Baseball Contact: Jon Naito PHONE: (509) 335-COUG FAX: (509) 335-0267 APRIL 2, 2003
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FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION SID: Rod Commons Baseball Contact: Jon Naito PHONE: (509) 335-COUG FAX: (509) 335-0267 APRIL 2, 2003 BASEBALL: Cougars Take On Stanford In Home Opener Friday THIS WEEK: Tuesday, April 1 – WSU 8, Gonzaga 6, August/A.R.T Stadium (1,000), Spokane, Wash. *Friday, April 4 – Stanford at WSU, 3:00 p.m., Bailey-Brayton Field (3,500), Pullman. *Saturday, April 5 – Stanford at WSU, 1:00 p.m., Bailey-Brayton Field (3,500), Pullman. *Sunday, April 6 – Stanford at WSU, 11:00 a.m., Bailey-Brayton Field (3,500), Pullman. NEXT WEEK: Tuesday, April 8 – WSU at Gonzaga, 2:00 p.m., August/A.R.T Stadium (1,000), Spokane, Wash. *Friday, April 11 - WSU at Oregon State, 5:00 p.m., Goss Stadium (2,000), Corvallis, Ore. *Saturday, April 12 - WSU at Oregon State, 1:00 p.m., Goss Stadium (2,000), Corvallis, Ore. *Sunday, April 13 - WSU at Oregon State, noon, Goss Stadium (2,000), Corvallis, Ore. LAST WEEK: Friday, March 28 - WSU 8, UC Irvine 4., Anteater Ballpark (3,200), Irvine, Calif. Saturday, March 29 - UC Irvine 4, WSU 0, Anteater Ballpark (3,200), Irvine, Calif. Sunday, March 30 - WSU 4, UC Irvine 2, Anteater Ballpark (3,200), Irvine, Calif. * = Pacific-10 Conference Game 2003 WSU PROBABLE LINEUP (9-19 OVERALL, 1-2 PAC-10) 1B GRANT RICHARDSON, So. (.303, 7/R, 27/H, 21/RBI, 3/HR) RF JAY MILLER, Fr. (.272, 19/R, 25/H, 14/RBI, 1/HR, 6/2B) Steve Mortimer, Sr. (.273, 6/R, 14/H, 4/RBI, 4/2B) Jeremy Farrar, Jr. (.286, 6/R, 14/H, 10/RBI, 1/HR, 4/2B) 2B JEFF LaRUE, Sr. (.174, 8/R, 15/H, 7/RBI, 1/HR, 3/2B) C JON BAEDER, Sr. (.263, 8/R, 15/H, 6/RBI, 4/2B) Jamin Svendsen, Jr. (.200, 0/R, 1/H, 0/RBI, 0/HR) Brandon Reddinger, Jr. (.200, 2/R, 5/H, 3/RBI, 1/2B) SS DEREK BRUCE, So. (.308, 20/R, 32/H, 11/RBI, 3/HR, 7/2B) DH WES FALKENBORG, Sr. (.216, 1/R, 11/H, 2/RBI, 1/HR) Jamin Svendsen, Jr. (.200, 0/R, 1/H, 0/RBI, 0/HR) Robert Stahlke, Sr. (.277, 6/R, 13/H, 8/RBI, 3/2B, 1/3B) 3B BRUCE JACOBSEN, Sr. (.266, 7/R, 17/H, 9/RBI, 3/2B) S-1 Bryce Chamberlin, RHP, So. (5.73, 3-2, 8-6/G-GS, 37.2i) Dustin Realini, Fr. (.121, 2/R, 4/H, 1/RBI, 1/2B) S-2 Tony Banaszak, LHP, Sr. (3.99, 1-6, 8-8/G-GS, 56.1i) LF JUSTIN HART, Jr. (.327, 11/R, 18/H, 4/RBI, 1/HR, 1/2B) S-3 Aaron MacKenzie, Jr. (4.50, 2-3, 10-5/G-GS, 32.0i) Jay Miller, Fr. (.272, 19/R, 25/H, 14/RBI, 1/HR, 6/2B) MR Nick Kenyon, RHP, Sr. (2.92, 1-1, 14-2/G-GS, 2/SV, 24.2i) CF ZAPPER McGRATH, Jr. (.185, 10/R, 10/H, 4/RBI, 1/2B) SR1 Brandon Hundt, RHP, Sr. (6.19, 0-2, 4-1/G-GS, 16.0i) [Injured] Collin Henderson, Jr. (.229, 4/R, 11/H, 1/RBI, 0/HR) SR2 Brett Beetham, RHP, Jr. (6.17, 0-1, 8-0/G-GS, 11.2i) COUGAR DIAMOND SUMMARY WSU READY FOR HOME OPENER Richardson hit a three-run home run to Nick Kenyon, with 14 trips to the AGAINST STANFORD: The lead the Cougars. mound, has posted a team-leading 2.92 Washington State Cougars, 9-19, after Against Stanford WSU is expected to ERA in 24.2 innings of work. He has one capturing two of three games last start left hander Tony Banaszak (1-6) save and two starts. MacKenzie weekend from UC-Irvine and one and right handers Bryce Chamberlin (3- improved his ERA to 4.50 with his last Tuesday at Gonzaga, will host Stanford 2) and Aaron MacKenzie (2-3). outing. this weekend in the first home games of Last week, the Cougars defeated the Outfielder Justin Hart continues to the year. Stanford enters the three-games Anteaters 8-4 in the series opener and 4- lead WSU hitters at .327, while Derek series with an 18-9 overall record, a 4-2 2 in the third game, after falling 4-0 in Bruce is second with a .308 overage. Jon Paicifc-10 Conference mark, and a #4 game two. Banaszak picked up his first Baeder has boosted his average to .263 (BA) national ranking. win of the season in the first win, while with solid hitting the last weeks, Friday’s first game begins at 3:00 MacKenzie gave his best outing of the including a 4-for-9 performance at UC- p.m. at Bailey-Brayton Field, while year to win the final contest. Irvine. Saturday’s