2024 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The 2024 UCLA Bruins baseball team represent the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins play their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They are led by head coach John Savage, in his 20th season at UCLA.

2024 UCLA Bruins baseball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	3–3 (0–0 Pac-12)
Head coach	John Savage (20th season)
Hitting coach	Bryant Ward (10th season)
Home stadium	Jackie Robinson Stadium

2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 14 Arizona ‍‍‍	19	–	8	–	0		.704			32	–	18	–	0		.640
No. 6 Oregon State ‍‍‍	17	–	9	–	0		.654			39	–	12	–	0		.765
No. 23 Oregon ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0		.593			34	–	16	–	0		.680
Utah ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0		.593			31	–	18	–	0		.633
Arizona State ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			29	–	24	–	0		.547
USC ‍‍‍	14	–	12	–	0		.538			24	–	27	–	0		.471
California ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			30	–	18	–	0		.625
Stanford ‍‍‍	11	–	16	–	0		.407			20	–	28	–	0		.417
Washington ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0		.370			19	–	25	–	1		.433
Washington State ‍‍‍	9	–	18	–	0		.333			21	–	29	–	0		.420
UCLA ‍‍‍	6	–	21	–	0		.222			16	–	33	–	0		.327
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 13, 2024 Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

Main article: 2023 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The Bruins finished with a record of 27–24–1, and 12–16–1 in conference play.

Personnel

Roster

2022 UCLA Bruins roster
	Pitchers 8 – Cody Delvecchio – Sophomore 10 – Nate Leibold – Junior 16 – Jack O'Connor – Sophomore 19 – Landon Stump – Freshman 20 – Justin Lee – Freshman 25 – Josh Alger – Junior 28 – Cal Randall – Freshman 29 – Finn McIllroy – Sophomore 31 – Chris Aldrich – Junior 32 – James Hepp – Junior 34 – Luke Rodriguez – Freshman 35 – Luke Jewett – Junior 37 – Will Goldberg – Freshman 38 – Owen Egan – Freshman 43 – Matthew Gobel – Freshman 45 – Chris Grothues – Sophomore 47 – Kaena Kiakona – Freshman 50 – Rashad Ruff – Graduate 51 – Caedon Kottinger – Senior 55 – Michael Barnett – Sophomore	Catchers 17 – Jack Holman – Junior 30 – Quintt Landis – Graduate 33 – Blake Balsz – Freshman 40 – Cashel Duggar – Freshman Infielders 1 – Roch Cholowsky – Freshman 2 – Duce Gourson – Junior 3 – Cody Schrier – Junior 4 – Phoenix Call – Freshman 5 – Daylen Reyes – Senior 6 – Grant Gray – Freshman 7 – Roman Martin – Freshman 9 – Cameron Kim – Freshman 14 – AJ Salgado – Junior 39 – Mulivai Levu – Freshman		Outfielders 11 – Payton Brennan – Sophomore 15 – Jarrod Hocking – Sophomore 18 – Carson Yates – Senior 21 – JonJon Vaughns – Senior 24 – Malakhi Knight – Junior 27 – Keenan Proctor – Sophomore 36 – Dean West – Freshman 44 – Toussaint Bythewood – Sophomore 48 – Aidan Espinoza – Freshman

Coaches

2022 UCLA Bruins baseball coaching staff
John Savage – Head Coach – 20th season Bryant Ward – Assistant Coach – 9th season Niko Gallego – Assistant Coach – 10th season David Berg – Assistant Coach – 6th season Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at UCLA.

