# 2012 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The 2012 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was in the Pac-12 Conference, and played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. John Savage was in his eighth season as head coach. On March 13, 2012, the Bruins participated in the Dodgertown Classic for the third year, defeating USC 7–2 in the non-conference event. The Bruins tied for first in the Pac-12 Conference with Arizona, finishing with a 20–10 conference record. Seven players were picked in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.
In the post-season, the Bruins performed well in the NCAA Regional and Super Regional rounds, winning 5 straight games. The Bruins defeated Creighton twice and New Mexico once to win the Los Angeles Regional. They then won the Los Angeles Super Regional by defeating TCU in two consecutive games. The team reached the College World Series for the fourth time in program history, beating Stony Brook in the first game. The Bruins lost the next two games to Arizona and Florida State, finishing the season with a 48–16 record.

## Previous season

UCLA finished the 2011 regular season as the #1 team in the Pacific-10 Conference with 18 conference wins and 9 losses, and a 35–24 overall record. They lost to UC Irvine in the Los Angeles Regional Finals of the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Schedule

2012 UCLA Bruins baseball game log :
Regular season :
February: 5–3 (Conference: 0–0; Home: 4–3; Road: 1–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordPac-12 Record
1February 17MarylandJackie Robinson Stadium1–2M. Boyden (1–0)S. Griggs (0–1)J. Reed (1)1,0070–1–
2February 18MarylandJackie Robinson Stadium6–5N. Vander Tuig (1–0)C. Haslup (0–1)S. Griggs (1)9271–1–
3February 19MarylandJackie Robinson Stadium1–5B. Harman (1–0)Z. Weiss (0–1)None8191–2–
4February 21Cal State NorthridgeMatador Field19–7Z. Ortiz (1–0)H. White (0–1)None3722–2–
5February 24BaylorJackie Robinson Stadium3–15T. Blank (3–0)A. Plutko (0–1)None5222–3–
6February 25BaylorJackie Robinson Stadium9–3D. Berg (1–0)D. Ashby (0–1)None7093–3–
7February 26BaylorJackie Robinson Stadium8–6G. Watson (1–0)D. Newman (0–1)S. Griggs (2)7764–3–
8February 28Long Beach StateJackie Robinson Stadium9–1G. Watson (2–0)M. Johnson (0–1)None3765–3– :
March: 14–2 (Conference: 6–2; Home: 8–2; Road: 6–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordPac-12 Record
9March 2Sacramento StateJackie Robinson Stadium5–2A. Plutko (1–1)H. Greenwood (1–2)S. Griggs (3)6086–3–
10March 3Sacramento StateJackie Robinson Stadium6–2N. Vander Tuig (2–0)T. Mendonca (2–1)None6287–3–
11March 4Sacramento StateJackie Robinson Stadium11–2Z. Weiss (1–1)Z. Morgan (0–2)None8298–3–
12March 6UC RiversideJackie Robinson Stadium4–0G. Watson (3–0)M. Patito (1–1)None3659–3–
13March 9GeorgiaFoley Field2–0A. Plutko (2–1)A. Wood (3–1)None1,94710–3–
14March 10GeorgiaFoley Field7–6R. Deeter (1–0)M. Palazzone (0–1)S. Griggs (4)2,25511–3–
15March 11GeorgiaFoley Field7–3C. Brewer (1–0)T. Hicks (2–2)None1,96712–3–
16March 13USCDodger Stadium7–2G. Watson (4–0)B. Garcia (1–2)None6,03413–3–
17March 16Arizona StateJackie Robinson Stadium6–5D. Berg (2–0)J. Barrett (1–2)None61114–31–0
18March 18Arizona StateJackie Robinson Stadium3–4T. Williams (5–0)N. Vander Tuig (2–1)J. Barrett (1)92914–41–1
19March 18Arizona StateJackie Robinson Stadium4–2G. Watson (5–0)A. Blackford (0–2)S. Griggs (5)92915–42–1
20March 23Washington StateJackie Robinson Stadium12–3A. Plutko (3–1)J.D. Leckenby (3–3)None63716–43–1
21March 24Washington StateJackie Robinson Stadium12–3D. Berg (3–0)R. Ochoa (0–1)None72017–44–1
22March 26Washington StateJackie Robinson Stadium4–10K. Swannack (2–2)G. Watson (5–1)S. Simon (2)31917–54–2
23March 30UtahSpring Mobile Ballpark16–0A. Plutko (4–1)J. Pond (2–4)None2,00018–55–2
24March 31UtahSpring Mobile Ballpark9–6N. Vander Tuig (3–1)B. Duke (2–1)S. Griggs (6)1,25019–56–2 :
April: 9–7 (Conference: 6–7; Home: 5–4; Road: 4–3)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordPac-12 Record
