WASHINGTON STATE BASEBALL GAME NOTES No. 28 Washington State Cougars (15-7, 1-2 Pacifi c-10) at No. 17 Stanford (Friday, March 28-Sunday, March 30) at Santa Clara (Monday, March 31) Game Times: 6 p.m. (Friday), 1 p.m. (Saturday-Monday) Craig Lawson • Assistant Sports Information Director (Baseball Contact) • W-509-335-0265 • C-509-432-9063 • [email protected] FEBRUARY THIS WEEK: Washington State, coming off a 6-2 win over Gonzaga in Pullman, 22 Creighton (L, 8-3) Tuesday, takes to the road for four games...Cougars play at Stanford in a three-game 23 Creighton (W, 8-4) 24 Creighton (W, 5-4) Pacifi c-10 Conference series, Friday-Sunday...WSU travels to Santa Clara for a single 26 at UNLV (W, 12-8) game, Monday...Friday is a 6 p.m. start while the other three games are scheduled for a 1 27 at UNLV (W, 9-5) 29 Wright State (W, 13-4) p.m. fi rst pitch. MARCH WSU ON THE INTERNET: For the latest information about Cougar baseball, log 1 Wright State (W, 14-10) 2 Wright State (W, 7-4) onto the offi cial site of Washington State University Athletics, www.wsucougars.com... 7 Kent State (L, 9-5/W, 10-2) live stats are provided for all Cougar home games as well as the majority of WSU road 8 Kent State (W, 21-4) 9 Kent State (W, 5-3) games...all Cougar games in Pullman will be available via live video streaming for Cou- 11 at Kansas State (L, 9-6) gar All-Access subscribers. 12 at No. 15 Wichita State (L, 6-4) 14 at No. 25 Oklahoma (W, 5-3) 15 at No. 25 Oklahoma (W, 4-3/W, 8-5) COUGARS ON THE RADIO: The remaining games of the 2008 Washington State (Game Two-8 innings) 16 at No. 25 Oklahoma (L, 14-2) baseball season will be broadcast on KQQQ 1150 AM...longtime broadcaster Steve 20 *No. 12 California (L, 9-1) Grubbs provides the play-by-play for the fourth season. 21 *No. 12 California (L, 7-4) 22 *No. 12 California (W, 5-4, 10 inn.) 25 Gonzaga (W, 6-2) WASHINGTON STATE IN THE POLLS: The Cougars are ranked 28th in this 28 *at Stanford (6 p.m.) week’s Collegiate Baseball poll...WSU is receiving votes for the fourth-straight week in 29 *at Stanford (1 p.m.) 30 *at Stanford (1 p.m.) the ESPN/USA Today poll and for the second-consecutive week by Baseball America. 31 at Santa Clara (1 p.m.) APRIL ABOUT STANFORD: The Cardinal is 10-6 and is opening its conference season 4 UC Davis (5:30 p.m.) against the Cougars...won 14-0 at Pacifi c, Monday and lost 5-3 to Sacramento State, 5 UC Davis (2 p.m.)-DH Tuesday...Stanford is ranked 17th by Baseball America, 21st by Collegiate Baseball and 6 UC Davis (Noon) 8 at Gonzaga (6 p.m.) ESPN/USA Today, and 29th by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association... 11 *Arizona State (5:30 p.m.) Cord Phelps leads the regulars with a .403 batting average...Jeremy Bleich paces Stan- 12 *Arizona State (2 p.m.) 13 *Arizona State (Noon) ford on the mound with a 2-2 record and 1.57 ERA in four starts. 18 *at Arizona (6 p.m.) 19 *at Arizona (1 p.m.) SERIES AGAINST THE CARDINAL: Stanford leads 31-17...in the Donnie Marbut 20 *at Arizona (Noon) 22 Gonzaga (5:30 p.m.) era, Cardinal holds a 5-4 advantage...Stanford swept a three-game series in Pullman, 25 San Jose State (5:30 p.m.) April 1-3, 2005 by scores of 14-5, 11-4 and 8-6...Cougars won two of three meetings at 26 San Jose State (2 p.m.) 27 San Jose State (11 a.m.) Stanford in 2006 winning 7-1 March 25 and 8-5 March 26...Cardinal won series fi nale 5-3 March 27...last season, Washington State won two of three in Pullman...Stanford MAY captured the opener 6-4 May 5...Cougars were victorious 8-6 May 6 and 4-2 May 7. 3 *Oregon State (5:30 p.m.) 4 *Oregon State (2 p.m.) 5 *Oregon State (Noon) ABOUT SANTA CLARA: The Broncos are 12-8...defeated California 7-5 in 10 in- 6 at BYU (6 p.m.) 7 at BYU (6 p.m.) nings, March 25...at San Diego for a three-game series, March 28-30. 