U N I V E R S I T Y O F W A S H I N G T O N HUSKY Phone: (206) 685-7910 Fax: (206) 543-5000 Web Site – www.gohuskies.com THIS WEEK . . . March 1, 2005 Contact: Jeff Bechthold (bechtold@u..edu)

Wednesday, March 2 Huskies Open Home Season With St. Martin’s at Washington Husky Ballpark, 6:30 p.m. Seven Games Over Nine Days Friday, March 4 THIS WEEKEND: The Washington baseball team (4-7) finally returns home after 11 rain-soaked road games to UC Santa Barbara at Washington open the 2005 season. The Huskies, who went 2-3 last weekend at the Aggie Baseball Classic at Texas A&M, will play Husky Ballpark, 6:30 p.m. seven home games over nine days before getting a week off entirely. St. Martin’s (4-7) comes to Husky Ballpark Wednes- day night for a 6:30 p.m. home opener. Friday through Sunday, UC Santa Barbara comes to for a three-game Saturday, March 5 series. Next week, the UW hosts Portland on Tuesday and Pacific on Wednesday and Thursday. After that, the UW will UC Santa Barbara at Washington have eight days off before facing Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo on the road March 18-20. Here’s this week’s schedule: Husky Ballpark, 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 2: Washington vs. St. Martin’s, Husky Ballpark, 6:30 p.m. – RHP Kyle Parker (1-2, 5.25) Sunday, March 6 Friday, March 4: Washington vs. UC Santa Barbara, Husky Ballpark, 6:30 p.m. – RHP Tim Lincecum (1-2, 4.58) UC Santa Barbara at Washington Saturday, March 5: Washington vs. UC Santa Barbara, Husky Ballpark, 1:00 p.m. – RHP Matt Kasser (1-2, 3.50) Husky Ballpark, 1:00 p.m. Sunday, March 6: Washington vs. UC Santa Barbara, Husky Ballpark, 1:00 p.m. – RHP Kyle Parker (1-2, 5.25)

audio for all games of homestand SERIES HISTORY: Washington has won all four of its meetings against St. Martin’s, winning one game each season between 1997 and 2000. The UW, however, hasn’t faced the Saints since 2000. Here are the scores of those four available at gohuskies.com games: 15-5 in 2000, 7-0 in 1999, 13-12 in 1998 and 18-6 in 1997. UC Santa Barbara holds a 7-3 all-time edge in the series against the Huskies. Most recently, the Huskies beat the Gauchos, 6-5, in a tournament at Pepperdine on the first COMING UP . . . weekend of the Dawgs’ 2003 season. In 1998, in a game played at a tournament at San Diego State, Washington beat UCSB, 17-9. The only other UW-UCSB game during Ken Knutson’s tenure was an 11-3 Husky loss at UCSB in 1995. Tuesday, March 8 Portland at Washington COACH “K”: Last season, Husky baseball coach Ken Knutson became the winningest baseball coach in the Husky Ballpark, 6:30 p.m. history of the program. That accomplishment is just one item on Knutson’s impressive resume. In his 12 seasons at the helm of his alma mater’s baseball team, Knutson has led the Dawgs to two Pac-10 championships, four Pac-10 Northern Wed.-Thu., March 9-10 Division titles, two other second-place finishes and six NCAA Regionals. His career overall record now stands at 432- Pacific at Washington 280-2 (.606). Before becoming the Husky head man in 1993, Knutson served as the Husky pitching coach for eight 6:30 p.m. Wed.; 3:00 p.m. Thu. seasons. In 1985, his UW pitching staff led the nation with a 2.80 ERA. Knutson holds a 210-90-2 (.699) record in home games. He is 182-124 (.595) in Pac-10 games. Knutson has coached 44 first-team All-Pac-10 selections in 12 seasons, and has been named league coach of the year three times. A 1981 All-Pac-10 left-handed pitcher at the UW, he is joined QUICK PITCHES . . . by assistants Joe Ross, Donny Harrel, and Gregg Swenson and undergrad assistant Ty Kuehl. • After 11 straight road games to open PROBABLE STARTERS: Here’s a look at the probable starters at each position, with stats and notes: the season, the Huskies play their next Pos. Player, Year Avg.