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UCLA baseball's national title hopes shattered in season-ending loss to Saint Mary's

LA Times · Jun 1, 2026, 12:16 AM

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  • Saint Mary’s has achieved the seemingly unthinkable — the Gaels have eliminated UCLA, the nation’s top-ranked team from the NCAA tournament.
  • The Gaels, who had already stunned the Bruins 3-2 in the regional opener on Friday, made the Big Ten champions just the second NCAA No.

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Saint Mary’s has achieved the seemingly unthinkable — the Gaels have eliminated UCLA, the nation’s top-ranked team from the NCAA tournament.

With two outs in the 10th inning, Makoa Sniffen drove in Cody Kashimoto on a walk-off single off UCLA reliever Easton Hawk to lift Saint Mary’s to a 6-5 comeback win Sunday in a Los Angeles Regional elimination game at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

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