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2002 SCHEDULE/RESULTS •Cardinal Takes Two-Of-Three In First Pac-10 Series At Arizona 22-7, 2-1 PAC-10 11-2 (H), 11-4 (A), 0-0 (N) No. 2 Stanford Welcomes San Jose State Tuesday Before Hosting USC In First Home Pac-10 Series Friday-Sunday FEBRUARY 1 Fri. #15 Cal State Fullerton W, 7-4 2 Sat. #15 Cal State Fullerton W, 17-1 3 Sun. #15 Cal State Fullerton L, 3-6 San Jose State (26-11, 6-6) at No. 2 Stanford (22-7, 2-1) 8 Fri. at #6 Florida State W, 9-3 9 Sat. at #6 Florida State W, 15-11 10 Sun. at #6 Florida State L, 6-7 Tuesday, April 9, 6 pm, PT - RHP Mike Malott (5-1, 2.94) vs. TBA 12 Tue. Brigham Young W, 8-1 15 Fri. at Fresno State W, 6-2 16 Sat. at Fresno State L, 5-7 USC (18-14, 5-1) at No. 2 Stanford 17 Sun. at Fresno State ppd., rain 18 Mon. at Fresno State W, 8-3 Friday, April 12, 6 pm, PT - RHP Anthony Reyes (1-0, 1.38) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (6-0, 3.08) 22 Fri. Santa Clara W, 5-4 *Saturday, April 13, 1 pm, PT - 23 Sat. at Santa Clara L, 9-13 RHP Matt Chico (4-3, 5.24) vs. LHP Tim Cunningham (5-1, 2.67) 24 Sun. Santa Clara W, 8-7 Sunday, April 14, 1 pm, PT - TBA vs. RHP (5-0, 4.70) MARCH *Saturday’s Stanford-USC game will be televised by FOX Sports (check your local listings for time of 1 Fri. Cal Poly W, 8-6 broadcast) ... A live audio broadcast of all four Stanford Baseball games this week will be available on 2 Sat. Cal Poly W, 18-5 KZSU (90.1 FM) as well as online at gostanford.com ... Chad Goldberg (play-by-play) and Nick Kapur 3 Sun. Cal Poly W, 11-3 8 Fri. at California W, 15-4 (color analysis) will call all the action ... Live stats will also be available for all four games at 9 Sat. at California L, 1-2 gostanford.com. 10 Sun. at California W, 4-2 23 Sat. USC (Game 1) W, 9-6 23 Sat. USC (Game 2) W, 12-10 (11) STANFORD BASEBALL QUICK TEAM NOTES 24 Sun. USC W, 5-4 Stanford heads into tonight’s game versus San Jose State with 14 wins in its last 17 games 28 Thu. #16 Texas W, 7-6 (10) ... Stanford has also won 11 consecutive regular season series and 28 of its last 30 ... The 29 Fri. #16 Texas L, 0-2 (10) 30 Sat. #16 Texas W, 7-2 Cardinal is 9-0 in series-openers and won two-of-three games in its most recent series at APRIL Arizona last Friday-Sunday (5-4, 18 inn.; 19-1; 13-15, 8 inn.) ... Stanford’s 19 runs and 26 2 Tue. USF W, 4-1 hits versus Arizona last Saturday were both season-highs ... Stanford’s team batting 5 Fri. at Arizona* W, 5-4 (18) 6 Sat. at Arizona* W, 19-1 average has jumped .013 points to .328 after collecting 43 hits in the last two games, 7 Sun. at Arizona* L, 13-15 (8) snapping a 10-game stretch in which the Cardinal hit just .255 and saw its team batting 9 Tue. San Jose State 6:00 pm 12 Fri. USC* 6:00 pm average fall .036 points from .351 to .315 ... Stanford continued its big inning threat this 13 Sat. USC* (FOX) 1:00 pm season versus Arizona when the Cardinal posted a pair of seven-run innings in the series 14 Sun. USC* 1:00 pm giving the Cardinal 15 innings in which it has scored five or more runs in an inning ... 16 Tue. Saint Mary’s 6:00 pm 19 Fri. at Washington* 6:30 pm Stanford is averaging 8.4 runs per game and has reached double figure hits in 21 of its first 20 Sat. at Washington* 1:00 pm 29 games ... Stanford’s ERA currently sits at 3.81 (.031 percentage points higher than last 21 Sun. at Washington* 1:00 pm 24 Wed. Sacramento State 6:00 pm year’s final 3.50) ... The Cardinal has raised its to .970 (.007 behind 26 Fri. at Oregon State* 3:00 pm last year’s school record and nation-leading .977) after going errorless in six of the last 11 27 Sat. at Oregon State* 1:00 pm games ... Stanford has hit 12 triples and had held its opponents with a triple until Arizona’s 28 Sun. at Oregon State* 1:00 pm 30 Tue. at San Jose State 7:00 pm Chris Cunningham recorded one in the final game of the series (4/7) ... Stanford’s 22-7 MAY record this season is two games behind the team’s 24-5 mark through 29 games a year 3 Fri. California* 6:00 pm ago ... Stanford is now the nation’s No. 2 team behind Clemson in all four major national 4 Sat. California* 1:00 pm 5 Sun. California* 1:00 pm polls by , Baseball Weekly/ESPN, Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA ... 7 Tue. at Santa Clara 6:00 pm Stanford is attempting to qualify for the for the fourth consecutive 10 Fri. #23 Arizona State* 6:00 pm 11 Sat. #23 Arizona State* 1:00 pm season as the 2002 senior class is looking to become the first class of Stanford Baseball 12 Sun. #23 Arizona State* 1:00 pm players to reach Omaha in each of its four years ... Stanford has qualified for the CWS title 14 Tue. at Nevada 2:00 pm game in each of the last two seasons ... Stanford is coming off three straight 50-win 17 Fri. at UCLA* 6:00 pm 18 Sat. at UCLA* 1:00 pm seasons for the first time in school history and has compiled a record of 173-55 (.759) since 19 Sun. at UCLA* 1:00 pm 1999. 24 Fri. Washington State* 6:00 pm 25 Sat. Washington State* 1:00 pm 26 Sun. Washington State* 1:00 pm STANFORD BASEBALL QUICK INDIVIDUAL NOTES 31-2 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Regionals• TBA Jason Cooper continues to lead the team with a .400 batting average and 29 RBI, while co- JUNE leading the club (along with ) with six homers ... leads the team in both 7-9 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Super Regionals+ TBA 14-22 Fri.