25April 1UtahSpring Mobile Ballpark5–1G. Watson (6–1)T. Vocca (1–3)None47820–57–2
26April 5OregonJackie Robinson Stadium2–620–67–3
27April 6OregonJackie Robinson Stadium3–820–77–4
28April 7OregonJackie Robinson Stadium8–621–78–4
29April 10Cal State FullertonJackie Robinson Stadium4–2G. Watson (7–1)K. Gauna (3–3)S. Griggs (8)87122–78–4
30April 13ArizonaHi Corbett Field3–4K. Heyer (6–1)D. Berg (4–1)None4,08022–88–5
31April 14ArizonaHi Corbett Field15–3N. Vander Tuig (4–2)K. Wade (4–1)None2,38023–89–5
32April 15ArizonaHi Corbett Field6–2Z. Weiss (2–1)J. Farris (4–2)None2,85824–810–5
33April 17Cal State NorthridgeJackie Robinson Stadium12–425–810–5
34April 20Oregon StateGoss Stadium4–026–811–5
35April 21Oregon StateGoss Stadium0–326–911–6
36April 22Oregon StateGoss Stadium6–726–1011–7
37April 24UC IrvineJackie Robinson Stadium9–327–1011–7
38April 27StanfordJackie Robinson Stadium2–727–1111–8
39April 28StanfordJackie Robinson Stadium7–428–1112–8
40April 29StanfordJackie Robinson Stadium2–728–1212–9 :
May: 14–2 (Conference: 8–1; Home: 5–1; Road: 9–1)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordPac-12 Record
41May 1Long Beach StateBlair Field2–1G. Watson (8–1)N. Sabo (0–5)S. Griggs (10)1,34229–1212–9
42May 5PurdueJackie Robinson Stadium5–130–1212–9
43May 5PurdueJackie Robinson Stadium3–231–1212–9
44May 6PurdueJackie Robinson Stadium11–1531–1312–9
45May 8PepperdineEddy D. Field Stadium6–232–1312–9
46May 11WashingtonHusky Ballpark2–033–1313–9
47May 12WashingtonHusky Ballpark11–334–1314–9
48May 13WashingtonHusky Ballpark4–235–1315–9
49May 15Cal State FullertonGoodwin Field6–336–1315–9
50May 18CaliforniaEvans Diamond7–237–1316–9
51May 19CaliforniaEvans Diamond8–538–1317–9
52May 20CaliforniaEvans Diamond5–638–1417–10
53May 22UC IrvineCicerone Field6–239–1417–10
54May 25USCJackie Robinson Stadium3–140–1418–10
55May 26USCJackie Robinson Stadium6–541–1419–10
56May 27USCJackie Robinson Stadium7–6S. Griggs (3–1)M. Viramontes (1–2)None1,77842–1420–10 :
Post-season :
NCAA Los Angeles Regional
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
57June 1CreightonJackie Robinson Stadium3–0A. Plutko (10–3)T. Blach (6–6)None1,57043–141–0
58June 2New MexicoJackie Robinson Stadium7–1N. Vander Tuig (9–3)G. Sanchez (8–3)None1,60144–142–0
59June 3CreightonJackie Robinson Stadium13–5Z. Weiss (3–2)N. Musec (3–4)None1,29145–143–0 :
NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
60June 8TCUJackie Robinson Stadium6–2A. Plutko (11–3)B. Finnegan (4–5)None2,04246–144–0
61June 9TCUJackie Robinson Stadium4–1N. Vander Tuig (10–3)P. Morrison (9–2)D. Berg (1)2,13547–145–0 :
College World Series
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
62June 15Stony BrookTD Ameritrade Park9–1A. Plutko (12–3)T. Johnson (12–2)None21,66248–146–0
63June 17ArizonaTD Ameritrade Park0–4K. Wade (10–3)N. Vander Tuig (10–4)None19,19848–156–1
64June 19Florida StateTD Ameritrade Park1–4S. Sitz (4–3)Z. Weiss (3–3)R. Benincasa (16)23,40948–166–2 :

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | 18 | 18* | 24 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | — | — | 5 |
| Baseball America | 14 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | — | — | 5 |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | 19 | — | 28 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| NCBWA† | 20 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season. † 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.

## UCLA Bruins in the 2012 MLB Draft

The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
| Jeff Gelalich | OF | 1st | 57th | Cincinnati Reds |
| Beau Amaral | CF | 7th | 232nd | Cincinnati Reds |
| Tyler Heineman | C | 8th | 249th | Houston Astros |
| Scott Griggs | RHP | 8th | 266th | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Trevor Brown | C | 10th | 328th | San Francisco Giants |
| Eric Jaffe | RHP | 11th | 351st | Chicago White Sox |
| Cody Keefer | OF | 15th | 467th | Miami Marlins |