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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 #7 Stanford Cardinal (11-1) at #23 Texas (8-4) [email protected] Dates: March 8-11 Location: Austin, Texas 650-224-0979 2018 SCHEDULE Stadium: Sunken Diamond (4,000) February All Times Pacific TV: Longhorn Network (ESPN) Fri. 16 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 5-1 Sat. 17 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 5-3 Radio: KZSU 90.1 FM Sun. 18 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 6-5 Live Stats: GoStanford.com Mon. 19 at UC Davis .....................W, 3-2 Thu. 22 Rice ................................W, 7-2 Fri. 23 Rice ................................W, 6-2 PROBABLE STARTERS Sat. 24 Rice ................................W, 7-4 Sun. 25 Rice ................................W, 2-0 Thursday (4:30 p.m.): RHP Tristan Beck (2-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. Nico O’Donnell (1-0, 1.04 ERA) March Fri. 2 Michigan ........................W, 7-0 Friday (4:30 p.m.): LHP Kris Bubic (2-0, 1.56 ERA) vs. Nolan Kingham (2-1, 3.57 ERA) Sat. 3 Michigan ........................W, 3-2 Saturday (12:30 p.m.): LHP Erik Miller (0-1, 4.22 ERA) vs. Blair Henley (2.0, 0.53 ERA) Sat. 3 Michigan .........................L, 0-5 Sun. 4 Michigan ........................W, 7-4 Saturday (11 a.m.): TBA vs. Chase Shugart (0-1, 5.19 ERA) Thu. 8 at Texas .....................4:30 p.m. Fri. 9 at Texas .....................4:30 p.m. Sat. 10 at Texas ...................12:30 p.m. SERIES HISTORY Sun. 11 at Texas ........................11 a.m. Fri. 23 USC* ...............................6 p.m. • Stanford holds a 39-34-1 all-time record against Texas, most recently hosting the Sat. 24 USC* ...............................1 p.m. Longhorns for a four-game series in 2017. After dropping Game 1, the Cardinal Sun. 25 USC* ...............................1 p.m. Tue. 27 San Diego .......................6 p.m. rebounded with three straight to win the series. Quinn Brodey had walk-off hits in Thu. 29 Oregon* ..........................6 p.m. Fri. 30 Oregon* ..........................6 p.m. Games 2 and 3, driving in Stanford’s winning run in Game 4. Sat. 31 Oregon* ..........................1 p.m. • The Longhorns (8-4) enter the series on a three-game win streak. Texas took three- April Mon. 2 Gonzaga .........................1 p.m. of-four against Northwestern last weekend, and won one-of-three against No. 22 LSU Tue. 3 at Santa Clara ................6 p.m. Fri. 6 at UCLA* .........................6 p.m. to start the season. Sat. 7 at UCLA* .........................2 p.m. • Kody Clemens leads the Longhorns offensively, hitting .436 with 11 runs, 13 RBI and Sun. 8 at UCLA* .........................1 p.m. Tue. 10 UC Davis .........................6 p.m. three home runs. Three starters – Blair Henley, Nolan Kingham and Chase Shugart – Fri. 13 Arizona State* ................6 p.m. Sat. 14 Arizona State* ................1 p.m. have at least 17.0 innings of work under their belt. Henley’s 0.53 earned-run average Sun. 15 Arizona State* ................1 p.m. leads the starting staff, and Nico O’Donnell (1-0, 1.04 ERA) rounds out the weekend Fri. 20 at Arizona* .....................6 p.m. Sat. 21 at Arizona* .....................6 p.m. rotation. Sun. 22 at Arizona* ...................11 a.m. LAST TIME OUT Tue. 24 Pacific.............................6 p.m. Thu. 26 California* ......................7 p.m. • Stanford’s 10-0 start was the best since 1998 when the Cardinal went 17 Fri. 27 California* ......................7 p.m. Sat. 28 California* ......................7 p.m. games unbeaten to start the season. After taking Games 1-2 against Michigan, May Tue. 1 San Francisco ................6 p.m. Stanford dropped its first decision of the season in the second leg of Saturday’s Fri. 4 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. doubleheader. Stanford bounced back on Sunday with a 7-4 win over Michigan, Sat. 5 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. Sun. 6 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. clinching a third consecutive series win to start the season. Tue. 8 Santa Clara ....................6 p.m. Fri. 11 at Oregon State* ............7 p.m. • Tim Tawa hit a walk-off, three-run home run in Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader, Sat. 12 at Oregon State* ...............TBD giving Stanford its 10th straight win to start the season. Sun. 13 at Oregon State* .............Noon Tue. 15 BYU .................................1 p.m. • Tristan Beck was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season Fri. 18 at Washington State* .....6 p.m. Sat. 19 at Washington State* 1:30 p.m. after another sterling effort in Friday night’s 7-0 win. Beck pitched 7.0 innings of Sun. 20 at Washington State* ...12 p.m. shutout