-Sat. at College World Series^ TBA hits (44) and doubles (12), while Brian Hall paces the club with seven stolen bases and *Pac-10 Game; ^College World Series at Omaha, NE; Carlos Quentin has a team-high three triples ... Stanford’s regular starting rotation of Jeremy (FOX) - Fox Sports Net; All Times Pacific Unless Noted; All Home Games In Bold At Sunken Diamond; Rankingsby Guthrie, Tim Cunningham and Hudgins is a combined 16-1 with a 3.36 ERA ... Guthrie has Baseball America won 11 consecutive decisions, while leading the team in (58) and innings pitched • Live Stats (64.1) ... Chris O’Riordan (.359) currently ranks tied for second on Stanford’s career batting • Audio Broadcasts average list, while Sam Fuld (.347) and Carlos Quentin (.347) are tied for 10th ... Fuld (6 • Current News RBI), O’Riordan (2 HR) and Tobin Swope (5 hits) all set new career-bests in a 19-1 win at • Tickets Arizona (4/6), while Carlos Quentin tied a career-high four hits. • Much More Stanford Cardinal Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) 2002 PAC-10 STANDINGS (Thru 4/8) STANFORD BASEBALL PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Team Pac-10 GB Overall San Jose State (26-11, 6-6 WAC) at No. 2 Stanford Cardinal (22-7, 2-1 Pac-10) USC 5-1 --- 18-14 Arizona State 6-3 1.5 22-12 Tuesday, April 9 (6 pm, PT) Stanford 2-1 1.5 22-7 California 5-4 1.5 22-15 USC Trojans (18-14, 5-1 Pac-10) at No. 2 Stanford Cardinal Oregon State 3-3 2.0 19-12 Washington 1-2 2.5 12-15-1 Friday-Sunday, April 12-14 (6 pm, 1 pm, 1 pm, PT) UCLA 1-2 2.5 14-19 Arizona 3-6 3.5 22-14 Batting Washington State 1-5 4.0 13-18 Order No Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2002 Stats THIS WEEK’S PAC-10 ACTION 1 1 Chris O’Riordan (R/R) 2B 5-9 180 Sr. .344, 5 HR, 24 RBI, 2 SB Tuesday, April 9 2 California at Saint Mary’s (2 pm, PT) 5 Sam Fuld (L/L) CF 5-10 180 So. .331, 2 HR, 18 RBI, 1 SB UCLA at Pepperdine (3 pm, PT) 3 12 Ryan Garko (R/R) C 6-2 235 Jr. .333, 6 HR, 27 RBI, 1 SB San Jose State at Stanford (6 pm, PT) UC Irvine at Washington (6:30 pm, PT) 4 18 Jason Cooper (L/R) DH 6-2 210 Jr. .400, 6 HR, 29 RBI, 0 SB USC at Cal State Fullerton (7 pm, PT) 5 24 Carlos Quentin (R/R) RF 6-2 215 So. .351, 4 HR, 26 RBI, 6 SB Wednesday, April 10 6 7 Danny Putnam (L/L) LF 5-10 185 Fr. .227, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB UC Irvine at Washington (2 pm, PT) 7 6 Tobin Swope (R/R) SS 5-11 185 Jr. .500, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 1 SB Friday, April 12 8 21 Andy Topham (R/R) 3B 6-2 200 Sr. .329, 4 HR, 17 RBI, 4 SB Arizona at California (2:30 pm, PT)* Arizona State at UCLA (6 pm, PT)* 9 2 Arik VanZandt (R/R) 1B 6-1 200 Sr. .303, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 6 SB USC at Stanford (6 pm, PT)* Washington State at Washington (6:30 pm, PT)* Probable Starting Saturday, April 13 Day No Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2002 Stats Hawaii-Hilo at Oregon State -- DH (12 pm, PT) Arizona at California (1 pm, PT)* 4/9 TBA Arizona State at UCLA (1 pm, PT)* USC at Stanford (1 pm, PT)* -- FOX SPORTS 4/12 28 Jeremy Guthrie (R/R) RHP 6-1 200 Jr. 6-0, 3.08, 64.1 IP, 58 SO Washington State at Washington (1 pm, PT)* 4/13 27 Tim Cunningham (L/L) LHP 6-3 190 Jr. 5-1, 2.67, 60.2 IP, 33 SO Sunday, April 14 4/14 17 John Hudgins (R/R) RHP 6-2 195 So. 5-0, 4.70, 44.0 IP, 33 SO Arizona at California (1 pm, PT)* Arizona State at UCLA (1 pm, PT)* Hawaii-Hilo at Oregon State (1 pm, PT) STANFORD-SAN JOSE STATE PREVIEW AND HISTORY USC at Stanford (1 pm, PT)* Stanford and San Jose State are a pair of teams on a roll. Stanford has won 14 of its last 17 Washington State at Washington (1 pm, PT)* *Pac-10 Conference Game games, while San Jose State has won nine of 11 and beat No. 3 Rice in its most recent game. Stanford is hitting .328, fielding at .970 and has posted a 3.81 ERA. San Jose State is hitting LAST WEEK’S PAC-10 RESULTS .299 with a .974 fielding percentage and a 4.00 ERA. Stanford picked up a pair of narrow Monday, April 1 victories last year, winning 5-3 in 10 innings at San Jose State (4/3/01) and 4-3 at Stanford (4/ at UNLV 11, Arizona State 7 24/01). Stanford leads the all-time series, 71-29, and has won three straight in the series with Tuesday, April 2 at California 7, Santa Clara 6 the last Spartan victory coming with a 4-1 win at Sunken Diamond on February 29, 2000. at Oregon State 11, Portland 1 at USC 13, UC Irvine 5 at Stanford 4, USF 1 A CLOSER LOOK AT LAST YEAR’S STANFORD-SAN JOSE STATE GAMES at Long Beach State 4, UCLA 3 at Stanford 4, San Jose State 3 (April 24, 2001) - Ryan Garko hit a three-run homer in the Gonzaga 8, at Washington 6 bottom of the third inning to lift Stanford to a 4-3 victory over San Jose State. Garko (2-3, 2B, Wednesday, April 3 Gonzaga 7, at Washington 5 HR, 3 RBI) and Sam Fuld (2-3) had a pair of hits each for the Cardinal. Starter Mike Wodnicki (4-1), the first of five Stanford pitchers, held the Spartans hitless in the first three innings and Friday, April 5 Stanford 5, at Arizona 4 (18 inn.)* was credited with the victory. J.D. Willcox pitched two hitless innings to earn his third save of at Washington State 7, Arizona State 4* the season. Junior Ruiz (2-3, 3B) had a pair of hits for the Spartans, while Brandon Macchi and at California 5, UCLA 3* at USC 9, Oregon State 2* Zack Zwissig both homered. at Missouri 11, Washington 9 San Jose State.... 000 300 000 - 3 5 0 Saturday, April 6 Stanford...... 103 000 00x - 4 8 2 Stanford 19, at Arizona 1* Win-Wodnicki(4-1) Loss-Malott(2-1) Save-Willcox(3) T-2:46 A-1957 Arizona State 13, at Washington State 7* UCLA 19, at California 2* BATTERIES: San Jose State - Malott, Cook (4), Rogelstad (8) and Shorsher. Stanford - Wodnicki, Oregon State 13, at USC 3* Cunningham (4), Ehrlich (4), McCally (7), Willcox (8) and Garko, Tirpack (9). HRs: San Jose State - Macchi at Missouri 5, Washington 3 (12 inn.) (2-run in 4th), Zwissig (3rd, solo in 4th); Stanford - Garko (3rd, 3-run in 3rd). Sunday, April 7 at Arizona 15, Stanford 13 (8 inn.) Arizona State 22, at Washington State 4* Stanford 5, at San Jose State 3 -- 10 innings (April 3, 2001) - Scott Dragicevich's two-out, at California 10, UCLA 6 (15 inn.)