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83 Winning Seasons • 30 NCAA Regionals • 17 Conference Titles • 16 NCAA College World Series appearances • 1987 NCAA Champions • 1988 NCAA Champions SID Contact: Nick Sako #3 Stanford Cardinal (40-8, 18-6) vs. Washington State (15-28-1, 7-16-1) [email protected] 650-224-0979 Dates: May 18-20 Location: Stanford, Calif. 2018 SCHEDULE Stadium: Sunken Diamond (4,500) February All Times Pacific TV: Pac-12 Networks Fri. 16 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 5-1 Sat. 17 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 5-3 Live Stats: GoStanford.com Sun. 18 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 6-5 Mon. 19 at UC Davis .....................W, 3-2 Thu. 22 Rice ................................W, 7-2 Probable Starters Fri. 23 Rice ................................W, 6-2 Friday (6 p.m.): RHP Tristan Beck (7-3, 2.90) vs. RHP Hayden Rosenkrantz (0-1, 4.50) Sat. 24 Rice ................................W, 7-4 Sun. 25 Rice ................................W, 2-0 Saturday (1:30 p.m.): LHP Kris Bubic (7-1, 2.77) vs. LHP Scotty Sunitsch (6-2, 2.95) March : TBA vs. RHP Parker McFadden (1-1, 2.42) Fri. 2 Michigan ........................W, 7-0 Sunday (Noon) Sat. 3 Michigan ........................W, 3-2 Sat. 3 Michigan .........................L, 0-5 Weekend Opponent, Washington State Sun. 4 Michigan ........................W, 7-4 • The Cardinal (40-8 overall, 18-6 Pac-12) is 55-26-0 (.671) all-time against the Cougars (15- Thu. 8 at Texas ...........................L, 6-8 Fri. 9 at Texas ..........................W, 7-1 28-1, 7-16-1), who enter the week in 10th place in the Pac-12 standings. Sat. 10 at Texas ..........................W, 9-3 • Blake Clanton leads the team in batting average (.328), slugging percentage (.628) and RBI Sun. 11 at Texas ........................W, 11-1 (28). Scotty Sunitsch leads the starting staff with a 6-2 record and 2.95 ERA. Fri. 23 USC* ...............................W, 5-1 • Last season, Stanford swept the Cougars, 3-0, in Pullman, Washington, by scores of 13-2, Sat. 24 USC* .............................W, 11-1 Sun. 25 USC* .............................W, 18-0 5-3 and 15-1. Tue. 27 San Diego .......................W, 3-0 Thu. 29 Oregon* .........................L, 1-10 Where We Stand Fri. 30 Oregon* ..........................W, 5-1 • Stanford sits atop the Pac-12 conference standings with six league games to play. The Sat. 31 Oregon* ..........................W, 4-0 Cardinal is 1.5 games ahead of No. 2 Oregon State and 3.0 ahead of UCLA and Washington. April Mon. 2 Gonzaga .........................W, 4-3 • The Cardinal checked in at No. 3 in the latest D1 Baseball top-25 poll – Stanford fell one Tue. 3 at Santa Clara ..............W, 16-8 spot after dropping 2-of-3 at Oregon State last weekend. Stanford also checked at No. 3 in Fri. 6 at UCLA* ..........................L, 4-8 the Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, NCBWA and Perfect Game polls. Sat. 7 at UCLA* .....................W, 13-11 • Stanford remains No. 2 in the NCAA RPI rankings, behind No. 1 Florida and ahead of No. 3 Sun. 8 at UCLA* ..........................L, 2-7 Tue. 10 UC Davis .........................W, 7-2 Arkansas, No. 4 Georgia and No. 5 North Carolina. Fri. 13 Arizona State* ................W, 3-1 • Stanford wraps up the regular season May 24-26 when it plays a three-game series against Sat. 14 Arizona State* ..............W, 11-6 Washington in Seattle – all contests will air on Pac-12 Networks. Sun. 15 Arizona State* ..............W, 10-3 Fri. 20 at Arizona* .....................W, 8-2 Sat. 21 at Arizona* .....................W, 8-7 Matthiessen’s Major Impact Sun. 22 at Arizona* .....................W, 7-2 • Since being inserted in the starting lineup on May 1, Will Matthiessen has six home runs, 17 Tue. 24 Pacific.............................W, 4-1 RBI, 13 hits and 11 runs – he had the game-winning, three-run double in the 10th inning of a Thu. 26 California* .......................L, 3-4 thrilling 9-6 comeback win at No. 3 Oregon State on May 13. Fri. 27 California* ....................W, 14-1 • Matthiessen had two home runs in a 6-4 win at Utah on May 6, and went 3-for-4 with two Sat. 28 California* ......................W, 5-2 May runs, two RBI and one home run in Stanford’s record-setting 25-5 win at Utah on May 5. Tue. 1 San Francisco ................W, 5-2 • In Stanford’s 9-0 win against Santa Clara on May 8, Matthiessen struck out the side in the Fri. 4 at Utah* ........................W, 12-1 top of the eighth before hitting a three-run home run in the bottom half. Sat. 5 at Utah* ........................W, 25-5 • Matthiessen was named Pac-12 Player of the Week and Perfect Game National Player of Sun. 6 at Utah* ..........................W, 6-4 the Week on May 7. Tue. 8 