2011 UCLA Bruins baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 2011 UCLA Bruins baseball UCLA Bruins logo.svg 150 UCLA logo written in blue and gold script Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 18 35–24 18–9 John Savage 7th Rick Vanderhook 3rd T. J. Bruce 1st Jake Silverman 1st Jackie Robinson Stadium Pacific-10 Regular Season Champions Los Angeles Regional Finals vs. UC Irvine L, 3-4 The 2011 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruins finished the season with a 35–24 overall record, and won the Pacific-10 Conference Championship with 18 wins and 9 losses. The team automatically qualified for the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and were seeded #1 in the Los Angeles Regional. The Bruins lost the first game of the double-elimination format to the San Francisco Dons, 0–3. They then beat Fresno State 3–1 and San Francisco 4–1 to reach the regional finals. UC Irvine was undefeated coming into the game, and UCLA would have to beat them twice in order to become the regional champion. After beating San Francisco a little over one hour earlier, the Bruins took the field at Jackie Robinson stadium as the visiting team at 6 pm. The Bruins scored one run each in the 1st, 4th, and 5th innings, and gave up two runs each in the 5th and 9th.http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2010-2011/ucla59.html UCLA UCLA vs UC Irvine (Jun 05, 2011) June 6, 2011https://www.ncaa.com/game/baseball/d1/2011/06/05/ucla-uc-irvine NCAA UCLA vs UC Irvine - Baseball Division I - June 5, 2011 June 11, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120921073320/http://www.ncaa.com/game/baseball/d1/2011/06/05/ucla-uc-irvine September 21, 2012 dead UC Irvine went on to play the Virginia Cavaliers in the Charlottesville Super Regional.https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/2011-06-06/shaeffer-gives-uc-irvine-regional-title NCAA Shaeffer gives UC Irvine Regional title June 11, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120921073338/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/2011-06-06/shaeffer-gives-uc-irvine-regional-title September 21, 2012 dead Previous season UCLA finished the 2010 regular season as the #2 team in the Pacific-10 Conference, and lost to South Carolina in the 2010 College World Series.http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/ucla-m-basebl-sched-2009.html UCLA Official Athletic Site - Baseball 2010-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321144759/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/ucla-m-basebl-sched-2009.html 2012-03-21 dead Junior pitching aces Trevor Bauer and Gerrit Cole, along with 18 other lettermen, returned from last year's team to play for the 2011 team. Roster 2011 UCLA Bruins y y Brenton Allen 23 OF L L 6 1 205 FR Cerritos, CA Gahr HS Beau Amaral 25 OF L L 5 10 175 SO Huntington Beach, CA Huntington Beach HS Trevor Bauer y 47 RHP R R 6 1 175 JR Valencia, CA Hart HS Mitchell Beacom 35 LHP L L 6 8 235 JR y San Diego, CA University City HS Chase Brewer 34 RHP R R 6 4 210 SO y Paradise Valley, AZ Chaparral HS Trevor Brown 11 C R R 6 2 170 SO Valencia, CA Hart HS Brian Carroll 24 OF R R 5 10 170 FR La Mesa, CA Granite Hills HS Gerrit Cole y 12 RHP R R 6 4 220 JR Santa Ana, CA Orange Lutheran HS Ryan Deeter 40 RHP R R 6 0 165 FR yes Newark, CA Newark Memorial HS Dean Espy 14 INF R R 6 1 210 JR Mesa, AZ South Mountain CC Pat Gallagher 27 INF L R 6 2 215 FR Reno, NV Reno HS Jeff Gelalich 20 OF L R 6 1 195 SO LaVerne, CA Bonita HS Chris Giovinazzo 21 OF R R 6 0 205 SR Laguna Hills, CA Laguna Hills HS Matt Giovinazzo 36 INF R R 6 0 190 FR y Laguna Hills, CA Laguna Hills HS Scott Griggs 48 RHP R R 6 4 205 SO Alamo, CA San Ramon Valley HS Jordan Haver 26 RHP R R 6 5 210 SR y Long Beach, CA Wilson HS Tyler Heineman y 8 C S R 5 10 175 SO Pacific Palisades, CA Windward School Dennis Holt 17 OF/LHP L L 6 2 185 SO Yorba Linda, CA Esperanza HS Cody Keefer 7 OF L R 6 1 190 SO Davis, CA Davis Senior HS Brandon Lodge 41 RHP R R 6 2 185 JR y Coto de Caza, CA Tesoro HS Matt Mosher 44 INF L R 6 5 235 SO y Menlo Park, CA Menlo-Atherton HS Marc Navarro 30 OF L R 5 11 180 JR y Laguna Hills, CA Santa Margarita HS Adam Plutko y 9 RHP R R 6 3 190 FR Glendora, CA Glendora HS Javier Luque 5 INF L L 5 8 165 FR Merced, CA Golden Valley HS Cody Regis 18 INF L R 6 2 215 SO Glendora, CA Glendora HS Steve Rodriguez 3 C L R 6 1 195 JR Lomita, CA St. John Bosco HS Jacob Shirley 6 INF R R 6 1 185 FR Covina, CA South Hills HS Nick Vander Tuig 31 RHP R R 6 3 190 FR Oakdale, CA Oakdale HS Pat Valaika y 10 INF R R 5 11 170 FR Valencia, CA Hart HS Aaron Weimer 4 INF L R 5 11 175 FR y Fresno, CA Bullard HS Zack Weiss y 32 RHP R R 6 2 210 FR Irvine, CA Northwood HS Adrian Williams 1 INF R R 6 0 170 JR Moreno Valley, CA Canyon Springs HS Kevin Williams 15 INF L R 6 0 185 FR Van Nuys, CA Crespi HS http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/ucla-m-basebl-mtt.html December 21, 2011 John Savage Rick VanderhookT.J. BruceJake Silverman Schedule background:#536895;color:#FFB300; 2011 UCLA Bruins baseball game