* two-RBI single in the top of the 10th inning led Stanford to a 5-3 10-inning victory over San Jose at USC 7, Oregon State 0* at Missouri 12, Washington 11 State. Dragicevich singled through the left side of the Spartans' infield on a 0-1 pitch from losing *Pac-10 Conference Game Jeremy Rogelstad (2-3) to score Chris O'Riordan and Sam Fuld. Stanford reliever Mike PAC-10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Wodnicki picked up the victory with 3.1 innings of scoreless two-hit relief, striking out three. April 8 - Jeremy West, Arizona State O'Riordan (3-5, HR, RBI), who homered on the first pitch of the game, led the Cardinal offense. April 1 - Jay Garthwaite, Washington March 26 - Andre Ethier, Arizona State VanZandt (2-4, RBI, SB), Dragicevich (2-5, 2 RBI) and Fuld (2-5, 2B) added two hits each as March 19 - Jay Garthwaite, Washington the Cardinal totaled 13 hits. Zack Zwissig (2-3, 2B), Junior Ruiz (2-4, RBI) and Kevin Frandsen March 12 - Adam Berry, UCLA (HR, 2 RBI) led the Spartans' offense. PAC-10 PITCHERS OF THE WEEK Stanford...... 101 001 000 2 - 5 13 0 April 8 - Trevor Hutchinson, California San Jose State.... 000 000 300 0 - 3 10 2 April 1 - Mike Esposito, Arizona State Win-Wodnicki(2-1) Loss-Rogelstad(2-3) Save-None T-3:02 A-528 March 26 - Marc Kaiser, Arizona March 19 - Jon Williams, USC BATTERIES: Stanford - Gosling, Luker (6), Wodnicki (7) and Garko, Tirpack (9). San Jose State - Adinolfi, March 12 - Robbie McClellan, Arizona State Cook (4), Malott (5), Kauffman (6), Rogelstad (7) and Shorsher, Bautista (9). HRs: Stanford - O'Riordan (6th, solo in 1st); San Jose State - Frandsen (2nd, 2-run in 7th).

Stanford Cardinal Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) STANFORD-USC BASEBALL SERIES PREVIEW AND HISTORY 2002 SUPERLATIVES Stanford will host USC in a key Pac-10 series this Friday-Sunday, April 12-14 (6 pm, 1 pm, 1 pm, MT) with Saturday’s game scheduled to be televised by FOX Sports. Stanford (22-7, 2-1 Overall Record: 22-7 Pac-10) currently sits 1.5 games behind the first-place Trojans (18-14, 5-1 Pac-10) but is equal Conference Record: 2-1 Non-Conference Record: 20-6 in the loss column with one less conference series played. USC has rebounded from a difficult Post-Season Record: 0-0 preseason to win five of its first six league games and six of its last seven overall. Stanford swept Home Record: 11-2 USC in a non-conference series between the clubs last month in Los Angeles. The Cardinal Away Record: 11-5 swept a rare doubleheader (3/23 - 9-6, 12-10 in 11 inn.) on the first day of the series before Neutral Record: 0-0 picking up a 5-4 victory (3/24) to close out the sweep. Last year, Stanford won four of the six Day Games: 11-5 games played between the teams. The Cardinal swept a non-conference series at Sunken Night Games: 11-2 Diamond (3/9, 2-0; 3/10, 15-3; 3/11, 9-5 - 10 innings) that included Andy Topham’s memorable vs. Ranked Opponents: 6-3 walk-off grandslam homer in the 10th inning of the final game and Jeremy Guthrie’s complete according to Baseball America game victory over in the opener to give Prior his only loss of the season. USC won On Television: 0-0 February: 9-4 two-of-three conference games in Los Angeles (4/20, 2-1; 4/21, 7-0; 9-5 Stanford, 4/22). USC March: 10-2 leads Stanford in the all-time series, 196-141-3. April: 3-1 May: 0-0 A CLOSER LOOK AT 2002 STANFORD-USC GAMES June: 0-0 Stanford 5, at USC 4 (March 24, 2002) - Stanford completed its first three-game sweep at USC Monday: 1-0 since 1997 with a 5-3 victory. Jason Cooper, Chris O'Riordan and Ryan Garko hit solo homers, Tuesday: 2-0 while John Hudgins (4-0) picked up his third victory in as many starts. Chris O'Riordan led the Wednesday: 0-0 Cardinal, going 3-for-4 with a double, homer and RBI, while Sam Fuld was 2-for-5 with a double. Thursday: 1-0 Friday: 7-1 USC had two hits from Alberto Concepcion (2-3, 2B, RBI) and Bill Peavey (2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI). Saturday: 7-3 Stanford...... 021 100 100 - 5 9 0 Sunday: 4-3 USC...... 100 200 100 - 4 6 2 Doubleheaders: 1-0-0 Win-Hudgins(4-0) Loss-Bt. Bannister(1-2) Save-Ehrlich(2) T-2:41 A-867 1-Run Games: 5-2 BATTERIES: Stanford - Hudgins, Ehrlich (7) and Garko. USC - Bt. Bannister, Howell (5) and Concepcion. 2-Run Games: 3-3 HRs: Stanford - Cooper (5th, solo in 2nd), O’Riordan (2nd, solo in 3rd), Garko (6th, solo in 7th); USC - 3+-Run Games: 14-2 Peavey (4th, solo in 4th). Extra Inning Games: 3-1 Stanford Scores First: 14-3 Stanford 9, at USC 6 -- Game 1; Stanford 12, at USC 10 -- Game 2 (March 23, 2002) - Scott Opponent Scores First: 8-4 Dragicevich singled home Carlos Quentin in the top of the 11th inning of the second game with Leading After 5 Innings: 15-1 the eventual game-winning run to cap a doubleheader sweep for Stanford with a 12-10 victory Trailing After 5 Innings: 4-5 over USC. The Cardinal won the opener, 9-6, after coming back from a 5-0 deficit after the first Tied After 5 Innings: 3-1 two innings. Jeremy Guthrie picked up the victory, scattering eight hits and six runs (three Leading After 8 Innings: 17-0 earned) with six strikeouts over the first 6.0 innings. Jason Cooper was 2-for-5 with a double Trailing After 8 Innings: 2-6 and an RBI in the first game, before going 2-for-4 with two RBI in the second game to extend Tied After 8 Innings: 3-1 his career-high hit streak to 13 games. VanZandt had the only of the day for either 2002 HONORS team, his first of the season and a two-run shot to key a five-run Cardinal rally in the sixth inning of the first game. Game 1 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS Stanford...... 220 321 000 02 - 12 19 2 Jason Cooper - ( Baseball America 1st Team) USC...... 000 331 030 00 - 10 12 4 Tim Cunningham - (Baseball America 2nd Win-McCally(1-0) Loss-Campos(0-1) Save-None T-4:25 A-1154 Team) BATTERIES: Stanford - Cunningham, Ehrlich (7), Naatjes (8), Willcox (8), McCally (8) and Lucy. USC - Sam Fuld - ( Baseball America 3rd Team) Reyes, Olson (4), Campos (7) and Concepcion. HRs: None. Ryan Garko -( Collegiate Baseball 2nd Team) Game 2 Jeremy Guthrie - (Baseball America, 1st Stanford...... 