The sophomore Rahmatulla pulled a "Morales" in the postgame pileup, where he sustained a broken wrist. The slugger is hitting .328 with seven home runs and 45 RBIs, but will be unable to play in the College World Series — the club's first CWS berth since 1997.
"You tell players not to get excited after something like that, but it's a tough position to be in," UCLA head coach John Savage told The Los Angeles Times. "You think of the Kendry Morales thing and it makes you sick. We lost one of our best players and we didn't have to."