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GOLDENGOPIIIBASEBALL University of Minnesota Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office Phone: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625.0359 Feb. 19, 1999 Baseball Contact: John Romo Home Phone: 612.379.7158 Weekly Release Hormel Foods Baseball Classic, March 5-7 Schedule: Friday #I Florida State vs. #I3 Wichita State I2:30 p.m. MINNESOTA SCHEDULE/RESULTS Washington State vs. Minnesota 6:30p.m. Saturday #I Florida State vs. Minnesota 1:30p.m. Feb. 8 Ga1yan's Gopher Pro-Alumni* W 9-7 Feb. I4 St. Cloud State W 10-8 Amateur Baseball Clinic 4:30-6 p.m. Feb. 15 St. Cloud State W 10-4 Washington State vs. #13 Wichita State 7 p.m. Feb. 15 Viterbo College L 7-5 Sunday #I3 Wichita State vs. Minnesota I2:30 p.m. Feb. I9-2I Coca-Cola Classic (Mobile, Ala.) Feb. I9 South Alabama* W I2-5 #I Florida State vs. Washington State 5 p.m. Feb. 20 UAB* L I3-6 Feb. 21 T.B.A.* W 15-9 Radio: KKMS-AM (980) is the home of Golden Gopher baseball. All three Feb. 24 @ Auburn* L 9-5 Feb. 26-28 Blue-Gray Classic (Montgomery, Ala.) Minnesota games in the Harmel Foods Baseball Classic will be broadcast live. Feb. 26 Troy State* W 7-6 Paul Barnes is in his fourth year as the radio voice of the Golden Gophers. Feb. 27 Kentucky* L 12-8 Feb. 28 Ohio State* W 16-12 March 5-7 Hormel Foods Baseball Classic Television: Midwest Sports Channel (MSC) will broadcast Sunday's Minnesota (H.H.H. Metrodome) Wichita State contest at 12:30 p.m. John Jacobson (play-by-play) and former March 5 vs. Washington State* 6:30p.m. Golden Gopher and National League All-Star Greg Olson will call the action. March 6 vs. Florida State* I:30p.m. March 7 vs. Wichita State*# I2:30 p.m. March 13 Northern Illinois* 7:30p.m. Encore for the Chicken: The "World Famous" Chicken will make his return March I4 Northern Illinois (2)* I p.m. appearance to the Twin Cities on Sunday for the Minnesota- Wichita State game March 22 Bowling Green (2)* 6p.m. March 23 Bowling Green* I p.m. at I2:30 p.m. In addition to entertaining the crowd with his legendary antics, the March 26 Oregon State* 6:30p.m. Chicken will also be available after the game for photos and autographs. March 27 Oregon State* 6:30p.m. March 28 Oregon State* I p.m. April 2 @ Purdue* 3 p.m. About Anderson: Golden Gopher Head Coach John Anderson 1s in his 18th sea April 3 @ Purdue (2)* I p.m. son with a career record of 611-388-3 and a Big Ten mark of 252-142. He April 4 @ Purdue* I p.m. coached hi~ I .OOOth career game on Friday, Feb. 26. m a 7-6 victory against Troy April 6 @Northern Iowa 3 p.m. State. He is one of the youngest coaches in the nation to surpass the 600-win April 9 @ Iowa* 3 p.m. April 10 @ Iowa (2)* plateau and 1s the only active Big Ten coach to reach 250 conference victories. 1 p.m. April II @ Iowa* 1 p.m. Anderson has led the Golden Gophers to four Big Ten IItle~ ( 1982. '85. '88. and April 14 Northern Iowa 3 p.m. '92) and six Big Ten Tournament championships ( 1982. '85. '88. '92. '93 and April I6 Michigan* 3 p.m. '98) in his tenure at the U of M. April 17 Michigan (2)* 1 p.m. April 18 Michigan* I p.m. April 21 Mankato State 3 p.m. April 23 @ Indiana* 3 p.m. April 24 @ Indiana (2)* 1 p.m. WHAl AHll! April 25 @ Indiana* I p.m. April 28 @ Iowa State 3 p.m. Sophomore shortstop Rick Brosseau Apnl 30 Illinois* 6:30p.m. May I Illinois (2)*#-Ist game 4 p.m. (North Oaks, Minn.) ha~ ptdeJ up where May 2 Illinois* I p.m. he left off last season. Bro~~eau ltnt~heJ May 5 St. Thomas 6:30p.m. '98 with a hit in his last five game~ and May 7 Northwestern* 6:30p.m. May 8 Northwestern (2)* this season. has at least one htt tn the fnst 4p.m. May 9 Northwestern*# I p.m. 10 games. His 15-game hitting ~treak is the May I2 Iowa State 6p.m. longest for the Golden Gopher~ since Wes May 14 Michigan State*# 6:30p.m. May 15 Michigan State (2)* 4 p.m. Denning's 19-game streak in 1994. A hon May I6 Michigan State* I p.m. orable mention Freshman All-America May 20-22 Big Ten Tournament TBA choice last year, he is currently second on May 28-30 NCAA Regionals TBA June 4-5 NCAA Super Regionals TBA I the team in runs, doubles. walks and total I June Il-I9 College World