Super Regional Opponent, No. 3 Mississippi State Regional Roundup
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84 Winning Seasons • 32 NCAA Regionals • 18 Conference Titles • 16 NCAA College World Series appearances • 1987 NCAA Champions • 1988 NCAA Champions Athletic Communications Nick Sako [email protected] NCAA Super Regional | June 8-10 | Dudy Noble Field | Starkville, Miss. 650-224-0979 No. 4 Stanford (45-12-0, 22-7-0 Pac-12) 2019 SCHEDULE at No. 3 Mississippi State (45-13-0, 20-10-0 SEC) February Fri. 15 Ball State^ W, 2-1 TV | ESPN2 (Games 1 & 3) & ESPNU (Game 2) Sat. 16 Wichita State^ W, 5-4 Sun. 17 Pepperdine^ W, 6-1 Live Statistics | GoStanford.com Mon. 18 at Grand Canyon W, 14-4 Fri. 22 UNLV L, 1-2 Twitter » @StanfordBSB | Instagram » @StanfordBSB Sat. 23 UNLV W, 3-2 Facebook • Facebook.com/StanfordBaseball Sun. 24 UNLV W, 6-5 Tue. 26 San Francisco W, 8-3 March CARDINAL NOTES Fri. 1 at No. 24 Cal State Fullerton W, 4-3 Sat. 2 at No. 24 Cal State Fullerton W, 8-1 STANFORD, Calif. – No. 4 Stanford opens its first Super Regional since 2014 on Sat. 3 at No. 24 Cal State Fullerton L, 5-6 Saturday when it faces No. 3 Mississippi State on ESPN2 at Dudy Noble Field in Thu. 7 No. 12 Texas L, 0-4 Fri. 8 No. 12 Texas W, 8-1 Starkville, Mississippi. Sat. 9 No. 12 Texas W, 4-2 Sun. 10 No. 12 Texas W, 9-0 The Cardinal (45-12-0, 22-7-0 Pac-12) earned a berth in the Super Regional round Fri. 22 Utah* W, 7-4 Sat. 23 Utah* W, 7-6 after winning the Stanford Regional with a 4-1 record. Stanford fell into the losers’ Sun. 24 Utah* W, 7-3 bracket with a loss to Fresno State on Saturday but won its next three, including the Fri. 29 at Washington State* W, 7-1 final two over the Bulldogs, to stay alive. The winner of the Super Regional will earn Sat. 30 at Washington State* W, 8-5 Sun. 31 at Washington State* W, 14-2 a berth at the College World Series, which takes place in Omaha, Nebraska, June April 15-26. Tue. 2 Fresno State W, 2-0 Fri. 5 No. 1 UCLA W, 3-2 Sat. 6 No. 1 UCLA L, 5-11 The series begins Saturday at Noon PT on ESPN2 with Sunday’s Game 2 set for 6 Sun. 7 No. 1 UCLA L, 7-10 p.m. on ESPNU. Monday’s if-necessary game will begin at 4 p.m. on ESPN2 with live Tue. 9 at San Francisco W, 11-1 statistics for all contests available at GoStanford.com. Fri. 12 Washington* W, 8-2 Sat. 13 Washington* W, 3-2 Sun. 14 Washington* W, 6-1 Super Regional Opponent, No. 3 Mississippi State Tue. 16 UC Davis L, 6-8 • Stanford is 2-0-0, all-time, against the Bulldogs (49-13-0, 20-10 SEC) with the first Thu. 18 at Oregon* W, 5-4 Fri. 19 at Oregon* W, 20-5 meeting coming in 1990 and the most recent clash happening in 1996. Sat. 20 at Oregon* W, 10-0 • Offensively, the SEC’s all-time leader in career hits Jake Mangum leads the Mon. 22 Gonzaga W, 11-10 Bulldogs, batting .357/.415/.468 while pacing the team in runs (71) and doubles (22) Tue. 23 San Jose State W, 15-7 Fri. 26 Arizona* L, 3-6 to go with 39 RBI, 131 total bases and 21 stolen bases. Justin Foscue leads the team Sat. 27 Arizona* W, 13-3 in home runs (14), slugging percentage (.590), RBI (58) and total bases (151). As a Sun. 28 Arizona* W, 13-5 team, Mississippi State is batting .317/.398/.478. Tue. 30 at Santa Clara W, 7-1 May • Left-handed pitcher Ethan Small (9-2), who was picked 28th overall by the Fri. 3 at USC* W, 8-3 Milwaukee Brewers in the 2019 MLB Draft, leads the pitching staff with a 1.88 Sat. 4 at USC* W, 7-4 earned-run average and a .160 opposing batting average in 96.0 innings with 160 Sun. 5 at USC* L, 2-4 Tue. 7 Santa Clara W, 5-1 strikeouts to just 27 walks. Fri. 10 at California* W, 10-7 Sat. 11 at California* L, 2-18 Regional Roundup Sun. 12 at California* W, 5-2 Tue. 14 Cal Poly W, 7-1 • The Cardinal earned a place in the Super Regional round after coming back from a Fri. 17 Oregon State* W, 8-5 loss in Game 4 of the Stanford Regional to win the next three, including the final two Sat. 18 Oregon State* CANCELLED against Fresno State. Sun. 19 Oregon State* L, 2-5 Tue. 21 Pacific CANCELLED • Stanford opened the Regional with an 11-0 win over Sacramento State on Friday Thu. 23 at Arizona State* L, 5-6 afternoon, Stanford dropped a 7-2 decision to the Bulldogs on Saturday night to be Fri. 24 at Arizona State* W, 6-4 relegated into the losers’ bracket. Stanford earned a 12-3 win over the Hornets to set Sat. 25 at Arizona State* W, 3-2 Fri. 31 vs. Sacramento State W, 11-0 up a rematch with Fresno State later that day, earning an 8-6 win over Fresno State to stay alive and force a winner-take-all Game 7 on Monday, which it won, 9-7. June • Maverick Handley finished as the Regional’s Most Outstanding Player after batting Sat. 1 at Fresno State L, 2-7 Sun. 2 at Sacramento State W, 12-3 .313/.522/.875 with three home runs, including two in Monday night’s win, five runs, Sun. 2 vs. Fresno State W, 8-6 five RBI and six walks – Handley entered the postseason with two home runs on the Mon. 3 vs. Fresno State W, 9-7 season. Sat. 8 at No. 3 Mississippi State Noon Sun. 9 at No. 3 Mississippi State 6 p.m. • Starting pitcher Brendan Beck did not allow a run in 10.1 innings pitched across Mon. 10 at No. 3 Mississippi State 4 p.m. two appearances – Beck tossed 7.0 shutout innings in the Regional opener, an 11-0 win over Sacramento State, before pitching 3.1 perfect relief innings in Monday’s *=Pac-12 game; All