GOLDEN GOPHER University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office Phone: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625.0359 Feb. 16, 2000 Baseball Contact: Mike Vidnovic Home Phone: 651.644.6535 • e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 612.624.4345 Minnesota Travels to Florida Atlantic This Weekend

• Friday, Feb. 18 • 6 p.m. (Central) • Saturday, Feb 19 • 2 p.m. (Central) • Sunday, Feb. 20 • 11 a.m. (Central) Florida Atlantic Stadium ( 1,000) • Boca Raton, Fla. MINNESOTA'S 2000 SCHEDULE/RESULTS

#27 Golden Gophers Take First Road Trip of The Season: The 27th-ranked DATE OPPONENT :riME Feb. 7 PRO-ALUMNI* W7-6 Golden Gopher baseball team takes to the road this weekend for its first road trip Feb. 13 ILLINOIS STATE (I)* W9-l of the season. Minnesota will face the Owls of Florida Atlantic in a three-game Feb. 14 ILLINOIS STATE (2) L 6-7. W 3-2 series in Boca Raton. The Owls currently sport a record of 5-2. This will be the Feb. 18 Florida Atlantic 6:00p.m. Feb. 19 Florida Atlantic 2:00p.m. first meeting between the two schools. None of the games this weekend will be Feb. 20 Florida Atlantic li:OOa.m. broadcast. Feb. 25 McNeese State 7:00p.m. Feb. 26 McNeese State 1:00 p.m. THIS WEEKEND'S SCHEDULED STARTERS: (2000 stats) Feb. 27 McNeese State l:OOp.m. Hormel Foods Baseball Classic Friday: Chadd Clarey, Senior, RHP. 1-0, 0.00. ERA, 1 GP, I GS, 5.2 IP, 5 H, March 3 GEORGIA% 6:30p.m. 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 2 BB, 5 SO March 4 NOTRE DAME%*# 1:30p.m. Saturday: Kelly Werner, Senior, LHP, 0-0, 5.40 ERA, 1 GP, I GS, 5.0 IP, 7 H, March 5 WAKE FOREST* 1:05 p.m. March 10 Wichita State 3:00p.m. 3 R, 3 ER, 0 HR, 1 BB, 3 SO March II Wichita State 2:00p.m. Sunday: Andy Persby, Junior, RHP, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GP, 1 GS, 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, March 12 Wichita State J:OOp.m. 0 ER, 0 HR, 2 BB, 4 SO March 17 Creighton 2:00p.m. March 18 Creighton (2) Noon March 19 Creighton J:OOp.m. Last Weekend: The Golden Gophers took two out of three from the Illinois State March 24 Michigan 3:00p.m. Redbirds in their opening series of the 2000 season. In the first game, junior Rick March 25 Michigan (2) J:OOp.m. March 26 Michigan J:OOp.m. Brosseau a bases-loaded down the right field line in the bottom of the March 28 STATE 2:00p.m. sixth inning to propel Minnesota to a 9-1 win. In the first game of a scheduled March 29 CHICAGO STATE Noon seven-inning doubleheader, the Golden Gophers fell to the Redbirds by a score of March 31 ORAL ROBERTS* 6:30p.m. April I ORAL ROBERTS* 2:00p.m. 7-6 in eight innings. Minnesota came back from a 3-0 deficit to take a 5-3 lead April 2 ORAL ROBERTS* 12:05 p.m. heading into the top of the sixth but was unable to hold on to the lead. In the sec­ April 7 OHIO STATE * 3:00p.m. ond game, after Scott Welch scored from third off of a Josh Holthaus infield sin­ April 8 OHIO STATE (2)* 1:00 p.m. April 9 OHIO STATE * 1:00 p.m. gle, Jack Hannahan poked a single to right-center field scoring Scott Howard April 12 Iowa State 3:00p.m. from second base to give the Golden Gophers a 3-2 come-from-behind victory in April 14 Northwestern* 3:00p.m. April 15 Northwestern (2)* 1:00 p.m. the bottom of the 12th inning. April 16 Northwestern* J:OOp.m. April 19 MSU, MANKATO 3:00p.m. April 21 IOWA* 3:00p.m. UM RECORD AFTER April 22 IOWA (2)*# I:OOp.m. THREE GAMES IN THE April23 IOWA* l:OOp.m. April 26 IOWA STATE (1) 6:00p.m. 1990s April 28 Michigan State * 7:00p.m. YEAR GP W-L PCT. April 29 Michigan State (2)* 4:00p.m. 2000 3 2-1 .667 April 30 Michigan State * l:OOp.m. 6:30p.m. 1999 3 2-1 .667 May 3 ST. THOMAS* ,.----..- May 5 INDIANA* 6:30p.m. 1998 3 3-0 1.000* May 6 INDIANA (2)*# 3:00p.m. 1997 3 0-3 .000 May 7 INDIANA* 1:00 p.m. 1996 3 0-3 .000 May 12 PURDUE* 6:30p.m. 1995 3 2-1 .667 May 13 PURDUE (2)* 4:00p.m. May 14 PURDUE*# l:OOp.m. 1994 3 0-3 .000 May 18-21 Big Ten Tournament* TBA 1993 3 1-2 .333 May 26-28 NCAA Regionals* TBA 1992 3 2-1 .667* June 2-4 NCAA Super Regionals* TBA e 1991 3 0-3 .000 June 9-17 College World Series* TBA 2-1 .667 1990 3 * Radio Broadcast on WDGY (630 AM) I * Won Big Ten Tournament I # Midwest Sports Channel ...... I ______% Harmel Classic Games All times are Central Time Schedule is subject to change GOLDEN BASEBALL About Coach Anderson: Golden Gopher Head Coach John Minn.) and senior right-hander Chadd Clarey (Rochester, Anderson is in his 19th season with a career record of 653-403-3 Minn.). After missing all of last season with an injury. Birk and a Big Ten mark of 283-149. He is one of the youngest looks to pick up right where he left off the 1998 season, when he coaches in the nation to surpass the 600-win plateau and is the went 8-2 with a 2.65 ERA. Clarey was one of the Maroon and only active Big Ten coach to reach 250 conference victories. At Gold's most consistent over the final few months of last • age 44, he currently has the second-highest career win total for season. He compiled a mark of 7-3 with an ERA of 5.26. His all Division I-A coaches under the age of 45 behind Clemson's 78.2 innings pitched was the second-highest on the team behind Jack Legget, who started the 2000 season with a record of 665- first-team All-Big Ten Brad Pautz. He earned third-team 402 in 21 seasons. Anderson has led the Golden Gophers to four All-Big Ten honors and was named to the Big Ten All­ Big Ten titles (1982, '85, '88, and '92) and six Big Ten Tournament team after pitching a complete game in Minnesota's Tournament championships (1982, '85, '88, '92, '93 and '98) in 10-1 win over regular season champion Ohio State. Just behind his tenure at the U of M. Clarey will be senior Dan McGrath (Victoria, Australia), who heads into this season with a career mark of 15-3. He is coming The First Time: This weekend's series between Minnesota and back from off-season surgery and looks to be one of Minnesota's Florida Atlantic marks the first time that the two institutions go-to guys. have met on the baseball diamond. The two schools have seen each other in competition just once, on the court in You Mean There Are More?: Besides Birk, Clarey and the 1997-98 season, with the Maroon and Gold coming out on McGrath, the Golden Gophers have more arms at their disposal. top by a score of 95-45. Senior Kelly Werner (Eau Claire, Wis) and juniors Andy Persby (North St. Paul, Minn.) and Jason Shupe (Spencer, The Last Time: The last time the Golden Gophers made a trip Wis.) could all see time in the starting rotation for the Maroon to the state of Florida was in 1996, when they opened the season and Gold this season as evident by last week's pitching rotation against the Florida State Seminoles. Minnesota dropped all three of Clarey on Sunday night and Werner and Persby in the double­ games to the Seminoles (9-7, 23-11, 8-2). header. Shupe came saw action in the doubleheader games last Monday. In the first game, Shupe pitched two-thirds of an The 2000 Golden Gophers: Minnesota, ranked 27th in the inning, striking out one. In the second game, he carne in in the country in the Collegiate Baseball preseason poll, returns 14 of 11th inning of the 12 inning affair, pitching two innings and 22 lettermen from last season's school record-setting 46-win earning his first win of the season. e team. The pitching staff, which returns 12 pitchers, looks to be one of the strengths of this year's team. One of Golden Gopher First Road Ventures: The Golden Gophers have not fared well head coach John Anderson's main concerns will be replacing the in their first road games of the season during Coach Anderson's offensive power of , Aron Amundson and Matt tenure. Minnesota is just 7-11 in their first road game of the sea­ Scanlon. The trio combined to hit .391, score 194 runs, 225 son in the last 18 years. In the team's first road series, Minnesota RBis with 78 doubles and 41 home runs. They accounted for 46 has won just four of those series while losing 10 and tying one. percent of Minnesota's RBis last season and 36 percent of the The team's combined record in those 15 road series is 13-33. runs scored. Joltin' Josh: Junior Josh Holthaus (Monticello, Minn.) is the More on the Golden Gophers: Minnesota is ranked 27th in the Golden Gophers' leading hitter returning from last year's squad. country by Collegiate Baseball. The Golden Gophers are the Holthaus hit .382 (50-for-131) with 9 HRs and 36 RBis in 51 highest-ranked Big Ten team in the poll, ahead of Illinois (35) games for the Maroon and Gold. He had a .702 slugging per­ and Ohio State (37). Minnesota will face five other teams this centage. In the first series of the season, Holthaus started all season currently ranked in the top 40. Those teams are Wichita three games at first base and was moved to catcher in the 1Oth State (14), Notre Dame (25), Oral Roberts (30), Florida Atlantic inning of the second game of the doubleheader on Monday. He (36) and Ohio State (37). batted .385 in the series (5-13) with a double.

2,000 in 2000: This year, the Golden Gopher baseball team On The Shelf: Junior pitcher Ben Birk, senior Dan McGrath will become just the 14th team in NCAA history to surpass the and redshirt freshman Nick McCauley are all currently on the 2,000-win plateau. With an all-time record of 1,994-1,162-26 shelf for the Golden Gophers with assorted injuries. Birk, who (.631) in 108 seasons of play, Minnesota stands just six wins shy did not pitch at all last season due to an injury, is still experienc­ of the 2,000 mark heading into this weekend's series with ing some arm trouble but could be back in the next couple of Florida Atlantic. weeks. McGrath is still recovering from off-season surgery and is coming along in his rehabilitation. McCauley suffered a A Call to Arms: Pitching will be a key once again for sprained ankle in the Pro-Alumni game after he rolled his ankle Minnesota in 2000. With all but two pitchers back from last sea­ while making a play at first base. He will be on the sidelines for son's pitching staff, the group has the potential to be the best another three weeks while the ankle heals. assembled in Head Coach John Anderson's tenure. Leading the group is junior left-hander Ben Birk (St. Paul, GOLDEN BASEBALL

Wherever They May Roam: Senior Mike Arlt (Lakeville, the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. Minnesota goes on the Minn.) and sophomores Scott Howard (Apple Valley, Minn.) road for six games (three with Florida Atlantic Feb. 18-20. three and Jason Kennedy (Minnetonka, Minn.) return to the outfield with McNeese State Feb. 25-27). After returning home for three for the Golden Gophers this season. Arlt started all 64 games in games in the the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic at the centerfield last season, hitting .284 (66-for-232). He was named Metrodome, Minnesota will be back on the road for 11 straight to the NCAA Regional all-tournament team when he batted .429 games, including the Big Ten opener at Michigan. All in all, the (6-for-14) with three RBis. Kennedy and Howard really started Golden Gophers play 17 of their first 23 games of the season to come on toward the end of last season. Kennedy earned Big away from home. Ten All-Tournament honors highlighted by a 4-for-5 outing against Ohio State. He hit three home runs and a double driving 2000 Hormel Foods Baseball Classic: Recognized as one of the in seven runs in a 10-1 Minnesota win. He finished the tourna­ nation's premier in-season tournaments, the 16th annual Hormel ment hitting .438 (7-16) with four homers and 11 RBis. Foods Baseball Classic (March 3-5) will feature Georgia from Howard also put together a fine freshman season. Howard the Southeastern Conference, Wake Forest from the Atlantic batted .335 (68-203) last season and added 29 RBis. He had a Coast Conference and Notre Dame from the Big East. career-high nine-game hitting streak from May 8-20. During the The Golden Gophers will open the tournament against the streak, Howard batted .515 (17-33) with 12 runs scored. While the Georgia Bulldogs on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. Minnesota the offensive numbers for the trio are impressive, the defensive will then face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday after­ numbers are equally impressive. The three outfielders combined noon at 1:30 p.m. The Irish are ranked 25th by Collegiate for a .978 fielding percentage (eight errors in 364 chances). Baseball. The finale of the tournament pits the Golden Gophers against the Wake Forest Deamon Deacons at 1:05 p.m. on Who's on First, What's on Second?: A major question mark Sunday afternoon. This year's Hormel Foods Baseball Classic for the Golden Gophers heading into the 2000 campaign will be will be highlighted by Super Saturday as former Golden Gopher who is going to step up to replace 1999 Big Ten Player of the greats and Dave Winfield return to sign auto­ Year Robb Quinlan at first base and Matt Scanlon at second graphs for fans. In between games, the annual amateur baseball base. There will probably be a couple of different combinations clinic will be held. On Sunday, the famous Chicken at the corner with junior Josh Holthaus, sophomore Rob will be making his annual appearance at the Classic. There will LaRue (Minnetonka, Minn.) and true freshman David Roach be give-aways each day for fans attending the games. This is the (Clearwater, Fla.) all seeing time there this season. In the first sixth consecutive year that Hormel has been the title sponsor of series of the season against Illinois State, Holthaus started all Minnesota's annual tournament. Here is a schedule of the week­ three games. Roach saw action in all three games when end's games: Anderson made changes to the lineup. At second base there could be a combination of senior March 3 Mark Devore (Bloomington, Minn), redshirt freshman Scott Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest 12:15 p.m. Welch (Missoula, Mont.) or true freshman Luke Appert Georgia vs. Minnesota 6:30p.m. (Cottage Grove, Minn.). In the Illinois State series, both Welch and Appert made their collegiate debuts. Welch started two of March 4 the three games while Appert started one. Devore saw action in Notre Dame vs. Minnesota 1:30 p.m. all three of the games as a replacement for each. Amateur Baseball Clinic 4:30-6 p.m. Wake Forest vs. Georgia 7:00p.m. Freshman Flash: Freshman pitcher C.J. Woodrow (Plymouth, Minn.) saw his first collegiate action in last weekend's series March 5 with Illinois State. The walk-on turned some heads with his out­ Wake Forest vs. Minnesota 1:05 p.m. standing perforamance on the mound in Minnesota's 3-2, 12- Georgia vs. Notre Dame 5:00p.m. inning victory over the Redbirds. Relieving starter Andy Persby in the fifth inning, Woodrow came in and pitched six solid 1999 Season in Review: For the second straight season, the innings, striking out five and scattering just four hits. The only Golden Gopher baseball program set a school record for wins run scored against him was an unearned run that tied the game in with 46. They advanced to the championship game of the Big the sixth inning. Woodrow kept his composure though and went Ten Tournament, falling short to Michigan by a score of 12-11. on to retire 12 of the next 13 batters he faced. On two seperate Minnesota advanced to NCAA postseason play for the 23rd time occasions with two outs in the inning, he forced the batter to in school history, going 2-2 at the NCAA Waco regional. Robb ground out, leaving the go-ahead run stranded on third. Quinlan finished his senior season as one of the most prolific hitters in school history. Quinlan holds the school record in eight The Road Warriors: Even though the Golden Gophers opened offensive categories, including totals bases (613), at-bats (906), their season at the Metrodome, they will be on the road for the runs scored (249), hits (345), doubles (79), triples ( 12-tied with majority of the first two months of the season due to the Ryan Lefebvre and Bob Keeny), home runs (55) and RBis (230). Metrodome being used for the first and second round games of The team set school marks in wins (46), at-bats (2,177), runs GOLDEN BASEBALL

(534), hits (724), doubles (171) and RBis (492). The Program: The Golden Gopher baseball program is one filled with a history of success and pride. Among the facts: e WDGY-AM 630 and Midwest Sports Channel to Broadcast • 85 winning seasons Games in 2000: The University of Minnesota baseball program • 37 consecutive winning seasons announced that it has signed a two-year contract with WDGY­ • Only five losing seasons in the last 64 years AM (630) to broadcast a minimum of 32 regular-season games, • 17 Big Ten Championships, 15 in the last 44 seasons plus all postseason games for the 2000 and 2001 baseball sea­ • 23 NCAA appearances sons. Tom Witschen will do the play-by-play for the Golden • Five College World Series appearances Gophers this season. • Three NCAA titles Midwest Sports Channel will televise four Golden Gopher baseball games this season beginning with the Notre Dame vs. Minnesota Fax-On-Demand: Information on the 2000 Golden Minnesota game in the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic, March 4. Gopher baseball team is available to members of the media on Other MSC games are the first game of the April 22 doublehead­ Fax-On-Demand. To access the information, media must have a er with Iowa, the first game of the May 6 doubleheader with PIN number available by calling (770) 399-3066. Indiana and the May 14 game with Purdue. To access the information (after obtaining a PIN number), please call 1-800-300-2050. The Big Ten passcode is 282. Cell Surf the Web: Voted "Best Website in the State" in 1997, numbers for Minnesota baseball are: www.gophersports.com is the source for most up-to­ 2260 Entire Release date information on Golden Gopher athletics. The site contains 2261 Roster/Schedule up-to-date rosters, schedules, results, statistics, standings and 2262 Last game report much, much more.

1999 Big Ten Regular Season Standings W-L Pet Overall Pet *Ohio State 25-3 .893 50-14 .781 Minnesota 21-7 .750 46-18 .719 Illinois 15-12 .556 34-22 .607 "Michigan 15-13 .536 34-30 .531 Indiana 14-14 .500 37-17 .685 Penn State 12-15 .444 32-23 .582 Michigan State 10-17 .370 28-25 .528 Purdue 10-17 .370 24-30 .444 Northwestern 10-18 .357 24-29 .453 Iowa 6-22 .214 22-34 .393 * Regular Season Champions " Tournament Champions GOLDEN BASEBALL

Minnesota's 2000 Record When .. . Home ...... 2-l Metrodome ...... 2-1 Player 2 3 4 5 Total Siebert Field ...... 0-0 2 (I) 0 (0) 2 (14) Jack Hannahan (10) 0 (4) 0 Away ...... 0-0 Josh Holthaus 2 (14) 0 (5) 0 (I) 0 (0) 2 (18) MikeArlt I (36) 0 (II) 0 (I) 0 (0) I (48) Neutral Site ...... 0-0 Rick Brosseau I (32) 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) I (36) Day Games ...... 1-1 Jason Kennedy I (10) 0 (2) 0 (I) 0 (0) 0 (13) Night Games ...... l-0 Rob LaRue I (I) 0 (I) 0 (I) 0 (0) 0 (3) On Tur£ ...... 2-1 Scott Welch I (I) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) I (I) On Grass ...... 0-0 Scott Howard 0 (15) 0 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (20) vs. Left-handed Starters ...... 2-1 0 (0) 0 Jeremy Negen 0 (II) 0 (4) 0 (0) (15) vs. Right-handed Starters ...... 0-0 Mark Devore 0 (9) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (II) Jeremy Beaulieu 0 (2) 0 (I) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (3) Against Top 25 Teams ...... 0-0 Career numbers in parentheses One-Run Games ...... 1-1 Two-Run Games ...... 0-0 Extra-Innings Games ...... 1-1 Shutouts ...... 0-0 Scoring First ...... 2-0 Scoring in the First Inning ...... 1-0 Player 2 3 4 5 Total Opponents Score First ...... 0-1 Rick Brosseau 0 (II) I (2) 0 (I) 0 (I) I (15) Ahead After 5 Innings ...... 2-1 Scott Howard I (5) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) I (7) Jack Hannahan 0 (3) I (I) 0 (2) 0 (0) I (6) Behind After 5 Innings ...... 0-0 Scott Welch I (I) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) I (I) Tied After 5 Innings ...... 0-0 Jason Kennedy 0 (9) 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (I) 0 (14) Ahead Going Into Final Inning ...... 1-0 Josh Holthaus 0 (II) 0 (4) 0 (I) 0 (0) 0 (16) Behind Going Into Final Inning ...... 0-0 Mike Arlt 0 (10) 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (14) Tied Going Into Final Regulation Inning ..... ~ ...... 1~1 Jeremy Negen 0 (8) 0 (3) 0 (I) 0 (0) 0 (12) Doubleheaders ...... 0-0-1 e Mark Devore 0 (8) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (10) Teams Combine For Less Than 10 Runs ...... 1-0 Ben Birk 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (4) Rob LaRue 0 (0) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (I) 0 (3) Teams Combine For Between 10-19 Runs ...... 1-1 Career numbers in parentheses Teams Combine For 20 or More Runs ...... 0-0 Scoring 5 or More Runs ...... 1-1 Scoring 4 or Fewer Runs ...... 1-0 Allowing 5 or More Runs ...... 2-0 Allowing 4 or Fewer Runs ...... 2-0 Hitting Multiple Home Runs ...... 0-0 Player Games Player Games February ...... 2-1 Rick Brosseau 3 of 3 Mark Devore 0 of3 March ...... 0-0 Jason Kennedy 3 of 3 Luke Appert 0 of2 April ...... 0-0 Josh Holthaus 3 of 3 Jeremy Beaulieu 0 of I May ...... 0-0 Scott Howard 3 of 3 Paul Hartmann 0 of I Scott Welch 3 of 3 Sunday ...... 1-0 Jack Hannahan 2 of 3 Monday ...... 1-l Rob LaRue 2 of 3 Tuesday ...... 0-0 Mike Arlt I of 3 Wednesday ...... 0-0 Chris Guetzlaff I of 2 Thursday ...... 0-0 David Roach 0 of3 Friday ...... 0-0 Jeremy Negen 0 of3 Saturday ...... ~ .. 0-0 Current Streak ...... ~.won one Longest Winning Streak ...... 1 (2114 to present) Longest Home Winning Streak ..... 1 (2114 to present) STARTERS: Longest Road Winning Streak ...... N/A G W-L ERA IP H R ER BB so 3 1-0 1.84 14.2 15 3 3 5 12 Longest Losing Streak ...... N/A Longest Home Losing Streak ...... N/A e BULLPEN: Longest Road Losing Streak ...... N/ A G W-L ERA IP H R ER BB so Largest Winning Margin ..... 8 vs. Illinois State (2/13) 3 1-1 3.77 14.1 17 7 6 7 9 fte Autc.ated lcore&ook OVerall Statistics ~or Wiuuota (aa of Feb 1S, 2000) (All gqes sorted by Batting avg)

2-1 H~: 2-1 Away: o-o COnference: o-o

AVG Gt-GS 1B a H 21 31 HI\ RBI 'rl ILGt B1 HIP SO ImP OBt SF SH SB-Aft PO A I FLDt

2 SCott W.lcb •.••... 500 3-2 8 1 4 1 0 0 3 5 .&25 0 1 1 0 .556 0 0 2-2 4 6 2 .833 45 Chris Guet1laf~ •.. 500 2-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 o-o 0 0 0 .000 46 Josh Holthaus .••.• 385 3-3 13 1 5 1 0 0 1 6 .462 1 0 4 1 .42t 0 0 o-o 2!1 4 0 1.000 22 Jason lannedy .•••. 3&4 3-3 11 2 4 1 0 0 1 5 .455 2 2 4 0 .500 1 0 1-1 4 0 0 1.000 t Jack Hannahan ..•.. 357 3-3 1C 2 5 1 0 0 4 6 .42t 1 0 .400 0 0 0 ' o-o 3 13 0 1.000 1 Wike Arlt .•..•.•.. 300 3-3 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 .300 3 0 1 0 .4&2 0 1 2-2 4 0 0 1.000 21 lob LaRue ••••••••• 300 3-3 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 .300 0 0 4 0 .300 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 .000 15 liclc Brosseau.... .2U 3-3 14 4 4 1 0 0 3 5 .357 1 1 2 0 .375 0 0 1-1 4 !I 1 .12!1 Howard •••••• 23 Scott 231 3-3 13 2 3 0 0 0 4 3 .231 2 1 1 0 .375 0 0 2-2 ' 1 0 1.000 3 Hegen..... Juar .ooo 3-2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 o-o 10 0 0 1.000 16 Luke 000 Appert •••••.. 2-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .ooo 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 o-o 2 4 1 .85'1 21 David loacb...... ooo 3-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .ooo 1 0 0 0 .250 0 0 o-o 8 0 0 1.000 28 Jere.y Beaulieu ... 000 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .ooo 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 o-o 7 2 0 1.000 7 wark Devore •..••.. ooo 3-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 1 0 .500 0 0 1-1 1 0 0 1.000 HartaaaD ••.•• 17 Paul 000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .ooo 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 o-o 3 0 0 1.000 41 Keith Walters ..••• 000 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 o-o 0 1 0 1.000

Totals...... 286 3-3 112 18 32 5 0 0 17 37 .330 13 5 2t 1 .382 1 1 10-10 87 44 4 .no Opponents...... 283 3-3 113 10 32 5 1 0 8 31 .345 12 3 21 0 .367 0 2 4-6 83 28 5 .t5'1

LOB - 'reaa (31), Opp (33). DPs turned - !eaa (3), Opp (2). liB - 'reaa (1), J. Holthaus 1.

(All gqes Sorted by Kamed run avg)

Player IRA W-L UP GS CG SHO/CBO IV It H a II\ Bl SO 21 31 HI\ 1B 1/Avg WP HBt BJt SrA SJIA. n c.J. Woodrow..... o.oo o-o 1 0 0 0/0 0 s.o 4 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 23 .174 0 0 0 0 0 43 Chadd Clarey ....• 0.00 1-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 5.2 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 21 .238 0 0 0 0 0 35 111c1y teraby...... o. oo o-o 1 1 0 0/0 0 4.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 13 .231 0 1 0 0 0 3'1 Brandon ltitnrow. 2. 70 o-o 1 0 0 0/0 1 3.1 3 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 13 .231 0 0 0 0 0 48 Jason Shupe •.••.. 3.38 1-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 .375 0 0 0 0 1 34 Kelly Warner ..... 5.40 o-o 1 1 0 0/0 0 5.0 7 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 21 .333 1 1 0 0 1 18 Bob DeWitt .••.•.. 1.00 0-1 1 0 0 0/0 0 2.0 5 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 11 .455 0 1 0 0 0 10 Kuzt Haring ••.... 54.00 o-o 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 .667 0 0 0 0 0

'rotala...... 2. 7t 2-1 3 3 0 0/0 1 21.0 32 10 I 12 21 5 1 0 113 .283 1 3 0 0 2 Opponents .••.••..••. 5.20 1-2 3 3 0 0/0 1 27.2 32 18 16 13 21 5 0 0 112 .286 3 5 0 1 1

BBA/A!'r- B. DeWitt (3-3), J. Hegea (3-3), J. Beaulieu (1-2), A. Peraby (1-2), J. Shupe (0-1), J. Holthaus (0-1). l GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office Phone: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625.0359 Feb. 23, 2000 Baseball Contact: Mike Vidnovic Home Phone: 651.644.6535 e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 612.624.4345 Minnesota Goes on the Road to McNeese State this weekend

• Friday, Feb. 25 • , iJ.m. • Saturday, Feb 26 • 4 p.m. • Sunday, Feb. 27 • 1 p.m. Cowb

I * Radio Broadcast on WDGY (630 AM) I I # Midwest Sports Channel L..------% Hormel Classic Games All times are Central Time Schedule is subject to change GOLDEN BASEBALL About Coach Anderson: Golden Gopher Head Coach John Minn.) and senior right-hander Chadd Clarey (Rochester, Anderson is in his 19th season with a career record of 654-405-3 Minn.). After missing all of last season with an injury, Birk and a Big Ten mark of 283-149. He is one of the youngest looks to pick up right where he left off the 1998 season, when he­ coaches in the nation to surpass the 600-win plateau and is the went 8-2 with a 2.65 ERA. Clarey was one of the Maroon and only active Big Ten coach to reach 250 conference victories. At Gold's most consistent pitchers over the final few months of last age 44, he currently has the second-highest career win total for season. He compiled a mark of 7-3 with an ERA of 5.26. His all Division I-A coaches under the age of 45 behind Clemson's 78.2 innings pitched was the second-highest on the team behind Jack Legget, who started the 2000 season with a record of 665- first-team All-Big Ten pitcher Brad Pautz. He earned third-team 402 in 21 seasons. Anderson has led the Golden Gophers to four All-Big Ten honors and was named to the Big Ten All- Big Ten titles (l'Jo'"', o5, '88, and·'92) and six Big Ten Tournament team after pitching a complete game in Minnesota's Tournament championships (1982, '85, '88, '92, '93 and '98) in 10-l win over regular season champion Ohio State. Just behind his tenure at the U of M. Clarey will be senior Dan McGrath (Victoria, Australia), who heads into this season with a career mark of 15-3. He is coming The First Time: This weekend's series between Minnesota and back from off-season surgery and looks to be one of Minnesota's McNeese State marks the first time that the two schools have go-to guys. Clarey is currently the No. 1 starter with a record of competed against one another on the baseball diamond. The two 1-1 and leads the staff in strikeouts with 10. schools have met twice in other sports. In 1979, the two schools met on the tennis court with Minnesota winning 9-0. In 1977, You Mean There Are More?: Besides Birk, Clarey and the track and field teams from both schools met in Lake Charles McGrath, the Golden Gophers have more arms at their disposal. on March 20. Minnesota won that encounter by a score of 102.5- Senior Kelly Werner (Eau Claire, Wis) and junior Andy 94.5. Persby (North St. Paul, Minn.) have seen time in the starting rotation for the Maroon and Gold this season as evident by last The Last Time: The last time the Golden Gophers made a trip week's pitching rotation of Clarey on Friday night, Werner on to the state of Louisiana was in 1997, when they fell to the 1 Saturday and Persby on Sunday. University of New Orleans by a score of 21-2. , Joltin' Josh: Junior Josh Holthaus (Monticello, Minn.) is the Against Teams From Louisiana: In the 1990s, the Golden Golden Gophers' leading hitter returning from last year's squad. Gophers have a record of 0-4 against teams from the state of Holthaus hit .382 (50-for-131) with 9 HRs and 36 RBis in 51 Louisiana (UNO 0-1, Tulane 0-2 and LSU 0-!). In the school's ' games for the Maroon and Gold. He had a .702 slugging per­ history. Minnesota has a record of 15-20 against teams from the centage. Through the first six games of this season, Holthaus is state of Louisiana (Tulane 8-3, La. Tech 2-1. UL-Monore 2-1. hitting just .280 (7-25). But in last weekend's series with Florida LSU 3-13, UNO 0-2). Atlantic, he looked like he was ready to return to his 1999 form as he slammed two homers in the series finale. His second The 2000 Golden Gophers: Minnesota, ranked 27th in the homer of the game, an eighth inning shot to right field, started a country in the Collegiate Baseball preseason polL returns 14 of five-run inning for Minnesota tying the game at 6-6. A versatile 22 lettermen from last season's school record-setting 46-win player, Holthaus has been splitting time both at first base and team. The pitching staff, which returns 12 pitchers. looks to be behind the plate. He currently leads the team with three multiple one of the strengths of this year's team. One of Golden Gopher hit games this season. head coach John Anderson's main concerns will be replacing the offensive power of Robb Quinlan, Aron Amundson and Matt On The Shelf: Junior pitcher Ben Birk, senior Dan McGrath Scanlon. The trio combined to hit .391, score 194 runs. 225 and redshirt freshman Nick McCauley are all currently on the RB!s with 78 doubles and 41 home runs. They accounted for 46 shelf for the Golden Gophers with assorted injuries. Birk, who percent of Minnesota's RBis last season and 36 percent of the did not pitch at all last season due to an injury, is still experienc­ runs scored. Ing some arm trouble but could be back in the next couple of weeks. McGrath is still recovering from off-season surgery

1 and Jason Kennedy (Minnetonka, Minn.) return to the outfield A Call to Arms: Pitching will be a key once again for , for the Golden Gophers this season. Arlt started all 64 gam-:s in

Minnesota in 2000. With all but two pitchers back from last sea­ 1 centerfield last season, hitting .284 (66-for-232). He was named son's pitching staff, the group has the potential to be the best to the NCAA Regional all-tournament team when he batted .429 assembled in Head Coach John Anderson's tenure. (6-for-14) with three RBis. Kennedy and Howard really started Leading the group is junior left-hander Ben Birk (St. Paul, to come on toward the end of last season. Kennedy earned Big GOLDEN BASEBALL

Ten All-Tournament honors highlighted by a 4-for-5 outing 1 How Do You Spell Relief?: Senior pitcher Brandon Kitzerow against Ohio State. He hit three home runs and a double driving (Lino Lakes, Minn.) and sophomore pitcher Mike Kobow in seven runs in a 10-1 Minnesota win. He finished the tourna­ (Hutchinson, Minn.) have pitched well in long relief this season ment hitting .438 (7 -16) with four homers and 11 RBis. for the Golden Gophers. In the first game of the season against • Howard also put together a fine freshman season. Howard Illinois State, Kitzerow pitched the final 3.1 innings, allowing batted .335 (68-203) last season and added 29 RBis. He had a just one run to earn his first career save. He followed that up in career-high nine-game hitting streak from May 8-20. During the the second game of the Florida Atlantic series pitching four streak, Howard batted .515 (17-33) with 12 runs scored. While innings and allowing just one hit en route to his second career the offensive nu1u~ ..... " for the trio are impressive, the defensive save. Kobow, in his first action this season, relieved starter numbers are equally impressive. The three outfielders combined Chadd Clarey in Minnesota 9-4 loss to Florida Atlantic and shut for a .978 fielding percentage (eight errors in 364 chances). down the Owl attack. He yielded only two hits in the final 4.1 innings he pitched and did not give up a run. Who's on First, What's on Second?: A major question mark for the Golden Gophers heading into the 2000 campaign will be Start Me Up!: Through the first six games this season, the who is going to step up to replace 1999 Big Ten Player of the Golden Gophers have had troubles getting started. In the first Year Robb Quinlan at first base and Matt Scanlon at second three innings of games so far this season, Minnesota has been base. There will probably be a couple of different combinations outscored by a 10-2 margin by its opponents. at the comer with junior Josh Holthaus, sophomore Rob LaRue (Minnetonka, Minn.) and true freshman David Roach The Road Warriors: Even though the Golden Gophers opened (Clearwater, Fla.) all seeing time there this season. All three their season at the Metrodome, they will be on the road for the have seen action at first base thus far this season. Holthaus has majority of the first two months of the season due to the seen action in five of the first six games at first with Roach play­ Metrodome being used for the first- and second-round games of ing in four and LaRue playing in one. the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. Minnesota will be on At second base there could be a combination of senior the road again this weekend at McNeese State. After returning Mark Devore (Bloomington, Minn). redshirt freshman Scott home for three games in the the Harmel Foods Baseball Classic Welch (Missoula, Mont.) or true freshman Luke Appert at the Metrodome, Minnesota will be back on the road for 11 (Cottage Grove, Minn.). Through the first six games this sea­ straight games, including the Big Ten opener at Michigan. All in son, Welch has started three games at second with Devore start­ all, the Golden Gophers play 17 of their first 23 games of the ing two and Appert one. Appert started another game as a desig­ season away from home. They are currently I-2 on the road this nated hitter. season.

Arlt Moves to the Lead-Off Spot: Senior centerfielder Mike 1 2000 Hormel Foods Baseball Classic: Recognized as one of the Arlt. after starting the first four games in the seventh spot in the nation's premier in-season tournaments, the 16th annual Harmel batting order, was moved to the lead-off spot in the final two Foods Baseball Classic (March 3-5) will feature Georgia from games of the Florida Atlantic series. After batting just .286 the Southeastern Conference, Wake Forest from the Atlantic (4-14) in the seven spot, Arlt responded by batting .375 (3-8) Coast Conference and Notre Dame from the Big East. with a double from the lead-off spot. He is currently on a five­ The Golden Gophers will open the tournament against the game hitting streak, the longest on the team this season. the Georgia Bulldogs on Friday night at 6:30p.m. Minnesota will then face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday after­ Freshman Flash: Freshman pitcher C.J. Woodrow (Plymouth, noon at 1:30 p.m. The Irish are ranked 25th were ranked 25th in

Minn.) saw his first collegiate action against Illinois State. The i Collegiate Baseball's preseason poll. The game will be seen on walk-on turned some heads with his outstanding performance on · MSC. The finale of the tournament pits the Golden Gophers the mound in Minnesota's 3-2, 12-inning victory over the against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday Redbirds. Relieving starter Andy Persby in the fifth inning. 1 afternoon. This year's Harmel Foods Baseball Classic will Le Woodrow came in and pitched six solid innings. striking out tive highlighted by Super Saturday as former Golden Gopher greats and scattering just four hits. The only run scored against him Terry Steinbach, Dave Winfield and legendary Minnesota Twin was an unearned run that tied the game in the sixth inning. ' Harmon Killebrew available for pictures with the fans prior to Woodrow kept his composure though and went on to retire 12 of the start of Minnesota's game. In between games, the annual the next 13 batters he faced. On two separate occasions with two amateur baseball clinic will be held. On Sunday, the famous San outs in the inning, he forced the batter to ground out. leaving the Diego Chicken will be making his annual appearance at the go-ahead run stranded on third. So far this season, opponents are Classic. There will be give-aways each day for fans attending the batting just .200 against him, third-best on the team. In his 8.2 games. This is the sixth consecutive year that Harmel has ~~een innings pitched he has not given up a walk and has struck out ; the title sponsor of Minnesota's annual tournament. Here is a seven. i schedule of the weekend's games: GOLDEN BASEBALL

March 3 1999 Big Ten Regular Season Standings Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest 12:15 p.m. W-L Pet Overall Pet

Georgia vs. Minnesota 6:30 p.m. 1 *Ohio State 25-3 .893 50-14 .781 Minnesota 21-7 .750 46-18 .719 - March 4 Illinois 15-12 .556 34-22 .607 Notre Dame vs. Minnesota 1:30 p.m. ,..Michigan 15-13 .536 34-30 .531 Amateur Baseball Clinic 4:30-6 p.m. Indiana 14-14 .500 37-17 .685 Wake Forest vs. Georgia 7 p.m. Penn State 12-15 .444 32-23 .582 Michigan State 10-17 .370 28-25 .528 March 5 Purdue 10-17 .370 24-30 .444 Wake Forest vs. Minnesota 1:05 p.m. Northwestern 10-18 .357 24-29 .453 Georgia vs. Notre Dame 5 p.m. Iowa 6-22 .214 22-34 .393 * Regular Season Champions 1999 Season in Review: For the second straight season. the ,.. Tournament Champions Golden Gopher baseball program set a school record for wins with 46. They advanced to the championship game of the Big The Program: The Golden Gopher baseball program is one Ten Tournament, falling short to Michigan by a score of 12-11. filled with a history of success and pride. Among the facts: Minnesota advanced to NCAA postseason play for the 23rd time • 85 winning seasons in school history, going 2-2 at the NCAA Waco regional. Robb • 37 consecutive winning seasons Quinlan finished his senior season as one of the most prolific • Only five losing seasons in the last 64 years hitters in school history. Quinlan holds the school record in eight • 17 Big Ten Championships, 15 in the last 44 seasons offensive categories, including totals bases (613). at-bats (906). • 23 NCAA appearances runs scored (249), hits (345), doubles (79), triples (12-tied with • Five College World Series appearances Ryan Lefebvre and Bob Keeny), home runs (55) and RBis (230). • Three NCAA titles The team set school marks in wins (46), at-bats (2.177), runs (534), hits (724), doubles (171) and RBis (492). Minnesota Fax-On-Demand: Information on the 2000 Golden Gopher baseball team is available to members of the media on

WDGY-AM 630 and Midwest Sports Channel to Broadcast 1 Fax-On-Demand. To access the information, media must have a Games in 2000: The University of Minnesota baseball program , PIN number available by calling (770) 399-3066. announced that it has signed a two-year contract with WDGY­ To access the information (after obtaining a PIN number), AM (630) to broadcast a minimum of 32 regular-season games. please call 1-800-300-2050. The Big Ten passcode is 282. Cell plus all postseason games for the 2000 and 2001 baseball sea­ numbers for Minnesota baseball are: sons. Tom Witschen will do the play-by-play for the Golden 2260 Entire Release Gophers this season. 2261 Roster/Schedule Midwest Sports Channel will televise four Golden Gopher 2262 Last game report baseball games this season beginning with the Notre Dame vs. Minnesota game in the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic, March 4. Other MSC games are the first game of the April 22 doublehead­ er with Iowa. the first game of the May 6 doubleheader with Indiana and the May 14 game with Purdue.

