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STANFORD BASEBALL RELEASE May 15, 2006 CONTACT: Kyle McRae (650) 725-2959 (ph); (650) 725-2957 (fax) [email protected] (email) gostanford.com (website) •Cardinal extends season-best win streak to six with sweep at Washington 2006 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 27-21, 10-11 (PAC-10) Red Hot Stanford Hosts Santa Clara Tuesday 16-11 (H), 11-10 (A) SANTA CLARA BRONCOS (28-25, 9-12 WCC) Date Day Opponent (TV) Result/Time FEBRUARY at STANFORD CARDINAL (27-21, 10-11 Pac-10) 3 Fri. #5 Cal State Fullerton W, 2-1 4 Sat. #5 Cal State Fullerton W, 6-5 (10) Tue., May 16 (6 pm, PT) – LHP Sean O'Neill (2-6, 5.99) vs. RHP Max Fearnow (2-0, 5.31) 5 Sun. #5 Cal State Fullerton W, 6-3 10 Fri. Kansas L, 2-8 LIVE GAME COVERAGE 11 Sat. Kansas L, 4-5 Audio: KZSU (90.1 FM)/gostanford.com/KZSU.org (Alex Gyr, Lee Zen) | Gametracker: 12 Sun. Kansas W, 8-3 gostanford.com | Webcast: gostanford.com 17 Fri. #7 Texas ppd., weather STANFORD-SANTA CLARA SERIES HISTORY 18 Sat. #7 Texas L, 2-4 19 Sun. #7 Texas W, 5-1 All-Time Series: Stanford 176-156-7 20 Mon. #7 Texas W, 13-9 2006 Results: Series – Tied, 1-1 (at Stanford, April 25) Santa Clara 6-1 (10 inn.); (at Santa Clara, 21 Tue. Nevada W, 5-2 May 9) Stanford 8-4 (15 inn.) 24 Fri. at Fresno State W, 3-2 2005 Results: Series – Santa Clara 2-1 (at Stanford, April 5, 26) Stanford 7-6, Santa Clara 7-5; 25 Sat. at Fresno State L, 5-7 26 Sun. at Fresno State W, 6-3 (at Santa Clara, May 10) Santa Clara 6-5 (12) MARCH Series Notes: Stanford snapped a three-game losing streak to Santa Clara when the Cardinal 3 Fri. at California L, 6-7 outlasted the Broncos last Tuesday night, 8-4 in 15 innings in a marathon season-long 5:07 4 Sat. at California W, 6-5 (11) game • The teams have actually gone extra innings in each of their last three meetings with the 5 Sun. at California ppd., weather Broncos winning the first two, including a 6-1 win in 10 innings at Sunken Diamond in the first 7 Tue. at San Jose State ppd., weather 10 Fri. at USC W, 7-6 meeting between the teams in 2006 on April 25 • Stanford needs a win on Tuesday to prevent 11 Sat. at USC L, 7-16 the Broncos from winning their second consecutive season series as Santa Clara won two- 12 Sun. at USC L, 2-7 of-three last year for its first season series win over Stanford since 1980 • Stanford also had a 25 Sat. Washington State* L, 1-7 recent 20-game win streak over the Broncos from February 17, 1997 - February 22, 2002 26 Sun. Washington State* L, 5-8 27 Mon. Washington State* W, 5-3 The Matchup: Stanford is looking to stay red hot as the Cardinal has won a season-high six 31 Fri. USC* ppd., weather in a row and eight of its last nine games overall, as well as five straight road games and three APRIL consecutive Pac-10 series (Arizona State, California, at Washington) • Stanford has put up 1 Sat. USC -- DH Game 1* W, 9-7 much improved numbers in all three primary team statistical areas during the last nine games 1 Sat. USC -- DH Game 2* L, 2-3 (12) 2 Sun. USC* L, 1-6 with a .290 batting average, 2.69 ERA and .975 fielding percentage that are well above the 8 Sat. at San Jose State W, 13-3 team's season numbers of .273 (#8 Pac-10), 4.17 (#5 Pac-10) and .966 (#6 Pac-10) • Santa 10 Mon. Pacific W, 2-1 Clara is closing out its regular season with Tuesday's game at Stanford having lost six of its 13 Thu. at #11 Oregon State* L, 0-3 last eight heading into the contest but managing to win two-of-three versus Portland in its final 14 Fri. at #11 Oregon State* L, 0-1 West Coast Conference series last Friday-Sunday 15 Sat. at #11 Oregon State* ppd., weather 16 Sun. at #11 Oregon State* L, 1-12 (7) 17 Mon. San Francisco L, 4-9 18 Tue. Sacramento State W, 12-5 STANFORD SNAPSHOT 21 Fri. at Arizona* W, 10-6 • RED HOT – Stanford has won a season-high six straight games overall (its longest 22 Sat. at Arizona* L, 4-14 winning since winning seven in a row from April 10-23, 2004), as well as eight of its last 23 Sun. at Arizona* L, 3-12 25 Tue. Santa Clara L, 1-6 (10) nine overall, three straight Pac-10 series and five consecutive