Stanford Baseball Game Notes 1987 and 1988 NCAA Champions | 16 College World Series | 30 NCAA Regionals
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Stanford Baseball Game Notes 1987 and 1988 NCAA Champions | 16 College World Series | 30 NCAA Regionals Baseball Contact: Niall T. Adler | [email protected] | o: (650) 725-2959 (also rings to cell) | www.gostanford.com Record (29-14, 11-10 Pac-12) UPCOMING SCHEDULE Weekend Series: 8-3, v. Top-25: 14-7 WAZZU Weekend Rotation #10 Vanderbilt No. 12-ranked Stanford (29-14, 11-10 Pac-12) Friday: R-Appel, SU (7-1, 2.72) Feb. 17-18-19 ......W 8-3, W 9-5, W 18-5 will host Washington State (24-20, 9-11 Pac- v. R-Chleborad, WSU (4-1, 3.60) Saturday: to be announced 12) on Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday: to be announced at Pacifi c Sunday at 1 p.m. For Friday, gates will open at Tues., Feb. 21 ....................... W 9-7 (11) 4:30 p.m. for the 6 p.m. Fireworks night. Stan- ................................................................ NEXT: host USF (May 15), at Utah ford has won two of its last three Pac-12 series, # 7 Texas (May 18-20), at Santa Clara (May 22), Feb. 24-25-26 ...W 7-2, W 6-2, | W 15-1 dropping a series at Oregon State last week. host Cal (May 25-27) Stanford plays 9-11 Wazzu, followed by games UC Davis at 6-18 Utah and 9-12 Cal to close out the sea- Tues., Feb. 28 .............................. W 5-1 son. Stephen Piscotty leads the club in hitting (.335) and RBIs (50) and also has a 2.93 ERA at Fresno State in eight relief appearances. Mar. 2-3-4 ..............L 4-7, W 16-0, W 9-2 In the Rankings Wazzu Series at Saint Mary’s • Stanford dropped to 12th in the USA Today / • Stanford leads the all-time se- Mar. 6............................................ W 5-0 Coaches Poll, are 17th in Baseball America and ries 37-18. Stanford won two out 16th Collegiate Baseball. Prior to this week, of three in Pullman last year, in a #4 Rice Stanford was ranked in the national top-10 in series that saw Stanford blow an Mar. 9-10-11 .. W 4-2 (10), W 11-6, L 0-1 at least one of the three polls in every previous 8-2 lead in the opener, then win week. A preseason No. 2, Stanford was ranked the Saturday fi nale, with snow #29 Southern Cal* No. 1 in the USA Today Coaches Poll the last in May, 22-3, before future fi rst Mar. 25-26 ....W 4-2 (1), W 3-2 (2), L 4-8 week of February and were in the top-two in each round pick Chris Reed secured of the fi rst seven weeks. In 12 of the last 25 sea- Mark Marquess’ 1400th career Saint Mary’s sons Stanford has been ranked at No. 1. win. Mar. 28........................................ W 10-4 About the Cougars Pac-12 Race at #8 Arizona* • Oregon (16-8) following a key Mar. 30-31-1 ...............L 7-8, L 2-4, L 2-6 (Bat: .293, ERA: 4.67, Field: .978) • The Cougars have won series with Oregon and series win over Arizona (13-8), Utah, but dropped series with Arizona, ASU, Cal lead the Wildcats by 1.5 games. Saint Mary’s Apr. 2 .....................................W 9-8 (12) and UCLA. Derek Jones is hitting a team-high Ineligible ASU (14-10) is 2.0 .356 with nine homers and 40 RBIs, while Taylor games back followed by UCLA at Washington* Ard has 10 homers, a .575 slugging percentage (12-9) at 2.5 games back. Stan- Apr. 5-6-7 .................W 5-2, L 4-6, W 8-6 and 40 RBIs as well. Ard is also batting .337. Kel- ford, Oregon State and Wash- len Camus is the relief ace with a 2.84 ERA in ington are all 11-10 and 3.5 at California 23 appearances. Four starters have had at least games back. Boyds World RPIs Apr. 9 .......................................... W 19-6 nine starts for a steady rotation-- Joe Pisctorese have UCLA (3), Oregon (5), (2-3, 3.19), Tanner Chleborad (4-1, 3.60), JD Stanford (15), Arizona (19), ASU Pacifi c Leckenby (4-5, 3.75) and Kyle Swannack (3-3, (29) and Oregon State 931) all in Apr. 11 .......................................... W 8-3 5.81). No pitcher has more than 36 strikeouts. the top-35. #10 Oregon* Washington State* Apr. 13-14-15 ............L 2-4, L 0-5, W 4-2 May 11-12-13 ...............6:00 | 2:00 | 1:00 Field of 64 • The annual fi eld of 64 will be announced on Memorial Day San Jose State San Francisco Apr. 17 ............................................L 2-3 May 15 .............................................5:30 at 9 a.m. on ESPNU with the 16 regional sites announced the day before. Teams with #20 Arizona State* at Utah* Apr. 20-21-22 .......W 17-5, W 8-7, W 9-5 May 18-19-20 ...... 