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"~'.,:;~:·: Minnesota's 2000 Record When •.• " Multi-Hit Games Home ...... : ...... 2-1 • , >' ' • ~:~ Metrodome ...... 2-1 Player 2 3 4 5 Total Siebert Field ...... 0:0 Josh Holthaus 3 (15) 0 (5) 0 (I) 0 (0) 3 (21) Away ...... 1-2 Jack Hannahan 2 (10) 0 (4) 0 (I) 0 (0) 2 (15) Mike Arlt 2 (37) 0 (II) 0 (I) 0 (Q) 2 (49) Neutral Site...... 0-0 Rick Brosseau I (32) I (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (37) Day Games ...... 2-2 Jason Kennedy 2 (II) 0 (2) 0 (I) 0 (0) 2 (14) Night Games ...... 1-1 Rob LaRue • \i) 0 (I) 0 (I) 0 (Q) I (3) On Turf ...... 2-l Scott Welch I (I) 0 (0) 0(0) 0(0) I (I) On Grass ...... l-2 Scott Howard I (16) 0 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) I (21) vs. Left-handed Starters ...... 2-2 Chris Guetzlaff I (I) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) I (I J Jeremy Negen 0 (II) 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (15) vs. Right-handed Starters ...... :...... 1-1 Mark Devore 0 (9) 0(2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0(1]) Against Top 25 Teams ...... 0-0 Jeremy Beaulieu 0 (2) 0 (I) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (3) One-Run Games ...... 1-2 Career numbers in parentheses Two-Run Games ...... 0-0 Extra-Innings Games ...... I-I "." ·": Multi-RBI Game~ , . : ~-·;: :~: Shutouts ...... 0-0 "'({ ' Scoring First ...... 3-1 ~ '· .;' ~ ~ " ..~t Scoring in the First Inning ...... 1-0 Player 2 3 4 5 Total Opponents Score First ...... 0-2 Rick Brosseau I (12) 2 (3) 0 (I) 0 (I) 3 (]7) Ahead After 5 Innings ...... 2-1 Jason Kennedy I (10) I (5) 0 (0) 0 (I) 2 (16) Behind After 5 Innings ...... 1-2 Scott Howard I (5) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) I (7) Tied After 5 Innings ...... 0-0 Jack Hannahan 0 (3) I (I) 0 (2) 0 (0) I (6J Scott Welch I (I) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) I (I) Ahead Going Into Final Inning ...... 2-0 Josh Holthaus 0 (II) I (5) 0 (I) 0 (0) 0 (17) Behind Going Into Final Inning ...... 0-2 Mike Arlt 0 (10) 0(4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (14) Tied Going Into Final Regulation Inning ...... l-1 Jeremy Negen 0 (8) 0 (3) 0 (I) 0 (0) 0 (12) Doubleheaders ...... 0-0-1 e Mark Devore 0 (8) 0 (2) 0(0) 0 (0) 0 (10) Teams Combine For Less Than 10 Runs ...... 2-0 Ben Birk 0(4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (Q) 0(4i Teams Combine For Between 10-19 Runs ...... 1-3 Rob LaRue 0 (0) 0 (2) 0(0) 0 (I) 0 (3) Teams Combine For 20 or More Runs ...... 0-0 Career 1111111bers in purelllhncs Scoring 5 or More Runs ...... 2-2 Scoring 4 or Fewer Runs ...... 1-1 Allowing 5 or More Runs ...... 0-3 Allowing 4 or Fewer Runs ...... 3-0 Hitting Multiple Home Runs ...... 0-1 Player Games . Player Games February ...... 3-3 Mike Arlt 5 of 6 : Mark Devore 0 of 6 March ...... 0-0 Rick Brosseau 5 of 6 Luke Appcrt 0 of :'i April ...... 0-0 Jasen Kennedy 5 of 6 Paul Hartmann 0 of 3 May ...... O.;.O Scott Howard 5 of 6 I Jeremy Beaulieu 0 of I Jack Hannahan 4 of6 Sunday ...... 1-1 Josh Holthaus 4 of6 Monday ...... l-1 Scott Welch 4 of 5 Tuesday ...... 0-0 Rob LaRue 2 of 5 Wednesday ...... 0-0 Chns Guetzlaff 2 of 5 Thursday ...... 0-0 Dav1d Roach 2 of6 Friday ...... 0-1 Jeremy Negen 0 of 5 Saturday ...... 1-0 Current Streak ...... Lost one Longest Winning Streak...... I (three times) Longest Home Winning Streak..... ! (2/14 to present) STARTERS: Longest Road Winning Streak ...... I (2/19) G W-L ERA IP H R ER BB so Longest Losing Streak ...... ! (three times) 6 2-1 5.60 27.1 33 18 17 13 25 Longest Home Losing Streak ...... ! (2/14) BULLPEN: Longest Road Losing Streak...... ! (2/20 to present) e G W-L ERA IP H R ER BB so Largest Winning Margin ..... 8 vs. Illinois State (2/13) 6 1-2 3.04 26.2 25 10 9 12 20 The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Feb 23, 2000) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 3-3 Home: 2-1 Away: 1-2 Conference: 0-0

AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

45 Chris Guetzlaff. . . 429 s-o 7 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 . 42 9 0 0 0 . 429 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 000 2 Scott Welch...... 417 5-3 12 2 5 1 0 0 3 6 . 500 2 1 2 0 . 533 0 0 3-3 5 9 2 . 875 1 Mike Arlt...... 318 6-6 22 2 7 2 0 0 1 9 .409 4 0 3 0 . 407 1 1 2-2 9 0 0 1. 000 22 Jason Kennedy.... .318 6-6 22 5 7 1 0 2 6 14 . 636 4 4 9 0 . 484 1 0 4-4 8 1 2 . 818 46 Josh Holthaus. . . . . 280 6-6 25 3 7 1 0 2 4 14 . 560 2 8 2 . 357 0 0 0-0 50 6 0 1. 000 15 Rick Brosseau.... .276 6-6 29 6 8 3 0 0 6 11 .379 1 1 3 0 . 323 0 0 2-2 6 18 3 . 889 29 Rob LaRue...... 250 5-4 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 . 250 0 0 5 0 . 250 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 .000 23 Scott Howard...... 240 6-6 25 3 6 0 0 0 5 6 . 240 4 1 6 0 . 367 0 0 3-3 13 2 0 1. 000 9 Jack Hannahan.... .222 6-6 27 3 6 1 0 0 4 7 . 259 1 1 11 0 . 276 0 0 0-0 8 23 0 1. 000 21 David Roach...... 200 6-2 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 . 300 4 1 2 0 . 467 0 0 0-0 20 0 0 1. 000 3 Jeremy Negen...... 000 5-4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 1 1 1 0 .222 0 0 0-0 21 0 0 1. 000 7 Mark Devore ...... 000 6-2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 2 0 4 0 . 222 0 0 1-1 7 4 0 1. 000 16 Luke Appert...... 000 5-2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 4 0 3 0 . 444 0 0 0-0 2 4 1 .857 17 Paul Hartmann.... .000 3-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 1. 000 28 Jeremy Beaulieu.. .000 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 0 0 l 0 . 000 0 0 0-0 7 2 0 1. 000 41 Keith Walters.... .000 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1. 000

Totals...... 252 6-6 214 34 54 10 0 4 31 76 .355 29 11 61 2 .367 2 1 16-16 162 76 9 . 964 Opponents ...... 2 7 4 6-6 212 28 58 9 1 4 26 81 .382 25 4 45 2 . 360 1 3 9-11 164 60 8 . 966

LOB- Team (59), Opp (55). DPs turned- Team (5), Opp (4). IBB - Team (1), J. Holthaus 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

52 Mike Kobow ...... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 4.1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 .133 0 0 0 0 0 37 Brandon Kitzerow. 1.23 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 2 7.1 1 8 0 0 25 .160 0 1 0 0 0 33 C.J. Woodrow..... 2.08 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 8.2 7 3 2 0 2 1 1 35 .200 0 0 0 0 0 48 Jason Shupe...... 3.38 1-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2. 2 3 0 0 0 0 8 . 375 0 0 0 0 1 34 Kelly Werner..... 4.50 1-0 2 2 0 0/0 0 10.0 14 5 5 2 7 2 0 0 42 .333 1 1 1 0 2 35 Andy Persby...... 4.50 0-0 2 2 0 0/0 0 8.0 8 4 4 5 8 1 0 0 30 . 267 0 1 0 0 0 43 Chadd Clarey ..... 7.71 1-1 2 2 0 0/0 0 9.1 11 9 8 6 10 1 0 3 38 .289 0 0 0 1 0 18 Bob DeWitt ...... 7.71 0-1 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.1 5 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 12 . 417 0 1 0 0 0 10 Kurt Haring ...... 20.25 0-1 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 7 . 571 0 0 0 0 0

Totals ...... 4.33 3-3 6 6 0 0/0 2 54.0 58 28 26 25 45 9 1 4 212 .274 1 4 3 Opponents...... 5.10 3-3 6 6 0 0/0 54.2 54 34 31 29 61 10 0 4 214 .252 6 11 0 2 1

SBA/ATT - J. Negen (6-6), J. Holthaus (2-3), A. Persby (2-3), B. DeW1tt (3-3), J. Beaulieu (1-2), M. Kobow (2-2), K. Werner (1-1), K. Haring (1-1), J. Shupe (0-1). GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office Phone: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625,0359 March 8, 2000 Baseball Contact: Mike Vidnovic ~ ~ Home Phone: 651.644.6535 e-mail: [email protected] - Office Phone: 612.624.4345 Minnesota Travels to No. 13 Wichita State This Weekend

• Friday, March 10 • 3 p.m. • Saturday, March 11 • 2 p.m. • Sunday, March 12 • 1 p.m. MINNESOTA'S 2000 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Lawrence/Dumont Stadium (6,100) • Wichita, Kansas DAlE OPPONENT TIME Wichita: Feb. 7 PRO-ALUMNI* W 7-6 Golden Gophers Return To The Road To Face No. 13 The Gold­ Feb. 13 ILLINOIS STATE (1)* W 9-1 en Gopher baseball team (5-7) returns to the road this weekend as they travel Feb. 14 ILLINOIS STATE (2) L 6-7, W 3-2 to Wichita, Kansas to fare the No. 13 Wichita State Shockers in a three-game Feb. 18 Florida Atlantic L 4-9 Feb. 19 Florida Atlantic W 6-2 series starting Friday afternoon. Wichita State romes into this weekend's series Feb. 20 Florida Atlantic L 6-7 sporting a rerord of 4-1. The Shockers swept the Iowa Hawkeyes in their open­ Feb. 25 McNeese State L 5-15 ing series of the season and split a two-game series with No. 14 Long Beach Feb. 27 McNeese State (1) L 1-7, L 3-7 Harmel Foods Baseball Classic State last weekend in Long Beach, Calif. For Minnesota, it will be the first of March 3 GEORGIA% w 7-1 three ronsecutive road series (11 games). None of the games this weekend will March 4 NOTRE DAME%*# W9-7 be broadcast. March 5 WAKE FOREST* L 6-13 March 10 Wichita State 3:00p.m. March 11 Wichita State 2:00p.m. Last Weekend: The Maroon and Gold got back on the winning track last March 12 Wichita State 1:00 p.m. weekend in the 2000 Hormel Foods Baseball Classic held at the Metrodome. March 17 Creighton 2:00p.m. March 18 Creighton (2) Noon Minnesota opened the Classic with a 7-1 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs March 19 Creighton 1:00 p.m. behind a superb pitching performanoo from sophomore Mike Kobow March 24 Michigan 3:00p.m. (Hutchinson, Minn.). The right-hander pitched eight-plus innings, scattering March 25 Michigan (2) 1:00 p.m. March 26 Michigan 1:00 p.m. five hits and allowing only one run while striking out a career-high six to earn March 28 CHICAGO STATE 2:00p.m. his first victory of the season. Against No. 25 Notre Dame on Saturday, Min­ March 29 CHICAGO STATE Noon nesota fought back to gain a 9-7 decision over the Fighting Irish. Junior Rick March 31 ORAL ROBERTS* 6:30p.m. April 1 ORAL ROBERTS* 2:00p.m. Brosseau (North Oaks, Minn.) went 4-for-5 with two RBis and sophomore April 2 ORAL ROBERTS* 12:05 p.m. Scott Howard (Rosemount, Minn.) went 3-for-4 with two RBis to lead the April 7 OHIO STATE * 3:00p.m. Golden Gophers. In the finale on Sunday, the eventual Classic champion Wake April 8 OHIO STATE (2)* 1:00p.m. April 9 OHIO STATE * 1:00 p.m. Forest Demon Dearons, srorea 13 runs on 20 hits to defeat Minnesota by a April 12 Iowa State 3:00p.m. srore of 13-6. Minnesota fought back from a early 5-0 deficit to close the gap to April 14 Northwestern* 3:00p.m. 7-6, but Wake Forest was too strong down the stretch as they added two runs in April 15 Northwestern (2)* 1:00 p.m. April 16 Northwestern* 1:00 p.m. the eighth and four in the ninth to put the Golden Gophers away. April 19 MSU, MANKATO 3:00p.m. April21 IOWA* 3:00p.m. April 22 IOWA (2)*# 1:00 p.m. UM RECORD AFTER 12 April23 IOWA* 1:00 p.m. GAMES IN THE 1990s April 26 IOWA STATE (1) 6:00p.m. YEAR GP W-L PCT. April 28 Michigan State* 7:00p.m. 2000 12 5-7 .416 April 29 Michigan State (2)* 4:00p.m. April 30 Michigan State * 1:00 p.m. 1999 12 6-6 .500" May 3 ST. THOMAS* 6:30p.m. 1998 12 10-2 .833* May 5 INDIANA* 6:30p.m. ,-----.. 1997 12 4-8 .333 May 6 INDIANA (2)*# 3:00p.m. 1996 12 5-7 .416 May 7 INDIANA* 1:00 p.m. May 12 PURDUE* 6:30p.m. 1995 12 4-8 .333 May 13 PURDUE (2)* 4:00p.m. 1994 12 4-8 .333 May 14 PURDUE*# 1:00 p.m. 1993 12 6-6 .500 May 18-21Big Ten Tournament* TBA 1992 12 8-4 .666* May 26-28NCAA Regionals* TBA 1991 12 5-7 .416 June 2-4 NCAA Super Regionals* TBA June 9-17 College World Series* TBA 1990 12 7-5 .583 " Set school rerord for wins * Radio Broadcast on WDGY (630 AM)

I *Won Big Ten Tournament # Midwest Sports Channel I % Hormel Classic Games I ~------..1 All times are Central Time Schedule is subject to change ~ ~,.<:;"""""""': ~ I ~ ==: ';( GOLDEN ~· ~~ ~- BASEBALL This Weekend's Probables FRIDAY'S STARTER: e Mike Kobow, Sophomore, RHP; 6-4, 190 (Hutchinson, Minn.) ~------~ Current Stats: 1-0, 1.69 ERA, 1 GS, 3 GP, 16.0 IP, 13 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 0 HR, 4 BB, 11 SO KOBOWS 2000 GAME HIGHS Innings: 8.0 vs. Georgia, 3/3* Last Start: Earned his first win of the season with 7-1 win over Georgia (8.0-5-1-0-3-6) Hits: 6 at McNeese St., 2/27 o Making his second start of the season, seventh of his career Runs: 4 at McNeese St., 2/27 Low Walks: 0 at Flordia At!., 2/18 o Leads the team with a 1.69 ERA Strike Outs: 6 vs. Georgia, 3/3* o Was named to the Hormel Foods Classic All-Tournament Team for performance against Georgia

SATURDAY'S STARTER: Ben Birk, Junior, LHP, 6-5, 210 (St. Paul, Minn.) BIRK'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Current Stats: 0-2, 10.80 ERA, 2 GS, 2 GP, 5.0 IP, 12 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 1 HR, 3 BB, 4 SO Innings: 2.2 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 Last Start: Took the loss in a 13-6 decision toWake Forest last weekend (2.2-7 -5-5-2-1) Hits: 7 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5

o Coming back after sitting out 1998 season with injury Runs: 5 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 Low Walks: 1 at McNeese St., 2/27 o Was 8-2 in 11 appearances in '98 including 4-0 with 0.34 ERA in Big Ten play Strike Outs: 3 at McNeese St., 2/27 o Finished 21st in the nation in '98 with a ERA of 2.65

SUNDAY'S STARTER: Kelly Werner, Senior, LHP, 6-3, 215 (Eau Claire, Wis.) Current Stats: 1-1, 6.41 ERA, 4 GS, 4 GP, 19.2 IP, 25 H. 17 R, 14 ER, 0 HR. 8 BB. 9 SO WERNER'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Last Start: Had a no-decision in 9-7 win over Notre Dame (4.2-6-6-6-2-1) Innings: 5.0 three times Hits: 7 two times o Scheduled to make his fourth start of the season, 29th of his career Runs: 6 at McNeese State o Leads the team with four starts and 19.2 IP Low Walks: 1 two times A o Third on the team with nine strikeouts Strike Outs: 4 at Florida Atl., 2/19 W In The Bullpen

BENNE'IT'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Nathan Bennett, Senior, LHP, 6-6, 230 (Arroyo Grande, Cali£) Innings: 2.1 at McNeese St., 2/27 Hits: 5 at McNeese St., 2/27 o Has appeared in one game this season Runs: 3 at McNeese St., 2/27 o Made four appearances in midweek games last season Low Walks: 1 at McNeese St., 2/27 Strike Outs: 3 at McNeese St., 2/27 o Consummate team player who is one of the leaders of the club

o Will vie for time out of the bullpen this season

CLAREY'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Chadd Clarey, Senior, RHP, 5-11,180 (Rochester, Minn.) Innings: 5.2 vs. Illinois St., 2/13 o Is 1-2, 9.95 ERA in three starts this season Hits: 7 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 Runs: 9 at Florida At!., 2/18 o Came out of the bullpen last weekend against Wake Forest (4.2-7-2-2-1-2) Low Walks: I vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 o Has given up five of the seven HRs hit off Minnesota pitchers this season Strike Outs: 5 two times o Is second on the team in IP with 17.1

o Pitched 5.2 innings scattering five hits and no runs in 9-1 opening day win over Illinois State

Bob DeWitt, Senior, LHP, 6-0, 185 (Wausau, Wis.)

o Has pitched in four games this season and is 1-1 with 5. 79 ERA DEWI'IT'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Innings: 2.1 vs. Notre Dame, 3/4 o Earned his first win of the season pitching the final2.1 innings, allowing no hits against Hits: 5 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 Notre Dame last Saturday Runs: 2 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 o Fifth-year senior who will be used on a regular basis in long and short relief throughout Low Walks: 1 vs. Florida Atl., 2120 A the season Strike Outs: 1 vs. Notre Dame, 3/4 W

o Did not allow a run in nine of his 15 appearances last season * Denotes career-high (f''\ ~ "";""' GOLDEN ~/ ~ JJ.~ BASEBALL Vince Gangl, Senior, RHP, 6-2, 200 (Nashwauk, Minn.) • Appeared in two of the three games last weekend in Horm.el Classic GANGL'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Innings: 1.1 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 • Fifth-year senior who is the top retwning clo.Ser out of the bullpen Hits: 5 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 • Was 2-1 with a 4.55 ERA in IS-appearances last season Runs: 4 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 • Big Ten opponents batted .262 against him last season Low Walks: 1 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 Strike Outs: 1 two times

Kurt Haring, Junior, RHP, 5-11, 170 (Champlin, Minn.) HARING'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Innings: 2.2 at McNeese St., 2/25 • Came out of the bullpen in games in the first three series this season Hits: 7 vs. McNeese St., 2/25 • Longest outing was 2.2 innings against McNeese State Runs: 5 at McNeese St., 2/25 • Worked hard in the off-season improving delivery and developing an off-speed pitch Low Walks: 1 two times Strike Outs: 2 at McNeese St., 2/25

Brandon Kitzerow, Senior, RHP, 6-0, 180 (Lino Lakes, Minn.) • Has appeared in three games this season KITZEROWS 2000 GAME HIGHS Innings: 4.0 at Flordia At!., 2/19 • Has a 1.93 ERA in 9.1 IP with 9 SO this season Hits: 3 vs. Illinois St., 2/13 • Longest outing of the season was 4.0 IP in 6-2 win at Florida Atlantic (2/19) Runs: 1 two times • Earned both of his career saves after completing both appearances Low Walks: 1 vs. Notre Dame, 3/5 Strike Outs: 5 at Florida At!., 2/19 • Pitched 2.0 innings allowing one run in 9-7 win over Notre Dame

Andy Persby, Junior, RHP, 6-3, 215 (North St. Paul, Minn.) PERSBY'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Started games in the first two series of the season Innings: 4.0 two times • Was the starting pitcher in Minnesota's 3-2, 12-inning win over illinois Hits: 3 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 Runs: 4 at Florida Atl., 2/20 State (2/14) (4.0-3-0-0-2-4) Low Walks: 2 at Florida At!., 2119 • Had a no-decision in 7-6loss to Florida Atlantic (2/20) (4.0-5-4-4-3-4) Strike Outs: 4 two times • Two-sport athlete that started three games for the football team in 1998

SHUPE'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Jason Shupe, Junior, LHP, 6-4, 215, (Spencer, Wis.) Innings: 2.0 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 • Saw action in both games of the doubleheader with illinois State (2/14) Hits: 1 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 • Picked up his first win of the season pitching 2.0 innings in 12-inning 3-2 win Runs: 1 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 Low Walks: 0 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 • Made 19 appearances with two starts in 1999 striking out 27 in 34.2 IP Strike Outs: 1 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 • Is a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection

C.J. Woodrow, Freshman, RHP, 6-2, 200, (Plymouth, Minn.) WOODROWS 2000 GAME HIGHS • True freshman walk-on who is the only true freshman seeing playing time on the Innings: 6.0 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 pitching staff this season Hits: 4 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 • Had an outstanding performance his first time on the hill against illinois State pitching Runs: 2 vs. Florida At!., 2/20 6.0 innings, striking out five and no walks getting a no-decision in 3-2 12-inning win Low Walks: 0 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 Strike Outs: 1 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 • Is currently fourth on the staff with 10.0 IP this season • Has not walked a batter this season

Pitching Breakdown

STARTERS: G W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB so 12 3-5 6.41 53.1 46 38 30 6 30 40 e RELIEVERS: G W-L-S ERA IP H R ER HR BB so 12 2-2-2 5.29 47.2 58 32 28 I 21 30 GOLDEN BASEBALL About Coach Anderson: Golden Gopher Head Coach John Anderson is in his 19th 2000 Offensive Category season with a career record of 656-409-3 and a Big Ten mark of 283-149. He is one of Leaders the youngest coaches in the nation to surpass the 600-win plateau and is the only At-bats active Big Ten coach to reach 250 conference victories. At age 44, he currently has the Rick Brosseau ...... 51 second-highest career win total for all Division I-A coaches under the age of 45 behind Scott Howard ...... 49 Clemson's Jack Legget, who started the 2000 season with a record of 665-402 in 21 Josh Holthaus ...... 45 seasons. Anderson has led the Golden Gophers to four Big Ten titles (1982, '85, '88, and Jack Hannahan ...... 44 '92) and six Big Ten Tournament championships (1982, '85, '88, '92, '93 and '98) in his Mike Arlt ...... 42 tenure at the U ofM. Hits The Program: The Golden Gopher baseball program is one filled with a history of Rick Brosseau ...... 21 sucx:ess and pride. Among the facts: Scott Howard ...... 16 • 85 winning seasons Jason Kennedy ...... 12 • 37 consecutive winning seasons Scott Welch ...... 11 • Only five losing seasons iri the last 64 years 3 tied at ...... 10 • 17 Big Ten Championships, 15 in the last 44 seasons • 23 NCAA appearances Batting Average • Five College World Series appearances Rick Brosseau ...... 412 • Three NCAA titles Scott Welch ...... 344 Scott Howard ...... 327 The 2000 Golden Gophers: Minnesota, ranked 27th in the country in the Collegiate Jason Kennedy ...... 300 Baseball preseason poll, returns 14 of 22 lettermen from last season's school record-set­ Chris Guetzlaff ...... 300 ting 46-win team. The pitching staff, which returns 12 pitchers, looks to be one of the strengths of this year's team. One of Golden Gopher head coach John Anderson's main Doubles concerns will be replacing the offensive power of Robb Quinlan, Aron Amundson and Rick Brosseau ...... 5 Matt Scanlon. The trio combined to hit .391, score 194 runs, 225 RBis with 78 doubles Scott Howard ...... 3 and 41 home runs. They accounted for 46 percent of Minnesota's RBis last season and Jack Hannahan ...... 3 A 36 percent of the runs scored. Scott Welch ...... 3 W Mike Arlt ...... 3 2,000 in 2000: This year, the Golden Gopher baseball team will become just the 14th team in NCAA history to surpass the 2,000-win plateau. With an all-time record of Home Runs 1,997-1,168-26 (.630) in 108 seasons of play, Minnesota stands just three wins shy of Josh Holthaus ...... 3 the 2,000 mark heading into this weekend's series with Wichita State. Jason Kennedy ...... 2 Luke Appert ...... 1 Minnesota vs. Wichita State: Wichita State currently holds a 3-1 advantage over the Golden Gophers in the series history. Minnesota squeaked out its first win of the RBis series in 1999 at the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic held at the Metrodome with a 5-4 Rick Brosseau ...... 13 decision. Prior to that, the Shockers beat the Golden Gophers 8-5 on April1, 1990 in Scott Howard ...... 9 Minnesota and swept a two-game series in Wichita on April2-3, 1991 by scores of 9-7 Jason Kennedy ...... 9 and2-0. Josh Holthaus ...... 7 Scott Welch ...... 7 A Call to Arms: Pitching will be a key once again for Minnesota in 2000. With all but two pitchers back from last season's pitching staff; the group has the potential to be the Stolen Bases best assembled in Head Coach John Anderson's tenure. Leading the group is junior Scott Welch ...... 5 left-hander Ben Birk (St. Paul, Minn.) and senior right-hander Chadd Clarey Rick Brosseau ...... 5 (Rochester, Minn.). After missing all of last season with an injury, Birk looks to pick Jason Kennedy ...... 4 up right where he left off the 1998 season, when he went 8-2 with a 2.65 ERA. Clarey Scott Howard ...... 3 was one of the Maroon and Gold's most consistent pitchers over the final few months of Mark Devore ...... 3 last season. He compiled a mark of 7-3 with an ERA of 5.26. His 78.2 innings pitched was the second-highest on the team behind first-team All-Big Ten pitcher Brad Pautz. Strikeouts He earned third-team All-Big Ten honors and was named to the Big Ten All-Tourna­ Jack Hannahan ...... 16 ment team after pitching a complete game in Minnesota's 10-1 win over regular season Josh Holthaus ...... 15 champion Ohio State. Jason Kennedy ...... 15 e Scott Howard ...... 12 Birk Returns: Junior lefthander Ben Birk made his 2000 season debut two week­ 2 tied at ...... 8 end's ago in the second game of the doubleheader against McNeese State. It was his first appearance in a game since the 1998 season after sitting out the 1999 season due /~ ((\. ~ ~L~ ~ ~ GOLDEN ~ \0 ~ ~~ ~ ~~ BASEBALL to an injury.ln a limited outing, Birk pitched just 2.1 innings allowing five hits and 2000 Pitching Category three runs, two of which were rmearned. The lefty showed signs of his '98 form as he Leaders struck out three. In his ~nd start oftlfu season last weekend against Wake Forest, Starts Birk pitched flawlessly in his first tWo innings, but struggled in the third giving up five Kelly Werner ...... 4 runs on five hits. Chadd Clarey ...... 3 Andy Persby ...... 2 Joltin' Josh: Junior Josh Holthaus (Monticello, Minn.) is the Golden Gophers' Ben Birk ...... 2 leading hitter returning from last year's squad. Holthaus hit .382 (50.for-131) with 9 Wins HRs and 36 RBis in 51 games for the Maroon and Gold. He had a . 702 slugging per­ Jason Shupe ...... 1 centage. He has struggled from the plate through the early part of this season batting Kelly Werner ...... 1 .222 (10.45) with 15 strikeouts. In the third game of the Florida Atlantic series, Chadd Clarey ...... 1 Holthaus smacked two homers, including a two-rrm homer in the eighth inning that Mike Kobow ...... 1 put Minnesota back in the game. Last weekend against Georgia, Holthaus drilled his Bob DeWitt ...... 1 team-leading third homer of the year into the left field seats, giving Minnesota a 4-0 lead en route to a 7-1 win. For his performance in the Ronnel, Holthaus was named to Appearances the all-tournament team at first base. A versatile performer in the field, he has started Kelly Werner ...... 4 10 games at first base and started two games and has seen action in seven others Bob DeWitt ...... 4 behind the plate. C.J. Woodrow ...... 4 Chadd Clarey ...... 4 4 tied at ...... 3 Howard Coming on Strong: Sophomore leftfielder Scott Howard (Rosemount, Minn.) has been coming on strong as of late for the Golden Gophers. Howard, who has Innings Pitched hits in 10 of the 12 games this season, raised his season batting average from .275 (1(). Kelly Werner ...... 19.2 36) to .327 (16-49) in last weekend's Ronnel Foods Baseball Classic. Howard went 6- Chadd Clarey ...... 1 7.1 for-13 from the plate driving in three runs and scoring five others. In the 9-7 win over Mike Kobow ...... 16.0 Notre Dame, Howard was 3-for-4 with two RBis and three runs scored and two dou­ C.J. Woodrow ...... 10.0 bles. He was voted to the all-tournament team for his performance in the tournament. Brandon Kitzerow ...... 9.1

Who's on First, What's on Second?: A major question mark for the Golden Gophers ERA heading into the 2000 campaign will be who is going to step up to replace 1999 Big Ten Mike Kobow ...... 1.69 Player of the Year R.obb Quinlan at first base and Matt Scanlon at second base. Brandon Kitzerow ...... 1.93 C.J. Woodrow ...... 2.70 Through the first 12 games this season junior Josh Holthaus, sophomore Rob Jason Shupe ...... 3.38 LaRue (Minnetonka, Minn.) and true freshman David Roach (Clearwater, Fla.) Andy Persby ...... 4.50 all seeing time there this season. Holthaus has started 10 games at first while Roach has started two while seeing action in five others. Strikeouts At second base senior Mark Devore (Bloomington, Minn) and redshirt fresh­ Chadd Clarey ...... 15 man Scott Welch (Missoula, Mont.) have split time there this season, each starting Mike Kobow ...... 11 five games a piece. True freshman Luke Appert (Cottage Grove, Minn.) has start­ Brandon Kitzerow ...... 9 ed two games while starting two other games as a designated hitter. Kelly Werner ...... 9 Andy Persby ...... 8 Freshman Flash: Freshman pitcher C.J. Woodrow (Plymouth, Minn.) saw his Walks allowed first collegiate action against Illinois State. The walk-on turned some heads with his C.J. Woodrow ...... 0 outstanding performance on the mound in Minnesota's 3-2, 12-inning victory over the Jason Shupe ...... 0 Redbirds. Relieving starter Andy Persby in the fifth inning, Woodrow came in and Vince Gangl ...... 1 pitched six solid innings, striking out five and scattering just four hits. The only rrm Ben Birk ...... 3 scored against him was an unearned rrm that tied the game in the sixth inning. Bob DeWitt ...... 3 Woodrow kept his composure though and went on to retire 12 of the next 13 batters he Nathan Bennett ...... 3 faced. On two separate ocx:asions with two outs in the inning, he forced the batter to ground out, leaving the go-ahead rrm stranded on third. So far this season, opponents Opposing Batting Average are batting just .220 against him, second-best on the team. In his 10.0 innings pitched Brandon Kitzerow ...... 188 he has not given up a walk and has struck out seven. C.J. Woodrow ...... 220 Mike Kobow ...... 228 Nathan Bennett ...... 250 All He Does Is Play Centerfield: Senior Mike Arlt (Lakeville, Minn.) has started Andy Persby ...... 267 126 of the last 128 games in centerfield for the Golden Gophers. He is one of only three Golden Gophers to have started every game so far this season. A solid defensive player Saves in the field throughout his career, he has committed only three errors and has an out­ Brandon Kitzerow ...... 2 standing fielding percentage of .990 in his collegiate career. He put together a personal season-high six game hitting streak earlier this season, batting .333 (8-24) on the Sreak. ~\ ~ "'("""? ~ ~ ' ' : ~' ~ = ~ ~ << GOLDEN ~/ ~ .L..:,.c::...... ;::, ~ .:...... :::.\....i BASEBALL How Do You Spell Relief?: Senior pitcher Brandon Kitzerow (Lino Lakes, 2000 Minnesota Team Minn.) and sophomore pitcher Mike Kobow (Hutchinson, Minn.) have pitched Superlatives well in long relief this se~n for the Golden Gophers. In the first game of the season BATTING against Illinois State, Kitzerow pitched the final3.1 innings, allowing just one run to Most At-bats: earn his first career save. He followed that up in the second game of the F1orida 46 vs. Illinois State, 2/14 Atlantic series pitching four innings and allowing just one hit en route to his second Fewest At-bats: career save. Last weekend against Notre Dame, Kitzerow pitched two innings giving 31 twice, last vs. Georgia, 3/3 up a run on two hits. Kobow, in his first action this season, relieved starter Chadd Most Runs (Game): Clarey in Minnesota 9-4loss to F1orida Atlantic and shut down the Owl attack. He 9 twice, last vs. Notre Dame, 3/5 yielded only two hits in the final4.1 innings he pitched and did not give up a run. He Most Runs (Inning): has since been moved into the starting rotation, getting his first start last weekend 5 at Florida Atlantic (8th), 2/20 Fewest Runs (Game): against Georgia, and is slated to get his second start of the season this weekend 1 at McNeese State, 2/27 against Wichita State. Most Hits (Game): 13 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 Start Me Up!: Through the first 12 games this season, the Golden Gophers have had Most Hits (Inning): troubles getting started. Prior to last weekend's Harmel Classic, Minnesota was being 6 at Florida Atlantic (8th), 2/20 outscored by its opponents 22-3 in the first three innings of games this season. They Fewest Hits (Game): started to turn that number around a bit last weekend outscoring their opponents by a 5 at Florida Atlantic, 2/18 12-5 margin. The team is currently 5-1 when they score first and are 3-0 when they Most RBis: score in the first inning of games. On the flip side, they are 0-6 when allowing their 8 vs. Illinois State, 2/13 Most Doubles: opponents to get on the board first. 4 at McNeese State, 2/25 Most Home Runs: Taking Their Cuts: Minnesota batters have gone down to strikes a total of 105 times 3 at Florida Atlantic, 2/20 (8.75 per game) in the first 12 games so far this season. The power guys in the middle Most Walks: of the batting order (Jack Hannahan-16, Josh Holthaus-15, Jason Kennedy-15, Scott 7 at Florida Atlantic, 2/19 Howard-12) have combined for 58 of those 105 strikeouts. Fewest Walks: 3 four times, last at McNeese State, 2/27 Leaving Ducks: One of Minnesota's problems this season is their ineffectiveness at Most Strikeouts: A getting clutch hits with runners on base. As a team, the Golden Gophers are batting 13 at Florida Atlantic, 2/19. Fewest Strikeouts: .286 (59-206) with runners on base. They are also batting .286 (4-14) with the bases 5 vs. Georgia, 3/3 far through loaded. So this season, Minnesota has stranded 101 runners on base the Most Sac. Bunts: first 12 games. 1 two times, last vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 Most Sac. Flies: Fielding Woes: Through Minnesota's first 12 games of the season, Golden Gopher 1 three times, last vs. Notre Dame, 3/4 fielders have committed a total of 23 errors in 469 chances for a fielding percentage of Most Stolen Bases: .951. The infielders have contributed to 18 of the 23 errors this season with three in the 6 two times, last at Florida Atlantic, 2/19 outfield and two by pitchers. Most Left on Base: 12 two times, last vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 Born to Run: Through the first 12 games this season, Minnesota have been success­ Fewest Left on Base: 5 two times, last vs. Georgia, 3/3 ful on 24 of 25 (96%) stolen base attempts this season. At their current rate of two Hit into Double Plays: stolen bases per game, they are on track to finish with the fourth highest team total in 2 at McNeese State, 2/25 Minnesota history. The team record for steals in a season was recorded by the 1988 club that stole a total of 138 bases. The Golden Gophers stole only 63 bases all of last FIELDING season, and were gunned down 32 times (66% success rate). Most Putouts: 36 vs. Illinois State, 2/14 The Road Warriors: Even though the Golden Gophers opened their season at the Most Assists: Metrodome, they will be on the road for the majority of the first two months of the sea­ 20 vs. Illinois State, 2/14 son due to the Metrodome being used for the first- and second-round games of the Most Errors: NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. After returning home for three games in the the 4 two times, last at McNeese State, 2/27 Harmel Foods Baseball Classic at the Metrodome last weekend, Minnesota will be Most Double Plays: back on the road for 11 straight games, including the Big Ten opener at Michigan. 2 vs. Illinois State, 2/14 Prior to the Michigan series, Minnesota will play the 14th-ranked Wichita State Shockers and the Creighton Bluejays. All in all, the Golden Gophers play 17 of their PITCHING first 23 games of the season away from home. They are currently 1-5 on the road this Most Allowed Runs: e season heading into this weekend's series with the Shockers. 15 at McNeese State, 2/25 Most Earned Runs Allowed: 13 at McNeese State, 2/25 GOLDENC8~7~~BASEBALL

Brosseau Earns All-Tournament Honors/Silver Stick Award: Junior shortstop Fewest Earned Runs Allowed: Rick Brosseau (North Oaks, Minn.) .bad an outstanding weekend at last week­ 0 vs. Georgia, 3/3 end's Harmel Foods Baseoall Classic. 'The junior batted .714 (10-14) from the plate Most Hits Allowed: with five runs, six RBis and two doubles en route to earning all-tournament honors 14 vs. Illinois State, 2/14 Fewest Hits Allowed: and the Easton Silver Stick Award, given to the player with the highest batting aver­ 5 vs. Georgia, 3/3 age at the Hormel. Currently on a season-high seven-game hitting streak, Brosseau Most Stikeouts: has batted .531 (17 -32) with 10 RBis and four doubles. He currently leads the team 9 three times, last at Florida Atlantic, 2/19 with a batting average of .412 (21-51), RBis (13), runs SOJred (11), hits (21), doubles (5) Fewest Strikeouts: and total bases (26). 1 at McNeese State, 2/27 Most Walks: Big Sky Boy: Redshirt freshman Scott Welch (Missoula, Mont.) has been making 10 at McNeese State, 2/25 his case for the starting nod as the everyday serond baseman for the Golden Gophers Fewest Walks: this season. Having started in eight of Minnesota's 12 games this season, Welch has 2 two times, last at McNeese State, 2/27 started five games at serond base, one at shortstop, one at third and one as the desig­ nated hitter. He had solid Harmel Classic in which he batted .400 (4-10) with three MISCELLANEOUS RBis and two doubles. Currently on a four-game hitting streak headed into this week­ Longest Game: 3:32 vs. Illinois State, 2/14 (12 inn.) end's series, Welch has batted .385 (5-13) on the streak with three RBis and 3 doubles. Shortest Game: 2:41 at Flordia Atlantic, 2/18 (9 inn) Golden Gophers Open Season Taking Two of Three From Illinois State: 'The Most Innings: Golden Gophers took two out of three from the Illinois State Redbirds in their opening 12 vs. Illinois State, 2/14 series of the 2000 season. In the first game, junior Rick Brosseau hit a bases-loaded Most Pitchers Used: double down the right field line in the bottom of the sixth inning to propel Minnesota 5 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 to a 9-1 win. In the first game of a scheduled seven-inning doubleheader, the Golden Gophers fell to the Redbirds by a SOJre of 7-6 in eight innings. Minnesota came back from a 3-0 deficit to take a 5-3 lead heading into the top of the sixth but was unable to Individual Superlatives hold on to the lead. In the serond game, after Scott Welch SOJred from third off of a BATTING Josh Holthaus infield single, Jack Hannahan poked a single to right-center field SOJr­ At-bats: ing Scott Howard from serond base to give the Golden Gophers a 3-2 come-from­ 6 by two players behind victory in the bottom of the 12th inning. Runs scored: 3 by two players Minnesota Drops Two to Florida Atlantic: On their first roadtrip of the season, Hits: 4, Rick Brosseau vs. Notre Dame, 3/4 the Golden Gophers dropped two-of-three to the Owls ofF1orida Atlantic last weekend RBis: in Boca Raton, Fla. The Owls jumped out to a 9-0 lead in Friday night's game and 3 by four players went on to win the game by a SOJre of9-4. In Saturday's game, junior Rick Brosseau Doubles: went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBis and two runs SOJred to propel Minnesota to a 2 by four players 6-2 win. In series finale on Sunday, the Golden Gophers battled back from a 6-1 deficit Triples: SOJring five runs in the eighth inning to tie the game at 6-6. But F1orida Atlantic 1, Mike Arlt vs. Notre Dame, 3/4 SOJred a run in the bottom of the eighth and the Maroon and Gold could not answer in Home Runs: the top of the ninth, falling 7-6. Junior Josh Holthaus slammed two homers, including 2, Josh Holthaus at Florida Atlantic, 2/20 a two-run dinger in the top of the eighth to start a comeback that would eventually Total Bases: 8, Josh Holthaus at Florida Atlantic, 2/20 put Minnesota back in the game. Walks: 2 by nine players Gophers Swept by McNeese State: The Golden Gophers were swept in a road Strikeouts: series for the first time since the 1997 season dropping three straight to the McNeese 2 - several times State Cowboys last weekend in Lake Charles, La. Minnesota lost the first game by a Sac hits: 15-5 margin and in two seven-inning games on Sunday fell7-1 and 7-3. Saturday's 1, by two players game was rained out which resulted in the doubleheader on Sunday. Minnesota strug­ Sac Flies: gled both at the plate and in the field SOJring only nine runs on the weekend and com­ 1 by three players Stolen Bases: mitting a total of 10 errors in 20 innings of play. One of the lone bright spots of the 3, Jason Kennedy at Florida Atlantic, 2/19 weekend was that junior lefthander Ben Birk returned to the mound after sitting out Hit By Pitch: all of last season with an injury. 2, Jason Kennedy at Florida Atlantic, 2/19 Runners LOB: 1999 Season in Review: For the serond straight season, the Golden Gopher baseball 4, Rick Brosseau at Florida Atlantic, 2/18 program set a school record for wins with 46. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament, falling short to Michigan by a SOJre of 12-11. Min­ nesota advanced to NCAA postseason play for the 23rd time in school history, going 2- ~. -' ~ ._..:,./ GOLDEN l__L .,_;,'0, BASEBALL

2 at the NCM Waoo regional. Robb Quinlan finished his senior season as one of the PITCHING most prolific hitters in school history. Qumlan holds the school reoord in eight offensive Innings Pitched: e categories, including toWs bases (613), at-bats (906), runs scored (249), hits (345), dou­ 8.0 by Mike Kobow vs. Georgia, 3/3 bles (79), triples (12-tied with Ryan Lefebvre and Bob Keeny), home runs (55) and Runs Allowed: RBis (230). The team set school marks in wins (46), at-bats (2,177), runs (534), hits 9 by Chadd Clarey at Florida Atlantic, 2/18 (724), doubles (171) and RBis (492). Earned Runs Allowed: 8 by Chadd Clarey at Florida Atlantic, 2/18 Strikeouts: WDGY-AM 630 and Midwest Sports Channel to Broadcast Games in 2000: 6 by Mike Kobow vs. Georgia, 3/3 The University of Minnesota baseball program announred that it has signed a two­ Walks Allowed: year oontract with WDGY-AM (630) to broadcast a minimum of 32 regular-season 5 by Chadd Clarey at McNeese State, 2/25 games, plus all postseason games for the 2000 and 2001 baseball seasons. Tom Hits Allowed: Witschen will do the play-by-play for the Golden Gophers this season. 7 by four players, last by Chadd Clarey Midwest Sports Channel will televise three more Golden Gopher baseball games vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 this season oontinuing the first game of the April22 doubleheader with Iowa, the first Doubles Allowed: game of the May 6 doubleheader with Indiana and the May 14 game with Purdue. 3 by Kurt Haring at McNeese State, 2/25 Home Runs Allowed: 3 by Chadd Clarey at Florida Atlantic, 2/18 Surf the Web: Voted "Best Website in the State" in 1997, www.gophersports.com Wild Pitches: is the ultimate source for most up-to-date information on Golden Gopher athletics. The 1 by three players site oontains up-to-date rosters, schedules, results, statistics, standings and much, Hit Batters: much more. 1 by seven players Balks: Minnesota Fax-On-Demand: Information on the 2000 Golden Gopher baseball 1 by three players team is available to members of the media on Fax-On-Demand. To access the informa­ tion, media must have a PIN number available by calling (770) 399-3066. To access the information (after obtaining a PIN number), please call1-800-300- 2050. The Big Ten passoode is 282. Cell numbers for Minnesota baseball are: 2260 Entire Release 2261 Roster/Schedule 2262 Last game report ~~ <;""""? <;""""? (7"0.. I ~ .~ ='._/ .,.-''/ I c- 7 GOLDEN ~ ~~ ~- ~\~ BASEBALL

Minnesota's 2000 Record When.. . Multi-Hit Games Home ...... _ ...... 4-2 Metrodome ...... 4-2 Siebert Field ...... , ...... 0-0 Player 2 3 4 5 Total Away ...... l-5 Rick Brosseau 2 (33) 3 (7) 1 (1) 0 (0) 6 (41) Neutral Site ...... 0-0 Scott Howard 2 (17) 2 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (24) Jason Kennedy 3 (12) 0 (2) 0 (1) 0 (0) 3 (15) Day Games ...... 3-5 Jack Hannahan 3 (11) 0 (4) 0 (1) 0 (0) 3 (16) Night Games ...... 2-2 Josh Holthaus 3 (15) 0 (5) 0 (1) 0 (0) 3 (21) On Tur£...... 4-2 Scott Welch 2 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (2) On Grass ...... 1-5 MikeArlt 2 (37) 0 (11) 0 (1) 0 (0) 2 (49) vs. Left-handed Starters ...... 2-2 Rob LaRue 1 (1) 0 (1) 0 (1) 0 (0) 1 (3) vs. Right-handed Starters ...... 3-5 Chris Guetzlaff 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1) Against Top 25 Teams ...... 0-0 Jeremy Negen 0 (11) - 1 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (16) Mark Devore 0 (9) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (11) One-Run Games ...... l-2 Jeremy Beaulieu 0 (2) 0 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (3) Two-Run Games ...... 1-0 Career numbers in parentheses Extra-Innings Games ...... !-! Shutouts ...... 0-0 Scoring First ...... 5-l Scoring in the First Inning ...... 3-0 Opponents Score First ...... 0-6 Multi-REI Ga1nes Ahead Mter 5 Innings ...... 4-1 Behind Mter 5 Innings ...... 1-6 Player 2 3 4 5 Total Tied Mter 5 Innings ...... 0-0 Rick Brosseau 4 (15) 1 (2) 0 (1) 0 (1) 5 (19) Ahead Going Into Final Inning ...... 3-0 Scott Howard 2 (6) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (8) Behind Going Into Final Inning ...... 0-6 Jason Kennedy 1 (10) 1 (5) 0 (0) 0 (1) 2 (16) Tied Going Into Final Regulation Inning ...... 1-1 Scott Welch 2 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (2) Doubleheaders ...... 0-1-1 0 (1) 0 (0) 2 (18) e Josh Holthaus 1 (12) 1 (5) Teams Combine For Less Than 10 Runs ...... 3-1 Jack Hannahan 0 (3) 1 (1) 0 (2) 0 (0) 1 (6) LukeAppert 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1) Teams Combine For Between 10-19 Runs ...... 2-5 Mike Arlt 0 (10) 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (14) Teams Combine For 20 or More Runs ...... 0-1 Jeremy Negen 0 (8) 0 (3) 0 (1) 0 (0) 0 (12) Scoring 5 or More Runs ...... 4-4 Mark Devore 0 (8) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (10) Scoring 4 or Fewer Runs ...... l-3 Ben Birk 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (4) Allowing 5 or More Runs ...... 1-7 Rob LaRue 0 (0) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (1) 0 (3) Allowing 4 or Fewer Runs ...... 4-0 Career numbers in parentheses Hitting Multiple Home Runs ...... 0-1 February ...... 3-6 March ...... 2-1 April ...... 0-0 May ...... 0-0 Games With A Hit Sunday ...... 1-4 Monday ...... l-1 Player Games Player Games Tuesday ...... 0-0 Rick Brosseau 10 of 11 David Roach 2 of 11 Wednesday ...... 0-0 Scott Howard 10 of 12 Mark Devore 1 of 9 Thursday ...... 0-0 Scott Welch 9 of 11 Paul Hartmann 0 of 3 Friday ...... 1-2 Jeremy BeaulieuO of 3 Jason Kennedy 9 of 12 Saturday ...... 1-0 Mike Arlt 8 of 12 Jack Hannahan 7 of 11 Current Streak...... Lost one Josh Holthaus 7 of 12 Longest Winning Streak...... 2 (3/3 to 3/4) Luke Appert 3 of 9 Longest Home Winning Streak ...... 3 (2/14 to 3/4) Rob LaRue 2 of 8 Longest Road Winning Streak ...... ! (2/19) Chris Guetzlaff 2 of 8 Longest Losing Streak ...... 4 (2/20 to 2/27) Jeremy Negen 2 of 10 Longest Home Losing Streak ...... ! (two times) Longest Road Losing Streak ...... 4 (2/20 to present) Largest Winning Margin .8 vs. Illinois State. 2/13 The Automated ScoreBook Game Results for Minnesota (as of Mar 08, 2000) (All games)

Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns OVerall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Time ------1------Feb 13, 2000 Illinois stau w 9-1 9 10 0/ 1 8 1 9 1- 0- 0 o- 0- 0 c. Clarey (W 1-0) 344 3:08 e Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State 6-7 L 6 11 2/ 7 14 1 8) 1- 1- 0 o- o- 0 B. DeWitt (L 0-1) 219 3:23 Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State w 3-2 3 11 2/ 2 10 3 (12) 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 J. Shupe (W 1-0) 244 3:32 Feb 18, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic 4-9 L 4 5 2/ 9 8 0 9 2- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 c. Clarey (L 1-1) 637 2:41 Feb 19, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic w 6-2 6 6 2/ 2 8 2 9 3- 2- 0 0- o- 0 K. Werner (W 1-0) 923 3:30 Feb 20, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic 6-7 L 611 1/ 7 10 1 9 3- 3- 0 o- o- 0 K. Haring (L 0-1) 823 3:10 Feb 25, 2000 at McNeese State 5-15 L 5 11 4/15 12 1 9 3- 4- 0 o- o- o c. Clarey (L 1-2) 625 3:18 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 1-7 L 1 4 4/ 7 7 0 7 3- s- o o- 0- 0 K. Werner (L 1-1) 400 2:03 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 3-7 L 3 6 2/ 7 11 1 7 3- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 B. Birk (L 0-1) 400 2:14 #Mar 03, 2000 Georgia w 7-1 7 7 1/ 1 5 1 9 4- 6- 0 0- o- o M. Kobow (W 1-0) 2379 2:33 #Mar 04, 2000 Notre Dame w 9-7 911 1/ 7 10 2 9 s- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 B. DeWitt (W 1-1) 8341 2:56 #Mar OS, 2000 Wake Forest 6-13 L 6 13 2/13 20 1 9 5- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 B. Birk (L 0-2) 2307 3:28

*Conference game #Hormel Foods Baseball Classic () extra inning game The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Mar 08, 2000) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 5-7 Home: 4-2 Away: 1-5 Conference: 0-0 ... AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLO%

15 Rick Brosseau ... . .412 11-11 51 11 21 5 0 0 13 26 .510 1 1 4 0 .434 0 0 5-5 13 27 6 .870 2 Scott Welch ...... 344 11-8 32 3 11 3 0 0 7 14 . 439 2 1 7 2 .400 0 0 5-5 10 a 5 .853 23 Scott Howard ...... 327 12-12 49 10 16 3 0 0 9 19 .388 5 1 12 0 .393 1 0 3-3 25 4 0 1.000 22 Jason Kennedy ... . .300 12-11 40 8 12 2 0 2 9 20 .500 7 5 15 0 .453 1 0 4-4 20 2 3 .880 45 Chris Guetzlaff .. .300 9-1 10 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 .300 0 0 1 1 .300 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 .000 1 Mike Arlt ...... 239 12-12 42 7 10 3 1 0 2 15 . 357 9 0 8 1 .365 1 1 2-2 23 2 0 1. 000 16 Luke Appert ...... 231 9-5 13 6 3 1 0 1 2 7 .538 6 1 4 0 .500 0 0 0-1 2 6 2 .800 9 Jack Hannahan ... . .227 11-11 44 5 10 3 0 0 5 13 .295 4 1 16 1 .306 0 0 1-1 21 33 3 . 947 46 Josh Holthaus ... . .222 12-12 45 5 10 1 0 3 7 20 .444 6 1 15 2 .327 0 0 0-0 91 10 1 . 990 3 Jeremy Negen ...... 222 10-8 18 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 .222 2 1 2 0 . 333 0 0 0-0 42 5 1 . 979 29 Rob LaRue ...... 167 8-6 19 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 .167 1 0 8 0 .211 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 .000 21 David Roach ...... 100 11-4 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 .150 5 1 4 0 .308 0 0 0-0 30 3 0 1. 000 7 Mark Devore ...... 071 9-5 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .143 4 0 5 0 .278 0 0 3-3 8 14 0 1. 000 28 Jeremy Beaulieu .. .000 3-2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 0-0 10 2 0 1.000 17 Paul Hartmann ... . .000 3-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 1.000 41 Keith Walters ... . .000 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000

Totals ...... 263 12-12 403 65 106 23 1 6 57 149 .370 52 13 105 7 . 363 3 2 24-25 303 143 23 .951 Opponents ...... 299 12-12 411 78 123 24 5 7 70 178 .433 51 7 70 3 .383 4 6 23-28 308 119 14 .968

LOB - Team (101), Opp (99). DPs turned - Team (8), Opp (9). CI - Team (1), J. Negen 1, Opp (1). IBB - Team (2), J. Holthaus 1, J. Hannahan 1, Opp (1).

