STANFORD BASEBALL RELEASE APRIL 4, 2002 CONTACT: Kyle McRae (650) 725-2959 (ph); (650) 725-2957 (fax) [email protected] (email) gostanford.com (website) 2002 SCHEDULE/RESULTS •Cardinal Takes Two-Of-Three In First Pac-10 Series At Arizona 22-7, 2-1 PAC-10 11-2 (H), 11-4 (A), 0-0 (N) No. 2 Stanford Welcomes San Jose State Tuesday Before Hosting USC In First Home Pac-10 Series Friday-Sunday 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 San Jose State (26-11, 6-6) at No. 2 Stanford (22-7, 2-1) 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 Tuesday, April 9, 6 pm, PT - RHP Mike Malott (5-1, 2.94) vs. TBA 12 Tue. Brigham Young W, 8-1 15 Fri. at Fresno State W, 6-2 16 Sat. at Fresno State L, 5-7 USC (18-14, 5-1) at No. 2 Stanford 17 Sun. at Fresno State ppd., rain 18 Mon. at Fresno State W, 8-3 Friday, April 12, 6 pm, PT - RHP Anthony Reyes (1-0, 1.38) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (6-0, 3.08) 22 Fri. Santa Clara W, 5-4 *Saturday, April 13, 1 pm, PT - 23 Sat. at Santa Clara L, 9-13 RHP Matt Chico (4-3, 5.24) vs. LHP Tim Cunningham (5-1, 2.67) 24 Sun. Santa Clara W, 8-7 Sunday, April 14, 1 pm, PT - TBA vs. RHP John Hudgins (5-0, 4.70) MARCH *Saturday’s Stanford-USC game will be televised by FOX Sports (check your local listings for time of 1 Fri. Cal Poly W, 8-6 broadcast) ... A live audio broadcast of all four Stanford Baseball games this week will be available on 2 Sat. Cal Poly W, 18-5 KZSU (90.1 FM) as well as online at gostanford.com ... Chad Goldberg (play-by-play) and Nick Kapur 3 Sun. Cal Poly W, 11-3 8 Fri. at California W, 15-4 (color analysis) will call all the action ... Live stats will also be available for all four games at 9 Sat. at California L, 1-2 gostanford.com. 10 Sun. at California W, 4-2 23 Sat. USC (Game 1) W, 9-6 23 Sat. USC (Game 2) W, 12-10 (11) STANFORD BASEBALL QUICK TEAM NOTES 24 Sun. USC W, 5-4 Stanford heads into tonight’s game versus San Jose State with 14 wins in its last 17 games 28 Thu. #16 Texas W, 7-6 (10) ... Stanford has also won 11 consecutive regular season series and 28 of its last 30 ... The 29 Fri. #16 Texas L, 0-2 (10) 30 Sat. #16 Texas W, 7-2 Cardinal is 9-0 in series-openers and won two-of-three games in its most recent series at APRIL Arizona last Friday-Sunday (5-4, 18 inn.; 19-1; 13-15, 8 inn.) ... Stanford’s 19 runs and 26 2 Tue. USF W, 4-1 hits versus Arizona last Saturday were both season-highs ... Stanford’s team batting 5 Fri. at Arizona* W, 5-4 (18) 6 Sat. at Arizona* W, 19-1 average has jumped .013 points to .328 after collecting 43 hits in the last two games, 7 Sun. at Arizona* L, 13-15 (8) snapping a 10-game stretch in which the Cardinal hit just .255 and saw its team batting 9 Tue. San Jose State 6:00 pm 12 Fri. USC* 6:00 pm average fall .036 points from .351 to .315 ... Stanford continued its big inning threat this 13 Sat. USC* (FOX) 1:00 pm season versus Arizona when the Cardinal posted a pair of seven-run innings in the series 14 Sun. USC* 1:00 pm giving the Cardinal 15 innings in which it has scored five or more runs in an inning ... 16 Tue. Saint Mary’s 6:00 pm 19 Fri. at Washington* 6:30 pm Stanford is averaging 8.4 runs per game and has reached double figure hits in 21 of its first 20 Sat. at Washington* 1:00 pm 29 games ... Stanford’s ERA currently sits at 3.81 (.031 percentage points higher than last 21 Sun. at Washington* 1:00 pm 24 Wed. Sacramento State 6:00 pm year’s final 3.50) ... The Cardinal has raised its fielding percentage to .970 (.007 behind 26 Fri. at Oregon State* 3:00 pm last year’s school record and nation-leading .977) after going errorless in six of the last 11 27 Sat. at Oregon State* 1:00 pm games ... Stanford has hit 12 triples and had held its opponents with a triple until Arizona’s 28 Sun. at Oregon State* 1:00 pm 30 Tue. at San Jose State 7:00 pm Chris Cunningham recorded one in the final game of the series (4/7) ... Stanford’s 22-7 MAY record this season is two games behind the team’s 24-5 mark through 29 games a year 3 Fri. California* 6:00 pm ago ... Stanford is now the nation’s No. 2 team behind Clemson in all four major national 4 Sat. California* 1:00 pm 5 Sun. California* 1:00 pm polls by Baseball America, Baseball Weekly/ESPN, Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA ... 