-HR-RBI Notes seven at home over the course of only C – Matt Lane, So. .148-0-3 Has started 8 of 11 at C; opponents are 6-9 stealing against nine days. Joey Dunn, Fr. .250-0-1 Has started three games at C; 2-for-8 at the plate so far • Wednesday’s game vs. St. Martin’s 1B – Kyle Larsen, Sr. .265-0-2 Now in fourth season as Huskies’ starter at first base will be the UW’s first on their new 2B – Mike Rundle, Sr. .074-0-1 Transfer from Gonzaga took over for 3-year starter Isaacson FieldTurf field at Husky Ballpark. Andy Lentz, Fr. .077-0-0 Started last three at 2B and in the leadoff spot SS – Brent Lillibridge, Jr. .250-1-10 5-for-15, 5 RBI at A&M tourney; made all-tournament 3B – Nick Batkoski, Sr. .341-0-4 Started all 11 at 3B; leads UW with .341 avg., 14 hits OF – Zach Clem, Jr. .158-0-0 First-team All-Pac-10 in ‘04; started 6 of 11 so far in ‘05 OF – Taylor Johnson, Sr. .297-2-5 Started all 11 in RF; made first mound appearance last Fri. OF – Nick Burnham, Jr. .233-0-4 Has started 9 of 11 games; leads team with four steals OF – Cory Rickard, Jr. .100-0-0 Three starts in left and center field; 1-for-10 at the plate OF – Matt Stevens, So. .167-0-0 1-for-6 on the season; two starts in left field DH – Curt Rindal, So. .314-0-4 Has started 10 of 11 at DH; all-tournament at Texas A&M NEXT WEEK’S HUSKY BASEBALL PLANNER . . . Wed. 2 Thu. 3 Fri. 4 Sat. 5 Sun. 6 Mon. 7 Tue. 8 St. Martin’s UCSB UCSB UCSB Portland at Washington Practice at Washington at Washington at Washington at Washington Husky Ballpark Husky Ballpark Husky Ballpark Husky Ballpark Husky Ballpark off day Husky Ballpark

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University of Washington Athletics • Media Relations • 229 Graves Building • Box 354070 • Seattle, WA 98195-4070 NATIONAL RANKINGS WASHINGTON BASEBALL MARCH 1, 2005 Baseball America BROADCASTS ON THE WEB: All of Washington’s upcoming seven home games will air live on internet-only Top 25 (Feb. 28, 2005) audio broadcasts. For information on how to listen to the games, go to gohuskies.com, and click on the audio/video link. 1. Tulane 9-1 Also check gohuskies.com for any future web broadcasts. Additionally, 20 regular season games will air live on KKNW 2. Texas 15-0 1150-AM. Those broadcasts will also be available via the internet. The first scheduled radio broadcasts are the series at 3. Louisiana State 9-1 Arizona March 24-26. When additional games are added to the internet-only schedule, an announcement will be posted to 4. Cal State Fullerton 7-2 gohuskies.com. 5. South Carolina 9-0 6. North Carolina 8-0 SQUAD BREAKDOWN: Washington’s 36-man roster is pretty well balanced for a college baseball roster. The 7. Georgia 5-1 8. Florida 8-2 team includes six seniors, nine juniors, seven sophomores and 14 freshmen. Nineteen players are returners while 17 are 9. Miami, Fla. 10-3 new (14 of those 17 are true freshmen). Washington’s returning players have competed in a total of 857 UW baseball 10. Arizona ★ 11-3 games, and have combined for 2,168 career at bats and 572 and one-third career innings pitched in a Husky uniform. 11. Stanford ★ 9-6 12. Rice 10-2 TOUGH SCHEDULE: Counting those in the “others receiving votes” category, the preseason Sports Weekly/ 13. Vanderbilt 6-0 ESPN coaches’ poll ranked 66 teams this season. Washington, which tied with Pac-10 foe Arizona for the No. 12 spot in 14. Baylor 6-4 that poll, will play a total of 31 games against teams that received votes in the preseason ranking. Those 31 games come 15. Texas A&M ★ 7-4 against 11 different teams, including six conference opponents. The Huskies will play a total of 11 games against four 16. Mississippi 5-2 teams ranked in the top 12 in the preseason poll – three each against No. 6 Stanford, No. 9 Arizona State and No. 12 17. Georgia Tech 7-2 Arizona, plus two at No. 10 Texas A&M. Well-respected baseball website boydsworld.com ranks the Huskies’ schedule as 18. Florida State 15-1 the ninth-toughest in the nation. Also as regards the schedule, the Huskies will play 24 home games this season (plus an 19. Arkansas 9-1 exhibition vs. the University of British Columbia) and 32 on the road. Washington’s first 12 games will be on the road. 20. College of Charleston 7-1 21. Louisiana-Lafayette 10-0 NORTHWEST FLAVOR: As is usually the case, the Husky baseball roster is made up primarily of players from the 22. Texas Tech 11-1 state of Washington. This year, however, it’s nearly unanimous as 35 of the 36 players on the preseason roster are from the ★ 23. USC 5-2 state of Washington. The only non-Washingtonian on the team is senior second baseman Mike Rundle, from Bend, ★ 24. Oregon State 8-1 Oregon. However, Rundle, in his first season with the Huskies, played last season at Gonzaga, which is located in Spokane, 25. Texas Christian 7-3 Wash. Of the 35 in-state players, 29 are from the western part of the state (west of the Cascades).