003 005 100 - 9 11 0 Team; Collegiate Baseball 1st Team; NCBWA USC...... 410 000 100 - 6 10 1 1st Team) Win-Guthrie(6-0) Loss-Chico(3-2) Save-Rich(1) T-303 A-1154 Chris O’Riordan - (Collegiate Baseball 1st BATTERIES: Stanford - Guthrie, Rich (7) and Garko. USC - Chico, Butler (6), Howell (6), Rummonds (8) Team; NCBWA 1st Team; Baseball America and Concepcion. HRs: Stanford - VanZandt (1st, 2-run in 6th). 2nd Team) Carlos Quentin - (Baseball America, 1st Team; NCBWA 1st Team; Collegiate Baseball 2002 STANFORD-ARIZONA GAME REVIEWS 2nd Team) at Arizona 15, Stanford 13 -- 8 inn. (April 7, 2002) - Administrators from Arizona and Stanford J.D. Willcox - (Collegiate Baseball, 3rd Team) consulted with Pac-10 officials and declared a 15-13 victory in favor of the Wildcats. The contest was suspended after eight innings on Sunday in order to accommodate Stanford's TOP HITTING STREAKS travel plans. Stanford led the contest 10-1 after two and a half innings before Arizona rallied to score 14 of the next 15 runs in the game. Chris Goodman (2-2) picked up the victory with 15, Jason Cooper (2/15 - 3/28) 4.2 innings of relief, holding the Cardinal to one run and four hits with three strikeouts. Wes 11, Chris O’Riordan (2/8 - 3/1) Zlotoff was credited with his first save of the season by pitching a scoreless eighth inning. J.D. 10, Chris O’Riordan (3/3 - 3/30) Willcox (1-1) suffered the loss for the Cardinal. Chris O'Riordan (4-5, RBI, SB) tied a career- 10, Ryan Garko (2/15 - 3/8) high four hits in the contest, while Jason Cooper (3-5, 2B, HR, 2 RBI) and Carlos Quentin (3- 7, Carlos Quentin (3/28 - 4/7) 4, 2B, 3 RBI, SB) had three hits for the Cardinal. Andy Topham (2-4, HR, 2 RBI, SB) and Tobin 7, Sam Fuld (3/10 - 3/30) 7, Donny Lucy (2/18 - 3/3) Swope (2-4, 2B, RBI, SB) collected two hits each. Pat Reilly (3-6, 2B, 2 RBI) led the Arizona 7, Scott Dragicevich (2/12 - 2/24) attack with three hits. Seven other Wildcats had two hits each - John Hardy (2-3, 3 RBI), Marc 7, Arik VanZandt (3/2 - 3/23) Kaiser (2-4, 2B), Ken Riley (2-4, RBI), Brad Hassey (2-5, 2 RBI), Brian Anderson (2-5, HR, Current Streaks In Bold RBI), Chris Cunningham (2-5, 3B), Justyn St. Clair (2-6, HR, 2 RBI).

Stanford Cardinal Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) Baseball America (4/8/02) Stanford...... 172 001 02 - 13 17 1 Arizona...... 011 063 40 - 15 18 2 Team Record Last Week 1. Clemson 27-2 1 Win-Goodman(2-2) Loss-Willcox(1-1) Save-Zlotoff(1) T-3:23 A-1098 2. Stanford 22-7 2 Stanford - Hudgins, Ehrlich (5), Naatjes (5), Willcox (6), O'Hagan (7) and Garko. Arizona - Kaiser, 3. Rice 28-7 3 Goodman (3), Sulser (8), Zlotoff (8) and Riley. HRs: Stanford - Topham (4th), Cooper (6th); Arizona - 4. Alabama 28-5 11 B. Anderson (3rd), St. Clair (1st). 5. Wake Forest 25-6 7 6. Georgia Tech 27-4 9 7. Houston 23-10 5 Stanford 19, at Arizona 1 (April 6, 2002) - Stanford exploded for a 19-1 victory over Arizona 8. South Carolina 24-8 4 by producing season-highs in both runs and hits (26). Sam Fuld (3-5, 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI) 9. Wichita State 20-7 8 10. Florida State 30-11 10 drove in a career-best six runs, while Chris O’Riordan (3-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI) had the first two- 11. Florida 24-10 6 homer game of his career and Tobin Swope (5-5, 2B, 3 RBI) picked up a career-high five hits. 12. Nebraska 21-10 12 13. Cal State Fullerton 21-10 13 Carlos Quentin (4-6, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI) also tied a career-best with four hits. Tim Cunningham 14. Long Beach State 20-9 14 (5-1) earned the victory by limiting the Wildcats to five hits and one run over the first 7.0 15. Mississippi 25-7 15 16. Texas 28-9 16 innings. 17. Baylor 22-12 17 Stanford...... 042 300 721 - 19 26 1 18. Texas A&M 26-11 18 Arizona...... 000 001 000 - 1 6 2 19. Florida Atlantic 29-6 24 20. East Carolina 23-7 NR Win-Cunningham(5-1) Loss-Little(5-3) Save-None T-2:44 A-980 21. North Carolina 22-11 21 BATTERIES: Stanford - Cunningham, Dyer (8) and Garko. Arizona - Little, Miller (4), Wersel (7), Sears 22. Richmond 28-3 22 (9) and Riley. HRs: Stanford - Fuld (2nd, 3-run in 2nd), O’Riordan 2 (4th, solo in 2nd; 5th, solo in 4th). 23. Arizona State 22-12 19 24. Oklahoma State 22-8 NR 25. James Madison 26-7 NR Stanford 5, at Arizona 4 -- 18 inn. (April 5, 2002) - raced home from third base on a passed ball with two outs in the top of the 18th inning as Stanford outlasted Arizona by Baseball Weekly/ESPN (4/8/02) a final score of 5-4 in an 18-inning marathon that lasted 5:19. Carter doubled to lead off the Team Record Last Week top of the 18th inning, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on the passed ball by Wildcat 1. Clemson 27-2 1 2. Stanford 22-7 2 catcher Chris Cunningham. Andy Topham (5-8, HR, RBI) led Stanford’s offensive attack with 3. Rice 28-7 3 a career-high five hits. Ryan McCally (2-0) picked up the victory. Moises Duran (3-5, HR, RBI) 4. Georgia Tech 27-4 6 and Brad Hassey (3-7) had three hits each for the Wildcats. Arizona’s Pat Reilly set a new 5. Alabama 28-5 9 6. Wake Forest 25-6 7 NCAA Division I single-game record with 29 putouts. 7. South Carolina 24-8 4 Stanford...... 010 001 000 001 001 001 - 5 15 1 8. Florida State 30-11 10 Arizona...... 101 000 000 001 001 000 - 4 16 7 9. Texas 28-9 11 Win-McCally(2-0) Loss-Snyder(1-1) Save-None T-5:19 A-1243 10. Wichita State 20-7 12 11. Florida 24-10 5 BATTERIES: Stanford - Guthrie, McCally (11) and Garko, Lucy (8). Arizona - Rierson, Zlotoff (9), Sulser 12. Houston 23-10 8 (12), Snyder (15) and Cunningham. HRs: Arizona - Duran (6th, solo in 3rd); Stanford - Topham (3rd, solo 13. Mississippi 25-7 13 in 12th). 