STANFORD RELEASE May 7, 2006 CONTACT: Kyle McRae (650) 725-2959 (ph); (650) 725-2957 (fax) [email protected] (email) gostanford.com (website) •Cardinal and Golden Bears split first two games of series 2006 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 21-21, 6-11 (PAC-10) Stanford And Play Rubber Game Sunday 15-11 (H), 6-10 (A) CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (24-23, 9-11 Pac-10) Date Day Opponent (TV) Result/Time FEBRUARY at (21-21, 6-11 Pac-10) 3 Fri. #5 Cal State Fullerton W, 2-1 4 Sat. #5 Cal State Fullerton W, 6-5 (10) +Fri., May 5 – at Stanford 3, California 2 5 Sun. #5 Cal State Fullerton W, 6-3 10 Fri. Kansas L, 2-8 ^Sat., May 6 – California 5, at Stanford 1 11 Sat. Kansas L, 4-5 Sun., May 7 (1 pm, PT) – TBA vs. TBA 12 Sun. Kansas W, 8-3 LIVE GAME COVERAGE 17 Fri. #7 Texas ppd., weather Television: +Comcast (Ted Robinson, F.P. Santangelo) • ^Fox Sports Net Bay Area (Jim 18 Sat. #7 Texas L, 2-4 19 Sun. #7 Texas W, 5-1 Watson, Jerry Kindall) | Audio: KZSU (90.1 FM)/gostanford.com/KZSU.org (Alex Gyr) | 20 Mon. #7 Texas W, 13-9 Gametracker: gostanford.com | Webcast: gostanford.com ... Sunday Only 21 Tue. Nevada W, 5-2 STANFORD-CALIFORNIA SERIES HISTORY 24 Fri. at Fresno State W, 3-2 All-Time Series: Stanford 234-213 25 Sat. at Fresno State L, 5-7 26 Sun. at Fresno State W, 6-3 2006 Results: Series – California 3-2 (Conference at Stanford, May 5-6) Stanford 3-2, California MARCH 5-1; (Non-Conference at California, March 3-4, May 1) California 7-6, Stanford 6-5 (11), California 3 Fri. at California L, 6-7 4-3 4 Sat. at California W, 6-5 (11) 2005 Results: Series – Tied 3-3 (Non-Conference at Stanford, March 5-6DH) Stanford 10-3, 5 Sun. at California ppd., weather Stanford 3-2 (DH Game 1), California 10-4 (DH Game 2); (Conference at California, May 6-7, 9) 7 Tue. at San Jose State ppd., weather 10 Fri. at USC W, 7-6 Stanford 7-5, California 2-1 (11 inn.), California 9-5 11 Sat. at USC L, 7-16 Series Notes: California has won three of the five meetings between the teams this season and 12 Sun. at USC L, 2-7 six of nine overall heading into their final regular season meeting of 2006 on Sunday • Stanford 25 Sat. Washington State* L, 1-7 has still been victorious in 13 of the last 15 games against the Golden Bears at Sunken Diamond 26 Sun. Washington State* L, 5-8 27 Mon. Washington State* W, 5-3 and had previously won an amazing 18 in a row against the Golden Bears overall before California 31 Fri. USC* ppd., weather broke the skid with a 10-4 victory over the Cardinal at Sunken Diamond in the second game of APRIL a on March 6, 2005 1 Sat. USC -- DH Game 1* W, 9-7 The Matchup: Sunday's rubber game will decide a crucial series for both teams in their quest 1 Sat. USC -- DH Game 2* L, 2-3 (12) 2 Sun. USC* L, 1-6 of keeping their hopes alive to qualify for the 2006 NCAA Tournament • Four of the five games 8 Sat. at San Jose State W, 13-3 between the teams this season have been decided by a single • Both teams are near the 10 Mon. Pacific W, 2-1 bottom of the Pac-10 standings with California (9-11 Pac-10) currently in seventh and Stanford 13 Thu. at #11 Oregon State* L, 0-3 (6-11) ninth • The Cardinal has struggled in all three areas of the game this season, ranking 14 Fri. at #11 Oregon State* L, 0-1 sixth in the league in pitching (4.44 ERA), as well as eighth in both hitting (.267) and fielding 15 Sat. at #11 Oregon State* ppd., weather 16 Sun. at #11 Oregon State* L, 1-12 (7) (.966) • California has put together a nice season both on the hill (3.68 ERA, #2 Pac-10) and 17 Mon. San Francisco L, 4-9 in the field (.969, #4 Pac-10) but has had a tough time offensively with a .262 team batting 18 