ball, allowing just three base runners (two hits, one walk) while striking out Thu. 24 at Washington* ..............7 p.m. Fri. 25 at Washington* ..............7 p.m. eight. Sat. 26 at Washington* ..............3 p.m. LOOKING AHEAD * = Pac-12 Conference Game Follow the Cardinal... • Following a week off for finals, Stanford opens an eight-game homestand with a On the Web On Facebook three-game series against USC March 23-25. GoStanford.com StanfordBaseball • The Cardinal hosts San Diego on March 27 before a three-game series against Oregon and a Monday showdown with Gonzaga. On Twitter On Instagram @StanfordBSB; StanfordBSB • Stanford’s next road game after the Texas series is April 6 when the Cardinal travels #GoStanford to face UCLA in Los Angeles for a three-game series. QUICK FACTS CARDINAL NOTES Stanford Baseball Seasons (First) ................................ 123rd (1894) Cardinal in the Polls College World Series titles ................................2 • Stanford ranks top-seven in five major polls – D1 Baseball (7), Baseball America College WS appearances .................................16 College WS record ........................... 40-29 (.580) (4), Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (7), NCBWA (6) and Perfect Game (7). NCAA Super Regional appearances ..................9 • The Longhorns check in at No. 23 in the D1 Baseball poll. Three of Stanford’s NCAA Super Regional record ............ 12-8 (.600) NCAA Regional appearances ...........................30 2018 opponents currently rank in the top 25 – Texas, Oregon State (2) and UCLA NCAA Regional record ..................... 80-30 (.727) (11). Conference titles .............................................17 Winning seasons ..............................................83 50+ win seasons.................................................6 40+ win seasons...............................................22 Beck is Back National Player of the Year ...............................3 • Tristan Beck made his first start in 630 days on Feb. 16 when Stanford defeated National Freshman of the Year .........................5 National Coach of the Year ................................3 No. 16 Cal State Fullerton, 5-1, to open the season. Since then. Beck has accrued Conference Players of the Year .......................15 All-Americans ..................................................55 a 1.50 earned-run average with 14 base runners (10 hits, four walks) and a .161 U.S. National Team members .........................33 batting average against. Olympians..........................................................7 MLB first-round draft picks .............................25 • Beck was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week for the second time on Tuesday after posting 7.0 innings with eight strikeouts and three base runners in Friday’s Stanford University Location ...................................... Stanford, Calif. 7-0 win. Founded .......................................................1891 Enrollment ................................................18,136 • Beck’s younger brother, Brendan, has also made three starts for the Cardinal. .................7,061 undergrad • 11,075 graduate Brendan Beck’s ERA stands at 2.53 across 10.2 innings pitched with seven Twitter ................................................@Stanford Nickname ...............................................Cardinal strikeouts. Colors ...................................Cardinal and White Fight Song ......................................All Right Now President .......................... Marc Tessier-Lavigne Palisch Putting Up Zeroes Stanford Athletics • Freshman Jacob Palisch has enjoyed an excellent start to his Stanford career, Affiliation ....................................NCAA Division I owning the Pac-12’s lowest batting average against (.098) and fourth-lowest Conference ..........................................Pacific-12 Twitter ........................................... @GoStanford earned-run average (0.75) among pitchers with 1.0 innings pitched per game. Athletics director ...........................Bernard Muir Sport admin. .............................Patrick Dunkley • In 12.0 innings of work, Palisch has allowed one run on four hits and three walks Dept. phone ...................................650.723.4591 while striking out 11. Stanford is 6-0 in games he has pitched, and he has not Ticket office ................................800.STANFORD Facility .....................................Sunken Diamond allowed a run since his first appearance of the season on Feb. 17. Capacity ......................................................4,000 Back End Finding Form Surface ..........................................Bermuda/Rye Dimensions .......................335-375-400-375-335 • Stanford had to replace a combined 99.2 innings