LOS ANGELES — The UCLA baseball team had a few reasons to be dispirited after the first two innings of their super regional against visiting UT-San Antonio on Saturday afternoon.

The Bruins surrendered a home run on the second pitch of the game, gave up another run on a trick play more often seen at the Little League level and failed to capitalize on their own prime scoring opportunity in the second inning.

But there were still seven innings to go, plenty of time for UCLA right-hander Michael Barnett and the offense to right the ship in the 5-2 victory at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

The Bruins own a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three matchup heading to Game 2 at noon on Sunday. A win will advance UCLA to its first College World Series since 2013.

Barnett (12-1) bounced back from the unwelcome

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