times PST ^=Angels College Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) winner-take-all finale. • Four players hit two-or-more homers in the Regional – Will Matthiessen (2), Brandon Wulff (2), Nick Bellafronto (2) and Handley (3). On the Web On Facebook • Five Cardinal batted above .300 – Bellafronto (.313), Handley (.313), Wulff (.333), GoStanford.com StanfordBaseball Kyle Stowers (.348) and Matthiessen (.368). • Jack Little earned the save in each of the last two games of the Regional – Little’s save on June 2, a nine-out save, put him ahead of Steve Chitren (26) for the program On Twitter On Instagram record with 27 career saves. On June 3, Little entered with a two-run lead in the @StanfordBSB; StanfordBSB ninth inning and struck out the side to secure Stanford’s Super Regional berth. #GoStanford 2019 HONORS/AWARDS 2019 HONORS/AWARDS Maverick Handley (#10) Alex Williams (#28) • 168th overall pick by the Baltimore Orioles in the MLB Draft • Freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper • Stanford Regional Most Outstanding Player (June 3) • Stanford Regional All-Tournament team Brandon Wulff (#29) • Pac-12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year • Picked 521st overall in the MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers • All-Pac-12 • All-Pac-12 • All-Pac-12 Defense • Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 22) • Pac-12 All-Academic first team • CoSIDA Academic All District 8 (May 10) Zach Grech (#30) • Buster Posey Award watch list (April 3) • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention Alec Wilson (#11) Nick Bellafronto (#31) • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention • All-Pac-12 Defense honorable mention Duke Kinamon (#12) • Picked 728th overall by the Tampa Bay Rays in the MLB Draft Jack Little (#33) • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention • 161st overall pick by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the MLB Draft • All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention • All-Pac-12 • All-Pac-12 Defense Honorable Mention • Pac-12 All-Academic first team • CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 (May 10) Will Matthiessen (#19) • Golden Spikes Award Watch List • 184th overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the MLB Draft • D1 Baseball Preseason All-America first team • Stanford Regional All-Tournament team (June 3) • Baseball America Preseason All-America second team • John Olerud Award finalist (May 30) • NCBWA Preseason All-America first team • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention • Perfect Game Preseason All-America first team • All-Pac-12 • Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Preseason All-America first team • Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 29) • NCBWA Stopper of the Year midseason watch list Brendan Beck (#20) Kyle Stowers (#37) • Stanford Regional All-Tournament team • 71st overall pick in the MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles • NCBWA Preseason All-America third team • Stanford Regional All-Tournament team • Pac-12 All-Academic second team • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention • Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Preseason All-America third team • All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention • Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (April 8) • All-Pac-12 Defense • Golden Spikes Award Watch List Tim Tawa (#21) • Baseball America Preseason All-America first team • Stanford Regional All-Tournament team • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention Jacob Palisch (#39) • All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention Andrew Daschbach (#25) • Picked 318th overall pick by the Baltimore Orioles in the MLB Draft • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention • All-Pac-12 • All-Pac-12 Defense • Pac-12 Player of the Week (May 20) • USA Golden Spikes Performance of the Week (May 21) • NCBWA National Player of the Week (May 21) Erik Miller (#26) • 120th overall pick by the Philadelphia Phillies in the MLB Draft • Baseball America Preseason All-America (second team) • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention • Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (March 12) IN THE RANKINGS Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 D1Baseball.com 12 12 11 6 4 3 3 2 5 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 Baseball America 7 7 7 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Collegiate Baseball News 5 5 8 11 8 8 6 4 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 NCBWA 8 8 10 5 5 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Perfect Game 7 7 7 5 4 3 3 2 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 @StanfordBSB CARDINAL NOTES • Freshman Alex Williams tossed a complete game in Sunday’s A Balanced Attack 12-3 win over Sacramento State, a must-win scenario – it • Eight Cardinal have scored at least 32 runs – Nick Bellafronto was the first complete game by a Stanford pitcher since Chris (32), Tim Tawa (35), Kyle Stowers (38), Duke Kinamon (44), Will Castellanos’ complete game against BYU (June 3, 2017) in an Matthiessen (46), Brandon Wulff (54) and Andrew Daschbach identical situation (Game 5 of the Stanford Regional facing (55).