STANFORD BASEBALL RELEASE May 16, 2004 CONTACT: Kyle McRae (650) 725-2959 (ph); (650) 725-2957 (fax) [email protected] (email) gostanford.com (website) 2004 SCHEDULE/RE SULTS •Cardinal maintains percentage point lead in Pac-10 with 11-9 win Saturday 39-8, 12-4 (PAC-10), 22-1 (H), 17-7 (A) No. 2 Stanford And Arizona Continue Series Sunday Date Day Opponent (TV) Result/Time JANUARY No. 2 Stanford (39-8, 12-4 Pac-10) at Arizona (25-21-1, 7-9 Pac-10) 30 Fri. No. 4 Cal State Fullerton W, 16-3 31 Sat. No. 4 Cal State Fullerton W, 8-7 Saturday, May 15, 7 pm, MST – Stanford 11, at Arizona 9 FEBRUARY Sunday, May 16, 7 pm, MST – RHP Jeff Gilmore (8-2, 4.30) vs. RHP Kevin Guyette (6-5, 6.24) 1 Sun. No. 4 Cal State Fullerton W, 4-1 Monday, May 17, 1 pm, MST – TBA vs. RHP John Meloan (5-0, 5.40) 6 Fri. at Fresno State L, 1-3 Media Coverage: The remaining two games of the Stanford-Arizona baseball series are scheduled to 7 Sat. at Fresno State W, 13-4 be broadcast on the air at KZSU (90.1 FM) as well as online at gostanford.com with Michael Etchepare 8 Sun. at Fresno State W, 10-3 on the microphone ... A Gametracker with live stats for both games will also be available from a link at 13 Fri. Kansas W, 7-1 gostanford.com. 14 Sat. Kansas W, 6-1 15 Sun. Kansas W, 10-6 20 Fri. No. 6 Texas W, 7-4 QUICK TEAM NOTES 21 Sat. No. 6 Texas L, 6-9 Stanford (39-8, 12-4 Pac-10) will complete its regular season road schedule with the fi nal 22 Sun. No. 6 Texas W, 8-1 24 Tue. Rikkyo (Exhibition) W, 9-4 two games of a series at Arizona on Sunday (7 pm, MST) and Monday (1 pm, MST) … 27 Fri. at California W, 12-9 Stanford allowed fi ve runs in the bottom of the fi rst inning before coming from behind 28 Sat. at California W, 10-3 for an 11-9 win over the Wildcats in Saturday’s series-opener, allowing the Cardinal to 29 Sun. at California W, 6-2 maintain its percentage points lead over Washington (14-6 Pac-10) in the race for the MARCH 5 Fri. at USC W, 10-2 Pac-10 title … Stanford needs just one more victories to extend its school record string 6 Sat. at USC W, 8-7 (13) of 40-win seasons to 10 … Stanford has won 11 of its 12 regular season three-game 7 Sun. at USC L, 8-11 series this season, losing a series only at Washington (May 7-9) when the Huskies 23 Tue. at Saint Mary's W, 7-3 24 Wed. at Santa Clara W, 18-4 took two-of-three from the Cardinal … Stanford dropped one spot to No. 2 in the latest 26 Fri. Cal Poly W, 16-4 of all four major college baseball national polls released on Monday, May 10 (Baseball 27 Sat. Cal Poly W, 3-1 America, Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA and Sports Weekly/ESPN) … The Cardinal is tied 28 Sun. Cal Poly W, 10-3 for second with Miami in the Sports Weekly/ESPN poll … Stanford had spent a total of 30 Tue. at San Jose State W, 5-0 APRIL three weeks (March 22 – 29, May 3) as the nation’s unanimous No. 1 squad this season 2 Fri. at UCLA* W, 11-4 and has been on top of the Baseball America poll eight weeks (February 23 – April 5, 3 Sat. at UCLA* W, 15-13 May 3) … Stanford has won 15 games in a row at home, has a 22-1 home mark this 4 Sun. at UCLA* L, 5-6 8 Thu. at Oregon State* W, 11-8 season and has won 31 of its last 32 at Sunken Diamond ... Stanford is scheduled to 9 Fri. at Oregon State* L, 4-5 play its last seven regular season games at home after the Arizona series … Stanford 10 Sat. at Oregon State* W, 16-4 has struggled with a 5-5 record in its last 10 road games but has still posted a 17-7 13 Tue. Santa Clara W, 12-3 mark away from Sunken Diamond this season … Stanford has come from behind in 16 Fri. California* (FSN) W, 7-4 17 Sat. California* W, 9-2 17 of its 39 wins this year and is 5-7 when either tied (2-2) or trailing (3-5) heading into 18 Sun. California* W, 8-3 the ninth inning … Stanford is 6-3 this season against ranked teams and 2-1 in extra- 20 Tue. Saint Mary's W, 10-5 inning contests … Stanford has been errorless in 18 of its fi rst 47 games and is 17-1 in 23 Fri. Sacramento State W, 15-1 24 Sat. at Sacramento State L, 1-2 those contests … Stanford has more than doubled its opponents scoring (415-205) as 27 Tue. at Santa Clara W, 12-8 (14) 32 of its 39 wins have been by three or more runs and the Cardinal is 22-1 in games 30 Fri. Washington State* W, 8-3 decided by fi ve or more runs ... Prior to losing 9-2 at Washington on May 9 for its biggest MAY margin of defeat this year, Stanford’s previous four losses had been by one run … The 1 Sat. Washington State* W, 13-11 2 Sun. Washington State* W, 17-3 (7) Cardinal is just 2-4 in one-run games, losing each of the last four one-run games it has 4 Tue. San Jose State W, 7-2 been involved in … Stanford is leading the Pac-10 in all three major team categories 7 Fri. at No. 21 Washington* L, 2-3 (10) with a .329 batting average, a 3.95 ERA and a .975 fi