Santa Clara ....................W, 9-0 Fri. 11 at Oregon State* .............L, 2-6 Sat. 12 at Oregon State* ...........L, 0-10 As Good as Advertised Sun. 13 at Oregon State* ............W, 9-6 • Junior shortstop Nico Hoerner has lived up to his billing as a preseason All-American, Tue. 15 BYU .................................W, 5-1 leading Stanford in hits (64), doubles (13), triples (5), multi-hit games (19), stolen bases (13, Fri. 18 Washington State* .........6 p.m. Sat. 19 Washington State* ....1:30 p.m. third in the Pac-12), at-bats (189) and sacrifice flies (5). Sun. 20 Washington State* .......12 p.m. • Hoerner’s 13-game hit streak was the longest of any Cardinal this season, owning a .327 Thu. 24 at Washington* ..............7 p.m. batting average in Pac-12 play. A critical leader on and off the field for Stanford, Hoerner Fri. 25 at Washington* ..............7 p.m. is widely considered a top infield prospect of the MLB Draft, checking in at No. 16 in D1 Sat. 26 at Washington* ..............3 p.m. Baseball’s player rankings. * = Pac-12 Conference Game Follow the Cardinal... Pac-12-Leading Pitching Staff On the Web On Facebook • Stanford’s 2.75 ERA ranks third, nationally, and leads the Pac-12 – the Cardinal also leads GoStanford.com StanfordBaseball the Pac-12 in opposing batting average (.220), WHIP (1.14), hits allowed (345), walks allowed (141) and runs allowed (159). • Kris Bubic (7-1, 2.77 ERA) and Tristan Beck (7-3, 2.90 ERA) lead the starting staff. Bubic, On Twitter On Instagram @StanfordBSB; StanfordBSB Stanford’s Friday night starter in 2017, is a member of the Golden Spikes midseason watch #GoStanford QUICK FACTS CARDINAL NOTES Stanford Baseball list and ranks third in the Pac-12 with 77 strikeouts. Beck, who missed all of 2017 through Seasons (First) ................................ 123rd (1894) injury, leads the Cardinal in Pac-12 play with a 2.92 ERA in 49.1 innings. College World Series titles ................................2 • Brendan Beck, the younger brother of Tristan, ranks second in the Pac-12 in ERA (2.35) College WS appearances .................................16 College WS record ........................... 40-29 (.580) and has served as Stanford’s midweek starter. Erik Miller (4-2, 3.48 ERA) has started a NCAA Super Regional appearances ..................9 majority of Stanford’s Sunday contests – in Pac-12 play, Miller is 3-1 with a 3.04 ERA. NCAA Super Regional record ............ 12-8 (.600) NCAA Regional appearances ...........................30 Enter Sandman NCAA Regional record ..................... 80-30 (.727) • Sophomore Jack Little leads Stanford’s bullpen with a 0.75 ERA in 20 relief appearances Conference titles .............................................17 across 36.0 innings. Little’s 13 saves rank second in the Pac-12 and second on Stanford’s Winning seasons ..............................................83 single-season, all-time list. He has allowed 27 base runners (20 hits, 7 walks) with 45 50+ win seasons.................................................6 40+ win seasons...............................................22 strikeouts and a .163 batting average against. Little earned the win in Sunday’s comeback, National Player of the Year ...............................3 9-6 win at No. 3 Oregon State, setting career highs in innings pitched (3.1) and pitches National Freshman of the Year .........................5 (52). National Coach of the Year ................................3 • Freshman Jacob Palisch has established himself as a top reliever in the conference Conference Players of the Year .......................15 – Palisch is 2-1 out of the pen with a 1.83 ERA and .207 batting average against in 39.1 All-Americans ..................................................55 innings pitched. U.S. National Team members .........................33 • Other important arms in the bullpen include Zach Grech (3-0, 2.64 ERA in 24 Olympians..........................................................7 MLB first-round draft picks .............................25 appearances), Will Matthiessen (2.03 ERA, .157 batting average against) and Austin Weiermiller (3.00 ERA in 20 appearances). Stanford University Location ...................................... Stanford, Calif. Super Sophomores Founded .......................................................1891 • Sophomores Andrew Daschbach and Kyle Stowers have established themselves as Enrollment ................................................18,136 leading offensive players for the Cardinal, starting all 48 games. .................7,061 undergrad • 11,075 graduate • Daschbach ranks fourth in the league with 14 home runs and fifth in RBI (54), leading the Twitter ................................................@Stanford Nickname ...............................................Cardinal team in slugging