Sports Weekly / ESPN Coaches’ Poll PRESEASON ACCOLADES: Perhaps more than in any other season since the 1999 merger of the Pac-10’s two Top 25 (Feb. 28, 2005) divisions, the preseason publications have a lot of good things to say about the 2005 Husky baseball team. The Huskies 1. Texas 15-0 were ranked no lower than 17th in the various preseason polls: No. 8 in Baseball America, No. 12 (tied) in the ESPN/Sports 2. Louisiana State 9-1 Weekly coaches’ poll and No. 17 in Collegiate Baseball. Baseball America, in its extensive preview edition, tabbed the 3. Tulane 9-1 UW for a second-place Pac-10 finish, and included the Dawgs in its postseason projections as a No. 1 seed. The Huskies 4. Cal State Fullerton 7-2 were represented by three players – SP Tim Lincecum, RP Richie Lentz and SS Brent Lillibridge – on the preseason 5. South Carolina 9-0 All-Pac-10 team while Lincecum was also a Collegiate Baseball preseason All-American first-teamer and Lillibridge made 6. Miami, Fla. 10-3 7. Rice 10-2 the third team. Baseball America additionally tabbed several Huskies in its top-50 prospects by class. Lincecum was the 8. Georgia 5-1 No. 9 sophomore with Lentz close behind at No. 11. Starting pitcher Kyle Parker was listed as the No. 18 sophomore. 9. Florida State 15-1 Lillibridge was named the No. 36 junior in the nation while first baseman Kyle Larsen was named the No. 14 senior. In its 10. North Carolina 8-0 “best tools” listings for the Pac-10, Baseball America stated that Lincecum has the conference’s best breaking ball and 11. Stanford ★ 9-6 Lentz its best fastball. Larsen, also named the preseason “Gold Glove All-America” team, repeated as the best defensive 12. Arizona ★ 11-3 first baseman in the league while Nick Batkoski was named best defensive third baseman. Finally, Baseball America 13. Florida 8-2 listed Lincecum as the No. 8 prospect in the Pac-10 for the 2005 draft and listed Lillibridge right behind him at No. 9. 14. Arkansas 9-1 15. Vanderbilt 6-0 POSITION PLAYER NOTES (in alphabetical order): 16. Georgia Tech 7-2 RYAN ANDERSON, Freshman IF: Latest in a long line of Kamiakin HS products to play baseball at the UW 17. Mississippi 5-2 ... backs up in the middle infield ... hit .430 as a junior and .420 as a senior in HS. 18. USC ★ 5-2 19. Baylor 6-4 NICK BATKOSKI, Senior 3B: For the first time in his career, entered the season as a starter ... has played 2B, 20. Texas A&M ★ 7-4 3B, SS, OF and DH during his career, including 29 stats at SS last year .. hit .500 (6-for-12) in the series at UC Irvine, scoring 21. Nebraska 7-0 three of the UW’s six runs on the weekend ... 3-for-4 opening day ... 5-for-14 in Santa Clara series ... hit .346 in 81 at bats 22. Texas Tech 11-1 in 2003 and .303 in 165 at bats last season ... named the Pac-10’s top defensive third baseman by Baseball America. 23. Texas Christian 7-3 24. Wichita State 11-0 MICHAEL BURGHER, Freshman OF: Enters the season as a backup in the outfield ... drafted by the 25. Long Beach State 8-6 Dodgers in the 36th round of the 2004 draft ... captained his summer team (Shockers) to three state championships. Others receiving votes: Clemson 86, NICK BURNHAM, Junior OF: Auburn 81, Louisiana-Lafayette 81, Oregon Entered the year as the starting center fielder after a strong fall and spring State★ 71, Notre Dame 61, North Carolina practice season ... started first two games at UC Irvine, going 1-for-8 with a double ... started two at Santa Clara, going 4- State 40, Arizona State★ 38, California★ 29, for-9 with a double and three RBI ... started all five at Texas A&M tourney ... leads UW with four steals (in four tries) ... Central Florida 21, Oral Roberts 19, Coastal started on opening day last year, but made only two more starts during the season ... saw action in 24 games in 2004. Carolina 17, Winthrop 17, College of ZACH CLEM, Junior OF: The UW’s starting left fielder saw only one pinch hit at UC Irvine due to a groin pull ... Charleston 16, WASHINGTON 16, Hawaii started all three at Santa Clara, two in LF, one at DH ... 3-for-11 with a double in Santa Clara series ... started 3 of 5 at 13, Virginia 13, Mississippi State 12, UC Texas A&M tourney ... after only three at bats as a freshman in 2003, became an everyday starter in left field last year and Irvine★ 11, East Carolina 10, Nevada 6, earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors after batting .336 with a team-high 13 home runs ... hit third most of the season ... Evansville 2, Tennessee 2, Rutgers 1. played on the Aloha (Ore.) team that won the National Baseball Congress World Series title over the summer.

