STANFORD BASEBALL RELEASE APRIL 29, 2003 CONTACT: Kyle McRae (650) 725-2959 (ph); (650) 725-2957 (fax) [email protected] (email) gostanford.com (website) 2003 SCHEDULE/RESULTS •Cardinal Tied With Arizona State For Pac-10 Lead, One Game Ahead Of Arizona And USC 28-13, 10-5 PAC-10 No. 9 Stanford Hosts Santa Clara Tuesday Before Beginning 18-8 (H), 10-5 (A), 0-0 (N) Season-Long Seven-Game Road Trip At USC Friday-Sunday Date Day Opponent (TV) Result/Time JANUARY 25 Sat. at Santa Clara W, 7-2 Santa Clara (24-22) at No. 9 Stanford (28-13) 26 Sun. Santa Clara W, 5-0 31 Fri. at No. 13 Cal State Fullerton L, 3-7 FEBRUARY No. 9 Stanford (28-13, 10-5) at USC (24-19, 9-6) 1 Sat. at No. 13 Cal State Fullerton L, 2-10 2 Sun. at No. 13 Cal State Fullerton L, 2-8 7 Fri. No. 4 Florida State W, 2-1 (12) Tue., April 29, 6 pm (vs. SCU) - RHP Scott Shapiro (0-1, 6.65) vs. TBA 8 Sat. No. 4 Florida State L, 3-4 9 Sun. No. 4 Florida State L, 8-10 (12) Fri., May 2, 6 pm (at USC) - RHP John Hudgins (7-3, 3.00) vs. RHP Anthony Reyes (1-3, 4.50) 14 Fri. Fresno State W, 4-1 Sat., May 3, 1 pm (at USC) - LHP Mark Romanczuk (8-0, 3.88) vs. RHP Brian Bannister (5-4, 4.38) 15 Sat. Fresno State W, 5-2 Sun., May 4, 1 pm (at USC) - TBA vs. LHP Bobby Paschal (3-4, 3.79) 16 Sun. Fresno State W, 7-2 17 Mon. Nevada W, 5-4 All four Stanford Baseball games this week are scheduled to be broadcast on the air at KZSU (90.1 21 Fri. at No. 4 Texas W, 11-7 FM) as well as online at gostanford.com ... Mike Etchepare and Sam Stefanki will be on the 22 Sat. at No. 4 Texas W, 8-7 microphones for Tuesday’s game versus Santa Clara ... Chad Goldberg and Stefanki will call the action 23 Sun. at No. 4 Texas L, 1-7 at USC ... A Gametracker with live stats for all four games will also be available from a link at 28 Fri. No. 16 USC L, 4-13 MARCH gostanford.com 1 Sat. No. 16 USC W, 10-6 2 Sun. No. 16 USC W, 18-4 7 Fri. California W, 11-2 STANFORD BASEBALL QUICK TEAM NOTES 8 Sat. California W, 9-4 Stanford begins its week of action by hosting Santa Clara on Tuesday before beginning 9 Sun. California W, 11-2 22 Sat. at No. 3 Arizona State* (KAZ) L, 6-7 (11) a season-long seven-game road trip at USC from Friday-Sunday ... The Cardinal had a 23 Sun. at No. 3 Arizona State* (KAZ) W, 9-8 (10) trio of series win streaks snapped when Arizona won two-of-three against Stanford at 24 Mon. at No. 3 Arizona State* (KAZ) W, 4-2 28 Fri. No. 24 Washington* L, 3-5 Sunken Diamond last Friday-Sunday but has still won 10 of its last 13 games overall ... 29 Sat. No. 24 Washington* W, 10-6 Stanford had won both eight straight overall and eight consecutive Pac-10 series, as well 30 Sun. No. 24 Washington* W, 12-11 as 15 home Pac-10 series in a row ... Stanford has won 16 career Pac-10 championships APRIL 1 Tue. USF L, 5-9 (includes Southern Division and shared titles) and finished either first or second in the 4 Fri. at Washington State* W, 6-1 conference 20 times in the last 22 years ... Stanford fell five spots in the latest Baseball 5 Sat. at Washington State* W, 12-5 6 Sun. at Washington State* W, 8-5 (11) America poll released April 28 after having spent the previous four weeks at No. 4 ... 8 Tue. at Santa Clara W, 17-8 Stanford is also ranked No. 7 by Collegiate Baseball, No. 8 by the NCBWA and No. 9 by 11 Fri. Sacramento State W, 9-1 15 Tue. San Jose State W, 4-2 Sports Weekly/ESPN ... The Cardinal has won seven straight road games and is 18-8 in 17 Thu. Oregon State* W, 5-2 non-conference games this year ... Stanford is hitting .316 (#3 Pac-10) as a team, which 18 Fri. Oregon State* L, 8-9 19 Sat. Oregon State* W, 10-0 would rank fourth on the school’s all-time single-season list ... Stanford’s pitching staff is 22 Tue. at Sacramento State W, 5-1 second in the Pac-10 with a 4.31 ERA and has held its opponents to a Pac-10 low .250 25 Fri. Arizona* (CSTV) L, 3-4 batting average (tied with Arizona State) ... Stanford is 47-12 at Sunken