Series History Looking Ahead Pac-12-Leading Pitching Staff

83 Winning Seasons • 30 NCAA Regionals • 17 Conference Titles • 16 NCAA College World Series appearances • 1987 NCAA Champions • 1988 NCAA Champions SID Contact: Nick Sako [email protected] #2 Stanford Cardinal (24-5, 6-3) vs. Arizona State (14-19, 6-6) 650-224-0979 Dates: April 13-15 Location: Stanford, Calif. 2018 SCHEDULE Stadium: Sunken Diamond (4,000) February All Times Pacific Fri. 16 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 5-1 TV: Stanford Live Stream Sat. 17 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 5-3 Live Stats: GoStanford.com Sun. 18 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 6-5 Mon. 19 at UC Davis .....................W, 3-2 Radio: KZSU 90.1 FM Thu. 22 Rice ................................W, 7-2 Fri. 23 Rice ................................W, 6-2 Sat. 24 Rice ................................W, 7-4 PROBABLE STARTERS Sun. 25 Rice ................................W, 2-0 RHP Tristan Beck (3-2, 3.66 ERA) vs. RHP Alec Marsh (3-1, 2.50 ERA) March Friday (6 p.m.): Fri. 2 Michigan ........................W, 7-0 Saturday (3 p.m.): LHP Kris Bubic (5-0, 1.94 ERA) vs. RHP Sam Romero (1-1, 5.66 ERA) Sat. 3 Michigan ........................W, 3-2 Sat. 3 Michigan .........................L, 0-5 Sunday (1 p.m.): LHP Erik Miller (1-2, 4.50 ERA) vs. LHP Eli Lingos (5-2, 2.36 ERA) Sun. 4 Michigan ........................W, 7-4 Thu. 8 at Texas ...........................L, 6-8 NOTES Fri. 9 at Texas ..........................W, 7-1 Sat. 10 at Texas ..........................W, 9-3 Series History Sun. 11 at Texas ........................W, 11-1 • Sunday’s series finale will mark the 200th game between the two programs – Fri. 23 USC* ...............................W, 5-1 Stanford owns a 95-102-0 (.482) all-time record against the Sun Devils (14-19, 6-6), Sat. 24 USC* .............................W, 11-1 with the first meeting coming in 1961. Sun. 25 USC* .............................W, 18-0 • Arizona State rides a three-game losing streak into Friday, having dropped the Tue. 27 San Diego .......................W, 3-0 Thu. 29 Oregon* .........................L, 1-10 final two games against USC before a 14-6 loss at UNLV on Tuesday. Fri. 30 Oregon* ..........................W, 5-1 • Arizona State’s Gage Canning leads the team in batting average (.400) and on-base Sat. 31 Oregon* ..........................W, 4-0 percentage (.455) – Canning’s 56 hits, nine triples and 100 total bases lead the Pac- April 12. Mon. 2 Gonzaga .........................W, 4-3 Tue. 3 at Santa Clara ..............W, 16-8 • Spencer Torkelson leads the Pac-12 in home runs (16), also leading the Sun Devils Fri. 6 at UCLA* ..........................L, 4-8 in RBI (32) and slugging percentage (.758). Sat. 7 at UCLA* .....................W, 13-11 Sun. 8 at UCLA* ..........................L, 2-7 Looking Ahead Tue. 10 UC Davis .........................W, 7-2 • Stanford hits the road next week for a three-game series at Arizona in Tuscon, Fri. 13 Arizona State* ................6 p.m. Sat. 14 Arizona State* ................3 p.m. Arizona. Stanford then hosts California, bookended by Tuesday matchups against Sun. 15 Arizona State* ................1 p.m. Pacific and San Francisco. Fri. 20 at Arizona* .....................6 p.m. • Each of Stanford’s final 18 conference games will air on Pac-12 Networks, starting Sat. 21 at Arizona* .....................6 p.m. with the Arizona series. Only one of Stanford’s first 32 contests aired on Pac-12 Sun. 22 at Arizona* ...................11 a.m. Tue. 24 Pacific.............................6 p.m. Networks. Thu. 26 California* ......................7 p.m. Cardinal in the Polls Fri. 27 California* ......................7 p.m. • Stanford maintained its No. 2 ranking in this week’s D1 Baseball top-25 poll. Sat. 28 California* ......................7 p.m. The Cardinal also ranked among the top six in polls from Baseball America (3), May Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (6), NCBWA (3) and Perfect Game (3). Tue. 1 San Francisco ................6 p.m. Fri. 4 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. • Two of Stanford’s 2018 opponents ranked in the D1 Baseball poll – Oregon State Sat. 5 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. (9) and UCLA (17). Sun. 6 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. Tue. 8 Santa Clara ....................6 p.m. Pac-12-Leading Pitching Staff Fri. 11 at Oregon State* ............7 p.m. Sat. 12 at Oregon State* ...............TBD • Stanford’s pitching staff ranks first in the Pac-12 in ERA (2.72) and opposing Sun. 13 at Oregon State* .............Noon batting average (.208) and leads the nation in WHIP (1.06). Tue. 15 BYU .................................1 p.m. • Maverick Handley has caught a majority of Stanford’s games, appearing in 27 Fri. 18 Washington State* .........6 