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

52 Mike Kobow ...... 1.69 1-0 3 1 0 0/0 0 16.0 13 5 3 4 11 3 0 0 57 .228 1 1 1 1 0 37 Brandon Kitzerow. 1.93 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 2 9.1 6 2 2 8 9 1 0 0 32 .189 0 1 0 0 0 33 C.J. Woodrow ..... 2.70 0-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 10.0 9 4 3 0 7 3 1 1 41 .220 0 0 0 0 0 48 Jason Shupe ...... 3.39 1-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 .375 0 0 0 0 1 35 Andy Persby ...... 4.50 0-0 2 2 0 0/0 0 8.0 8 4 4 5 8 1 0 0 30 . 267 0 1 0 0 0 18 Bob DeWitt ...... 5.79 1-1 4 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 8 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 23 .349 1 1 0 0 0 34 Kelly Werner ..... 6.41 1-1 4 4 0 0/0 0 19.2 25 17 14 8 9 3 1 0 81 . 309 1 1 1 1 3 43 Chadd Clarey ..... 8.31 1-2 4 3 0 0/0 0 17.1 22 18 16 12 15 4 0 5 71 . 310 1 1 0 1 1 6 Ben Birk ...... 10.80 0-2 2 2 0 0/0 0 5.0 12 8 6 3 4 3 1 1 25 .490 1 0 1 1 1 38 Vince Gangl ...... 10.80 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 3.1 5 4 4 1 2 1 1 0 16 . 312 1 1 0 0 0 10 Kurt Haring ...... 15.75 0-1 3 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 11 8 7 4 2 4 0 0 23 .478 0 0 0 0 0 39 Nathan Bennett ... 27.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 4 .250 0 0 0 0 0

Totals...... 5.88 5-7 12 12 0 0/0 2 101.0 123 78 66 51 70 24 5 7 411 .299 6 7 3 4 6 Opponents ...... 5.08 7-5 12 12 1 0/0 1 102.2 106 65 58 52 105 23 1 6 403 .263 13 13 0 3 2

PB - T~am (2), J. Negen 2, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - J. Negen (12-13), K. Werner (5-7), J. Holthaus (6-7), J. Beaulieu (5-6), B. DeWitt (3-3), A. Persby (2-3), C. Clarey (3-3), M. Kobow (3-3), B. Kitzerow (3-3), N. Bennett (2-2), K. Haring (2-2), J. Shupe (0-1), B. Birk (0-1). The Automated ScoreBook Games Summary for ~nnesota (as of Mar 08, 2000) (All games)

:Inning-by-inning summary: 7 8 9 EX Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 ----- 0 2 65 ~nnesota 7 3 5 8 10 13 10 7 Opponents 6 2 19 14 16 6 5 4 5 1 78

Win-loss summary:

w L T Pet

Total 5 7 0 .417 Conference 0 0 0 .000 Non-Conf 5 7 0 .417 Home 4 2 0 .667 Away 1 5 0 .167 Neutral 0 0 0 .000 Day 3 5 0 .375 Nite 2 2 0 .500 vs Left 2 2 0 .500 vs Right 3 5 0 .375 1-Run games 1 2 0 .333 2-Run games 1 0 0 1.000 5+Run games 2 4 0 .333 Extra inns 1 1 0 .500 Shutouts 0 0 0 .000

General summary:

Current losing streak 1 Longest winning streak 2 Longest losing streak 4

Home attendance : 13834 ( 6 dates avg = 2305 ) Away attendance : 3808 ( 6 dates avg = 634 ) Total attendance: 17642 ( 12 dates avg = 1470 ) GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office Phone: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625.0359 March 29, 2000 Baseball Contact: Mike Vidnovic Home Phone: 651.644.6535 e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 612.624.4345

Minnesota vs. ~hicago State Wednesday, March 29, 2000 12 p.m. Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (55,000) Minnesota's Starter: Nick McCauley, 5-11, 180, Freshman, Richland Center, Wis. MINNESOTA'S 2000 SCHEDULFiRESULTS Season Stats: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.0 IP, 0 GS, 1 GP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB DAlE OPPONENT TIME 1 so Feb. 7 PRO-ALUMNI* W7-6 • Making his first career start today and second appearance of the season Feb. 13 ILLINOIS STATE (1)* w 9-1 Feb. 14 ILLINOIS STATE (2) L 6-7, W 3-2 • Made his first appearance of the season against Creighton (3117) Feb. 18 Florida Atlantic L4-9 • Talented young pitcher who is coming off an early-season ankle injury Feb. 19 Florida Atlantic W6-2 Feb. 20 Florida Atlantic L6-7 Feb. 25 McNeese State L 5-15 Golden Gophers Take Game One 9-6 Over Chicago State: Sophomore Jason Feb. 27 McNeese State (1) L 1-7, L 3-7 Kennedy (Minnetonka, Minn.) went 3-for-5 with two RBis and three stolen Hormel Foods Baseball Classic bases, while junior Josh Holthaus (Monticello, Minn.) was 2-for-3 with two March 3 GEORGIA% w 7-1 March 4 NOTRE DAME%*# W9-7 RBis, leading the (12-11) to a 9-6 win over the March 5 WAKE FOREST* L6-13 Chicago State Cougars (8-5) at the Metrodome on Tuesday afternoon. It marks March 11 Wichita State w 17-9 the first time Minnesota has been over the .500 mark since the first week of the March 12 Wichita State L 1-2 March 12 Wichita State w 10-8 season. Andy Persby (North St. Paul, Minn.) picked up his first win of the sea­ March 17 Creighton L 8-11 son, second of his career, in relief of starter C. J. Woodrow (Plymouth, Minn.). March 19 Creighton L 2-3, L 5-7 March 24 Michigan w 10-3 March 25 Michigan (2) w 8-0, w 9-5 Series History: Today's game marks the fifth meeting between the two schools. March 26 Michigan W7-0 The Golden Gophers lead the all-time series 3-1. Before yesterday's game, the March 28 CHICAGO STATE W9-6 only meetings between the two schools took place in 1997 with Minnesota taking March 29 CHICAGO STATE Noon March 31 ORAL ROBERTS* 6:30p.m. the opening game 5-4 on March 23. The teams split a doubleheader the following April 1 ORAL ROBERTS* 2:00p.m. day with Minnesota taking the first game 20-4 before dropping the second game April 2 ORAL ROBERTS* 2:00p.m. 9-4. April 7 OHIO STATE * 3:00p.m. April 8 OHIO STATE (2)* 1:00p.m. April 9 OHIO STATE * 1:00p.m. Team Notes: Minnesota's win on Friday was the 2,000th in school history-­ April 12 Iowa State 3:00p.m. becoming the 14th school in NCAA history to accomplish that feat • the Cougars April 14 Northwestern* 3:00p.m. April 15 Northwestern (2)* 1:00 p.m. are the ninth non-conference opponent for the Golden Gophers this season that Aprill6 Northwestern* 1:00 p.m. currently sport a winning record • the collective record of Minnesota first nine Aprill9 MSU, MANKATO 3:00p.m. non-conference opponents is 139-61 (.698) • the Golden Gophers are currently April21 IOWA* 3:00p.m. April 22 IOWA (2)*# 1:00 p.m. on a five-game winning streak, their longest of the season • Minnesota has April 23 IOWA* 1:00 p.m. scored 43 runs in their last five games (8.6 per game) after scoring 26 in their April 26 IOWA STATE (1) 6:00p.m. previous five games (5.2 per game) • Minnesota pitchers have allowed just 14 April 28 Michigan State * 7:00p.m. April 29 Michigan State (2)* 4:00p.m. runs in the last five games (2.8 per game) • Minnesota outscored Michigan by a April 30 Michigan State * 1:00p.m. 34-8 margin last weekend • after going the first 18 games without a pitcher May 3 ST. THOMAS* 6:30p.m. throwing a complete game, Minnesota pitchers threw three complete games last May 6 INDIANA (2)*# 1:00 p.m. May 7 INDIANA (2)* 1:00p.m. weekend • junior LHP Ben Birk's (St. Paul, Minn.) one-hit shutout on Saturday May 12 PURDUE* 6:30p.m. was the first time a Minnesota pitcher has thrown a one-hitter since since April 8, May 13 PURDUE (2)* 4:00p.m. 1995 when Brian Mensink threw a one-hitter in a 3-0 win over Illinois at the May 14 PURDUE*# 1:00p.m. May 18-21 Big Ten Tournament* TBA Metrodome • the Golden Gophers broke a string of 20 straight games with an May 26-28 NCAA Regionals* TBA error by going errorless in the 7-0 win over Michigan on Sunday. June 2-4 NCAA Super Regionals* TBA June 9-17 College World Series* TBA

Who's Hot: * Radio Broadcast on WDGY (630 AM) • Jason Kennedy has seven hits in his last 19 at-bats (.368) with six RBis, four # Midwest Sports Channel runs scored and six stolen bases. He currently leads the team with 19 RBis head­ % Hormel Classic Games All times are Central Time ing into today's game. Schedule is subject to change The Automated ScoreBook Game Results for Minnesota (as of Mar 28, 2000) (All games)

Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Time ------1------Feb 13, 2000 Illinois State w 9-1 9 10 0/ 1 8 1 9 1- o- o 0- 0- 0 Clarey (W 1-0) 344 3:08 Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State 6-7 L 6 11 2/ 7 14 1 8) 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 DeWitt (L 0-1) 219 3:23 Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State w 3-2 3 11 2/ 2 10 3 (12) 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Shupe (W l-0) 244 3:32 Feb 18, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic 4-9 L 4 5 2/ 9 8 0 9 2- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Clarey (L 1-1) 637 2:41 Feb 19, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic w 6-2 6 6 2/ 2 8 2 9 3- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (W 1-0) 923 3:30 Feb 20, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic 6-7 L 6 11 1/ 7 10 1 9 3- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Haring (L 0-1) 823 3:10 Feb 25, 2000 at McNeese State 5-15 L 5 11 4/15 12 1 9 3- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Clarey (L 1-2) 625 3:18 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 1-7 L 1 4 4/ 7 7 0 7 3- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-1) 400 2:03 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 3-7 L 3 6 2/ 7 11 1 7 3- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Birk (L 0-1) 400 2:14 IMar 03, 2000 Georgia w 7-1 7 7 1/ 1 5 1 9 4- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Kobow (W 1-0) 2379 2:33 IMar 04, 2000 Notre Dame w 9-7 9 11 1/ 7 10 2 9 5- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 DeWitt (W 1-1) 8341 2:56 IMar 05, 2000 Wake Forest 6-13 L 6 13 2/13 20 1 9 5- 7- 0 o- o- o Birk (L 0-21 2307 3:28 Mar 11, 2000 at Wichita State w 17-9 17 16 2/ 9 13 4 9 6- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 CJ Woodrow (W 1-0) 1876 3:53 Mar 12, 2000 at Wichita State 1-2 L 1 8 1/ 2 9 0 9 6- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-2) 1157 2:33 Mar 12, 2000 at Wichita State w 10-8 10 8 1/ 8 12 3 9 7- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 V. Gangl (W 1-0) 2512 3:13 Mar 17, 2000 at Creighton 8-11 L 8 12 4/11 13 2 9 7- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 Kobow (L l-1) 223 3:14 Mar 19, 2000 at Creighton 2-3 L 2 7 2/ 3 6 0 9 7-10- 0 0- 0- 0 V. Gangl (L l-1) 227 2:32 Mar 19, 2000 at Creighton 5-7 L 5 9 2/ 7 9 0 9 7-11- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-3) 223 2:36 *Mar 24, 2000 at Michigan w 10-3 10 16 1/ 3 5 3 9 8-11- 0 1- 0- 0 Kobow (W 2-1) 800 2:30 *Mar 25, 2000 at Michigan w 8-0 8 6 2/ 0 1 5 7 9-11- 0 2- o- o Birk (W 1-2) 900 1:56 *Mar 25, 2000 at Michigan w 9-5 9 7 1/ 5 6 6 7 10-11- 0 3- 0- 0 Clarey (W 2-2) 900 2:22 *Mar 26, 2000 at Michigan w 7-0 7 6 0/ 0 3 4 9 11-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Werner (W 2-3) 750 2:43 Mar 28, 2000 Chicago State w 9-6 9 11 2/ 6 9 4 9 12-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Persby (W 1-0) 157 2:42

*Conference game #Hormel Foods Baseball Classic () extra inning game The Automated ScoreBook OVerall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Mar 29, 2000) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 12-11 Home: S-2 Away: 7-9 Conference: 4-0

AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GOP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLO%

15 Rick Brosseau ... . .370 22-22 92 24 34 9 0 1 18 46 .500 11 4 6 1 .458 0 0 8-9 27 58 9 . 914 16 Luke Appert ...... 340 20-13 47 16 16 4 0 3 11 29 .617 10 2 7 1 .467 1 1 1-3 2 11 2 .967 22 Jason Kennedy ... . .333 23-22 81 19 27 2 1 3 19 40 .494 15 10 21 0 .486 1 1 12-12 39 3 4 . 913 23 Scott Howard ...... 307 22-22 88 17 27 6 0 0 17 33 .375 11 3 16 3 .394 2 0 3-4 33 6 2 . 951 45 Chris Guetz1aff .. .296 15-4 21 6 6 2 0 1 4 11 .524 4 0 4 1 .400 0 1 o-o 3 0 0 1.000 9 Jack Hannahan ... . .294 22-22 89 14 25 7 0 1 14 35 . 398 11 1 19 1 .366 1 0 2-4 26 60 6 . 935 17 Paul Hartmann ... . .250 4-1 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .500 2 0 3 0 .500 0 o o-o 11 0 0 1. 000 46 Josh Holthaus ... . .244 23-23 86 13 21 5 0 3 16 35 .407 16 3 15 4 .381 0 0 0-0 194 19 4 . 981 3 Jeremy Negen ...... 233 19-16 43 6 10 3 0 0 8 13 . 302 6 1 8 1 .333 1 4 0-0 89 8 2 .980 2 Scott Welch ...... 230 20-15 61 9 14 5 0 0 14 19 .311 6 2 12 3 .314 1 0 5-5 21 45 6 . 917 1 Mike Arlt ...... 216 23-23 88 17 19 5 1 0 10 26 .295 13 1 17 2 .314 3 1 4-4 52 3 2 .965 29 Rob LaRue ...... 192 13-9 26 4 5 1 1 0 3 8 :308 1 0 11 0 .222 0 0 1-1 2 1 0 1.000 7 Mark Devore ...... 192 15-7 22 3 4 1 0 0 0 5 .227 4 0 6 1 .308 0 0 3-4 12 23 0 1.000 21 David Roach ...... 107 14-6 28 1 3 1 0 0 0 4 .143 5 1 5 1 .265 0 o o-o 38 4 0 1.000 28 Jeremy Beaulieu .. .000 S-3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 4 1 .000 0 0 0-0 15 2 0 1.000 41 Keith Walters .... .000 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 o o-o 0 1 0 1. 000

Totals...... 271 23-23 783 151 212 52 3 12 134 306 .391 115 28 154 20 .379 10 8 39-46 577 273 41 .954 Opponents...... 276 23-23 757 132 209 37 7 9 114 297 .379 90 12 132 12 .359 7 11 35-43 590 276 45 .951

LOB- Team (204), Opp (169). DPs turned- Team (18), Opp (23). CI- Team (1), Negen 1, Opp (1). IBB- Team (2), Holthaus 1, Hannahan 1, Opp (1). Picked off - Negen 1, Kennedy 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

27 Nick McCauley .... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 0 1 0 0 0 48 Jason Shupe ...... 2.45 1-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 3.2 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 12 .333 1 0 0 0 1 37 Brandon Kitzerow. 3.38 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 3 16.0 13 6 6 11 15 2 0 0 57 .229 0 2 0 0 0 52 Mike Kobow ...... 3.45 2-1 7 4 1 0/0 1 31.1 32 21 12 8 18 5 2 2 122 .262 2 2 1 2 0 33 C.J. Woodrow ..... 4.22 1-0 7 1 0 0/0 0 21.1 23 12 10 2 20 5 1 1 87 .264 1 0 1 1 1 18 Bob DeWitt ...... 4.50 1-1 6 0 0 0/0 0 6.0 8 4 3 6 2 1 0 0 26 .308 3 1 0 0 0 34 Kelly Werner ..... 4.66 2-3 7 7 1 1/0 0 38.2 42 26 20 . 15 17 9 1 0 153 .275 1 1 1 1 4 35 Andy Persby...... 4.91 1-0 5 2 0 0/0 0 14.2 13 8 8 12 15 2 0 0 52 .250 1 1 0 0 0 6 Ben Birk...... 5.21 1-2 5 5 1 1/0 0 19.0 20 13 11 9 13 4 1 1 74 .270 1 1 1 1 2 39 Vince Gangl ...... 5.97 1-1 6 0 0 0/0 0 7.2 10 ' 5 2 4 1 1 0 32 .312 3 2 0 0 1 43 Chadd Clarey ..... 6.83 2-2 7 4 0 0/0 0 27.2 30 24 21 17 22 5 0 5 109 .275 2 1 0 2 2 10 Kurt Haring ...... 15.75 0-1 3 0 0 0/0 0 4. 0 11 8 7 4 2 4 0 0 23 .478 0 0 0 0 0 39 Nathan Bennett ... 20.25 o-o 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 2 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 6 .333 0 0 0 0 0

Totals ...... 5.01 12-11 23 23 3 2/0 4 192.1 209 132 107 90 132 37 7 9 757 .276 15 12 4 7 11 Opponents ...... 5.40 11-12 23 23 1 0/0 3 196.2 212 151 118 115 154 52 3 12 783 .271 22 29 1 10 9

PB - Team (2), Negen 2, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (1), Kitzerow 1, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Negen (19-20), Werner (9-11), Holthaus (9-9) , Beaulieu (7-9), Kobow (4-6), Clarey (5-5), Kitzerow (4-4), Persby (2-3) , DeWitt (3-3) , Birk (1-3), Shupe (2-3), Hartmann (2-2) , Haring (2-2) , Bennett (2-2) , CJ Woodrow (1-1) . The Automated scoreBook Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Mar 28, 2000) (Conference games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 4-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 4-0 Conference: 4-0

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLO%

16 Luke Appert ...... 400 4-3 10 2 4 1 0 0 3 5 .500 2 0 1 0 .462 1 1 1-1 0 0 0 .000 • 7 Mark Devore ...... 400 3-1 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .400 0 0 0 1 .400 0 0 0-1 2 3 0 1. 000 9 Jack Hannahan ... . .375 4-4 16 6 6 3 0 1 4 12 .750 2 0 2 0 .444 0 0 0-1 2 14 0 1.000 46 Josh Holthaus ... . .333 4-4 15 6 5 0 0 0 2 5 .333 3 1 0 0 .474 0 0 o-o 43 3 0 1.000 1 Mike Arlt ...... 286 4-4 14 4 4 1 0 0 5 5 .357 1 1 1 1 .353 1 0 1-1 5 0 1 .833 22 Jason Kennedy ... . .286 4-4 14 2 4 0 0 1 4 7 .500 2 3 2 0 .474 0 1 3-3 7 0 0 1. 000 15 Rick Brosseau ... . .267 4-4 15 4 4 1 0 0 1 5 .333 2 2 1 1 .421 0 0 o-o 5 11 1 . 941 29 Rob LaRue ...... 250 2-1 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 . 750 0 0 2 0 .250 0 0 o-o 0 0 0 .000 23 Scott Howard ...... 200 4-4 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 .200 3 1 1 1 .368 0 0 o-o 5 0 1 .833 3 Jeremy Negen ...... 167 4-4 12 1 2 1 0 0 5 3 .250 0 0 3 1 .154 1 3 0-0 16 0 0 1. 000 2 Scott Welch ...... 000 3-2 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 . 000 2 0 1 0 .222 0 0 o-o 4 11 1 . 938 45 Chris Guetzlaff .. .000 2-1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 1 0 .500 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1. 000

Totals...... 271 4-4 129 34 35 7 1 2 30 50 .388 19 8 15 5 . 390 3 5 5-7 96 48 4 . 973 Opponents ...... 135 4-4 111 8 15 2 1 1 7 22 .198 10 2 15 3 .220 0 1 2-2 96 62 18 .898

LOB - Team (34), Opp (20). DPs turned - Team (3), Opp (5). Picked off - Kennedy 1, Negen 1.

(Conference games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

34 Kelly Werner ..... 0.00 1-0 1 1 1 1/0 0 9.0 3 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 28 .107 0 0 0 0 0 6 Ben Birk...... 0.00 1-0 1 1 1 1/0 0 7.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 24 . 042 0 1 0 0 0 52 Mike Kobow ...... 1.00 1-0 1 1 1 0/0 0 9.0 5 3 1 0 3 0 1 1 33 .152 0 1 0 0 0 43 Chadd Clarey ..... 4.50 1-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 6.0 5 3 3 3 5 1 0 0 22 .227 0 0 0 0 1 35 Andy Persby ...... 18.00 o-o 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 4 .250 1 0 0 0 0

Totals ...... 1.69 4-0 4 4 3 2/0 0 32.0 15 8 6 10 15 2 1 1 111 .135 1 2 0 0 1 Opponents ...... 4.78 0-4 4 4 0 0/0 0 32.0 35 34 17 19 15 7 1 2 129 .271 5 8 0 3 5

Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (2) . SBA/ATT - Negen (2-2) , Werner (1-1) , Clarey (1-1) . r The Automated ScoreBook Games Summary for ~nnesota (as of Mar 28, 2000) • (Al.~ games)

eing-by-inning summary:

5 6 7 8 9 EX Tota~ 1 2 3 4 ----- Minnesota 19 15 18 18 23 21 15 18 2 2 151 Opponents 8 13 28 30 19 8 9 9 7 1 132

Win-~oss summary:

w L T Pet

Tota~ 12 11 0 .522 Conference 4 0 0 1.000 Non-Conf 8 11 0 .421 Home 5 2 0 .714 Away 7 9 0 .438 Neutra~ 0 0 0 .000 Day 10 9 0 .526 Nite 2 2 0 .500 vs Left 2 3 0 .400 VS Right 10 8 0 .556 1-Run games 1 4 0 .200 2-Run games 2 1 0 .667 5+Run games 6 4 0 .600 .tra inns 1 1 0 .500 .1touts 2 0 0 1.000

Genera~ summary:

Current winning streak 5 Longest winning streak 5 Longest ~osing streak 4

Home attendance : 13991 ( 7 dates avg = 1998 ) Away attendance : 13376 ( 16 dates avg = 836 ) 1189 ) Tota~ attendance: 27367 ( 23 dates avg =

• ,------· ------GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office Phone: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625.0359 AprilS, 2000 Baseball Contact: Mike Vidnovic Home Phone: 651.644.6535 e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 612.624.4345 Minnesota vs. St. Scholastica Wednesday, AprilS, 2000 5p.m. Siebert Field (2,500) Minnesota's Starter: Nick McCauley, Freshman,~RHP, 5-11, 180 (Richland Center, Wis.) Season Stats: 1-0, 4.50 ERA, 6.0 IP, 1 GS, 2 GP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, MINNESOTA'S 2000 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 4 BB, 2 SO ' . llAIE OPPONENT TIME • Is making his second start oCtile--- season, his third appearance Feb. 7 PRO-ALUMNI* W7-6 • Got the win in his first career start in 13-5 victory over Chicago State last week Feb. 13 ILLINOIS STATE (1)* W9-1 (5.0-4-3-3-4-1) Feb. 14 ILLINOIS STATE (2) L 6-7, W 3-2 Feb. 18 Florida Atlantic L4-9 • Promising young pitcher with all the tools Feb. 19 Florida Atlantic W6-2 Feb. 20 Florida Atlantic L6-7 Golden Gophers On Nine-Game Winning Streak: Minnesota (16-11, 4-0) Feb. 25 McNeese State L 5-15 Feb. 27 McNeese State (1) L 1-7, L 3-7 heads into today's game with the College of St. Scholastica (15-3-1) on a season­ Hormel Foods Baseball Classic high nine-game winning streak. After today's game, the Golden Gophers will March 3 GEORGIA% W7-1 host the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten home opener this weekend at March 4 NOTRE DAME%*# W9-7 March 5 WAKE FOREST* L 6-13 Siebert Field. March II Wichita State w 17-9 March I2 Wichita State L 1-2 Series History: Minnesota won the only other meeting between the two schools­ March I2 Wichita State w 10-8 March I7 Creighton L 8-11 by a score of 12-2 at the Metrodome in 1998. Former Gophers Craig Selander March 19 Creighton L 2-3, L 5-7 and Matt Brosseau went deep for Minnesota, while Jason Dobis pitched five March 24 Michigan w 10-3 innings of scoreless baseball to pick up the victory. March 25 Michigan (2) w 8-0, w 9-5 March 26 Michigan W7-0 March 28 CHICAGO STATE W9-6 Team Notes: Minnesota is 28-6 at Siebert Field in the last two seasons • the 11-0 March 29 CHICAGO STATE w 13-5 win by Minnesota over Oral Roberts on Sunday afternoon extended their season­ March 3I ORAL ROBERTS* w 5-2 April 1 ORAL ROBERTS* W7-0 high winning streak to nine games and pushed their season record against non­ April 2 ORAL ROBERTS* w 11-0 conference opponents to 12-11 • the combined record of the Golden Gophers April 5 ST. SCHOLASTICA 5:00p.m. first 10 non-conference opponents is 195-81-1 (.706) • on the streak, the Golden April 7 OHIO STATE * 3:00p.m. April 8 OHIO STATE (2)* 1:00 p.m. Gophers are batting .320 as a team while the pitching staff has a ERA of 2.10 • April 9 OHIO STATE * 1:00 p.m. Minnesota is averaging 8.7 runs per game in the last nine games while allowing April 12 Iowa State 3:00p.m. just 2.3 runs per game • in the last nine games, Minnesota starting pitchers have Aprili4 Northwestern* 3:00p.m. April 15 Northwestern (2)* 1:00 p.m. are 8-0 with an ERA of 1.79 • opponents are batting just .191 (41-215) in the last Aprill6 Northwestern* 1:00 p.m. nine games against Minnesota starting pitchers • Minnesota starting pitchers April I9 MSU, MANKATO 3:00p.m. have worked six innings or more in eight of the last nine games • Minnesota has April21 IOWA* 3:00p.m. April 22 IOWA (2)*# 1:00 p.m. been successful on 46 of 56 (82%) stolen base attempts so far this season • the April23 IOWA* 1:00 p.m. Golden Gophers stole only 63 bases all of last season, and were gunned down 32 April26 IOWA STATE (1) 6:00p.m. times (66% success rate) • Minnesota is 9-1 in the ten games in which Jason April 28 Michigan State * 7:00p.m. April 29 Michigan State (2)* 4:00p.m. Kennedy (Minnetonka, Minn.) has batted in the lead-off position • Kennedy is April 30 Michigan State * 1:00 p.m. batting .333 (13-39) with two triples, two home runs and 13 RBis from the lead­ May 3 ST. THOMAS* 6:30p.m. off spot • in the first nine games of the season Minnesota was being outscored by May 6 INDIANA (2)*# 1:00 p.m. May 7 INDIANA (2)* l:OOp.m. its opponents 22-3 in the first three innings, since then Minnesota is outscoring May 12 PURDUE* 6:30p.m. its opponents 68-27. May 13 PURDUE (2)* 4:00p.m. May 14 PURDUE*# 1:00 p.m. May 18-21 Big Ten Tournament* TBA Who's Hot: May 26-28 NCAA Regionals* TBA • Junior Josh Holthaus (Monticello, Minn.) is batting .406 (13-32) with seven June 2-4 NCAA Super Regionals* TBA RBis and 10 runs in the last nine games. June 9-17 College World Series* TBA * Radio Broadcast on WDGY (630 AM) • Freshman Luke Appert (Cottage Grove, Minn.) is batting .417 (10-24) with # Midwest Sports Channel five RBis and seven runs scored in the last nine games. Included in his I 0 hits % Hormel Classic Games -All times are Central Time during that span are three doubles and a triple. The Automated ScoreBook Game Results for Minnesota (as of Apr 05, 2000) (All games)

Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Time ------1------Feb 13, 2000 Illinois State w 9-1 9 10 0/ 1 8 1 9 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 Clarey (W 1-0) 344 3:08 Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State 6-7 L 6 11 2/ 7 14 1 8) 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 DeWitt (L 0-1) 219 3:23 Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State w 3-2 3 11 2/ 2 10 3 (12) 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Shupe (W 1-0) 244 3:32 Feb 18, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic­ 4-9 L 4 5 2/ 9 8 0 9 2- 2- 0 0- o- 0 Clarey (L 1-1) 637 2:41 Feb 19, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic w 6-2 6 6 2/ 2 8 2 9 3- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (W 1-0) 923 3:30 Feb 20, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic 6-7 L 6 11 1/ 7 10 1 9 3- 3- 0 o- 0- 0 Haring (L 0-1) 823 3:10 Feb 25, 2000 at McNeese State 5-15 L 5 11 4/15 12 1 9 3- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Clarey (L 1-2) 625 3:18 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 1-7 L 1 4 4/ 7 7 0 7 3- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-1) 400 2:03 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 3-7 L 3 6 2/ 7 11 1 7 3- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Birk (L 0-1) 400 2:14 #Mar 03, 2000 Georgia w 7-1 7 7 1/ 5 1 9 4- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Kobow (W 1-0) 2379 2:33 #Mar 04, 2000 Notre Dame w 9-7 9 11 1/ 7 10 2 9 5- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 DeWitt (W 1-1) 8341 2:56 #Mar 05, 2000 Wake Forest 6-13 L 6 13 2/13 20 1 9 5- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Birk (L 0-2) 2307 3:28 Mar 11, 2000 at Wichita State w 17-9 17 16 2/ 9 13 4 9 6- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 CJ woodrow (W 1-0) 1876 3:53 Mar 12, 2000 at Wichita State 1-2 L 8 1/ 2 9 0 9 6- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-2) 1157 2:33 Mar 12, 2000 at Wichita State w 10-8 10 8 1/ 8 12 3 9 7- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 v. Gangl (W 1-0) 2512 3:13 Mar 17, 2000 at Creighton 8-11 L 8 12 4/11 13 2 9 7- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 Kobow (L 1-1) 223 3:14 Mar 19, 2000 at Creighton 2-3 L 2 7 2/ 3 6 0 9 7-10- 0 0- 0- 0 v. Gangl (L 1-1) 227 2:32 Mar 19, 2000 at Creighton 5-7 L 5 9 2/ 7 9 0 9 7-11- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-3) 223 2:36 *Mar 24, 2000 at Michigan w 10-3 10 16 1/ 3 5 3 9 8-11- 0 1- 0- 0 Kobow (W 2-1) 800 2:30 *Mar 25, 2000 at Michigan w 8-0 8 6 2/ 0 1 5 7 9-11- 0 2- 0- 0 Birk (W 1-2) 900 1:56 *Mar 25, 2000 at Michigan w 9-5 9 7 1/ 5 6 6 7 10-11- 0 3- 0- o Clarey (W 2-2) 900 2:22

*Mar 26, 2000 at Michigan w 7-0 7 6 0/ 0 3 4 9 11-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Werner (W 2-3) 750 2:. Mar 28, 2000 Chicago State w 9-6 9 11 2/ 6 9 4 9 12-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Persby (W 1-0) 157 2:. Mar 29, 2000 Chicago State w 13-5 13 12 0/ 5 9 2 9 13-11- 0 4- 0- 0 McCauley (W 1-0) 247 3:01 Mar 31, 2000 Oral Roberts w 5-2 5 12 0/ 2 7 1 9 14-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Kobow (W 3-1) 297 2:29 Apr 01, 2000 Oral Roberts w 7-0 7 13 1/ 0 6 1 9 15-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Clarey (W 3-2) 265 2:26 Apr 02, 2000 Oral Roberts w 11-0 11 14 0/ 0 5 1 9 16-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Werner (W 3-3) 323 2:26

*Conference game #Hormel Foods Baseball Classic () extra inning game '1

The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr OS, 2000) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

4llltcord: 16-11 Home: 9-2 Away: 7-9 Conference: 4-0

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLGt BB HBP SO GDP OBt SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD\

15 Rick Brosseau ... , .394 26-26 104 30 41 10 0 2 25 57 .548 13 5 6 1 . 480 0 10-13 29 70 8 . 925 45 Chris Guetzlaff. , , 387 19-7 31 8 12 5 9 2 0 . 645 4 5 1 . 459 1 2-2 10 0 0 l. 000 16 Luke Appert...... 368 24-15 57 20 21 5 1 3 13 37 .649 12 2 10 2 .486 1 1 1-3 2 11 2 . 867 22 Jason Kennedy.... .330 27-26 97 23 32 2 2 4 23 50 .515 16 10 24 0 .464 2 1 13-13 48 4 4 . 929 23 Scott Howard...... 314 26-26 105 22 33 6 0 0 20 39 .371 12 3 21 3 . 393 2 0 3-4 37 10 2 . 959 7 Mark Devore...... 296 19-9 27 6 8 3 0 0 1 11 . 407 6 0 6 1 .424 0 5-7 17 28 0 l. 000 9 Jack Hannahan.... .288 26-26 104 18 30 8 2 1 16 45 . 433 12 1 23 2 . 364 1 0 2-4 29 73 7 . 936 46 Josh Holthaus .. ,, .270 27-2~, 100· · 17 27 6 0 4 19 45 .450 18 3 17 5 . 397 0 0 0-0 227 20 4 . 984 Jeremy Negen...... 264 22-19 53 6 14 4 0 0 10 18 . 340 6 1 8 1 . 344 1 4 0-0 114 10 2 . 984 17 Paul Hartmann.... .250 6-2 8 2 2 1 1 0 3 5 . 625 3 0 5 0 .455 0 0 0-0 13 0 l. 000 2 Scott Welch .. ,... .226 21-15 62 9 14 5 0 0 14 19 .306 6 2 12 3 . 310 1 0 5-S 21 47 6 . 919 Mike Arlt ...... 216 27-26 97 2 0 21 5 1 0 12 28 .289 16 1 19 2 . 325 1 4-4 58 2 . 968 2 9 Rob LaRue...... 161 17-10 31 4 5 1 0 4 8 . 258 1 0 11 0 .182 1 0 1-1 11 0 l. 000 21 David Roach ... .091 18-6 33 1 3 0 0 0 4 .121 5 1 6 1 . 231 0 0 0-0 38 4 0 l. 000 28 Jeremy Beaulieu.. .000 7-3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 0 0 4 1 . 000 0 0 0-0 15 2 0 l. 000 41 Keith Walters ..... 000 s-o 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 1 2 1 0 . 750 0 0 0-0 0 4 0 l. 000 53 Eric Gangl. .... , . . 000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 0 0 0 0 . 000 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 l. 000

Totals .... ,,.. .286 27-27 920 187 263 62 8 15 169 386 .420 131 32 178 23 .388 14 9 46-56 685 320 42 .960 Opponents...... 267 27-27 885 139 236 41 8 9 120 320 .362 102 13 157 13 .348 8 11 41-52 686 314 so .952

~B- Team (234), Opp (196). DPs turned- Team (19), Opp (26). CI -Team (1), Negen 1, Opp (1). IBB- Team (2), Holthaus 1, Hannahan 1, Opp (1). Picked off - Devore 1, Negen 1, Kennedy 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK 'SFA SHA

48 Jason Shupe .... ,, 2.45 1-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 3.2 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 12 . 333 1 0 0 0 1 37 Brandon Kitzerow. 2.84 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 4 19.0 13 6 6 11 19 2 0 0 66 .197 0 2 0 0 0 52 Mike Kobow ...... 3.38 3-1 8 5 0/0 1 37.1 39 23 14 10 25 7 2 2 146 .267 4 2 3 0 18 Bob DeWitt .. , .... 3.86 1-1 7 0 0 0/0 0 7.0 8 4 3 6 2 1 0 0 29 .276 0 0 0 34 Kelly Werner ... ,, 3.94 3-3 8 8 1 1/1 0 45.2 46 26 20 17 21 8 1 0 177 . 260 3 1 1 4 33 C.J. Woodrow ... ,. 4.03 1-0 8 1 0 0/1 0 22.1 24 12 10 3 20 5 1 1 91 .264 1 0 1 1 35 Andy Persby .... ,, 4.32 1-0 6 2 0 0/1 0 16.2 13 8 8 12 16 2 0 0 58 .224 1 1 0 0 0 27 Nick McCauley ... , 4.50 1-0 2 1 0 0/0 0 6.0 5 3 3 4 2 1 0 20 .250 0 0 0 38 Vince Gangl ...... 4.66 1-1 8 0 0 0/1 0 9. 2 11 6 5 2 6 1 0 39 . 282 3 0 0 6 Ben Birk ...... ,, 5.21 1-2 5 5 1 1/0 0 19.0 20 13 11 9 13 4 1 1 74 .270 1 1 1 2 43 Chadd Clarey .... , 5.45 3-2 8 5 0 0/1 0 34.2 36 24 21 20 27 5 0 5 134 .269 2 0 2 2 10 Kurt Haring .... ,. 12.60 0-1 4 0 0 0/0 0 5.0 12 8 7 4 2 4 0 0 27 .444 0 0 0 0 0 13 Jason Amidon ... ,, 18.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 .500 1 0 0 0 0 39 Nathan Bennett.,, 20.25 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 6 . 333 0 0 0 0 0

Totals .... , ...... 4.49 16-11 27 27 3 4/2 5 228.1 236 139 114 102 157 41 8 9 885 .267 21 13 4 8 11 Opponents...... 6.06 11-16 27 27 0/0 3 228.2 263 187 154 131 178 62 8 15 920 .286 24 32 14 9

~-Team (2), Negen 2, Opp (2). Pickoffs- Team (1), Kitzerow 1, Opp (3). SBA/ATT- Negen (24-28), Werner (11-14), Kobow ~7-9), Holthaus (8-9), Beaulieu (7-8), Clarey (6-7), Kitzerow (4-4), Hartmann (2-3), Shupe (2-3), DeWitt (3-3), Persby (2-3), Birk (1-3), Bennett (2-2), Haring (2-2), CJ Woodrow (1-1), McCauley (0-1). The Automated ScoreBook Games Summary for Minnesota (as of Apr 05, 2000) e (All games) Inning-by-inning summary:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total ----- Minnesota 26 21 24 22 29 23 20 18 2 2 187 Opponents 8 13 28 33 20 9 9 11 7 1 139

Win-loss summary: ..- w L T Pet

Total 16 11 0 .593 Conference 4 0 0 1.000 Non-Conf 12 11 0 .522 Home 9 2 0 .818 Away 7 9 0 .438 Neutral 0 0 0 .000 Day 13 9 0 .591 Nite 3 2 0 .600 vs Left 4 3 0 .571 vs Right 12 8 0 .600 ·-Run games 1 4 0 .200 -Run games 2 1 0 .667 5+Run games 9 4 0 .692 Extra inns 1 1 0 .500 Shutouts 4 0 0 1.000

General summary:

Current winning streak 9 Longest winning streak 9 Longest losing streak 4

Home attendance : 15123 11 dates avg = 1374 Away attendance : 13376 16 dates avg 836 Total attendance: 28499 27 dates avg = 1055 GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office Phone: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625.0359 April 14, 2000 Baseball Contact: Mike Vidnovic Home Phone: 651.644.6535 e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 612.624.4345 Gophers Face Wildcats In Big Ten Weekend Showdown • Friday, April 14 • 3 p.m. Radio: WDGY-AM 630, Tom Witschen, play-by-play • Saturday, April 15 • 1 p.m. (2) MINNESOTA'S 2000 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Radio: WDGY-AM 630, Tom Witschen, play-by-play 1W:E OPPONENT IIM.E • Sunday, April 16 • 1 p.m. Feb. 7 PRO-ALUMNI* W7-6 Radio: WDGY-AM 630, Tom Witschen, play-by-play Feb. 13 ILLINOIS STATE (1 )* w 9-1 Feb. 14 ILLINOIS STATE (2) L 6-7. W 3-2 Rocky Miller Park (1,000) • Evanston, Dl. Feb. 18 Aorida Atlantic L4-9 Feb. 19 Aorida Atlantic W6-2 Feb. 20 Aorida Atlantic L6-7 Minnesota Goes On The Road To Face The Northwestern Wildcats This Feb. 25 McNeese State L 5-15 Weekend: The Golden Gophers (20-13, 6-2), winners of 13 of their last 15 Feb. 27 McNeese State (2) L 1-7. L 3-7 games, go on the road this weekend to face the Northwestern Wildcats (16-15, 2- Ronnel Foods Baseball Classic March 3 GEORGIA% W7-1 6) in a four-game Big Ten series. The Wildcats come into this weekend having March 4 NOTRE DAME%*# W9-7 earned a split with Indiana University last weekend and splitting a pair of mid­ March 5 WAKE FOREST* L 6-13 week games with a 12-7 victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Tuesday and a 5-0 March 11 Wichita State w 17-9 March 12 Wichita State L 1-2 loss to Wisconsin-Parkside on Wednesday. March 12 Wichita State w 10-8 March 17 Creighton L 8-11 Golden Gophers Earn Split with Buckeyes Last Weekend: After dropping the March 19 Creighton L 2-3. L 5-7 March 24 Michigan w 10-3 first two games of a four-game series with the Ohio State Buckeyes, the Golden March 25 Michigan (2) w 8-0. w 9-5 Gophers (19-13, 6-2) came back to take both games of a doubleheader on Sunday March 26 Michigan W7-0 afternoon by scores of 13-5 and 7-1. After scoring only six runs in the two games March 28 CHICAGO STATE W9-6 March 29 CHICAGO STATE w 13-5 on Saturday, Minnesota exploded for 20 run on 25 hits on Sunday. Leading the March 31 ORAL ROBERTS* w 5-2 way in the two games was freshman Luke Appert (Cottage Grove, Minn.), who April I ORAL ROBERTS* W7-0 was 3-for-5 with six RBis with a and double. His two-run double in the April 2 ORAL ROBERTS* w 11-0 April 5 ST. SCHOLASTICA W8-4 bottom of the sixth inning of game two sparked a six-run sixth inning for the April 8 OHIO STATE (2)* L 3-6, L 3-7 Golden Gophers en route to the 7-1 win. Jack Hannahan (St. Paul, Minn.) was April 9 OHIO STATE (2) * w 13-5. w 7-1 also an offensive spark for Minnesota as he went 5-for-7 on the day with five April 12 Iowa State W6-3 Aprill4 Northwestern* 3:00p.m. RBis. Senior LHP Kelly Werner (Eau Claire, Wis.) shut down Ohio State in the April 15 Northwestern (2)* l:OOp.m. second game recording his second consecutive Big Ten complete game victory. In April 16 Northwestern* 1:00 p.m. seven innings, Werner scattered four hits, struck out four and yielded only an April19 MSU, MANKATO 3:00p.m. April21 IOWA* 3:00p.m. unearned run to the April 22 IOWA (2)*# l:OOp.m. Buckeyes. UM RECORD AFTER 33 April23 IOWA* 1:00 p.m. April26 IOWA STATE (l) 6:00p.m. GAMES LAST 11 YEARS April 28 Michigan State • 7:00p.m. YEAR GP W-L PCT. FINAIJBIG TEN April 29 Michigan State (2)* 4:00p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2.