Diamond over 26 Sat. Arizona* W, 10-9 27 Sun. Arizona* L, 6-11 the past two seasons and 18-8 this year ... Stanford is looking to extend its school record 29 Tue. Santa Clara 6 pm of consecutive appearances at the College World Series to five. MAY 2 Fri. at USC* 6 pm 3 Sat. at USC* 1 pm STANFORD BASEBALL QUICK INDIVIDUAL NOTES 4 Sun. at USC* 1 pm 6 Tue. at San Jose State (TMC) 7 pm Carlos Quentin leads the Pac-10 with a .430 batting average and is equal to Stanford’s 9 Fri. at California* 2:30 pm single-season record set by Tom Williams in 1972 ... Quentin is also attempting to become 10 Sat. at California* 1 pm 11 Sun. at California* 1 pm the first Stanford player to hit .400 or better since David McCarty finished the 1991 season 13Tue. Saint Mary’s 6 pm with a .420 mark ... Quentin has hit safely in 28 of his last 29 games (.483, 56-116) and 16 Fri. UCLA* 6 pm had a career-high 26-game hit streak that lasted two months (February 22 - April 22) ... 17 Sat. UCLA* 1 pm 18 Sun. UCLA* (CSTV) 1 pm Quentin also paces the team in hits (68), doubles (21), walks (28), hit-by-pitches (9), 23Fri. Cal Poly 6 pm extra-base hits (28), total bases (109), slugging percentage (.690) and on-base percentage 24 Sat. Cal Poly 1 pm 25 Sun. Cal Poly 1 pm (.533) ... Ryan Garko is the team’s leader in homers (10) and RBI (52) ... John Hudgins (7-3, 3.00) leads the conference in innings pitched (99.0) and strikeouts (94) ... Mark 2003 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS May 30 - June 1 (Fri.-Sun.) NCAA Regionals• TBA Romanczuk (8-0) paces the Pac-10 in victories ... Donny Lucy is 6-for-8 as a pinch-hitter. June 6-9 (Fri.-Mon.) NCAA Super Regionals+ TBA June 13-23 (Fri.-Mon.) College World Series^ TBA STANFORD-SANTA CLARA AND STANFORD-USC SERIES HISTORY *Pac-10 Game; •NCAA Regional at TBA; +NCAA Super Stanford leads the all-time series versus Santa Clara (since 1977), 81-25-1, and has won Regional at TBA; ^College World Series at Omaha, NE; (CSTV) College Sports Television Network; (TMC) The Media all three meetings with the Broncos this season (7-2, 5-0, 17-8) to extend its win streak Center All Times Pacific Unless Noted; All Home Games In against Santa Clara to five. Stanford has actually won 25 of its last 26 games against Santa Bold At Sunken Diamond; Rankings by Baseball America Clara. USC leads Stanford in the all-time series, 198-147-3. However, Stanford took two- of-three games (L, 4-13; W, 10-6; W, 18-4) in a non-conference series at Sunken Diamond (2/28 - 3/2) earlier this season and won seven of the eight games played between the clubs last year, including a pair of NCAA Super Regional contests (W, 4-2; W, 5-3). USC last won a series over the Cardinal from April 20-22, 2001 (2-of-3 in Los Angeles). Stanford Baseball (NCAA Champions - 1987, 1988) STANFORD LINE SCORES PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP No Name (B/T), Pos, Ht, Wt, Yr 2003 (HR, RBI, SB) Career (HR, RBI, SB) 2003 VS. SANTA CLARA 5 Sam Fuld (L/L), CF, 5-10, 180, Jr. .315, 2, 21, 6 .354, 10, 105, 25 SCU: Car (.179, 7-39, 1, 2, 3), ‘03 (.000, 0-13, 0, 0, 0); Gm (0-5, 0, 0, 0); Last Week (.222, 4-18, 1, 4, 0); Stk: 0 Stanford 7, at Santa Clara 2 (1/25/03) 3 Brian Hall (R/R), 3B, 6-0, 185, Jr. .278, 4, 31, 12 .277, 9, 87, 32 Stanford.................. 102 100 012 - 7 15 0 SCU: Car (.429, 15-35, 2, 10, 5), ‘03 (.308, 4-13, 2, 3, 2); Gm (0-4, 0, 0, 0); Last Week (.125, 2-16, 0, 2, 1); Stk: 0 Santa Clara............. 000 101 000 - 2 6 0 Win-Hudgins(1-0) Loss-Diefenderfer(0-1) 24 Carlos Quentin (R/R), RF, 6-2, 215, Jr. .430, 6, 35, 9 .350, 29, 141, 25 Save-McCally(1) T-3:01 A-1390 SCU: Car (.375, 15-40, 2, 11, 3), ‘03 (.545, 6-11, 2, 6, 2); Gm (2-5, 0, 0, 0); Last Week (.471, 8-17, 2, 4, 0); Stk: 2 BATTERIES: STAN - Hudgins, McCally (7) and Garko. SCU - 12 Ryan Garko (R/R), C, 6-2, 220, Sr. .373, 10, 52, 1 .334, 31, 151, 3 Diefenderfer, Rea (4), Fillinger (8), Slorp (9) and Wallace.