5:00 | 3:00 | 12:30 PT an RPI in the top-20 are seri- ously considered as fi rst round Brigham Young at Santa Clara hosts of the four-team region- Apr. 24 ........................................ W 10-9 May 22 .............................................6:00 als. There are eight national seeds, which are guaranteed at #10 UCLA* California* hosting duties in each of the Apr. 27-28-29 ...........W 7-2, L 4-7, W 7-2 May 25-26-27 ..............5:30 | 1:00 | 1:00 fi rst two rounds prior to Oma- ha. Stanford has reached 30 at San Jose St. (Blethen) NCAA Post-Season NCAA Regionals (27 under May 1 ..............................................L 5-8 Selection Show May 28 - 9 a.m. ESPNU Marquess). Under Marquess 16 NCAA Regionals June 1 - 4 have hosted 14 Regionals at Oregon State* 8 NCAA Super Regionals June 7-9 or June 8-10 May 4-5-6 .............W 8-2, L 2-4, 4-5 (10) since 1983. College World Series June 15-25/26 PROGRAM HISTORY NCAA Championships (2): 1987, 1988 CWS (16): 1953, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008 Super Regionals (Since 1999) (8): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011 Post-Season (30): 1953, 1965, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 Projected Starting Lineup Stanford Coaching Staff Player Yr B/T Notes Director of Baseball C-- Eric Smith Jr. L/R Leading hitter til last week, batting .306 • Mark Marquess ‘69 enters his 36th season as the 1B-- Brian Ragira So. R/R 43 starts at 1B, 40 RBIs Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball. 2B- Brett Michael Doran So. R/R 12 starts at 2B since Kauppila injured, He entered the season with an overall record of SS-- Kenny Diekoreger Jr. R/R Wallace Award watch list, batting .298 1422-741-7, producing 2 NCAA titles (1987, 1988), 3B-- Alex Blandino Fr. R/R 24 Starts All Since March 26, 28 RBIs 7 Super Regionals (six titles), 14 College World Se- LF-- Stephen Piscotty Jr. R/R Second in Pac-12 in RBIs (50) ries, 27 NCAA Regionals and 12 conference titles. CF/LF-- Tyler Gaffney Jr. R/R 42 runs, team-high 24 walks, high of 16 HBPs He is one of just 10 coaches to have played and RF-- Austin Wilson So. R/R Leads club with 8 HRs, also 39 RBIs coached in a CWS, doing so while a player in 1967. DH-- Danny Diekroeger So. L/R Hitting .341 in 20 games He also won a Gold medal as the head coach of the 1998 Seoul Olympic team and won a gold medal Pitching Staff Yr T Notes at the 1967 Pan Am Games. He carries a 120-59 Mark Appel, RHP Jr. R Pac-12 leader in Ks, 5 starts with 10+ Ks postseason record and 36-25 CWS mark. Brett Mooneyham, LHP Jr. L Has not won since March 26 (0-4) AJ Vanegas, RHP So. R 2 saves came last 2 weeks, 2.44 ERA overall Longtime Lieutenant Dean McArdle, RHP Jr. R Team win leader last 3 years (15-6) • Fellow alum, Dean Stotz ‘75, has been with Mar- David Schmidt, RHP Fr. R freshman with 3.21 ERA in 21 appearances quess for all 35 years. In his current role, he is the Sahil Bloom, RHP Jr. R 3.32 ERA in 16 games team’s primary hitting coach, since 1997. As the re- Stephen Piscotty, RHP Jr. R Career-high 4.2 innings in loss at OSU cruiting coordinator he has had two of the top-fi ve clases in 2010 and 2011. He has developed such Head Coach Yr Record Notes Major Leaguers as Carlos Quentin, Johnny Bench Mark Marquess 36th year 1451-755-7 2 National Titles (1987, 1988) Award winner Ryan Garko, Sam Fuld, Jody Gerut (1977-Present) (29-14) 5 CWS Championships and Jed Lowrie. From 1993 to 1996 he was the 14 College World Series team’s pitching coach, working with Cardinal stars 27 Regional Appearances Kyle Peterson, Chad Hutchinson and Jeff Austin. 12 Pac-10 Titles Pitching • Veteran coach Rusty Filter is in his third season as pitching coach. He coached his third fi rst round Oregon State Edges Cardinal in Pac-12 Series pick--Chris Reed, last season and has another in • Oregon State edged No. 7-ranked Stanford (29-14) by taking the rubber game 5-4 Mark Appel this year.