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2002 SCHEDULE/RESULTS •Cardinal Falls Into Fourth Place Tie In Pac-10 After Losing Opener At Oregon State, 3-1 28-11, 5-5 PAC-10 16-3 (H), 12-8 (A), 0-0 (N) No. 4 Stanford Looking To Get Back On Track Saturday At Oregon State FEBRUARY 1 Fri. #15 Cal State Fullerton W, 7-4 2 Sat. #15 Cal State Fullerton W, 17-1 3 Sun. #15 Cal State Fullerton L, 3-6 No. 4 Stanford (28-11, 5-5) at Oregon State (26-14, 5-5) 8 Fri. at #6 Florida State W, 9-3 9 Sat. at #6 Florida State W, 15-11 10 Sun. at #6 Florida State L, 6-7 Fri., April 26 - at Oregon State 3, Stanford 1 12 Tue. Brigham Young W, 8-1 Sat., April 27, 4 pm, PT - LHP Tim Cunningham (5-2, 4.24) vs. RHP Stephen Copeland (4-2, 5.78) 15 Fri. at Fresno State W, 6-2 Sun., April 28, 1 pm, PT - RHP (6-0, 4.63) vs. LHP Mark McLemore (2-2, 4.35) 16 Sat. at Fresno State L, 5-7 17 Sun. at Fresno State ppd., rain *A live audio broadcast of all three Stanford-Oregon State baseball games will be available on KZSU 18 Mon. at Fresno State W, 8-3 (90.1 FM) as well as online at gostanford.com with Nick Kapur calling the action ... Live stats will also be 22 Fri. Santa Clara W, 5-4 available for all three games at gostanford.com. 23 Sat. at Santa Clara L, 9-13 24 Sun. Santa Clara W, 8-7 MARCH STANFORD BASEBALL QUICK TEAM NOTES 1 Fri. Cal Poly W, 8-6 Stanford is currently ranked No. 4 in the nation in all four major polls (Baseball America, 2 Sat. Cal Poly W, 18-5 Baseball Weekly/ESPN, Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA) but the Cardinal has dropped 3 Sun. Cal Poly W, 11-3 8 Fri. at California W, 15-4 three of its last four conference games to fall into a fourth-place tie in the Pac-10 9 Sat. at California L, 1-2 standings, 3.5 games behind league leader USC ... The Cardinal dropped its series 10 Sun. at California W, 4-2 23 Sat. at USC (Game 1) W, 9-6 opener at Oregon State, 3-1, last night to lose its second straight series opener after 23 Sat. at USC (Game 2) W, 12-10 (11) beginning each of its first 10 series this year with victories ... Stanford was held to a 24 Sun. at USC W, 5-4 season-low four hits in last night’s loss ... Stanford is 6-5 in middle games and 7-4 in series 28 Thu. #16 Texas W, 7-6 (10) 29 Fri. #16 Texas L, 0-2 (10) finales ... Stanford had won 12 consecutive regular season series before dropping two- 30 Sat. #16 Texas W, 7-2 of-three at Washington (4/19 - 4/21) ... Stanford had won four straight games versus APRIL Oregon State, including a three-game sweep of the Beavers at Sunken Diamond last year 2 Tue. USF W, 4-1 5 Fri. at Arizona* W, 5-4 (18) (4/12 - 4/14/01), before last night’s defeat ... Stanford won two-of-three games the last 6 Sat. at Arizona* W, 19-1 time the teams played in Corvallis (5/5 -5/7/01) ... Stanford has come from behind in 14 7 Sun. at Arizona* L, 13-15 (8) of its 28 victories this season ... Stanford has been successful in close games this season 9 Tue. San Jose State W, 5-4 12 Fri. USC* W, 6-5 (10) with an 8-3 mark in one-run contests and a 4-2 record in extra-inning games ... Stanford 13 Sat. USC* (FOX) L, 11-16 has scored five or more runs in an inning 18 times this season ... Stanford is averaging 14 Sun. USC* W, 15-4 16 Tue. Saint Mary’s W, 19-2 8.2 runs per game, has reached double figure runs 11 times and double figure hits on 27 19 Fri. at Washington* L, 1-3 occasions ... Stanford is currently hitting .321, while posting a 3.98 ERA and a .971 fielding 20 Sat. at Washington* W, 9-4 percentage ... Stanford has