7 Tue. at Santa Clara 6:00 pm Stanford is attempting to qualify for the College World Series for the fourth consecutive 10 Fri. #23 Arizona State* 6:00 pm 11 Sat. #23 Arizona State* 1:00 pm season as the 2002 senior class is looking to become the first class of Stanford Baseball 12 Sun. #23 Arizona State* 1:00 pm players to reach Omaha in each of its four years ... Stanford has qualified for the CWS title 14 Tue. at Nevada 2:00 pm game in each of the last two seasons ... Stanford is coming off three straight 50-win 17 Fri. at UCLA* 6:00 pm 18 Sat. at UCLA* 1:00 pm seasons for the first time in school history and has compiled a record of 173-55 (.759) since 19 Sun. at UCLA* 1:00 pm 1999. 24 Fri. Washington State* 6:00 pm 25 Sat. Washington State* 1:00 pm 26 Sun. Washington State* 1:00 pm STANFORD BASEBALL QUICK INDIVIDUAL NOTES 31-2 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Regionals• TBA Jason Cooper continues to lead the team with a .400 batting average and 29 RBI, while co- JUNE leading the club (along with Ryan Garko) with six homers ... Sam Fuld leads the team in both 7-9 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Super Regionals+ TBA 14-22 Fri.-Sat. at College World Series^ TBA hits (44) and doubles (12), while Brian Hall paces the club with seven stolen bases and *Pac-10 Game; ^College World Series at Omaha, NE; Carlos Quentin has a team-high three triples ... Stanford’s regular starting rotation of Jeremy (FOX) - Fox Sports Net; All Times Pacific Unless Noted; All Home Games In Bold At Sunken Diamond; Rankings by Guthrie, Tim Cunningham and Hudgins is a combined 16-1 with a 3.36 ERA ... Guthrie has Baseball America won 11 consecutive decisions, while leading the team in strikeouts (58) and innings pitched • Live Stats (64.1) ... Chris O’Riordan (.359) currently ranks tied for second on Stanford’s career batting • Audio Broadcasts average list, while Sam Fuld (.347) and Carlos Quentin (.347) are tied for 10th ... Fuld (6 • Current News RBI), O’Riordan (2 HR) and Tobin Swope (5 hits) all set new career-bests in a 19-1 win at • Tickets Arizona (4/6), while Carlos Quentin tied a career-high four hits. • Much More Stanford Cardinal Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) 2002 PAC-10 STANDINGS (Thru 4/8) STANFORD BASEBALL PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Team Pac-10 GB Overall San Jose State (26-11, 6-6 WAC) at No. 2 Stanford Cardinal (22-7, 2-1 Pac-10) USC 5-1 --- 18-14 Arizona State 6-3 1.5 22-12 Tuesday, April 9 (6 pm, PT) Stanford 2-1 1.5 22-7 California 5-4 1.5 22-15 USC Trojans (18-14, 5-1 Pac-10) at No. 2 Stanford Cardinal Oregon State 3-3 2.0 19-12 Washington 1-2 2.5 12-15-1 Friday-Sunday, April 12-14 (6 pm, 1 pm, 1 pm, PT) UCLA 1-2 2.5 14-19 Arizona 3-6 3.5 22-14 Batting Washington State 1-5 4.0 13-18 Order No Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2002 Stats THIS WEEK’S PAC-10 ACTION 1 1 Chris O’Riordan (R/R) 2B 5-9 180 Sr. .344, 5 HR, 24 RBI, 2 SB Tuesday, April 9 2 California at Saint Mary’s (2 pm, PT) 5 Sam Fuld (L/L) CF 5-10 180 So. .331, 2 HR, 18 RBI, 1 SB UCLA at Pepperdine (3 pm, PT) 3 12 Ryan Garko (R/R) C 6-2 235 Jr. .333, 6 HR, 27 RBI, 1 SB San Jose State at Stanford (6 pm, PT) UC Irvine at Washington (6:30 pm, PT) 4 18 Jason Cooper (L/R) DH 6-2 210 Jr. .400, 6 HR, 29 RBI, 0 SB USC at Cal State Fullerton (7 pm, PT) 5 24 Carlos Quentin (R/R) RF 6-2 215 So. .351, 4 HR, 26 RBI, 6 SB Wednesday, April 10 6 7 Danny Putnam (L/L) LF 5-10 185 Fr.