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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 #12 Stanford Cardinal (4-0) vs Rice (3-1) [email protected] Dates: Feb. 22-25 Location: Stanford, Calif. 650-224-0979 2018 SCHEDULE Stadium: Sunken Diamond (4,000) February All Times Pacific TV: Stanford Live Stream • Radio: KZSU 90.1 FM 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 ................................6 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS Fri. 23 Rice ................................6 p.m. Sat. 24 Rice ................................1 p.m. Sun. 25 Rice ..............................11 a.m. Thursday: LHP Erik Miller (0-0, 18.00 ERA) vs. Ricardo Salinas (0-0, 3.00 ERA) March Fri. 2 Michigan ........................6 p.m. Friday: RHP Tristan Beck (1-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. Matt Canterino (0-0, 3.18 ERA) Sat. 3 Michigan ........................1 p.m. Saturday: LHP Kris Bubic (1-0, 1.80 ERA) vs. Addison Moss (0-1, 4.05 ERA) Sat. 3 Michigan ........................5 p.m. Sun. 4 Michigan ........................2 p.m. Sunday: TBA vs. TBA Thu. 8 at Texas .....................4:30 p.m. Fri. 9 at Texas .....................4:30 p.m. Sat. 10 at Texas ...................12:30 p.m. Sun. 11 at Texas ........................11 a.m. SERIES HISTORY Fri. 23 USC* ...............................6 p.m. • Stanford’s all-time record against Rice stands at 17-12, with the first meeting taking Sat. 24 USC* ...............................1 p.m. Sun. 25 USC* ...............................1 p.m. place in 1991. Tue. 27 San Diego .......................6 p.m. • Last season, Stanford split a four-game series against the Owls in Houston. Thu. 29 Oregon* ..........................6 p.m. Fri. 30 Oregon* ..........................6 p.m. Stanford won the series opener and finale, 16-6 and 2-0, respectively. Sat. 31 Oregon* ..........................1 p.m. • The Owls opened the season 3-1 with wins over Samford on Friday, UCF on April Mon. 2 Gonzaga .........................1 p.m. Saturday and Texas State on Tuesday. Ryan Chandler leads Rice with a .389 batting Tue. 3 at Santa Clara ................6 p.m. average, and two players -- Chace Sarchet and Trei Cruz -- lead the club with four Fri. 6 at UCLA* .........................6 p.m. Sat. 7 at UCLA* .........................2 p.m. RBI. Sun. 8 at UCLA* .........................1 p.m. Tue. 10 UC Davis .........................6 p.m. LAST TIME OUT Fri. 13 Arizona State* ................6 p.m. Sat. 14 Arizona State* ................1 p.m. • No. 12 Stanford began the David Esquer era with a three-game sweep of No. 17 Cal Sun. 15 Arizona State* ................1 p.m. State Fullerton last week. The Cardinal beat the Titans by respective scores of 5-1, Fri. 20 at Arizona* .....................6 p.m. Sat. 21 at Arizona* .....................6 p.m. 5-3 and 6-5, followed by a narrow 3-2 win at UC Davis on Monday. Sun. 22 at Arizona* ...................11 a.m. • Tristan Beck earned the win in his first Stanford start in 630 days, going 6.0 innings Tue. 24 Pacific.............................6 p.m. Thu. 26 California* ......................7 p.m. with five strikeouts and one walk while allowing four hits and one run. Fri. 27 California* ......................7 p.m. • Nico Hoerner finished the four-game stretch batting .533, including 12 total bases, Sat. 28 California* ......................7 p.m. May two doubles, five runs scored with four stolen bases on as many attempts. Tue. 1 San Francisco ................6 p.m. • Jack Little earned saves in two of the opening three games, also pitching a Fri. 4 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. scoreless ninth inning during Stanford’s 5-1 win on Friday. Sat. 5 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. Sun. 6 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. • Freshman Tim Tawa is off to a hot start, batting .357 with three RBI and two walks. Tue. 8 Santa Clara ....................6 p.m. • Brandon Wulff is second on the team with a .462 batting average, .563 on-base Fri. 11 at Oregon State* ............7 p.m. Sat. 12 at Oregon State* ...............TBD percentage and four runs scored. Sun. 13 at Oregon State* .............Noon Tue. 15 BYU .................................1 p.m. LOOKING AHEAD Fri. 18 at Washington State* .....6 p.m. Sat. 19 at Washington State* 1:30 p.m. • Stanford’s eight-game home stand continues March 2-4 when it hosts Michigan Sun. 20 at Washington State* ...12 p.m. Thu. 24 at Washington* ..............7 p.m. for a four-game series. Game 1 on Friday will start at 6 p.m. PT, followed by a Fri. 25 at Washington* ..............7 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday with start times of 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday’s