hit 17 triples to only three for its opponents this season and 21 Sun. at Washington* L, 3-4 (10) 24 Wed. Sacramento State W, 6-5 also has a sizeable lead in homers with a 50-23 advantage over its competition ... Stanford 26 Fri. at Oregon State* L, 1-3 has used 33 different starting lineups in 39 games this season ... Stanford’s 28-11 record 27 Sat. at Oregon State* 4:00 pm 28 Sun. at Oregon State* 1:00 pm this season is three games behind the team’s 31-8 mark through 39 games a year ago 30 Tue. at San Jose State 7:00 pm ... Stanford has yet to lose two games in a row this season ... Stanford is attempting to MAY qualify for the College World Series for the fourth consecutive season as the 2002 senior 3 Fri. California* 6:00 pm 4 Sat. California* 1:00 pm class is looking to become the first class of Stanford Baseball players to reach Omaha 5 Sun. California* 1:00 pm in each of its four years ... Stanford has qualified for the CWS title game in each of the 7 Tue. at Santa Clara 6:00 pm last two years ... Stanford is coming off three straight 50-win seasons for the first time in 10 Fri. Arizona State* 6:00 pm 11 Sat. Arizona State* 1:00 pm school history and has compiled a record of 179-59 (.752) since 1999. 12 Sun. Arizona State* 1:00 pm 14 Tue. at Nevada 2:00 pm 17 Fri. at UCLA* 6:00 pm STANFORD BASEBALL QUICK INDIVIDUAL NOTES 18 Sat. at UCLA* 1:00 pm National Player of the Year candidate Jason Cooper leads the team with a .371 batting 19 Sun. at UCLA* 1:00 pm average, 10 homers and 39 RBI ... Chris O’Riordan (.359, 232-646) currently ranks tied for 24 Fri. Washington State* 6:00 pm 25 Sat. Washington State* 1:00 pm second on Stanford’s career batting average list, three percentage points behind Jack 26 Sun. Washington State* 1:00 pm Shepard (.362) ... O’Riordan had a career-high 12-game hit streak (23-55, .418) snapped 31-2 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Regionals• TBA by going 0-for-4 last night ... O’Riordan also failed to reach base for the first time in 39 games JUNE 7-9 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Super Regionals+ TBA this season last night ... O’Riordan is second among regulars with a .350 batting average 14-22 Fri.-Sat. at College World Series^ TBA and leads the team in bases on balls (23) ... Sam Fuld paces the club in hits (60) and doubles *Pac-10 Game; ^College World Series at Omaha, NE; (FOX) - Fox Sports Net; All Times Pacific Unless Noted; All (12) ... Fuld had been the team’s hottest hitter, going 15-for-26 (.577) with six straight Home Games In Bold At Sunken Diamond; Rankings by multiple-hit games before going 0-for-4 last night ... Brian Hall leads the team with nine Baseball America stolen bases in nine chances ... Stanford’s regular starting rotation of Jeremy Guthrie, Tim • Live Stats Cunningham and John Hudgins is a combined 17-3 with a 3.78 ERA ... Guthrie had won • Audio Broadcasts 11 consecutive decisions before taking the loss last night ... Dan Rich picked up his first • Current News • Tickets victory since 1999 with career-highs in innings pitched (4.2) and (6) during a relief • Much More performance in a 9-4 win at Washington (4/21). Stanford Cardinal Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) 2002 PAC-10 STANDINGS (Thru 4/26) STANFORD BASEBALL PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Team Pac-10 GB Overall No. 4 Stanford Cardinal (28-11, 5-5) at Oregon State Beavers (26-14, 5-5) USC 10-3 --- 27-16 Arizona State 9-6 2.0 26-16 Saturday-Sunday, April 27-28 (4 pm, 