STANFORD BASEBALL RELEASE June 2, 2004 (NCAA REGIONAL) CONTACT: Kyle McRae (650) 725-2959 (ph); (650) 725-2957 (fax) [email protected] (email) gostanford.com (website) 2004 SCHEDULE/RESULTS •Cardinal opens 2004 Regional action versus UNLV on Friday, June 4 44-12, 16-8 (PAC-10), 0-0 NCAA Stanford To Host Long Beach State, St. John’s And UNLV 27-3 (H), 17-9 (A) In NCAA Regional June 4-6 Date Day Opponent (TV) Result/Time JANUARY 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Regional 30 Fri. No. 4 Cal State Fullerton W, 16-3 June 4-6, 2004 31 Sat. No. 4 Cal State Fullerton W, 8-7 FEBRUARY Stanford, CA (Sunken Diamond) 1 Sun. No. 4 Cal State Fullerton W, 4-1 6 Fri. at Fresno State L, 1-3 7 Sat. at Fresno State W, 13-4 Friday, June 4 8 Sun. at Fresno State W, 10-3 2 pm, PDT (Game 2): No. 3 St. John’s (36-21) vs. No. 2 Long Beach State (36-19) 13 Fri. Kansas W, 7-1 6 pm, PDT (Game 1): No. 4 UNLV (37-22) vs. No. 1 Stanford (44-12) 14 Sat. Kansas W, 6-1 15 Sun. Kansas W, 10-6 Saturday, June 5 20 Fri. No. 6 Texas W, 7-4 11 am, PDT (Game 3): Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser … elimination game 21 Sat. No. 6 Texas L, 6-9 22 Sun. No. 6 Texas W, 8-1 3 pm, PDT (Game 4): Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner 24 Tue. Rikkyo (Exhibition) W, 9-4 7 pm, PDT (Game 5): Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser 27 Fri. at California W, 12-9 28 Sat. at California W, 10-3 Sunday, June 6 29 Sun. at California W, 6-2 1 pm, PDT (Championship – Game 6): Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner MARCH 5 pm, PDT (Championship – Game 7, if nec.): If Game 5 Winner Defeats Game 4 Winner In Game 6 5 Fri. at USC W, 10-2 6 Sat. at USC W, 8-7 (13) 7 Sun. at USC L, 8-11 MEDIA COVERAGE 23 Tue. at Saint Mary's W, 7-3 Every game of the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Regional at Stanford will be televised live by College 24 Wed. at Santa Clara W, 18-4 Sports Television (CSTV) … A link for live stats will also be provided for every game from links at 26 Fri. Cal Poly W, 16-4 gostanford.com and ncaasports.com … Every Stanford game at the Regional will also be broadcast 27 Sat. Cal Poly W, 3-1 live on the air at KZSU (90.1 FM) as well as online at gostanford.com with Sam Stefanki and Michael 28 Sun. Cal Poly W, 10-3 30 Tue. at San Jose State W, 5-0 Etchepare on the microphones. APRIL 2 Fri. at UCLA* W, 11-4 A QUICK LOOK AT THE 2004 NCAA REGIONAL AT STANFORD 3 Sat. at UCLA* W, 15-13 Top-ranked Stanford will open the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship by hosting Long 4 Sun. at UCLA* L, 5-6 8 Thu. at Oregon State* W, 11-8 Beach State, St. John’s and UNLV in an NCAA Regional at Sunken Diamond this Friday, June 9 Fri. at Oregon State* L, 4-5 4 – Sunday, June 6. College Sports Television has announced that it will telecast every game 10 Sat. at Oregon State* W, 16-4 of the Regional live. Stanford is hosting an NCAA Regional for the ninth consecutive year and 13 Tue. Santa Clara W, 12-3 16 Fri. California* (FSN) W, 7-4 the 13th time in school history. The Cardinal is the top seed in the double elimination Regional 17 Sat. California* W, 9-2 and has also earned the No. 5 national seed, marking the sixth straight season the Cardinal 18 Sun. California* W, 8-3 has been awarded with a national seed. Stanford will play fourth-seeded UNLV (37-22) in its 20 Tue. Saint Mary's W, 10-5 th 23 Fri. Sacramento State W, 15-1 2004 postseason opener on Friday at 6:00 pm, PDT (Game 1). Second-seeded and 18 -ranked 24 Sat. at Sacramento State L, 1-2 Long Beach State (36-19) will square off with third-seeded St. John’s (36-21) on Friday at 2:00 27 Tue. at Santa Clara W, 12-8 (14) pm, PDT (Game 2) to open the Regional. The Regional will continue on Saturday with three 30 Fri. Washington State* W, 8-3 MAY games. Saturday’s first matchup (Game 3) will feature the losers of Friday’s two contests in 1 Sat. Washington State* W, 13-11 an elimination game at 11:00 am, PDT. The winners of Friday’s games will play Saturday at 3 2 Sun. Washington State* W, 17-3 (7) pm, PDT (Game 4) for the right to advance to Sunday’s Regional