p.m. of Stanford’s 29 contests behind the plate. Handley has thrown out a league- Sat. 19 Washington State* ....1:30 p.m. leading 12 stolen base attempts, having allowed just five. As a team, Stanford has Sun. 20 Washington State* .......12 p.m. Thu. 24 at Washington* ..............7 p.m. surrendered just nine stolen bases. Fri. 25 at Washington* ..............7 p.m. • Kris Bubic (5-0) leads the weekend rotation with a 1.94 ERA across 41.2 innings. Sat. 26 at Washington* ..............3 p.m. Opposing batters are hitting just .181 off Bubic, and his 46 strikeouts lead the team * = Pac-12 Conference Game and the Cardinal has won each of his last 15 starts, a streak dating to April 14, 2017. Follow the Cardinal... • Jack Little ranks fourth in the nation and first in the Pac-12 with 10 saves. In 21.0 On the Web On Facebook innings, Little has allowed just 12 base runners (eight hits, four walks) while striking GoStanford.com StanfordBaseball out 24 with a .119 batting average against. Little has yet to allow a run this season. • Tristan Beck (3-2) is Stanford’s Friday night starter after missing all of 2017 with an injury. Beck owns a 3.66 ERA and a .242 opposing batting average – Beck, along On Twitter On Instagram with Bubic, is widely considered one of the top pitching prospects for the 2018 MLB @StanfordBSB; StanfordBSB Draft. #GoStanford QUICK FACTS CARDINAL NOTES Stanford Baseball • Brendan Beck, the younger brother of Tristan, carries a 5-0 record with a 1.34 Seasons (First) ................................ 123rd (1894) ERA, having started seven midweek games. In 33.2 innings, Beck has allowed just College World Series titles ................................2 College WS appearances .................................16 30 base runners and a .192 opposing batting average. College WS record ........................... 40-29 (.580) • Erik Miller (1-2) has started seven games for Stanford as the No. 3 starter – he has NCAA Super Regional appearances ..................9 33 strikeouts in 26.0 innings with a 4.50 ERA. NCAA Super Regional record ............ 12-8 (.600) • Jacob Palisch has developed into one of the most reliable bullpen arms in the NCAA Regional appearances ...........................30 Pac-12 – in 14 relief appearances, Palisch owns a 1.93 ERA across 23.1 innings NCAA Regional record ..................... 80-30 (.727) with a .188 opposing batting average. Conference titles .............................................17 • Other bullpen arms include Will Matthiessen (1.93 ERA in 4.2 IP), Zach Grech Winning seasons ..............................................83 50+ win seasons.................................................6 (3.71 ERA in 16 appearances), Daniel Bakst (3.14 ERA in 11 appearances), Austin 40+ win seasons...............................................22 Weiermiller (4.19 ERA in 12 appearances), Carson Rudd (3.68 ERA in seven National Player of the Year ...............................3 appearances) and John Henry Styles (6.75 ERA in seven appearances). National Freshman of the Year .........................5 National Coach of the Year ................................3 Branton Seeing it Big Conference Players of the Year .......................15 • Senior infielder Beau Branton has stepped up in the absence of Duke Kinamon, All-Americans ..................................................55 starting 15 games at second base. U.S. National Team members .........................33 Olympians..........................................................7 • Branton is batting .389 with a .459 on-base average, and has multiple hits in five MLB first-round draft picks .............................25 of his past 10 games. Since March 24, Branton’s batting average has increased from .263 to .389 – he had a career-high four hits at UCLA on April 6. Stanford University Location ...................................... Stanford, Calif. Daschbach Dingers Founded .......................................................1891 • Sophomore Andrew Daschbach leads the team in home runs (8), RBI (33) and Enrollment ................................................18,136 slugging percentage (.596) after hitting four home runs in five games last week. .................7,061 undergrad • 11,075 graduate Twitter ................................................@Stanford He ranks third in the Pac-12 in home runs and fifth in RBI. Nickname ...............................................Cardinal • Daschbach hit two home runs in Stanford’s 13-11 win at UCLA on April 7 – he Colors ...................................Cardinal and White finished the day with career highs in hits (3) and RBI (5). Fight Song ......................................All Right Now President .......................... Marc Tessier-Lavigne Stowers Stepping Up • Sophomore Kyle Stowers has also enjoyed a breakout season, ranking

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