14. Nebraska 21-10 15 15. Cal State Fullerton 21-10 16 16. Arizona State 22-12 14 STANFORD REMAINS AT NO. 2 IN ALL FOUR MAJOR POLLS 17. Baylor 22-12 17 Stanford remains at No. 2 for the second consecutive week in the latest national polls released 18. Texas A&M 26-11 18 19. Oklahoma State 22-8 19 April 8 by Baseball America, Baseball Weekly/ESPN, Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA. 20. Long Beach State 20-9 25 Stanford began the season as the nation’s unanimous No. 1 team and stayed on top of the 21. Richmond 28-3 24 Baseball America poll for the first seven weeks of the season. Stanford spent two weeks (4/ 22. Auburn 24-10 20 23. East Carolina 23-7-1 NR 9 - 4/16) last year as the nation’s unanimous No. 1 team and six weeks asBaseball America’s 24. North Carolina 22-11 21 top team (3/12 - 4/16) before finishing the year at No. 2 in all four polls. Stanford has been 25. Stetson 27-5 NR ranked No. 1 at one point during each of the past six years (including 2002). Stanford’s poll Collegiate Baseball (4/8/02) history includes a run as “king of the polls” in 1998 when the team held the top spot in the Team Record Last Week Baseball America poll for the entire regular season (a record 14 consecutive weeks). Arizona 1. Clemson 27-2 1 State (No. 23 Baseball America, No. 16 Baseball Weekly/ESPN, No. 20 Collegiate Baseball, 2. Stanford 22-7 2 3. Rice 28-7 3 No. 25 NCBWA) is the only other Pac-10 team currently ranked. 4. South Carolina 23-6 3 5. Alabama 23-5 5 STANFORD EXTENDS REGULAR SEASON SERIES WIN STREAK TO 11 6. Georgia Tech 22-4 6 7. Florida 24-6 7 Stanford has extended its regular season series win streak to 11 after defeating Arizona (4/5 8. Wake Forest 22-5 8 - 4/7) two-of-three games to begin its Pac-10 season in its most recent series. The Cardinal 9. Houston 21-8 9 10. Wichita State 16-6 13 began the streak last season with series victories over Arizona (5/11 - 5/13/01) and at 11. Mississippi 21-7 15 Washington State (5/18 - 5/20/01). This year, the Cardinal has won its first nine regular season 12. North Carolina 19-9 20 series versus Cal State Fullerton (2/1 - 2/3), at Florida State (2/8 - 2/10), at Fresno State (2/ 13. Nebraska 17-9 10 14. Florida State 28-10 11 15 - 2/18), versus Santa Clara (2/22 - 2/24), versus Cal Poly (3/1 - 3/3), at California (3/8 - 3/ 15. Texas 25-8 14 10), at USC (3/23 - 3/24), versus Texas (3/28 - 3/30) and at Arizona (4/5 - 4/7). Stanford has 16. Texas A&M 23-10 16 17. Oklahoma 18-9 17 three sweeps (first Arizona series, Cal Poly, USC) during the stretch and has won two-of-three 18. Baylor 20-11 12 games in the other eight series. Stanford had previously won 17 consecutive series before 19. Cal State Fullerton 18-10 18 being defeated two-of-three in back-to-back series at USC (4/20-4/22/01) and California (4/27- 20. Arizona State 20-10 19 21. Oklahoma State 20-7 27 4/29/01) last season and has now 28 of its last 30 overall. 22. Florida Atlantic 26-6 28 23. Long Beach State 18-9 NR REGULAR STARTING PITCHING ROTATION NOW 16-1 WITH 3.36 ERA 24. Richmond 24-2 25 25. Ohio State 15-5-1 21 Stanford’s regular starting pitching rotation of Jeremy Guthrie (6-0, 3.08, 64.1 IP, 58 SO), Tim 26. San Diego 25-8 22 Cunningham (5-1, 2.67, 60.2 IP, 33 SO) and John Hudgins (5-0, 4.70, 44.0 IP, 33 SO) has 27. Auburn 21-8 23 28. Texas Tech 23-13 16 improved to a combined 16-1 with a 3.36 ERA. 29. Georgia 15-7 29 30. Stetson 23-5 30 2002 Stanford Regular Season Opponents In Italics

Stanford Cardinal Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) 2002 SEASON GAME HIGHS JEREMY GUTHRIE KEEPS WIN STREAK ALIVE AT 11 Jeremy Guthrie has picked up no decisions in each of his last two starts at Arizona (4/5) and versus Texas (3/28) to keep his 11-game win streak on the mound alive. Guthrie was taken TEAM BATTING off the hook for the loss versus Texas when Chris O’Riordan hit a grandslam with a two outs At Bats: 68, at Arizona (4/5) Runs Scored: 19, at Arizona (4/6) in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game, which the Cardinal eventually won, 7-6 in 10 innings. Runs Scored In An Inning: 9, vs. Cal State Guthrie pitched a career-high 10.0 innings at Arizona, holding the Wildcats to two runs and Fullerton (2/2, 4th Inning) nine hits, but received no decision as the Cardinal eventually won the contest 5-4 in 18 innings. Hits: 26, at Arizona (4/6) Guthrie has picked up six victories and three decisions in his nine starts this year. Guthrie was RBIs: 18, vs. twice (3/2, 4/6) 8-4 at one point last season before winning his final five decisions of 2001. Guthrie was last Doubles: 7, at Arizona (4/6) Triples: 2, three times (3/2, 4/5, 4/6) defeated at Sacramento State on May 2, 2001. Home Runs: 4, twice (3/2, 3/8) Total Bases: 46, at Arizona (4/6) CHRIS O’RIORDAN JUMPS BACK TO TIE FOR SECOND IN CAREER BATTING AVERAGE Walks: 8, at Santa Clara (2/23) Chris O’Riordan jumped back into a second place tie on Stanford’s career batting average list Strikeouts: 11, at USC (3/23 - Game 2) (.359, 217-605) after going 8-for-18 (.444) with two homers, three RBI and a stolen base in Sacrifice Hits: 2, three times (2/22, 3/23 - Game 2, 3/28) the three-game series at Arizona (4/5 - 4/7). Sacrifice Flies: 4, vs. Cal Poly (3/2) Stolen Bases: 5, at Arizona (4/7) SAM FULD AND CARLOS QUENTIN TIED FOR 10TH IN CAREER BATTING AVERAGE Hit-By-Pitch: 5, at Florida State (2/9) Sam Fuld and Carlos Quentin are tied for 10th on Stanford’s career batting average list with Caught Stealing: 1, nine times identical .347 career batting averages. Both players have 125 career hits in 360 at bats. In Runners LOB: 15, at Arizona (4/5) Hit Into DP: 3, three times (2/10, 2/18, 4/5) addition, both players have participated in 95 games at Stanford.