★ – 2005 UW opponent JOEY DUNN, Freshman C: One of three new catchers on the Husky rosters ... started game two at UC Irvine, WASHINGTON BASEBALL MARCH 1, 2005 UW Baseball in 2005 going 0-for-2 ... also played in game two (off the bench) of the Santa Clara series and got first career hit, a single ... got Overall Record: 4-7 first hit (RBI single) in loss to Evansville ... started two at A&M tourney ... three-time team MVP at Inglemoor High. Pac-10: 0-0 Non-Conference: 4-7 MATT HAGUE, Freshman IF/OF: Multi-position player backs up at third base and in the outfield and should Home Games: 0-0 also see action out of the bullpen ... hasn’t had an AB yet, but has appeared four times on the mound ... first-team all-state Away Games: 3-5 pitcher and second-team infielder at Kentwood High. Neutral Site Games: 1-2 vs. Ranked Teams: 1-1 NICK JILES, Soph. OF: Enters his first season at the UW as a backup outfielder and profiles as a center fielder vs. Unranked Teams: 3-6 ... started in CF in game three at UC Irvine, going 0-for-3 ... two-time All-Big-9 pick at Davis High in Yakima ... twin brother, NaCoubi, plays baseball at Yakima Valley CC. Day Games: 3-5 Night Games: 1-2 TAYLOR JOHNSON, Senior OF: Entered the 2005 season as starting right fielder ... started all 11 so far ... On Natural Grass: 4-7 went 7-for-15 (.467) in Santa Clara series with mulitple hits in each game ... homered and drove in two runs in the 3-2 win On Artificial Turf: 0-0 Monday at Santa Clara ... has two of UW’s three home runs this season, including an eighth-inning solo shot on opening vs. Right-Hand Starters: 4-5 day at UC Irvine ... 3-for-13 at Texas A&M series ... has been an off-and-on starter in CF and RF the last three seasons ... also vs. Left-Hand Starters: 0-2 a reliever ... saw first mound action (1 inning) at Texas A&M Feb. 25 ... taken in 39th round of 2001 draft (Pittsburgh) ... named No. 8 prospect in his summer league by Baseball America. One-Run Games: 2-1 Two-Run Games: 0-0 MATT LANE, Soph. C: Starts at catcher in 2005 after having backed up there last season ... started two of three Extra Innings: 0-0 at UC Irvine and all three at Santa Clara ... 3-for-11 at Santa Clara ... has thrown out 3-of-9 would-be basestealers in 2005 UW Scores First: 4-1 ... made only one start behind the plate last year, but made 36 starts at DH ... hit .301 with six homers as a freshman ... was Opponent Scores First: 0-6 a member of the National Baseball Congress World Series champion Aloha (Ore.) team over the summer. UW Scores in First Inning: 0-1 Opp. Scores in First Inning: 0-5 KYLE LARSEN, Senior 1B: In his fourth year as the everyday starting first baseman ... has made only four Largest Winning Margin: 11 errors in 1,615 career chances ... went 2-for-10 in UCI series and 4-for-11 with two doubles at Santa Clara ... 3-for-13 in Largest Losing Margin: 5 Texas A&M tournament ... for the third straight year, named top defensive 1B in the Pac-10 by Baseball America ... also made Baseball America’s all-Gold Glove team and was tabbed as the No. 14 senior prospect in the nation ... ranks ninth in Ahead After Seven: 2-0 UW history in hits (203), ninth in RBI (133) and 10th in homers (24) ... started all 60 last season, 59 of 60 in 2003, and 47 of Trailing After Seven: 0-5 61 as a freshman ... drafted by the Mets in the 14th round of the 2001 draft. Tied After Seven: 0-0 Ahead After Eight: 2-0 ANDY LENTZ, Freshman OF/IF: Younger brother of UW sophomore P Richie Lentz and former third baseman Trailing After Eight: 0-5 Ryan Lentz ... started in LF Feb. 13 at UC Irvine, going 0-for-3 with an HBP ... started last three games at Texas A&M Tied After Eight: 0-0 tournament, all at second base and No. 1 in the batting order ... four walks in lone start at Santa Clara. Out-hit Opponents: 3-1 BRENT LILLIBRIDGE, Junior SS: Has earned first-team All-Pac-10 in each of his two previous seasons ... a Out-hit by Opponents: 0-5 preseason third-team All-American (Collegiate Baseball) ... preseason All-Pac-10 and the No. 36 junior in the nation by Equal Number of Hits: 1-1 Baseball America ... started all three at SS at UC Irvine, going 4-for-11 with a triple ... had another triple in the 13-2 win Fewer Errors Than Opp.: 2-3 over Santa Clara, when he drove in five runs ... made all-tournament team at Texas A&M, going 5-for-15 with five RBI ... More Errors Than Opp.: 0-4 had a three-run double vs. Evansville and a two-run homer vs. San Diego ... .347 career average entering the season Equal Number of Errors: 2-0 ranked sixth in UW history ... also tied for 10th in UW history