Schedule

2024 UCLA Bruins Game Log (16–31)
Regular season: 16-31 (Home: 12-11; Away: 4-18; Neutral: 0-2)
February: 5-3 Game Date/Time (PST) Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 1 February 16th 5:00 p.m. 22 Gonzaga* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 8–7 Delvecchio (1–0) Sotelo (0–1) Ruff (1) 638 1–0 — 2 February 17th 2:00 p.m. 22 Gonzaga* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 10–3 McIllroy (1–0) Payton (0–1) — 578 2–0 – 3 February 18th 12:00 p.m. 22 Gonzaga* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 6–0 Barnett (1–0) DeSchryver (0–1) — 704 3–0 — — February 20th 5:00 p.m. 22 Loyola Marymount* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California Postponed (weather) 3–0 — 4 February 23rd 4:30 p.m. 20 at No. 5 TCU* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, Texas 3–4 Tolle (1–0) Jewett (0–1) Abeldt (3) 5,004 3–1 — 5 February 24th 2:00 p.m. 20 at No. 5 TCU* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, Texas 3–6 Sloan (1–0) McIllroy (1–1) Hoover (1) 5,278 3–2 – 6 February 25th 11:00 AM 20 at No. 5 TCU* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, Texas 3–13 Morris (1–0) Barnett (1–1) — 4,825 3–3 — 7 February 27th 5:00 p.m. Nevada* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 5–4 Leibold (1–0) Desch (0–1) Ruff (2) 312 4–3 — 8 February 28th 5:00 p.m. Long Beach State* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 12–11 (10) Ruff (1–0) Villani (0–1) — 404 5–3 —
March: 5-12 Game Date/Time (PST) Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 9 March 1st 5:00 p.m. Michigan* Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 3–4 Volt (1–1) Delvecchio (1–1) — 770 5–4 — — March 2nd 2:00 p.m. San Diego* Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California Cancelled (weather) 5–4 — 10 March 3rd 3:00 p.m. No. 20 UC Irvine* Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic Dodger Stadium Los Angeles, California 2–5 Ojeda (1–0) Rodriguez (0–1) Tibbett (3) 4,617 5–5 — 11 March 5th 6:00 p.m. at Long Beach State* Blair Field Long Beach, California 0–2 Donegan (2–0) Stump (0–1) Villani (3) 2,066 5–6 — 12 March 8th 6:00 p.m. at California Stu Gordon Stadium Berkeley, California 7–11 Becerra (3–0) Rodriguez (0–2) — 546 5–7 0–1 13 March 9th 2:00 p.m. at California Stu Gordan Stadium Berkeley, California 1–4 Sullivan (1–0) Rodriguez (0–3) — 745 5–8 0–2 14 March 10th 1:00 p.m. at California Stu Gordon Stadium Berkeley, California 5–6 Stasiowski (1–0) Ruff (1–1) — 957 5–9 0–2 15 March 12th 6:00 p.m. UConn* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 2–5 Coe (2–3) Kottinger (0–1) Quinn (1) 332 5–10 0–2 16 March 15th 6:00 p.m. Washington State* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 4–1 Jewett (1–1) Taylor (3–1) Ruff (3) 607 6–10 1–2 17 March 16th 2:00 p.m. Washington State* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 5–12 Brotherton (2–1) Kottinger (0–2) — 668 6–11 1–3 18 March 17th 12:00 p.m. Washington State* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 9–4 Aldrich (1–0) Jones (1–2) — 510 7–11 2–3 19 March 22nd 7:00 p.m. USC* Rivalry Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 2–15 Aoki (2–3) Jewett (1–2) — 1,010 7–12 2–4 20 March 23nd 2:00 p.m. USC* Rivalry Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 7–6 Barnett (2–1) Stromsborg (0–5) Ruff (4) 881 8–12 3–4 21 March 24th 2:00 p.m. USC* Rivalry Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 6–3 Rodriguez (1–3) Feikes (1–1) Ruff (5) 1,321 9–12 4–4 22 March 26th 6:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 13–12 Vaughns (1–0) Moring (1–3) — 680 10–12 4–4 23 March 28th 7:00 p.m. at Arizona* Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona 3–5 Hintz (1–1) Egan (0–1) — 2,168 10–13 4–5 24 March 29th 7:00 p.m. at Arizona* Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona 2–3 Candiotti (2–1) Ruff (1–2) — 3,291 10–14 4–6 25 March 30th 1:00 p.m. at Arizona* Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona 9–10 Netz (1–0) Ruff (1–3) — 3,349 10–15 4–7
