# 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. With a 17–7 conference record, UCLA shared the Pacific-10 Conference Championship with Arizona and Stanford. 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. 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. 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.

## Schedule

2000 UCLA Bruins Baseball Game Log: 38–26 :
Regular Season: 35-24 :
February (7–8)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordPac-10 Record
February 3at HawaiiNo. 4Rainbow StadiumW 15–3M. Kunes (1–0)R. Ho (1–2)None2,1451–0–
February 4at HawaiiNo. 4Rainbow StadiumW 10–3J. Brandt (1–0)R. Snider (1–2)None2,4212–0–
February 5at HawaiiNo. 4Rainbow StadiumW 9–3J. Karp (1–0)C. Giannetti (0–2)None2,3403–0–
February 9UC Santa BarbaraNo. 4Jackie Robinson StadiumW 17–4B. Roe (1–0)B. Cain (2–1)None4454–0–
February 11at UNLVNo. 4Earl Wilson StadiumL 5–21J. Maruffi (1–1)J. Brandt (1–1)None4074–1–
February 12at UNLVNo. 4Earl Wilson StadiumW 10–1J. Karp (2–0)G. Pupo (0–1)None5945–1–
February 13at UNLVNo. 4Earl Wilson StadiumW 6–5R. Henkel (1–0)L. Anderson (1–2)C. Cislak (1)5816–1–
February 15at Loyola MarymountNo. 2Page StadiumL 4–5B. Felton (2–0)C. Cislak (0–1)None4486–2–
February 18No. 9 North CarolinaNo. 2Jackie Robinson StadiumL 13–17B.J. Finnerty (1–0)C. Cislak (0–2)None2476–3–
February 19No. 9 North CarolinaNo. 2Jackie Robinson StadiumL 4–6E. Henderson (1–0)J. Karp (2–1)DePriest (2)5316–4–
February 20No. 9 North CarolinaNo. 2Jackie Robinson StadiumL 11–12S. Autrey (2–0)R. Henkel (1–1)None3486–5–
February 22PepperdineNo. 15Jackie Robinson StadiumW 11–7K. Jerkens (1–0)G. Ramirez (0–2)None2927–5–
February 25at No. 16 USCNo. 15Dedeaux FieldL 7–10M. Prior (3–1)J. Brandt (1–2)Montrenes (1)6347–6–
February 26at No. 16 USCNo. 15Dedeaux FieldL 3–4T. Petke (1–0)B. Roe (1–1)None1,0217–7–
February 27at No. 16 USCNo. 15Dedeaux FieldPostponed
February 29at San Diego StateNo. 24Tony Gwynn StadiumL 8–9R. Shortell (2–0)C. Cislak (0–3)None4857–8– :
March (11–3)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordPac-10 Record
March 1at No. 17 Long Beach StateNo. 24Blair FieldL 1–6J. Leuenberger (1–0)J. Brandt (1–3)None1,0257–9–
March 7at No. 7 Cal State FullertonGoodwin FieldL 5–17J. Smith (3–1)B. Roe (1–2)None7177–10–
March 8San DiegoJackie Robinson StadiumPostponed
March 10BradleyJackie Robinson StadiumW 14–4R. Henkel (2–1)D. Hoffman (0–2)P. Diaz (1)2568–10–
March 11BradleyJackie Robinson StadiumW 9–8J. Brandt (2–3)M. Baker (1–2)None3529–10–
March 12BradleyJackie Robinson StadiumW 12–4B. Roe (2–2)C. Hawkins (1–1)None39710–10–
March 14San Diego StateJackie Robinson StadiumW 7–6R. Carter (1–0)R. Ring (1–2)None20211–10–
March 17HarvardJackie Robinson StadiumW 9–2R. Henkel (3–1)J. Nyweide (0–1)None27512–10–
March 18HarvardJackie Robinson StadiumW 5–4J. Brandt (3–3)D. Lennon (0–1)None53613–10–
March 18HarvardJackie Robinson StadiumW 10–3B. Roe (3–2)J. Birtwell (0–1)R. Carter (1)53614–10–
March 25WashingtonJackie Robinson StadiumW 2–1R. Henkel (4–1)M. Massingale (2–2)None42915–101–0
March 26WashingtonJackie Robinson StadiumL 6–7M. Gardner (1–1)J. Brandt (3–4)None54515–111–1
March 27WashingtonJackie Robinson StadiumW 12–5B. Roe (4–2)J. Carlsen (3–1)None24416–112–1
March 29at San DiegoJohn Cunningham StadiumW 11–9J. Brandt (4–4)M. Oseguera (0–2)None31717–11–
March 31at Oregon StateGoss Stadium at Coleman FieldW 3–1R. Henkel (5–1)S. Nicholson (4–4)None82418–113–1 :
April (11–9)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordPac-10 Record
April 1at Oregon StateGoss Stadium at Coleman FieldW 18–10J. Karp (3–1)T. Johnson (2–2)None1,15219–114–1
April 2at Oregon StateGoss Stadium at Coleman FieldW 9–5R. Carter (2–0)M. Newell (3–3)None95520–115–1
April 4Loyola MarymountNo. 25Jackie Robinson StadiumL 12–23J. Abreu (1–0)M. Kunes (1–1)None34820–12–