with 25 home runs ... seven of 11 home runs last season came to lead off a game ... started all 60 games last year at either SS or CF ... started in center for the U.S. National Team Monday: 2-1 in 2003 ... all-tournament at the NCAA Regional the last two years ... .388 average in 2003 was No. 2 in the nation among Tuesday: 0-0 freshmen and his .699 slugging mark was best among Division I frosh. Wednesday: 0-0 Thursday: 0-0 KIEL LILLIBRIDGE, Freshman IF: Backs up his older brother, Brent, at shortstop ... saw action at 2B in 13- Friday: 0-1 2 win at Santa Clara ... first-team all-league SS as a HS senior after making the second-team as a catcher his junior year. Saturday: 0-2 Sunday: 2-3 D.J. NEYENS, Junior C: Had lone AB thus far in loss at Texas A&M Feb. 25 ... played last two seasons at nearby Edmonds CC, helping Tritons to the NWAACC title his freshman year and a third-place finish as a sophomore. February: 4-7 March: 0-0 CORY RICKARD, Junior OF: Started the season opener in LF (0-for-4) ... started Feb. 20 at Santa Clara ...1- April: 0-0 for-2 in start Feb. 28 vs. San Diego ... transfer from Spokane Falls CC ... first-team All-Eastern Division as a sophomore . May: 0-0 Last 5 Games: 2-3 CURT RINDAL, Soph. 1B/DH: Started all three at DH at UC Irvine, going 4-for-11 with three of the UW’s six Last 10 Games: 4-6 RBI ... started two of three at Santa Clara (2-for-9) ... made all-tournament team at Texas A&M, going 5-for-15 in five starts .... got a medical redshirt season last year after dislocating his left elbow in a practice. Current Streak: Lost 1 Longest Win Streak: 2 MIKE RUNDLE, Senior 2B: Transfer from Gonzaga starts second base ... started first 8 at DH ... hit .221 with Longest Loss Streak: 4 an HR and 16 RBI last season at Gonzaga ... played previously at Citrus JC in Glendora, Calif., where he batted .390 as a Largest Home Crowd: n/a freshman and .373 as a sophomore ... summer all-league first-teamer, playing for his hometown Bend Elks. Largest Road Crowd: 7,669 JOSH SHOWERS, Junior IF: Played late in one game at UC Irvine at 2B ... didn’t see any game action last at Texas A&M (Feb. 25) season, due in part to injury ... played in four games, getting two at bats, as a freshman in 2003 ... backs up 2B, 3B and SS. Shortest Game: 2:24 (9 innings) MATT STEVENS, Freshman IF/OF: Started in LF in the second game of the season at UC Irvine (0-for-3) ... at Santa Clara (Feb. 21) singled in loss at Texas A&M for first hit ... started in 4-1 win over San Diego ... backs up at third base, first base and in the Longest Game: 3:19 outfield ... two-time all-league first-teamer at Lake Stevens HS ... also all-area and all-state as a senior. at Santa Clara (Feb. 20; game two) 2005 Washington WASHINGTON BASEBALL MARCH 1, 2005 Schedule/Results PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER NOTES (in order): Feb. 12 at UC Irvine L, 6-3 WED. & SUN. – KYLE PARKER, Sophomore RHP: Moved into the starting rotation partway Feb. 12 at UC Irvine L, 8-3 through his freshman year and spent the last portion of the season as the UW’s Friday starter ... finished the season Feb. 13 at UC Irvine L, 5-0 with a 4-3 record and a 3.84 ERA over 75 innings ... .224 opponent batting average ranked third in the Pac-10 ... six shutout innings Feb. 20 vs. Santa Clara for first win ... allowed no runs on two hits over 6.0 in that one ... rough time Feb. 20 at Santa Clara L, 5-2 in first start this season, Feb. 12 at UC Irvine, allowing seven runs (only two earned) in two innings for a loss ... took Feb. 20 at Santa Clara W, 13-2 loss Feb. 25 at Texas A&M: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 4 K ... threw the UW’s only complete game last year in a win Feb. 21 at Santa Clara W, 3-2 over Ole Miss in the NCAA Oxford Regional last year ... led Aloha (Ore.) to the National Baseball Congress World Feb. 25 at Texas A&M% L, 10-4 Series championship over the summer ... threw a five-hit shutout in the championship game ... Baseball America Feb. 27 vs. Evansville% L, 5-4 named him the No. 2 prospect in the Pacific International League (summer) and the No. 18 sophomore in the nation. Feb. 27 at Texas A&M% W, 1-0 Feb. 28 vs. San Diego% W, 4-1 FRI. – TIM LINCECUM, Sophomore RHP: A preseason All-American after having been named the Feb. 28 vs. San Diego% L, 3-0 Pac-10 Pitcher and Freshman of the Year in 2004 ... struck out 161 batters in 112.1 innings last year, breaking the school record for Ks ... also second in the NCAA in , behind only Long Beach State’s Jered Weaver ... Mar. 2 ST. MARTIN’S 6:30 p.m. Collegiate Baseball’s National Freshman of the Year ... 