Minnesota 6 2 .750 20 13 .606 Jeremy Kurella, 6-1 1 190, Jr., SS, Penn State 7 4 .636 24 9 .727 .363 (49-135), 2 HR 22 RBI Ohio State 4 4 .500 22 11 .667 Purdue 6 6 .500 20 12 .625 2000 PITCHING LEADERS Iowa 6 6 .500 12 21 .364 Gabe Ribas, 6-4, 210, So., RHP Indiana 5 7 .417 23 15 .605 5-2, 2.01 ERA, 49.1 IP, 45 SO Michigan State 2 5 .286 10 20 .333 e Northwestern 2 6 .250 16 15 .516 Zach Schara, 5-11, 180, So., RHP Michigan 3 9 .250 10 19-1 .350 3-3, 2.40 ERA, 48.2 IP, 54 SO GOLDEN BASEBALL This Weekend's Probables FRIDAY'S STARTER: e KOBOWS 2000 GAME HIGHS Mike Kobow, Sophomore, RHP, 64, 190 (Hutchimon, Minn.) Innings: 9.0 at Michigan. 3/24* CWTeDtStats: 3-2,3.71 ERA, 6GS, 9GP,432 IP,43 H, 28 R, 18 ER.2 HR, 13 BB, 27 SO Hits: 9 at Creighton, 3/1 i Runs: 11 at Creighton, 3/li UN Start: Took the 1~ in a 6-3 defeat by Ohio State (6.1-4-5-4-3-2) Low Walks: 0 three times • Making his seventh start of the season, 12th of his career Strike Outs: 7 vs. Oral Roberts, 3/3* •ls 2-1 in his last three starts with a 2.95 ERA • Pitched Minnesota's first complete game of the year in a 10-3 win over Michigan, 3/24 (9.0-5-3-1..0.3) • Was named to the Ronnel Foods Oassic All-Tournament Team for perlonnance against Geagia

SATURDAY'S STARTER- GAME ONE: BIRK'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Ben Birk, Junior, UIP, 6-5, 210 (St. Paul, Minn.) Innings: 7.0 at Michigan, 3/25 CWTeDt Stats: 1-2,521 ERA, 5 GS, 5 GP, 19.0 IP, 20 H. 13 R, 11 ER, 1 HR. 9 BB, 13 SO Hits: 7 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 UN Start: Pitched a one-hit complete game shutout in 8-0 victory over Michigan (7 .0-1..()..()..1-4) Runs: 5 vs. Wake Forest. 3/5 Low Walks: 1 three times • Scheduled to make his sixth start of the season, 17th of his career Strike Outs: 4 at Michigan, 3/25 • Threw only 78 pitches in his one-hit masterpiece, his longest outing of the season • Was 8-2 in 11 appearances in '98 including 4-0 with 0.34 ERA in Big Ten play • Coming back after sitting out 1998 season with injwy

SATURDAY'S STARTER- GAME 1WO: CLAREY'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Chadd Clarey, Senior, RHP, 5-11, 180 (Rochester, Minn.) Innings: 7.0 vs. Oral Roberts, 4/1 CWTeDt Stats: 4-2, 5.75 ERA, 6 GS, 9 GP, 40.2 IP, 48 H, 29 R, 26 ER. 7 HR, 20 BB, 29 SO Hits: 12 vs. Ohio State, 4/9 UN Start: Got the win in a 13-5 victory over Ohio State (6.0-12-5-5-0-2) Runs: 9 at Florida Atl., 2/18 Low Walks: 0 two times • ls 3-0 with a 3.79 ERA in his last three starts Strike Outs: 5 four times times • Earned the win in a 9-5 win over Michigan as a starter (6.0-5-3-3-3-5) • Has a 4.00 ERA in three relief appearances this season • Came out of the bullpen against Creighton in relief ofBirk (32-2-1..()..()..2) • Pitched 5.2 innings scattering five hits and no runs in 9-1 opening day win over lllinois State

SUNDAY'S STARTER: WERNER'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Kelly Werner, Senior, UIP, 6-3, 215 (Eau Claire, W~) Innings: 9.0 at Michigan, 3/26 CWTeDt Stats: 4-3, 3.42 ERA, 9 GS, 9 GP, 52.2 IP, 50 H, 27 R, 20 ER. 0 HR. 21 BB, 25 SO Hits: 7 four times Last Start: Got the win in a 7-1 with a complete-game victory over Ohio State last weekend (7 .0-4-1-0-4-4) Runs: 7 at Creighton, 3119 Low Walks: 1 three times • Earned co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors for his perfonnance last weekend Strike Outs: 4 two times • Has not allowed an earned run in his last 26 innings pitched coming into this weekend • Pitched a complete game three-hit shutout in 7-0 victory over Michigan (9.0-3-0-0-4-2) • Fourth on the team with 21 strikeouts • Leads the team with nine starts and 52.2 IP In The Bullpen

Nathan Bennett, Senior, LHP, 6-6, 230 (AIToyo Grande, Calif:) BENNETT'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Has appeared in four games this season Innings: 1.0 at three times • Earned his first win of the season pitching an inning in 6-3 victory over Iowa State Wednesday Hits: 2 vs. St. Scholastica, 4/5 Runs: 3 at McNeese St., 2/27 • Consummare team player who is one of the leaders of the club Low Walks: 0 at Creighton, 3/17 • Will vie for time out of the bullpen this season Strike Outs: 1 two times

Bob DeWitt, Senior, UIP, 6-0, 185 (Wausau, W~) DEWITT'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Has pitched in nine games this season and is 1-1 with 3.00 ERA Innings: 2.1 vs. Notre Dame, 3/4 • Earned his first win of the season pitching the final2.1 innings, allowing no hits against Notre Dame (314) Hits: 5 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 Runs: 2 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 • Pitched the final 1.1 innings in 17-9 win over Wichita St, not allowing a hit or run Low Walka: 0 five times • Has not allowed a run in seven of his nine relief appearances this season Strike Outs: 2 vs. St. Scholastica, 4/9 • Has yielded only one hit in his last 4.1 innings pitched * Denotes Career-High ------

~ ~ ..r'""\ =<.--' GOLDEN '~ ~ BASEBALL Vmce Gangl, Senior, RHP, ~2, 200 (NI&lwauk, Minn.) GANGL'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Is 1-1 with a 4.76 ERA this season in 11.1 innings Innings: 3.1 at Wichita St.. 3/1:2 • Was perfect in one inning of work against Iowa Stale on Wednesday Hits: 5 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 Runs: 4 vs. Wake Forest. 3/5 • Earned his first win of the season against Wichita St, 3112 (3.1-4-1..().0.2) Low Walks: 0 seven times • Was 2-1 with a 458 ERA in 16 appearances last season Strike Outs: 2 at Wichita St., 3/1:2 • Big Ten opponents batted .262 against him last season

Kurt Haring, Junior, RHP, 5-11, 170 (Champlin, Minn.) HARING'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Has made five appearances this season and is 0-1 with a 1050 ERA Innings: 2.2 at McNeese St .. 2125 Hits: i vs. McNeese St .. 2125 o Pitched one inning against Chicago Stale yielding just a hit Runs: 5 at McNeese St .. 2/25 o Got one inning of work against St Scholastica on 4/5 Low Walks: 0 vs. Chicago St., 4/5 • Longest outing was 2.2 innings against McNeese Stale Strike Outs: 2 at McNeese St .. 2/25 o Worked hard in the off-season improving delivery and developing an off-speed pitch

Brandon Kitzerow, Senior, RHP, 6-0, 180 (Lino Lakes, Minn.) KITZEROWS 2000 GAME HIGHS o Has appeared in nine games this season with a team-high five saves Innings: 4.0 at Florida Atl .. 2/19 Hits: 5 at Wichita St., 3/12 o Has a 257 ERA in 21.0 IP with 21 SO this season Runs: 4 at Wichita St.. 3112 o Longest outing of the season was 4.0 IP in 6-2 win at AoridaAtlantic (2119) Low Walks: 0 three times o His five saves this season is tied for second in the Big Ten Strike Outs: 5 at Florida Atl. 2/19 o Pitched 2.0 innings allowing one run in 9-7 win over Notre Dame o Has not walked a batter in his last four appearimces and has not allowed a run in six appearances this season

Nick McCauley, Freshman, RHP, 5-11, 180 (Richland, WJS.) MCCAULEY'S 2000 GAME HIGHS o Is 1-0 with a 450 ERA in eight innings of w

Andy Persby, Junior, RHP, ~3, 215 (North St. Paul, Minn.) PERSBY'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Picked up his second win of the season on 4/5 against St Scholastica (2.0..().0.0-1-2) Innings: 4.0 two times • Picked up his first win of the season in relief in 9-6 win over Chicago Stale (2.2-2-2-2-2-5) Hits: 5 at Florida Atl., 2120 Runs: 4 at Florida Atl, 2120 • Has appeared in nine games this year with two starts in first two series of the season Low Walks: 0 two times • Has given up a run in five of his seven appearances as a reliever this season Strike Outs: 5 vs. Chicago St., 3/28 o Pitched the final 3.0 innings allowing no runs on two hits in 2-1 loss to Wichita St • Opponents baningjust .147 (7-47) in 15.0 innings as a reliever

CJ. Woodrow, Freshman, RHP, ~2, 200, (Plymouth, Minn.) WOODROWS 2000 GAME HIGHS • Is 1-0 with a 3.50 ERA in 18 innings as a reliever but 0-1 with an 8.18 ERA in II innings as a starter Innings: 6.0 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 o Earned his first collegiate win in 17-9 victory over Wichita St.. (4.0-6-4-4-1-5) Hits: 6 two times • True freslunan walk-on who is the only true frestunan seeing playing time on the pitching staff Runs: 4 two times Low Walks: 0 seven times this season Strike Outs: 5 two times • Had an outstanding perfonnance his first time on the hill against illinois Stale pitching 6.0 innings, striking out five and no walks getting a no-decision in 3-2 12-inning win • Has walked only three batters in 29.0 innings of w

! '~ • ' : ~ ~t ' --s tP. · ·' Pitching Breakdown · "'" ~-:j ~-~.. ··~-~ STARTERS: G W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB so OppBA 33 13-10 4.69 163.0 172 107 85 12 69 105 .273

RELIEVERS: e G W-L-S ERA IP H R ER HR BB so OppBA 33 7-3-6 4.12 111.1 108 58 51 3 52 78 .254 GOLDEN BASEBALL

2,000 in 2000: With the 10-3 win over Michigan on March 24, the Golden Gopher base- 1 2000 Offensive Category Leaders ball team became the 14th school in NCAA history to surpass the 2,000 win plateau. I At-bats

The school record now stands at 2,012-1,174-26 (.630) heading into this weekend's 1 Rick Brosseau ...... 125 series with Northwestern. · Jack Hannahan ...... 12-+ Scott Howard ...... 122 Minnesota vs. Northwestern: Minnesota leads the all-time series with Northwestern by Jason Kennedy ...... 121 a 125-58 margin. In the last four seasons, the Golden Gophers are 13-3 in 16 games Josh Holthaus ...... 120 against the Wildcats, 7-1 at Siebert Field and 6-2 at Rocky Miller Stadium. In those 16 games, the Minnesota offensive attack has scored 120 runs while yielding only 60 Hits (7.5-3.8 average runs per game). They have shutout the Wildcats in four of those games, Rick Brosseau ...... 46 and have held them to four runs or less in 10 of those games. Scott Howard ...... 40 Jack Hannahan ...... 40 A Call to Arms: Pitching will be a key once again for Minnesota in 2000. With all but Jason Kennedy ...... 37 two pitchers back from last season's pitching staff, the group has the potential to be the Josh Holthaus ...... 38 best assembled in Head Coach John Anderson's tenure. Leading the group is junior left­ bander Ben Birk (St. Paul, Minn.) and senior right-hander Chadd Clarey (Rochester, Batting Average (2.5 AB/game) Minn.). After missing all of last season with an injury, Birk looks to pick up right where Rick Brosseau ...... 368 he left off the 1998 season, when he went 8-2 with a 2.65 ERA. Clarey was one of the Scott Howard ...... 328 Maroon and Gold's most consistent pitchers over the final few months of last season. He Jack Hannahan ...... 323 compiled a mark of 7-3 with an ERA of 5.26. His 78.2 innings pitched was the second­ Jason Kennedy ...... 306 highest on the team behind first-team All-Big Ten pitcher Brad Pautz. He earned third­ Josh Holthaus ...... 292 team All-Big Ten honors and was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team after pitching a complete game in Minnesota's 10-1 win over regular season champion Ohio Doubles State. Rick Brosseau ...... 12 Jack Hannahan ...... 10 The 2000 Golden Gophers: Minnesota, ranked 27th in the country in the Collegiate Scott Howard ...... 7 Baseball preseason poll, returns 14 of 22 lettermen from last season's school record-set­ Josh Holthaus ...... 7 ting 46-win team. The pitching staff, which returns 12 pitchers, looks to be one of the Luke Appert ...... 7 strengths of this year's team. One of Golden Gopher head coach John Anderson's main concerns will be replacing the offensive power of Robb Quinlan, Aron Amundson and Home Runs Matt Scanlon. The trio combined to hit .391, score 194 runs, 225 RBis with 78 doubles Jason Kennedy ...... 4 and 41 home runs. They accounted for 46 percent of Minnesota's RBis last season and Josh Holthaus ...... 4 36 percent of the runs scored. Luke Appert ...... 4 Rick Brosseau ...... 2 Birk Returns: Junior lefthander Ben Birk made his 2000 season debut in the second Jack Hannahan ...... 2 game of the doubleheader against McNeese State. It was his first appearance in a game since the 1998 season after sitting out the 1999 season due to an injury. In a limited out­ RBis ing, Birk pitched just 2.1 innings allowing five hits and three runs, two of which were Rick Brosseau ...... 27 unearned. Against Michigan on March 25, Birk showed more of his 1998 form, pitching Josh Holthaus ...... 27 a one~hit complete game shutout of the Wolverines. Birk threw 78 pitches in the game Scott Howard ...... 24 and allowed only two runners to reach third. The one-hitter by Birk was the first by a Jason Kennedy ...... 23 Golden Gopher pitcher since April 8, 1995 when Brian Mensink threw a one-hitter in a Jack Hannahan ...... 23 3-0 win over Illinois at the Metrodome. Stolen Bases Joltin' Josh: Junior Josh Holthaus (Monticello, Minn.) is the Golden Gophers' leading Jason Kennedy ...... 14 hitter returning from last year's squad. Holthaus hit .382 (50-for-131) with 9 HRs and 36 R~ck Brosseau ...... 11 RBis in 51 games for the Maroon and Gold. He had a .702 slugging percentage. He has Scott Welch ...... 5 struggled from the plate through the early part of this season, but has started to swing Mark Devore ...... 5 the bat with some authority in the last 15 games. In those games he is batting .404 (21- three tied at ...... 2 52) with a home run, three doubles, 15 RBis and 18 runs scored. He is currently tied for the team lead RBis with 27 and fifth in hits (35). A versatile performer in the field, he Walks has started 29 games at first base and started four games and has seen action in 11 others Josh Holthaus ...... 21 behind the plate. He is the only player to have started in all of Minnesota's games this Mike Arlt ...... 19 year. Jason Kennedy ...... 17 Rick Brosseau ...... 17 Luke Appert ...... 16 GOLDEN BASEBALL Howard Coming on Strong: Sophomore left fielder Scott Howard (Rosemount, 2000 Pitching Category Leaders Minn.) has been coming on strong as of late for the Golden Gophers. Howard, who has hits in 27 of the 32 games this season, put together a team-high ten-game hitting streak ~~~Werner ...... 9 e earlier this season batting .390 ( 16-41) with five doubles, eight RBis and 11 runs scored. Chadd Clarey ...... 6 In the last 12 games, Howard is batting at a .357 clip (15-42) including 10 RBis and Mike Kobow ...... 6 nine runs scored. Against Iowa State on Wednesday, Howard was 2-for-4 with an RBI Ben Birk ...... 5 C.J. Woodrow ...... 3 and a run scored. In the Harmel Foods Baseball Classic, Howard went 6-for-13 from the plate driving in three runs and scoring five others. In the 9-7 win over Notre Dame, Wins Howard was 3-for-4 with two RBis and three runs scored and two doubles. He was Chadd Clarey ...... 4 voted to the all-tournament team for his performance in the tournament. Kelly Werner ...... 4 Mike Kobow ...... 3 Who's on First, What's on Second?: A major question mark for the Golden Gophers Andy Persby ...... 2 heading into the 2000 campaign was who is going to step up to replace 1999 Big Ten 7 tied at ...... I Player of the Year Robb Quinlan at first base and Matt Scanlon at second base. Through the first 28 games this season junior Josh Holthaus, sophomore Rob LaRue (Min­ Appearances netonka, Minn.) and true freshman David Roach (Clearwater, Fla.) have seen time at C.J. Woodrow ...... 10 the comer this season. Holthaus has started 29 games at first, Roach has started three Vince Gangl ...... I 0 Chadd Clarey ...... 9 while seeing action in nine others and LaRue has played in five games there with one Kelly Werner ...... 9 start. Bob DeWitt ...... 9 At second base, senior Mark Devore (Bloomington, Minn) and redshirt freshman Mike Kobow ...... 9 Scott Welch (Missoula, Mont.) have split time there this season, with Welch starting 11 Brandon Kitzerow ...... 9 games at second; two as a designated hitter and one at shortstop and third. Devore has Andy Persby ...... 9 staring 12 games at second. Moving from left field to second, Scott Howard has started six games in the middle of the infield while true freshman Luke Appert (Cottage Innings Pitched Grove, Minn.) has started four games while starting 15 other games as a designated hit­ Kelly Werner ...... 52.2 ter. Mike Kobow ...... 43.2 Chadd Clarey ...... 40.2 Devo Whipping It Good!: Second baseman senior Mark Devore (Bloomington, C.J. Woodrow ...... :. ; ....29.0 A Minn.) has been a steady performer for the Golden Gophers this season. Having started Andy Persby ...... 23.0 W 12 games at second base this season, Devore has been a consistent glove up the middle ERA-min 10 IP this season. Recently though, Devore's bat has come alive. He comes into this weekend's Brandon Kitzerow ...... 2.57 series with a .395 (15-38) batting average in 23 games played this season. Devo is cur­ Andy Persby ...... 3.13 rently on a seven-game hitting streak, third longest on the team this season. On the Kelly Werner ...... 3.42 streak, Devo is batting .688 (11-16) with two doubles, four RBis and four runs scored. Mike Kobow ...... 3.71 He is batting .667 (2-3) with an RBI and as a pinch hitter this season. In his last 12 Nick McCauley ...... 4.50 games, Devo is batting .619 (13-21) with four RBls and five runs scored. Strikeouts Freshman Flash: Freshman pitcher C..J. Woodrow (Plymouth, Minn.) saw his first Chadd Clarey ...... 29 Mike Kobow ...... 27 collegiate action against Illinois State. The walk-on turned some heads with his outstand­ C.J. Woodrow ...... 27 ing performance on the mound in Minnesota's 3-2, 12-inning victory over the Redbirds. Kelly Werner ...... 25 Relieving starter Andy Persby in the fifth inning, Woodrow came in and pitched six solid Brandon Kitzerow ...... 21 innings, striking out five and scattering just four hits. The only run scored against him was an unearned run that tied the game in the sixth inning. Woodrow kept his composure Walks allowed though and went on to retire 12 of the next 13 batters he faced. On two separate occa~ Jason Shupe ...... 1 sions with two outs in the inning, he forced the batter to ground out, leaving the go­ Jason Amidon ...... 2 ahead run stranded on third. He earned his first win of his collegiate career in a 17-9 win C.J. Woodrow ...... 3 over Wichita State. So far this season, opponents are batting just .264 against him, Vince Gangl ...... 3 fourth-best on the team. In his 29.0 innings pitched he has an ERA of 5.28 and has Nick McCauley ...... 5 struck out 27 while walking just three batters. Opposing Batting Average Brandon Kitzerow ...... 192 How Do You Spell Relief?: Minnesota's relief pitchers have come in and done an out­ Andy Persby ...... 195 standing job in the last couple of games. In the last 15 games for Minnesota, the reliev­ Nick McCauley ...... 200 ers have combined for a 3-0 record with an ERA of 2.86, three saves saves and have Kelly Werner ...... 250 A allowed just 12 runs in 34.2 innings of work. Senior Brandon Kitzerow (Lino Lakes, Mike Kobow ...... 254 W ' Minn.) leads the bullpen crew with five saves so far this season. Saves Brandon Kitzerow ...... 5 Mike Kobow ...... 1 ------~-~~ ---- GOLDEN BASEBALL Kenndo Can Do It!: Sophomore Jason Kennedy (Minnetonka, Minn.) has been get­ 2000 Minnesota Team ting into a groove at the plate recently for the Golden Gophers. The starting right fielder Superlatives for Minnesota in 32 games so far this season, Kennedy is batting .306 (37-121), fourth 'BATTING best on the team. He is currently in the top five on the team in 10 offensive categories, Most At-bats: including RBis (23-fourth on the team), home runs (4-tied for the team lead), runs 46 twice, last at Wichita State, 3111 scored (28-second best on the team) and on base percentage (.430-second best on the Fewest At-bats: team). He is also a perfect 14-for-14 in stolen bases so far this season. His 14 steals 29 at Creighton (Gm. I), 3119 leads the team. Minnesota is 13-3 with Kennedy batting in the lead-off position. Most Runs (Game): 17 at Wichita State. 3/12 Start Me Up!: Through the first 32 games this season, the Golden Gophers have been Most Runs (Inning): outscoring their opponents by a 82-53 margin in the first three innings of games. That 8 at Wichita State (8th), 311 I reversed a previous trend at the beginning of the season that saw Minnesota being Fewest Runs (Game): outscored by its opponents by a 22-3 margin through the first nine games. They have I twice, last at Wichita State, 3/ II outscored their opponents 28-8 in the first inning and are 10-2 when they score in the Most Hits (Game): first frame. They are also 17-5 when scoring first this season. 16 two times, last at Michigan, 3124 Most Hits (Inning): Born to Run: Through the first 32 games this season, Minnesota has been successful on 6 two times last at Wichita State (8th),3/l1 53 of 65 (82%) stolen base attempts. The Golden Gophers stole only 63 bases all of last Fewest Hits (Game): season, and were gunned down 32 times (66% success rate). 5 two times, last vs. Ohio State, 4/8 Most RBis: Crowded House: For Minnesota's Saturday afternoon game of the Hormel Foods Base­ 15 at Wichita State, 3/12 ball Classic against Notre Dame, 8,341 fans came through the turnstiles to watch the Most Doubles: Golden Gophers defeat the Fighting Irish by a score of 9-7. That crowd is currently the 4 five times last vs. Oral Roberts, 4/2 largest crowd to see a Division I baseball game this season. Most Triples: 3 vs. Chicago State, 3/29 The Road Warriors: Even though the Golden Gophers opened their season at the Most Home Runs: Metrodome, they have been on the road for the majority of the first two months of the 3 at Florida Atlantic, 2/20 season due to the Metrodome being used for the first- and second-round games of the Most Total Bases: NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. Minnesota was on the road for 16 of the first 22 27 vs. Chicago State, 3/29 games of this season and compiled a road record of 7-9. After Wednesday's win at Iowa Most Walks: State, Minnesota currently has a 8-9 record on the road this season. llat Wichita State, 3/12 Fewest Walks: Dome Sweet Dome: The Golden Gophers fashioned a 9-2 record at the Metrodome this 1 vs. St. Scholastica, 4/5 season. In the previous two years, Minnesota has a record of 28-7 (.800) at the dome. Most Strikeouts: 13 at Florida Atlantic, 2/19 Home Sweet Home: Due to the Metrodome being used for the first- and second-round Fewest Strikeouts: games of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, Minnesota spend much of the first 2 vs. Ohio State, 4/9 two months of the season on the road. The Golden Gophers played 16 of their first 22 Most Sac. Bunts: games on opponent's fields compiling a 7-9 record. In the 16 games played home so far 3 at Michigan, 3126 this season, Minnesota is 12-4. Most Sac. Flies: 3 two times last vs. Chicago State, 3129 Brosseau Earns All-Tournament Honors/Silver Stick Award: Junior shortstop Rick Most Stolen Bases: Brosseau (North Oaks, Minn.) had an outstanding weekend at this year's ninth-annual 6 two times, last at Florida Atlantic, 2/19 Hormel Foods Baseball Classic. The junior batted .714 (10-14) from the plate with five Most Left on Base: runs, six RBis and two doubles en route to earning all-tournament honors and the Easton 17 at Wichita State, 3/12 Silver Stick Award, given to the player with the highest batting average at the Hormel. Fewest Left on Base: He put together a season-high nine game hitting streak that was broken in the final game 5 five times, last vs. Ohio State, 4/8 of the Wichita State series. On the streak, Brosseau batted .488 (21-43) with 12 RBis Hit into Double Plays: and four doubles. He currently leads the team in RBis (27), runs scored (35), hits (46), 3 two times, last vs. Oral Roberts, 4/l doubles (12) and total bases (64). FIELDING Action Jackson: Sophomore Jack Hannahan (St. Paul, Minn.) has doing with the bat Most Putouts: and the glove for the Golden Gophers so far this season. A starter in 32 of ~3 g~es this 36 vs. Illinois State, 2/14 season at third, he is batting .418 (28-67) with 16 RBis and 18 runs scored m hts last 18 Most Assists: games. Among the 28 hits, he has collected seven doubles, two triples and two home 20 vs. Illinois State, 2/14 runs. He earned co-Big Ten Player of the Week honors for his performance last week. Hannahan batted .625 in five games last week for the Golden Gophers. He was 10-17 GOLDEN BASEBALL

from the plate with seven RBis and five runs scored, including two doubles and a home Most Errors: run. In Sunday's 13-5 win over Ohio State, Hannahan was 3-for-4 with four RBis, two 4 three times, last at Creighton. 3/17- runs scored and a home run. In the second game, a 7-1 Minnesota win, Hannahan was Most Double Plays: 2-for-3 with an RBI. Not only has Hannahan been coming on strong with the bat, he has 3 at Wichita State. 3112 made several outstanding defensive plays at third to thwart opponents. PITCIDNG Most Allowed Runs: Luke(ing) Good: True freshman Luke Appert (Cottage Grove, Minn.) got off to a 15 at McNeese State. 2/25 slow start in his collegiate career collecting only one hit in his first eight at-bats. But Most Earned Runs Allowed: since that start Appert has really started to show his stuff. Since smacking his first colle­ 13 at McNeese State, 2/25 giate home run in the Notre Dame game, Appert has gone 25-for-63 (.397) with 20 runs Fewest Earned Runs Allowed: scored and 19 RBis. In the first game of the Creighton series, Appert went deep on 0 six times last vs. Ohio State, 4/9 back-to-back at bats for his second and third homers of the year. He became the first Most Hits Allowed: true freshman in the John Anderson era to hit homers on back-to-back at-bats and the 20 vs. Wake Forest. 3/5 first true freshman to hit two homers in a game since current Golden Gopher Rob Fewest Hits Allowed: LaRue (Minnetonka, Minn.) did it against St. Olaf in 1998. Appert was 5-for-11 (.455) 1 vs. Michigan (Gm. 1), 3/25 in the Creighton series. He was instrumental in the doubleheader victories over Ohio Most Strikeouts: State last Sunday. In the two games, Appert was was 3-for-5 with six RBis with a home 12 vs. Chicago State, 3/28 run and double. His two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning of game two Fewest Strikeouts: sparked a six-run sixth inning for the Golden Gophers en route to the 7-1 win. He is cur­ 1 at McNeese State, 2/27 rently batting .667 (2-3) with the bases loaded this year and is batting .522 (12-23) with Most Walks: runners in scoring position. 10 at McNeese State, 2/25 Fewest Walks: More Team Notes: The Golden Gophers are averaging 7.9 runs in their last 15 games 0 two times, last vs. Ohio State, 4/9 while only giving up 3.1 • starting pitchers are 10-2 With a 2.95 ERA in the last 15 games • the team is 3-3 in games on Fridays so far this season and are 6-3 in games on MISCELLANEOUS Saturday. Longest Game: 3:53 at Wichita State, 311 e Golden Gophers Open Season Taking Two of Three From Illinois State: The Golden Shortest Game: Gophers took two out of three from the Illinois State Redbirds in their opening series of 2:26 two times, last vs. Oral Roberts, 4/2 the 2000 season. In the first game, junior Rick Brosseau hit a bases-loaded double Most Innings: down the right field line in the bottom of the sixth inning to propel Minnesota to a 9-1 12 vs. Illinois State, 2114 win. In the first game of a scheduled seven-inning doubleheader, the Golden Gophers Most Pitchers Used: fell to the Redbirds by a score of 7-6 in eight innings. Minnesota came back from a 3-0 8 vs. St Scholastica, 4/5 deficit to take a 5-3 lead heading into the top of the sixth but was unable to hold on to the lead. In the second game, after Scott Welch scored from third off of a Josh Individual Superlatives Holthaus infield single, Jack Hannahan poked a single to right-center field scoring Scott Howard from second base to give the Golden Gophers a 3-2 come-from-behind BATTING victory in the bottom of the 12th inning. At-bats: 7, Mike Arlt at Wichita State, 3111 Golden Gophers Take Two of Three in Hormel Foods Baseball Classic: The Maroon Runs scored: and Gold got back on the winning track in the 2000 Harmel Foods Baseball Classic held 4, Rick Brosseau at Wichita State, 3/11 at the Metrodome. Minnesota opened the Classic with a 7-1 victory over the Georgia · Hits: Bulldogs behind a superb pitching performance from sophomore Mike Kobow. The. 4, Rick Brosseau vs. Notre Dame, 3/4 right-hander pitched eight-plus innings, scattering five hits and allowing only one run 4, Rob LaRue vs. St. Scholastica, 4/5 while striking out a career-high six to earn his first victory of the season. Against No. 25 RBis: Notre Dame on Saturday, Minnesota fought back to gain a 9-7 decision over the Fight­ 4, Josh Holthaus at Wichita State, 3111 ing Irish. Junior Rick Brosseau went 4-for-5 with two RBis and sophomore Scott 4, Rob LaRue vs. St. Scholastica, 4/5 Howard went 3-for-4 with two RBis to lead the Golden Gophers. In the finale on Sun­ 4, Luke Appert vs. Ohio State, 4/9 day, the eventual Classic champion Wake Forest Demon Deacons, scored 13 runs on 20 4, Jack Hannahan vs. Ohio State, 4/9 hits to defeat Minnesota by a score of 13-6. Minnesota fought back from a early 5-0 Doubles: deficit to close the gap to 7-6, but Wake Forest was too strong down the stretch as they 2 seven separate times added two runs in the eighth and four in the ninth·to put the Golden Gophers away. Triples: 1, eight separate time- Gophers Win Two of Three at No. 13 Wichita State: The Golden Gophers took two Home Runs: of three games from the Wichita State Shockers. The continuation of Friday's game that 2, by Josh Holthaus at Florida Atlantic, 2120 was postponed due to snow was won by Minnesota 17-9. The 17 runs given up by 2, by Luke Appert at Creighton, 3117 Wichita were the most they had given up in a home game since 1986. Junior Rick ~ ~ _/' • GOLDEN ...2- .:_)::;, BASEBALL

Brosseau went 3-for-5 and reached base seven times in the game. Junior Josh Holthaus Total Bases: was 2-for-5 with four RBis. Freshman C,J. Woodrow earned his first collegiate win of 9, by Luke Appen at Creighton. 3/17 his career. In the continuation of Saturday's game that was postponed due to darkness, Walks: Wichita State won a pitcher's dual by a score of 2-1. In the third garp.e of the series, 3, by Jeremy Negen at Wichita State. 3/11 Minnesota jumped out to an early 7-0 lead, and held on the rest of the way to defeat the Strikeouts: Shockers by a score of 10-8. The Golden Gophers got a solid relief pitching effort from 3 by Jason Kennedy at Creighton. 3119 senior Vince Gangl, who earned his first victory of the season, pitching 3.1 innings and 3 by Jason Kennedy vs. St. Scholastica. 4/5 allowing just one run on four hits. Sophomore outfielder Chris Guetzlaff was 2-for-4 3 by Rob LaRue vs. Ohio State, 4/8 with three RBis in the game, including his first career home run. Sac bits: 2 by Jeremy Negen at Michigan, 3/26 Gophers Sweep No. 29 Oral Roberts: The Golden Gophers continued to roll as they Sac Flies: swept a three-game series from the Golden Eagles at the Metrodome. The Golden I I7 separate times Gophers outscored the Golden Eagles on the weekend by a 23-2 margin. Minnesota Stolen Bases: pitchers combined to shut down the Oral Roberts attack, holding them scoreless over the 3 by Jason Kennedy two times, last vs. last 2I innings of the series. Junior shortstop Rick Brosseau continued to have the hot Chicago State, 3/28 bat for the Golden Gophers as he batted .600 (6-10) for the series with four RBis and Hit By Pitch: four runs scored. Gopher senior RHP Chadd Clarey combined with junior RHP Andy 2, three separate times Persby for a shut out in Saturday's 7-0 win. Sunday's starter, senior LHP Kelly Runners LOB: Werner, pitched seven innings of shu- out ball to extend his scoreless innings streak to 5, Jack Hannahan at Wichita State, 3112 19. Werner, along with freshman RHP C,J. Woodrow and senior RHP Vince Gangl, 5, Josh Holthaus at Michigan, 3/24 combined for the shutout in Sunday's II-0 win. PITCHING 1999 Season in Review: For the second straight season, the Golden Gopher baseball Innings Pitched: program set a school record for wins with 46. They advanced to the championship game 9.0 by Mike Kobow at Michigan, 3/24 of the Big Ten Tournament, falling short to Michigan by a score of 12-11. Minnesota 9.0 by Kelly Werner at Michigan, 3/26 advanced to NCAA postseason play for the 23rd time in school history, going 2-2 at the Runs Allowed: NCAA Waco regional. Robb Quinlan finished his senior season as one of the most pro­ II by Mike Kobow at Creighton, 3/17 lific hitters in school history. Quinlan holds the school record in eight offensive cate­ Earned Runs Allowed: gories, including totals bases (613), at-bats (906), runs scored (249), hits (345), doubles 8 by Chadd Carey at Florida Atlantic, 2118 (79), triples ( I2-tied with Ryan Lefebvre and Bob Keeny), home runs (55) and RBis Strikeouts: (230). The team set school marks in wins (46), at-bats (2,177), runs (534), hits (724), 7 by Mike Kobow vs. Oral Roberts, 3/31 doubles (171) and RBis (492). Walks Allowed: 5 by Chadd Clarey at McNeese State, 2125 WDGY-AM 630 and Midwest Sports Channel to Broadcast Games in 2000: The Hits Allowed: University of Minnesota baseball program announced that it has signed a two-year con­ 12 by Chadd Carey vs. Ohio State, 4/8 tract with WDGY-AM (630) to broadcast a minimum of 32 regular-season games, plus Doubles AUowed: all postseason games for the 2000 and 2001 baseball seasons. Tom Witschen will do the 3 by Kurt Haring at McNeese State, 2/25 play-by-play for the Golden Gophers this season. Home Runs Allowed: Midwest Sports Channel will televise three more Golden Gopher baseball games 3 by Chadd Carey at Florida Atlantic, 2/I8 this season continuing the first game of the April 22 doubleheader with Iowa, the first Wild Pitches: game of the May 6 doubleheader with Indiana and the May 14 game with Purdue. 2, by four pitchers, l;lSt by Nick McCauley at Iowa State, 4112 Surf the Web: Voted "Best Website in the State" in 1997, www.gopbersports.com is Hit Batters: the ultimate source for most up-to-date information on Golden Gopher athletics. The site 2 by Mike Kobow vs. Ohio State, 4/8 contains up-to-date rosters, schedules, results, statistics, standings and much, much Balks: more. I by four players

Minnesota Fax-On-Demand: Information on the 2000 Golden Gopher baseball team is available to members of the media on Fax-On-Demand. To access the information, media must have a PIN number available by calling (770) 399-3066. To access the information (after obtaining a PIN number), please call 1-800-300- 2050. The Big Ten passcode is 282. Cell numbers for Minnesota baseball are: 2260 Entire Release 2261 Roster/Schedule 2262 Last game report GOLDEN BASEBALL Minnesota's 2000 Record When.. . ~-- ... - Home ...... 12-4 -~t~=~(< .. Multi-Hit Games · . Metrodome ...... 9-2 ~:-;L:.. :~. -~- . ~. ! .! Siebert Field ...... 3-2 Player 2 3 4 5 Total Away ...... 7-8 Rick Brosseau 10 (41) 4 (8) 1 (1) 0 (0) 15 (50) Neutral Site ...... 0-0 Jack Hannahan 10 (18) 3 (7) 0 (1) 0 (0) 13 (22) Non-Conference ...... 14-11 Scott Howard 9 (24) 2 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 11 (31) Big Ten ...... 6-2 Josh Holthaus 10 (22) 1 (6) 0 (1) 0 (0) 11 (29) Day Games ...... l6-11 Jason Kennedy 6 (15) 3 (5) 0 (1) 0 (0) 9 (21) Night Games ...... 4-2 LukeAppert 5 (5) 2 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 7 (7) Chris Guetzlaff 6 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (6) On Tur£ ...... 11-6 Mark Devore 3 (12) 1 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (11) On Grass ...... 9-7 Mike Arlt 3 (38) 1 (12) 0 (1) 0 (0) 4 (51) vs. Left-handed Starters ...... 5-4 Scott Welch 2 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (2) vs. Right-handed Starters ...... 15-9 Rob LaRue 1 (1) 0 (1) 1 (2) 0 (0) 2 (3) Against Top 30 Teams ...... 5-4 Jeremy Negen 1 (12) 1 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (16) One-Run Games ...... 1-4 Jeremy Beaulieu 0 (2) 0 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (3) Two-Run Games ...... 2-1 Career numbers in parentheses Extra-Innings Games ...... 1-1 Shutouts ...... 4-0

-~,. "-: Scoring First ...... 17-5 ¢~-· ·: . X . ~ Scoring in the First Inning ...... 10-2 :~": ,., ·Multi-REI Games .,. ,./::;. . ~ Opponents Score First ...... 3-8 );".Jn;~. .:._..__....,._....,~ A + w• A + ~ Ahead Mter 5 lnnings ...... 18-2 Player 2 3 4 5 Total Behind After 5 Innings ...... 2-11 Rick Brosseau 5 (16) 3 (4) 0 (1) 0 (1) 8 (22) Tied After 5 Innings ...... 0-0 Josh Holthaus 5 (16) 2 (6) 1 (2) 0 (0) 8 (24) Jason Kennedy 5 (14) 2 (6) 0 (0) 0 (1) 7 (21) Ahead Going Into Final Inning ...... 19-0 LukeAppert 4 (4) 1 (1) 1 (1) 0 (0) 6 (6) Behind Going Into Final Inning ...... 0-11 Scott Howard 3 (7) 2 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (11) Tied Going Into Final Regulation Inning ...... 1-2 Jack Hannahan 1 (4) 2 (2) 1 (3) 0 (0) 4 (9) Doubleheaders ...... 2-2-2 Jeremy Negen 3 (11) 0 (3) 0 (1) 0 (0) 3 (15) Teams Combine For Less Than 10 Runs ...... 11-5 Scott Welch 3 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (3) Teams Combine For Between 10-19 Runs ...... 8-7 MikeArlt 3 (13) 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (17) Teams Combine For 20 or More Runs ...... 1-1 Chris Guetzlaff 0 (0) 2 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (2) Rob LaRue 1 (1) 0 (2) 1 (1) 0 (1) 2 (5) Scoring 5 or More Runs ...... 19-6 Paul Hartmann 0 (0) 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1) Scoring 4 or Fewer Runs ...... 1-7 Mark Devore 1 (9) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (11) Allowing 5 or More Runs ...... 11-11 Ben Birk 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (4) Allowing 4 or Fewer Runs ...... 9-2 Career numbers in parentheses Hitting Multiple Home Runs ...... •...... 2-2 February ...... 3-6 to... ~Yf •• • " March ...... 11-5 .·'·: · ·. Games With A Hit . 1 April ...... 6-2 May ...... 0-0 - '•" -><" - r ~ • • • ' - Sunday ...... 6-6 Player Games Player Games Scott Howard 27 of 32 Mark Devore 10 of 17 Monday ...... l-1 Jason Kennedy 25 of 33 David Roach 3 of 18 Tuesday ...... :...... 1-0 Rick Brosseau 25 of 32 Paul Hartmann 3 of 6 Wednesday ...... 3-0 Jack Hannahan 24 of 32 Jeremy Beaulieu 0 of 7 Thursday ...... 0-0 Mike Arlt 19 of 33 Keith Walters 0 of 3 Friday ...... 3-3 Josh Holthaus 23 of 33 Eric Gangl 0 of 1 Saturday ...... 6-3 Scott Welch 12 of 21 Luke Appert 17 of 27 Current Streak ...... Won 10 Jeremy Negen 13 of 24 Longest Winning Streak...... 10 (3/24 to 4/8) Chris Guetzlaff 9 of 18 Longest Home Winning Streak ...... 6 (3/28 to 4/8) Rob LaRue 5 of 17 Longest Road Winning Streak .. 5 (3/24 to present) Longest Losing Streak ...... 4 (2/20 to 2/27) Longest Home Losing Streak ...... 2 (4/8) Longest Road Losing Streak ...... 4 (2/20 to 2/27) Largest Winning Margin .. 11 vs. Oral Roberts, 4/2 The Automated ScoreBook Game Results for Minnesota {as of Apr 13, 2000) {All games)

Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Tlr..e Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns ------1------Clarey (W 1-0) 344 3:06 Feb 13, 2000 Illinois State w 9-1 9 10 0/ 1 8 1 9 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DeWitt (L 0-1) 219 3:23 Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State 6-7 L 6 11 2/ 7 14 1 8) 1- 1- 0 Shupe (W 1-0) 244 3: 32 Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State w 3-2 3 11 2/ 2 10 3 (12) 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Clarey (L 1-1) 637 2:41 Feb 18, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic 4-9 L 4 5 2/ 9 8 0 9 2- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (W 923 3:30 Feb 19, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic w 6-2 6 6 2/ 2 8 2 9 3- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 1-o: Haring (L 0-1) 823 3:10 Feb 20, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic 6-7 L 6 11 1/ 7 10 1 9 3- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 625 3:18 Feb 25, 2000 at McNeese State 5-15 L 5 11 4/15 12 9 3- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Clarey (L 1-2) 400 2:03 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 1-7 L 1 4 4/ 7 7 0 7 3- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-1) 4 00 2: 14 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 3-7 L 3 6 2/ 7 11 1 7 3- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Birk (L 0-1) Kobow (W 1-0) 2379 2:33 #Mar 03, 2000 Georgia w 7-1 7 7 1/ 5 1 9 4- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 DeWitt (W 1-1) 8341 2:56 #Mar 04, 2000 Notre Dame w 9-7 9 11 1/ 7 10 2 9 5- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Birk {L 0-2) 2307 3:28 #Mar OS, 2000 Wake Forest 6-13 L 6 13 2/13 20 1 9 5- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 CJ Woodrow (W 1-0) 1876 3:53 Mar 11, 2000 at Wichita State w 17-9 17 16 2/ 9 13 4 9 6- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-2) 1157 2:33 Mar 12, 2000 at Wichita State 1-2 L 1 8 1/ 2 9 0 9 6- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 v. Gangl (W 1-0) 2512 3:13 Mar 12, 2000 at Wichita State w 10-8 10 8 1/ 8 12 3 9 7- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 Kobow (L 1-1) 223 3:14 Mar 17, 2000 at Creighton 8-11 L 8 12 4/11 13 2 9 7- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 Gangl (L 1-1) 227 2:32 Mar 19, 2000 at Creighton 2-3 L 2 7 2/ 3 6 0 9 7-10- 0 0- 0- 0 v. 223 2:36 Mar 19, 2000 at Creighton 5-7 L 5 9 2/ 7 9 0 9 7-11- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-3) Kobow (W 2-1) 800 2:30 *Mar 24, 2000 at Michigan w 10-3 10 16 1/ 3 5 3 9 8-11- 0 1- 0- 0 Birk (W 1-2) 900 1:56 •Mar 25, 2000 at Michigan w 8-0 8 6 2/ 0 l 5 7 9-11- 0 2- 0- 0 Clarey (W 2-2) 900 2:22 •Mar 25, 2000 at Michigan w 9-5 9 7 1/ 5 6 6 7 10-11- 0 3- 0- 0 4- 0- 0 werner (W 2-3) 750 2:43 e *Mar 26, 2000 at Michigan w 7-0 7 6 0/ 0 3 4 9 11-11- 0 Persby (W 1-0) 157 2:42 Mar 28, 2000 Chicago State w 9-6 9 11 2/ 6 9 4 9 12-11- 0 4- 0- 0 4- 0- 0 McCauley (W 1-0) 247 3:01 Mar 29, 2000 Chicago State w 13-5 13 12 0/ 5 9 2 9 13-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Kobow (W 3-1) 297 2:29 Mar 31, 2000 oral Roberts w 5-2 5 12 0/ 2 7 1 9 14-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Clarey {W 3-2) 265 2:26 Apr 01. 2000 Oral Roberts w 7-0 7 13 1/ 0 6 9 15-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Werner (W 3-3) 323 2:26 Apr 02, 2000 Oral Roberts w 11-0 11 14 0/ 0 5 1 9 16-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Persby (W 2-0) 118 2:30 Apr OS, 2000 St. Scholastica w 8-4 8 14 0/ 4 7 2 9 17-11- 0 4- 1- 0 Kobow (L 3-2) 452 2:04 *Apr 08, 2000 Ohio State 3-6 L 5 1/ 6 5 7 17-12- 0 4- 2- 0 CJ woodrow (L 1-1) 452 2: 12 *Apr 08, 2000 Ohio State 3-7 L 3 9 1/ 7 11 0 7 17-13- 0 5- 2- 0 Clarey (W 4-2) 512 1:56 *Apr 09, 2000 Ohio State w 13-5 13 15 0/ 5 12 7 18-13- 0 6- 2- 0 werner (W 4-3) 512 2:05 *Apr 09, 2000 Ohio State w 7-1 7 10 1/ 1 4 0 7 19-13- 0 Bennett (W 1-0l 133 2:32 Apr 12, 2000 at Iowa State w 6-3 6 7 3/ 5 3 9 20-13- 0 6- 2- 0

*Conference game #Hormel Foods Baseball Classic () extra inning game The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr 13, 2000) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 20-13 Home: 12-4 Away: 8-9 Conference: 6-2

TB SLG\ BB HBP SO GDP OB\ SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD\ Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI

5-8 21 35 0 l.OOC 7 Mark Devore...... 395 23-12 38 7 15 3 0 0 4 18 . 474 7 0 6 2 .489 0 3-3 0 l.OCO 45 Chns Guetzlaff ... 395 21-9 38 9 15 5 0 l 9 23 .605 4 6 1 .455 35 91 9 . 933 15 Rick Brosseau.... .368 32-32 125 35 46 12 0 2 27 64 . 512 17 5 8 2 . 459 1 0 11-14 5 14 .905 16 Luke Appert ...... 366 30-19 71 24 26 7 4 19 47 .662 16 2 10 2 .489 l-3 l-1 13 .933 17 Paul Hartmann.... .333 7-2 9 2 3 1 1 0 3 6 .667 3 0 5 0 . 500 0 0 51 18 .958 23 Scott Howard ...... 328 32-32 122 25 40 7 0 24 so .410 15 3 23 3 . 406 3 2 4-5 4-7 33 82 9 . 927 9 Jack Hannahan.... .323 32-32 124 24 40 10 2 2 23 60 .484 15 l 26 2 .397 0 59 5 4 . 941 22 Jason Kennedy.... .306 33-32 121 28 37 2 2 4 23 55 .455 17 11 30 l .430 2 l 14-14 275 24 .987 46 Josh Holthaus.... .292 33-33 120 25 35 7 0 4 27 54 .450 21 3 19 5 . 407 1 0 0-0 128 10 2 . 986 Jeremy Negen...... 250 26-23 64 8 16 4 0 0 11 20 .313 7 10 2 . 329 4 0-0 0 1. 000 29 Rob LaRue...... 237 19-12 38 6 9 2 l l 8 16 . 421 1 0 14 0 .250 1 0 1-l 21 21 47 6 . 919 2 Scott Welch...... 226 21-15 62 9 14 5 0 0 14 19 . 306 6 2 12 3 . 310 1 0 5-5 2 . 974 Mike Arlt...... 207 33-32 116 22 24 6 0 14 32 .276 19 1 20 .317 3 4-4 7l 21 David Roach...... 083 19-7 36 1 3 l 0 0 1 4 .111 5 1 6 1 . 209 1 0 0-0 38 4 0 1. 000 28 Jeremy Beaulieu.. .000 10-4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 5 1 . 000 0 0 0-0 22 3 0 1. 000 41 Keith Walters.... . 000 6-1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 2 2 0 • SOD 0 0 0-0 0 4 0 1. 000 53 Eric Gangl...... 000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 0 0 0 0 . 000 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 l. 000

Totals ...... 293 33-33 1101 227 323 72 8 19 207 468 .425 155 33 202 28 -391 17 11 53-65 823 384 48 . 962 Opponents...... 265 33-33 1056 165 280 53 8 15 145 394 .373 121 16 183 18 .346 11 12 45-57 815 373 57 .954

LOB- Team (276), Opp (229). DPs turned- Team (24), Opp (31). CI -Team (1), Negen 1, Opp (1). IBB- Team (3), Holthaus 1, R. Brosseau 1, Hannahan 1, Opp (1). Picked off - Devore 1, R. Brosseau 1, LaRue 1, Kennedy 1, Negen 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

48 Jason Shupe ...... 1.93 1-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 15 . 333 1 0 0 0 37 Brandon Kitzerow. 2.57 0-0 9 0 0 0/0 5 21.0 14 6 6 11 21 3 0 0 73 .192 0 2 0 0 0 18 Bob DeWitt...... 3.00 1-l 9 0 0 0/0 0 9.0 9 4 3 6 4 1 0 0 36 . 250 1 0 0 0 35 Andy Persby ...... 3.13 2-0 9 2 0 0/1 0 23.0 15 8 8 16 20 4 0 0 77 .195 1 2 0 0 0 34 Kelly Werner..... 3.42 4-3 9 9 2 1/1 0 52.2 so 27 20 21 25 8 1 0 200 .250 3 1 2 4 52 Mike Kobow ...... 3.71 3-2 9 6 0/0 43.2 43 28 18 13 27 8 2 2 169 .254 4 4 3 27 Nick McCauley .... 4.50 1-0 4 2 0 0/0 0 10.0 7 5 5 5 4 2 1 1 35 .200 3 0 0 0 38 Vince Gangl ...... 4.76 1-l 10 0 0 0/l 0 11.1 12 7 6 3 6 1 1 1 45 . 267 3 0 0 6 Ben Birk...... 5.21 1-2 5 5 1 1/0 0 19.0 20 13 11 9 13 4 1 1 74 .270 1 1 1 1 2 33 C.J. Woodrow ..... 5.28 1-1 10 3 0 0/1 0 29.0 37 20 17 3 27 7 1 2 123 . 301 3 0 1 1 1 43 Chadd Clarey ..... 5.75 4-2 9 6 0 0/1 0 40.2 48 29 26 20 29 9 0 7 161 .298 2 1 0 3 2

10 Kurt Har~ng ...... 10.50 0-1 5 0 0 0/0 0 6.0 12 8 7 5 2 4 0 0 29 .414 0 0 0 0 0 39 Nathan Bennett ... 10.80 l-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 3. 1 4 5 4 6 2 1 1 0 12 . 333 0 0 0 1 0 13 Jason Amidon ..... 36.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 4 4 4 2 1 1 0 1 7 .571 1 0 0 0 0

Totals...... 4.46 20-13 33 33 4 4/2 6 274.1 280 165 136 121 183 53 8 15 1056 .265 25 16 4 11 12 opponents ...... 6.23 13-20 33 33 2 0/0 4 271.2 323 227 188 155 202 72 8 19 1101 . 293 29 33 3 17 11

PB- Team (3), Negen 2, Holthaus 1, Opp (2). Pickoffs- Team (1), Kitzerow 1, Opp (4). SBA/ATT- Negen (25-29), werner (11-15), Kobow (8-10), Beaulieu (9-10), Holthaus (8-9), Clarey (6-7), Kitzerow (4-4), Hartmann (3-4), Shupe (2-3), DeWitt (3-3), Persby (2-3), McCauley (2-3), Bennett (3-3), Birk (1-3), Haring (2-2), CJ Woodrow (1-1). The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr 13, 2000) (Conference games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 6-2 Home: 2-2 Away: 4-0 Conference: 6-2

OB\ SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FL~\ Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP

0 0-2 6 10 0 1.000 7 Mark Devore...... 533 6-4 15 2 8 0 0 0 2 8 . 533 1 0 0 2 . 563 0 0 0 0-l 4 20 2 . 923 9 Jack Hannahan.... .464 8-8 28 9 13 4 0 2 10 23 . 821 4 0 4 0 . 531 0 0 0-0 72 6 0 1.000 46 Josh Holthaus.... .429 8-8 28 13 12 1 0 0 7 13 . 464 6 1 0 . 543 1 1-1 0 0 0 . 000 16 Luke Appert...... 421 8-6 19 5 8 3 0 1 9 14 .737 6 0 0 . 538 1 0 .571 0 0 0-0 0 0 1. 000 45 Chris Guetzlaff. . . 400 3-2 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 . 400 2 0 4-4 15 0 l. 000 22 Jason Kennedy.... .286 8-8 28 7 8 0 0 1 4 11 . 393 3 4 4 0 .429 0 2 0-0 15 .900 23 Scott Howard...... 250 8-8 24 3 6 1 0 0 3 7 . 292 6 1 2 1 . 406 1 0 1-1 15 0 1 . 938 Mike Arlt...... 222 8-8 27 5 6 2 0 0 7 8 . 296 2 1 2 1 .290 0 0-0 10 22 . 970 15 Rick Brosseau.... .214 8-8 28 7 6 2 0 0 2 8 . 286 5 2 3 2 . 371 0 3 0-0 30 0 0 1. 000 Jeremy Negen...... 174 8-8 23 3 4 1 0 0 6 5 .217 1 0 5 2 . 200 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 000 29 Rob LaRue...... 143 3-2 7 2 l 0 0 2 3 . 429 0 0 5 0 .143 0 0 0-0 4 11 1 . 938 2 Scott Welch...... 000 3-2 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 2 0 1 0 .222 0 0 0-0 1 0 1. 000 28 Jeremy Beaulieu.. .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 0 0 0 0 . 000 0

4 7 6-9 180 83 7 .974 Totals...... 308 8-8 240 60 74 14 1 4 55 102 .425 38 9 29 8 .416 5 .291 2 2 3-4 174 96 20 .931 Opponents...... 214 8-8 220 27 47 10 l 5 25 74 .336 21 4 29

LOB- Team (64), Opp (42). DPs turned- Team (5), Opp (8). IBB- Team (1), R. Brosseau 1. Picked off- R. Brosseau 1, Negen

1, Kennedy 1. e (Conference games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H

0 0 51 .137 0 0 0 1 0 34 Kelly Werner..... 0.00 2-0 2 2 2 1/0 0 16.0 7 0 8 6 1 0 24 . 042 0 1 0 0 0 6 Ben Birk ...... 0.00 1-0 1 1 1 1/0 0 7.0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 . 000 0 0 0 0 0 18 Bob DeWitt ...... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 56 .161 0 3 0 0 1 52 Mike Kobow ...... 2.93 1-1 2 2 0/0 0 15.1 9 8 5 5 0 0 14 . 214 1 0 0 0 0 35 Andy Persby ...... 4.15 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 4.1 2 2 5 3 2 7 5 0 2 49 .347 0 0 0 43 Chadd Clarey ..... 6.00 2-0 2 2 0 0/0 0 12.0 17 8 8 3 0 l 3 . 333 0 0 0 0 0 38 Vince Gangl ...... 13.50 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.2 l 0 0 0 1 20 . 450 1 0 0 0 0 33 C.J. Woodrow ..... 14.73 0-1 1 0 0/0 0 3.2 9 7 6 0 4 1

1 5 220 .214 2 4 0 2 2 Totals...... 3.30 6-2 8 8 4 2/0 0 60.0 47 27 22 21 29 10 1 4 240 .308 9 9 0 4 7 Opponents...... 6. 52 2-6 8 8 0 0/0 58.0 74 60 42 38 29 14

Pickoffs- Team (O), Opp (3). SBA/ATT- Negen (3-3), werner (1-2), Kobow (1-l), Clarey (1-1). The Automated ScoreBook ' Games Summary for Minnesota (as of Apr 12, 2000) (All games)

Inning-by-inning summary: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total ----- Minnesota 28 25 29 28 31 38 23 21 2 2 227 Opponents 9 17 29 39 26 12 14 11 7 1 165

Win-loss summary:

w L T Pet

Total 20 13 0 .606 Conference 6 2 0 .750 Non-Con£ 14 11 0 .560 Home 12 4 0 .750 Away 8 9 0 .471 Neutral 0 0 0 .000 Day 16 11 0 .593 Nite 4 2 0 .667 vs Left 5 4 0 .556 vs Right 15 9 0 .625 1-Run games 1 4 0 .200 2-Run games 2 1 0 .667 5+Run games 11 4 0 .733 Extra inns 1 1 0 .500 Shutouts 4 0 0 1. 000

General summary:

Current winning streak 3 Longest winning streak 10 Longest losing streak 4

Home attendance : 17169 16 dates avg = 1073 Away attendance : 13509 17 dates avg = 794 Total attendance: 30678 33 dates avg = 929 GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office Phone: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625.0359 April17, 2000 Baseball Contact: Mike Vidnovic Home Phone: 651.644.6535 e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 612.624.4345 Northwestern Weekend Recap Wednesday: Minnesota 6, Iowa State 3 Friday: Minnesota 4, Northwestern I Saturday, Game One: Northwestern 4, Minnesota 2 Game Two: Northwestern 8, Minnesota 2 Sunday: Minnesota 12, Northwestern 5 MINNESOTA'S 2000 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Gophers Win Three of Five Games. Last Week: Minnesota took three of the DATE OPPONENT TIME tive games they played for the week ending April 17. The Golden Gophers trav­ Feb. 7 PRO-ALUMNI* W7-6 Feb. 13 ILLINOIS STATE(!)* W9-l eld to Ames, Iowa on Wednesday afternoon and downed the host Iowa State Feb. 14 ILLINOIS STATE (2) L 6-7, W 3-2 Cyclones by a score of 6-3. Down 2-0, Minnesota scored five runs in the top of Feb. 18 Florida Atlantic L4-9 the sixth inning and added a run in the top of the seventh for the victory. Feb. 19 Florida Atlantic W6-2 Feb. 20 Florida Atlantic L 6-7 Minnesota sent six pitchers to the mound and they did a solid job limiting the Feb. 25 McNeese State L 5-15 Cyclones to only five hits in the game. Scott Howard (Rosemount, Minn.) led Feb. 27 McNeese State (2) L 1-7, L 3-7 the offensive attack for Minnesota going 2-for-4 on the day with an RBI and run Hormel Foods Baseball Classic March 3 GEORGIA% w 7-1 scored. Josh Holthaus (Monticello, Minn.) was 1-for-3 on the day with three March 4 NOTRE DAME%*# W9-7 RBis. Redshirt freshman Nick McCauley (Richland Center, Wis.) picked up the March 5 WAKE FOREST* L 6-13 win in relief of starter C.J. Woodrow (Plymouth, Minn.), his second of the sea­ March 11 Wichita State w 17-9 March 12 Wichita State L 1-2 son. In the weekend series with Northwestern, the Golden Gophers split the four­ March 12 Wichita State w 10-8 games, winning Friday 4-1 and Sunday 12-5. They dropped both games of the March 17 Creighton L 8-11 doubleheader Saturday by scores of 4-2 and 8-2. In Friday's game, sophomore March 19 Creighton L 2-3, L 5-7 March 24 Michigan w 10-3 Mike Kobow (Hutchinson, Minn.) pitched his second complete-game win of March 25 Michigan (2) w 8-0, w 9-5 the season, striking out a career-high 10 batters in the 4-1 win. Kobow (4-2) was March 26 Michigan W7-0 dominating on the mound for the Golden Gophers. After giving up a lead-off sin­ March 28 CHICAGO STATE W9-6 March 29 CHICAGO STATE w 13-5 gle to Northwestern's Jeremy Kurella, Kobow went on to retire the next 14 bat­ March 31 ORAL ROBERTS* w 5-2 ters he faced. After the sixth inning, he retired nine in a row until Northwestern April l ORAL ROBERTS* W7-0 loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth before striking out the final Wildcat to April 2 ORAL ROBERTS* w 11-0 April 5 ST. SCHOLASTICA W8-4 end the game. In the doubleheader on Saturday, Minnesota's bats were silenced April 8 OHIO STATE (2)* L 3-6, L3-7 by outstanding pitching performances from Wildcat pitchers. Wildcat starting April 9 OHIO STATE * w 13-5, w 7-1 pitchers limited Minnesota to just four runs on nine hits in the two games. In the April 12 Iowa State W6-3 April 14 Northwestern* W4-l first game, two of the Golden Gophers' four hits were for home runs. Jason April 15 Northwestern (2)* L 2-4, L 2-8 Kennedy (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Luke Appert (Cottage Grove, Minn.) April 16 Northwestern* w 12-5 went deep for Minnesota. but it would not be enough in the 4-2 loss. In the sec­ Aprill9 MSU, MANKATO 3:00p.m. April 21 IOWA* 3:00p.m. ond game, Northwestern pitcher Dan Padgett held Minnesota scoreless until the April 22 IOWA (2)*# 1:00 p.m. seventh inning when the Gophers pushed two runs across in the 8-2 loss. Sunday April 23 IOWA* l:OOp.m. was a different story as the bats came alive for 16 hits scoring 12 runs in a 12-5 April 26 IOWA STATE (1) 6:00p.m. April 28 Michigan State * 7:00p.m. win. Senior Mark Devore (Bloomington, Minn.) had a career day going 4-for-5 April 29 Michigan State (2)* 4:00p.m. from the plate driving in a career-high four runs. Josh Holthaus went 3-for-3 April 30 Michigan State * l:OOp.m. with two RBis. Minnesota put four runs on the board in the first and were never May 3 ST. THOMAS* 6:30p.m. May 6 INDIANA (2)*# 1:00 p.m. challenged at any point in the game. May 7 INDIANA (2)* l:OOp.m. May 12 PURDUE* 6:30p.m. Kobow Earns Big Ten co-Pitcher of the Week Honors: Sophomore Mike May 13 PURDUE (2)* 4:00p.m. May 14 PURDUE*# 1:00 p.m. Kobow earned Big Ten co-Pitcher of the Week honors for his six-hit, 10-strikeout May 18-21 Big Ten Tournament* TBA performance in Minnesota's 4-1 win over Northwestern Friday. Kobow is 3-1 May 26-28 NCAA Regionals* TBA with a 2.37 ERA, striking out 22 while walking only six. In his three Big Ten June 2-4 NCAA Super Regionals* TBA June 9-17 College World Series* TBA starts he is 2-1 with an ERA of 2.22 striking out 15 and walking only four. * Radio Broadcast on WDGY (630 AM) # Midwest Sports Channel % Hormel Classic Games All times are Central Time Schedule is subject to change The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota at Northwestern Apr 14, 2000 at Evanston, Ill. (Rocky Miller Park)

Minnesota 4 (21-13,7-2 BIG TEN) Northwestern 1 (16-16,2-7 BIG TEN)

ayer AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

Scott Howard lf ...... 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Jeremy Kurella ss ...... 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 Luke Appert dh ...... 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 J.P. Williamson 2b ...... 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 Rick Brosseau ss ...... 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 Bob Dainton lf/cf ...... 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Josh Holthaus lb ...... 4 1 1 2 0 0 13 0 0 Joe Hietpas c ...... 4 0 1 0 0 2 B 1 2 Jack Hannahan 3b ...... 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 Pat Thompson dh ...... 4 0 1 0. 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Kennedy rf ...... 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 Brandon Ackley rf ...... 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 Mark Devore 2b ...... 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 Wes Robinson 3b ...... 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 Mike Arlt cf ...... 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 Travis Tharp lb ...... 3 0 1 1 0 0 13 2 0 Jeremy Negen c ...... 3 1 1 0 0 1 10 0 2 Kris Musselman cf ...... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Mike Kobow p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jason Anderson ph/lf .... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zach Schara p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Totals ...... 32 4 7 4 2 9 27 12 4 Totals ...... 33 1 6 1 1 10 27 15 6

Score by Innings R H E

Minnesota ...... 000 001 120- 4 7 1 Northwestern ...... 000 010 000 - 1 6 0

E -Kennedy. DP- Northwestern 1. LOB- Minnesota 4; Northwestern 6. 2B- Hannahan(ll); Negen(5); Robinson(2). HR- Holthaus(S). SF - Appert(2). SB - Kurella(21).

Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Northwestern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

Mike Kobow ...... 9.0 6 1 1 1 10 33 34 Zach Schara ...... 9.0 7 4 4 2 9 32 35

Win - Kobow (4-2) . Loss - Schara (3-4) . Save - None.

Umpires - Home:Mark Denzin lst:John Johnston 3rd:Ken Fox Start: 3:04pm Time: 1:50 Attendance: 385 Game: MINN35 The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota at Northwestern (Game 1) Apr 15, 2000 at Evanston, Ill. (Rocky Miller Park)

Minnesota 2 (21-14,7-3 BIG TEN) Northwestern 4 (17-16,3-7 BIG TEN) e~yer AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

Scott Howard lf ...... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Jeremy Kurella ss ...... 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 Luke Appert dh...... 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 J.P. Williamson 2b ...... 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Rick Brosseau ss ...... 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Joe Hietpas c ...... 3 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 2 Josh Holthaus lb/c ...... 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Pat Thompson dh ...... 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jack Hannahan 3b ...... 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 Jason Anderson lf ...... 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Jason Kennedy rf ...... 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 Kris Musselman ph/lf ... . 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Devore 2b ...... 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 J.J. Standring lb ...... 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 Mike Arlt cf ...... 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Travis Tharp ph/lb ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Jeremy Negen c ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Brandon Ackley rf ...... 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 David Roach ph/lb ...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Eric Roeder cf ...... 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 Kelly Werner p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Frank Favia 3b ...... 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 Andy Persby p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Gabe Ribas p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals ...... 23 2 4 2 1 4 18 5 2 Totals ...... 24 4 8 4 1 5 21 6 6

Score by Innings R H E

Minnesota ...... 010 001 0- 2 4 0 Northwestern ...... 002 200 X- 4 8 0

DP -Minnesota 1; Northwestern 1. LOB - Minnesota 2; Northwestern 6. 2B - Holthaus(8). HR - Appert(5); Kennedy(5). HBP - Standring; Roeder. SH - Negen(S). SF - P Thompson(3). e.nesota IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Northwestern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

Kelly Werner ...... 3.1 6 4 4 1 2 15 19 Gabe Ribas ...... 7.0 4 2 2 1 4 23 25 Andy Persby ...... 2.2 2 0 0 0 3 9 9

Win - Ribas (6-2). Loss - Werner (4-4). Save - None. HB - Werner 2.

Umpires - Home:John Johnston lst:Ken Fox 3rd:Mark Denzin Start: 1:01pm Time: 1:40 Attendance: 268 Game: MINN36 The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota at Northwestern (Game 2) Apr 15, 2000 at Evanston, Ill. (Rocky Miller ~ark)

Minnesota 2 (21-15,7-4 BIG TEN) Northwestern 8 (18-16,4-7 BIG TEN)

~layer AB R H RBI BB SO ~0 A LOB ~yer AB R H RBI BB SO ~0 A LOB ------2 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 Jason Kennedy rf ...... 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 Jeremy Kurella ss ...... 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 Mark Devore 2b ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 J.~. Williamson 2b ...... Joe Hietpas c ...... 4 1 1 1 0 1 7 3 ~aul Hartmann ph ...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Scott Howard 2b/lf ...... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 ~at Thompson dh ...... 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 Rick Brosseau ss ...... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 Bob Dainton lf ...... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Josh Holthaus lb ...... 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 Eric Roeder cf ...... 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 5 0 0 Chris Guetzlaff lf/rf ... . 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Travis Tharp lb ...... 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 Jack Hannahan 3b ...... 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 Brandon Ackley rf ...... 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 Mike Arlt cf ...... " ...... 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 Kris Musselman cf/lf .... . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Luke Appert dh ...... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Frank Favia 3b ...... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeremy Negen c ...... 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 Dan ~adqett p ...... 0 0 Chadd Clarey p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Vince Gangl p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nick McCauley p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 21 5 • 8 Totals ...... 26 2 5 2 2 6 18 11 5 Totals ...... 27 8 10 7

Score by Innings R H E

Minnesota ...... 000 000 2- 2 5 1 Northwestern ...... 340 010 X - 8 10 1

E - Arlt(3); Ackley(4). LOB -Minnesota 5; Northwestern 8. 2B - ~ Thompson(2); Tharp(4). 3B - Hietpas(2). HB~ - Musselman. SH - liamson 2(6). SB- Kurella(22); Dainton(9); Tharp(l).

Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Northwestern I~ H R ER BB SO AB BF

Chadd Clarey ...... 1.2 7 7 7 2 0 11 15 Dan ~adqett ...... 7.0 5 2 2 2 6 26 28 Vince Gangl ...... 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 8 9 Nick McCauley ...... 2.0 2 1 1 2 3 8 10

Win - Padgett (3-1). Loss - Clarey (4-3). Save - None.

~ - Clarey(3); v. Ganql(4); ~adgett(l). HB- Clarey.

Umpires - Home:Ken Fox lst:Hark Denzin 3rd:John Johnston Start: 3:12pm Time: 1:48 Attendance: 268 Game: MINN37 .. The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota at Northwestern Apr 16, 2000 at Evanston, Ill. (Rocky Miller Park)

Minnesota 12 (22-15,8-4 BIG TEN) Northwestern 5 (18-17,4-8 BIG TEN) eayer AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

Scott Howard lf...... 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 Jeremy Kurella ss ...... 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 o Luke Appert dh...... 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 A. Adams ph ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o Rick Brosseau ss ...... 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 J.P. Williamson 2b ...... 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 6 0 Josh Holthaus lb ...... 3 2 3 2 2 0 10 0 0 Joe Hietpas c ...... 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 Jack Hannahan 3b ...... 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 Pat Thompson dh ...... 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

Chr~s Guetzlaff rf ...... 5 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 Bob Dainton 1b/lf ...... 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 Mark Devore 2b ...... 5 1 4 4 0 0 2 7 0 Eric Roeder cf ...... 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Mike Arlt cf ...... 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Kris Musselman ph/cf ... . 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeremy Negen c ...... 4 0 1 0 1 1 8 0 0 Jason Anderson lf/rf .... . 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 Ben Birk p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Andy Adams ph/rf ...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 C.J. Woodrow p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brandon Ackley rf ...... 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 Brandon Kitzerow p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Travis Tharp ph/lb ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Todd Morgan ph ...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Frank Favia 3b...... 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Was Robinson ph/3b...... 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 J.J. Standring p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ryan Bos p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Dodd p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Nall p ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ...... 42 12 16 8 3 4 27 15 6 Totals ...... 34 5 8 4 2 8 27 8 5

Score by Innings R H E

•nesota ...... 400 140 120 - 12 16 1 • . rthwestern ...... 000 200 300 - 5 8 4

E- Hannahan(lO); Hietpas(3); Dainton(3); Ackley(5); Bos(2). DP- Minnesota 2; Northwestern 3. LOB- Minnesota 6; Northwestern 5. 2B - R. Brosseau(13); Guetzlaff 2(7); Devore(4). 38 - Appert(2); Holthaus(1); Kurella(3). HBP - Hietpas. SB - Appert(2); Guetzlaff ( 4 )..

Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO AB BF Northwestern IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

Ben Birk ...... 3.1 3 2 1 0 3 14 14 J.J. Standring ...... 4.0 9 7 3 2 0 20 22 C.J. Woodrow ...... 3.0 4 3 3 0 2 12 13 Ryan Bos ...... 2.0 4 3 1 1 2 11 12 Brandon Kitzerow ... . 2.2 1 0 0 2 3 8 10 Ban Dodd ...... 1.1 2 2 2 0 0 5 5 Mike Nall ...... 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 6 6

Win - CJ Woodrow (2-1). Loss - Standring (1-2). Save - None. WP- Standring(6). HB- CJ Woodrow. BK- Bos(l).

Umpires - Home:Mark Denzin lst:John Johnston 3rd:Ken Fox Start: 12:02 pm Time: 2:40 Attendance: 170 Game: MINN38

Standring faced 2 batters in the 5th. Bos faced 2 batters in the 7th. . GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL A University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office -Phone: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625.0359 April 28, 2000 Baseball Contact: Mike Vidnovic Home Phone: 651.644.6535 e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 612.624.4345 No. 30 Golden Gophers Travel to Michigan State This Weekend

• Friday, April 28 • 6 p.m. CT MINNESOTA'S 2000 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Radio: WDGY-AM 630, Tom Witschen, play-by-play • Saturday, April 29 • 3 p.m. CT (2) DATE OPPONENT TIME Feb. 7 PRO-ALUMNI* W7-6 Radio (Both Games): WDGY-AM 630, Tom Witschen, play-by-play Feb. 13 ILLINOIS STATE (1)* w 9-1 • Sunday, April 30 • 12 p.m. CT Feb. 14 ILLINOIS STATE (2) L 6-7, W 3-2 Feb. 18 Florida Atlantic L4-9 Radio: WDGY-AM 630, Tom Witschen, play-by-play (tape-delayed) Feb. 19 Florida Atlantic W6-2 Oldsmobile Field (8,000) • Minneapolis, Minn. Feb. 20 Florida Atlantic L6-7 Feb. 25 McNeese State L 5-15 Feb. 27 McNeese State (2) L 1-7,L3-7 No. 30 Minnesota Travels to East Lansing For Showdown With Spartans: Hormel Foods Baseball Classic The Golden Gopher (27 -16, 12-4) baseball team travels to East Lansing, Mich. March 3 GEORGIA% w 7-1 March 4 NOTRE DAME%*# W9-7 this weekend for a four-game showdown with the Michigan State Spartans March 5 WAKE FOREST* L 6-13 (14-28, 4-11). Minnesota moved into the top 30 in the Collegiate Baseball rank­ March 11 Wichita State w 17-9 ings this week after sweeping Iowa last weekend to move into first place in the March 12 Wichita State L 1-2 March 12 Wichita State w 10-8 Big Ten conference. "The Golden Gophers come into this weekend's series having March 17 Creighton L 8-11 e won 20 of their last 25 games. March 19 Creighton L 2-3, L 5-7 March 24 Michigan w 10-3 March 25 Michigan (2) w 8-0, w 9-5 Gophers Move Into First Place With Sweep of Hawkeyes: Minnesota swept a March 26 Michigan W7-0 four-game series from the Iowa Hawkeyes last weekend at Siebert Field. In Fri­ March 28 CHICAGO STATE W9-6 day's game, the Golden Gophers found themselves down 5-2 after two innings, March 29 CHICAGO STATE w 13-5 March 31 ORAL ROBERTS* W5-2 but three run innings in the fourth and seventh gave Minnesota the 8-5 win. April 1 ORAL ROBERTS* W7-0 Sophomore Mike Kobow (Hutchinson, Minn.) settled down after a rough first April 2 ORAL ROBERTS* w 11-0 couple of innings to shutout the Hawkeyes in the final seven innings. Minnesota April 5 ST. SCHOLASTICA W8-4 April 8 OHIO STATE (2)* L 3-6, L 3-7 took both games of the doubleheader on Saturday by scores of 2-1 and 13-1. Sun­ April 9 OHIO STATE (2) * w 13-5, w 7-1 day's 8-2 win completed the weekend sweep of the Hawkeyes and pushed Min­ April 12 Iowa State W6-3 nesota's winning streak over Iowa to 19 straight games. Jack Hannahan (St. April 14 Northwestern* w 4-1 April 15 Northwestern (2)* L 2-4, L 2-8 Paul, Minn.) powered the Gopher offense on the weekend as he batted .625 (10- April16 Northwestern* w 12-5 16) with four doubles, two home runs and six RBis. April19 MSU, MANKATO L 4-11 April21 IOWA* W8-5 April 22 IOWA (2)*# w 2-1, w 13-1 UM RECORD AFfER 43 April23 IOWA* W8-2 April 26 IOWA STATE w 5-3 GAMES LAST 11 YEARS April 28 Michigan State * 6:00p.m. YEAR GP W-L PCT. FINAUBIGTEN April 29 Michigan State (2)* 3:00p.m. 2000 43 27-16 .628 April 30 Michigan State * 12:00 p.m. May 3 ST. THOMAS* 6:30p.m. 1999 43 31-12 .721A 46-18121-7 (2nd) May 6 INDIANA (2)*# 1:00 p.m. 1998 43 31-12 .721* 45-15/19-9 (2nd) May 7 INDIANA (2)* 1:00 p.m. r----~ 1997 43 21-22 .488 30-24!15-10(5th) May 12 PURDUE* 6:30p.m. 1996 43 20-23 .465 30-26'15-12 (5th) May 13 PURDUE (2)* 4:00p.m. May 14 PURDUE*# 1:00 p.m. 1995 43 21-22 .488 31-28116-12 (2nd) May 17-21 Big Ten Tournament* TBA 1994 43 29-14 .674 42-21/21-7 (2nd) May 26-28 NCAA Regionals* TBA 1993 43 33-10 .767 43-18117-9 (2nd) June 2-4 NCAA Super Regionals* TBA 1992 43 27-16 .628* 42-21/18-10 (2nd) June 9-17 College World Series* TBA 1991 43 25-18 .581 37-27/18-10 (2nd) * Radio Broadcast on WDGY (630 AM) 1990 43 21-21-1 .500 36-24-1/19-9 (T-2nd) # Midwest Sports Channel ASet school record for wins % Hormel Classic Games I All times are Central Time I *Won Big Ten Tournament I Schedule is subject to change I ~------1 . GOLDEN BASEBALL About Coach Anderson: Golden Gopher Head Coach John Anderson is in his 19th sea­ A son with a career record of 678-418-3 and a Big Ten mark of 285-153. He is one of the THE W youngest coaches in the nation to surpass the 600-win plateau and is the only active Big Ten coach to reach 250 conference victories. At age 44, he currently has the second­ OPPONENT highest career win total for all Division I-A coaches under the age of 45 behind Clem­ son's Jack Legget, who started the 2000 season with a record of 665-402 in 21 seasons. Quick Facts Anderson has led the Golden Gophers to four Big Ten titles (1982, '85, '88, and '92) School: Michigan State University and six Big Ten Tournament championships (1982, '85, '88, '92, '93 and '98) in his Nickname: Spartans tenure at the U of M. Location: East Lansing, Mich. The Program: The Golden Gopher baseball program is one filled with a history of Founded: 1855 success and pride. Among the facts: Enrollment: 43,189 • 85 winning seasons President: Peter McPherson • 37 consecutive winning seasons Colors: Green and White • Only five losing seasons in the last 64 years Conference: Big Ten • 17 Big Ten Championships, 15 in the last 44 seasons • 23 NCAA appearances Director of Athletics: • Five College World Series appearances Dr. Clarence Underwood • Three NCAA titles Home Fields: Kobs Field (4,000) Oldsmobile Park (8,000) Tough Non-Conference Road: Currently, eight out of Minnesota's first 10 non-confer­ Current Record: 14-28 ence opponents this season has a winning record. The combined record of the Golden Gophers' first 10 non-conference opponents is 286-145-1 (.663). Seven of the 10 teams Conference Record: 4-11 have spent time in Collegiate Baseball's top 30 poll at some point this season with three 1999 Overall Record: 28-25 of the teams currently ranked in the top 30. Three of the teams are in the ESPN/USA 1999 Conference Record: Today Top 25 poll this week with three other teams receiving votes. No. 30 Minnesota 10-17/?th e received 13 votes in this weeks ESPN/USA Today poll. Head Coach: Ted Mahan Strength of Schedule: As of the April 9th NCAA Division I Baseball Iterative Strength Overall Record: 107-149/4th year Ratings, Minnesota was ranked 50th out of the 278 teams with a rating of 111.1. They MSU Record: same have played seven teams ranked in the top 50 of that particular pole. In that pole, Min­ Assistant Coaches: Greg Gunder­ nesota is the highest ranked Big Ten team. In the NCAA Division I Pseudo-RPI rank­ son, Cory Mee ings, Minnesota is ranked 33rd with a rating of 0.590. All seven of the teams ranked in Letterwinners Returning/Lost: the top 50 of the previous pole are also ranked in the RPI pole. They are also the highest 27/4 ranked team in the RPI with Purdue checking in at the 40th spot.

