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2002 SCHEDULE/RESULTS •Cardinal Falls Into Fifth Place Tie In Pac-10 After Losing First Two Games Of Series 28-12, 5-6 PAC-10 16-3 (H), 12-9bn (A), 0-0 (N) No. 4 Stanford Looking To Avoid First Sweep Of Season Sunday 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 (28-12, 5-6) at Oregon State (27-14, 6-5) 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 - at Oregon State 4, Stanford 3 15 Fri. at Fresno State W, 6-2 Sun., April 28, 1 pm, PT - RHP John Hudgins (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. 10-7, 9-6 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 has dropped the first two games of its current series at Oregon State (Friday, 2 Sat. Cal Poly W, 18-5 3-1; Saturday, 4-3), marking its first losing streak this season as Stanford needs a victory 3 Sun. Cal Poly W, 11-3 8 Fri. at W, 15-4 in the series finale to avoid its first sweep this season ... The Cardinal is 7-4 in series 9 Sat. at California L, 1-2 finales this season ... The Cardinal has also lost four of its last five conference games to 10 Sun. at California W, 4-2 23 Sat. at USC (Game 1) W, 9-6 fall into a fifth-place tie in the Pac-10 standings, 4.5 games behind league leader USC ... 23 Sat. at USC (Game 2) W, 12-10 (11) Stanford has been held to 11 hits in the first two games of the series, including a season- 24 Sun. at USC W, 5-4 low four on Friday, and is hitting just .180 for the series ... Stanford had won 12 28 Thu. #16 Texas W, 7-6 (10) 29 Fri. #16 Texas L, 0-2 (10) consecutive regular season series before dropping two-of-three at Washington last 30 Sat. #16 Texas W, 7-2 Friday-Sunday (4/19 - 4/21) ... Stanford had won four straight games versus Oregon APRIL State, including a three-game sweep of the Beavers at Sunken Diamond last year (4/12 2 Tue. USF W, 4-1 5 Fri. at Arizona* W, 5-4 (18) - 4/14/01), before dropping the first two games of this series ... Stanford won two-of-three 6 Sat. at Arizona* W, 19-1 games the last time the teams played in Corvallis (5/5 -5/7/01) ... Stanford has come from 7 Sun. at Arizona* L, 13-15 (8) behind in 14 of its 28 victories this season ... Stanford has been successful in close games 9 Tue. San Jose State W, 5-4 12 Fri. USC* W, 6-5 (10) this season with an 8-4 mark in one-run contests and a 4-2 record in extra-inning games 13 Sat. USC* (FOX) L, 11-16 ... Stanford has scored five or more runs in an inning 18 times this season ... Despite 14 Sun. USC* W, 15-4 16 Tue. Saint Mary’s W, 19-2 scoring only four runs in the first two games of its current series, Stanford is averaging 19 Fri. at Washington* L, 1-3 8.1 runs per game, reaching double figure runs 11 times and double figure hits on 27 20 Sat. at Washington* W, 9-4 occasions ... Stanford is currently hitting .320, while posting a 3.96 ERA and a .971 fielding 21 Sun. at Washington* L, 3-4 (10) 24 Wed. Sacramento State W, 6-5 percentage ... Stanford has hit 17 triples to only three for its opponents this season and 26 Fri. at Oregon State* L, 1-3 also has a sizeable lead in homers with a 50-24 advantage over its competition ... Stanford 27 Sat. at Oregon State* L, 3-4 28 Sun. at Oregon State* 1:00 pm has used 34 different starting lineups in 40 games this season ... Stanford’s 28-12 record 30 Tue. at San Jose State 7:00 pm this season is three games behind the team’s 31-9 mark through 40 games a year ago MAY ... Stanford is attempting to qualify for the for the fourth consecutive 3 Fri. California* 6:00 pm 4 Sat. California* 1:00 pm season as the 2002 senior class is looking to become the first class of Stanford Baseball 5 Sun. California* 1:00 pm players to reach Omaha in each of its four years ... Stanford has qualified for the CWS 7 Tue. at Santa Clara 6:00 pm title game in each of the last two years ... Stanford is coming off three straight 50-win 10 Fri. Arizona State* 6:00 pm 11 Sat. Arizona State* 1:00 pm seasons for the first time in school history and has compiled a record of 179-60 (.749) 12 Sun. Arizona State* 1:00 pm since 1999. 14 Tue. at Nevada 2:00 pm 17 Fri. at UCLA* 6:00 pm 18 Sat. at UCLA* 1:00 pm STANFORD BASEBALL QUICK INDIVIDUAL NOTES 19 Sun. at UCLA* 1:00 pm National Player of the Year candidate Jason Cooper continues to lead the team with a .366 24 Fri. Washington State* 6:00 pm 25 Sat. Washington State* 1:00 pm batting average, 10 homers and 39 RBI despite not homering or a driving in a run for the 26 Sun. Washington State* 1:00 pm past seven games as his average his dropped from .400 ... Chris O’Riordan (.357, 232-649) 31-2 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Regionals• TBA has dropped back to fourth on Stanford’s career batting average list, five percentage points JUNE 7-9 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Super Regionals+ TBA behind all-time leader Jack Shepard (.362) ... O’Riordan had a career-high 12-game hit 14-22 Fri.