April 7No. 10 USCNo. 25Jackie Robinson StadiumL 1–5R. Currier (8–2)R. Henkel (5–2)None88520–135–2
April 8No. 10 USCNo. 25Jackie Robinson StadiumW 15–5J. Karp (4–1)A. Reyes (3–4)None85121–136–2
April 9No. 10 USCNo. 25Jackie Robinson StadiumW 8–5B. Roe (5–2)M. Prior (7–3)R. Carter (2)1,40322–137–2
April 11at UC Santa BarbaraNo. 15Caesar Uyesaka StadiumW 10–2M. Kunes (2–1)J. Gonzales (2–1)None21223–13–
April 14Cal State NorthridgeNo. 15Jackie Robinson StadiumW 10–5J. Karp (5–1)A. Davidson (3–4)R. Carter (3)38924–13–
April 15at Cal State NorthridgeNo. 15Matador FieldL 2–7B. Murphy (–)B. Roe (5–3)None–24–14–
April 16Cal State NorthridgeNo. 15Jackie Robinson StadiumL 9–12S. Busby (1–0)K. Jerkens (1–1)None53124–15–
April 18at No. 22 USCNo. 19Dedeaux FieldL 2–6R. Flores (2–1)C. Cislak (0–4)T. Petke (3)29224–16–
April 20at No. 3 Arizona StateNo. 19Packard StadiumL 8–10T. Johnson (1–0)J. Brandt (4–5)E. Doble (7)3,01124–177–3
April 21at No. 3 Arizona StateNo. 19Packard StadiumW 13–3J. Karp (6–1)C. Pennington (7–2)None3,19425–178–3
April 22at No. 3 Arizona StateNo. 19Packard StadiumL 3–18J. Liebeck (1–0)B. Roe (5–4)None3,71925–188–4
April 24San DiegoNo. 28Jackie Robinson StadiumL 1–10K. Gray (3–2)C. Cislak (0–5)None21525–19–
April 25No. 17 Cal State FullertonNo. 28Jackie Robinson StadiumL 3–8R. Corona (2–3)M. Kunes (2–2)None34125–20–
April 28at Washington StateNo. 28Bailey–Brayton FieldW 14–10K. Jerkens (2–1)L. McTavish (0–1)None47226–209–4
April 29at Washington StateNo. 28Bailey–Brayton FieldW 13–2J. Karp (7–1)T. Meldahl (2–6)M. Kunes (1)58727–2010–4
April 30at Washington StateNo. 28Bailey–Brayton FieldW 14–1B. Roe (6–4)R. Rivard (0–5)None43628–2011–4 :
May (7–4)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordPac-10 Record
May 2at PepperdineNo. 27Eddy D. Field StadiumL 6–7N. Lowry (5–2)S. Arrasmith (0–1)D. Katz (4)22728–21–
May 5CaliforniaNo. 27Jackie Robinson StadiumL 7–13D. Cash (8–4)R. Carter (2–1)None43528–2211–5
May 6CaliforniaNo. 27Jackie Robinson StadiumW 18–7J. Karp (8–1)J. Shirley (2–4)P. Diaz (2)46329–2212–5
May 7CaliforniaNo. 27Jackie Robinson StadiumW 8–7J. Brandt (5–5)T. Hutchinson (4–4)None55230–2213–5
May 9Long Beach StateNo. 29Jackie Robinson StadiumW 17–6M. Kunes (3–2)C. Bentz (0–2)None26631–22–
May 13ArizonaNo. 29Jackie Robinson StadiumW 5–3J. Karp (9–1)B. Diggins (9–4)R. Carter (4)58132–2214–5
May 14ArizonaNo. 29Jackie Robinson StadiumW 10–0R. Henkel (6–2)R. Shabansky (3–5)None50733–2215–5
May 15ArizonaNo. 22Jackie Robinson StadiumW 8–5J. Brandt (6–5)M. Meyer (1–3)None44834–2216–5
May 19at No. 2 StanfordNo. 22Sunken DiamondW 10–9J. Brandt (7–5)J. Bruksch (4–4)None4,02035–2217–5
May 20at No. 2 StanfordNo. 22Sunken DiamondL 3–19J. Wayne (12–3)R. Henkel (6–3)None2,53735–2317–6
May 21at No. 2 StanfordNo. 22Sunken DiamondL 11–17T. Cunningham (5–1)B. Roe (6–5)None2,60135–2417–7 :
Postseason: 3–2 :
Oklahoma City Regional (3–0)
DateOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
May 26vs. (4) Delaware(1) No. 22Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball ParkW 13–12B. Roe (7–5)V. Sage (4–3)None2,58436–241–0
May 27vs. (2) No. 29 Oklahoma(1) No. 22Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball ParkW 10–5J. Karp (10–1)L. Cuellar (3–3)J. Brandt (1)4,86537–242–0
May 28vs. (2) No. 29 Oklahoma(1) No. 22Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ball ParkW 11–3R. Carter (3–1)A. Mix (10–2)None4,14438–243–0 :
Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2)
DateOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
63June 2at (2) No. 4 LSUNo. 14Alex Box StadiumL 2–8B. Tallet (14–3)R. Henkel (6–4)None7,62438–253–1
64June 3at (2) No. 4 LSUNo. 14Alex Box StadiumL 8–14B. Brian (6–2)J. Karp (10–2)W. Guidry (7)7,66738–263–2 :

## 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.
| 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 |