log ! style="background:#536895;color:#FFB300;"| Regular season |- valign="top" y background:#FFF;color:#536895; February # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 || February 18 || San Francisco || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 1–0 || G. Cole (1–0) || M. Lujan (0–1) || None || 623 || 1–0 || – |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 || February 19 || San Francisco || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 4–1 || T. Bauer (1–0) || K. Zimmer (0–1) || N. Vander Tuig (1) || 645 || 2–0 ||– |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 || February 20 || San Francisco || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 3–0 || A. Plutko (1–0) || M. Hiserman (0–1) || N. Vander Tuig (2) || 917 || 3–0 || – |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 || February 22 || Pepperdine || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 9–0 || S. Griggs (1–0) || M. Maurer (0–1) || None || 567 || 4–0 ||– |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 5 || February 26 || San Jose State || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 3–5 || R. Padilla (2–0) || T. Bauer (1–1) || None || 566 || 4–1 ||– |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 6 || February 27 || San Jose State || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 3–8 || B. McFarland (1–0) || G. Cole (1–1) || None || 703 || 4–2 ||– |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 || February 27 || San Jose State || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 12–2 || A. Plutko (2–0) || A. Hennessey || None || 703 || 5–2 ||– |- y background:#FFF;color:#536895; March # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 8 || March 1 || San Diego State || Tony Gwynn Stadium || 5–2 || Z. Weiss (1–0) || B. Crabb (0–2) || None || 790 || 6–2 || – |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 9 || March 4 || Nebraska || Hawks Field || 1–0 11 || N. Vander Tuig (1–0) || C. Hauptman (1–1) || None || 1,120 || 7–2 ||– |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 10 || March 5 || Nebraska || Hawks Field || 1–2 12 || || || || || 7–3 || – |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 11 || March 6 || Nebraska || Hawks Field || 4–5 11 || || || || || 7–4 ||– |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 12 || March 11 || Georgia || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 2–6 || || || || || 7–5 ||– |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 13 || March 12 || St. Mary's || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 10–2 || || || || || 8–5 ||– |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 14 || March 13 || USC || Dodger Stadium || 0–2 || || || || || 8–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor= | – || March 20 || Cal Poly || San Luis Obispo, CA || Canceled || || || || || 8–6 ||– |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 15 || March 21 || Cal Poly || San Luis Obispo, CA || 1–2 || || || || || 8–7 ||– |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 16 || March 21 || Cal Poly || San Luis Obispo, CA || 8–0 || || || || || 9–7 ||– |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 || March 25 || USC || Dedeaux Field || 8–4 || || || || || 10–7 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 || March 26 || USC || Dedeaux Field || 4–0 || || || || || 11–7 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 19 || March 27 || USC || Dedeaux Field || 2–6 || || || || || 11–8 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 20 || March 29 || Cal State Fullerton || Goodwin Field || 3–5 || || || || || 11–9 ||2–1 |- y background:#FFF;color:#536895; April # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 21 || April 1 || Washington || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 2–1 || || || || || 12–9 || 3–1 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 || April 2 || Washington || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 5–3 || || || || || 13–9 || 4–1 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 || April 3 || Washington || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 3–2 || || || || || 14–9 || 5–1 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 24 || April 5 || UC Riverside || Riverside Sports Complex || 4–5 11 || || || || || 14–10 || 5–1 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 25 || April 8 || Washington State || Bailey-Brayton Field || 3–1 || || || || || 15–10 || 6–1 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 || April 9 || Washington State || Bailey-Brayton Field || 10–3 || || || || || 16–10 || 7–1 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 27 || April 10 || Washington State || Bailey-Brayton Field || 2–3 || || || || || 16–11 || 7–2 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 28 || April 12 || Long Beach State || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 6–4 || Z. Weiss (2–1) || J. Stassi (0–1) || N. Vander Tuig (4) || 513 || 17–11 || 7–2 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 29 || April 15 || Arizona || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 4–5 || K. Heyer (6–1) || G. Cole (4–3) || M. Chaffee (4) || 878 || 17–12 ||7–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 || April 16 || Arizona || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 4–0 || T. Bauer (7–1) || K. Simon (6–3) || None || 1,057 || 18–12 ||8–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 31 || April 17 || Arizona || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 8–5 || N. Vander Tuig (3–2) || M. Chaffee (4–2) || None || 1,319 || 19–12 ||9–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 || April 19 || San Diego State || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 14–6 || Z. Weiss (3–1) || M. Hachadorian (0–3) || None || 622 || 20–12 ||9–3 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 33 || April 21 || Stanford || Sunken Diamond || 4–7 || M. Appel (3–4) || G. Cole (4–4) || None || 1,622 || 20–13 ||9–4 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 || April 22 || Stanford || Sunken Diamond ||4-1 || T. Bauer (8–1) || J. Pries (4–4) || None || 1,953 || 21–13 ||10–4 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 35 || April 23 || Stanford || Sunken Diamond ||4-5 || C. Reed (2–1) || N. Vander Tuig (3–3) || None || 2,280|| 21–14 ||10–5 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 36 || April 26 || UC Irvine || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 6–1 || Z. Weiss (4–1) || A. Lines (3–2) || None || 571 || 22–14 ||10–5 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 37 || April 29 || Oregon State || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 5–7 || S. Gaviglio (8–1) || G. Cole (4–5) || T. Bryant (7) || 876 || 22–15 ||10–6 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 38 || April 30 || Oregon State || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 0–2 || J. Osich (6–1) || T. Bauer (8–2) || None || 1,221 || 22–16 ||10–7 |- y background:#FFF;color:#536895; May # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 || May 1 || Oregon State || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 5–2 || || || || || 23–16 || 11–7 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 || May 3 || Pepperdine || Eddy D. Field Stadium || 10–0 || || || || || 24–16 || 11–7 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 || May 6 || Oregon || PK Park || 7–1 || || || || || 25–16 || 12–7 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 || May 7 || Oregon || PK Park || 3–1 || || || || || 26–16 || 13–7 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 || May 8 || Oregon || PK Park || 4–0 || || || || || 27–16 || 14–7 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 44 || May 10 || Long Beach State || Blair Field || 2–4 || || || || || 27–17 || 14–7 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 45 || May 11 || UC Santa Barbara || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 4–5 || C. Cuneo (1–0) || S. Griggs (1–1) || B. Fick (1) || 404 || 27–18 || 14–7 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 46 || May 13 || Cal State Bakersfield || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 1–5 || || || || || 27–19 || 14–7 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 || May 14 || Cal State Bakersfield || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 10–1 || || || || || 28–19 || 14–7 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 || May 15 || Cal State Bakersfield || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 3–2 || || || || || 29–19 || 14–7 |- align="center" bgcolor= | – || May 17 || Cal State Fullerton || Jackie Robinson Stadium || Cancelled || || || || || – || – |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 49 || May 20 || California || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 0–4 || || || || || 29–20 || 14–8 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 50 || May 21 || California || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 2–1 || || || || || 30–20 || 15–8 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 || May 22 || California || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 5–2 || || || || || 31–20 || 16–8 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 52 || May 24 || UC Irvine || Cicerone Field || 1–2 || || || || || 31–21 || 16–8 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 53 || May 27 || Arizona State || Packard Stadium || 10–3 || || || || || 32–21 || 17–8 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 || May 28 || Arizona State || Packard Stadium || 7–0 || || || || || 33–21 || 18–8 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 55 || May 29 || Arizona State || Packard Stadium || 5–10 || M. Lambson (5–3) || A. Plutko (6–4) || None || 2,889 || 33–22 || 18–9 |- |- ! style="background:#536895;color:#FFB300;"| Postseason |- y background:#FFF;color:#536895; NCAA Regionals # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 56 || June 3 || San Francisco || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 0–3 || K. Zimmer (6–4) || Gerrit Cole (6–8) || None || 1,925 || 33–23 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 