-Sat. at College World Series^ TBA streak (23-55, .418) and a 38-game on base streak before going 0-for-7 without reaching *Pac-10 Game; ^College World Series at Omaha, NE; (FOX) - Fox Sports Net; All Times Pacific Unless Noted; All base in the first two games of the current series ... O’Riordan is third among regulars with Home Games In Bold At Sunken Diamond; Rankings by a .343 batting average and leads the team in bases on balls (23) ... Sam Fuld is second on the club with a .344 batting average, while pacing the club in hits (62) and doubles (12) • Live Stats ... Fuld had been the team’s hottest hitter, going 17-for-34 (.500) with seven multiple-hit • Audio Broadcasts games in his last eight contests ... Brian Hall leads the team with nine stolen bases in nine • Current News • Tickets chances ... Stanford’s regular starting rotation of , Tim Cunningham and • Much More John Hudgins is a combined 17-3 with a 3.74 ERA. Stanford Cardinal Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) 2002 PAC-10 STANDINGS (Thru 4/27) STANFORD BASEBALL PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Team Pac-10 GB Overall No. 4 Stanford Cardinal (28-12, 5-6) at Oregon State Beavers (27-14, 6-5) USC 11-3 --- 28-16 Washington 7-4 2.5 19-19-1 Sunday, April 28 (1 pm, PT) Arizona State 9-6 2.5 26-16 Oregon State 6-5 3.5 27-14 Batting California 8-9 4.5 26-21 Order Stanford 5-6 4.5 28-12 No Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2002 Stats UCLA 5-6 4.5 19-25 1 1 Chris O’Riordan (R/R) 2B 5-9 180 Sr. .343, 6 HR, 33 RBI, 3 SB Arizona 5-9 6.0 27-18 Washington State 2-12 9.0 15-25 2 5 Sam Fuld (L/L) CF 5-10 180 So. .344, 2 HR, 24 RBI, 3 SB 3 12 Ryan Garko (R/R) C 6-2 235 Jr. .313, 8 HR, 32 RBI, 1 SB THIS WEEK’S PAC-10 ACTION 4 24 Carlos Quentin (R/R) RF 6-2 215 So. .338, 8 HR, 37 RBI, 7 SB Tuesday, April 23 5 21 Andy Topham (R/R) SS 6-2 200 Sr. .325, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 6 SB Oregon State 11, at Portland 4 Cal State Fullerton 9, at UCLA 7 6 15 Donny Lucy (R/R) 1B 5-10 185 Fr. .295, 3 HR, 28 RBI, 6 SB at USC 10, San Diego State 8 Washington State 7, at Lewis-Clark State 2 7 18 Jason Cooper (L/R) DH 6-2 210 Jr. .366, 10 HR, 39 RBI, 0 SB 8 3 Brian Hall (R/R) LF 6-0 175 So. .265, 3 HR, 23 RBI, 9 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 4/28 17 John Hudgins (R/R) RHP 6-2 195 So. 6-0, 4.63, 58.1 IP, 41 SO Washington 2, at California 0* at Oregon State 3, Stanford 1* Notes: All-American candidate ... Pitched effectively in a no-decision effort at Washington (4/21), giving up at UCLA 5, Washington State 3* five hits and three runs over 7.1 innings ... Picked up a victory versus USC (4/14), scattering nine hits and four runs over the first 7.0 innings ... Tossed his first career complete game (9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, Saturday, April 27 at USC 12, Arizona 10* 7 SO) and the first by a Stanford pitcher this season in a 7-2 win over Texas (3/30) ... Co-leads the club in Arizona State at Notre Dame (ppd.) victories (6), while ranking second in (41), third in innings pitched (58.1) and tied for third in Washington 5, at California 4* at Oregon State 4, Stanford 3* appearances (12) ... Tossed 6.2 innings, giving up just five hits and four runs at USC (3/24) ... Scattered six Washington State 14, at UCLA 10* hits and one run over 6.0 innings in a 4-2 win at Cal (3/10) ... Made his first start of the season versus Cal Poly (3/3) and held the Mustangs scoreless over the first 6.0 innings, facing only one batter over the minimum Sunday, April 28 Arizona at USC (1 pm, PDT)* before allowing three runs in the seventh ... Picked up a win out of the bullpen in a wild 15-11 Stanford victory Arizona State at Notre Dame (11 am, CST) at Florida State (2/9) ... Impressive performance (4.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO) in relief versus Cal Washington at California (1 pm, PDT)* Stanford at Oregon State (1 pm, PDT)* State Fullerton (2/3) in his first outing of the season. Washington State at UCLA (12 pm, PDT)* *Pac-10 Conference Game STANFORD-OREGON STATE BASEBALL HISTORY AND CURRENT SERIES Stanford and Oregon State conclude their current three-game series Sunday, April 28 (1 pm, LAST WEEK’S PAC-10 RESULTS PT). The Beavers have opened the series with a pair of victories, 3-1 on Friday and 4-3 on Monday, April 15 at Oregon State 11, Hawaii-Hilo 0 (8) Saturday. Stanford has dropped into a fifth place tie in the Pac-10 standings with a 5-6 conference mark, 4.5 games behind league leader USC (28-16, 11-3 Pac-10). Oregon State Tuesday, April 16 at Arizona 17, Grand Canyon 8 has moved into sole possession of fourth place with a 6-5 conference mark. Stanford had won at California 9, Fresno State 2 the last four games between the clubs prior to the current series. Last year, the Cardinal swept at Stanford 19, Saint Mary’s 2 UCLA 4, at UC Riverside 2 the Beavers in a three-game series at Sunken Diamond (4/12, 4-1; 4/13, 8-1; 4/14, 22-5 in 7 at USC 8, Loyola Marymount 4 Lewis-Clark State 6, at Washington 4 innings). Stanford leads the all-time series, 29-11.