TEAM PITCHING BIG INNING BONANZA Innings Pitched: 18.0, at Arizona (4/5) Stanford continued to show its proficiency for big innings this season by posting a pair of Strikeouts: 14, vs. Cal State Fullerton (2/1) seven-run scoring outbursts during the Arizona series (4/6, 4/7). The Cardinal has already Fewest Runs: 1, four times (2/2, 2/12, 4/2, 4/6) Fewest Hits: 3, vs. Brigham Young (2/12) scored five or more runs in an inning 15 times in 2002. Following is a complete list of innings Fewest Walks: 0, twice (2/1, 3/2) in which the Cardinal has scored five or more runs this season ... • Cal State Fullerton (2/2, 17-1, 9 runs in 4th) • at Florida State (2/8, 9-3, 7 runs in 1st) • at Florida TEAM FIELDING State (2/9, 15-11, 5 runs in 5th, 5 runs in 8th) • Brigham Young (2/12, 8-1, 5 runs in 5th) • at Putouts: 54, at Arizona (4/5) Santa Clara (2/23, 9-13, 6 runs in 1st) • Cal Poly (3/2, 18-5, 8 runs in 2nd, 6 runs in 6th) • Cal Assists: 21, at Arizona (4/5) Most Errors: 4, twice (2/24, 3/28) Poly (3/3, 7 runs in 2nd) • California (3/8, 15-4, 7 runs in 7th, 8 runs in 8th) • at USC (3/23 - DPs Turned: 4, at Fresno State (2/18) Game 1, 9-6, 5 runs in 6th) • Texas (3/28, 7-6 in 10 innings, 5 runs in 9th) • at Arizona (4/6 - 7 runs in 7th) • at Arizona (4/7, 13-15, 7 runs in 2nd). MISCELLANEOUS TEAM Longest Game (Innings): 18, at Arizona (4/5) CARDINAL IMPROVES TO 9-0 IN SERIES-OPENERS Longest Game (Time): 5:19, at Arizona (4/5) Shortest Game (Time): 2:25, at California (3/9) Stanford improved to 9-0 in series-openers after outlasting Arizona for a 5-4 victory in 18 Largest Attend: 4875, at Florida State (2/9) innings (4/5). Stanford also has series-opening victories this season versus Cal State Largest Home Attend: 3280, vs. Texas (3/30) Fullerton (2/1, 7-4), at Florida State (2/8, 9-3), at Fresno State (2/15, 6-2), versus Santa Clara (2/22, 5-4), versus Cal Poly (3/1, 8-6), at California (3/8, 15-4), at USC, 9-6 (3/23 - Game 1) INDIVIDUAL BATTING and versus Texas (3/28, 7-6 in 10 innings). At Bats: 8, Cooper, O’Riordan, Topham (4/5) Runs: 4, Garko (2/2), O’Riordan (3/1) Hits: 5, Cooper (3/8), Topham (4/5), Swope (4/6) MISCELLANEOUS NOTES RBIs: 6, Hall (2/2), Fuld (4/6) Jeremy Guthrie (4/5 - 10.0 IP), Ryan McCally (4/5 - 8.0 IP), Sam Fuld (4/6 - 6 RBI), Chris Doubles: 2, Fuld (2/1, 3/23 - Game 2), VanZandt O’Riordan (4-6, 2 HR), Tobin Swope (4/6 - 5 hits) all posted career-highs during the Arizona (2/2), O’Riordan (2/9), Carter (2/16), Lucy (4/6) series ... Swope started two of the three Arizona games at shortstop and went 7-for-12 (.583) Triples: 1, 12 times Home Runs: 2, Cooper (3/8), O’Riordan (4/6) with two doubles, five RBI and a stolen base ... Stanford is averaging a paid crowd of 2499 Total Bases: 11, Jason Cooper (3/8) through its first 13 home games compared to an average of 1912 last year ... John Hudgins Walks: 3, Chris O’Riordan (3/1) tossed the first of his career and the only complete game by a Stanford pitcher Strikeouts: 3, VanZandt (3/8), Quentin (3/23 - this year in a 7-2 win over Texas (3/30) ... Carlos Quentin set a new NCAA Division I single Game 2) game record when he was hit by five pitches at Florida State (2/9) ... Stanford is 11-2 at home Sac Hits: 1, 11 times Sac Flies: 3, Chris O’Riordan (3/2) and 11-4 on the road ... Stanford was picked first in the 2002 Preseason Pac-10 Coaches Poll. Stolen Bases: 2, Hall (2/8, 4/5), VanZandt (3/10) Hit-By-Pitch: 5, Carlos Quentin (2/9)* STANFORD BASEBALL HISTORY *NCAA Division I Single-Game Record Stanford’s storied baseball program has had many highlights as the program is in its 109th season with an all-time record of 2301-1455-32 (.612). The Cardinal won NCAA titles in 1987 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING IP (Start): 10.0, Jeremy Guthrie (4/5) and 1988 before returning to the CWS championship game in each of the last two years (2000, IP (Relief): 8.0, Ryan McCally (4/5) 2001). The program has had winning seasons in 36 of its last 37 campaigns (also 53 of the Fewest Runs (CG): 2, John Hudgins (3/30) last 55), has recorded three straight 50-win seasons for the first time in school history (1999- Fewest Hits (CG): 5, John Hudgins (3/30) 2001) and reached the 40-win mark in seven consecutive campaigns (1995-2001). Just a few Strikeouts: 9, Jeremy Guthrie (2/1) of the other highlights have included 13 College World Series appearances, 18 conference Fewest Walks (CG): 2, John Hudgins (3/30) titles and 22 NCAA Tournament berths. Stanford has boasted a total of 43 All-Americans who INDIVIDUAL FIELDING have earned a total of 50 All-American honors. Stanford has also garnered three NCAA Player Putouts: 15, Arik VanZandt (4/6) of the Year choices in (1998), David McCarty (1991) and (1970). Assists: 10, Chris O’Riordan (4/5) Other numbers for the Cardinal Baseball program include 96 All-Conference players earning Most Errors: 2, Jeremy Guthrie (3/28) a total of 121 All-Conference honors, 57 major league players and 12 first round draft picks in the last 15 years.