championship. The winner 4 Tue. San Jose State W, 7-2 of Game 3 will play the loser of Game 4 in an elimination contest (Game 5) at 7 pm, PDT. 7 Fri. at No. 21 Washington* L, 2-3 (10) 8 Sat. at No. 21 Washington* (FSNW) W, 7-2 Sunday’s championship game (Game 6) will begin at 1:00 pm, PDT. A second championship 9 Sun. at No. 21 Washington* L, 2-9 game (Game 7), if necessary, will follow at approximately 5:00 pm, PT. 11 Tue. Santa Clara W, 3-1 15 Sat. at Arizona* W, 11-9 16 Sun. at Arizona* L, 18-19 A QUICK LOOK 2004 NCAA REGIONAL TEAMS AT STANFORD 17 Mon. at Arizona* L, 2-11 Stanford … is making its 25th NCAA Tournament appearance and its 11th in a row after 18 Tue. San Francisco W, 3-1 earning an automatic berth by winning the outright regular season Pac-10 title for the second 21 Fri. USC* L, 3-9 22 Sat. USC* W, 5-4 consecutive year. The Cardinal is also looking to extend its school record string of consecutive 23 Sun. USC* W, 8-2 College World Series trips to six. Stanford has made 15 trips to the College World Series and 28 Fri. No. 16 Arizona State* W, 5-0 five appearances in the CWS championship game, winning the national title in 1987 and 1988 29 Sat. No. 16 Arizona State* W, 10-3 30 Sun. No. 16 Arizona State* L, 5-15 and finishing as runners-up in three of the last four seasons (2000, 2001, 2003). Stanford has JUNE an all-time postseason record of 113-54 (.677) and is 61-21 in 21 Regional appearances. 4 Fri. UNLV (CSTV) 6 pm, PDT 5 Sat. TBD• (CSTV) 11 am or 3 pm, PDT Long Beach State … spent most of the season ranked among the nation’s Top 10 but 6 Sun. TBD• (CSTV) 1 pm/5 pm if necessary, PDT 11-14 F-M NCAA Super Regionals+ TBA finished the year by losing its final seven contests, its longest losing streak since 1988, and 18-28 F-M at College World Series^ TBA heads into the postseason ranked No. 18 by Baseball America. The 49ers finished second *Pac-10 Game; •NCAA Regionals at TBA; +NCAA Super in the Big West with a 14-7 conference record and received an at-large berth. Long Beach Regionals at TBA; ^College World Series at Omaha, NE; All th Times Pacific Unless Noted; All Home Games In Bold At State is making its 15 appearance in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship and has Sunken Diamond; Rankings by Baseball America; (FSN) - Fox an all-time record of 36-19 in the event. The 49ers will be making their third consecutive Sports Net; (FSN) - Fox Sports Northwest; (CSTV) - College postseason trip to Stanford. Long Beach State reached the final of the 2002 Regional at Sports Television Stanford Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) 1 PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER #21 - MARK ROMANCZUK (L/L, 6-2, 195, So.) Newark, DE (St. Mark's HS) 2004: 11-2, 4.03, 16 G, 16 GS, 105.1 IP, 91 SO CAREER: 23-4, 4.02, 2 SV, 39 G, 32 GS, 217.1 IP, 171 SO • 2004 All-American Candidate • 2003 National Freshman of the Year • 2003 Freshman All-American • 2004 Preseason All-American General – Has become the team’s Friday starter this season after compiling one of the best campaigns by a Stanford freshman pitcher in school history last year • Earned Third Team Preseason All-American recognition from both Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA in 2004 • A hard-throwing left-hander with excellent stuff and a fastball that can run into the low 90’s and gets on hitters in a hurry • Has four effective pitches with a fastball, changeup, curve ball and developing slider • One of the top pitchers in the Pac-10 • Selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the fifth round of the 2002 First-Year MLB Player Draft. Cardinal Career – Has a 23-4 record that ranks seventh on Stanford’s all-time winning percentage list (.852) and a 4.02 ERA • Has added two saves and 171 strikeouts in 217.1 innings pitched over 39 appearances and 32 starts • Stanford’s active career leader in wins, starts, complete games (2), innings pitched and strikeouts • Has been part of three combined shutouts • Has been named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week four times in his career (4/1/03, 4/21/03, 5/5/03, 3/9/04).