Minnesota vs. Michigan State: Minnesota currently holds a 58-24 advantage over the Spartans. The two teams split a four-game series on the final weekend of the season last 2000 BATTING LEADERS year at Siebert Field. In the 1990s, Minnesota has defeated Michigan State 19 of the 24 Mike Pisani, , 6-2, 195, Sr., OF times they have met, including series sweeps in 1998 in East Lansing and 1995 and 1990 .359 (56-156), 2 HR, 27 RBI at Siebert Field. 2000 Big Ten Standings (as of 4127100) Bob Malek, 6-0, 185, Fr., OF Conference Games All Games .358 (53-148), 6 HR, 42 RBI w L PCT w L PCT Minnesota 12 4 .750 27 16 .628 2000 PITCHING LEADERS Penn State 11 4 .733 31 9 .775 Domanick Squires, 6-0, 220, So., R.HP Purdue 13 7 .650 30 14 .682 3-1, 3.13 ERA, 23.0 IP, 16 AP Illinois 13 7 .650 29 16 .644 Ohio State 8 8 .500 27 16 .628 Gary Zsigo, 6-2, 200, Sr., LHP Northwestern 7 9 .438 23 17 .546 1-3, 4.70 ERA, 46.0 IP, 29 SO Michigan 6 10 .375 15 21-1 .431 e Indiana 7 13 .350 26 21 .553 Iowa 6 14 .300 13 29 .309 Michigan State 4 11 .267 14 28 .333 GOLDEN BASEBALL This Weekend's Probables e FRIDAY'S STARTER: KOBOW'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Mike Kobow, Sophomore, RHP, 6-4, 190 (Hutchinson, Minn.) Innings: 9.0 three times* Current Stats: 5-2, 3.50 ERA, 8 GS, 11 GP, 61.2 IP, 57 H, 34 R, 24 ER, 3 HR, 14 BB, 47 SO, 1 SV Hits: 9 at Creighton, 3117 Runs: 11 at Creighton, 3/17 Last Start: Tied his career-high in strike outs with 10 in 8-5 win over Iowa (9.0-8-5-5-0-10) Low Walks: 0 three times • Struck out a career-high 10 batters in 4-1 win over Northwestern (9 .0-6-1-1-1-1 0) Strike Outs: 10 two times* • Earned Big Ten Co-pitcher of the Week Honors for his performance against Northwestern • Is 4-1 in his last five starts with a 2.97 ERNstrike out to walk ratio in those five games is 5.3 to 1 • Pitched Minnesota's first complete game of the year in a 10-3 win over Michigan, 3/24 (9.0-5-3-1-0-3) • Was named to the Hormel Foods Classic All-Tournament Team for performance against Georgia

SATURDAY'S STARTER- GAME ONE: BIRK'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Ben Birk, Junior, LHP, 6-5, 210 (St Paul, Minn.) Innings: 7.0 at Michigan, 3/25 Current Stats: 2-2,4.44 ERA, 7 GS, 7 GP, 26.1 IP, 27 H, 16 R, 13 ER, 1 HR, 9 BB, 18 SO Hits: 7 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 Last Start: Earned his second win of the season in 2-1 win over Iowa (4.0-4-1-1-0-2) Runs: 5 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 Low Walks: 0 two times • Has not walked a batter in his last two outings Strike Outs: 4 at Michigan, 3/25 • Has given up one run or less in five of his seven starts this season • Pitched a one-hit complete game shutout in 8-0 victory over Michigan (7 .0-1-0-0-1-4) • Threw only 78 pitches in his one-hit masterpiece, his longest outing of the season • Coming back after sitting out 1998 season with injury

SATURDAY'S STARTER- GAME TWO: WERNER'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Kelly Werner, Senior, LHP, 6-3, 215 (Eau Claire, Wis.) Innings: 9.0 at Michigan, 3/26 Current Stats: 5-4, 3.63 ERA, 11 GS, 11 GP, 62.0 IP, 61 H, 32 R, 25 ER, 0 HR, 26 BB, 28 SO Hits: 7 four times Last Start: Earned his fifth win of the season in 13-1 win over Iowa (6.0-5-1-1-4-1) Runs: 7 at Creighton, 3119 Low Walks: 1 four times • Is 4-1 with a 1.39 ERA in last five starts Strike Outs: 4 three times • Earned co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors for a 7-1 with a complete-game victory over Ohio State (7 .0-4-1-0-4-4) • Had gone 28 innings without giving up an earned until4-2loss at Northwestern • Pitched a complete game three-hit shutout in 7-0 victory over Michigan (9.0-3-0-0-4-2)

SUNDAY'S STARfER: CLAREY'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Chadd Clarey, Senior, RHP, 5-11, 180 (Rochester, Minn.) Innings: 7.0 vs. Oral Roberts, 4/1 Current Stats: 4-4, 8.18 ERA, 8 GS, 11 GP, 44.0 IP, 60 H, 43 R, 40 ER, 7 HR, 25 BB, 32 SO Hits: 12 vs. Ohio State, 4/9 Runs: 9 at Aorida Atl., 2/18 Last Start: Earned his fifth win of the season in a 8-2 win over Iowa (5.0-2-1-0-1-5) Low Walks: 0 two times • Is second on the team in strikeouts with 37 Strike Outs: 5 five times • Has a 2.97 ERA in six games when Gophers win, but has a 14.46 ERA in six games when Gophers lose L...------' • Earned the win in a 9-5 win over Michigan as a starter (6.0-5-3-3-3-5) • Has a 4.00 ERA in three relief appearances this season • Pitched 5.2 innings scattering five hits and no runs in 9-1 opening day win over Illinois State In The Bullpen

Nathan Bermett, Senior, LHP, 6-6, 230 (Arroyo Grande, Calif.) BENNETI'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Has appeared in five games this season Innings: 1.0 at three times • Has not given up an earned run in three of his five appearances this season Hits: 2 vs. St. Scholastica, 4/5 • Consummate team player who is one of the leaders of the club Runs: 3 at McNeese St., 2/27 Low Walks: 0 two times • Will vie for time out of the bullpen this season Strike Outs: I two times • Earned his first win of the season Wednesday night in 5-3 win over Iowa (0.2-1-0-0-0-0)

Bob DeWitt, Senior, LHP, 6-0, 185 (Wausau, Wis.) DEWITI'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Has pitched in 11 games this season and is 1-1 with 2.25 ERA Innings: 2.1 vs. Notre Dame, 3/4 • Earned his first win of the season pitching the fina12.1 innings, allowing no hits against Notre Dame (3/4) Hits: 5 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 Runs: 2 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 • Pitched the final 1.1 innings in 17-9 win over Wichita St., not allowing a hit or run Low Walks: 0 five times • Has not allowed a run in nine of his 11 relief appearances this season Strike Outs: 2 two times • Has not give up a hit in five of his 11 appearances this season * Denotes Career-High GOLDEN BASEBALL Vmce Gangl, Senior, RHP, 6-2, 200 (Nashwauk, Minn.) GANGL'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Is 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA this season in 16.0 innings Innings: 3.1 at Wichita St., 3112 • Has not allowed a run in his last 5.2 innings pitched Hits: 5 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 • Earned his first save of the season Wednesday night in 5-3 win over Iowa State Runs: 4 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 Low Walks: 0 10 times this season • Earned his first win of the season against Wichita St., 3/12 (3.1-4-1-0-0-2) Strike Outs: 2 at Wichita St., 3112 • Opponents are batting just .260 against him this season • Was 2-1 with a 4.58 ERA in 16 appearances last season

Kurt Haring, Junior, RHP, 5-11, 170 (Champlin, Minn.) HARING'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Has made six appearances this season and is 0-1 with a 8.64 ERA Innings: 2.2 at McNeese St., 2/25 • Pitched one inning against Chicago State yielding just a hit Hits: 7 vs. McNeese St., 2/25 • Got one inning of work against St. Scholastica on 4/5 Runs: 5 at McNeese St., 2/25 Low Walks: 0 two times • Longest outing was 2.2 innings against McNeese State Strike Outs: 2 at McNeese St., 2/25 • Worked hard in the off-season improving delivery and developing an off-speed pitch

Brandon Kitzerow, Senior, RHP, 6-0, 180 (Lino Lakes, Minn.) KITZEROW'S 2000 GAME IDGHS • Has appeared in 11 games this season with a team-high six saves Innings: 4.0 at Florida At!., 2/19 • Has a 2.03 ERA in 26.2 IP with 26 SO this season Hits: 5 at Wichita St., 3/12 Runs: 4 at Wichita St., 3/12 • Longest outing of the season was 4.0 IP in 6-2 win at Florida Atlantic (2/19) Low Walks: 0 five times • His six saves this season is tied for second in the Big Ten Strike Outs: 5 at Florida At!., 2119 • Pitched 2.0 innings allowing one run in 9-7 win over Notre Dame • Has not allowed a run in his last seven appearances heading into this weekend

Nick McCauley, Freslunan, RHP, 5-11, 180 (Richland, Wis.) MCCAULEY'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Is 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA in 16 innings of work this season Innings: 5.0 vs. Chicago St.. 3/29 • Minnesota is 2-0 in games in which McCauley is the starter Hits: 4 vs. Chicago St.. 3/29 • Collected the win in his first career start against Chicago State, 3/29 (5.0-4-3-3-4-1) Runs: 3 vs. Chicago St., 3/29 Low Walks: 0 two times • Made his second career start on 4/5 against St. Scholastica (2.0-1-1-1-0-1) Strike Outs: 3 at Northwestern, 4115 • Has not allowed an earned run in his last three relief appearances • Sprained ankle at the Pro-Alumni game keeping him out of action for the first four weeks of the season • Talented young pitcher with all the tools

Andy Persby, Junior, RHP, 6-3, 215 (North St Paul, Minn.) PERSBY'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Has appeared in 12 games this year with two starts in first two series of the season Innings: 4.0 two times • Picked up his second win of the season on 4/5 against St. Scholastica (2.0-0-0-0-1-2) Hits: 5 at Florida At!., 2/20 Runs: 4 at Florida At!., 2/20 • Picked up his first win of the season in relief in 9-6 win over Chicago State (2.2-2-2-2-2-5) Low Walks: 0 four times • Has not given up a run in his last eight relief appearances and has not walked a batter in his last four Strike Outs: 5 vs. Chicago St., 3/28 • Pitched the final3.0 innings allowing no runs on two hits in 2-lloss to Wichita St. • Opponents batting just .153 (9-59) in 15.0 innings as a reliever

CJ. Woodrow, Freshman, RHP, 6-2, 200, (Plymouth, Minn.) WOODROW'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Is 2-0 with a 4.30 ERA in 23 innings as a reliever but 0-1 with an 8.31 ERA in 13 innings as a starter Innings: 6.0 vs. Illinois St., 2/14 • Earned his first collegiate win in 17-9 victory over Wichita St., (4.0-6-4-4-1-5) Hits: 9 vs. Ohio State, 4/8 Runs: 7 vs. Ohio State, 4/8 • Walk-on who is the only true freshman seeing playing time on the pitching staff this season Low Walks: 0 eight times • Had an outstanding performance his first time on the hill against Illinois State pitching 6.0 innings, Strike Outs: 5 two times striking out five and no walks getting a no-decision in 3-2 12-inning win • Has a strikeout to walk ratio of 5.2 to I this season

Pitching Breakdown

STARTERS: G W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB so OppBA e 43 18-13 4.93 208.0 222 138 114 13 82 141 .275 RELIEVERS: G W-L-S ERA IP H R ER HR BB so OppBA 43 9-3-8 3.63 146.1 138 68 59 3 62 107 .249 GOLDEN BASEBALL Action Jackson: Big Ten Player of the Year candidate sophomore Jack Hannahan (St. 2000 Offensive Category Leaders A Paul, Minn.) has doing with the bat and the glove for the Golden Gophers so far this At-bats W season. A starter in 42 of 43 games this season at third, he is batting .404 (38-94) with Rick Brosseau ...... 162 20 RBis and 25 runs scored in his last 16 games. Among the 38 hits, he has collected II Jack Hannahan ...... 162 doubles, two triples and four home runs. He earned co-Big Ten Player of the Week hon­ Scott Howard ...... 157 ors for his performance against Ohio State. For that week, Hannahan batted .625 (10-17) Josh Holthaus ...... 149 with seven RBis and five runs scored, including two doubles and a home run. In the 13-5 Mike Arlt ...... 147 win over Ohio State, Hannahan was 3-for-4 with four RBis, two runs scored and a home run. In the second game, a 7-1 Minnesota win, Hannahan was 2-for-3 with an RBI. In a Hits repeat performance last weekend against Iowa, Hannahan was 10-16 (.625) with four Jack Hannahan ...... 56 doubles and two home runs. He is currently third in the Big Ten batting .441 in confer­ Rick Brosseau ...... 54 ence games. Thirteen of his 26 conference hits have been for extra bases. Not only has Scott Howard ...... 50 Hannahan been coming on strong with the bat, he has made several outstanding defen­ Josh Holthaus ...... 47 sive plays at third to thwart opponents. Since being moved the clean-up spot in the bat­ Jason Kennedy ...... 43 ting order, Hannahan is batting .529 (9-17) with four doubles. Batting Average (2.5 AB/game) The Force Is With You Luke!: Big Ten Freshman of the Year candidate Luke Appert Jack Hannahan ...... 346 (Cottage Grove, Minn.) got off to a slow start in his collegiate career collecting only Rick Brosseau ...... 333 one hit in his first eight at-bats. But since that start Appert has really started to show his Scott Howard ...... 318 stuff. Since smacking his first collegiate home run in the Notre Dame game, Appert has Josh Holthaus ...... 315 gone 38-for-97 (.392) with 30 runs scored and 24 RBis. In the first game of the Jason Kennedy ...... 301 Creighton series, Appert went deep on back-to-back at bats for his second and third homers of the year. He became the first true freshman in the John Anderson era to hit Doubles homers on back-to-back at-bats and the first true freshman to hit two homers in a game Jack Hannahan ...... 15 since current Golden Gopher Rob LaRue (Minnetonka, Minn.) did it against St. Olaf Rick Brosseau ...... 15 in 1998. He was instrumental in the doubleheader victories over Ohio State. In the two Luke Appert ...... 11 games, Appert was was 3-for-5 with six RBis with a home run and double. His two-run Scott Howard ...... 9 double in the bottom of the six.th inning of game two sparked a six-run sixth inning for Josh Holthaus ...... 9 the Golden Gophers en route to the 7-1 win. He is currently seventh in the Big Ten bat­ ting .391 in conference games. Home Runs Josh Holthaus ...... 7 Kobow Earns Co-Pitcher of the Week Honors: Sophomore RHP Mike Kobow Jason Kennedy ...... 5 (Hutchinson, Minn.) earned Big Ten co-Pitcher of the Week honors for his six-hit, com­ Luke Appert ...... 5 plete-game performance in Minnesota's 4-1 win over Northwestern. Kobow struck out a Jack Hannahan ...... 4 career-high 10 batters en route to his fourth win of the season. It is the second straight two tied at ...... 2 week that .a Minnesota pitcher has earned the honor. In the game, Kobow gave up a lead­ off single to Northwestern's Jeremy Kurella in the bottom of the first inning, but then RBis went on to retire the next 14 batters he faced. In his last five starts Kobow is 4-1 with a Josh Holthaus ...... 38 2.97 ERA, striking out 32 while walking only six. Rick Brosseau ...... 31 Jack Hannahan ...... 29 2,000 in 2000: With the 10-3 win over Michigan on March 24, the Golden Gopher base­ Scott Howard ...... 26 ball team became the 14th school in NCAA history to surpass the 2,000 win plateau. Jason Kennedy ...... 26 The school record now stands at 2,019-1,176-26 (.631) heading into this weekend's series with Michigan State. Stolen Bases Jason Kennedy ...... 14 A Call to Arms: Pitching will be a key once again for Minnesota in 2000. With all but Rick Brosseau ...... 11 two pitchers back from last season's pitching staff, the group has the potential to be the Chris Guetzlaff ...... 6 best assembled in Head Coach John Anderson's tenure. Leading the group is junior left­ three tied at ...... 5 bander Ben Birk (St. Paul, Minn.) and senior right-hander Chadd Clarey (Rochester, Minn.). After missing all of last season with an injury, Birk looks to pick up right where Walks he left off the 1998 season, when he went 8-2 with a 2.65 ERA. Clarey was one of the Josh Holthaus ...... 27 Maroon and Gold's most consistent pitchers over the final few months of last season. He Mike Arlt ...... 23 compiled a mark of 7-3 with an ERA of 5.26. His 78.2 innings pitched was the second­ Luke Appert ...... 21 highest on the team behind first-team All-Big Ten pitcher Brad Pautz. He earned third­ three tied at ...... 18 team All-Big Ten honors and was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team after pitching a complete game in Minnesota's 10-1 win over regular season champion Ohio State. .------~ --~------~-

GOLDEN BASEBALL The 2000 Golden Gophers: Minnesota, ranked 27th in the country in the Collegiate 2000 Pitching Category Leaders e Baseball preseason poll, returns 14 of 22 lettermen from last season's school record-set­ Starts ting 46-win team. The pitching staff, which returns 12 pitchers, looks to be one of the Kelly Werner ...... 11 strengths of this year's team. One of Golden Gopher head coach John Anderson's main Chadd Clarey ...... 9 concerns will be replacing the offensive power of Robb Quinlan, Aron Amundson and Mike Kobow ...... 8 Matt Scanlon. The trio combined to hit .391, score 194 runs, 225 RBis with 78 doubles Ben Birk ...... 7 C.J. Woodrow ...... 4 and 41 home runs. They accounted for 46 percent of Minnesota's RBis last season and 36 percent of the runs scored. Wins Chadd Clarey ...... 5 Birk Returns: Junior lefthander Ben Birk made his 2000 season debut in the second Kelly Werner ...... 5 game of the doubleheader against McNeese State. It was his first appearance in a game Mike Kobow ...... 5 since the 1998 season after sitting out the 1999 season due to an injury. In a limited out­ four tied at ...... 2 ing, Birk pitched just 2.1 innings allowing five hits and three runs, two of which were unearned. Against Michigan on March 25, Birk showed more of his 1998 form, pitching Appearances a one-hit complete game shutout of the Wolverines. Birk threw 78 pitches in the game Vince Gangl ...... 13 and allowed only two runners to reach third. The one-hitter by Birk was the first by a C.J. Woodrow ...... 13 Golden Gopher pitcher since April 8, 1995 when Brian Mensink threw a one-hitter in a Chadd Clarey ...... 12 Andy Persby ...... 12 3-0 win over Illinois at the Metrodome. After sitting out for two weeks after the Michi­ four tied at ...... 11 gan game because of soreness in the elbow, Birk returned to the mound against North­ western and held the Wildcats hitless through the first three innings. He picked up his Innings Pitched second win of the season last weekend against Iowa going four innings scattering four Kelly Werner ...... 62.0 hits and allowing one run. Mike Kobow ...... 61.2 Chadd Clarey ...... 49.0 Joltin' Josh: Junior Josh Holthaus (Monticello, Minn.) is the Golden Gophers' leading C.J. Woodrow ...... 36.0 hitter returning from last year's squad. Holthaus hit .382 (50-for-131) with 9 HRs and 36 Andy Persby ...... 28.2 RBis in 51 games for the Maroon and Gold. He had a .702 slugging percentage. After the Creighton series, Holthaus' average was at a season-low .206. In the 25 games since ERA-min 10 IP that series, Holthaus is batting .407 (33-81) with 26 RBis and 25 runs scored. In Brandon Kitzerow ...... 2.03 Bob DeWitt ...... 2.25 Wednesday's 5-3 win over Iowa State, Holthaus was 2-for-4 with a home run, his team­ Andy Persby ...... 2.51 high seventh, and an RBI. A versatile performer in the field, he has started 38 games at Nick McCauley ...... 3.38 first base and started five games and has seen action in 13 others behind the plate. He is Vince Gangl ...... 3.38 the only player to have started in all of Minnesota's games this year. Strikeouts Howard Coming on Strong: Sophomore left fielder Scott Howard (Rosemount, Mike Kobow ...... 47 Minn.) has been a consistent cog in the Golden Gophers line up this season. Howard, Chadd Clarey ...... 37 who has hits in 35 of the 42 games this season, put together a team-high ten-game hit­ C.J. Woodrow ...... 31 Kelly Werner ...... 28 ting streak earlier this season batting .390 (16-41) with five doubles, eight RBis and 11 Brandon Kitzerow ...... 26 runs scored. In the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic, Howard went 6-for-13 from the plate driving in three runs and scoring five others. In the 9-7 win over Notre Dame, Howard Walks allowed was 3-for-4 with two RBis and three runs scored and two doubles. He was voted to the Jason Shupe ...... 1 all-tournament team for his performance in the tournament. Jason Amidon ...... 2 Vince Gangl ...... 3 Who's on First, What's on Second?: A major question mark for the Golden Gophers Kurt Haring ...... 5 heading into the 2000 campaign was who is going to step up to replace 1999 Big Ten C.J. Woodrow ...... 6 Player of the Year Robb Quinlan at first base and Matt Scanlon at second base. Through Opposing Batting Average the first 43 games this season junior Josh Holthaus, sophomore Rob LaRue (Min­ Nick McCauley ...... 172 netonka, Minn.) and true freshman David Roach (Clearwater, Fla.) have seen time at Andy Persby ...... 188 the corner this season. Holthaus has started 38 games at first, Roach has started three Brandon Kitzerow ...... 204 while seeing action in 10 others and LaRue has played in six games there with two Vince Gangl ...... 230 starlll. Mike Kobow ...... 242 At second base, senior Mark Devore (Bloomington, Minn) and redshirt freshman Scott Welch (Missoula, Mont.) have split time there this season, with Welch starting 11 Saves games at second, two as a designated hitter and one at shortstop and third. Devore has Brandon Kitzerow ...... 5 starting 20 games at second. Moving from left field to second, Scott Howard has started Mike Kobow ...... 1 seven games in the middle of the infield while true freshman Luke Appert (Cottage Vince Gangl ...... 1 Grove, Minn.) has started five games while starting 24 other games as a designated hit­ ter. • • GOLDEN BASEBALL Devo Whipping It Good!: Second baseman senior Mark Devore (Bloomington, 2000 Minnesota Team Minn.) has been a steady performer for the Golden Gophers this season. Having started Superlatives 20 games at second base this season, Devore has been a consistent glove up the middle BATTING this season. Recently though, Devore's bat has come alive. He comes into this weekend's Most At-bats: series with a .349 (22-63) batting average in 33 games played this season. Devo had a 46 twice, last at Wichita State, 3111 seven-game hitting streak earlier in the season, third longest on the team. On the streak, Fewest At-bats: Devo batted .688 (11-16) with two doubles, four RBis and four runs scored. He is bat­ 29 at Creighton (Gm. 1), 3/19 ting .667 (2-3) with an RBI and as a pinch hitter this season. In his last 20 games, Devo Most Runs (Game): is batting .439 (18-41) with 10 RBis and seven runs scored. In the 12-5 over Northwest­ 17 at Wichita State, 3112 ern, Devo went 4-for-5 from the plate with a career-high four RBis. He had several out­ Most Runs (Inning): standing defensive plays in the field last weekend against Iowa. 8 at Wichita State (8th), 3111 Fewest Runs (Game): Freshman Flash: Freshman pitcher C.J. Woodrow (Plymouth, Minn.) saw his first 1 twice, last at Wichita State, 3/11 collegiate action against Illinois State. The walk-on turned some heads with his outstand­ Most Hits (Game): ing performance on the mound in Minnesota's 3-2, 12-inning victory over the Redbirds. 18 vs. Iowa (Gm. 2), 4/22 Relieving starter Andy Persby in the fifth inning, Woodrow came in and pitched six solid Most Hits (Inning): innings, striking out five and scattering just four hits. The only run scored against him 6 three times last vs. Iowa (2nd), 4/22 was an unearned run that tied the game in the sixth inning. Woodrow kept his composure Fewest Hits (Game): though and went on to retire 12 of the next 13 batters he faced. On two separate occa­ 4 two times last vs. Iowa (Gm. 1), 4/22 sions with two outs in the inning, he forced the batter to ground out, leaving the go­ Most RBis: ahead run stranded on third. He earned his first win of his collegiate career in a 17-9 win 15 at Wichita State, 3112 over Wichita State. He earned his second win of the season against Northwestern. He Most Doubles: has a strikeout to walk ratio of 5.2 to 1. 4 seven times last vs. Iowa, 4/22 Most Triples: How Do You Spell Relief?: Minnesota's relief pitchers have come in and done an out­ 3 vs. Chicago State, 3/29 standing job in the last couple of games. In the last 10 games for Minnesota, the reliev­ Most Home Runs: A ers have combined for a 2-0 record with an ERA of 2.06, two saves and have allowed 3 at Florida Atlantic, 2/20 W just eight earned runs in 35.0 innings of work. The nine relievers that have appeared in Most Total Bases: the last 10 games have limited the opposition to just a .231 batting average (30-130). 27 vs. Chicago State, 3/29 Senior Brandon Kitzerow (Lino Lakes, Minn.) leads the bullpen crew with six saves Most Walks: so far this season. 11at Wichita State, 3/12 Fewest Walks: Start Me Up!: Through the first 43 games this season, the Golden Gophers have been 0 vs. Iowa State, 4/26 outscoring their opponents by a 103-79 margin in the first three innings of games. In Most Strikeouts: Minnesota's 27 wins this season, they are outscoring their opponents by an 88-18 margin 13 at Florida Atlantic, 2119 in the first three innings. That reversed a previous trend at the beginning of the season Fewest Strikeouts: that saw Minnesota being outscored by its opponents by a 22-3 margin through the first 2 vs. Ohio State, 4/9 10 games and recorded a record of 4-6. They have outscored their opponents 38-20 in Most Sac. Bunts: the first inning and are 15-2 when they score in the first frame. They are also 20-6 when 3 at Michigan, 3/26 scoring first this season. They have been successful in turning those leads into wins as Most Sac. Flies: they are 23-2 when leading after the fifth inning. 3 two times last vs. Chicago State, 3/29 Most Stolen Bases: Born to Run: Through the first 38 games this season, Minnesota has been successful on 6 two times, last at Florida Atlantic, 2/19 58 of 74 (78%) stolen base attempts. The Golden Gophers stole only 63 bases all of last Most Left on Base: season, and were gunned down 32 times (66% success rate). 17 at Wichita State, 3/12 Fewest Left on Base: The Road Warriors: Even though the Golden Gophers opened their season at the 3 vs. Iowa (Gm. 1), 4/22 Metrodome, they have been on the road for the majority of the first two months of the Hit into Double Plays: season due to the Metrodome being used for the first and second-round games of the 3 three times, last at Northwestern, 4/16 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. Minnesota was on the road for 16 of the first 22 games of this season and compiled a road record of 7-9. Minnesota is currently 10-11 FIELDING away from home this season. Most Putouts: 36 vs. Illinois State, 2114 Home Sweet Home: In the 22 games played home so far this season, Minnesota is 17-5 Most Assists: including going 9-2 at the Metrodome this season. Since moving outside to Siebert 20 vs. Illinois State, 2114 Field, the team is 8-3 on its home field. GOLDEN BASEBALL

A Brosseau Earns All-Tournament Honors/Silver Stick Award: Junior shortstop Rick Most Errors: W Brosseau (North Oaks, Minn.) had an outstanding weekend at this year's ninth-annual 4 three times, last at Creighton, 3117 Harmel Foods Baseball Classic. The junior batted .714 (10-14) from the plate with five Most Double Plays: runs, six RBis and two doubles en route to earning all-tournament honors and the East­ 4 at Wichita State, 3/12 on Silver Stick Award, given to the player with the highest batting average at the PITCHING Hormel. He put together a season-high nine game hitting streak that was broken in the Most Allowed Runs: final game of the Wichita State series. On the streak, Brosseau batted .488 (21-43) with 15 at McNeese State, 2/25 12 RBis and four doubles. He has been struggling from the plate as of late though bat­ Most Earned Runs Allowed: ting .216 (8-37) in his last 10 games. 13 at McNeese State, 2/25 Fewest Earned Runs Allowed: Golden Gophers Open Season Taking 1\vo of Three From Illinois State: The Golden 0 six times last vs. Ohio State, 4/9 Gophers took two out of three from the Illinois State Redbirds in their opening series of Most Hits Allowed: the 2000 season. In the first game, junior Rick Brosseau hit a bases-loaded double 20 vs. Wake Forest, 3/5 down the right field line in the bottom of the sixth inning to propel Minnesota to a 9-1 Fewest Hits Allowed: win. In the first game of a scheduled seven-inning doubleheader, the Golden Gophers 1 vs. Michigan (Gm. 1), 3/25 fell to the Redbirds by a score of 7-6 in eight innings. Minnesota came back from a 3-0 Most Strikeouts: deficit to take a 5-3 lead heading into the top of the sixth but was unable to hold on to 12 two times, last vs. MSU, Mankato 4/19 the lead. In the second game, after Scott Welch scored from third off of a Josh Fewest Strikeouts: Holthaus infield single, Jack Hannahan poked a single to right-center field scoring 1 at McNeese State, 2/27 Scott Howard from second base to give the Golden Gophers a 3-2 come-from-behind Most Walks: victory in the bottom of the 12th inning. 10 at McNeese State, 2/25 Fewest Walks: Golden Gophers Take 1\vo of Three in Hormel Foods Baseball Classic: The Maroon 0 four times, last vs. Iowa (Gm. 1), 4/22 and Gold got back on the winning track in the 2000 Hormel Foods Baseball Classic held at the Metrodome. Minnesota opened the Classic with a 7-1 victory over the Georgia MISCELLANEOUS Bulldogs behind a superb pitching performance from sophomore Mike Kobow. The Longest Game: e right-hander pitched eight-plus innings, scattering five hits and allowing only one run 3:53 at Wichita State, 3111 while striking out a career-high six to earn his first victory of the season. Against No. 25 Shortest Game: Notre Dame on Saturday, Minnesota fought back to gain a 9-7 decision over the Fight­ 1:50 at Northwestern, 4114 ing Irish. Junior Rick Brosseau went 4-for-5 with two RBis and sophomore Scott Most Innings: Howard went 3-for-4 with two RBis to lead the Golden Gophers. In the finale on Sun­ 12 vs. Illinois State, 2114 day, the eventual Classic champion Wake Forest Demon Deacons, scored 13 runs on 20 Most Pitchers Used: hits to defeat Minnesota by a score of 13-6. Minnesota fought back from a early 5-0 8 vs. St. Scholastica, 4/5 deficit to close the gap to 7-6, but Wake Forest was too strong down the stretch as they added two runs in the eighth and four in the ninth to put the Golden Gophers away. Individual Superlatives BATTING Hannahan, Werner Earn Player of the Week Honors: Sophomore third baseman At-bats: Jack Hannahan (St. Paul, Minn) earned Big Ten co-Player of the Week honors while 7, Mike Arlt at Wichita State, 3111 senior pitcher Kelly Werner (Eau Claire, Wis.) earned Big Ten co-Pitcher of the Week Runs scored: honors for their performances against Ohio State. Hannahan batted .625 in five games 4, Rick Brosseau at Wichita State, 3111 going 10-17 from the plate with seven RBis and five runs scored, including two doubles 4, Chris Guetzlaff at Northwestern, 4/16 and a home run. In a 13-5 win over Ohio State, Hannahan was 3-for-4 with four RBis, Hits: two runs scored and a home run. In the second game, a 7-1 Minnesota win, Hannah an 4, Rick Brosseau vs. Notre Dame, 3/4 was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Werner had an outstanding three-game stretch for the Golden 4, Rob LaRue vs. St. Scholastica, 4/5 Gophers. Against Ohio State, Werner earned his second complete-game win of the year, 4, Mark Devore at Northwestern, 4116 going seven innings scattering four hits and striking out four. Ohio State's only run of 4, Jack Hannahan vs. Iowa, 4/22 the game was an unearned run, breaking a string of 24 straight scoreless innings. RBis: 4, Josh Holthaus at Wichita State, 3/11 Gophers Win 1\vo of Three at No. 13 Wichita State: The Golden Gophers took two 4, Rob LaRue vs. St. Scholastica, 4/5 of three games from the Wichita State Shockers. The continuation of Friday's game that 4, Luke Appert vs. Ohio State, 4/9 was postponed due to snow was won by Minnesota 17-9. The 17 runs given up by 4, Jack Hannahan vs. Ohio State, 4/9 A Wichita were the most they had given up in a home game since 1986. Junior Rick 4, Mark Devore at Northwestern, 4/16 W Brosseau went 3-for-5 and reached base seven times in the game. Junior Josh Holthaus Doubles: was 2-for-5 with four RBis. Freshman C.J. Woodrow earned his first collegiate win of 2-11 separate times his career. In the continuation of Saturday's game that was postponed due to darkness, Triples: Wichita State won a pitcher's dual by a score of 2-1. In the third game of the series, 1, 10 separate times GOLDEN BASEBALL

A Minnesota jumped out to an early 7-0 lead, and held on the rest of the way to defeat the Home Runs: W Shockers by a score of 10-8. The Golden Gophers got a solid relief pitching effort from 2, by Josh Holthaus at Florida Atlantic, 2120 senior Vince Gangl, who earned his first victory of the season, pitching 3.1 innings and 2, by Luke Appert at Creighton, 3/17 allowing just one run on four hits. Sophomore outfielder Chris Guetzlaff was 2-for-4 Total Bases: with three RBis in the game, including his first career home run. 9, by Luke Appert at Creighton, 3/17 Walks: Gophers Sweep No. 29 Oral Roberts: The Golden Gophers continued to roll as they 3, by Jeremy Negen at Wichita State, 3/ll swept a three-game series from the Golden Eagles at the Metrodome. The Golden Strikeouts: Gophers outscored the Golden Eagles on the weekend by a 23-2 margin. Minnesota 3 by Jason Kennedy at Creighton, 3/19 pitchers combined to shut down the Oral Roberts attack, holding them scoreless over the 3 by Jason Kennedy vs. St. Scholastica, 4/5 last 21 innings of the series. Junior shortstop Rick Brosseau continued to have the hot 3 by Rob LaRue vs. Ohio State, 4/8 bat for the Golden Gophers as he batted .600 (6-10) for the series with four RBis and 3 by Rob LaRue vs. MSU, Mankato, 4/19 four runs scored. Gopher senior RHP Chadd Clarey combined with junior RHP Andy Sac hits: Persby for a shut out in Saturday's 7-0 win. Sunday's starter, senior LHP Kelly 2 by Jeremy Negen at Michigan, 3/26 Werner, pitched seven innings of shu- out ball to extend his scoreless innings streak to Sac Flies: 19. Werner, along with freshman RHP C.J. Woodrow and senior RHP Vince Gangl, 1-22 separate times combined for the shutout in Sunday's 11-0 win. Stolen Bases: 3 by Jason Kennedy two times, last vs. 1999 Season in Review: For the second straight season, the Golden Gopher baseball Chicago State, 3/28 program set a school record for wins with 46. They advanced to the championship game Hit By Pitch: of the Big Ten Tournament, falling short to Michigan by a score of 12-11. Minnesota 2, three separate times advanced to NCAA postseason play for the 23rd time in school history, going 2-2 at the Runners LOB: NCAA Waco regional. Robb Quinlan finished his senior season as one of the most pro­ 5, Jack Hannahan at Wichita State, 3112 lific hitters in school history. Quinlan holds the school record in eight offensive cate­ 5, Josh Holthaus at Michigan, 3/24 gories, including totals bases (613), at-bats (906), runs scored (249), hits (345), doubles (79), triples (12-tied with Ryan Lefebvre and Bob Keeny), home runs (55) and RBis PITCHING e (230). The team set school marks in wins (46), at-bats (2,177), runs (534), hits (724), Innings Pitched: doubles (171) and RBis (492). 9.0 by Mike Kobow at Michigan, 3/24 9.0 by Kelly Werner at Michigan, 3/26 WDGY-AM 630 and Midwest Sports Channel to Broadcast Games in 2000: The 9.0 by Mike Kobow at Northwestern, 4/14 University of Minnesota baseball program announced that it has signed a two-year con­ 9.0 by Mike Kobow vs. Iowa, 4/21 tract with WDGY-AM (630) to broadcast a minimum of 32 regular-season games, plus Runs Allowed: all postseason games for the 2000 and 2001 baseball seasons. Tom Witschen will do the 11 by Mike Kobow at Creighton, 3/17 play-by-play for the Golden Gophers this season. Earned Runs Allowed: Midwest Sports Channel will televise more Golden Gopher baseball games this sea­ 8 by Chadd Clarey at Florida Atlantic, 2118 son continuing with the first game of the May 6 doubleheader with Indiana and the May Strikeouts: 14 game with Purdue. 10 by Mike Kobow at Northwestern, 4/14 10 by Mike Kobow vs. Iowa, 4/21 Surf the Web: Voted "Best Website in the State" in 1997, www.gophersports.com is Walks Allowed: the ultimate source for most up-to-date information on Golden Gopher athletics. The site 5 by Chadd Clarey at McNeese State, 2125 contains up-to-date rosters, schedules, results, statistics, standings and much, much Hits Allowed: more. 12 by Chadd Clarey vs. Ohio State, 4/8 Doubles Allowed: Minnesota Fax-On-Demand: Information on the 2000 Golden Gopher baseball team is 3 by Kurt Haring at McNeese State, 2125 available to members of the media on Fax-On-Demand. To access the information, Home Runs Allowed: media must have a PIN number available by calling (770) 399-3066. 3 by Chadd Clarey at Florida Atlantic, 2118 To access the information (after obtaining a PIN number), please call 1-800-300- Wild Pitches: 2050. The Big Ten passcode is 282. Cell numbers for Minnesota baseball are: 2, by four pitchers, last by Nick McCauley 2260 Entire Release 2261 Roster/Schedule 2262 Last game report at Iowa State, 4112 Hit Batters: 2 by three pitchers, last by Andy Persby vs. Iowa, 4/23 Balks: 1 by four players ------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------

GOLDEN BASEBALL Minnesota's 2000 Record When .. . Home ...... 17-5 e Multi-Hit Games Metrodome ...... 9-2 Siebert Field ...... 8-3 Player 2 3 4 5 Total Away ...... 10-11 Jack Hannahan 13 (21) 4 (8) 1 (2) 0 (0) 18 (27) Neutral Site ...... 0-0 Rick Brosseau 12 (43) 4 (8) 1 (1) 0 (0) 17 (52) Non-Conference ...... 15-12 Josh Holthaus 11 (23) 3 (8) 0 (1) 0 (0) 14 (32) Big Ten ...... 12-4 Scott Howard 11 (26) 2 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 13 (33) Day Games ...... 22-13 LukeAppert 7 (7) 4 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 11 (11) Night Games ...... 5-3 Jason Kennedy 7 (16) 3 (5) 0 (1) 0 (0) 10 (23) Chris Guetzlaff 6 (6) 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 7 (7) On Turf ...... 11-6 MikeArlt 5 (40) 1 (12) 0 (1) 0 (0) 6 (53) On Grass ...... :...... 16-10 Mark Devore 3 (12) 1 (3) 1 (1) 0 (0) 5 (12) vs. Left-handed Starters ...... 5-4 Scott Welch 3 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (3) vs. Right -handed Starters ...... 22-12 Rob LaRue 1 ( 1) 0 (1) 1 (2) 0 (0) 2 (3) Against Top 30 Teams ...... 5-4 Jeremy Negen 1 (12) 1 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (16) One-Run Games ...... 2-4 Jeremy Beaulieu 0 (2) 0 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (3) Two-Run Games ...... 3-2 Career numbers in parentheses Extra-Innings Games ...... 1-1 Shutouts ...... 4-0 Scoring First ...... 20-6 Scoring in the First Inning ...... 15-2 Multi-RBI Games Opponents Score First ...... 7-10 Ahead After 5 Innings ...... 23-2 Player 2 3 4 5 Total Behind After 5 Innings ...... 3-14 Josh Holthaus 8 (19) 3 (7) 1 (2) 0 (0) 12 (28) Tied After 5 Innings ...... 1-0 3 (4) 0 (1) 0 (1) 9 (23) Rick Brosseau 6 (17) Ahead Going Into Final Inning ...... 26-0 Jason Kennedy 5 (14) 2 (6) 0 (0) 0 (1) 7 (21) Jack Hannahan 3 (6) 2 (2) 1 (3) 0 (0) 6 (11) Behind Going Into Final Inning ...... 0-14 e LukeAppert 4 (4) 1 (1) 1 (1) 0 (0) 6 (6) Tied Going Into Final Regulation Inning ...... 1-2 Scott Howard 3 (7) 2 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (11) Doubleheaders ...... 3-4-1 MikeArlt 5 (15) 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (19) Teams Combine For Less Than 10 Runs ...... 14-6 Jeremy Negen 3 (11) 0 (3) 0 (1) 0 (0) 3 (15) Teams Combine For Between 10-19 Runs ...... 11-8 Scott Welch 3 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (3) Teams Combine For 20 or More Runs ...... 2-2 0 (1) 3 (6) Rob LaRue 1 (1) 1 (3) 1 (1) Scoring 5 or More Runs ...... 24-6 Chris Guetzlaff 0 (0) 2 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (2) Paul Hartmann 1 (1) 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (2) Scoring 4 or Fewer Runs ...... 3-10 Mark Devore 1 (9) 0 (2) 1 (1) 0 (0) 2 (12) Allowing 5 or More Runs ...... 13-12 Ben Birk 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (4) Allowing 4 or Fewer Runs ...... 14-3 Career numbers in parentheses Hitting Multiple Home Runs ...... 2-3 February ...... 3-6 March ...... 11-5 April ...... 12-5 Games With A Hit May ...... 0-0 Sunday ...... 8-6 Player Games Player Games Monday ...... l-1 Scott Howard 35 of 42 Rob LaRue 6 of 19 Jack Hannahan 32 of 42 David Roach 5 of23 Tuesday ...... 1-0 Rick Brosseau 31 of 42 Paul Hartmann 4 of9 Wednesday ...... 4-1 Josh Holthaus 30 of 43 Jeremy Beaulieu 0 of 8 Thursday ...... 0-0 Jason Kennedy 30 of 40 Keith Walters 0 of3 Friday ...... ,...... 5-3 MikeArlt 26 of 43 Eric Gangl 0 of 1 Saturday ...... 8-5 LukeAppert 24 of37 Current Streak ...... Won five Jeremy Negen 17 of31 Longest Winning Streak ...... 10 (3/24 to 4/8) Scott Welch 13 of 24 Chris Guetzlaff 13 of24 Longest Home Winning Streak ...... 6 (3/28 to 4/8) Mark Devore 13 of26 Longest Road Winning Streak ...... 6 (3/24 to 4114) Longest Losing Streak ...... 4 (2/20 to 2/27) e Longest Home Losing Streak ...... 2 (4/8) Longest Road Losing Streak ...... 4 (2/20 to 2/27) Largest Winning Margin ...... 12 vs. Iowa (4/22) The Automated ScoreBook Game Results for Minnesota (as of Apr 27, 2000) (All games)

Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Time e:-~:~: ------/------Feb 13, 2000 Illinois State w 9-1 9 10 0/ 1 8 1 9 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 Clarey (W 1-0) 344 3:08 Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State 6-7 L 6 11 2/ 7 14 1 8) 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 DeWitt (L 0-1) 219 3:23 Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State w 3-2 3 11 2/ 2 10 3 (12) 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Shupe (W 1-0) 244 3:32 Feb 18, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic 4-9 L 4 5 2/ 9 8 0 9 2- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Clarey (L 1-1) 637 2:41 Feb 19, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic w 6-2 6 6 2/ 2 8 2 9 3- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (W 1-0) 923 3:30 Feb 20, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic 6-7 L 6 11 1/ 7 10 1 9 3- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 Haring (L 0-1) 823 3:10 Feb 25, 2000 at McNeese State 5-15 L 5 11 4/15 12 1 9 3- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 Clarey (L 1-2) 625 3:18 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 1-7 L 1 4 4/ 7 7 0 7 3- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-1) 400 2:03 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 3-7 L 3 6 2/ 7 11 1 7 3- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Birk (L 0-1) 400 2:14 #Mar 03, 2000 Georgia w 7-1 7 7 1/ 1 5 1 9 4- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 Kobow (W 1-0) 2379 2:33 #Mar 04, 2000 Notre Dame w 9-7 9 11 1/ 7 10 2 9 5- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 DeWitt (W 1-1) 8341 2:56 #Mar 05, 2000 Wake Forest 6-13 L 6 13 2/13 20 1 9 5- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 Birk (L 0-2) 2307 3:28 Mar 11, 2000 at Wichita State w 17-9 17 16 2/ 9 13 4 9 6- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 CJ Woodrow (W 1-0) 1876 3:53 Mar 12, 2000 at Wichita State 1-2 L 1 8 1/ 2 9 0 9 6- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-2) 1157 2:33 Mar 12, 2000 at Wichita State w 10-8 10 8 1/ 8 12 3 9 7- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 V. Gangl (W 1-0) 2512 3:13 Mar 17, 2000 at Creighton 8-11 L 8 12 4/11 13 2 9 7- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 Kobow (L 1-1) 223 3:14 Mar 19, 2000 at Creighton 2-3 L 2 7 2/ 3 6 0 9 7-10- 0 0- 0- 0 V. Gangl (L 1-1) 227 2:32 Mar 19, 2000 at Creighton 5-7 L 5 9 2/ 7 9 0 9 7-11- 0 0- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-3) 223 2:36 *Mar 24, 2000 at Michigan w 10-3 10 16 1/ 3 5 3 9 8-11- 0 1- 0- 0 Kobow (W 2-1) 800 2:30 *Mar 25, 2000 at Michigan w 8-0 8 6 2/ 0 1 5 7 9-11- 0 2- 0- 0 Birk (W 1-2) 900 1:56 *Mar 25, 2000 at Michigan w 9-5 9 7 1/ 5 6 6 7 10-11- 0 3- 0- 0 Clarey (W 2-2) 900 2:22 *Mar 26, 2000 at Michigan w 7-0 7 6 0/ 0 3 4 9 11-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Werner (W 2-3) 750 2:43 Mar 28, 2000 Chicago State w 9-6 9 11 2/ 6 9 4 9 12-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Persby (W 1-0) 157 2:42 Mar 29, 2000 Chicago State w 13-5 13 12 0/ 5 9 2 9 13-11- 0 4- 0- 0 McCauley (W 1-0) 247 3:01 . 31, 2000 Oral Roberts w 5-2 5 12 0/ 2 7 1 9 14-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Kobow (W 3-1) 297 2:29 • 01, 2000 Oral Roberts w 7-0 7 13 1/ 0 6 1 9 15-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Clarey (W 3-2) 265 2:26 Apr 02, 2000 Oral Roberts w 11-0 11 14 0/ 0 5 1 9 16-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Werner (W 3-3) 323 2:26 Apr 05, 2000 St. Scholastica w 8-4 8 14 0/ 4 7 2 9 17-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Persby (W 2-0) 118 2:30 *Apr 08, 2000 Ohio State 3-6 L 3 5 1/ 6 5 1 7 17-12- 0 4- 1- 0 Kobow (L 3-2) 452 2:04 *Apr 08, 2000 Ohio State 3-7 L 3 9 1/ 7 11 0 7 17-13- 0 4- 2- 0 CJ Woodrow (L 1-1) 452 2:12 *Apr 09, 2000 Ohio State w 13-5 13 15 0/ 5 12 1 7 18-13- 0 5- 2- 0 Clarey (W 4-2) 512 1:56 *Apr 09, 2000 Ohio State w 7-1 7 10 1/ 1 4 0 7 19-13- 0 6- 2- 0 Werner (W 4-3) 512 2:05 Apr 12, 2000 at Iowa State w 6-3 6 7 3/ 3 5 3 9 20-13- 0 6- 2- 0 McCauley (W 2-0) 133 2:32 *Apr 14, 2000 at Northwestern w 4-1 4 7 1/ 1 6 0 9 21-13- 0 7- 2- 0 Kobow (W 4-2) 385 1:50 *Apr 15, 2000 at Northwestern 2-4 L 2 4 0/ 4 8 0 7 21-14- 0 7- 3- 0 Werner (L 4-4) 268 1:40 *Apr 15, 2000 at Northwestern 2-8 L 2 5 1/ 8 10 1 7 21-15- 0 7- 4- 0 Clarey (L 4-3) 268 1:48 *Apr 16, 2000 at Northwestern w 12-5 12 16 1/ 5 8 4 9 22-15- 0 8- 4- 0 CJ Woodrow (W 2-1) 170 2:40 Apr 19, 2000 MSU, Mankato 5-11 L 5 6 2/11 11 1 9 22-16- 0 8- 4- 0 Clarey (L 4-4) 153 3:00 *Apr 21, 2000 Iowa w 8-5 8 10 1/ 5 8 0 9 23-16- 0 9- 4- 0 Kobow (W 5-2) 737 2:30 *Apr 22, 2000 Iowa w 2-1 2 4 1/ 1 8 1 7 24-16- 0 10- 4- 0 Birk (W 2-2) 1305 1:50 *Apr 22, 2000 Iowa w 13-1 13 18 1/ 1 5 1 7 25-16- 0 11- 4- 0 Werner (W 5-4) 1305 1:50 *Apr 23, 2000 Iowa w 8-2 8 14 1/ 2 5 2 9 26-16- 0 12- 4- 0 Clarey (W 5-4) 602 2:41 Apr 26, 2000 Iowa State w 5-3 5 14 1/ 3 11 0 9 27-16- 0 12- 4- 0 Bennett (W 1-0) 477 2:29

*Conference game jHormel Foods Baseball Classic () extra inning game The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr 27, 2000) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

