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 [email protected] #2 Stanford Cardinal (27-5, 9-3) at Arizona (23-12, 6-6) 650-224-0979 Dates: April 20-22 Location: Tucson, Arizona 2018 SCHEDULE Stadium: Hi Corbett Field (9,500) February All Times Pacific Fri. 16 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 5-1 TV: Pac-12 Networks Sat. 17 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 5-3 Live Stats: GoStanford.com Sun. 18 Cal State Fullerton .........W, 6-5 Mon. 19 at UC Davis .....................W, 3-2 Thu. 22 Rice ................................W, 7-2 PROBABLE STARTERS Fri. 23 Rice ................................W, 6-2 Sat. 24 Rice ................................W, 7-4 Friday (7 p.m.): RHP Tristan Beck (4-2, 3.11 ERA) vs. RHP Cody Deason (4-2, 1.94 ERA) Sun. 25 Rice ................................W, 2-0 Saturday (7 p.m.): LHP Kris Bubic (5-0, 2.40 ERA) vs. Michael Flynn (5-2, 4.70 ERA) March Fri. 2 Michigan ........................W, 7-0 Sunday (Noon): LHP Erik Miller (2-2, 4.35 ERA) vs. TBA Sat. 3 Michigan ........................W, 3-2 Sat. 3 Michigan .........................L, 0-5 NOTES Sun. 4 Michigan ........................W, 7-4 Thu. 8 at Texas ...........................L, 6-8 Weekend Opponent, Arizona Fri. 9 at Texas ..........................W, 7-1 • Friday night’s series opener is the 184th meeting between the two programs – Sat. 10 at Texas ..........................W, 9-3 Stanford owns a 109-74 (.596) advantage, with the series dating to 1975. Sun. 11 at Texas ........................W, 11-1 Fri. 23 USC* ...............................W, 5-1 • The Wildcats (23-12, 6-6) enter the series having won seven of its past six, with Sat. 24 USC* .............................W, 11-1 Pac-12 series wins over USC and Oregon State – Arizona has won three straight Pac- Sun. 25 USC* .............................W, 18-0 12 series since dropping a 3-0 series sweep at Washington to open league play. Tue. 27 San Diego .......................W, 3-0 • Nick Quintana leads Arizona with 35 RBI and seven home runs, and Cody Deason Thu. 29 Oregon* .........................L, 1-10 (4-2) leads the starting staff with a 1.94 ERA in 51.0 innings. Fri. 30 Oregon* ..........................W, 5-1 Sat. 31 Oregon* ..........................W, 4-0 April What’s Next Mon. 2 Gonzaga .........................W, 4-3 • Stanford has just nine regular-season home games remaining in 2018. The Tue. 3 at Santa Clara ..............W, 16-8 Cardinal returns to Sunken Diamond next week to host Pacific on Tuesday, followed Fri. 6 at UCLA* ..........................L, 4-8 Sat. 7 at UCLA* .....................W, 13-11 by a three-game series with California (April 26-28). Sun. 8 at UCLA* ..........................L, 2-7 • All 15 of Stanford’s remaining Pac-12 games will air on Pac-12 Networks. Tue. 10 UC Davis .........................W, 7-2 • After hosting San Francisco on May 1, Stanford hits the road for a three-game Fri. 13 Arizona State* ................W, 3-1 series at Utah in Salt Lake City on May 4-6. Sat. 14 Arizona State* ..............W, 11-6 Sun. 15 Arizona State* ..............W, 10-3 Fri. 20 at Arizona* .....................7 p.m. Leading the Pac Sat. 21 at Arizona* .....................7 p.m. • At 9-3 (.750), Stanford enters the weekend atop the Pac-12 standings, ahead of Sun. 22 at Arizona* ......................Noon UCLA (11-4, .733), Washington (8-4, .667) and Oregon State (7-5, .583). Tue. 24 Pacific.............................6 p.m. • Stanford checks in at No. 2 in the latest D1 Baseball top-25, and sits at No. 2 in the Thu. 26 California* ......................7 p.m. Fri. 27 California* ......................7 p.m. most recent NCAA RPI ratings. Sat. 28 California* ......................7 p.m. • Stanford’s 27-5 overall record sits one game ahead of Oregon State (26-6) for best May overall record, with UCLA (22-9) owning the third-best season clip. Tue. 1 San Francisco ................6 p.m. • Stanford’s overall .844 win percentage ranks second nationally behind Tennessee Fri. 4 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. Tech (29-5, .853). Sat. 5 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. Sun. 6 at Utah* .....................9:30 a.m. Tue. 8 Santa Clara ....................6 p.m. Pitching Leads the Way Fri. 11 at Oregon State* ............7 p.m. • Stanford’s pitching staff leads the Pac-12 in ERA (2.75), opposing batting average Sat. 12 at Oregon State* ...............TBD (.211), runs allowed (105) and saves (15). The Cardinal has allowed the fewest hits Sun. 13 at Oregon State* .............Noon Tue. 15 BYU .................................1 p.m. (219) and walks (84) in the league, with the second-lowest WHIP (1.06) among Fri. 18 Washington State* .........6 