57 || June 4 || Fresno State || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 3–1 || Trevor Bauer (13–2) || Josh Poytress (7–3) || None || 1,949 || 34–23 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 58 || June 5 || San Francisco || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 4–1 || A. Plutko (7–4) || J. Abramson (2–3) || N. Vander Tuig (9) || 1,351 || 35–23 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 59 || June 5 || UC Irvine || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 3–4 || P. Ferragamo (2–0) || N. Vander Tuig (3–4) || None || 1,461 || 35–24 || 2–2 |- Rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. NR = Not ranked. RV = Receiving votes. Poll Pre-season Feb.22 Mar.1 Mar.8 Mar.15 Mar.22 Mar.29 Apr.5 Apr.12 Apr.19 Apr.26 May3 May10 May17 May24 May31 June8 June15 FinalPoll Coaches' PollNCAA College Rankings and Polls, ESPN1–21241918––22 Baseball AmericaBaseball America Top 25225132424242317––22 Collegiate Baseball^http://www.baseballnews.com/polls/divI/currentpolldivI.htm Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Top 30 2010-12-12 2009-06-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20090616060400/http://www.baseballnews.com/polls/divI/currentpolldivI.htm dead 32812151415161211131313171712202020 NCBWA†National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 3021611161820171817192020211917 –2222^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but will only rank 30 teams weekly during the season.† NCBWA ranked 35 teams in their preseason poll, but will only rank 30 teams weekly during the season. UCLA Bruins in the 2011 MLB draft The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2011 Major League Baseball draft.http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2011/ Draft Central MLB June 6, 2011http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060811aac.html UCLA Four More UCLA Players Selected on Day Three of MLB Draft June 8, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120829163020/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060811aac.html August 29, 2012 dead mdy-all Gerrit Cole is the first Bruin to be picked #1 overall in the MLB First-Year Player Draft.http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060611aae.html UCLA UCLA's Cole, Bauer Selected First, Third Overall in MLB Draft June 6, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120829163012/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060611aae.html August 29, 2012 dead mdy-all Player Position Round Overall MLB teamGerrit ColeRHP1st1stPittsburgh PiratesTrevor BauerRHP1st3rdArizona DiamondbacksSteven RodriguezC15th454thArizona DiamondbacksRichard Espy1B15th456thKansas City RoyalsMitchell BeacomLHP20th627thSan Francisco GiantsTyler Rahmatulla2B34th1040thSt. Louis CardinalsJavier Luque LF39th1185thLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAdrian WilliamsSS45th1361stMilwaukee Brewers Notes March 28, 2011 – Trevor Bauer was named Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week, fourth time in his career and second time this season. April 25, 2011 – Trevor Bauer earned Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors for three consecutive weeks.UCLA's Trevor Bauer Earns Pac-10 Honors for Third Consecutive Week https://web.archive.org/web/20120616045120/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/042511aaa.html 2012-06-16 , UCLABruins.com, April 25, 2011 May 31, 2011 – Trevor Bauer was named the Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year; Adam Plutko and Beau Amaral were named to the All-Pac-10 First Team. Honorable honors went to Gerrit Cole, Mitchell Beacom, Steve Rodriguez, Cody Keefer and Nick Vander Tuig. June 2, 2011 – Trevor Bauer was the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's National Player of the Year."Louisville Slugger's" All-American Baseball Teams, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, June 2, 2011 June 3–5, 2011 – UCLA hosted the Los Angeles Regional of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship at Jackie Robinson Stadium; UCLA lost the first game to San Francisco 3–0 on June 3, 2011. June 4, 2011 – The Bruins defeated Fresno State 3–1 in their second game of the Los Angeles Regional. June 10, 2011 – Trevor Bauer has been named the District IX Player of the Year, by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). June 15, 2011 – Trevor Bauer was named College Player of the Year by Baseball America. July 15, 2011 – Bauer was the winner of the 2011 Golden Spikes Award. September 30, 2011 – Former players Ben Francisco, Philadelphia Phillies; Ron Roenicke, Milwaukee Brewers and Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies are participants in the 2011 MLB Playoffs.UCLA Represented in MLB Playoffs by Three Former Players https://archive.today/20120913190048/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/092911aaa.html 2012-09-13 , UCLABruins.com, September 30, 2011 References |} Ucla Bruins Category:UCLA Bruins baseball seasons Category:Pac-12 Conference baseball champion seasons UCLA UCLA Bruins baseball