road games 28 Fri. #16 Arizona State* (CSTV) W, 7-1 • THREE STRAIGHT PAC-10 SERIES WINS – Stanford has won each of its last three 29 Sat. #16 Arizona State* L, 7-11 Pac-10 series by taking two-of-three at home against California (5/5-7) and Arizona State 30 Sun. #16 Arizona State* W, 11-4 MAY (4/28-30), before sweeping a road series at Washington (5/12-14) in its most recent 1 Mon. at California L, 3-4 action to mark the first time the Cardinal has won three consecutive conference series 2 Tue. San Jose State W, 6-2 since taking seven Pac-10 series in a row from May 3, 2003 - May 2, 2004 5 Fri. California* (Comcast Sports Net) W, 3-2 6 Sat. California* (FSN/FSNBA) L, 1-5 • FIVE STRAIGHT ROAD WINS – Stanford has picked up victories at Santa Clara (5/9), 7 Sun. California* W, 6-4 Sacramento State (5/10) and Washington (5/12, 5/13, 5/14) in its last five road games to 9 Tue. at Santa Clara W, 8-4 (15) mark its longest road win streak since taking five in a row from March 20 -April 3, 2005 10 Wed. at Sacramento State W, 5-4 12 Fri. at Washington* W, 5-0 • The last time Stanford won more than five straight road games was when the Cardinal 13 Sat. at Washington* W, 14-6 took seven consecutive games away from home February 7 - March 6 14 Sun. at Washington* W, 10-2 • MOVING UP IN THE PAC-10 STANDINGS – Stanford has moved up to sixth in the 16 Tue. Santa Clara 6:00 pm Pac-10 standings after winning seven of its first nine games in the second half of league 19 Fri. at UCLA* 6:00 pm 20 Sat. at UCLA* 2:00 pm play following a 3-9 first half • Oregon State (12-6) has a two-game lead overArizona 21 Sun. at UCLA* 1:00 pm State and UCLA (10-8) • USC (11-10, 2.5 GB) is the only other team over .500 in the 24 Wed. at Pacific 2:00 pm standings and is followed by Washington State (9-9, 3.0 GB), Stanford (10-11, 3.5 GB), 26 Fri. UC Davis 6:00 pm 27 Sat. at UC Davis 2:00 pm Washington (9-12, 4.5 GB), California (9-12, 4.5 GB) and Arizona (7-11, 5.0 GB) JUNE • MARQUESS REACHES 1250 WINS AND GETS 500 PAC-10 VICTORY – Mark 2-5 F-M NCAA Regionals• TBA Marquess hit a couple of milestones during the Washington series, picking up his 1250th 9-12 F-M NCAA Super Regionals+ TBA 16-26 F-M at College World Series^ TBA career win on May 13 and then following it with his 500th Pac-10 victory the following day *Pac-10 Game; •NCAA Regionals at TBA; +NCAA Super • Marquess ranks 13th on the all-time win list for NCAA Division I coaches with an all-time Regionals at TBA; ^College World Series at Omaha, NE; All overall record of 1251-611-5 (.671) and is in his 30th season as Stanford's head coach • Times Pacific Unless Noted; All Home Games In Bold At Sunken Diamond; Rankings by Baseball America are current Marquess is now just four wins shy of Georgia Southern's Jack Stallings, who recorded or at time of meeting if game has been played 1255 victories in 39 seasons at Georgia Southern to rank 12th on the current list Stanford Baseball (Champions • 2 CWS, 5 Super Regional, 13 Regional, 20 Pac-10) 1 • LAST SERIES AT WASHINGTON – Sunday, May 14, 2006 (Stanford 10, at PAC-10 STANDINGS (THRU 5/15/06) Washington 2): Stanford stayed hot by extending its longest win streak of the season to six games with a 10-2 victory over Washington to complete a three-game sweep of the Team Pac-10 GB Overall Huskies. The Cardinal scored seven runs in the top of the fourth inning and then rode the Oregon State 12-6 --- 35-13 pitching of winner Jeremy Bleich and reliever Matt Manship to the victory. Michael Taylor UCLA 10-8 2.0 27-21 Arizona State 10-8 2.0 32-17 (3-4, HR, RBI), Jason Castro (2-4, HR, career-high 3 RBI) and Ryan Seawell (2-6, HR, USC 11-10 2.5 25-25 RBI) homered for the Cardinal, while Grant Escue (3-5, RBI) and Chris Lewis (2-3, 2 2B) Washington State 9-9 3.0 33-18 added multiple-hit game with Chris Minaker driving in a pair of runs • Saturday, May 13, Stanford 10-11 3.5 27-21 2006 (Stanford 14, at Washington 6): Stanford scored nine runs in the top of the second Washington 9-12 4.5 32-23 inning and cruised to a 14-6 Pac-10 victory over Washington.

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