No. 9 Stanford and USC to Conclude Series with Doubleheader Sunday
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STANFORD BASEBALL RELEASE MAY 4, 2003 CONTACT: Kyle McRae (650) 725-2959 (ph); (650) 725-2957 (fax) [email protected] (email) gostanford.com (website) 2003 SCHEDULE/RESULTS •Cardinal Moves Into Sole Possession Of First Place After 22-10 Win Saturday At USC 29-14, 11-5 PAC-10 No. 9 Stanford And USC To Conclude Series 18-9 (H), 11-5 (A), 0-0 (N) With Doubleheader Sunday Date Day Opponent (TV) Result/Time JANUARY 25 Sat. at Santa Clara W, 7-2 No. 4 Stanford Cardinal (29-14, 11-5 Pac-10) 26 Sun. Santa Clara W, 5-0 31 Fri. at No. 13 Cal State Fullerton L, 3-7 at FEBRUARY USC Trojans (25-20, 9-7 Pac-10) 1 Sat. at No. 13 Cal State Fullerton L, 2-10 2 Sun. at No. 13 Cal State Fullerton L, 2-8 7 Fri. No. 4 Florida State W, 2-1 (12) Sat., May 3 - Stanford 22, at USC 10 8 Sat. No. 4 Florida State L, 3-4 9 Sun. No. 4 Florida State L, 8-10 (12) Sun., May 4, 12 pm (Game 1) - LHP Mark Romanczuk (8-0, 3.88) vs. RHP Brian Bannister (5-4, 4.38) 14 Fri. Fresno State W, 4-1 Sun., May 4, 3:30 pm (Game 2) - TBA vs. LHP Bobby Paschal (3-4, 3.79) 15 Sat. Fresno State W, 5-2 The first game of the Stanford-USC baseball doubleheader on Sunday is scheduled to be broadcast both 16 Sun. Fresno State W, 7-2 17 Mon. Nevada W, 5-4 on the air at KZSU (90.1 FM) and online at gostanford.com, while the second game is scheduled for an 21 Fri. at No. 4 Texas W, 11-7 internet only broadcast on KZSU2 ... Chad Goldberg and Sam Stefanki will call the action ... A Gametracker 22 Sat. at No. 4 Texas W, 8-7 with live stats for both games will also be available from a link at gostanford.com 23 Sun. at No. 4 Texas L, 1-7 28 Fri. No. 16 USC L, 4-13 MARCH STANFORD BASEBALL QUICK TEAM NOTES 1 Sat. No. 16 USC W, 10-6 2 Sun. No. 16 USC W, 18-4 Stanford conlcudes its three-game series at USC with a doubleheader on Sunday, May 7 Fri. California W, 11-2 4 ... Stanford set new season-highs in runs and RBI in a 22-10 win over the Trojans in 8 Sat. California W, 9-4 9 Sun. California W, 11-2 the delayed series-opener on Saturday ... Stanford (11-5 Pac-10) comes into Sunday’s 22 Sat. at No. 3 Arizona State* (KAZ) L, 6-7 (11) action one-half game ahead of both Arizona State (10-5 Pac-10) and Arizona (11-6 Pac- 23 Sun. at No. 3 Arizona State* (KAZ) W, 9-8 (10) 10) ... The Cardinal had a trio of series win streaks snapped when Arizona won two-of- 24 Mon. at No. 3 Arizona State* (KAZ) W, 4-2 28 Fri. No. 24 Washington* L, 3-5 three against Stanford at Sunken Diamond last Friday-Sunday ... Stanford had won both 29 Sat. No. 24 Washington* W, 10-6 eight straight overall and eight consecutive Pac-10 series, as well as 15 home Pac-10 30 Sun. No. 24 Washington* W, 12-11 APRIL series in a row ... Stanford has won 16 career Pac-10 championships (includes Southern 1 Tue. USF L, 5-9 Division and shared titles) and finished either first or second in the conference 20 times 4 Fri. at Washington State* W, 6-1 5 Sat. at Washington State* W, 12-5 in the last 22 years ... Stanford fell five spots in the latest Baseball America poll released 6 Sun. at Washington State* W, 8-5 (11) April 28 after having spent the previous four weeks at No. 4 ... Stanford is also ranked 8 Tue. at Santa Clara W, 17-8 11 Fri. Sacramento State W, 9-1 No. 7 by Collegiate Baseball, No. 8 by the NCBWA and No. 9 by Sports Weekly/ESPN 15 Tue. San Jose State W, 4-2 ... Stanford is hitting .316 (#3 Pac-10) as a team, which would rank fourth on the school’s 17 Thu. Oregon State* W, 5-2 all-time single-season list ... Stanford’s pitching staff is second in the Pac-10 with a 4.37 18 Fri. Oregon State* L, 8-9 19 Sat. Oregon State* W, 10-0 ERA and has held its opponents to a .254 batting average, also second in the conference 22 Tue. at Sacramento State W, 5-1 ... Stanford is looking to extend its school record of consecutive appearances at the 25 Fri. Arizona* (CSTV) L, 3-4 26 Sat. Arizona* W, 10-9 College World Series to five. 27 Sun. Arizona* L, 6-11 29 Tue. Santa Clara L, 0-2 MAY STANFORD BASEBALL QUICK INDIVIDUAL NOTES 3 Sat. at USC* W, 22-10 Carlos Quentin leads the Pac-10 with a .416 batting average and is .014 percentage 4 Sun. at USC* (Game 1) 12 pm 4 Sun. at USC* (Game 2) 3:30 pm points behind Stanford’s single-season record of .430 set by Tom Williams in 1972 ... 