2021 GAME NOTES STANFORD BASEBALL @STANFORDBSB @STANFORDBASEBALL CONTACT: Tyler Geivett > 650.313.9338 > [email protected] LEADING OFF 2021 SCHEDULE » STANFORD finished the year ranked No. 5 according to Collegiate Baseball and in the NCBWA poll, No. 7 according to OVERALL: 39-17 | PAC-12: 17-10 Baseball America and the USA Today Coaches poll, and No. 8 according to D1Baseball ... made its 17th College World Series H: 24-6 | A: 14-9 | N: 1-2 appearance, including its first since 2008 … 17 appearances are 10th most in the nation … entered the College World Series as the No. 9 national seed ... made its 33rd appearance in the NCAA Regional round (36th postseason appearance overall) FEBRUARY (3-1) and hosted a regional for the 19th time … became one of three programs to have hosted an NCAA Regional in each of the Thu. 25 Santa Clara W, 10-7 last four seasons, joining Arkansas and Texas Tech … made its 12th Super Regional appearance overall, including its second Fri. 26 at Santa Clara W, 8-0 Sat. 27 Santa Clara W, 10-6 in as many tournaments after advancing to the Starkville Super Regional in 2019 … dropped just one weekend series in the Sun. 28 at Santa Clara L, 13-0 regular season (12-1) – posting notable series wins over UC Irvine, UCLA, Arizona State, Arizona, Oregon and Oregon State … finished third in the Pac-12 standings … dropped back-to-back games just once this season … finished 6-1 in extra-inning MARCH (11-3) affairs … hit 22 home runs in the postseason - the most of any team in the field ... outscored the opposition 32-17 in the ninth Thu. 4 San Francisco W, 7-6 (10) inning or later, including 12-2 in extras … hit seven home runs in the first three games of the season, and launched 85 over Fri. 5 San Francisco W, 3-2 56 games, after connecting for just two in 16 games in 2020 ... welcomed the seventh-ranked recruiting class according to Sat. 6 at San Francisco W, 10-6 Perfect Game and Baseball America (11th according to D1Baseball) ... returned to campus on Jan. 23 to begin its mandatory Sun. 7 at San Francisco W, 15-13 10-day travel quarantine and medical onboarding process in preparation for the 2021 season. Fri. 12 UC Irvine W, 4-1 » BRENDAN BECK drafted in the second round of 2021 MLB Draft (55th overall) by the New York Yankees ... earned All-America Sat. 13 UC Irvine (1) W, 6-1 honors according to the ABCA (first team), Collegiate Baseball (second team), D1Baseball (second team), NCBWA (second UC Irvine (2) L, 5-1 team), Perfect Game (third team) and Baseball America (third team) ... ABCA/Rawlings All-Region first team … named Pac-12 Sun. 14 UC Irvine W, 8-6 Pitcher of the Year and All-Pac-12 first team ... CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Yer and first team selection ... Stanford Fri. 19 Utah * W, 4-2 Regional All-Tournament team … Collegiate Baseball national pitcher of the week on May 31 after tossing a three-hit shutout Sat. 20 Utah * L, 8-4 Sun. 21 Utah * W, 4-1 to beat Oregon State 1-0 on May 27 … turned in a quality start in 12 of 15 starts this season … averaged 11.84 strikeouts per Sat. 27 Fresno State W, 12-4 nine innings and a 5.50 strikeout-to-walk ratio … 8+ strikeouts in 12 of his 15 starts this year ... 143 strikeouts are the sixth- Sun. 28 Fresno State W, 11-8 most in a single season in Stanford history … went 4-0 with a 2.12 ERA and 36 strikeouts over four starts from March 12-April Mon. 29 at Sacramento State L, 3-2 9 (7 ER, 29.2 IP). » DREW BOWSER drove in 41 runs to rank third on the team, compiling 11 multi-RBI games this year … led the team with 16 APRIL (9-4) doubles ... 