2000 UCLA Bruins baseball team

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.

2000 UCLA Bruins baseball
Pacific-10 regular season champions
Baton Rouge Super Regional vs. LSU, 0–2
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	38–26 (17–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Gary Adams
Home stadium	Jackie Robinson Stadium
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings

v t e	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 Southern California  ‍‍‍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 June 19, 2000[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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: 38–26
Regular Season: 35-24
February (7–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 Record February 3 at Hawaii No. 4 Rainbow Stadium W 15–3 M. Kunes (1–0) R. Ho (1–2) None 2,145 1–0 – February 4 at Hawaii No. 4 Rainbow Stadium W 10–3 J. Brandt (1–0) R. Snider (1–2) None 2,421 2–0 – February 5 at Hawaii No. 4 Rainbow Stadium W 9–3 J. Karp (1–0) C. Giannetti (0–2) None 2,340 3–0 – February 9 UC Santa Barbara No. 4 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 17–4 B. Roe (1–0) B. Cain (2–1) None 445 4–0 – February 11 at UNLV No. 4 Earl Wilson Stadium L 5–21 J. Maruffi (1–1) J. Brandt (1–1) None 407 4–1 – February 12 at UNLV No. 4 Earl Wilson Stadium W 10–1 J. Karp (2–0) G. Pupo (0–1) None 594 5–1 – February 13 at UNLV No. 4 Earl Wilson Stadium W 6–5 R. Henkel (1–0) L. Anderson (1–2) C. Cislak (1) 581 6–1 – February 15 at Loyola Marymount No. 2 Page Stadium L 4–5 B. Felton (2–0) C. Cislak (0–1) None 448 6–2 – February 18 No. 9 North Carolina No. 2 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 13–17 B.J. Finnerty (1–0) C. Cislak (0–2) None 247 6–3 – February 19 No. 9 North Carolina No. 2 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 4–6 E. Henderson (1–0) J. Karp (2–1) DePriest (2) 531 6–4 – February 20 No. 9 North Carolina No. 2 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 11–12 S. Autrey (2–0) R. Henkel (1–1) None 348 6–5 – February 22 Pepperdine No. 15 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 11–7 K. Jerkens (1–0) G. Ramirez (0–2) None 292 7–5 – February 25 at No. 16 USC No. 15 Dedeaux Field L 7–10 M. Prior (3–1) J. Brandt (1–2) Montrenes (1) 634 7–6 – February 26 at No. 16 USC No. 15 Dedeaux Field L 3–4 T. Petke (1–0) B. Roe (1–1) None 1,021 7–7 – February 27 at No. 16 USC No. 15 Dedeaux Field Postponed February 29 at San Diego State No. 24 Tony Gwynn Stadium L 8–9 R. Shortell (2–0) C. Cislak (0–3) None 485 7–8 –
March (11–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 Record March 1 at No. 17 Long Beach State No. 24 Blair Field L 1–6 J. Leuenberger (1–0) J. Brandt (1–3) None 1,025 7–9 – March 7 at No. 7 Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field L 5–17 J. Smith (3–1) B. Roe (1–2) None 717 7–10 – March 8 San Diego Jackie Robinson Stadium Postponed March 10 Bradley Jackie Robinson Stadium W 14–4 R. Henkel (2–1) D. Hoffman (0–2) P. Diaz (1) 256 8–10 – March 11 Bradley Jackie Robinson Stadium W 9–8 J. Brandt (2–3) M. Baker (1–2) None 352 9–10 – March 12 Bradley Jackie Robinson Stadium W 12–4 B. Roe (2–2) C. Hawkins (1–1) None 397 10–10 – March 14 San Diego State Jackie Robinson Stadium W 7–6 R. Carter (1–0) R. Ring (1–2) None 202 11–10 – March 17 Harvard Jackie Robinson Stadium W 9–2 R. Henkel (3–1) J. Nyweide (0–1) None 275 12–10 – March 18 Harvard Jackie Robinson Stadium W 5–4 J. Brandt (3–3) D. Lennon (0–1) None 536 13–10 – March 18 Harvard Jackie Robinson Stadium W 10–3 B. Roe (3–2) J. Birtwell (0–1) R. Carter (1) 536 14–10 – March 25 Washington Jackie Robinson Stadium W 2–1 R. Henkel (4–1) M. Massingale (2–2) None 429 15–10 1–0 March 26 Washington Jackie Robinson Stadium L 6–7 M. Gardner (1–1) J. Brandt (3–4) None 545 15–11 1–1 March 27 Washington Jackie Robinson Stadium W 12–5 B. Roe (4–2) J. Carlsen (3–1) None 244 16–11 2–1 March 29 at San Diego John Cunningham Stadium W 11–9 J. Brandt (4–4) M. Oseguera (0–2) None 317 17–11 – March 31 at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field W 3–1 R. Henkel (5–1) S. Nicholson (4–4) None 824 18–11 3–1
