UCLA baseball score: Saint Mary's bounces No. 1 seed Bruins from NCAA tournament

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Less than a week after being named the clear top-seeded team in the 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament, No. 1 UCLA, which went 52-7 this season amid a Big Ten championship run, has been bounced from the postseason. The Bruins lost two games in three days, both to Saint Mary's, which advances to the Los Angeles regional championship series vs. Cal Poly.

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The Bruins lost their first game on May 29 to the Gaels, 3-2, dropping them to the losers' bracket vs. Virginia Tech. John Savage's group nearly became the first No. 1 seed since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1999 to start the NCAA tournament 0-2. However, they overcame a two-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth to escape with a win vs. the Hokies, 6-5.

It ended up mattering little, as UCLA squandered 3-0 and 5-2 leads, allowing the Gaels one run each in the fifth, sixth and ninth innings to send the game to extras on May 31. There, Makoa Sniffen hit an RBI single to left field, scoring Cody Kashimoto to end the game, 6-5 — and end the Bruins' season in Los Angeles, two rounds shy of Omaha, Nebraska.

With the loss, the Bruins join an infamous group of No. 1 seeds who failed to escape their own regional:

  • 2007 Vanderbilt (lost in second game of regional finals to Michigan)
  • 2014 Oregon State (lost in second game of regional finals to UC Irvine)
  • 2015 UCLA (lost in second game of regional finals to Maryland)
  • 2025 Vanderbilt (lost in double-elimination game to Wright State)
  • 2026 UCLA (lost in second double-elimination game to Saint Mary's)

It's the first time that the No. 1 seed of the NCAA Baseball Tournament has been eliminated from contention in the regionals in consecutive years. Vanderbilt last season suffered a familiar fate, dropping its losers' bracket game to Wright State.

UCLA and Vanderbilt are now tied for most regional exits by No. 1 seeds with two apiece.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: No. 1 UCLA makes rare history in exit from 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament

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