April: 4–13 Game Date/Time (PST) Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 26 April 2nd 6:00 p.m. at Loyola Marymount* George C. Page Stadium Los Angeles, California 4–1 Lee (1–0) Geis (0–1) Ruff (6) 538 11–15 4–7 27 April 5th 7:05 p.m. #20 Oregon Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 4–8 Gordon (4–2) Jewett (1–3) — 699 11–16 4–8 28 April 6th 6:05 p.m. #20 Oregon Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 4–3 (10) Ruff (2–3) Featherston (1–1) — 1,100 12–16 5–8 29 April 7th 12:05 p.m. #20 Oregon Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 3–6 Seitter (4–1) Stump (0–2) — 927 12–17 5–9 30 April 9th 6:00 p.m. Pepperdine* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 2–10 Troy (1–1) Gobel (0–1) — 291 12–18 5–9 31 April 12th 6:05 p.m. at Washington Husky Ballpark Seattle, Washington 4–5 Cunningham (2–2) Vaughns (1–1) — 1,122 12–19 5–10 32 April 13th 2:05 p.m. at Washington Husky Ballpark Seattle, Washington 13–5 Barnett (3–1) Kirchoff (2–3) — 1,440 13–19 6–10 33 April 14th 1:05 p.m. at Washington Husky Ballpark Seattle, Washington 4–8 McAdams (1–0) Lee (1–1) — 1,391 13–20 6–11 34 April 16th 4:35 p.m. at UC Santa Barbara* Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Santa Barbara, California 0–6 Camarillo (1–0) Rodriguez (1–4) Flora (5) 597 13–21 6–11 35 April 19th 6:00 p.m. Arizona State Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 3–5 Jacobs (4–2) Jewett (1–4) Schiefer (3) 649 13–22 6–12 36 April 20th 2:00 p.m. Arizona State Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 2–8 Markl (4–2) Barnett (3–2) — 779 13–23 6–13 37 April 21st 1:00 p.m. Arizona State Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 1–13 Carlon (3–1) Stump (0–3) — 1,205 13–24 6–14 38 April 23rd 6:00 p.m. #12 UC Irvine* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 7–9 Martin (1–0) Ruff (2–4) Utagawa (1) 680 13–25 6–14 39 April 26th 5:00 p.m. at Utah Smith's Ballpark Salt Lake City, Utah 2–3 (12) Hostert (5–3) Ruff (2–5) — 1,597 13–26 6–15 40 April 27th 1:00 p.m. at Utah Smith's Ballpark Salt Lake City, Utah 3–7 Jones (3–2) Barnett (3–3) — 1,887 13–27 6–16 41 April 28th 12:00 p.m. at Utah Smith's Ballpark Salt Lake City, Utah 7–12 McAnelly (4–2) Stump (0–4) — 2,004 13–28 6–17 42 April 30th 3:00 p.m. at Pepperdine* Eddy D. Field Stadium Malibu, California 16–2 Rodriguez (2–4) Cole (1–3) — 349 14–28 6–17
May: 2–3 Game Date/Time (PST) Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 43 May 3rd 6:05 p.m. Cal State Fullerton* Angel Stadium Anaheim, California 1–2 (12) Tomczak (2–2) Lee (1–2) — 3,487 14–29 6–17 44 May 4th 4:00 p.m. at Cal State Fullerton* Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 4–1 Barnett (4–3) Rodriguez (2–6) Ruff (7) 1,484 15–29 6–17 45 May 5th 2:00 p.m. Cal State Fullerton* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 11–4 Lee (2–2) Turner (0–3) — 990 16–29 6–17 56 May 7th 6:00 p.m. at No. 16 UC Irvine* Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California 6–9 Ojeda (4–1) Stump (0–5) — 1,990 16–30 6–17 57 May 10th 7:00 p.m. at No. 7 Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Corvallis, Oregon 0–11 May (5–0) Jewett (1–5) Lawson (1) 4,034 16–31 6–18 58 May 11th 5:00 p.m. at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Corvallis, Oregon 59 May 12th 12:00 p.m. at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Corvallis, Oregon 60 May 16th 7:00 p.m. Stanford Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 61 May 17th 6:00 p.m. Stanford Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 62 May 18th 12:00 p.m. Stanford Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California

Rankings

Main article: 2024 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'	24	24*	—	—
Baseball America	—	24	—	—
NCBWA†	22	19	—	—
D1Baseball	22	20	—	—
Perfect Game	18	16	25	—

† 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.

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