6 Tue. at San Jose State (TMC) 7 pm Quentin is also attempting to become the first Stanford player to hit .400 or better since 9 Fri. at California* 2:30 pm David McCarty finished the 1991 season with a .420 mark ... Quentin has hit safely in 10 Sat. at California* 1 pm 11 Sun. at California* 1 pm 29 of his last 31 games (.460, 57-124) and had a career-high 26-game hit streak that 13 Tue. Saint Mary’s 6 pm lasted two months (February 22 - April 22) ... Quentin also paces the team in hits (69), 16 Fri. UCLA* 6 pm 17 Sat. UCLA* 1 pm doubles (21), walks (30), hit-by-pitches (9), extra-base hits (28) and on-base percentage 18 Sun. UCLA* 1 pm (.522) ... Ryan Garko is the team’s leader in homers (11), RBI (55, tied for career-high), 23 Fri. Cal Poly 6 pm 24 Sat. Cal Poly 1 pm total bases (112) and slugging percentage (.680) ... Danny Putnam ranks second on the 25 Sun. Cal Poly 1 pm club in batting average (.391), homers (9) and RBI (38), and has a career-high nine- 2003 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS game hit streak (4/17 - 5/3) in which he is hitting .500 (16-32) with three doubles, three May 30 - June 1 (Fri.-Sun.) NCAA Regionals• TBA homers and 13 RBI ... John Hudgins (7-3, 3.29) leads the conference in five categories, June 6-9 (Fri.-Mon.) NCAA Super Regionals+ TBA including innings pitched (104.0) and strikeouts (96) ... Sunday’s starter Mark Romanczuk June 13-23 (Fri.-Mon.) College World Series^ TBA (8-0) paces the Pac-10 in victories ... Donny Lucy is 6-for-8 as a pinch-hitter. *Pac-10 Game; •NCAA Regional at TBA; +NCAA Super Regional at TBA; ^College World Series at Omaha, NE; (CSTV) College Sports Television Network; (TMC) The Media STANFORD-USC SERIES HISTORY Center All Times Pacific Unless Noted; All Home Games In USC leads Stanford in the all-time series, 198-148-3. However, Stanford has won three- Bold At Sunken Diamond; Rankings by Baseball America of-four games this season after Saturday’s 22-10 victory. Stanford also took two-of-three games (L, 4-13; W, 10-6; W, 18-4) in a non-conference series at Sunken Diamond (2/28 - 3/2) earlier this season and won seven of the eight games played between the clubs last year, including a pair of NCAA Super Regional contests (W, 4-2; W, 5-3). USC last won a series over the Cardinal from April 20-22, 2001 (2-of-3 in Los Angeles). Stanford Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) STANFORD LINE SCORES PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP No Name (B/T), Pos, Ht, Wt, Yr 2003 Career 2003 VS. USC 5 Sam Fuld (L/L), CF, 5-10, 180, Jr. .304, 2, 22, 6 .350, 10, 106, 25 USC: Car (.269, 21-78, 0, 10, 1), ‘03 (.350, 7-20, 0, 2, 1); Gm (1-6, 0, 1, 0); This Week (.100, 1-10, 0, 1, 0); Stk: 1 USC 13, at Stanford 4 (2/28/03) 1 Jonny Ash (L/R), 3B, 5-9, 175, Jr. .252, 0, 10, 0 .287, 0, 40, 0 USC....................... 013 200 403 - 13 11 1 USC: Car (.307, 4-13, 0, 0, 0), ‘03 (.129, 1-7, 0, 0, 0); Gm (1-6, 0, 0, 0); This Week (.129, 1-7, 0, 0, 0); Stk: 1 Stanford................ 003 001 000 - 4 8 6 24 Carlos Quentin (R/R), RF, 6-2, 215, Jr. .416, 6, 35, 9 .348, 29, 141, 25 Win-Bn. Bannister(3-1) Loss-Hudgins (3-1) Save-None T-3:10 A-1901 USC: Car (.324, 23-71, 3, 12, 0), ‘03 (.286, 4-14, 0, 1, 0); Gm (1-5, 0, 0, 0); This Week (.125, 1-8, 0, 0, 0); Stk: 1 BATTERIES: USC - Bn. Bannister, Cooper (8), Benavente (8), 12 Ryan Garko (R/R), C, 6-2, 220, Sr. .374, 11, 55, 1 .335, 32, 154, 3 Butler (8) and Bonovich. STAN - Hudgins, Jecmen (7), Ehrlich USC: Car (.365, 23-63, 2, 18, 0), ‘03 (.500, 9-18, 1, 10, 0); Gm (4-6, 1, 3, 0); This Week (.400, 4-10, 1, 3, 0); Stk: 1 (7), Gilmore (9) and Garko.