1 pm, PT) Washington 6-4 2.5 18-19-1 Stanford 5-5 3.5 28-11 Batting California 8-8 3.5 26-20 Order Oregon State 5-5 3.5 26-14 No Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2002 Stats UCLA 5-5 3.5 19-24 1 1 Chris O’Riordan (R/R) 2B 5-9 180 Sr. .350, 6 HR, 33 RBI, 3 SB Arizona 5-8 5.0 27-17 Washington State 2-11 8.0 15-24 2 5 Sam Fuld (L/L) CF 5-10 180 So. .341, 2 HR, 23 RBI, 3 SB 3 12 (R/R) C 6-2 235 Jr. .311, 8 HR, 31 RBI, 1 SB THIS WEEK’S PAC-10 ACTION 4 18 Jason Cooper (L/R) DH 6-2 210 Jr. .371, 10 HR, 39 RBI, 0 SB Tuesday, April 23 5 24 Carlos Quentin (R/R) RF 6-2 215 So. .338, 8 HR, 37 RBI, 7 SB Oregon State 11, at Portland 4 Cal State Fullerton 9, at UCLA 7 6 7 Danny Putnam (L/L) LF 5-10 185 Fr. .232, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 2 SB at USC 10, San Diego State 8 Washington State 7, at Lewis-Clark State 2 7 3 Brian Hall (R/R) 1B 6-0 175 So. .271, 3 HR, 23 RBI, 9 SB 8 21 Andy Topham (R/R) SS 6-2 200 Sr. .320, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 5 SB Wednesday, April 24 Arizona State 7, at Oklahoma 5 9 2 Arik VanZandt (R/R) 3B 6-1 200 Sr. .330, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 7 SB at Stanford 6, Sacramento State 5 at USC 11, UC Santa Barbara 7 Probable Starting Friday, April 26 at USC 14, Arizona 6* Day No Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2002 Stats at Notre Dame 9, Arizona State 4 4/27 27 Tim Cunningham (L/L) LHP 6-3 190 Jr. 5-2, 4.24, 63.2 IP, 36 SO Washington 2, at California 0* at Oregon State 3, Stanford 1* Notes: Has struggled in his last two starts, most recently by giving up three runs on three hits, at UCLA 5, Washington State 3* three walks and two hit batsmen at Washington (4/20) ... Allowed nine runs and eight hits in Saturday, April 27 1.0 plus innings versus USC (4/13) ... Picked up a win at Arizona (4/6), limiting the Wildcats Arizona at USC (1 pm, PDT)* to five hits and one run over 7.0 innings ... Had his most impressive performance of year and Arizona State at Notre Dame (3:05 pm, CST) Washington at California (1 pm, PDT)* the longest outing of his career versus Texas (3/28), shutting out the Longhorns for 9.0 innings Stanford at Oregon State (4 pm, PDT)* Washington State at UCLA (1 pm, PDT)* but picking up a no-decision in a 2-0 Cardinal loss ... Had won 10 straight games before taking the loss in a 2-1 defeat at Cal (3/9) despite allowing just four hits and two runs (one earned) Sunday, April 28 Arizona at USC (1 pm, PDT)* in 7.0 innings ... Picked up a no-decision at USC (3/23) in a game that Stanford eventually Washington at California (1 pm, PDT)* won 12-10 in 11 innings ... Scattered 10 hits and four runs over 6.0 innings to earn a victory Stanford at Oregon State (1 pm, PDT)* Washington State at UCLA (12 pm, PDT)* in an 18-5 win over Cal Poly (3/2) ... Pitched wonderfully in back-to-back starts versus Brigham *Pac-10 Conference Game Young (2/12) and Fresno State (2/18), allowing no earned runs in 11.2 innings to pick up a pair of victories ... Held Fresno State without an earned run in 7.2 innings, scattering three LAST WEEK’S PAC-10 RESULTS Monday, April 15 hits and taking a shutout into the eighth inning ... Tossed 4.0 scoreless innings as a starter at Oregon State 11, Hawaii-Hilo 0 (8) versus Brigham Young (2/12), allowing only one hit ... Began his 2002 campaign with a victory