April (11–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 Record April 1 at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field W 18–10 J. Karp (3–1) T. Johnson (2–2) None 1,152 19–11 4–1 April 2 at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field W 9–5 R. Carter (2–0) M. Newell (3–3) None 955 20–11 5–1 April 4 Loyola Marymount No. 25 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 12–23 J. Abreu (1–0) M. Kunes (1–1) None 348 20–12 – April 7 No. 10 USC No. 25 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 1–5 R. Currier (8–2) R. Henkel (5–2) None 885 20–13 5–2 April 8 No. 10 USC No. 25 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 15–5 J. Karp (4–1) A. Reyes (3–4) None 851 21–13 6–2 April 9 No. 10 USC No. 25 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 8–5 B. Roe (5–2) M. Prior (7–3) R. Carter (2) 1,403 22–13 7–2 April 11 at UC Santa Barbara No. 15 Caesar Uyesaka Stadium W 10–2 M. Kunes (2–1) J. Gonzales (2–1) None 212 23–13 – April 14 Cal State Northridge No. 15 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 10–5 J. Karp (5–1) A. Davidson (3–4) R. Carter (3) 389 24–13 – April 15 at Cal State Northridge No. 15 Matador Field L 2–7 B. Murphy (–) B. Roe (5–3) None – 24–14 – April 16 Cal State Northridge No. 15 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 9–12 S. Busby (1–0) K. Jerkens (1–1) None 531 24–15 – April 18 at No. 22 USC No. 19 Dedeaux Field L 2–6 R. Flores (2–1) C. Cislak (0–4) T. Petke (3) 292 24–16 – April 20 at No. 3 Arizona State No. 19 Packard Stadium L 8–10 T. Johnson (1–0) J. Brandt (4–5) E. Doble (7) 3,011 24–17 7–3 April 21 at No. 3 Arizona State No. 19 Packard Stadium W 13–3 J. Karp (6–1) C. Pennington (7–2) None 3,194 25–17 8–3 April 22 at No. 3 Arizona State No. 19 Packard Stadium L 3–18 J. Liebeck (1–0) B. Roe (5–4) None 3,719 25–18 8–4 April 24 San Diego No. 28 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 1–10 K. Gray (3–2) C. Cislak (0–5) None 215 25–19 – April 25 No. 17 Cal State Fullerton No. 28 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 3–8 R. Corona (2–3) M. Kunes (2–2) None 341 25–20 – April 28 at Washington State No. 28 Bailey–Brayton Field W 14–10 K. Jerkens (2–1) L. McTavish (0–1) None 472 26–20 9–4 April 29 at Washington State No. 28 Bailey–Brayton Field W 13–2 J. Karp (7–1) T. Meldahl (2–6) M. Kunes (1) 587 27–20 10–4 April 30 at Washington State No. 28 Bailey–Brayton Field W 14–1 B. Roe (6–4) R. Rivard (0–5) None 436 28–20 11–4
May (7–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 Record May 2 at Pepperdine No. 27 Eddy D. Field Stadium L 6–7 N. Lowry (5–2) S. Arrasmith (0–1) D. Katz (4) 227 28–21 – May 5 California No. 27 Jackie Robinson Stadium L 7–13 D. Cash (8–4) R. Carter (2–1) None 435 28–22 11–5 May 6 California No. 27 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 18–7 J. Karp (8–1) J. Shirley (2–4) P. Diaz (2) 463 29–22 12–5 May 7 California No. 27 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 8–7 J. Brandt (5–5) T. Hutchinson (4–4) None 552 30–22 13–5 May 9 Long Beach State No. 29 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 17–6 M. Kunes (3–2) C. Bentz (0–2) None 266 31–22 – May 13 Arizona No. 29 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 5–3 J. Karp (9–1) B. Diggins (9–4) R. Carter (4) 581 32–22 14–5 May 14 Arizona No. 29 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 10–0 R. Henkel (6–2) R. Shabansky (3–5) None 507 33–22 15–5 May 15 Arizona No. 22 Jackie Robinson Stadium W 8–5 J. Brandt (6–5) M. Meyer (1–3) None 448 34–22 16–5 May 19 at No. 2 Stanford No. 22 Sunken Diamond W 10–9 J. Brandt (7–5) J. Bruksch (4–4) None 4,020 35–22 17–5 May 20 at No. 2 Stanford No. 22 Sunken Diamond L 3–19 J. Wayne (12–3) R. Henkel (6–3) None 2,537 35–23 17–6 May 21 at No. 2 Stanford No. 22 Sunken Diamond L 11–17 T. Cunningham (5–1) B. Roe (6–5) None 2,601 35–24 17–7
Postseason: 3–2
Oklahoma City Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record May 26 vs. (4) Delaware (1) No. 22 Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park W 13–12 B. Roe (7–5) V. Sage (4–3) None 2,584 36–24 1–0 May 27 vs. (2) No. 29 Oklahoma (1) No. 22 Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park W 10–5 J. Karp (10–1) L. Cuellar (3–3) J. Brandt (1) 4,865 37–24 2–0 May 28 vs. (2) No. 29 Oklahoma (1) No. 22 Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball Park W 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 Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record 63 June 2 at (2) No. 4 LSU No. 14 Alex Box Stadium L 2–8 B. Tallet (14–3) R. Henkel (6–4) None 7,624 38–25 3–1 64 June 3 at (2) No. 4 LSU No. 14 Alex Box Stadium L 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]