Friday, April 19 at Arizona 5, UC Riverside 1 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY GAME REVIEWS California 9, at Arizona State 5* at Oregon State 3, Stanford 1 (April 26, 2002) - Ben Rowe tossed a complete game four- at Oregon State 9, UCLA 8* at Washington 3, Stanford 1* hitter as Oregon State shut down Stanford, 3-1. Jeremy Guthrie (6-1) had his 11-game win USC 13, at Washington State 7* streak snapped despite tossing his first complete game of the season, scattering eight hits Saturday, April 20 and three runs with five strikeouts. Ryan Garko’s fourth inning solo homer gave the Cardinal UC Riverside 12, at Arizona 5 at Arizona State 4, California 3 (10)* a short-lived 1-0 lead. Garko (2-4, HR, RBI) had two of Stanford’s season-low four hits. Biles UCLA 6, at Oregon State 1* (2-4, 2B) was the only Oregon State player with more than one hit. Chris O’Riordan had both Stanford 9, at Washington 4* USC 15, at Washington State 3* his career-high hit (12) and on-base (38) streaks broken by going 0-for-4. Stanford...... 000 100 000 - 1 4 1 Sunday, April 21 at Arizona 13, UC Riverside 5 Oregon State...... 000 300 00x - 3 8 2 California 9, at Arizona State 3* UCLA 9, at Oregon State 7* Win-Rowe(6-3) Loss-Guthrie(6-1) Save-None T-2:24 A-912 at Washington 4, Stanford 3 (10)* BATTERIES: Stanford - Guthrie and Garko. Oregon State - Rowe and Udy, Richie (9). USC 15, at Washington State 9* *Pac-10 Conference Game HRs: Stanford - Garko (8th, solo in 4th).

STANFORD SERIES STATS at Oregon State 4, Stanford 3 (April 27, 2002) - Oregon State knocked off Stanford for the HITTING (.180, 2B, HR, 4 RBI) Ryan Garko (3-6, .500, HR, 2 RBI) second straight day with a 4-3 victory as Aaron Mathews scored the game-winning run on Andy Topham (2-7, .286, SB) Carlos Quentin (2-7, .286) a wild play in the bottom of the eighth inning. J.R. Runyon struck out on a wild pitch that moved Sam Fuld (2-8, .250, RBI) and he scored when Stanford Ryan Garko tried to throw Brian Barden out at second Brian Hall (1-5, .200, SB) Tobin Swope (1-6, .167) base and the ball skipped by Cardinal second baseman Chris O’Riordan. Ty Kline (5-0) Danny Putnam (0-7, .000, RBI) Chris O’Riordan (0-7, .000) picked up the victory, while Dan Rich (1-1) suffered the loss. Jason Cooper (0-6, .000) Stanford...... 001 100 010 - 3 7 2 Chris Carter (0-2, .000) Oregon State...... 100 101 01x - 4 6 0 PITCHING (2.81, 16.0 IP, 14 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 13 SO) Dan Rich (0-1, 0.00, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO) Win-Kline(5-0) Loss-Rich(1-1) Save-Sanders(9) T-2:49 A-1838 Tim Cunningham (0-0, 2.57, 7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO) BATTERIES: Stanford - Cunningham, Rich (8) and Garko. Oregon State - Copeland, Kline Jeremy Guthrie (0-0, 3.38, 8.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO) (8), Ekstrom (9), Sanders (9) and Richie. HRs: Oregon State - Pietsch (4th, solo in 4th).

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