p.m. Division I teams behind only Stetson (1.03). Sat. 19 Washington State* ....1:30 p.m. • Catcher Maverick Handley has been behind the plate for a majority of Stanford’s Sun. 20 Washington State* .......12 p.m. games – Handley leads the Pac-12 with 14 stolen base attempts caught, having Thu. 24 at Washington* ..............7 p.m. allowed just six. Fri. 25 at Washington* ..............7 p.m. Sat. 26 at Washington* ..............3 p.m. * = Pac-12 Conference Game Spectacular Starters Follow the Cardinal... • Junior Kris Bubic (5-0) leads Stanford’s weekend staff with a 2.40 ERA. Bubic leads the team with 53 strikeouts in 48.2 innings pitched, limiting opposing hitters to a On the Web On Facebook .201 batting average. The Cardinal has won each of Bubic’s past 16 starts, a streak GoStanford.com StanfordBaseball that dates to April 14, 2017. A preseason All-American, Bubic was named to D1 Baseball and Perfect Game’s midseason All-America teams, as well as the Golden On Twitter On Instagram Spikes Midseason Watch List. @StanfordBSB; StanfordBSB • Junior Tristan Beck has returned as Stanford’s Friday night starter after missing his #GoStanford QUICK FACTS CARDINAL NOTES Stanford Baseball sophomore season with an injury. The third Stanford pitcher to start opening day Seasons (First) ................................ 123rd (1894) as a freshman, Beck (4-2) has a 3.11 ERA with 44 strikeouts in 46.1 innings – Beck, College World Series titles ................................2 College WS appearances .................................16 along with Bubic, is widely considered one of the top pitching prospects for the College WS record ........................... 40-29 (.580) 2018 MLB Draft. NCAA Super Regional appearances ..................9 • Freshman Brendan Beck, the younger brother of Tristan, leads Stanford starting NCAA Super Regional record ............ 12-8 (.600) pitchers with a 1.34 ERA and .192 opposing batting average. Beck has started four NCAA Regional appearances ...........................30 of Stanford’s midweek games and Game 4 of Stanford’s three four-game series. NCAA Regional record ..................... 80-30 (.727) His ERA leads the Pac-12, while his opposing batting average ranks second. Conference titles .............................................17 • Sophomore Erik Miller (2-2) is Stanford’s Sunday starter with a 4.35 ERA in 31.0 Winning seasons ..............................................83 50+ win seasons.................................................6 innings. Miller ranks third on the team with 36 strikeouts, holding hitters to a .239 40+ win seasons...............................................22 batting average. National Player of the Year ...............................3 National Freshman of the Year .........................5 Little Lighting it Up National Coach of the Year ................................3 • Jack Little leads the Pac-12 with 11 saves and ranks fourth, nationally. Little was Conference Players of the Year .......................15 recently named to Perfect Game’s midseason All-America list. All-Americans ..................................................55 • In 13 appearances across 23.0 innings, Little has surrendered just 15 base U.S. National Team members .........................33 Olympians..........................................................7 runners (11 hits, four walks) and one run while striking out 28 and limiting MLB first-round draft picks .............................25 opposing hitters to a .145 batting average. • Six of Little’s appearances have been 2.0 innings or more, including back-to-back Stanford University nine-out saves against Michigan and Texas (March 4-10). Location ...................................... Stanford, Calif. • Little ranks fourth on Stanford’s all-time single-season list – last season, Colton Founded .......................................................1891 Hock set the single-season record with 16 saves. Enrollment ................................................18,136 .................7,061 undergrad • 11,075 graduate Twitter ................................................@Stanford Holding Down the Fort Nickname ...............................................Cardinal • Led by Little, Stanford’s bullpen owns a 2.63 ERA compared to a 6.39 opposing Colors ...................................Cardinal and White bullpen ERA. Fight Song ......................................All Right Now • Zach Grech (16 appearances) and Jacob Palisch (15 appearances) have been President .......................... Marc Tessier-Lavigne Stanford’s most oft-used bullpen arms, with Daniel Bakst (12) and Austin Weiermiller (12) also racking up double-digit relief appearances. Stanford Athletics • Grech has pitched 17.0 innings,