elding percentage … Stanford 8 Sat. at No. 21 Washington* (FSNW) W, 7-2 9 Sun. at No. 21 Washington* L, 2-9 is averaging 8.9 runs per contest and has posted double-digit runs 21 times this year, 11 Tue. Santa Clara W, 3-1 snapping a string of fi ve straight contests without a double-digit run game in its 11-9 win 15 Sat. at Arizona* W, 11-9 over Arizona in Saturday’s series-opener … The Cardinal has also reached double digits 16 Sun. at Arizona* 7 pm, MT in hits on 36 occasions, including 19 of its last 23 contests but only once in its last fi ve 17 Mon. at Arizona* 1 pm, MT 18 Tue. San Francisco 6 pm games … Stanford has hit 77 homers to lead the Pac-10 and has a legitimate chance to 21 Fri. USC* 6 pm break the school record of 102 hit by the 1997 club … Stanford is looking to extend its 22 Sat. USC* 1 pm school record string of consecutive appearances at the College World Series to six … 23 Sun. USC* 1 pm 28 Fri. No. 19 Arizona State* 6 pm Stanford has also won 50 or more games in three of the last four seasons ... Stanford 29 Sat. No. 19 Arizona State* 1 pm has captured 11 Pac-10 titles in the last 21 years and fi nished either fi rst or second in 30 Sun. No. 19 Arizona State* 1 pm the conference 21 times in last 23 seasons. JUNE 4-6 F-Su NCAA Regionals• TBA 11-14 F-M NCAA Super Regionals+ TBA 18-28 F-M at College World Series^ TBA *Pac-10 Game; •NCAA Regionals at TBA; +NCAA Super Regionals at TBA; ^College World Series at Omaha, NE; All Times Pacifi c Unless Noted;All Home Games In Bold At Sunken Diamond; Rankings by Baseball America Stanford Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) 1 SATURDAY’S PROBABLE STARTER #18 - JEFF GILMORE (R/R, 6-2, 200, So.) Huntington Beach, CA (Edison HS) 2004: 8-2, 4.30 ERA, 1 SV, 15 G, 13 GS, 81.2 IP, 54 SO CAREER: 8-2, 4.18 ERA, 1 SV, 18 G, 13 GS, 84.0 IP, 56 SO General – HasHas movedmoved intointo a rolerole inin thethe startingstarting rotation after terrifi c fall and January practice sessions in which he was a pleasant surprise and arguably Stanford’s top pitcher • Also had a great season in summer ball prior to returning to The Farm in the fall • One of the hardest workers on the team • Has a good fastball (86-88 mph) in addition to a nice slider and changeup • Excellent control and can throw three or four pitches for strikes at any time in the count • Changes speed well. Cardinal Career – Has an 8-2 record and a 4.18 ERA with 56 strikeouts in 84.0 innings over 18 appearances and 13 starts • Also has one complete game and one save. 2004 Season Notes (Sophomore) – Has pitched the team’s only complete game of the season • Ranks second on the team in victories (8-2, #4T Pac-10), innings pitched (81.2, #8T Pac-10) and games started (13, #5T Pac-10), as well as third in strikeouts (54) to go with a 4.30 ERA and one save in 15 appearancs. 2004 Individual Game Notes (Sophomore) – (5/8) Earned his second straight win with a solid effort in a 7-2 victory at Washington, allowing just two runs and six hits with a career-high-tying eight strikeouts • (5/1)Picked up the victory in a wild 13-11 win over Washington State, scattering nine hits and fi ve runs (four earned) with a walk and four strikeouts over the fi rst 5.2 frames • (4/24) Suffered his second loss of the season in a 2-1 CAREER STARTS Stanford defeat at Sacramento State despite taking a no-hitter into the 2004 sixth inning and allowing just two runs (one earned) and two hits with two Date Op po nent W/L/ND IP H R ER BB SO walks and three strikeouts in 6.0 innings • (4/17) Tossed the fi rst complete 2/7 at Fresno State W 6.0 6 3 2 2 8 game of his career and the fi rst by a Stanford pitcher this season in a 9-2 2/14 Kansas W 7.0 5 2 2 1 5 2/21 Texas L 3.2 7 7 7 3 3 win over California, allowing just two runs and fi ve hits with a walk and four 2/28 at California W 7.0 6 3 3 0 2 strikeouts in 9.0 innings of work • (4/10) Had one of his toughest outings of 3/6 at USC ND 4.0 8 7 5 0 2 the year in a game that Stanford still won 16-4 at Oregon State, picking up 3/24 at Santa Clara W 3.0 5 2 2 0 2 3/30 Cal Poly W 7.0 5 1 1 0 2 no decision and lasting just 4.1 innings while allowing four runs and six hits 4/4 at UCLA ND 7.0 8 5 4 2 5 with a walk and fi ve strikeouts • (4/4) Picked up no-decision in a 6-5 loss 4/10 at Oregon State ND 4.1 6 4 4 1 5 at UCLA, allowing eight hits and fi ve runs (four earned) with two walks and 4/17 California W 9.0 5 2 2 1 4 fi ve strikeouts over 7.0 innings • (3/30) Allowed just one run and fi ve hits 4/24 at Sacramento State L 6.0 2 2 1 2 3 5/1 Washington State W 5.2 9 5 4 1 4 without walking a batter over a career-high-tying 7.0 innings to earn a victory 5/8 at Washngton W 7.0 6 2 2 2 8 in a 10-2 win over Cal Poly • (3/24) Picked up a victory in a predetermined pitching rotation versus Santa Clara, scattering