game is set for 1:00 p.m., Banaszak, a senior, is WSU’s top Bruce leads the team with 104 at- followed by an 11:00 a.m. Sunday pitcher among the starters despite his bats, 20 runs scored, 32 hits, seven contest. record, posting a 3.99 ERA with eight doubles and three home runs. The Cougars beat the Bulldogs 8-6 starts, two complete games and 56.1 WSU RADIO: Cougar baseball games Tuesday afternoon. Jeremy Farrar was 4- innings of work. He has 24 strikeouts are carried on KCLX (1450AM, Colfax, for-5 with three RBI, all coming on his and 15 walks. Wash.) and on the WSU web site at first home run of the season, and Grant www.wsucougars.com. FROM: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY MEDIA INFORMATION OFFICE Baseball Contact: Jon Naito ([email protected]) April 2, 2003 2003 WSU BASEBALL RESULTS FARRAR RETURNS: Junior outfielder handers…he is hitting .387 with the bases Record: 9-19 Pac-10 Record: 1-2 Jeremy Farrar, who suffered a broken empty and .435 as a leadoff hitter…he 2/7 at Pacific L 1-4 bone in his left hand the week before the also advances runners at a .500 2/8 at Pacific (11i) L 7-8 season opener, has returned to action after percentage…Bruce Jacobsen is hitting 2/9 at Pacific L 7-17 corrective surgery Friday, Feb. 14, in .750 with runners at third and less than 2/14 at CS-Long Beach L 1-7 Spokane…he has seen action in WSU’s two outs, .348 with two outs, and .467 2/15 at CS-Long Beach L 0-11 last 15 games with 12 starts in the outfield when advancing runners…Jeff LaRue has 2/16 at CS-Long Beach L 4-9 or as a DH…he is currently hitting still not found his hitting stroke, but the 2/21 at San Jose State L 0-4 .286.…last year Farrar suffered a right senior is hitting .333 when leading off an 2/22 at San Jose State W 11-9 knee injury in the opening game of the inning…Zapper McGrath hits .333 2/23 at San Jose State L 12-0 2/27 % Brigham Young L 0-4 year and missed the rest of the season. against left-handed pitchers and .526 2/28 % Portland (6i) W 7-1 when in the leadoff spot…he is hitting 3/1 % Lewis-Clark State W 12-4 CLUTCH CITY: Senior pitcher Nick .500 when advancing runners…Jay Miller 3/2 % Gonzaga L 0-10 Kenyon has turned into quite the late- does well against right-handed pitching, 3/7 at Washington L 8-11 inning reliever for the Cougars…the Port hitting .279…he is hitting. .333 with 3/8 at Washington L 5-6 Orchard, Wash., native is 1-1 on the runners on base, .400 with runners in 3/9 at Washington L 1-8 season and has a team-best 2.92 ERA in scoring position, a perfect 1.000 with 3/11 at Lewis-Clark State L 5-17 14 appearances…in his last two outings runners at third and less than two outs (7- 3/14 # Oregon State W 8-6 he has allowed no runs and just two hits in for-7) and .532 while advancing 3/15 # Oregon State L 0-4 3/17 at Portland W 6-3 picking up his first two saves of the runners…Dustin Realini is hitting .333 3/18 at Portland L 5-9 seasons…Kenyon has struck out 19 against left-handed pitchers…Brandon 3/21 at *California L 3-8 batters, while walking just Reddinger is hitting .273 with runners on 3/22 at *California L 3-9 nine…opposing batters are hitting just base…Grant Richardson hits .348 against 3/23 at *California W 5-4 .245 against Kenyon this season, second- left-handers and .288 when right-handed 3/28 at UC-Irvine W 8-4 best on the team. pitchers are on the mound…he hits .432 3/29 at UC-Irvine L 0-4 with runners on base and .259 when 3/30 at UC-Irvine W 4-2 HART OF THE ORDER: Senior leading off an inning…he also hits .417 4/1 at Gonzaga W 8-6 outfielder Justin Hart appears to have with runners in scoring position, .800 with 4/4 *Stanford 3:00p 4/5 *Stanford 1:00p broken out of his early season slump…he runners at third and less than two outs, 4/6 *Stanford 11:00a is now leading the team with a .327 .464 with two outs, and .510 when 4/8 at Gonzaga 3:00p average and has a team-leading .422 on- advancing runners…Robert Stahlke hits 4/11 at *Oregon State 5:00p base percentage…his .436 slugging .500 in the leadoff position and .308 with 4/12 at *Oregon State 1:00p percentage is third among regulars.