27-16 Home: 17-5 Away: 10-11 Conference: 12-4

AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

16 Luke Appert...... 371 40-29 105 34 39 11 2 5 24 69 .657 21 2 13 4 .477 2 1 2-5 6 17 2 . 920 45 Chris Guetzlaff. . . 362 27-13 58 17 21 7 0 1 10 31 . 534 5 1 9 2 .415 1 1 6-6 20 0 0 1.000 7 Mark Devore...... 349 33-20 63 10 22 5 0 0 10 27 .429 10 0 11 2 .438 0 2 5-9 34 66 1 .990 9 Jack Hannahan.... . 346 42-42 162 32 56 15 2 4 29 87 .537 16 1 35 3 . 403 2 0 5-8 39 106 11 .929 15 Rick Brosseau ... . .333 42-42 162 39 54 15 0 2 31 75 .463 18 5 10 3 .412 2 0 11-15 46 117 10 . 942 23 Scott Howard ...... 318 42-42 157 33 50 9 0 1 26 62 .395 18 3 32 3 .392 3 2 4-5 66 21 4 . 956 46 Josh Holthaus ... . .315 43-43 149 32 47 9 1 7 38 79 .530 27 4 22 5 .429 2 0 0-0 365 25 4 . 990 22 Jason Kennedy ... . .301 40-39 143 31 43 2 2 5 26 64 .448 18 11 39 1 .414 2 1 14-14 74 6 5 . 941 17 Paul Hartmann ... . .286 11-3 14 3 4 1 1 1 5 10 . 714 3 0 8 0 .412 0 0 1-1 14 1 2 . 882 3 Jeremy Negen ...... 244 34-31 86 11 21 5 0 0 13 26 . 302 8 2 16 2 .320 1 5 0-0 177 13 2 . 990 2 Scott Welch ...... 242 24-15 66 10 16 5 0 0 15 21 .318 6 2 13 3 .320 1 0 5-5 23 48 6 . 922 29 Rob LaRue ...... 233 21-13 43 7 10 2 1 2 11 20 .465 1 0 17 0 .244 1 0 1-1 30 3 1 . 971 1 Mike Arlt ...... 224 43-42 147 25 33 7 1 0 20 42 .286 23 1 22 4 .326 4 1 4-5 83 4 3 . 967 21 David Roach ...... 119 24-8 42 1 5 2 0 0 2 7 .167 5 1 7 1 .224 1 0 0-0 40 4 0 1. 000 28 Jeremy Beaulieu .. .000 13-4 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 6 1 .067 0 0 0-0 27 3 0 1. 000 41 Keith Walters ... . .000 6-1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 2 2 0 .500 0 0 0-0 0 4 0 1. 000 53 Eric Gangl ...... 000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1. 000

Totals ...... 297 43-43 1416 288 421 95 10 28 260 620 .438 181 36 262 34 .385 22 13 58-74 1063 492 58 .964 Opponents ...... 264 43-43 1363 206 360 65 10 16 180 493 .362 144 24 248 25 .342 14 16 52-67 1046 465 67 .958

LOB - Team (335), Opp (294). DPs turned - Team (32), Opp (39). CI - Team (2), Hartmann 1, Negen 1, Opp (1). IBB - Team (3), 1111Jhan 1, Holthaus 1, R. Brosseau 1, Opp (2). Picked off - Devore 2, R. Brosseau 2, Kennedy 2, LaRue 2, Negen 1, Arlt 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

37 Brandon Kitzerow. 2.03 0-0 11 0 0 0/0 6 26.2 19 6 6 13 26 4 0 0 93 .204 0 2 0 0 0 18 Bob DeWitt ...... 2.25 1-1 11 0 0 0/0 0 12.0 13 4 3 8 7 1 0 0 49 .265 5 1 0 0 0 35 Andy Persby ...... 2.51 2-0 12 2 0 0/1 0 28.2 18 8 8 16 25 4 0 0 96 .188 1 4 0 0 0 27 Nick McCauley ... . 3.38 2-0 8 2 0 0/0 0 16.0 10 8 6 9 11 2 1 1 58 .172 3 1 0 0 0 38 Vince Gangl ...... 3.38 1-1 13 0 0 0/1 1 16.0 14 7 6 3 8 1 1 1 61 .230 4 3 0 0 2 52 Mike Kobow ...... 3.50 5-2 11 8 3 0/0 1 61.2 57 34 24 14 47 12 2 3 236 .242 4 4 1 3 2 34 Kelly Werner .... . 3.63 5-4 11 11 2 1/1 0 62.0 61 32 25 26 28 8 1 0 235 .260 4 3 1 3 4 48 Jason Shupe ...... 4.05 1-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 6.2 8 3 3 1 5 1 0 0 24 .333 1 0 0 0 1 6 Ben Birk ...... 4.44 2-2 7 7 1 1/0 0 26.1 27 16 13 9 18 5 2 1 102 .265 1 2 1 1 2 33 C.J. Woodrow .... . 5.75 2-1 13 4 0 0/1 0 36.0 47 26 23 6 31 7 1 2 152 .309 3 1 1 2 1 43 Chadd Clarey .... . 7.35 5-4 12 9 0 0/1 0 49.0 62 44 40 26 37 13 1 7 199 .312 3 2 0 3 4 10 Kurt Haring ...... 8.64 0-1 6 0 0 0/0 0 8.1 15 9 8 5 2 5 0 0 38 .395 0 0 0 0 0 39 Nathan Bennett... 9.00 1-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 5 5 4 6 2 1 1 0 13 .385 0 1 0 2 0 13 Jason Amidon ..... 36.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 4 4 4 2 1 1 0 1 7 .571 1 0 0 0 0

Totals...... 4.39 27-16 43 43 6 4/2 8 354.1 360 206 173 144 248 65 10 16 1363 .264 30 24 4 14 16 Opponents...... 6.25 16-27 43 43 6 0/0 4 348.2 421 288 242 181 262 95 10 28 1416 .297 37 36 5 22 13

PB - Team (3), Negen 2, Holthaus 1, Opp (3). Pickoffs - Team (1), Kitzerow 1, Opp (7). SBA/ATT - Negen (31-37), Werner 16), Kobow (11-14), Beaulieu (9-10), Clarey (9-10), Holthaus (8-9), Hartmann (4-5), Birk (1-4), Kitzerow (4-4), Bennett , Shupe (2-3), DeWitt (3-3), McCauley (2-3), Persby (2-3), Haring (2-2), CJ Woodrow (2-2). • The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr 27, 2000) (Conference games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 12-4 Home: 6-2 Away: 6-2 Conference: 12-4

Plr AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GOP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLO%

9 Jack Hannahan ... . .441 16-16 59 17 26 9 0 4 15 47 .797 4 0 11 1 .469 1 0 0-1 9 39 4 . 923 46 Josh Holthaus ... . .423 16-16 52 18 22 2 1 2 17 32 .615 11 1 2 0 .523 1 0 0-0 141 7 0 1. 000 7 Mark Devore ...... 400 14-11 35 5 14 2 0 0 7 16 .457 4 0 4 2 .462 0 0 0-3 15 37 1 . 981 16 Luke Appert ...... 391 16-14 46 13 18 6 1 2 14 32 .696 9 0 3 2 .474 2 1 2-2 0 0 0 .000 45 Chris Guetzlaff .. .350 8-5 20 9 7 2 0 0 1 9 .450 3 0 4 1 .435 0 0 2-2 9 0 0 1. 000 21 David Roach ...... 333 3-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0 0 1 0 .333 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1. 000 22 Jason Kennedy ... . .283 14-14 46 8 13 0 0 2 7 19 .413 4 4 11 0 .389 0 1 4-4 28 1 1 . 967 23 Scott Howard ...... 275 16-16 51 10 14 2 0 0 4 16 .314 9 1 9 1 .387 1 2 0-0 24 5 2 . 935 29 Rob LaRue ...... 250 4-2 8 3 2 0 1 1 5 7 .875 0 0 5 0 .250 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 000 1 Mike Arlt ...... 235 16-16 51 7 12 2 0 0 11 14 .275 5 1 3 2 .305 2 0 1-1 24 1 2 . 926 15 Rick Brosseau ... . .207 16-16 58 11 12 5 0 0 5 17 .293 6 2 5 3 .299 1 0 0-0 20 43 2 . 969 3 Jeremy Negen ...... 200 16-16 45 6 9 2 0 0 8 11 .244 2 1 11 2 .245 1 4 0-0 79 3 0 1. 000 2 Scott Welch ...... 200 5-2 10 3 2 0 0 0 4 2 .200 2 0 2 0 .333 0 0 0-0 6 12 1 . 947 28 Jeremy Beaulieu .. .000 2-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 1 0 1. 000 17 Paul Hartmann .... .000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

Totals ...... 312 16-16 487 111 152 32 3 11 98 223 .458 59 10 72 14 .391 9 8 9-13 366 169 14 .974 Opponents...... 231 16-16 454 54 105 18 3 6 48 147 .324 37 11 80 12 .303 3 5 9-13 354 167 29 .947

LOB - Team (108), Opp (90). OPs turned - Team (13), Opp (16). IBB - Team (1), R. Brosseau 1, Opp (1). Picked off - Kennedy 2, R. Brosseau 2, Devore 1, Arlt 1, Negen 1.

(Conference games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

37 Brandon Kitzerow. 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 1 5.2 5 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 20 .250 0 0 0 0 0 18 Bob DeWitt...... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 6 Ben Birk ...... 1.26 2-0 3 3 1 1/0 0 14.1 8 3 2 1 9 1 1 0 52 .154 0 2 0 0 0 34 Kelly Werner ..... 1.78 3-1 4 4 2 1/0 0 25.1 18 6 5 13 9 1 0 0 86 .209 1 2 0 2 0 35 Andy Persby...... 2.00 0-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 9.0 6 2 2 5 7 2 0 0 30 .200 1 2 0 0 0 52 Mike Kobow ...... 2.97 3-1 4 4 3 0/0 0 33.1 23 14 11 4 25 5 1 2 123 .187 0 3 0 0 2 38 Vince Gangl ...... 3.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 11 .182 1 0 0 0 1 27 Nick McCauley .... 3.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 3.0 2 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 11 .182 0 0 0 0 0 43 Chadd Clarey ..... 7.23 3-1 4 4 0 0/0 0 18.2 26 16 15 6 12 7 1 2 78 .333 1 1 0 1 2 33 C.J. Woodrow ..... 10.38 1-1 3 1 0 0/0 0 8.2 15 11 10 2 8 1 0 1 40 .375 1 1 0 0 0

Totals...... 3.47 12-4 16 16 6 2/0 1 122.0 105 54 47 37 80 18 3 6 454 .231 5 11 0 3 5 Opponents ...... 6.56 4-12 16 16 4 0/0 1 118.0 152 111 86 59 72 32 3 11 487 .312 14 10 2 9 8

Pickoffs - Team (0) , Opp (5) . SBA/ATT - Negen (9-11) , Kobow (4-5) , Clarey (4-4) , Werner (1-3) , Birk (0-1) . ., The Automated ScoreBook Gam~$ Summary for ~nnesota (as of Apr 27, 2000) ~ (Al.l. games)

~ing-by-inning summary:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total. ----- ~nnesota 38 36 29 36 42 44 30 26 5 2 288 Opponents 20 28 31 43 33 14 18 11 7 1 206

Win-l.oss summary:

w L T Pet

Total. 27 16 0 .628 Conference 12 4 0 .750 Non-Conf 15 12 0 .556 Home 17 5 0 .773 Away 10 11 0 .476 Neutral. 0 0 0 .000 Day 22 13 0 . 629 Nite 5 3 0 . 625 vs Left 5 4 0 .556 vs Right 22 12 0 .647 1-Run games 2 4 0 .333 2-Run games 3 2 0 .600 5+Run games 14 6 0 .700 .ra inns 1 1 0 .500 touts 4 0 0 1.000

General. summary:

Current winning streak 5 Longest winning streak 10 Longest l.osing streak 4

Home attendance : 21748 ( 22 dates avg = 988 ) Away attendance : 14600 ( 21 dates avg = 695 ) Total. attendance: 36348 ( 43 dates avg = 845 ) GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office Phone: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625.0359 May 3, 2000 Baseball Contact: Mike Vzdnovic Home Phone: 651.644.6535 e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 612.624.4345 Minnesota vs. St. Thomas Wednesday, May 3, 2000 6:30p.m. Siebert Field (2,500) • Minneapolis, Minn.

Minnesota's Starter:c..J. Woodrow, Freshman, RHP, 6-2, 200, (Plymouth, Minn.) MINNESOTA'S 2000 SCHEDULE/RESULTS CWTeDt Stats: 2-1, 5.75 ERA, 4 GS, 13 GP, 36.0 IP, 47 H, 26 R, 23 ER, 2 HR, 6 BB, DAD OPPONENT TIME 31SO Feb. 7 PRO-ALUMNI* W7-6 IS Start: Got a no-decision in 5-3 win over Iowa State last Wednesday (2.04-2-2-1-0) Feb. 13 ILLINOIS STATE (l)* w 9-1 • Picked up the win in relief of Ben Birk in 12-5 win over Northwestern (3.04-3-3-0-2) Feb. 14 ILLINOIS STATE (2) L 6-7, W 3-2 Feb. 18 Florida Atlantic L4-9 • Got a no-decision in his first career start against Chicago State (4.1-6-4-3-14) Feb. 19 Florida Atlantic W6-2 • Earned his first collegiate win in 17-9 victory over Wichita St, (4.~ 1-5) Feb. 20 Florida Atlantic L6-7 • Is 0-1 with an 8.31 ERA in 13 innings as a starter and 2-0 with a 4.30 ERA as a reliever Feb. 25 McNeese State L 5-15 Feb. 27 McNeese State (2) L l-7,L3-7 • Has a strikeout to walk ratio of 52 to 1 Hormel Foods Baseball Classic • Only true freshman on the pitching staff seeing playing time March 3 GEORGIA% w 7-1 March 4 NurRE DAME%*# W9-7 March 5 WAKE FOREST* L 6-13 Minnesota Takes Three of Four From Michigan State: The Golden Gopher March 11 Wichita State w 17-9 baseball team (30-17, 15-5) won the first three games of last weekend's series March 12 Wichita State L 1-2 March 12 Wichita State w 10-8 with Michigan State, winning 10-5 on Friday night and 16-2 and 7-5 on March 17 Creighton L 8-11 Saturday, before dropping the series finale by a score of 9-7 on Sunday. The March 19 Creighton L 2-3, L 5-7 Gophers fell to second place in the Big Ten, just percentage points behind Penn March 24 Michigan w 10-3 March 25 Michigan (2) W 8-0, W9-5 State, who swept Michigan last weekend. March 26 Michigan W7-0 March 28 CHICAGO STATE W9-6 Series History: Minnesota leads the overall series with St. Thomas by a 57-10 March 29 CHICAGO STATE w 13-5 March 31 ORAL ROBERTS* w 5-2 margin. Since Head Coach John Anderson took the helm of the Golden Gopher April 1 ORAL ROBERTS* W7-0 program, Minnesota is 20-2 against the Tommies. The last time St. Thomas April 2 ORAL ROBERTS* w ll-0 defeated Minnesota was on May 6, 1987, when the Tommies won the second April 5 ST. SCHOLASTICA W8-4 April 8 OHIO STATE (2)* L 3-6, L 3-7 game of a doubleheader by a score of 8-7. April 9 OHIO STATE (2) * w 13-5, w 7-1 April 12 Iowa State W6-3 Team Notes: Minnesota is 5-1 in games played on Wednesdays so far this season Aprill4 Northwestern* w 4-1 Ap5il 15 Northwestern (2)* L 2-4, L 2-8 • the team has a record of 16-2 when they score runs in the first inning • when April 16 Northwestern* w 12-5 the Gophers are ahead after five innings of play they have a record of 25-2 • April19 MSU, MANKATO L 4-11 when Minnesota scores five or more runs in a game, they have record of 27-7 • in April21 IOWA* W8-5 April 22 IOWA (2)*# w 2-1. w 13-l five games last week, junior Josh Holthaus (Monticello, Minn.) batted .529 (9- April23 IOWA* W8-2 17) with six RBis, seven runs scored, a double and two home runs--he is current­ April 26 IOWA STATE w 5-3 ly second in the Big Ten with a .446 batting average, first in runs scored (23) and April 28 Michigan State • w 10-5 April 29 Michigan State (2)* w 16-2, w 7-5 RBis (22) in conference games • sophomore Jack Hannahan (St. Paul, Minn.) April 30 Michigan State * L 7-9 is also amongst the Big Ten leaders in hits per game (1.55-3rd), home runs (4- May 3 ST. THOMAS* 6:30p.m. 3rd), doubles (10-1st) and RBis (19-4th)--he leads the league in total bases with May 6 INDIANA (2)*# 1:00 p.m. May 7 INDIANA (2)* 1:00 p.m. 57 • Hannahan is batting .459 (17-37) with nine RBis, five doubles, two triples May 12 PURDUE* 6:30p.m. and two home runs in his last nine games • senior catcher Jeremy Negen May 13 PURDUE (2)* 4:00p.m. (Blomkest, Minn.) batted .429 (6-14) with six RBis and five runs scored last May 14 PURDUE*# 1:00 p.m. May 17-21 Big Ten Tournament* TBA weekend against Michigan State • Negen had a three-run double in a seven-run May 26-28 NCAA Regionals* TBA sixth inning the 10-5 win on Friday night and went 2-for-4 in the game with four June 24 NCAA Super Regionals* TBA RBis • in six midweek games this season, the relief pitchers are 4-0 with a 2.75 June 9-17 College World Series• TBA ERA in 36 innings pitched • Josh Holthaus is batting .333 with two home runs, • Radio Broadcast on WDGY (630 AM) two doubles and seven RBis in six midweek games for the Gophers this season • # Midwest Sports Channel Scott Howard (Rosemount, Minn.) is batting .360 with eight RBis in midweek % Hormel Classic Garnes All times are Central Time games. Schedule is subject to change The Automated ScoreBook Game Results for Minnesota (as of Apr 3a, 20aO) (All games)

Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Time ------1------Feb 13, 2000 Illinois State w 9-1 9 1a a; 1 8 1 9 1- 0- 0 a- 0- a Clarey ('If 1-0) 344 3:08 Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State 6-7 L 6 11 2/ 7 14 1 ( 8) 1- 1- a o- a- a DeWitt (L 0-11 219 3:23 Feb 14, 2000 Illinois State w 3-2 3 11 2/ 2 10 3 (12) 2- 1- a a- 0- a Shupe ('If 1-0) 244 3:32 Feb 18, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic 4-9 L 4 5 2/ 9 8 a 9 2- 2- 0 a- a- a Clarey (L 1-1) 637 2:41 Feb 19, 2000 at Flordia Atlantic w 6-2 6 6 2/ 2 8 2 9 3- 2- a a- a- a Werner ('If 1-a) 923 3:30 Feb 2a, 2aao at Flordia Atlantic 6-7 L 6 11 1/ 7 1a 1 9 3- 3- a a- a- a Haring (L 0-1) 823 3:10 Feb 25, 2000 at McNeese State 5-15 L s 11 4/15 12 1 9 3- 4- 0 a- a- 0 Clarey (L 1-2) 625 3:18 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 1-7 L 1 4 4/ 7 7 0 7 3- 5- 0 0- a- 0 Werner (L 1-1) 400 2:03 Feb 27, 2000 at McNeese State 3-7 L 3 6 2/ 7 11 1 7 3- 6- a 0- 0- 0 Birk (L a-1) 400 2:14 fMar 03, 2000 Georgia w 7-1 7 7 1/ 1 5 1 9 4- 6- a o- o- o Kobow (W 1-a> 2379 2:33 fMar 04, 2000 Notre Dame w 9-7 9 11 1/ 7 10 2 9 5- 6- 0 a- a- 0 DeWitt (W 1-1) 8341 2:56 fMar 05, 2000 Wake Forest 6-13 L 6 13 2/13 2a 1 9 5- 7- 0 o- o- o Birk (L o-21 2307 3:28 Mar 11, 2000 at Wichita State w 17-9 17 16 2/ 9 13 4 9 6- 7- a a- a- o CJ woodrow (W 1-0) 1876 3:53 Mar 12, 2000 at Wichita State 1-2 L 1 8 1/ 2 9 a 9 6- 8- a a- 0- 0 Werner (L 1-2) 1157 2:33 Mar 12, 2000 at Wichita State w 10-8 10 8 1/ 8 12 3 9 7- 8- 0 o- a- a v. Gangl (W 1-a> 2512 3:13 Mar 17, 2000 at Creighton 8-11 L 8 12 4/11 13 2 9 7- 9- 0 a- 0- 0 Kobow (L 1-1) 223 3:14 Mar 19, 2000 at Creighton 2-3 L 2 7 2/ 3 6 a 9 7-10- 0 0- 0- 0 V. Gangl (L 1-1) 227 2:32 Mar 19, 2000 at Creighton 5-7 L 5 9 2/ 7 9 0 9 7-11- 0 a- a- a Werner (L 1-3) 223 2:36 *Mar 24, 2000 at Michigan w 1a-3 10 16 1/ 3 5 3 9 8-11- a 1- a- a Kobow (W 2-1) 800 2:30 *Mar 25, 2000 at Michigan w 8-a 8 6 2/ 0 1 5 7 9-11- 0 2- 0- a Birk (W 1-2) 900 1:56 *Mar 25, 2000 at Michigan w 9-5 9 7 1/ 5 6 6 7 1a-11- 0 3- a- a Clarey (W 2-2) 900 2:22 *Mar 26, 2000 at Michigan w 7-0 7 6 0/ a 3 4 9 11-11- 0 4- a- a Werner (W 2-3) 750 2:43 Mar 28, 2000 Chicago State w 9-6 9 11 2/ 6 9 4 9 12-11-, 0 4- 0- a Persby (W 1-0) 157 2:42 Mar 29, 2a00 Chicago State w 13-5 13 12 a; 5 9 2 9 13-11- 0 4- 0- 0 McCauley ('If 1-0) 247 3:01 Mar 31, 2000 Oral Roberts w 5-2 5 12 a/ 2 7 1 9 14-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Kobow (W 3-1) 297 2:29 Apr 01, 2000 Oral Roberts w 7-a 7 13 1/ 0 6 1 9 15-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Clarey (W 3-2) 265 2:26 Apr 02, 2000 Oral Roberts w 11-0 11 14 0/ 0 5 1 9 16-11- a 4- 0- 0 Werner ('If 3-3) 323 2:26 Apr 05, 2000 St. Scholastica w 8-4 8 14 0/ 4 7 2 9 17-11- 0 4- 0- 0 Persby (W 2-0) 118 2:30 *Apr 08, 2aoo Ohio State 3-6 L 3 5 1/ 6 5 1 7 17-12- 0 4- 1- 0 Kobow (L 3-2) 452 2:04 *Apr 08, 2000 Ohio State 3-7 L 3 9 1/ 7 11 a 7 17-13- 0 4- 2- 0 CJ woodrow (L 1-1) 452 2:12 *Apr 09, 2000 Ohio State 'If 13-5 13 15 0/ 5 12 1 7 18-13- 0 5- 2- 0 Clarey (W 4-2) 512 1:56 *Apr 09, 2000 Ohio State 'If 7-1 7 10 1/ 1 4 0 7 19-13- 0 6- 2- 0 Werner (W 4-3) 512 2:05 Apr 12, 2000 at Iowa State 'If 6-3 6 7 3/ 3 5 3 9 20-13- 0 6- 2- 0 McCauley (W 2-0) 133 2:32 *Apr 14, 2000 at Northwestern 'If 4-1 4 7 1/ 1 6 0 9 21-13- 0 7- 2- 0 Kobow (W 4-2) 385 1:50 *Apr 15, 2000 at Northwestern 2-4 L 2 4 a/ 4 8 0 7 21-14- a 7- 3- 0 Werner (L 4-4) 268 1:40 *Apr 15, 2000 at Northwestern 2-8 L 2 5 1/ 8 1a 1 7 21-15• 0 7- 4- 0 Clarey (L 4-3) 268 1:48 *Apr 16, 2000 at Northwestern 'If 12-5 12 16 1/ 5 8 4 9 22-15- a 8- 4- 0 CJ Woodrow (W 2-1) 170 2:40 Apr 19, 2000 MSU, Mankato 5-11 L s 6 2/11 11 1 9 22-16- a 8- 4- 0 Clarey (L 4-4) 153 3:00 *Apr 21, 2000 Iowa 'If 8-5 8 10 1/ 5 8 a 9 23-16- a 9- 4- 0 Kobow (W 5-2) 737 2:30 *Apr 22, 2000 Iowa 'If 2-1 2 4 1/ 1 8 1 7 24-16- 0 10- 4- 0 Birk ('If 2-2) 1305 1:50 *Apr 22, 2000 Iowa 'If 13-1 13 18 1/ 1 5 1 7 25-16- 0 11- 4- 0 Werner (W 5-4) 1305 1:50 *Apr 23, 2000 Iowa 'If 8-2 8 14 1/ 2 5 2 9 26-16- 0 12- 4- 0 Clarey (W 5-4) 602 2:41 Apr 26, 2000 Iowa State 'If 5-3 5 14 1/ 3 11 a 9 27-16- a 12- 4- 0 Bennett (W 1-0) 477 2:29 *Apr 28, 2000 at Michigan State 'If 1a-5 1a 11 3/ 5 10 3 9 28-16- a 13- 4- 0 Kobow ('If 6-2) 521 2:17 *Apr 29, 2000 at Michigan State 'If 16-2 16 14 1/ 2 2 4 7 29-16- 0 14- 4- 0 Birk (W 3-2) 286 2:22 *Apr 29, 2000 at Michigan State 'If 7-5 7 12 0/ 5 6 1 7 30-16- a 15- 4- 0 Werner (W 6-4) 286 2:27 *Apr 30, 20a0 at Michigan State 7-9 L 7 11 4/ 9 13 0 9 30-17- a 15- 5- 0 Clarey (L 5-5) 341 2:46

*Conference game #Hormel Foods Baseball Classic () extra inning game The Automated ScoraBook Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr 30, 2000) (All games Sorted by-Batting avg)

Record: 30-17 Home: 17-5 Away: 13-12 Conference: 15-5

..yar AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B. 3B HR RBI TB SLGI BB HBP SO GOP OB\ SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLO%

16 Luke Appart ...... 374 43-32 115 3a 43 13 2 5 2a 75 .652 24 3 13 4 .4a6 2 1 2-5 6 17 2 .. 920 45 Chris Guetzlaff .. .355 29-14 62 17 22 7 0 1 11 32 .516 5 1 10 2 .400 2 1 6-6 20 0 0 1.000 9 Jack Hannahan ... . .341 46-46 179 35 61 16 4 4 33 97 .542 17 1 37 5 .395 3 0 6-9 41 114 13 .923 15 Rick Brosseau ... . .335 46-46 179 46 60 16 0 4 37 aa .492 20 6 12 4 .415 2 0 14-1a 54 12a 12 .93a 46 Josh Holthaus ... . .333 47-47 162 37 54 9 1 a 43 a9 .549 30 5 22 5 .447 2 0 0-0 392 28 4 .991 7 Hark Devore ...... 329 37-22 73 13 24 5 0 0 12 29 .397 10 0 12 2 .410 0 2 5-9 38 76 1 . 991 23 Scott Howard ...... 310 46-46 174 36 54 9 0 1 29 66 .379 19 5 39 3 .3aa 3 2 5-6 73 22 5 .950 22 Jason Kennedy ... . .306 44-43 157 36 48 5 2 6 29 75 .47a 21 12 44 1 .422 2 1 14-14 84 7 5 . 94a 17 Paul Hartmann ... . .286 11-3 14 3 4 1 1 1 5 10 .714 3 o a 0 .412 0 0 1-1 14 1 2 .aa2 3 Jeremy Negan ...... 270 3a-35 100 16 27 6 0 0 19 33 .330 .a 2 16 2 .333 1 5 o-o 195 17 2 .991 2 Scott Walch ...... 264 26-16 72 11 19 7 0 0 la 26 . 361 6 2 14 3 .329 2 0 5-5 29 51 6 .930 1 Hike Arlt ...... 231 47-46 160 2a 37 8 1 0 21 47 .294 25 1 24 4 .332 4 1 4-5 a9 5 3 .969 29 Rob LaRue ...... 229 23-14 4a 7 11 2 1 2 12 21 .43a 1 0 17 0 .240 1 0 1-1 30 3 1 . 971 21 David Roach ...... 116 25-a 43 2 5 2 0 0 2 7 .163 5 2 7 1 .235 1 0 0-0 43 4 0 1.000 2a Jeremy Beaulieu .. .000 14-4 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 0 1 7 1 .062 0 0 0-0 27 3 0 1.000 41 Keith Walters ... . .000 6-l 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 2 2 0 .500 0 o o-o 0 4 0 1.000 53 Eric Gangl ...... 000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000

Totals ...... 301 47-47 155a 32a 469 106 12 32 299 695 .446 196 43 2a4 37 .3a9 25 13 63-79 1156 537 66 .962 Opponents ...... 265 47-47 1476 227 391 71 10 1a 19a 536 .363 157 26 266 2a .342 17 17 56-75 1142 509 75 .957

LOB- Team (366), Opp (312). DPs turned- Team (39), Opp (43). CI- Team (2), Nagan 1, Hartmann 1, Opp (1). IBB- Taaa (3), Brosseau 1, Hannahan 1, Holthaus 1, Opp (3). Picked off - Devore 2, LaRue 2, R. Brosseau 2, Kennedy 2, Arlt 1, Howard 1,

• an 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/A~ WP HBP BK SFA SHA

1a Bob DeWitt ...... 1.93 1-1 12 0 0 0/0 o 14.o 14 4 3 a 1 1 0 0 55 .255 5 1 0 1 0 37 Brandon Kitzarow. 1.95 0-0 12 0 0 0/0 6 27.2 20 6 6 13 26 4 0 0 96 .20a 0 2 0 0 0 35 Andy Persby ...... 2.64 2-0 13 2 0 0/1 0 30.2 22 9 9 17 2a 7 0 0 106 .20a 1 4 0 0 0 27 Nick McCauley .... 3.32 2-0 9 2 0 0/0 1 19.0 11 9 7 11 11 3 1 1 6a .162 3 2 0 0 0 52 Hike Kobow ...... 3.57 6-2 12 9 4 0/0 1 70.2 67 39 28 16 53 13 2 4 26a .250 4 4 1 4 3 34 Kelly Warner ..... 3.57 6-4 12 12 2 1/1 o 6a.o 64 34 27 31 33 a 1 0 253 .253 4 4 1 3 4 6 Ban Birk ...... 3.a6 3-2 a a 1 1/0 0 30.1 2a 17 13 10 20 5 2 1 115 .243 1 2 1 1 2 4a Jason Shupe ... ,".. 4.05 1-0 5 0 0 0/0 o 6.2 a 3 3 1 s 1 0 0 24 .333 1 0 0 0 1 3a Vinca Gangl ...... 4.76 1-1 14 0 0 0/1 1 11.0 11 10 9 3 a 1 1 2 66 .2Sa 4 3 0 0 2 33 C.J. Woodrow ..... 5.75 2-1 13 4 0 0/1 0 36.0 47 26 23 6 31 7 1 2 152 .309 3 1 1 2 1 43 Chadd Clarey ..... 7.44 5-s 13 10 0 0/1 0 52.0 69 52 43 2a 39 14 1 7 215 .321 3 2 0 4 4 10 Kurt Haring ...... a.64 0-1 6 0 0 0/0 o a .1 15 9 a 5 2 s 0 0 3a .395 0 0 0 0 0 39 Nathan Bennett ... 9.00 1-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 5 5 4 6 2 1 1 0 13 .3a5 0 1 0 2 0 13 Jason Amidon ..... 36.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 4 4 4 2 1 1 0 .1 7 .571 1 0 0 0 0

17 17 Totals...... 4. 37 30-17 47 47 7 4/2 9 3a5.1 391 227 1a7 157 266 71 10 1a 1476 .265 30 26 4 25 13 Opponents ...... 6.53 17-30 47 47 6 0/0 5 3a0.2 469 32a 276 196 2a4 106 12 32 155a .301 3a 43 7

PB- Team (3), Nagen 2, Holthaus 1, Opp (3). Pickoff•- Team (2), Kitzarow 1, Kobow 1, Opp (a). SBA/ATT- Nagan (35-45), ~ar (12-1a), Kobow (11-15), Clarey (12-15), Beaulieu (9-10), Holthaus (a-9), Hartmann (4-5), Birk (1-4), Kitzarow (4-4), ~itt (3-3), Shupe (2-3), Parsby (2-3) , Bennett (3-3), McCauley (2-3), CJ Woodrow (2-2), Haring (2-2). The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Minnesota (as of Apr 30, 2000) (Conference games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 15-5 Home: 6-2 Away: 9-3 Conference: 15-5

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GOP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLO%

46 Josh Holthaus ... . .446 20-20 65 23 29 2 1 3 22 42 .646 14 2 2 0 .549 1 0 0-0 168 10 0 1.000 9 Jack Hannahan ... . .408 20-20 76 20 31 10 2 4 19 57 . 750 5 0 13 3 .434 2 0 1-2 11 47 6 . 906 16 Luke Appert ...... 393 19-17 56 17 22 8 1 2 18 38 .679 12 1 3 2 .493 2 1 2-2 0 0 0 .000 7 Hark Devore ...... 356 18-13 45 8 16 2 0 0 9 18 .400 4 0 5 2 .408 0 0 0-3 19 47 1 .985 45 Chris Guetzlaff .. .333 10-6 24 9 8 2 0 0 2 10 .417 3 0 5 1 .393 1 0 2-2 9 0 0 1.000 2 Scott Welch ...... 312 7-3 16 4 5 2 0 0 7 7 . 438 2 0 3 0 .368 1 0 0-0 12 15 1 . 964 22 Jason Kennedy ... . .300 18-18 60 13 18 3 0 3 10 30 .500 7 5 16 0 .417 0 1 4-4 38 2 1 . 976 23 Scott Howard ...... 265 20-20 68 13 18 2 0 0 7 20 .294 10 3 16 1 .378 1 2 1-1 31 6 3 .925 3 Jeremy Negen ...... 254 20-20 59 11 15 3 0 0 14 18 .305 2 1 11 2 .286 1 4 o-o 97 7 0 1. 000 1 Mike Arlt ...... 250 20-20 64 10 16 3 0 0 12 19 .297 7 1 5 2 .324 2 0 1-1 30 2 2 . 941 21 David Roach ...... 250 4-0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 1 1 0 .400 0 0 o-o 5 0 0 1.000 15 Rick Brosseau ... . .240 20-20 75 18 18 6 0 2 11 30 .400 8 3 7 4 .333 1 0 3-3 28 54 4 .953 29 Rob LaRue ...... 231 6-3 13 3 3 0 1 1 6 8 . 615 0 0 5 0 .231 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 28 Jeremy Beaulieu .. .000 3-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 1 0 1. 000 17 Paul Hartmann ..... 000 2-0 1000000 0 . 000 0 0 1 0 . 000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

Totals ...... 318 20-20 629 151 200 43 5 15 137 298 .474 74 17 94 17 .398 12 8 14-18 459 214 22 .968 Opponents ...... 240 20-20 567 75 136 24 3 8 66 190 .335 50 13 98 15 .313 6 6 13-21 450 211 37 .947

LOB- Team (139), Opp (108). DPs turned- Team (20), Opp (20). IBB- Team (1), R. Brosseau 1, Opp (2). Picked off- Kennedy 2, R. Brosseau 2, Howard 1, Devore 1, Arlt 1, Negen 1.

(Conference games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

37 Brandon Kitzerow. 0.00 o-o 3 0 0 0/0 1 6.2 6 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 23 .261 0 0 0 0 0 18 Bob DeWitt ...... 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .111 0 0 0 1 0 6 Ben Birk ...... 0.98 3-0 4 4 1 1/0 0 18.1 9 4 2 2 11 1 1 0 65 .138 0 2 0 0 0 34 Kelly Werner ..... 2.01 4-1 5 5 2 1/0 0 31.1 21 8 7 18 14 1 0 0 104 .202 1 3 0 2 0 35 Andy Persby ...... 2.45 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 11.0 10 3 3' 6 10 5 0 0 40 .250 1 2 0 0 0 27 Nick McCauley .... 3.00 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 1 6.0 3 2 2 5 4 1 0 0 21 .143 0 1 0 0 0 52 Mike Kobow ...... 3.19 4-1 5 5 4 0/0 0 42.1 33 19 15 6 31 6 1 3 155 .213 0 3 0 1 3 43 Chadd Clarey ..... 7.48 3-2 5 5 0 0/0 0 21.2 33 24 18 8 14 8 1 2 94 .351 1 1 0 2 2 38 Vince Gangl ...... 9.00 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 5 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 16 .312 1 0 0 0 1 33 C.J. Woodrow ..... 10.38 1-1 3 1 0 0/0 0 8.2 15 11 10 2 8 1 0 1 40 .375 1 1 0 0 0

Totals...... 3. 59 15-5 20 20 7 2/0 2 153.0 136 75 61 so 98 24 3 8 567 .240 5 13 0 6 6 Opponents ...... 7.20 5-15 20 20 4 0/0 2 150.0 200 151 120 74 94 43 5 15 629 .318 15 17 4 12 8

Pickoffs - Team (1), Kobow 1, Opp (6). SBA/ATT - Negen (13-19), Clarey (7-9), Kobow (4-6), Werner (2-5), Birk (0-1). The Automated ScoreBook Games Summary for ~nnesota (as of Apr 30, 2000) (Al.l. games)

~ning-by-inning summary:

7 9 EX Total. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 ----- Mi.nnesota 39 39 37 38 46 59 33 29 6 2 328 Opponents 24 30 37 43 34 17 22 12 7 1 227

Win-l.oss summary:

w L T Pet

Total. 30 17 0 .638 Conference 15 5 0 .750 Non-Conf 15 12 0 .556 Home 17 5 0 .773 Away 13 12 0 .520 Neutral. 0 0 0 .000 Day 24 14 0 .632 Nite 6 3 0 .667 vs Left 6 4 0 .600 vs Ri.ght 24 13 0 .649 1-Run games 2 4 0 .333 2-Run games 4 3 0 .571 S+Run games 16 6 0 .727 .tra inns 1 1 0 .500 utouts 4 0 0 1.000

General. summary:

Current l.osing streak 1 Longest winning streak 10 Longest l.osing streak 4

Home attendance : 21748 ( 22 dates avg = 988 ) Away attendance : 16034 ( 25 dates avg = 641 ) Total. attendance: 37782 ( 47 dates avg = 803 ) c ( GOL. - DEN-- - - GOPHER, ~ ------B-- A-__ SE : BALL ·· ~ -- ( University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office - - · ·- Phone: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625.0359 May 15, 2000 Baseball Contact: Mike Vidnovic Home Phone: 651.644.6535 e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 612.624.4345 2000 Big Ten Tournament Notes

• Wednesday, May 17 • 7 p.m. CT Radio: WDGY-AM 630, Tom Witschen, play-by-play • Thursday, May 18 • TBA Radio: WDGY -AM 630, Tom Witschen, play-by-play MINNESOTA'S 2000 ScHEDULE/RESULTS • Friday, May 19 • TBA Radio: WDGY-AM 630, Tom Witschen, play-by-play ~ OPPONENT TI~IE Feb. 7 PRO-ALUMNI* W 7-6 Siebert Field (2,500) • Minneapolis, Minn. Feb. 13 ILLINOIS STATE (I)* W 9-1 Feb. 14 ILLINOIS STATE (2)L 6-7 (8), W 3-2(12) Feb. 18 Florida Atlantic L 4-9 Minnesota To Face Northwestern In First Round of Big Ten Tournament: Feb. 19 Florida Atlantic W 6-2 The 2000 Big Ten Regular-Season Champion Minnesota Golden Gophers (36-20, Feb. 20 Florida Atlantic L 6-7 20-8) will face the Northwestern Wildcats in the first round of the Big Ten Tour­ Feb. 25 McNeese State L 5-15 Feb. 27 McNeese State (2) L 1-7, L 3-7 nament on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at Siebert Field. Minnesota will be host­ Hormel Foods Baseball Classic ing the tournament for the first time since the 1986. Of the five other teams in the March 3 GEORGIA% W7-I tournament, Minnesota faced three of those teams during the regular season. The March 4 NOTRE DAME%*# W9-7 March 5 WAKE FOREST%* L 6-13 Gophers split with both Ohio State and Northwestern, and lost three out of four to March II Wichita State w 17-9 Purdue last weekend. March 12 Wichita State L 1-2 March 12 Wichita State w 10-8 March 17 Creighton L 8-11 Purdue Takes Three of Four From Minnesota: The Purdue Boilermakers took March 19 Creighton L 2-3, L 5-7 three of four games from the Golden Gophers last weekend at Siebert Field. The March 24 Michigan w 10-3 first three games of the series were all decided by one run, with two of the games March 25 Michigan (2) w 8-0, w 9-5 March 26 Michigan w 7-0 being pushed to extra frames. Purdue won 7-6 on Friday night, executing the sui­ March 28 CHICAGO STATE W9-6 cide squeeze in the top of the 12th inning, to push the winning run across. Min­ March 29 CHICAGO STATE w 13-5 nesota had bases loaded in the bottom of the inning with one out but couldn't get March 31 ORAL ROBERTS* w 5-2 April I ORAL ROBERTS* W7-0 the equalizer. Saturday the two teams exchanged 6-5 decisions. In the frrst game, April 2 ORAL ROBERTS* w 11-0 Purdue's Mike Duursma hit his frrst home run of the year for the win. In the sec­ April 5 ST. SCHOLASTICA W8-4 ond game, Minnesota came from behind with two runs in the bottom of the sev­ April 8 OHIO STATE (2)* L 3-6, L 3-7 April 9 OHIO STATE (2) * w 13-5, w 7-1 enth to pull out a 6-5 win. Sunday afternoon's game was the Daniel Underwood April 12 Iowa State W6-3 Show, as the Purdue rightfielder went 5-for-5 from the plate with two three-run April 14 Northwestern• w 4-1 home runs and seven RBis to give the Boilermakers a April 15 Northwestern (2)* L 2-4, L 2-8 April 16 Northwestern* w 12-5 8-4 win. April 19 MSU, MANKATO L 4-11 April21 IOWA* w 8-5 April22 IOWA (2)*# w 2-1, w 13-1 UM RECORD AFTER 56 April 23 IOWA* w 8-2 April 26 IOWA STATE w 5-3 GAMES LAST 11 YEARS April 28 Michigan State * w 10-5 YEAR GP W-L PCf. FINAUBIG TEN April 29 Michigan State (2)* w 16-2, w 7-5 2000 56 36-20 .646 -/20-8 (1st) April 30 Michigan State * L 7-9 May 3 ST. THOMAS* W9-2 1999 56 41-15 .732" 46-18/21-7 (2nd) May 6 INDIANA (2)*# w 5-4, w 2-0 1998 56 43-13 .768* 45-15/19-9(2nd) May 7 INDIANA (2)* w 4-3, w 7-0 .-----.- 1997 54 30-24 .555 30-24/15-10 (5th) May 12 PURDUE* L 6-7 (12) 1996 56 30-26 .536 30-26/15-12 (5th) May 13 PURDUE (2)* L 5-6 (9), W 6-5 May 14 PURDUE*# L4-8 1995 56 30-26 .536 31-28/16-12 (2nd) May 17-21 Big Ten Tournament* TBA 1994 56 39-17 .696 42-21121-7 (2nd) May 26-28 NCAA Regionals* TBA 1993 56 41-15 .732 43-18/17-9 (2nd) June 2-4 NCAA Super Regionals* TBA 1992 56 37-19 .661* 42-2l/18-10(2nd) June 9-17 College World Series* TBA 1991 56 33-23 .589 37-27/18-10 (2nd) I * Radio Broadcast on WDGY (630 AM) I 1990 56 33-22-1 .598 36-24-1119-9 (T-2nd) I # Midwest Sports Channel I " Set school record for wins I % Honnel Classic Games I AJI times are Central Time I * Won Big Ten Tournament I Schedule is subject to change I'"------""' I GOLDEN BASEBALL About Coach Anderson: Golden Gopher Head Coach John A d . . . son w1t· h a career recor d o f687 -4 22 -3 and a B1g· Ten mark p n erson 1s m. h1s 19th sea- . . 0 - 93 -157. He 1s one ofthe Big Ten Weekly youngest coaches m the natwn to surpass the 600-win platea d . h . . . . u an IS t e only act1ve B1o Ten coach to reach 250 conference v1ctones. At age 45 he c h e . . . . . · urrent 1y as the second- Honors highest career wm total for all D1v1s1on I-A coaches under th b h. d Cl . e age o r 45 e m em- son s Jack Legget. who started the 2000 season with a record of 6 _ ., · ., Player of the Week 65 40- m - 1 seasons. d h I d h G ld G h An erson ~s e. t e o en op ers to ~ve Big Ten titles ( 1982. '85.. 88 , '92. and March 21: Jason Turner. Ohio St. 2000) and SIX B1g Ten Tournament champiOnships ( 1982. '85. '88. '92 .• 93 and '98) in his tenure at the U of M. March 27: Chris Basak, Illinois

The Program: The Golden Gopher baseball program is one filled with a history of Joe Hietpas, Northwestern success and pride. Among the facts: • 85 winning seasons April 3: Chris Wright, Penn State • 37 consecutive winning seasons April I 0: Chris Basak. Illinois • Only five losing seasons in the last 64 years • 17 Big Ten Championships. 15 in the last 44 seasons Jack Hannahan, Minnesota • 23 NCAA appearances April 17: David Parrish, Michigan • Five College World Series appearances • Three NCAA titles April 24: Daryl Hallada, Purdue

