San Diego’s Kris Bryant has long weekend in NCAA baseball regional

San Diego third baseman Kris Bryant entered the NCAA baseball tournament a potential top-five draft pick. He left with a bottom 10 moment.

Bryant was hitting .340 with a nation-leading 31 home runs before a lost weekend at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Bryant went two for 13 in four games. Both were infield singles.

“I didn’t have the weekend I wanted to,” Bryant said. “I didn’t really help my team as much as I wanted to, but sometimes you have to tip your hat to the pitcher and sometimes they make a good pitch.”

Bryant’s best moment came in a 6-0 loss to UCLA that eliminated the Toreros. His sixth-inning drive was chased down at the fence by right fielder Eric Filia.

“Sometimes they throw it 100 miles per hour,” Bryant said. “We’ll see what happens in my future. I’m just kind of lost for words right now.”

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