With the score tied in the top of the 10th inning, Coffey, Minnesota’s third baseman, lined a ball toward the right-field wall to give the Golden Gophers their first lead of the game. Mora, UCLA’s only reliever Saturday, was brought in to preserve a lead but gave up the tying run in the eighth inning and the winning run two innings later.
Minnesota, the No. 14-overall seed in the NCAA baseball tournament, used Coffey’s clutch hit to win its second game of the Minneapolis regional 3-2 and send UCLA (37-20) to an elimination game against Gonzaga on Sunday at noon PDT.