Stanford Cardinal Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) UP NEXT FOR THE CARDINAL 2002 MEMORABLE MOMENTS After hosting San Jose State (Tuesday, April 9, 6 pm, PT) and USC (Friday-Sunday, April 12- 14) this week, the Cardinal will conclude its five-game homestand with a non-conference game Stanford’s 19-1 victory at Arizona (4/6) with versus Saint Mary’s next Tuesday, April 16 (6 pm, PT). Stanford will then visit Washington for season-highs in runs and hits (26), including new career bests by Sam Fuld (6 RBI), Chris its first of two consecutive trips to the Northwest for a Pac-10 series Friday-Sunday (April 19- O’Riordan (2 HR) and Tobin Swope (5 hits) ... 21, 6:30 pm, 1 pm, 1 pm, PT). Stanford defeated Saint Mary’s by a final score of 8-3 at Sunken Stanford’s 5-4 victory at Arizona in 18 innings Diamond last season (3/27) and leads the all-time series, 44-8. Stanford swept Washington (4/5) that concluded when Chris Carter scored in a three-game Pac-10 series at Sunken Diamond last season (3/25, 9-3; 3/26, 9-0; 3/27, 13- the game-winning on a passed ball in the top of 4) and has won eight in a row overall. Stanford won two-of-three games the last time the teams the 18th ... John Hudgins’ first career complete played in Seattle during the 1999 season (4/9, 3-2 Washington; 4/10, 7-4; 4/11, 13-10). game and the first by a Cardinal pitcher in 2002 Stanford leads Washington in the all-time series, 28-9. in a 7-2 win over Texas (3/30) ... Chris O’Riordan’s grandslam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth versus Texas (3/28) to send OFFENSIVE REPORT the game into extra innings in a game the Stanford’s team batting average currently sits at .328 after collecting 43 hits in the last two Cardinal eventually won on an RBI infield single games, snapping a 10-game stretch in which the Cardinal hit just .255 and saw its team by Jonny Ash in the bottom of the 10th ... Scott batting average fall .036 points from .351 to .315. The recent two-game surge included Dragicevich’s game-winning single in the top of season-highs of 19 runs and 26 hits in a 19-1 win at Arizona (4/6). Stanford has jumped back the 11th inning in a 12-10 Cardinal victory in the into range of the school record of .337 set in 1981. Stanford has posted double-digit hits in 20 second game of a doubleheader sweep at USC of its first 29 games and is averaging 8.4 runs per game, while posting double digit runs in eight (3/23 - Game 2) ... Jason Cooper’s third homer games. Jason Cooper continues to lead or co-lead the regular starters in batting average of the series and Darin Naatjes’ first collegiate save at California (3/10) ... Jason Cooper’s (.400), homers (6, co-leader), RBI (29), total bases (69), (.657) and on- career-high five hits (5-5, 4 RBI) and first career base percentage (.443). Sam Fuld paces the club in hits (44), doubles (12) and at bats (133). two-homer game in a 15-4 win at California (3/ Ryan Garko co-leads the team with six homers and 35 runs scored. Chris O’Riordan leads the 8) ... John Hudgins’ performance against Cal club with 17 bases on balls and co-leads the club with 35 runs scored. Carlos Quentin paces Poly (3/3) in which he faced only one batter over the squad with three triples and has been hit by a team-high 11 pitches. Brian Hall leads the the minimum through the first 6.0 innings in his team with seven stolen bases. Tobin Swope has recently moved into a starting role at shortstop first start of the season ... Stanford’s four homers and is hitting .500 (12-24) with two doubles, five RBI and a stolen base in three starts and 14 (Ryan Garko, Jason Cooper, Chris Carter, Andy games played. Quentin (.351), O’Riordan (.344), Garko (.333), Fuld (.331), Andy Topham Topham) in an 18-5 win over Cal Poly (3/2) ... Ryan Garko’s two-run walk-off homer to lift (.329), Scott Dragicevich (.313) and Arik VanZandt (.303) are other regulars hitting above .300. Stanford to an 8-7 victory over Santa Clara (2/ 24) and give Jonny Dyer his first collegiate PITCHING REPORT victory ... Jason Cooper’s RBI-single in the Stanford’s ERA currently sits at 3.81 through its first 29 games, 0.31 higher than last year’s bottom of the ninth to score Carlos Quentin from final 3.50 mark. Stanford’s regular starting rotation of Jeremy Guthrie (6-0, 3.08, 64.1 IP, 58 second base and give the Cardinal a 5-4 win SO), Tim Cunningham (5-1, 2.67, 60.2 IP, 33 SO) and John Hudgins (5-0, 4.70, 44.0 IP, 33 over Santa Clara (2/22) ... Tim Cunningham’s SO) is a combined 16-1 with a 3.36 ERA. Guthrie leads the club in victories, innings pitched bid for his first career shutout and complete and strikeouts. Cunningham is second in innings pitched and tied with Hudgins for second in game in a masterful performance at Fresno State (2/18 - 7.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO) both victories and strikeouts. Guthrie had the team’s longest performance of the year with a ... Sam Fuld’s career-high-tying four hit game career-high 10.0 innings pitched at Arizona (4/5). Hudgins has the staff’s only complete game (4-4, RBI) at Fresno State (2/16) ... Carlos in a 7-2 win over Texas (3/30). Several other pitchers have also been effective out of the Quentin’s career-high-tying four-hit game (4-4, bullpen, including Jonny Dyer (1-0, 0.00, 4.2 IP, 5 SO), Dan Rich (0-0, 1.93, 1 SV, 9.1 IP, 12 2B) at Fresno State (2/15) ... The first career SO), Ryan McCally (2-0, 2.88, 4 SV, 25.0 IP, 24 SO). McCally has allowed just two runs in 23.2 homers for Sam Fuld and Donny Lucy in an 8- innings of relief work this year and pitched a career-high 8.0 innings of relief at Arizona (4/5). 1 win over Brigham Young (2/12) ... The first career pitching appearances for Darin Naatjes, DEFENSIVE REPORT David O’Hagan and Jonny Dyer versus Brigham Young (2/12) ... Carlos Quentin setting a new Stanford is playing its best defense of the season, going errorless in six of its last 11 games NCAA Division I single-game record being hit and raising its fielding percentage to .970, just .007 below last year’s .977 school record and by five pitches at Florida State (2/9) ... Ryan nation’s best mark. The Cardinal had made at least one error in 10 straight games before going Garko’s mammoth three-run homer off the top errorless at California (3/10) to start its current fielding stretch. Stanford has now been of a bus beyond the left field fence that ignited errorless a total of nine times this year. Ryan Garko leads the club with 178 putouts, while Chris Stanford’s 15-11 wild comeback win at Florida O’Riordan has a team-high 100 assists. The Cardinal has turned 37 double plays, including State (2/9) ... Stanford’s seven-run first inning in a season-high four at Fresno State (2/18). Arik VanZandt posted a team season-best 15 the opening game of a series at Florida State (2/ putouts at Arizona (4/6), while O’Riordan had a team season-best 10 assists at Arizona (4/5). 