A 0.365 winning percentage.

Nine wins and 21 losses in Pac-12 play.

Tied for last place in the conference.

That was the Bruins a year ago.

But by the end of Saturday’s regular season finale, No. 14 UCLA baseball (39-15, 22-8 Big Ten) hoisted a Big Ten conference trophy after defeating Northwestern (25-27, 13-17) in walk-off fashion, 11-1, in a seven-inning run rule victory at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

“It’s a great bounce back from last year,” said sophomore right-hander Landon Stump, who tossed 6.2 innings of one-run ball Sunday. “A lot of guys stuck around, so glad we’re able to accomplish this. … We wanted the whole thing, but it’s okay and just more motivation to keep going.”

UCLA and Oregon were both named Big Ten regular season champions, finishing with identical conference records. But the Ducks pipped the Bruins for the No. 1 seed in next week’s Big Ten tournament, relegating UCLA to the second seed after claiming the regular season series in Eugene.

Not only does this title represent a complete turnaround for the program, but it also could be the end of an era for the Bruins.

As of Sunday, the future of Jackie Robinson Stadium remains uncertain, with a judge’s October decision only guaranteeing UCLA the use of the ballpark for the 2025 season.

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Redshirt senior outfielder AJ Salgado said the uncertain future of the Bruins’ home field added significance to the Saturday game.

“It did mean a little bit more, but we just attacked it like any other game,” Salgado said.

Furthermore, John Savage is in the final year of his contract without word of an extension. The coach is in his 21st season at UCLA, and he brought home the program’s only national title in 2013.

With so much at stake, it looked like the Bruins couldn’t have had a more fitting game.

Every hitter in UCLA’s lineup recorded a hit, the pitching staff only gave up one run and the defense was errorless.

“We got two quality starts out of Barnett (junior right-hander Michael Barnett) and Stump, and it just went a long way; it saves the bullpen,” Savage said. “We played good defense. We walked nine times. We struck out twice. … It was a complete game.”

The win also fell on the team’s Senior Day, and fittingly, Salgado rose to the occasion.

UCLA answered after Wildcat infielder Ryan Kucherak hit a solo homer in the top of the first to put Northwestern ahead early.

With sophomores shortstop Roch Cholowsky and third baseman Roman Martin on first and second, respectively, Salgado hit a two-RBI double to erase the early deficit.

“It means a lot to do it on Senior Night,” Salgado said. “Playing for my teammates – this group, we’re really close, so it’s easy to play for them and try and do good for the team.”

But the bottom of the first was just the start for the Bruins’ offense.

The Bruins put up a four run inning in the bottom of the fourth, sending nine to the plate. Ultimately, it was sophomore second baseman Phoenix Call’s two-out, two-RBI single that began the scoring run.

After Call’s hit, sophomores outfielder Dean West and first baseman Mulivai Levu put up an RBI double and an RBI fielder’s choice, respectively.

UCLA scored in each of the remaining innings – a performance capped off by Levu’s walk-off single in the seventh.

The Bruins proved strong on the other side of the ball as well. Stump’s career-long outing paired with junior right-hander Jack O’Connor’s scoreless third of an inning was enough to complete the run-rule-shortened affair.

“It’s been a lot of grinding,” Stump said. “Trying to work on my stamina because I haven’t been going that far in a game, so it’s a lot of work in the weight room.”

The Bruins will head back to Omaha, Nebraska – famously the site of the Men’s College World Series – for their Big Ten tournament debut Tuesday.