No. 1 UCLA erased a 6-1 deficit and beat No. 13 Oregon 9-6 on Sunday at Jackie Robinson Field in Los Angeles, finishing a comeback that turned the rubber match of a crucial Big Ten series into a statement win. The Bruins scored eight unanswered runs, including five in the eighth inning, to pull away after trailing by five runs.

Dean West delivered the biggest swing of the day with a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth, capping a frame in which UCLA scored five runs with two outs. Roch Cholowsky opened the sixth inning with a solo home run, and Aidan Espinoza later drove in a run with an RBI single in the eighth to bring UCLA within one before the rally broke open.

Oregon had built its five-run cushion with a five-run fourth inning. Brayden Jaksa capped that surge with a three-run home run, and the Ducks looked in control after taking a 6-1 lead. Miles Gosztola gave Oregon a strong start on the mound, working 5 1/3 innings and allowing two runs on five hits with zero walks and nine strikeouts.

The game turned after UCLA started chipping away in the middle innings. The Bruins grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second, then watched Oregon answer in the third on Drew Smith's two-out RBI single to tie it 1-1. After the fourth-inning burst put the Ducks ahead, UCLA kept forcing the issue and eventually broke through with the kind of late rally that changes a weekend series.

Easton Hawk retired Oregon in order in the ninth to seal the win, sending UCLA to 46-5 overall and 26-1 in the Big Ten. Oregon fell to 36-14 overall and 18-9 in the league, and the result ended the Ducks' bid for their first series win of the season while giving the Bruins the series victory over a ranked opponent.