8) ... Carlos Quentin’s tape-measure home run, his second longball of the series, against Cal State Fullerton (2/3) ... Jason Cooper’s six consecutive singles spanning the final at bat in his first game of the Cal State Fullerton series (2/1) through his first at bat in the final game of the series (2/3) ... Brian Hall’s career-high six RBI and Stanford’s nine-run fourth inning in a 17-1 win over Cal State Fullerton (2/2) ... Stanford’s nine-run fourth inning in the 17-1 win over Cal State Fullerton (2/2) ... Carlos Quentin’s three-run homer in his first at bat of the year for the second straight season against Cal State Fullerton (2/1) ... Jeremy Guthrie and Ryan McCally’s 14 strikeouts-no walk pitching effort against Cal State Fullerton (2/1). Stanford Cardinal Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) STANFORD HEAD COACH MARK MARQUESS PLAYER QUOTES One of the nation’s premier collegiate coaches, Mark Marquess is in his 26th season at the helm of Stanford Baseball in 2002. Marquess has a career record of 1068-522-5 (.671), all at "I've just been trying to get better and better Stanford. Last year, he became the 23rd coach in the history of NCAA Division I baseball to every year and every day, so that when I do get reach the 1000-win mark with a 6-2 victory over Florida State in a game played on February a chance to play I can do well. "It's pretty satisfying to do well when I do get the chance." 9, 2001. The 1969 Stanford graduate has led the Cardinal to two NCAA titles (1987, ‘88) and Tobin Swope after his collecting a career- two other CWS title game appearances (2000, ‘01), as well as 11 College World Series high five hits (5-5, 2B, 3 RBI) at Arizona (4/6) appearances (1982, ‘83, ‘85, ‘87, ‘88, ‘90, ‘95, ‘97, ‘99, 2000, ‘01), 11 NCAA Regional titles (1982, ‘83, ‘85, ‘87, ‘88, ‘90, ‘95, ‘97, ‘99, 2000, ‘01), 10 Pac-10 or Pac-10 Southern Division "Mentally, I have to prepare myself the entire regular season titles (1983, ‘84, ‘85, ‘87, ‘90, ‘94, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, 2000) and three NCAA Super game to know that I might be needed to help the Regional championships (1999, 2000, ‘01). The Cardinal has qualified for the NCAA Tournament team win in any situation possible. I just have to 19 times under Marquess. He began the 2002 season ranked 12th in victories and 16th in prepare myself to excel in that one brief moment winning percentage among active Division I baseball coaches, while ranking 23rd on the all- I get out there on the field." Jonny Ash after his key two-RBI pinch- time victory list and 42nd on the all-time winning percentage list. He has been named NCAA hit single in a 4-1 victory over USF (4/2) Coach of the Year three times (1985, ‘87, ‘88) and has received Pac-10 or Pac-10 Southern Division Coach of the Year honors on eight occasions (1983, ‘85, ‘87, ‘90, ‘94, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99). "It felt really good to get my first collegiate The Cardinal has suffered just one losing season during his tenure and has finished either first complete game. I just tried to take it one pitch at or second in the prestigious Pacific-10 (formerly Pac-10 Southern Division) 19 times in the last a time, and it all came together.” 21 seasons. Stanford has had 99 draft picks in the past 17 seasons, John Hudgins after his first career including 12 first round selections in the last 15 years. A member of the American Baseball complete game versus Texas (3/30) Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Marquess was the head coach of the 1988 United States "It's always neat to get a bunch of hits in one Olympic baseball team that captured the gold medal. Marquess was also an accomplished game, especially when you can get a couple of football and baseball standout on The Farm and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of big ones.” Fame. He is one of only six collegiate baseball head coaches to have both played and coached Jason Cooper after blasting two homers in the College World Series. Marquess was the starting first baseman and a First Team All- for the first time in his career and going 5- American on Stanford’s 1967 College World Series squad and played four seasons of minor for-5 with four RBI to set a career-high for league baseball with the organization. hits at California (3/8) COMMENTS FROM MARK MARQUESS “It was a big relief to get that monkey off my back. It’s been in the back of mind, and it’s (on the upcoming USC series) “USC is off to a good start in Pac-10 play, and that doesn’t good to get it out of the way. If I can add a little surprise me. A lot of that has to do with them being healthier now. They are a solid team and more power to my game that’s great, but it’s were picked high in the preseason polls. I wish they weren’t playing as well as they are now, not something I’m going to make a big effort to but they are. It should be a good series, and its a great rivalry. Hopefully, the weather will do.” cooperate and we will have great crowds. It should be college baseball at its finest. It will be Sam Fuld after hitting his first career big for whichever team wins the series.” homer versus Brigham Young (2/12) (on the Arizona series) “It was a really unusual series to say the least with an 18-inning game on Friday, the wind conditions on Saturday and Arizona’s big comeback on Sunday. They "I have kind of mixed feelings. It’s kind of fun to have a (NCAA) record, but it’s not too fun to get were three really wild games.” hit five times.” (on playing three of the first four Pac-10 series on the road) “You prefer not to do that, Carlos Quentin after being hit five times but that’s the way the schedule broke for us. When you play nine of the first 12 games on the at Florida State (2/9) to set a new NCAA road, you have a chance to get down. The first 12 games will be tough for us with USC being Division I single-game record our only home series in the group.” (on the team’s offensive performance at Arizona) “Normally, there’s a lot of offense at "(Our comeback) goes to show what an Arizona with their hard surface and winds. But, we swung the bats well in the last two days of experienced team we have. There’s no quit in the series.” this team. We’ve been through games like this before. We know we can swing the bat.” (on the balance in the Pac-10) “Anybody is capable of beating another Pac-10 team in Ryan Garko after his three-run homer in a series. All the teams have enough talent to do that. The league is very unpredictable. The the fifth inning ignited a Cardinal comeback team that’s going to win the league is one that can get a couple of sweeps and not get swept, in a 15-11 win at Florida State (2/9) but that will be difficult to do. I would be surprised if anybody ran away with the league title.”

“I am eagerly anticipating the upcoming season. STANFORD COACHING STAFF We have a great core group of players back Dean Stotz is in his 26th campaign with Stanford Baseball and his third season as associate from last year's team as well as some very head coach after he was promoted to the position prior to the 2000 campaign. Stotz served for exciting freshmen. It will definitely be a challenge to become the first group to go to the CWS four 23 years as an assistant. Stotz currently coaches third base while also handling various years in a row; there is a reason it has never offensive and defensive aspects of the game. Tom Kunis (3rd season) handles the Cardinal been done before. Making the CWS and winning pitching staff, while Dave Nakama (3rd season) returns as an assistant coach after three a national championship is a goal we set at the seasons as the head coach at San Francisco State. Nakama, also a Cardinal assistant in 1997 beginning of every year, and this year it will be and 1998, assists with all aspects of the game and serves as Stanford’s first base coach. no different. Hopefully, we will rise to the challenge and make another run in Omaha. “ Chris O’Riordan prior to the season

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