Tuesday, April 16 over Cal State Fullerton (2/2) in the second game of the season-opening series, scattering at Arizona 17, Grand Canyon 8 five hits and one run ... Co-leads the team with 12 starts, while ranking second on the club at California 9, Fresno State 2 at Stanford 19, Saint Mary’s 2 innings pitched (63.2), as well as third in victories (5) and strikeouts (36). UCLA 4, at UC Riverside 2 at USC 8, Loyola Marymount 4 4/28 17 John Hudgins (R/R) RHP 6-2 195 So. 6-0, 4.63, 58.1 IP, 41 SO Lewis-Clark State 6, at Washington 4

Friday, April 19 STANFORD-OREGON STATE BASEBALL HISTORY at Arizona 5, UC Riverside 1 Stanford and Oregon State continue their current three-game series Saturday-Sunday, April California 9, at Arizona State 5* at Oregon State 9, UCLA 8* 27-28 (4 pm, 1 pm, PT). The Beavers opened the series with a 3-1 victory over the Cardinal at Washington 3, Stanford 1* on Friday to drop Stanford into a fourth place tie in the Pac-10 standings with a 5-5 conference USC 13, at Washington State 7* mark, 3.5 games behind league leader USC (27-16, 10-3 Pac-10). Oregon State is one of four Saturday, April 20 UC Riverside 12, at Arizona 5 teams also tied for fourth place with a 5-5 conference mark. Stanford had won the last four at Arizona State 4, California 3 (10)* games between the clubs prior to last night with the previous Oregon State victory coming in UCLA 6, at Oregon State 1* Stanford 9, at Washington 4* a 5-2 win in Corvallis on April 6, 2000. Last year, the Cardinal swept the Beavers in a three- USC 15, at Washington State 3* game series at Sunken Diamond (4/12, 4-1; 4/13, 8-1; 4/14, 22-5 in 7 innings). Stanford leads Sunday, April 21 the all-time series, 29-10. at Arizona 13, UC Riverside 5 California 9, at Arizona State 3* UCLA 9, at Oregon State 7* FRIDAY GAME REVIEW at Washington 4, Stanford 3 (10)* USC 15, at Washington State 9* at Oregon State 3, Stanford 1 (April 26, 2002) - Ben Rowe tossed a four- *Pac-10 Conference Game hitter as Oregon State shut down Stanford with a 3-1 victory in the opener of a Pac-10 series. PAC-10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK The victory came in Oregon State’s first night game played in 96 years at Goss Stadium at April 22 - Conor Jackson, California Coleman Field. Rowe did not walk a batter and struck out four, while Jeremy Guthrie (6-1) April 15 - Jason Cooper, Stanford April 8 - Jeremy West, Arizona State had his 11-game win streak snapped on the mound despite tossing his first complete game April 1 - Jay Garthwaite, Washington of the season, scattering eight hits and three runs with five strikeouts. Stanford’s only run March 26 - Andre Ethier, Arizona State March 19 - Jay Garthwaite, Washington came on a leadoff solo homer by Ryan Garko in the top of the fourth inning to give the Cardinal March 12 - Adam Berry, UCLA a short-lived 1-0 lead. Garko (2-4, HR, RBI) had two of Stanford’s season-low four hits. Biles PAC-10 PITCHERS OF THE WEEK (2-4, 2B) was the only Oregon State player with more than one hit. Chris O’Riordan had both April 22 - Shawn Kohn, Washington his career-high hit (12) and on-base (38) streaks broken by going 0-for-4 April 15 - Matt Brown, California April 8 - Trevor Hutchinson, California Stanford...... 000 100 000 - 1 4 1 April 1 - Mike Esposito, Arizona State Oregon State...... 000 300 00x - 3 8 2 March 26 - Marc Kaiser, Arizona March 19 - Jon Williams, USC Win-Rowe(6-3) Loss-Guthrie(6-1) Save-None T-2:24 A-912 March 12 - Robbie McClellan, Arizona State BATTERIES: Stanford - Guthrie and Garko. Oregon State - Rowe and Udy, Richie (9). HRs: Stanford - Garko (8th, solo in 4th).

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