series Sat. 26 at Washington* ..............3 p.m. finale will start at 2 p.m. PT and will air on Pac-12 Networks. * = Pac-12 Conference Game Follow the Cardinal... • The Cardinal’s next road trip starts March 8 when it opens a four-game series at No. 19 Texas. Stanford’s first two games on Thursday and Friday will start at 4:30 p.m. PT, On the Web On Facebook GoStanford.com StanfordBaseball with Saturday and Sunday’s contests set for 12:30 p.m. and 11 a.m., respectively. • Following a break for final exams March 19-23, Stanford opens Pac-12 play by hosting USC (March 23-25) at Sunken Diamond. On Twitter On Instagram @StanfordBSB; StanfordBSB • Eighteen of Stanford’s final 22 contests will air on Pac-12 Networks, starting with #GoStanford the Cardinal’s entire series at Arizona (April 20-22). QUICK FACTS CARDINAL NOTES Stanford Baseball Seasons (First) ................................ 123rd (1894) Beck Earns Weekly Honor College World Series titles ................................2 • Tristan Beck was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 21) after his efforts in College WS appearances .................................16 College WS record ........................... 40-29 (.580) Stanford’s 5-1 win over No. 17 Cal State Fullerton. NCAA Super Regional appearances ..................9 • Beck finished with a line of 6.0 innings pitched, five strikeouts, one walk, four NCAA Super Regional record ............ 12-8 (.600) NCAA Regional appearances ...........................30 hits and just one run allowed. NCAA Regional record ..................... 80-30 (.727) Conference titles .............................................17 • It was Beck’s first start in Cardinal colors in 630 days. The junior missed all of Winning seasons ..............................................83 2017 through injury and had not made an appearance for Stanford since May 27, 50+ win seasons.................................................6 40+ win seasons...............................................22 2016, during his freshman season. Beck was named first-team All-Pac-12 in 2016, National Player of the Year ...............................3 National Freshman of the Year .........................5 also making several freshman All-America lists. National Coach of the Year ................................3 Conference Players of the Year .......................15 All-Americans ..................................................55 Hoerner’s Hot Start U.S. National Team members .........................33 Olympians..........................................................7 • Junior shortstop Nico Hoerner has enjoyed a fantastic start to the season, MLB first-round draft picks .............................25 leading Cardinal hitters in several categories, including at-bats (15), hits (8), runs Stanford University (5), doubles (2), on-base percentage (.588), total bases (12) and stolen bases (4-4). Location ...................................... Stanford, Calif. Founded .......................................................1891 • In Monday’s 3-2 win at UC Davis, Hoerner made a game-saving play in the Enrollment ................................................18,136 bottom of the eighth inning to keep Stanford in the lead. With no outs and a man .................7,061 undergrad • 11,075 graduate Twitter ................................................@Stanford on third, Hoerner fielded a ground ball to his right and threw out the tying run at Nickname ...............................................Cardinal Colors ...................................Cardinal and White home plate, helping Stanford escape the inning unscathed. Fight Song ......................................All Right Now • Hoerner has multiple hits in three of Stanford’s four outings – prior to the President .......................... Marc Tessier-Lavigne season, he was named preseason All-America by Perfect Game, Collegiate Stanford Athletics Affiliation ....................................NCAA Division I Baseball Newspaper, Baseball America and D1 Baseball. Conference ..........................................Pacific-12 • Hoerner enjoyed a prolific summer with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Twitter ........................................... @GoStanford Athletics director ...........................Bernard Muir Cape Cod League in the summer after being named to the All-Pac-12 and All- Sport admin. .............................Patrick Dunkley Dept. phone ...................................650.723.4591 Pac-12 Defensive teams as a sophomore. Ticket office ................................800.STANFORD Facility .....................................Sunken Diamond Capacity ......................................................4,000