2000 UCLA Bruins baseball team

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2000 UCLA Bruins baseball
UCLA logo written in blue and gold script
Pacific-10 Regular Season Champions
Baton Rouge Super Regional vs. LSU, L, 2–8, 8–14
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
2000 record38–26 (17–7 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumJackie Robinson Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Stanford  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 50 – 16   .758
No. 12 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 44 – 15   .746
No. 16 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 38 – 26   .594
No. 5 USC  ‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 44 – 20   .688
California  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 25 – 28   .472
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 28 – 27   .509
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 26 – 30   .464
Washington  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 26 – 30   .464
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 20 – 36   .357
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of March 31, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruins finished the season with a 38–26 overall record.[2] With a 17–7 conference record, UCLA shared the Pacific-10 Conference Championship with Arizona and Stanford.[3] The team qualified for the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and were seeded #1 in the Oklahoma City Regional. The Bruins beat Delaware and Oklahoma to reach the regional finals. UCLA again played the Oklahoma Sooners in the finals, and beat them 11–3 to advance to the Baton Rouge Super Regionals.[4] The Bruins faced the LSU Tigers, who were the #1 seed from the Baton Rouge Regional. UCLA lost the first game of the series 2–8, and lost the second game 8–14.[5] LSU went on to win the 2000 College World Series, and never lost a game in the entire tournament.

UCLA set the NCAA record for most players drafted from a university in a single season when 12 players were picked in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft.[6]

Schedule[]

2000 UCLA Bruins Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February (7–8)
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Pac-10 Record
1 February 3 Hawaii Rainbow Stadium 15–3 M. Kunes (1–0) R. Ho (1–2) None 2,145 1–0 –
2 February 4 Hawaii Rainbow Stadium 10–3 J. Brandt (1–0) R. Snider (1–2) None 2,421 2–0 –
3 February 5 Hawaii Rainbow Stadium 9–3 J. Karp (1–0) C. Giannetti (0–2) None 2,340 3–0 –
4 February 9 UC Santa Barbara Jackie Robinson Stadium 17–4 B. Roe (1–0) B. Cain (2–1) None 445 4–0 –
5 February 11 UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium 5–21 J. Maruffi (1–1) J. Brandt (1–1) None 407 4–1 –
6 February 12 UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium 10–1 J. Karp (2–0) G. Pupo (0–1) None 594 5–1 –
7 February 13 UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium 6–5 R. Henkel (1–0) L. Anderson (1–2) C. Cislak (1) 581 6–1 –
8 February 15 Loyola Marymount Page Stadium 4–5 B. Felton (2–0) C. Cislak (0–1) None 448 6–2 –
9 February 18 North Carolina Jackie Robinson Stadium 13–17 6–3 –
10 February 19 North Carolina Jackie Robinson Stadium 4–6 6–4 –
11 February 20 North Carolina Jackie Robinson Stadium 11–12 6–5 –
12 February 22 Pepperdine Jackie Robinson Stadium 11–7 7–5 –
13 February 25 USC Dedeaux Field 7–10 7–6 0–1
14 February 26 USC Dedeaux Field 3–4 7–7 0–2
– February 27 USC Dedeaux Field Postponed 7–7 0–2
15 February 29 San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium 8–9 R. Shortell (2–0) C. Cislak (0–3) None 485 7–8 0–2
Postseason
Oklahoma City Regional (3–0)
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
60 May 26 Delaware Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park 13–12 B. Roe (7–5) V. Sage (4–3) None 2,584 36–24 1–0
61 May 27 Oklahoma Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park 10–5 J. Karp (10–1) L. Cuellar (3–3) J. Brandt (1) 4,865 37–24 2–0
62 May 28 Oklahoma Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park 11–3 R. Carter (3–1) A. Mix (10–2) None 4,144 38–24 3–0
Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2)
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
63 June 2 LSU Alex Box Stadium 2–8 B. Tallet (14–3) R. Henkel (6–4) None 7,624 38–25 3–1
64 June 3 LSU Alex Box Stadium 8–14 B. Brian (6–2) J. Karp (10–2) W. Guidry (7) 7,667 38–26 3–2

UCLA Bruins in the 2000 MLB Draft[]

The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft.[6]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Chase Utley 2B 1st 15th Philadelphia Phillies
Rob Henkel 3rd 71st Florida Marlins
Garrett Atkins 5th 137th Colorado Rockies
Bill Scott 8th 231st Milwaukee Brewers
Ryan Carter 8th 235th Philadelphia Phillies
Forrest Johnson 13th 378th Detroit Tigers
Charles Merricks 17th 497th Colorado Rockies
Chad Cislak 19th 576th Cleveland Indians
Nick Lyon 20th 586th Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Ryan Hamill 25th 743rd St. Louis Cardinals
Brian Baron 46th 1348th Minnesota Twins
Freddie Mitchell 50th 1441st Chicago White Sox

Notes[]

  • May 23, 2000 – Former baseball coach Art Reichle died at 86. He played football, rugby and baseball at UCLA from 1934 to 1936 and coached for more than 30 years. His players included Jackie Robinson and Chris Chambliss.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.pac-12.org/portals/7/images/history/baseball/pac-10-history.pdf
  2. ^ "2000 results". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  3. ^ "Bruin Baseball Falls To Stanford 17–11, But Ends Season As Co-Pac-10 Champions". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  4. ^ "Regional Champions!!". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  5. ^ "Baseball Eliminated From NCAA Super Regional". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  6. ^ a b "UCLA Sets NCAA Record With 12 Players Selected In Major League Draft". UCLA. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  7. ^ Former Baseball Coach Art Reichle Passes Away (Archived 2013-07-02), UCLABruins.com, May 25, 2000. Accessed 2013-06-23. Archived 2013-07-02.
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