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Stanford Cardinal Baseball 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) (7): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008 Post-Season (29): 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 Baseball Contact: Niall T. Adler | [email protected] | o: (650) 725-2959 c: (714) 331-6412 | www.gostanford.com 2011 Schedule/Results UPCOMING SCHEDULE Against Ranked Teams: 5-8; Weekend Series: 3-4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, at Santa Clara, 6 p.m. | KZSU Date Opponent ....................Time / Result Fri., Feb. 18 at #17 Rice ..........................................W 5-3 Thursday, host No. 11 UCLA, 5:30 p.m. | KZSU | Webcast Sat., Feb. 19 at #17 Rice ...........................................L 1-7 Friday, host No. 11 UCLA, 5:30 p.m. | KZSU | Webcast Sun., Feb. 20 at #17 Rice ..........................................W 6-2 Saturday, host No. 11 UCLA, 1 p.m. | KZSU | Webcast Tue., Feb. 22 vs. #17 California .................................W 3-2 Fri., Feb. 25 at #3 Vanderbilt .................................... L 1-2 Sat., Feb. 26 at #3 Vanderbilt .................................... L 7-8 ON DECK: Sun., Feb. 27 at #3 Vanderbilt ...................................W 5-2 Host California, April 25 Tue., Mar. 1 vs. Santa Clara ....................................W 8-4 Fri., Mar. 4 at #6 Texas ...........................................L 3-4 at Saint Mary’s, April 26 Sat., Mar. 5 at # 6 Texas .........................................W 9-2 at Arizona State, April 29-May 1 Sun., Mar. 6 at #6 Texas ...........................................L 2-4 Fri., Mar. 18 vs. Michigan ................................. rained out Sat., Mar. 19 vs. Michigan (DH) .........................rained out Mon., Mar. 21 v. UC Davis ..........................................W 3-2 Leading Off Tues. Mar. 22 v. Santa Clara .......................................W 9-1 • The No. 26-ranked Stanford (16-12, 3-6 Pac-10) after being swept at home against Fri., Mar. 25 vs. Long Beach State ...........................L 3-6 Sat., Mar. 26 vs. Long Beach State ..........................W 6-1 now No. 3-ranked Oregon State, travel to Santa Clara (14-18) on Tuesday before Sun., Mar. 27 vs. Long Beach State ..........................W 6-5 hosting No. 11-ranked UCLA (19-12, 9-3 Pac-10) in a three-game Easter series on Tue., Mar. 29 vs. Saint Mary’s ...............................W 16-14 Thursday and Friday at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. Stanford has dropped fi ve Fri., Apr. 1 at Washington State * ......................... L 8-10 of its last six and six-straight Pac-10 games, its longest losing streak in the confer- Sat., Apr. 2 at Washington State * ........................W 22-3 Sun., Apr. 3 at Washington State * ..........................W 4-3 ence since 2007, when it lost eight in a row to UCLA, At No. 15 ASU and to No. 13 Tue., Apr. 5 vs. San Jose State ..............................W 5-2 Arizona. The Cardinal are 7-0 in midweek games this year. Stanford, which won Fri., Apr. 8 at USC .................................................W 8-1 nine of 11 from March 21 to April 8, is 10-7 since its extended fi nals break beginning Sat., Apr. 9 at USC ..................................................L 1-3 Sun., Apr. 10 at USC ..................................................L 2-6 in early March. Stanford has a busy week following Easter, hosting Cal on April 25, Tue., Apr. 12 vs. Pacifi c ............................................W 3-1 playing at Saint Mary’s on April 26 and at Arizona State next weekend. All home Fri., Apr. 15 vs. #9 Oregon State ............................. L 0-1 games will be webcast on CBS College Sports’ All-Access paid service through the Sat., Apr. 16 vs. #9 Oregon State ............................. L 1-8 gostanford.com website. All games will be on KZSU, kzsu.stanford.edu and on your Sun., Apr. 17 vs. #9 Oregon State ............................. L 4-6 Tue., Apr. 19 at Santa Clara ............................... 6:00 p.m. iPhone by downloading the Stanford App and then listening to KZSU. Thu., Apr. 21 vs. #11 UCLA ................................. 5:30 p.m. Fri., Apr. 22 vs. #11 UCLA ................................. 5:30 p.m. Stanford-Santa Clara Series Sat., Apr. 23 vs. #11 UCLA ................................. 1:00 p.m. Mon., Apr. 25 vs. California .................................. 5:30 p.m. (March 1 Stanford 8-4; March 22 at Stanford, April 19 at SCU) Tue., Apr. 26 at Saint Mary’s ............................... 3:00 p.m. • Series: 130-75-1 (since 1959); Last: Stanford 2-0 in 2011 Fri., Apr. 29 at Arizona State * ........................... 