10-3 with a 3.53 earned run average last season ... brilliant in Mar. 4 UC SANTA BARBARA 6:30 p.m. 1-0 win at Texas A&M Feb. 27, throwing a two-hit, complete-game (seven innings) shutout ... allowed only one walk Mar. 5 UC SANTA BARBARA 1:00 p.m. while fanning eight and made all-tourney ... suffered second loss Feb. 20 at Santa Clara (5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, Mar. 6 UC SANTA BARBARA 1:00 p.m. 4 SO) ... took a loss on opening day of this season at UC Irvine, allowing four runs on six hits, one BB and four Ks over Mar. 8 PORTLAND 6:30 p.m. 5.2 ... No. 9 sophomore prospect in the nation and No. 35 college prospect for the 2005 draft by Baseball America ... Mar. 9 PACIFIC 6:30 p.m. tabbed as having the best breaking ball in the league by BA ... named the national player of the week twice last year Mar. 10 PACIFIC 3:00 p.m. ... career-high 15 Ks came in a six-inning outing Mar. 12, 2004 vs. Loyola Marymount ... the Gatorade state player of Mar. 18 at Cal Poly-SLO 6:00 p.m. the year for Washington in 2003 after an unbelievable senior year ... led Liberty High to the 3A state title and was the Mar. 19 at Cal Poly-SLO 1:00 p.m. state’s 3A MVP and first-team all-state pitcher ... as a senior, posted a 12-1 record and a 0.70 earned run average Mar. 20 at Cal Poly-SLO 11:00 a.m. while striking out 183 batters in 91.2 innings ... drafted by the in the 49th round of the 2003 draft. Mar. 24 at Arizona* 7:00 p.m. MST SAT. – MATT KASSER, Junior RHP: Returns to his spot in the Huskies’ weekend rotation, which he Mar. 25 at Arizona* 7:00 p.m. MST joined halfway through last season ... suffered loss to Evansville on Feb. 27: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2BB, 2 K ... got a win Mar. 26 at Arizona* 1:00 p.m. MST Feb. 21 at Santa Clara: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 Ks ... started Feb. 13 at UC Irvine, and took the loss, allowing three Mar. 28 UTAH VALLEY STATE (DH) 3:00 p.m. runs on seven hits, two walks and one over 5.2 innings ... held the Anteaters scoreless through the first five Mar. 29 UTAH VALLEY STATE 2:00 p.m. innings before giving up three in the sixth ... beat Western Kentucky in the NCAA Oxford Regional, allowing only one Apr. 1 USC* 6:30 p.m. run over seven and two-thirds innings ... won the National Baseball Congress World Series title with the Aloha (Ore.) Apr. 2 USC* 1:00 p.m. Knights, winning his start in the tournament ... holds a perfect 5-0 career record as he enters his junior year. Apr. 3 USC* 1:00 p.m. BULLPEN NOTES: Josh Conover (Jr. RHP) hast yet to allow a run in 5.0 innings over five outings ... switched Apr. 5 PORTLAND 6:30 p.m. to a sidearm delivery halfway through last season ... got a save by getting the final out Feb. 21 at Santa Clara (3-2 Apr. 8 at UC Riverside 7:00 p.m. win) ... pitched twice at UC Irvine, allowing no hits or runs over two innings ... has served as a reliever and spot Apr. 9 at UC Riverside 6:00 p.m. starter during his career ... after switching to sidearm last year, threw 10 innings, allowing three runs on six hits with Apr. 10 at UC Riverside 1:00 p.m. eight Ks ... got the win in the regular season finale vs. UC Irvine when the Huskies scored four in the bottom of the Apr. 15 CALIFORNIA* 6:30 p.m. ninth ... David Dowling (Sr. LHP) threw complete-game three-hitter to beat San Diego on Feb. 28, making all tourna- Apr. 16 CALIFORNIA* 1:00 p.m. ment at Texas A&M tourney ... pitched in 3-2 win at Santa Clara (Feb. 21) ... retired the first five he faced before Apr. 17 CALIFORNIA* 1:00 p.m. giving up a run with two down in the ninth ... threw twice at Irvine, allowing four runs (two earned) over two innings Apr. 19 at Portland 2:00 p.m. ... after seven wins and 56.1 innings in 2003, was limited by injury to only 22 innings last year ... high school class- Apr. 22 at Stanford* 6:00 p.m. mate of fellow Husky pitcher Keaton Everitt ... 