3 for 4 with a double, a home run and two RBIs on May 22 at No. 13 Oregon … tied the game with his sixth homer Thu. 1 at Washington State * W, 18-3 of the year leading off the fourth inning before delivering an RBI-double to plate the go-ahead run in the fifth in that win at Fri. 2 at Washington State * W, 7-5 Oregon … three hits against Arizona in a victory at the College World Series on June 21 ... closed the year on a seven-game hit Sat. 3 at Washington State * L, 10-9 (10) streak ... batted .315 (34 for 108) with 11 runs scored, nine doubles, five homers and 24 RBIs in Pac-12 play. Tue. 6 California W, 4-3 » NICK BRUESER signed a free agent contract with the Oakland Athletics ... named All-Pac-12 first team ... hit safely in 12 Fri. 9 #17 UCLA * W, 6-2 straight games from March 7 through April 1 (.435, 9 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBIs) … had a seven-game hit streak snapped at Oregon Sat. 10 #17 UCLA * W, 11-6 on May 21 (.393, 11x28, 5 R, 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBIs) …. reached in 35 straight games from March 7 to May 28 and all but five with an Sun. 11 #17 UCLA * L, 6-1 at bat this year … belted a pair of homers to record his first career multi-homer game in the series-clincher over No. 17 UCLA Wed. 14 Pacific W, 2-0 Fri. 16 at Arizona State * L, 9-5 on April 10 … 3 for 5 with a homer and three RBIs at Texas Tech on June 11 … amassed 17 multi-hit games … slugged .536 Sat. 17 at Arizona State * W, 11-9 (12) while collecting 10 doubles, a triple and 11 home runs … batted .322 (29 for 90) with 13 runs scored, five doubles, a triple, Sun. 18 at Arizona State * W, 13-5 seven homers and 17 RBIs in Pac-12 play. Wed. 21 at Pacific Canceled » OWEN COBB garnered the NCAA Elite 90 Award, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point Fri. 23 Washington * Canceled average (3.84) participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's championships. Sat. 24 Washington * Canceled » ADAM CRAMPTON amassed 15 multi-hit games, including posting multiple hits in five straight from March 28 to April 3 … Sun. 25 Washington * Canceled batted .306 (30 for 98) with 10 runs scored, three doubles, two homers and 10 RBIs in Pac-12 play. Wed. 28 at Pacific L, 15-12 » JOEY DIXON was named All-Pac-12 honorable mention ... logged 10 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings over five appearances Fri. 30 at USC * W, 5-2 (10) from May 15-28, compiling a win and a save over the span … 1-1 with two saves and a 1.84 ERA over 19 relief appearances (29 1/3 IP). MAY (10-6) » DAVID ESQUER won his 100th game at the helm of the program on March 4 as Stanford walked off with a 7-6 victory over Sat. 1 at USC * W, 3-2 San Francisco in 10 innings ... has amassed a 135-54 overall record at Stanford and owns a 660-521-2 record as a Division I Sun. 2 at USC * L, 2-1 head coach (18 seasons at California) … made his eighth postseason appearance as a head coach (third with Stanford) … Fri. 7 #9 Arizona * W, 5-4 (13) Sat. 8 #9 Arizona * L, 20-2 previously guided California to Omaha in 2011 while earning National Coach of the Year honors. Sun. 9 #9 Arizona * W, 8-2 » ZACH GRECH signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Angels ... earned Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year … All- Tue. 11 San Jose State W, 8-7 American according to NCBWA (second team) … ABCA/Rawlings All-Region first team … All-Pac-12 first team selection ... Fri. 14 at California * W, 9-2 finalist for NCBWA Stopper of the Year award … made a team-best 31 appearances and factored into the decisions in 23 of Sat. 15 at California * L, 5-4 the 31 – compiling a 5-5 record and 13 saves to rank first in the Pac-12 and fourth nationally. Sun. 16 at California * L, 9-5 » KODY HUFF was named to Stanford Regional All-Tournament team … CoSIDA Academic All-District ... hit safely in each of Mon. 17 California W, 7-6 (12) the first nine games to start the season (.361, 7 R, 2 2B, HR, 6 RBIs), and had a hit in 38 of the 55 games he played … had an Fri. 21 at #13 Oregon * L, 2-1 eight-game hit streak snapped on May 22 at Oregon (.344, 11x32, 9 R, 2 2B, HR, 6 RBIs), but hit safely in 19 of the last 22 … Sat. 22 at #13 Oregon * W, 6-5 reached safely in all but 10 games played this year … belted a pair of grand slams vs. No. 17 UC Irvine on June 5 to finish 3 for Sun. 23 at #13 Oregon * W, 8-5 (12) 4 with eight RBIs … connected for a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth to post a 3 for 4 day and hand Stanford Thu. 27 Oregon State * W, 1-0 an 8-7 win over San Jose State on May 11 … 3 for 6 with three runs scored and an RBI at No. 13 Oregon on May 23 … homer Fri. 28 Oregon State * W, 5-0 shy of the cycle in a 5-0 victory over Oregon State on May 28.