6:30 p.m. Stanford leads the all-time series since 1959, 130-75-1 against its county rival, win- Sat., Apr. 30 at Arizona State .............................6:30 p.m. ning both games this year, 9-1 and 8-4. Since 2003, Stanford has won 17 of 24 Sun., May 1 at Arizona State ...........................12:30 p.m. Tue., May 3 at San Jose State ..........................6:00 p.m. meetings, including seven of the last eight meetings. Stanford is 10-5 at Santa Clara Fri., May 6 vs. Washington * ........................... 6:00 p.m. since 2002. Sat., May 7 vs. Washington * ........................... 2:00 p.m. Sun., May 8 vs. Washington * ......................... 12:00 p.m. Mon. May 9 at Pacifi c (resched. from 3/23) ...... 6:00 p.m. • About the Broncos: Mark O’Brien’s Broncos come into the fi nal midweek Tue., May 10 vs. UC Davis .................................. 5:30 p.m. game at 14-18 and 2-4 in the WCC following a series win over Saint Mary’s. It Fri., May 13 at Oregon ...................................... 7:00 p.m. dropped three-straight against LMU to begin conference play. Third baseman Kyle Sat., May 14 at Oregon ...................................... 2:00 p.m. DeMerritt is batting a team-best .328 with 21 RBIs and eight dobules and 23 runs, Sun., May 15 at Oregon ...................................... 1:00 p.m. Tue., May 17 vs. San Francisco ..........................5:30 p.m. while outfi elder Lucas Herbst is batting .307 with 19 RBIs. SCU is batting .273 as a Fri., May 20 vs. Arizona .....................................5:30 p.m. team with a .970 fi elding percentage and 4.90 team ERA. RHP J.R. Graham has a Sat., May 21 vs. Arizona .....................................1:00 p.m. 3.09 ERA and three saves as the closer. Five pitchers have ERA’s under 5.00. Sun., May 22 vs. Arizona .....................................1:00 p.m. Tue., May 24 vs. Cal Poly ................................... 5:30 p.m. Fri., May 27 at California ................................... 2:30 p.m. Stanford in the Rankings Sat., May 28 at California (DH) ........................... 1:00 p.m. • Stanford is holding onto the No. 26 spot in the USA Today / Coaches Poll and are unranked in Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball for the fi rst time this season. ALL TIMES PACIFIC All games on 90.1 KZSU and on the internet at gostanford.com Stanford began the season No. 10 and moved up to No. 8 on February 21. Stan- ford’s RPI according to boydsworld to begin the week is 15. Stanford Swept by Red Hot Oregon State STANFORD CARDINAL BASEBALL | PAGE 1 2011 Cardinal Game Notes Projected Starting Lineup Stanford Coaching Staff Player Yr B/T Notes Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson *C-Zach Jones Sr. R/R thrown out 50% of base runners (10-20) Director of Baseball 1B-Brian Ragira Fr. R/R .485 slugging this season • Mark Marquess ‘69 enters his 35th season as the 2B-Lonnie Kappulia Fr. R/R .308 average and .984 fi elding as frosh Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball. *SS-Kenny Diekroeger So. R/R leading hitter last two years He entered the season with an overall record of *3B-Stephen Piscotty So. R/R two errors at 3B last 15 games 1387-719-7, producing 2 NCAA titles (1987, 1988), *OF-Tyler Gaffney So. R/R leads team with 21 walks 7 Super Regionals (six titles), 14 College World Se- *OF-Jake Stewart So. R/R second in Pac-10 with 12 doubles ries, 26 NCAA Regionals and 12 conference titles. OF-Austin Wilson Fr. R/R .290 average in 27 starts in right He is one of just 10 coaches to have played and DH-Ben Clowe Sr. R/R second on team with 10 walks coached in a CWS, doing so while a player in 1967. He also won a Gold medal as the head coach of the 1998 Seoul Olympic team and won a gold medal Top Pitchers Yr T Notes Jordan Pries, RHP Jr. R two-straight weekend losses at the 1967 Pan Am Games. He carries a 120-57 Mark Appel, RHP So. R lost third one-run v. top-10 last week postseason record and 36-25 CWS mark. Dean McArdle, RHP So. R two-straight starts w/o 5.0 IP Chris Reed, LHP Jr. L team-best four saves Longtime Lieutenant Scott Snodgress, LHP Jr. L team-high 16 appearances • Fellow alum, Dean Stotz ‘75, has been with Mar- quess for all 35 years. In his current role, he is the *-- returning starter team’s primary hitting coach, since 1997. He has developed such Major Leaguers as Carlos Quen- tin, Johnny Bench Award winner Ryan Garko, Sam Head Coach Yr Record Notes Mark Marquess 35th year 1403-731-7 2 National Titles (1987, 1988) Fuld, Jody Gerut and Jed Lowrie. From 1993 to (1977-Present) (16-12) 5 CWS Championships 1996 he was the team’s pitching coach, working 14 College World Series with Cardinal stars Kyle Peterson, Chad Hutchin- 26 Regional Appearances son and Jeff Austin. 12 Pac-10 Titles Pitching • Veteran coach Rusty Filter, who spent the fi rst 17 years at San Diego State will serve as the team’s • No.