42 career appearances and five starts entering his senior year ... Apr. 23 at Stanford* 1:00 p.m. Keaton Everitt (Jr. RHP) got no decision in lone action this year, a four-innings start in the UW’s 3-0 loss to San Apr. 24 at Stanford* 1:00 p.m. Diego ... allowed two runs and no hits in that one ... started 10 games and appeared in relief once last year ... went Apr. 26 UBC (exhibition) 6:30 p.m. 5-3 with a 5.66 ERA ... redshirted 2002 season ... Nick Hagadone (Fr. LHP) should see action as a late-inning reliever ... has traveled twice, but hasn’t pitched ... drafted by the Mariners in the 36th round of the 2004 draft ... first- Apr. 29 at Washington State* 6:00 p.m. team all-league and team MVP as a senior at Sumner High ... Matt Hague (Fr. RHP) pitched twice at Texas A&M Apr. 30 at Washington State* 1:00 p.m. tourney and suffered the defeat in the 3-0 loss to San Diego ... plays third base and outfield besides pitching ... May 1 at Washington State* 1:00 p.m. should see action as a late-innings reliever ... worked 2.2 scoreless in 5-2 loss at Santa Clara (Feb. 20) ... hasn’t yet May 10 at Portland 2:00 p.m. allowed a run in 4.2 IP ... threw two innings of relief Feb. 12 (game two) at UC Irvine, allowing no hits or runs while May 13 OREGON STATE* 6:30 p.m. striking out two and walking none ... led Kentwood High to a second-place state finish last year ... first-team all-state May 14 OREGON STATE* 1:00 p.m. pitcher and second-team all-state infielder in high school ... Taylor Johnson (Sr. LHP) has been a starting OF for May 15 OREGON STATE* 1:00 p.m. most of his career and starts in RF ... worked as a pitcher in the fall will see action as a reliever ... got lone inning May 17 LEWIS-CLARK STATE 6:30 p.m. thusfar in Feb. 25 loss at Texas A&M, allowing a single but facing the minimum ... has never previously appeared on May 20 ARIZONA STATE* 6:30 p.m. the mound ... Richie Lentz (So. RHP) saw first action in Feb. 25 loss at Texas A&M, allowing three runs on four hits May 21 ARIZONA STATE* 1:00 p.m. over two innings of relief ... started eight games and appeared as a reliever in 12 last season ... began last year as a May 22 ARIZONA STATE* 1:00 p.m. starter (and started on opening day), but will be the UW closer as a sophomore ... has seen action limited so far due May 27 at UCLA* 7:00 p.m. to a hand injury... should pitch this week ... has the best fastball in the Pac-10, according to Baseball America ... had May 28 at UCLA* 6:00 p.m. an outstanding summer as closer for the Newport (R.I.) Gulls, helping the Gulls to the final game of their league championship series ... had a 1.66 ERA and nine saves during the regular season and three more saves in the playoffs May 29 at UCLA* 1:00 p.m. ... named the No. 11 sophomore prospect in the nation and the top prospect in his summer league by Baseball America ... struck out 52 in 49.2 innings last season ... Brandon McKerney (Fr. RHP) played at Meadowdale High for June 3-6 NCAA Regionals UW baseball alum Ron Martin ... fanned only hitter he’s faced this year ... helped team to the state playoffs his junior June 10-13 NCAA Super Regionals and senior years ... Jordan Ponzoha (Soph. RHP) will start and relieve after having filled a similar role last season June 17-27 NCAA College World Series ... threw three innings of relief in 13-2 win at Santa Clara (Feb. 20) ... struck out six in three innings, including six of * – Pacific-10 Conference game last seven he faced ... got a save by throwing the final three innings, allowing two runs on two hits ... worked four innings in relief at UC Irvine on Feb. 12, allowoing only one run on four hits ... started three and relieved in seven % – at Dominos Pizza Classic, College Station, TX others as a freshman ... struck out 24 in 23.2 innings last season ... Andrew Powell (Fr. RHP) played three seasons as a pitcher and hitter at Seattle’s Blanchet High ... helped the Braves to the state quarterfinals his senior year ... will look for innings in a relief role. 2005 Baseball Overall Statistics for Washington (as of Feb 28, 2005) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 4-7 Home: 0-0 Away: 2-5 Neutral: 2-2 Pac-10: 0-0

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

16 Nick Batkoski.... .341 11-11 41 6 14 2 0 0 4 16 .390 1 0 9 2 .357 0 0 1-1 9 18 2 .931 21 Curt Rindal...... 314 11-10 35 3 11 1 0 0 4 12 .343 1 0 8 1 .333 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 .000 22 Taylor Johnson... .297 11-11 37 7 11 0 0 2 5 17 .459 7 0 10 0 .409 0 0 3-4 28 0 0 1.000 23 Kyle Larsen...... 265 11-11 34 4 9 3 0 0 2 12 .353 6 2 5 0 .405 0 0 0-0 87 11 0 1.000 11 Brent Lillibridge .250 11-11 40 4 10 2 2 1 10 19 .475 4 0 13 1 .311 1 0 0-2 16 24 0 1.000 18 Joey Dunn...... 250 4-3 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .250 0 0 3 0 .250 0 0 0-0 18 2 0 1.000 26 Nick Burnham...... 233 10-9 30 3 7 2 0 0 4 9 .300 0 0 2 0 .233 0 0 4-4 19 0 0 1.000 13 Matt Stevens...... 167 4-2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 1 0 3 0 .286 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000 10 Zach Clem...... 158 7-6 19 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 .211 1 3 8 0 .304 0 0 0-0 2 0 1 .667 24 Matt Lane...... 148 9-8 27 2 4 0 0 0 3 4 .148 1 1 10 1 .200 1 0 0-0 42 5 0 1.000 25 Cory Rickard...... 