Tue. Sacramento State W, 12-5 average that is last in the Pac-10 21 Fri. at Arizona* W, 10-6 22 Sat. at Arizona* L, 4-14 23 Sun. at Arizona* L, 3-12 25 Tue. Santa Clara L, 1-6 (10) STANFORD SNAPSHOT 28 Fri. #16 Arizona State* (CSTV) W, 7-1 • COMING AROUND – Stanford has won three of its last five Pac-10 games after falling 29 Sat. #16 Arizona State* L, 7-11 to 3-9 at the halfway point of the conference schedule • The Cardinal had also won three 30 Sun. #16 Arizona State* W, 11-4 straight games at Sunken Diamond to equal its longest home win streak this season MAY 1 Mon. at California L, 3-4 before falling 5-1 to California on Sunday 2 Tue. San Jose State W, 6-2 • FIVE-SERIES LOSING STREAK SNAPPED – Stanford won two-of-three games 5 Fri. California* (Comcast Sports Net) W, 3-2 against Arizona State in its most recent Pac-10 series last Friday-Sunday to win its first 6 Sat. California* (FSN/FSNBA) L, 1-5 7 Sun. California* 1:00 pm series in over two months (at Fresno State, 2/24-26) and snap a five-series losing streak 9 Tue. at Santa Clara 6:00 pm (at USC, Washington State, USC, at Oregon State, at Arizona) that was its longest since 10 Wed. at Sacramento State 2:30 pm dropping seven in a row in its final six series of 1993 (at UCLA,Arizona, at Arizona State, 12 Fri. at #22 Washington* 6:30 pm 13 Sat. at #22 Washington* 2:00 pm at California, UNLV, UCLA), as well as its first series in 1994 (Cal State Fullerton) 14 Sun. at #22 Washington* 1:00 pm • STANFORD-CALIFORNIA SERIES RECAP – Friday, May 5: Chris Minaker (3-4, 2 16 Tue. Santa Clara 6:00 pm HR, 2 RBI) two solo home runs before leading off the bottom of the ninth inning with 19 Fri. at UCLA* 6:00 pm 20 Sat. at UCLA* 2:00 pm a single and scoring the game-winning run on Randy Molina's one-out RBI single to lift 21 Sun. at UCLA* 1:00 pm Stanford to a dramatic 3-2 victory over California. Stanford ace Greg Reynolds tossed 23 Tue. at Pacific 2:00 pm his second consecutive complete game to outduel California ace Brandon Morrow • 26 Fri. UC Davis 6:00 pm Saturday, May 6: California evened the three-game series by holding on for a 5-1 victory. 27 Sat. at UC Davis 2:00 pm JUNE Tyson Ross earned the victory by giving up just one run on six hits and three walks, while 2-5 F-M NCAA Regionals• TBA striking out eight over the first 7.1 innings. Jeremy Burchett came on to retire Michael 9-12 F-M NCAA Super Regionals+ TBA Taylor on a game-ending a groundout with the bases loaded and Taylor representing 16-26 F-M at College ^ TBA *Pac-10 Game; •NCAA Regionals at TBA; +NCAA Super the tying run to pick up his fifth save of the season. Chris Minaker (2-3) extended his hit Regionals at TBA; ^ at Omaha, NE; All streak to a new season-high 12 games for the Cardinal Times Pacific Unless Noted; All Home Games In Bold At • COMEBACK KIDS – Stanford has come from behind in 14 of its 21 wins, including nine Sunken Diamond; Rankings by Baseball America are current or at time of meeting if game has been played of its last 10 victories

Stanford Baseball (Champions • 2 CWS, 5 Super Regional, 13 Regional, 20 Pac-10)  • A QUICK LOOK AT THE PAC – Stanford is in an unfamiliar last-place spot in the Pac- PAC-10 STANDINGS (THRU 5/6/06) 10 race in last place with a 6-11 record • Oregon State (10-4) is in sole possession of first-place and followed by USC (10-8), Arizona State (8-7), Washington (9-8), USC (10-8), Team Pac-10 GB Overall Arizona State (8-7) and UCLA (8-7), Washington State (7-8), California (8-11), Arizona Oregon State 10-4 --- 33-11 (6-9) and Stanford (6-10) USC 10-8 2.0 24-22 Arizona State 8-7 2.5 30-16 • BUSY SECOND HALF – Rescheduled games caused by earlier weather-related UCLA 8-7 2.5 25-19 