Series TBA I I bases. ·-- ------' All Games are Central Time * Games broadcast on KKMS-AM (980) #Games broadcast on Midwest Sports Channel 8 0 l 0 N 8 A s 8 A 1 l The Field: In the tournament's 15th year, it would be difficult to Golden Gophers Finish Spring Trip with 4-3 Record: find a more talented field than this season's. Florida State is the Although playing without three of the team's top four consensus number one team in the nation, while Wichita State is starters, Minnesota made a solid showing on its spring trip to the ranked 13th by Baseball America and 17th by Collegiate state of Alabama. The Golden Gophers finished the trek with a Baseball. The Washington State Cougars have gotten out of the 4-3 record. gates quickly as well with an 8-2 record. Seniors Robb Quinlan (Maplewood, Minn.) and Aron Amundson (Mandan, N.D.) led the way offensively. Quinlan On Florida State: The top-ranked Seminoles boasted one of the finished with a .500 average with four home runs and nine RBis. top pitching staffs in the nation last season and virtually the Amundson led the team with a .526 average and added three entire group is back in '99. The staff is led by a pair of sopho home runs and seven RBis. mores in Jon McDonald and Nick Stocks. McDonald was 10-4 Minnesota defeated South Alabama 12-5 in the opener with with a 4.56 ERA and Stocks was 7-2 with a 2.35 ERA. Also 10 runs in the last two innings, including a three-run home run making an impact as a freshman was outfielder Matt Diaz. In his from Quinlan. In the Coca-Cola Classic, the Golden Gophers first season, Diaz batted .390 with 22 home runs and 84 RBis. were defeated by UAB 13-6, and rebounded with a 15-9 win Head Coach Mike Martin is in his 20th season at Florida against Jacksonville. State and has a 1,031-352-3 career record. After a mid-week 9-5 loss at sixth-ranked Auburn, Minnesota finished 2-1 in the Blue-Gray Classic hosted by Troy On Washington State: The Cougars were 25-24 last season and State. The Golden Gophers defeated the Trojans 7-6, lost to 12-12 in the always-difficult Pac-10 conference. The Cougars Kentucky 12-8 and beat conference rival Ohio State 16-12. return 18 lettermen, five-of-eight position starters and all of their starting pitchers from last year's squad. Junior Wade Parrish One Down, Two to Go: The Golden Gopher pitching staff has leads the pitching staff. Last year, the all-league performer was struggled this season, in part to the injuries to juniors Ben Birk 8-3 with a 4.93 ERA. A freshman All-American last season. (St. Paul, Minn.), Dan McGrath (Victoria, Australia) and sophomore outfielder Jason Grove batted .323 with 12 home Kelly Werner (Eau Claire, Wis.). runs and 31 RBls. While Birk and McGrath look to return by the end of the Head Coach Steve Farrington is in his fifth year at the helm month, Werner saw his first action of the season against and has a 100-133 career record. Kentucky last Saturday. The left-hander pitched well in his four innings of relief as he allowed two runs on four hits. On Wichita State: The Shockers have three preseason All With a return of the trio to their '98 forms, in addition to Americans in relief pitcher Marc Bluma. outfielder Jeff Ryan Brad Pautz (Reedsville, Wis.) and Chadd Clarey (Rochester, and designated hitter Pat Magness. Last season Bluma was 5-0 Minn.), Minnesota's starting staff will once against rank among with a 1.74 ERA and 11 saves. Ryan batted .439 with ~3 home the Big Ten and the nation's best. runs, 105 runs batted in and 31 stolen bases. Magness led the 1 nation in hitting last year with a .464 batting average. in addition Climbing the Charts: Senior Robb Quinlan is primed to close to 21 home runs and 100 RBis. out his remarkable collegiate career by rewriting the Minnesota Wichita State Head Coach Gene Stephenson is in his ~~nd : record book. The second-team All-American set four new single year at the helm with a career record of 1.174-350-3. in add1t1on season school records last season and holds six single-season records overall. to one national championship and seven College World Series The Maplewood, Minn., native shattered the school's home appearances. run record with 24 bombs in '98.