100 4-3 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .100 0 1 3 2 .182 0 1 1-1 2 1 0 1.000 5 Andy Lentz...... 077 9-5 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .077 5 2 5 0 .400 0 0 2-3 3 1 0 1.000 3 Mike Rundle...... 074 9-8 27 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 .074 0 2 7 2 .138 0 0 1-1 14 31 2 .957 12 Nick Jiles...... 000 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 9 D.J. Neyens...... 000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 32 Kiel Lillibridge. .000 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 7 Josh Showers...... 000 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000

Totals...... 230 11-11 331 37 76 11 2 3 34 100 .302 27 11 87 9 .307 2 1 13-17 255 115 9 .976 Opponents...... 250 11-11 292 47 73 17 1 2 38 98 .336 45 7 58 15 .355 8 12 10-15 266 90 11 .970

LOB - Team (68), Opp (62). DPs turned - Team (17), Opp (10). IBB - Team (1), Batkoski 1, Opp (2). Picked off - BLillibridge 2.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

36 Josh Conover..... 0.00 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 1 5.0 2 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 16 .125 0 1 0 2 0 35 Keaton Everitt... 0.00 0-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 4.0 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 14 .143 0 1 0 0 0 22 Taylor Johnson... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 38 Brandon McKerney. 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 28 David Dowling.... 3.38 1-0 4 1 1 0/0 0 10.2 10 6 4 4 9 5 0 0 39 .256 0 0 2 0 3 39 Matt Kasser...... 3.50 1-2 3 3 0 0/0 0 18.0 17 9 7 5 6 2 0 1 62 .274 1 1 0 1 3 33 Jordan Ponzoha... 3.86 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 1 7.0 6 3 3 4 7 1 0 0 25 .240 0 0 0 0 0 14 Tim Lincecum..... 4.58 1-2 3 3 1 1/0 0 17.2 15 9 9 7 16 2 1 0 59 .254 2 2 1 3 3 8 Kyle Parker...... 5.25 1-2 3 3 0 0/0 0 12.0 10 12 7 12 10 3 0 1 43 .233 4 2 1 0 1 1 Matt Hague...... 6.14 0-1 4 0 0 0/0 0 7.1 6 5 5 8 3 2 0 0 23 .261 0 0 0 0 1 6 Richie Lentz..... 13.50 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 .571 0 0 0 2 1

Totals...... 4.02 4-7 11 11 2 1/0 2 85.0 73 47 38 45 58 17 1 2 292 .250 7 7 4 8 12 Opponents...... 3.54 7-4 11 11 1 2/2 4 89.0 76 37 35 27 87 11 2 3 331 .230 2 11 3 2 1

PB - Team (1), Lane 1, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (2), Hague 1, Kasser 1, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Lane (6-9), Dunn (4-5), Dowling (3-4), Conover (2-3), Lincecum (1-2), Parker (2-2), Kasser (1-2), Hague (1-2). 2005 Washington Huskies Baseball Overall Statistics for Washington (as of Feb 28, 2005) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI

23 Kyle Larsen...... 98 87 11 0 1.000 15 0 0 .000 0 0 24 Matt Lane...... 47 42 5 0 1.000 0 6 3 .667 1 0 11 Brent Lillibridge 40 16 24 0 1.000 12 0 0 .000 0 0 22 Taylor Johnson... 28 28 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 18 Joey Dunn...... 20 18 2 0 1.000 0 4 1 .800 0 0 26 Nick Burnham..... 19 19 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 28 David Dowling.... 5 3 2 0 1.000 0 3 1 .750 0 0 1 Matt Hague...... 5 1 4 0 1.000 0 1 1 .500 0 0 5 Andy Lentz...... 4 3 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 25 Cory Rickard..... 3 2 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 .000 0 0 8 Kyle Parker...... 3 0 3 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 7 Josh Showers..... 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 13 Matt Stevens..... 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 12 Nick Jiles...... 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 6 Richie Lentz..... 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 Mike Rundle...... 47 14 31 2 .957 10 0 0 .000 0 0 16 Nick Batkoski.... 29 9 18 2 .931 5 0 0 .000 0 0 39 Matt Kasser...... 11 3 7 1 .909 0 1 1 .500 0 0 14 Tim Lincecum..... 8 2 5 1 .875 0 1 1 .500 0 0 10 Zach Clem...... 3 2 0 1 .667 0 0 0 .000 0 0 35 Keaton Everitt... 2 1 0 1 .500 0 0 0 .000 0 0 33 Jordan Ponzoha... 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 32 Kiel Lillibridge. 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 9 D.J. Neyens...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 36 Josh Conover..... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 1 .667 0 0 38 Brandon McKerney. 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 21 Curt Rindal...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Totals...... 379 255 115 9 .976 17 10 5 .667 1 0 Opponents...... 367 266 90 11 .970 10 13 4 .765 2 0