postponed contests and a normally more compacted second half of the schedule have Washington 9-8 2.5 31-18 combined to contribute to Stanford having its final 27 games scheduled over the last 42 Washington State 7-8 3.5 29-17 days of its regular season after playing its first 28 contests in the first 72 days • Stanford California 9-11 4.0 24-23 played 17 games in April and has 17 more scheduled for May with one contest versus Arizona 6-9 4.5 21-24 Santa Clara still a possibility to be rescheduled Stanford 6-11 5.5 21-21 • MARQUESS 13TH ON ALL-TIME WIN LIST – has moved into sole possession of 13th place on the all-time win list for NCAA Division I coaches, reaching THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE/RESULTS the mark in a win over Arizona State on April 30 • He has an all-time record of 1245-611-5 (.670) and is in his 30th season as Stanford's head coach Monday, May 1 at CALIFORNIA 4, STANFORD 3 • SOGGY SEASON – Stanford has made 11 changes to its schedule this season due to soggy weather but is still on track to get 55 regular season contests in with a possible Tuesday, May 2 at #20 ARIZONA STATE 22, ARIZONA 8 makeup date at Santa Clara to get to the maximum number of 56 games in a season CALIFORNIA 7, at Saint Mary's 6 • OUT OF THE POLLS – Stanford has not been ranked in any of the five major polls at STANFORD 6, San Jose State 2 UCLA 9, at UC Riverside 4^ (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA, Rosenblatt Report, USA Today) for the Lewis-Clark State 9, at WASHINGTON 7 last seven weeks through the polls of May 1 Friday, May 5 • HOT HITTERS – Chris Minaker has a current season-high 12-game hit streak (.490, at ARIZONA 7, UNLV 6 (11) 25-51, 6 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 16 RBI) with nine multiple-hit contests, as well as four three-hit at STANFORD 3, CALIFORNIA 2* ... Comcast Sports Net #22 WASHINGTON 6, at #5 OREGON STATE 4* games and three-RBI contests during the run • The hit streak is just one shy of his career- high of 13 he set in 2005 • Minaker (.352, 25-71, 10 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 19 RBI, SB) and Ryan Saturday, May 6 UNLV 15, at ARIZONA 7 Seawell (.347, 17-49, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 2 SB) put up the team's top offensive numbers in 17 CALIFORNIA 5, at STANFORD 1* ... FSN Bay Area April games at #5 OREGON STATE 5, #22 Washington 3* ... FSN Northwest Utah Valley State 6, at WASHINGTON STATE 5 • DEFENSIVE WOES – Stanford has made at least one error in 12 of its last 14 games • The Cardinal is fielding at a clip of just .966 after posting a .971 or better mark in each of Sunday, May 7 UNLV at ARIZONA (12 pm, MT/PT) the past six years to account for six of the top eight fielding percentages in school history CALIFORNIA at STANFORD (1 pm, PT)* • REYNOLDS WRAP – Stanford ace Greg Reynolds has posted back-to-back complete #22 WASHINGTON at #5 OREGON STATE (1 pm, PT)* Utah Valley State at WASHINGTON STATE (2 pm, PT) game victories in his last two outings, as well as winning three straight decisions and four *Pac-10 Game of his last five starts • Reynolds was named the Pac-10 of the eekW on May 2 ^Completion of March 28 suspended game after throwing the first complete game of his career and the first by a Stanford pitcher this LAST WEEK'S RESULTS season with a three-hitter in a 7-1 win over Arizona State on April 28 • He followed that performance by outdueling California ace Brandon Morrow in a 3-2 Stanford win on May 5 Tuesday, April 25 • STURDY SENIORS – Stanford's four seniors have started all but four possible games at ARIZONA 18, Southern Utah 0 San Francisco 7, CALIFORNIA 6^ between them this season • Position players Chris Lewis and Chris Minaker have each Portland 20, at #5 OREGON STATE 13 (12) started all 42 games with Minaker playing every inning at , while John Hester Santa Clara 6, at STANFORD 1 (10) UC Santa Barbara 11, at #22 UCLA 8 has started 38 of 42 behind the plate • Pitcher Matt Manship had made starts in the Loyola Marymount 6, at USC 5 team's weekend rotation for the first 11 weeks before coming out of the bullpen to get a at WASHINGTON 11, St. Martin's 9 WASHINGTON STATE 9, at Gonzaga 6 win in his most recent action versus Arizona State on April 30 • ROOKIE CLASS – Cord Phelps (26), Joey August (26) and Jason Castro (24) have all Wednesday, April 26 at ARIZONA 7, Southern Utah 5 started more than half of the team's games, while Brent Milleville (17), Austin Yount (9), J.J. Jelmini (2) and Sean Ratliff (1) have also made starts as position players • Jeremy Thursday, April 27 at #5 OREGON STATE 3, Cal Poly 0 Bleich has a team-high seven saves and had been the team's closer for most of the season before being inserted into the starting rotation each of the last three weeks at Friday, April 28 at WASHINGTON 7, ARIZONA 5 Oregon State (4/14) and Arizona (4/21), and versus Arizona State (4/29) • Max Fearnow, at STANFORD 7, #16 ARIZONA STATE 1* ... CSTV Ratliff and Yount have also seen action on the hill #22 UCLA 4, at CALIFORNIA 2* at #5 OREGON STATE 16, New Mexico 1 • IT'S SIMPLE ... HIT THE LONG BALL AND WIN – Stanford is 7-0 in games in which USC 9, at WASHINGTON STATE 2* the Cardinal has two or more home runs Saturday, April 29 • THE STANFORD 9 – The All-Time Starting 9 that represted the best of the first 30 years ARIZONA 15, at WASHINGTON 0* of the distinguished coaching career of Mark Marquess as voted upon be fans throughout the #16 ARIZONA STATE 11, at STANFORD 7* at CALIFORNIA 3, #22 UCLA 2 (11)* 2006 season was announced on Saturday. The team consisted of Mike Mussina (Pitcher, 1988- at #5 OREGON STATE 8, Cal Poly 4 90), Ryan Garko (Catcher, 2000-03), John Gall (First Base, 1997-2000), Jed Lowrie (2nd, 2003- at WASHINGTON STATE 13, USC 7* 05), Ed Sprague (Third Base, 1996-98), Eric Bruntlett (Shortstop, 1997-2000), Joe Borchard Sunday, April 30 (Outfield, 1998-2000), Sam Fuld (Outfield, 2001-04) and Jeffrey Hammonds (Outfield, 1990-92) at WASHINGTON 4, ARIZONA 3* at STANFORD 11, #16 ARIZONA STATE 4* • STANFORD BASEBALL HISTORY – Stanford has captured two College World Series at CALIFORNIA 9, #22 UCLA 4* titles (1987, 1988) and advanced to the CWS 15 times, including 13 appearances in at #5 OREGON STATE 8, New Mexico 2 at WASHINGTON STATE 6, USC 3* Omaha in the past 24 seasons and a school record five in a row from 1999-2003 when ^Dante Benedetti Classic, AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA the Cardinal finished as runners-up three times (2000, 2001, 2003) •The Cardinal has *Pac-10 Game also won five NCAA Super Regionals, 13 NCAA Regionals and 20 Pac-10 titles • Stanford WEEKLY EMAIL LIST Baseball is in its 113th year of existence with an all-time record of 2478-1544-32 (.615) If you would like to receive Stanford Baseball press releases and • STANFORD BASEBALL IN THE BIGS – Stanford has sent 74 players on to play other media information on Stanford Baseball via email, please email , including seven (Joe Borchard – • Eric Bruntlett [email protected] with the email address to send to. – • Mike Gosling, • John Gall – St. Louis Cardinals • Jeremy Guthrie – • Rick Helling – Milwaukee Brewers • Mike Mussina – ) that have been on an MLB roster in 2006 • GOSTANFORD.COM – Visit gostanford.com for more information on Stanford Baseball

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