Tough Non-Conference Road: Currently, eight out of Minnesota's first nine non-con­ May 1: Mike Campo, Penn State ference opponents this season have a winning record. The combined record of the Gold­ Nick Swisher, Ohio State en Gophers' first nine non-conference opponents is currently 337-162-1 (.675). (lllinois State 27-28. Florida Atlantic 41-15, McNeese State 39-16. Georgia 31-24, Notre Dame May 9: Nick Swisher, Ohio State 42-14, Wake Forest 38-16-1, Wichita State 38-18. Creighton 37-19. Oral Roberts 44-12) Eight of the nine teams have spent time in Collegiate Baseball's top 30 poll at some point this season. Two of the teams are in the ESPNIUSA Today Top 25 poll this week Pitcher of the Week with four other teams receiving votes. Minnesota received 20 votes in last weeks ESPN/USA Today poll. This week's poll had not been released as of press time. March 21: Cory Cox, Ohio State

Strength of Schedule: As of the May 7th NCAA Division I Baseball Iterative Strength March 27: Justin Nash, Penn St. Ratings, Minnesota was ranked 45th out of the 278 teams with a rating of 111.6. They April 3: Jason Anderson, Illinois have played seven teams ranked in the top 60 of that particular pole. In that pole, Min­ nesota is the highest ranked Big Ten team. In the NCAA Division I Pseudo-RPI rank­ April I 0: Kelly Werner, Minnesota ings, Minnesota is ranked 41st with a rating of0.577. All seven of the teams ranked in the top 60 of the previous pole are also ranked in the RPI pole. They are also the highest Gabe Ribas, Northwestern Big Ten ranked team in the RPI with Purdue (53) and and Penn State (55) in the poll. Aprill7: Mike Kobow, Minnesota Andy Helmer, Purdue April 24: David Gassner, Purdue ~~~~--~~~=---=---~------, 2000 Final Big Ten Standings May 1: Chad Blackwell, Iowa Conference Games All Games W L PCT W L PCT May 9: Chadd Clarey, Minnesota Minnesota 20 8 .741 36 20 .643 Penn State 18 9 .667 38 13 .745 Purdue 17 11 .607 34 21 .618 Illinois 17 11 .607 34 20 .630 Ohio State 15 13 .536 35 21 .625 Northwestern 13 15 .464 30 25 .545 Iowa ll 17 .393 19 35 .352 Michigan 10 18 .357 20 30-1 .402 Michigan State 9 18 .333 20 35 .364 Indiana 9 19 .321 29 27 .518 GOLDEN BASEBALL This Week's Probables (Tentative) GAME ONE STARTER: ;..:.K.:O:..B_O_\\_''S_2_0_00_G_'_A,-.1-E-H:":"IG=H:":"S~' ----, Mike Kobow, Sophomore, RHP, 64, 190 (Hutchinson, .Minn.) Innings: 9.0 tin:- times* CurrentStats: 7-2.3.61 ERA, II GS. 14 GP. 87.\lP. 86 H. 49 R. 35 ER. 6 HR, 20 BB. 59 SO. 1 SV Hits: 10 two t1mcs Last Start: No decision in 7-6 loss to Purdue Friday night (7.2-9-6-6-1-3) Runs: 11 at Cn:ighton. 3 17 0 • Had pl.tched flour straight nine-mrung complete games prior to last Friday's start Low Walks: tour times Strike Outs: 10 two times* • Earned Big Ten Co-pitcher of the Week Honors tor his perfonnance against Northwestern (9.0-6-l-1-l-10) L------.....J • Has gone six innings or more in nine ofhis II starts this season • Pitched Minnesota's first complete game of the year in a 10-3 win over Michigan. 3/24 (9.0-5-3-l-0-3) • Was named to the Honnel Foods Classic All-Tournament Team for performance against Georgia

GAME TWO STARTER: BIRK'S 2000 GA,1E HIGHS Ben Birk, Junior, LHP, 6-5, 210 (St Paul, Minn.) Innings: 7.0 at Michigan. 3 '25 Current Stats: 4-2.3.24 ERA. 10 GS. 10 GP. 41.2IP. 39 H. 22 R. 15 ER. I HR. 12 BB. 26 SO Hits: 7 two times Last Start: No decision in 6-5 loss to Purdue last weekend (5.0-7-5-2-1-2) Runs: 5 two times Low Walks: 0 two times • Has walked only five batters in last 33.2 innings Strike Outs: 4 two times • Has given up one run or less in seven ofhis 10 starts this season • Pitched a one-hit complete game shutout in 8-0 victOI)' over Michigan (7.0-1-0-0-1-4) •Is 8-0 with a 1.03 ERA in 10 Big Ten starts in his career • Coming back after sitting out 1999 season with an injUI)'

GAME THREE STARTER: WERNER'S 2000 GAME HIGHS KeUy Werner, Senior, LHP, 6-3, 215 (Eau Claire, WIS.) Innings: 9.0 at Michigan. 3/26 Current Stats: 6-4.3.59 ERA, 14 GS, 14 GP, 77.2IP, 75 H. 38 R. 31 ER. 2 HR., 38 BB. 39 SO Hits: 7 five times Last Start: No decision in 6-5 win over Purdue in second game of doubleheader (4.0-7-3-3-1-1) Runs: 7 at Creighton. 31( 9 Low Walks: I tivc times • Has allowed three nms or less in 12 ofhis 14 starts this season Strike Outs: 5 at Michigan State. 4/29 • Earned co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors for a 7-1 with a complete-game victory over Ohio State (7 .0-4-1-0-4-4) • Had gone 28 innings without giving up an earned run earlier this season • Pitched a complete game three--hit shutout in 7-0 victOI)' over Michigan (9.0-3-0-0-4-2)

GAME FOUR STARTER: CLAREY'S 2000 GAME HIGHS Chadd Clarey, Senior, RHP, 5-11, 180 (Rochester, Minn.) Innings: 8.0 vs. Indiana. 517 Current Stats: 6-5,6.27 ERA, 12 GS. 15 GP, 66.0 IP, 82 H, 55 R. 46 ER. 8 HR., 29 BB. 50 SO Hits: 12 vs. Ohio State. 4/9 Last Start: No decision in 8-4 loss to Purdue on Sunday (6.0-8-3-3-1- 3) Runs: 9 at Florida Atl.. 2/18 Low Walks: 0 three times • Earned Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors last week for his perfonnance against Indiana (8.0-5-0-0-0-8) Strike Outs: 8 vs. Indiana. 517 • • Is second on the team in strikeouts with 50 '------_. • Has a 2.35 ERA in seven Gopher wins, but has a 11.71 ERA in eight games when Gophers lose • Earned the win in a 9-5 win over Michigan as a starter (6.0-5-3-3-3-5) • Has a 4.00 ERA in three relief appearances this season In The Bullpen

Bob DeWitt. Senior, UIP, 6-0, 185 (Wausau, WJS.) DEWITT'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Has pitched in 15 games this season and is 2-2 with 2.70 ERA Innings: 2. I vs. Notre Dame. 314 • Took the loss last weekend after giving up two runs on two hits in relief of Clarey on Sunday Hits: 5 vs. Illinois St.. 2114 Runs: 2 three times • Earned his second win of the season pitching one inning, striking out one in 9-2 win over St Thomas Low Walks: 0 seven times • Pitched the final 1.1 innings in 17-9 win over Wichita St., not allowing a hit or run Strike Outs: 2 two times • Has not give up a hit in seven of his 15 appearances this season

Vmce Gangl, Senior, RHP, 6-2, 200 (Nashwauk, Minn.) GANGL'S 2000 GAME HIGHS •Is 1-1 with a 4.26 ERA this season in 19.0 innings Innings: 3.1 at Wichita St.. 3112 • Has not allowed a run in 13 of his 17 relief appearances this season Hits: 5 vs. Wake Forest. 3/5 • Earned his first save of the season in 5-3 win over Iowa State Runs: 4 vs. Wake Forest. 315 Low Walks: 0 12 times this season • Earned his first win of the season against Wichita St, 3/12 (3.1-4-1-0-0-2) Strike Outs: 2 at Wichita St., 3112 • Opponents are batting just .270 against him this season • Was 2-1 with a 4.58 ERA in 16 appearances last season

··-···· GOLDEN BASEBALL Kurt Haring, Junior, RHP, 5-11,170 (Champlin, Minn.) • Earned his first win of the season in last weekend's 6-5 win over Purct . HARING'S 2000 GA:\IE HIGHS . . . ue - 1ongest outmg of the season Innings: 3.0 vs. Purdue ., ," • Has made e1ght appearances this season and 1s 1-1 with a 7.30 ERA Hits: 7 "'· Mcl\eesc St .. ~ ~~ • Pitched one inning in 9-2 win over St. Thomas striking out the side · th · th · · Runs: 5 at Mcl"ceseSt..- _) Low Walks: four tunes . , • Pitched one inning against Olicago State yielding just a hit m e SIX mnmg o • J Strike Outs: 3 vs. St. Thoma>. ) • Longest outing was 2.2 innings against McNeese State

RHP, Brandon Kitz.erow, Senior, 6-0, 180 (Lino Lakes, Minn.) KITZEROW'S 2000 GA:'\1E HIGHS • Has appeared in 16 games this season with a team-high seven saves Innings: 4.1 \ s. Purdue. 5 I~ • Has a 2.52 ERA in 35.2 IP with 34 SO this season Hits: 5 at Wichita St.. 3 I~ • Pitched four innings in 6-2 win at Florida Atlantic (2/19) Runs: 4 at Wichita St.. 3 I~ Low Walks: 0 six times • His seven saves this season is fifth best in the Big Ten Strike Outs: 5 at Florida At I.. 2 19 • Pitched 2.0 innings allowing one run in 9-7 win over Notre Dame • Took the loss in 7-6 12-inning defeat to Purdue last weekend

Nick McCauley, Freshman, RHP, 5-11, 180 (Richland, WIS.) MCCAULEY'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Is 2-0 with a 3.32 ERA in 19 innings of work this season Innings: 5.0 vs. Chicago St.. 3'29 • Minnesota is 2-0 in games in which McCauley is the starter Hits: 4 vs. Chicago St.. 3:29 Runs: 3 vs. Chicago St.. 3 '29 • Collected the win in his first career start against Chicago State. 3/29 (5.04-3-34-1) Low Walks: 0 three times • Made his second career start on 4/5 against St. Scholastica (2.0-1-1-1-0-1) Strike Outs: 3 at l"onhwestern. 4115 • Has not allowed an earned run four of seven relief appearances this season • Sprained ankle at the Pro-Alumni game keeping him out of action for the first four weeks of the season • Talented young pitcher with all the tools

Andy Persby, Junior, RHP, 6-3, 215 (North St Paul, Minn.) PERSBY'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Has appeared in 14 games this year with two starts in first two series of the season Innings: 4.0 two times • Picked up his second win of the season on 4/5 against St. Scholastica (2.0-0-0-0-1-2) Hits: 5 at Florida Atl.. 2/20 • Picked up his first win of the season in relief in 9-6 win over Chicago State (2.2-2-2-2-2-5) Runs: 4 at Florida Atl., 2120 Low Walks: 0 four times • Has not given up a run in eight ofhis 12 relief appearances Strike Outs: 5 vs. Chicago St., 3/28 • Pitched the final 3.0 innings allowing no runs on two hits in 2-1 loss to Wichita St. • Opponents batting just .219 (25-114) in 24.1 innings as a reliever

C.J. Woodrow, Freshman, RHP, 6-2, 200, (Plymouth, Minn.) WOODROW'S 2000 GAME HIGHS • Is 2-0 with a 4.00 ERA in 27.0 innings as a reliever but 0-1 with an 7.31 ERA in 16 innings as a starter Innings: 6.0 vs. Illinois St.. 2/14 • Earned his first collegiate win in 17-9 victory over Wichita St., (4.0-6-4-4-1-5) Hits: 9 vs. Ohio State, 4/8 • Walk-on who is the only true freshman seeing playing time on the pitching staff this season Runs: 7 vs. Ohio State, 4/8 Low Walks: 0 10 times • Had an outstanding performance his first time on the hill against Illinois State pitching 6.0 innings, Strike Outs: 5 two times striking out five and no walks getting a no-decision in 3-2 12-inning win • Has a strikeout to walk ratio of 5.8 to 1 this season and has not walked a batter in nine appearances this season

Pitching Breakdown

STARTERS: G W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB so OppBA 56 24-14 4.43 284.2 301 177 140 19 106 189 .274 e RELIEVERS: G W-L-S ERA IP H R ER HR BB so OppBA 56 12-6-10 3.81 179.2 170 85 76 6 76 130 .250 GOLDEN BASEBALL Minnesota vs. The Field: Minnesota holds a season record of 5-7 against teams in the 2000 Offensive Category Leaders tournament field. Earlier in the season. Minnesota split with Ohio State and Northwest­ At-bats ern on back-to-back weekends. The Boilermakers took three of four from the Golden Rick Brosseau ...... · · · · · · · · · · .211 Gophers last weekend. Minnesota did not play Penn State or Illinois this season. Jack Hannahan ..... · . · · · · · · · · .206 Scott Howard ...... · · · · · · · · · · .20 I • PLAYER NOTES • Josh Holthaus ...... · · . · . · ... · .197 Mike Arlt ...... · ... · .... 190 Action Jackson: Big Ten Player of the Year candidate sophomore Jack Hannahan (St. Paul, Minn.) has doing with the bat and the glove for the Golden Gophers so far this Hits season. A starter in 55 of 56 games this season at third. he earned co-Big Ten Player of Jack Hannahan ...... 73 the Week honors for his performance against Ohio State. For that week. Hannahan bat­ Rick Brosseau ...... 66 ted .625 (I 0-17) with seven RBls and five runs scored. including two doubles and a Scott Howard ...... 65 home run. In the 13-5 win over Ohio State. Hannahan was 3-for-4 with four RBls. two Josh Holthaus ...... 62 runs scored and a home run. In the second game. a 7-1 Minnesota win, Hannahan was 2- Jason Kennedy ...... 57 for-3 with an RBI. Against Iowa. Hannahan was 10-16 (.625) with four doubles and two home runs. He was 5-for-7 with four RBis and two double in the final two games of the Batting Average (50 AB this season) Purdue series last weekend. Jack Hannahan ...... 354 Luke Appert ...... 343 The Force Is With You Luke!: Big Ten Freshman of the Year candidate Luke Appert Chris Guetz1aff ...... 329 (Cottage Grove, Minn.) got off to a slow start in his collegiate career collecting only Scott Howard ...... 315 one hit in his first eight at-bats. But since that start Appert has really started to show his Josh Holthaus ...... 315 stuff. He became the first true freshman in the John Anderson era to hit homers on back­ to-hack at-bats and the first true freshman to hit two homers in a game since current Doubles Golden Gopher Rob LaRue (Minnetonka, Minn.) did it against St. Olaf in 1998. He Jack Hannahan ...... ~;18 was instrumental in the doubleheader victories over Ohio State. In the two games, Rick Brosseau ...... 17 Appert was was 3-for-5 with six RBis with a home run and double. His two-run double Scott Howard ...... 14 in the bottom of the sixth inning of game two sparked a six-run sixth inning for the Luke Appert ...... 13 Golden Gophers en route to the 7-1 win. He is currently second on the team with a .343 Josh Holthaus ...... II batting average and has started in 37 of 51 games this season. Home Runs Joltin' Josh: Big Ten Player of the Year candidate junior Josh Holthaus (Monticello, Josh Holthaus ...... I 0 Minn.) was the Golden Gophers' leading hitter returning from last year's squad. Jack Hannahan ...... 9 Holthaus hit .382 (50-for-131) with 9 HRs and 36 RBis in 51 games for the Maroon and Jason Kennedy ...... 7 Gold. After the Creighton series, Holthaus' average was at a season-low .206. In the 38 Luke Appert ...... 5 games since that series, Holthaus is batting .372 (48-129) with 237 RBis and 36 runs Rick Brosseau ...... 4 scored including seven doubles and seven home runs. In the series with Indiana, Holthaus came through in the clutch with a game-winning three-run home run in the RBls bottom of the ninth giving Minnesota a 'walk-off' 5-4 win. A versatile performer in the Josh Holthaus ...... 49 field. he has started 46 games at first base and started six games and has seen action in Jack Hannahan ...... 42 ten others behind the plate. He is the only player to have started in all of Minnesota's Rick Brosseau ...... 39 games this year. three tied at ...... 33

Clarey Named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week: University of Minnesota right-hander Stolen Bases Chadd Clarey was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week for his performance in Minneso­ Jason Kennedy ...... 16 ta's 7-0 win over Indiana. In his longest outing of the season. Clarey pitched eight Rick Brosseau ...... 15 innings yielding no runs on five hits and striking out a career-high eight batters. The Jack Hannahan ...... 8 Rochester, Minn. native did not walk a batter in the game. Senior Bob DeWitt, combin­ three tied at ...... 6 ing with Clarey for the shutout, relieved Clarey in the ninth inning. He is the third Min­ nesota pitcher to earn the honor this year. the most of any school in the Big Ten. Walks Josh Holthaus ...... 32 Birk Returns: Junior lefthander Ben Birk (St. Paul, Minn.) made his 2000 season Mike Arlt ...... 30 debut in the second game of the doubleheader against McNeese State. It was his first Rick Brosseau ...... 29 appearance in a game since the I 998 season after sitting out the 1999 season due to an Luke Appert ...... 27 injury. In a limited outing, Birk pitched just 2.1 innings allowing five hits and three runs, Jason Kennedy ...... 27 two of which were unearned. Against Michigan on March 25, Birk showed more of his 1998 form, pitching a one-hit complete game shutout of the Wolverines. Birk threw 78 pitches in the game and allowed only two runners to reach third. The one-hitter by Birk GOLDEN BASEBALL was the first by a Golden Gopher pitcher since April 8 199S h . . 2000 Pitchilfg Category Leaders a one-hitter in a 3-0 win over Illinois at the Metrodom' w. en Bnan Mensmk threw · · . e. After Slttmg out for two weeks Starts after the M1ch1gan game because of soreness m the elbow B' k . . · 1r returned to the mound Kelly Werner . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .I~ agamst Northwestern and held the Wildcats hitless through th fi h ...... e 1rst t ree mnmgs. In h1s Chadd Clarey · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .l .... last three starts. B1rk has simply been amazmg. The lefty is 3-0 · h, R 'k Mike KobO\\' · · · · · · · · · · · ...... ll · 10 d 1 · · h. · Wit a 1.40 E A. stn - mg out an on y g1vmg up 16 Its m 19.1 innings of work. Ben Birk ... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 10 C .J. Woodrow ... · · · · · · · · · · · · · .5 Mr. Clutch: Senior catcher Jeremv Negen (Blomkest M•'nn ) · h · h' fi t · ' . IS avmg IS mes sea- Wins son .as a Golden Gopher backstop. Negen. who has played in 4 7 games with 43 starts Mike Kobow ...... · . · · . · ...... 7 behmd the plate, currently sports an overall and Big Ten batting avera e that are higher Kelly Werner ...... · · ...... 6 this year than his career averages. He has thrown out 27 percent of ba:e stealers in over­ Chadd Clarey ...... 6 all games and 22 percent of base stealers in Big Ten games. With the bat. Negen is aver­ Ben Birk ...... 4 aging almost an RBI for each hit in Big Ten play (24 hits. 19 RBis) and lead; the team four tied at ...... 2 with four sacrifice hits in conference games. He laced a two-run double in 8-0 win over Michigan, and was also the catcher for pitcher Ben Birk's one-hit masterpiece in the Appearances same game. He had a three-run double with two outs in a six-run sixth inning. leading Vince Gangl ...... 17 Minnesota to a 10-5 win over Michigan State. going 2-for-4 with four RBls and two Brandon Kitzerow ...... 16 C.J. Woodrow ...... 15 runs scored. In the series, he batted .4 29 ( 6-14) and threw out four of nine base stealers Chadd Clarey ...... 15 in the Michigan State series, and has been the starting catcher in 31 of Minnesota's 36 Bob DeWitt ...... 15 wins this season. Innings Pitched Brosseau Earns All-Tournament Honors/Silver Stick Award: Junior shortstop Rick Mike Kobow ...... 87.1 Brosseau (North Oaks, Minn.) had an outstanding weekend at this year's ninth-annual Kelly Werner ...... 77.2 Hormel Foods Baseball Classic. The junior batted. 714 (10-14) from the plate with five Chadd Clarey ...... 66.0 runs. six RBis and two doubles en route to earning all-tournament honors and the Easton C.J. Woodrow ...... 43.0 Silver Stick Award, given to the player with the highest batting average at the Hormel. Ben Birk ...... 41.2 He put together a season-high nine game hitting streak that was broken in the final game of the Wichita State series. On the streak, Brosseau batted .488 (21-43) with 12 RBis ERA-min 10 IP and four doubles. Against Michigan State, he was moved to the lead-off spot in the first Brandon Kitzerow ...... 2.52 Bob DeWitt ...... 2.70 game of the doubleheader and responded by going 5-for-8 in the two games with five Ben Birk ...... 3.24 RBis. He had a home run in back-to-back games, going deep in the second game on Sat­ Nick McCauley ...... 3.32 urday. and doing it againon Sunday. Andy Persby ...... 3.34

Devo Whipping It Good!: Second baseman senior Mark Devore (Bloomington, Strikeouts Minn.) has been a steady performer for the Golden Gophers this season. Having started Mike Kobow ...... 59 27 games at second base this season, Devore has been a consistent glove up the middle. Chadd Clarey ...... 50 Recently though, Devore's bat has come alive. He comes into the Big Ten Tournament Kelly Werner ...... 39 C.J. Woodrow ...... 38 with a .287 (27-94) batting average in 45 games played this season. Devo had a seven­ Brandon Kitzerow ...... 34 game hitting streak earlier in the season, third longest on the team. On the streak, Devo batted .688 (11-16) with two doubles, four RBls and four runs scored. ln the 12-5 over Walks allowed Northwestern, Devo went 4-for-5 from the plate with a career-high four RBls. He had Jason Shupe ...... 1 several highlight-reel worthy plays against Iowa a couple of weekends ago. Not only an Jason Amidon ...... 2 outstanding player on the field, Devo is just as solid in the classroom. The senior recent­ Vince Gangl ...... 3 ly was awarded the President's Student Leadership & Service Award which recognizes Kurt Haring ...... 5 the efforts of outstanding student leaders. It is presented to approximately to only one­ C.J. Woodrow ...... 6 half of one percent of the student body for their exceptional leadership and service to the Opposing Batting Average University of Minnesota and the surrounding community. Nick McCauley ...... 162 Brandon Kitzerow ...... 216 Freshman Flash: Freshman pitcher C.J. Woodrow (Plymouth, Minn.) saw his first Andy Persby ...... 219 collegiate action against lllinois State. The walk-on turned some heads with his out­ Ben Birk ...... 248 standing performance on the mound in Minnesota's 3-2, 12-inning victory over the Red­ Bob DeWitt ...... 250 birds. Relieving starter Andy Persby in the fifth inning, Woodrow came in and pitched Saves six solid innings, striking out five and scattering just four hits. The only run scored Brandon Kitzerow ...... 7 against him was an unearned run that tied the game in the sixth inning. Woodrow kept Nick McCauley ...... I his composure though and went on to retire 12 of the next 13 batters he faced. On two Mike Kobow ...... I separate occasions with two outs in the inning, he forced the batter to ground out, leav­ Vince Gangl ...... I ing the go-ahead run stranded on third. He earned his first win of his collegiate career in \ ' GOLDEN BASEBALL ' a 17-9 win over Wichita State. He earned his second win of the season against North­ 2000 Minnesota Team western. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 6.3 to I. ' Superlatives ' Howard Coming On Strong: Sophomore Scott Howard (Rosemount, Minn.) has BATTING Most At-bats: ' been an important cog in the Minnesota line up this season. He played in 51 of 52 games 46 twice. last at Wichita State. 311 I ' this season with 39 starts in left field and II starts at second base. In March. he earned Fewest At-bats: all-tournament honors at the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic when he batted .462 (6-13) 29 at Creighton (Gm. I). 3/19 ' with two RBis, five runs scored. He is a big-game player who has come through in the Most Runs (Game): clutch against some top-notch teams for the Gophers this season. In a 9-7 win over then 17 at Wichita State. 3112 ' No. 25 Notre Dame. Howard went 3-for-4 with two RBis. three runs scored and two Most Runs (Inning): ' doubles. In a 17-9 win over No. 13 Wichita State. Howard went 2-for-5 with three RBis. 8 at Wichita State (8th). 3/11 two runs scored and a double. He batted .333 in three-game sweep of then No. 29 Oral Fewest Runs (Game): ' I twice. last at Wichita State. 3111 Roberts. In the first game of the Oral Roberts series. a 5-2 win. Howard was 2-for-4 Most Hits (Game): ' with two doubles and a run scored. Earlier this season he put together a 10-game hitting 18 vs. Iowa (Gm. 2). 4/22 • streak batting .390 (16-41) with II runs scored at eight RBis including five doubles. Most Hits (Inning): 6 four times last at Michigan State. 5/28 ' Kendo Can Do It!: Sophomore rightfielder Jason Kennedy (Minnetonka, Minn.) has Fewest Hits (Game): • put together a solid sophomore season for Minnesota. He is currently among the top five 4 four times last vs. Indiana (Gm. I), 5/7 • on the team in 10 offensive categories. On the base pads he is a perfect 15-15 in stolen Most RBls: base attempts this season, which leads the team. On Minnesota's first road trip of the 15 two times. last at Michigan State, 4/29 • season against Florida Atlantic he batted .300 for the series with five RBis, two home Most Doubles: • runs and three stolen bases. Against the then No. 13 Wichita State Shockers, Kendo was 6 at Michigan State (Gm. I), 4/29 3-for-5 with two RBis and two runs scored in 17-9 win. He went 6-for-12 in the Wichita Most Triples: • 3 vs. Chicago State, 3/29 State series with four RBis helping Minnesota to take two of three from the Shockers. Most Home Runs: • He had the game-winning single with the bases loaded in an extra-inning affair, giving 3 at Florida Atlantic. 2/20 • the Golden Gophers a 4-3 'walk-off' win over Indiana. Most Total Bases: • 27 vs. Chicago State, 3/29 • TEAM NOTES • Most Walks: • II at Wichita State, 3/12 2,000 in 2000: With the 10-3 win over Michigan on March 24, the Golden Gopher base­ Fewest Walks: • ball team became the 14th school in NCAA history to surpass the 2,000 win plateau. 0 vs. Iowa State, 4/26 • The school record now stands at 2,028-1,180-26 (.631) heading into the Big Ten Tourna­ Most Hit By Pitches: ment this weekend. 4 two times, last at Michigan State, 4/29 • Most Strikeouts: • Home Field Advantage?: Minnesota sports a 23-8 record on their home field this sea­ 13 at Florida Atlantic, 2119 Fewest Strikeouts: • son, which includes a 9-2 record at the Metrodome. While that might be comforting to 2 three times, last vs. Indiana, 5/6 Gopher fans, it might not equate to the addition of another Big Ten Tournament champi­ • Most Sac. Bunts: onship. In its 20th year in existence, only six teams have won the tournament as the host 3 at Michigan, 3/26 • school. The University of Michigan has done it five times (1981, 1983, 1987 and 1993 Most Sac. Flies: and 1994 in Battle Creek, Mich.). Ohio State won it in their home park in 1991. Each • 3 two times last vs. Chicago State, 3/29 time Minnesota has won the Big Ten Tournament, it has been in an opposing school's Most Stolen Bases: • park. 6 two times, last at Florida Atlantic, 2/ 19 Most Left on Base: • Start Me Up!: In Minnesota's 36 wins this season, the Golden Gophers are outscoring 17 at Wichita State, 3/12 • their opponents by an 103-27 margin in the first three innings. That reversed a previous Fewest Left on Base: 3 vs. Iowa (Gm. 1), 4/22 • trend at the beginning of the season that saw Minnesota being outscored by its oppo­ nents by a 22-3 margin through the first 10 games and recorded a record of 4-6. In the Hit into Double Plays: • 3 three times, last vs. St. Thomas, 5/3 36 wins. they have outscored their opponents 38-11 in the first inning and are 17-3 when • they score in the first frame. They are also 25-8 when scoring first this season. They have been successful in turning those leads into wins as they are 26-3 when leading after FIELDING • Most Putouts: the fifth inning. Other than strong relief pitching, Minnesota has been able to put a lot of 36 two times, last vs. Purdue, 5112 • runs on the board down the stretch in games. Overall this season, Minnesota has Most Assists: • outscored its opponents 148-76 in the final four innings of games, including a 69-18 30 two times, last vs. Purdue, 5112 margin in the sixth inning. In the 35 wins, the Gophers have outscored their opponents Most Errors: • by a 53-11 margin. 4 four times, last at Michigan State, 4/30 • Most Double Plays: 4 at Wichita State, 3/12 • ' • GOLDEN BASEBALL

Finger Nail Bitting Time: In the last few weeks. Minnesot h . . . nail bitters. The new phrase being thrown around baseball a . as had Its fair share of PITCHING .. lk ff" · 1 h 1 · qune a bit these davs has Most Allowed Runs: . _ been t h e wa -o wm. n t e ast two senes. Minnesota h . b . . · ." . !5 at McNeese State. 2 2:- . as een vtctonous m thetr last at-b ats a tota I o f t h ree times. They have also been on th . . . . . e 1osmg end of thmgs as Most Earned Runs Allowed: - Purdue pulled out two wms m their final at-bats last weeke d I b h · 13 at McNeese State. 2 .2.:- . n . n ot games. Mmnesota had the bases loaded with one out. but were unable to get th . Fewest Earned Runs Allowed:. -. e equa 1izer. 0 eight times last vs. lndwna. :- 7 Born to Run: Through the first 56 games this season Mi.nne t h b f 1 Most Hits Allowed: • so a as een success u on 20 vs. \Vake Forest. 3. 5 72 of 89 ( 8!1~)0 stolen base attempts_- The Golden Gophers stole only 63 bases all of last Fewest Hits Allowed: season. and were gunned down 32 times ( 66% success rate). It is the most stolen bases I vs. Michigan (Gm. I). 3<~5 record by the team since the 1998 season when they swiped 91 bases. Most Strikeouts: 12 two times, last vs. MSU. Mankato 4119 The Road Warriors: Even though the Golden Gophers opened their season at the Fewest Strikeouts: Metrodome. they spent the majority of the first two months of the season due to the I at McNeese State. 2'27 Metrodome being used for the first and second-round games of the NCAA Men's Bas­ Most Walks: ketball tournament. Minnesota was on the road for 16 of the first 22 games of this sea­ 10 at McNeese State. 2125 son and compiled a road record of 7-9. Minnesota is currently 13-12 away from home Fewest Walks: this season. 0 four times, last vs. Iowa (Gm. I). 4/22

Home Sweet Home: In the 27 games played home so far this season. Minnesota is 23-8 MISCELLANEOUS Longest Game: including going 9-2 at the Metrodome this season. Since moving outside to Siebert 3:53 at Wichita State. 3/ II Field, the team is 14-6 on its home field. Shortest Game: 1:50 at Northwestern. 4/14 • SERIES NOTES • Most Innings: 12 two times. last vs. Purdue. 5/12 Gophers Sweep Hoosiers; Move Back Into First Place: In one of the most exciting Most Pitchers Used: series in recent memory. the Golden Gophers got two 'walk-off' wins and two shutouts 8 vs. St. Scholastica. 4/5 in sweeping the Indiana Hoosiers at Siebert Field. In the first game Saturday, Josh Holthaus (Monticello, Minn.) cracked a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to Individual Superlatives beat the Hoosiers 5-4. In the second game, Ben Birk (St. Paul, Minn.) shut down the BATTING Hoosier attack allowing no runs on four hits for a 2-0 win. On Sunday, Jason Kennedy At-bats: (Minnetonka, Minn.) laced a single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth 7, Mike Arlt at Wichita State. 3/11 inning for a 4-3 win. In the second game, Chadd Clarey (Rochester, Minn.) duplicated Runs scored: Birk's shutout as he blanked the Hoosiers 7-0. Clarey went eight innings, striking out a 4, Rick Brosseau at Wichita State, 3/11 career-high eight and did not walk a batter, to pick up his sixth win of the season. 4, Chris Guetzlaff at Northwestern. 4/16 Hits: Golden Gophers Take Two of Three in Hormel Foods Baseball Classic: The Maroon 4, Rick Brosseau vs. Notre Dame, 3/4 and Gold got back on the winning track in the 2000 Hormel Foods Baseball Classic held 4, Rob LaRue vs. St. Scholastica, 4/5 4. Mark Devore at Northwestern, 4/16 at the Metrodome. Minnesota opened the Classic with a 7-1 victory over the Georgia 4, Jack Hannahan vs. Iowa, 4/22 Bulldogs behind a superb pitching performance from sophomore Mike Kobow. The 4, Jack Hannahan vs. Purdue, 5/14 right-hander pitched eight-plus innings, scattering five hits and allowing only one run RBis: while striking out a career-high six to earn his first victory of the season. Against No. 25 4 on eight separate occasions, Notre Dame on Saturday, Minnesota fought back to gain a 9-7 decision over the Fight­ last by Josh Holthaus vs. Indiana. 517 ing Irish. Junior Rick Brosseau went 4-for-5 with two RBls and sophomore Scott Doubles: Howard went 3-for-4 with two RBis to lead the Golden Gophers. In the finale on Sun­ 2 on 18 separate occasions, day, the eventual Classic champion Wake Forest Demon Deacons, scored 13 runs on 20 last by Scott Howard vs. Purdue, 5/14 hits to defeat Minnesota by a score of 13-6. Minnesota fought back from a early 5-0 Triples: deficit to close the gap to 7-6, but Wake Forest was too strong down the stretch as they 2 , by Jack Hannahan at Michigan State, 4/30 added two runs in the eighth and four in the ninth to put the Golden Gophers away. Home Runs: 2, by Josh Holthaus at Florida Atlantic, 2/20 Gophers Win Two of Three at No. 13 Wichita State: The Golden Gophers took two 2, by Luke Appert at Creighton, 3/17 of three games from the Wichita State Shockers. The continuation of Friday's game that 2 , by Jack Hannahan vs. St. Thomas, 5/2 Total Bases: was postponed due to snow was won by Minnesota 17-9. The 17 runs given up by 9. by Luke Appert at Creighton. 3/17 Wichita were the most they had given up in a home game since 1986. Junior Rick Walks: Brosseau went 3-for-5 and reached base seven times in the game. Junior Josh Holthaus 3. by Jeremy Negen at Wichita State, 3/11 was 2-for-5 with four RBis. Freshman C.J. Woodrow earned his first collegiate win of his career. In the continuation of Saturday's game that was postponed due to darkness, ' GOLDEN BASEBALL

Wichita State won a pitcher's dual by a score of2-l.ln the third game of the series Strikeouts: . Minnesota jumped out to an early 7-0 lead. and held on the rest of the way to defea~ the 3 on seven separate occastons Shockers by a score of I 0-8. The Golden Gophers got a solid relief pitching effort from last by Mark Devore vs. Purdue. 5 1-l senior Vince Gangl, who earned his first victory of the season. pitching 3 .! innings and Sac hits: allowing just one run on four hits. Sophomore outfielder Chris Guetzlaff was 2-for-4 2 by Jeremy Negen at Michigan. 3/26 with three RBis in the game, including his first career home run. Sac Flies: 1-26 separate occasions Stolen Bases: Gophers Sweep No. 29 Oral Roberts: The Golden Gophers continued to roll as they 3 by Jason Kennedy two times. last vs. swept a three-game series from the Golden Eagles at the Metrodome. The Golden Chicago State. 3/28 Gophers outscored the Golden Eagles on the weekend by a 23-2 margin. Minnesota Hit By Pitch: pitchers combined to shut down the Oral Roberts attack. holding them scoreless over the 2. three separate times last 21 innings of the series. Junior shortstop Rick Brosseau continued to have the hot Runners LOB: bat for the Golden Gophers as he batted .600 ( 6-1 0) for the series with four RBis and 5. Jack Hannahan at Wichita State. 3112 four runs scored. Gopher senior RHP Chadd Clarey combined with junior RHP Andy 5. Josh Holthaus at Michigan. 3/24 Persby for a shut out in Saturday's 7-0 win. Sunday's starter, senior LHP Kelly 5. Jeremy Negen vs. Indiana. 516 Werner. pitched seven innings of shutout ball to extend his scoreless innings streak to 19. Werner, along with freshman RHP C.J. Woodrow and senior RHP Vince Gangl, PITCHING combined for the shutout in Sunday's 11-0 win. Innings Pitched: 9.0 by Mike Kobow at Michigan. 3/24 9.0 by Kelly Werner at Michigan. 3/26 1999 Season in Review: For the second straight season, the Golden Gopher baseball 9.0 by Mike Kobow at Northwestern, 41!4 program set a school record for wins with 46. They advanced to the championship game 9.0 by Mike Kobow vs. Iowa, 4/21 of the Big Ten Tournament, falling short to Michigan by a score of 12-11. Minnesota 9.0 by Mike Kobow at Michigan State. 4/28 advanced to NCAA postseason play for the 23rd time in school history, going 2-2 at the 9.0 by Mike Kobow vs.lndiana, 5/6 NCAA Waco regional. Robb Quinlan finished his senior season as one of the most pro­ Runs Allowed: lific hitters in school history. Quinlan holds the school record in eight offensive cate­ 11 by Mike Kobow at Creighton. 3117 gories, including totals bases (613), at-bats (906), runs scored (249). hits (345), doubles Earned Runs Allowed: (79), triples ( 12-tied with Ryan Lefebvre and Bob Keeny), home runs (55) and RBis 8 by Chadd Clarey at Florida Atlantic, 2/18 (230). The team set school marks in wins (46), at-bats (2, 177), runs (534), hits (724). Strikeouts: doubles (171) and RBis (492). 10 by Mike Kobow at Northwestern, 4/14 I 0 by Mike Kobow vs. Iowa, 4/21 Walks Allowed: WDGY -AM 630 and Midwest Sports Channel to Broadcast Games in 2000: The 6 by Kelly Werner vs. Indiana, 5/7 University of Minnesota baseball program announced that it has signed a two-year con­ Hits Allowed: tract with WDGY -AM ( 630) to broadcast a minimum of 32 regular-season games, plus 12 by Chadd Clarey vs. Ohio State, 4/8 all postseason games for the 2000 and 2001 baseball seasons. Tom Witschen will do the Doubles Allowed: play-by-play for the Golden Gophers this season. 3 by Kurt Haring at McNeese State, 2/25 Midwest Sports Channel will televise more Golden Gopher baseball games this sea­ Home Runs AUowed: son continuing with the first game of the May 6 doubleheader with Indiana and the May 3 by Chadd Clarey at Florida Atlantic, 2/18 14 game with Purdue. Wild Pitches: 2, by four pitchers, last by Nick McCauley Surf the Web: Voted "Best Website in the State" in 1997, www.gophersports.com is at Iowa State, 4/12 Hit Batters: the ultimate source for most up-to-date information on Golden Gopher athletics. The 2 by three pitchers, last by Andy Persby vs. site contains up-to-date rosters, schedules, results, statistics. standings and much, much Iowa, 4/23 more. Balks: I by four players Minnesota Fax-On-Demand: Information on the 2000 Golden Gopher baseball team is available to members of the media on Fax-On-Demand. To access the information, media must have a PIN number available by calling (770) 399-3066. To access the information (after obtaining a PIN number), please call 1-800-300- 2050. The Big Ten passcode is 282. Cell numbers for Minnesota baseball are: 2260 Entire Release 2261 Roster/Schedule 2262 Last game report • • 7 4 ••• GOLDEN BASEBALL Minnesota's 2000 Record When ... ,, R e: Multi-Hit Games Home ...... -~~~ ~etrodome ...... 1.4-E J Siebert Field ...... ~-1 ~ Plaver 2 • 3 4 5 Away ...... :·········· ...... -0-0 Jack Hannahan 15 (23) 5 (9) Total 2 (3) 0 (0) 22 (31) Neutral S1te ...... • Rick Brosseau 15 (46) 5 (9) i... _, I (1) 0 (0) 21 (56) Josh Holthaus 15 (27) 4 (9) Non-Conference ...... 6-l_ • 0 (1) 0 (0) 19 (37) Scott Howard 15 (30) 3 (8) Big Ten ...... :::::::::::::::: ...... 20-8 0 (0) 0 (0) 18 (38) • Luke Appert 8 (8) 5 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) Day Games ...... 28-16 13 (13) Jason Kennedy 9 (18) 4 (6) Night Game~:::::::::::::::::::: ...... S-4 • 0 (1) 0 (0) 13 (24) Mike Arlt 7 (42) I 3 (14) 0 (1) 0 (0) 10 (57) On Turf ...... 11-6 6 (6) I Chris Guetz1aff 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 7 (7) On Gras~-:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ...... 25-14 Jeremy Negen 6 (17) 1 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 7 (21) vs. Left-handed Starters ...... 9-6 I Mark Devore 4 (13) I (3) 1 (I) 0 (0) 6 (13) vs. Right-handed Starters ...... 27 -14 Scott Welch 4 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (4) Against Top 30 Teams ...... 5-4 I Rob LaRue I (1) 0 (I) I (2) 0 (0) 2 (3) One-Run Games ...... 5-6 I Jeremy Beaulieu 0 (2) 0 (I) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (3) Career numbers in parentheses Two-Run Games ...... 5-3 I Extra-Innings Games ...... 3-2 Shutouts ...... 6-0 I Scoring First ...... 25-8 I Multi-RBI Games Scoring in the First Inning ...... 17-3 I Opponents Score First...... 11-12 Ahead After 5 Innings ...... 29-2 Plaver 2 3 4 5 Total Behind After 5 Innings ...... 5-15 Josh Holthaus 10 (21) 3 (7) 2(3) 0(0) 15(31) • Tied After 5 Innings ...... 2-3 Rick Brosseau 7(18) 4(5) 0 (1) 0 (1) 11 (25) • Jason Kennedy 7(16) 2(6) 0 (0) 0 (1) 9 (23) Ahead Going Into Final Inning ...... 32-0 Jack Hannahan 5(8) 3(3) 1 (3) 0 (0) 9 (14) Behind Going Into Final Inning ...... 2-16 Luke Appert 5(5) 2(2) 2 (2) 0 (0) 9 (9) Tied Going Into Final Regulation Inning ...... 2-4 Scott Howard 6 (10) 2 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (14) Doubleheaders ...... 5-4-2 Jeremy Negen 4 (12) 0 (3) 1 (2) 0 (0) 5 (17) Teams Combine For Less Than I 0 Runs ...... 18-6 •• Mike Arlt 5 (15) 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (19) Teams Combine For Between 10-19 Runs ...... 16-12 Scott Welch 4(4) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 4(4) ' Mark Devore 2 (10) 0 (2) 1(1) 0(0) 3(13) Teams Combine For 20 or More Runs ...... 2-2 Chris Guetzlaif 1 (1) 2 (2) 0(0) 0(0) 3(3) Scoring 5 or More Runs ...... 31-9 ' Rob LaRue 1 (1) 1 (3) 1(1) 0(1) 3(6) Scoring 4 or Fewer Runs ...... 5-ll 't Paul Hartmann 1(1) 1(1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (2) Allowing 5 or More Runs ...... 17-17 Ben Birk 0(4) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(4) Allowing 4 or Fewer Runs ...... l9-3 Career numbers in parentheses Hitting Multiple Home Runs ...... 4-4 ' February ...... 3-6 March ...... ll-5 ' Games With A Hit April ...... l5-6 ' May ...... 6-3 Sunday ...... 10-8 ' Player Games Player Games Scott Howard 44 of 55 Rob LaRue 7 of 25 Monday ...... I-I ' Jack Hannahan 42 of 55 David Roach 6 of 28 Tuesday ...... 1-0 ' Jason Kennedy 40 of 53 Paul Hartmann 4 of 10 Wednesday ...... 5-l ' Josh Holthaus 39 of 56 Jeremy Beaulieu 0 of 11 Thursday ...... 0-0 Rick Brosseau 38 of 55 Keith Walters 0 of 3 Friday ...... 6-4 ' Mike Arlt 34 of 56 Eric Gangl 0 of 1 Saturday ...... 13-6 Luke Appert 29 of 48 ' Jeremy Negen 26 of 44 Current Streak ...... Lost one Mark Devore 18 of37 Longest Winning Streak ...... ! 0 (3/24 to 4/8) ' Chris Guetzlaff 17 of32 Longest Home Winning Streak ...... tO (4/21 to 5/7) ' Scott Welch 16 of30 Longest Road Winning Streak ...... 6 (3/24 to 4/14) Longest Losing Streak ...... 4 (2/20 to 2/27) ' Longest Home Losing Streak ...... 2 (5/12-5/13) Longest Road Losing Streak ...... 4 (2/20 to 2/27) •' Largest Winning Margin ...... l4 at Mich. St. (4/29) '