March 28 4:00 p.m. P12LA USC No. 10 Los Angeles, CA W 13–1 15–7 4–2 March 30 6:00 p.m. P12LA Pepperdine* No. 10 Los Angeles, CA Cancelled 15–7 —
April (9–6) Date Time (PT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall P12 Sources April 1 6:00 p.m. P12LA Washington No. 9 Los Angeles, CA L 6–8 15–8 4–3 April 2 2:00 p.m. P12LA Washington No. 9 Los Angeles, CA L 6–7 15–9 4–4 April 3 12:00 p.m. P12LA Washington No. 9 Los Angeles, CA W 13–2 16–9 5–4 April 9 2:05 p.m. P12LA Stanford No. 17 Stanford, CA L 2–6 16–10 5–5 April 10 2:05 p.m. P12LA Stanford No. 17 Stanford, CA L 6–11 16–11 5–6 April 11 1:05 p.m. P12LA Stanford No. 17 Stanford, CA W 6–1 17–11 6–6 April 13 6:00 p.m. P12LA Loyola Marymount* No. 25 Los Angeles, CA W 12–2 18–11 6–6 April 16 6:00 p.m. P12LA Utah No. 25 Los Angeles, CA W 20–0 19–11 7–6 April 17 2:00 p.m. P12LA Utah No. 25 Los Angeles, CA W 13–3 20–11 8–6 April 18 1:00 p.m. P12LA Utah No. 25 Los Angeles, CA W 9–2 21–11 9–6 April 20 3:00 p.m. P12LA Pepperdine* Los Angeles, CA W 5–4 22–11 9–6 April 23 6:00 p.m. P12LA No. 14 Oregon Eugene, OR L 3–5 22–12 9–7 April 24 2:00 p.m. P12LA No. 14 Oregon Eugene, OR L 2–310 22–13 9–8 April 25 12:00 p.m. P12LA No. 14 Oregon Eugene, OR W 7–610 23–13 10–8 April 30 7:00 p.m. P12LA Oregon State Los Angeles, CA W 6–510 24–13 11–8
May (11–5) Date Time (PT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall P12 Sources May 1 6:00 p.m. P12LA Oregon State Los Angeles, CA W 2–0 25–13 12–8 May 2 12:00 p.m. P12LA Oregon State Los Angeles, CA L 3–5 25–14 12–9 May 7 6:05 p.m. P12LA Washington State No. 25 Pullman, WA L 2–5 25–15 12–10 May 8 2:05 p.m. P12LA Washington State No. 25 Pullman, WA W 7–6 26–15 13–10 May 9 1:05 p.m. P12LA Washington State No. 25 Pullman, WA W 16–7 27–15 14–10 May 11 6:00 p.m. P12LA Loyola Marymount* No. 22 Los Angeles, CA W 9–8 28–15 14–10 May 14 6:00 p.m. P12LA UC Santa Barbara* No. 22 Los Angeles, CA L 4–10 28–16 14–10 May 15 2:00 p.m. P12LA UC Santa Barbara* No. 22 Santa Barbara, CA W 5–2 29–16 14–10 May 16 2:00 p.m. P12LA UC Santa Barbara* No. 22 Los Angeles, CA W 11–3 30–16 14–10 May 18 6:00 p.m. P12LA Nevada* No. 18 Los Angeles, CA W 11–3 31–16 14–10 May 21 6:00 p.m. P12LA California No. 18 Los Angeles, CA L 2–14 31–17 14–11 May 22 2:00 p.m. P12LA California No. 18 Los Angeles, CA L 2–4 31–18 14–12 May 12 1:00 p.m. P12LA California No. 18 Los Angeles, CA W 7–4 32–18 15–12 May 27 6:00 p.m. P12LA No. 21 Arizona State Phoenix, AZ W 21–9 33–18 16–12 May 28 6:00 p.m. P12LA No. 21 Arizona State Phoenix, AZ W 8–5 34–18 17–12 May 29 1:00 p.m. P12LA No. 21 Arizona State Phoenix, AZ W 3–0 35–18 18–12
Postseason (2–2)
NCAA Lubbock Regional (2–2) Date Time (PT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record Sources June 4 4:00 p.m. ESPNU (3) North Carolina (2) No. 21 Rip Griffin Park Lubbock, Texas L 4–5 4,606 35–19 0–1 June 5 12:00 p.m. ESPN2 (4) Army (2) No. 21 Rip Griffin Park W 13–6 4,737 36–19 1–1 June 6 12:00 p.m. ESPNU (3) North Carolina (2) No. 21 Rip Griffin Park W 12–2 4,737 37–19 2–1 June 6 4:30 p.m. ESPN3 (1) No. 8 Texas Tech (2) No. 21 Rip Griffin Park L 2–8 4,737 37–20 2–2

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'	2	2*	10	6	13	11	9	17	25	—	—	25	22	21	—	21	21*
Baseball America	2	14	9	8	23	17	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	21*
Collegiate Baseball^	3	9	14	10	15	11	9	14	23	19	19	16	17	16	20	17	20
NCBWA†	2	9	9	6	10	11	9	17	27	25	26	23	19	17	19	18	24
D1Baseball	2	8	8	6	11	10	10	21	—	—	—	25	23	18	—	21	21*

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

2021 MLB draft

UCLA had an NCAA-High ten players selected in the draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Matt McLain	SS	1	17	Cincinnati Reds
J.T. Schwartz	1B	4	111	New York Mets
Nick Nastrini	RHP	4	131	Los Angeles Dodgers
Kevin Kendall	SS	7	202	New York Mets
Noah Cardenas	C	8	249	Minnesota Twins
Jesse Bergin	RHP	11	329	Miami Marlins
Sean Mullen	RHP	11	341	Tampa Bay Rays
Adrian Chaidez	RHP	15	448	Houston Astros
Mikey Perez	SS	15	459	Minnesota Twins
Zach Pettway	RHP	16	486	Cleveland Indians

External links

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