9 *at Washington (6:30 p.m.) 10 *at Washington (2 p.m.) 11 *at Washington (1 p.m.) SERIES WITH THE BRONCOS: Washington State leads 11-3...Cougars won the last 13 at Gonzaga (6:30 p.m.) meeting 5-3 in Sacramento, Feb. 20, 2004...Aaron McKenzie went seven innings for the 16 *at UCLA (6 p.m.) win and Kaeo Rubin and Grant Richardson each collected two hits. 17 *at UCLA (1:30 p.m.) 18 *at UCLA (1 p.m.) 23 *USC (5:30 p.m.) HUMES NAMED PAC-10 PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Junior left-hander Ross 24 *USC (2 p.m.) 25 *USC (Noon) Humes earned Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week for March 11-17...logged seven shutout in- nings during the week...made his fi rst start since 2006 and blanked No. 15 Wichita State Home Games in Bold. for fi ve innings, March 12 in a no decision...became the fi rst Cougar since Reed Rainey * Pacifi c-10 Game. All Times Pacifi c. in 1985 to post two saves in a day when he nailed down both victories in a doubleheader sweep at No. 25 Oklahoma, March 15...second-straight season Humes has earned a conference Pitcher of the Week selection. WASHINGTON STATE BASEBALL GAME NOTES No. 28 Washington State Cougars (15-7, 1-2 Pacifi c-10) at No. 17 Stanford, at Santa Clara Page 2 KOST SETS APPEARANCES RECORD: Senior left-hander Steve Kost made his 11th WSU’S RECORD... appearance in 2008, and 76th of his career, in the second game of a doubleader at Okla- Under homa, March 15...broke the WSU career games pitched record of 75 held by Tom Pellerin 2008 Marbut (1983-86)...Kost added two appearances since setting the record to raise his total to 78 and Overall 15-7 100-93 Conference 1-2 22-53 leads the Pac-10 Conference in appearances in 2008 with 13. Nonconference 14-5 78-40 Home games 10-4 46-42 GONZAGA RECAP: Chad Arnold pitched six innings of two-run ball to defeat Gon- Away games 5-3 41-46 Neutral site 0-0 13-5 zaga 6-2, March 25...Paul Gran provided the offensive spark with two RBI raising his Day games 12-5 82-66 team-leading total to 29 in just 20 games played...Michael Ratigan earned his fi rst save of Night games 3-2 18-27 vs. left-handed starter 4-2 31-23 the season and second of his career by recording the last fi ve outs...entered the game with vs. right-handed starter 11-5 69-70 one out in the eighth, two runners on, and the Cougars holding a 6-2 advantage...victory 1-run games 3-0 20-16 was the 100th for WSU Head Coach Donnie Marbut. 2-run games 2-1 11-18 5+ run games 4-2 42-40 Extra innings 2-0 8-6 COUGAR BULLPEN: The Washington State bullpen is 8-2 with seven saves and a 3.91 Shutouts 0-0 8-2 earned run average this season...logged 23-consecutive innings (Feb. 23-March 1) without When WSU scores... giving up an earned run...Michael Ratigan has made seven appearances in relief and is 3-0 0-2 runs 0-2 2-29 3-5 runs 5-4 24-47 with one save and a 1.76 earned run average in 15 and one-third innings...Ross Humes has 6-9 runs 5-1 41-14 made eight appearances out of the pen and is 1-0 with four saves and a 0.00 ERA...Federal 10+ runs 5-0 33-3 Way, Wash., native has fanned 10, walked two and given up fi ve hits...Andrew Davis has When Opponent scores... made 11 appearances posting a 2-1 record and 1.98 ERA...Seattle native has struck out 13 0-2 runs 2-0 32-2 3-5 runs 11-0 42-15 and walked three in 13 and two-third innings...Steve Kost leads the team with 13 appear- 6-9 runs 1-6 21-44 ances, all in relief, recording a 1-0 record with one save and 3.86 ERA. 10+ runs 1-1 5-32 When... SCORING EARLY: Washington State has scored in the fi rst inning during 12 of its 22 WSU scores in 1st inning 10-2 51-25 Opponent scores in 1st inning 5-3 34-38 games this season...Cougars are 10-2 in game when tallying at least one run in the their WSU scores fi rst 11-3 69-36 fi rst at bat. Opponent scores fi rst 4-4 31-57 After 6 leading 13-2 85-10 trailing 0-5 8-73 PROTECTING LEADS: In the Donnie Marbut era, a late lead for the Cougars is likely tied 2-0 7-10 safe...Cougars are 85-10 (.895 winning percentage) when holding an advantage after six After 7 leading 11-1 87-6 trailing 0-6 5-79 innings during Marbut’s tenure (2005-present)...Washington State is 87-6 (.935) when tied 4-0 8-8 leading after seven innings and 93-3 (.969) when holding an advantage after eight in- After 8 leading 14-0 93-3 trailing 0-7 1-84 nings...over the last 10 seasons, the Cougars are 205-28 (.880) leading after six innings, tied 1-0 6-6 206-21 (.907) leading after seven innings, and 212-10 (.955) taking an advantage into the Hit 0 home runs 9-3 53-57 ninth inning.