Stanford Baseball Game Notes 1987 and 1988 NCAA Champions | 16 College World Series | 30 NCAA Regionals Baseball Contact: Niall T. Adler | [email protected] | o: (650) 725-2959 (also rings to cell) | www.gostanford.com Record (32-14, 14-10 Pac-12) UPCOMING SCHEDULE Weekend Series: 9-3, v. Top-25: 14-7 SAN FRANCISCO Weekend Rotation #10 Vanderbilt No. 12-ranked Stanford (32-14, 14-10 Pac-12) Friday: R-Appel, SU (8-1, 2.68) Feb. 17-18-19 ......W 8-3, W 9-5, W 18-5 will host San Francisco (27-28) on Tuesday v. R-Duke, UT (2-5, 4.61) Saturday: R-Piscotty, SU (3-2, 2.49)v. at 5:30 p.m. prior to a road trip to last place R-Pond, UT (3-8, 6.07) at Pacifi c Utah (13-35, 7-20 Pac-12) on Friday at 5 p.m. Sunday: L-Mooneyham (6-4, 3.57) v. Tues., Feb. 21 ....................... W 9-7 (11) PT, Saturday at 3 p.m. PT and Sunday at 11:30 R-Watrous, UT (2-4, 3.35) a.m. PT. Stanford swept Washington State this # 7 Texas ................................................................ Feb. 24-25-26 ...W 7-2, W 6-2, | W 15-1 past weekend, hitting .340 for the weekend. NEXT: at Santa Clara (May 22), host All-everything utility man Stephen Piscotty Cal (May 25-27) UC Davis leads the Cardinal in batting (.344) and RBIs Tues., Feb. 28 .............................. W 5-1 (50) and was the team’s Saturday starter, toss- ing 6.1 innings in the series clincher. Fellow ju- at Fresno State nior Mark Appel leads the Pac-12 in strikeouts. Mar. 2-3-4 ..............L 4-7, W 16-0, W 9-2 In the Rankings Upcoming Series at Saint Mary’s • Stanford’s rankings remained virtually un- • Stanford leads the all-time Mar. 6............................................ W 5-0 changed at No. No. 12 in the USA Today/Coach- series with the Hilltop, 86-17-2 es poll, No. 15 in Collegiate Baseball and No. 17 since 1959. Stanford has faced #4 Rice in Baseball America. Prior to last week, Stanford Utah just once, winning in 1965. Mar. 9-10-11 .. W 4-2 (10), W 11-6, L 0-1 was ranked in the national top-10 in at least one of the three polls in every previous week. A pre- Pac-12 Race #29 Southern Cal* season No. 2, Stanford was ranked No. 1 in the • Oregon (18-8) remains the Mar. 25-26 ....W 4-2 (1), W 3-2 (2), L 4-8 USA Today Coaches Poll the last week of Febru- leader with two weeks to play, ary and were in the top-two in each of the fi rst ahead of Arizona (16-8). UCLA Saint Mary’s seven weeks. In 12 of the last 25 seasons Stan- (15-9), Stanford and ASU (both Mar. 28........................................ W 10-4 ford has been ranked at No. 1. 14-10) round out the top-fi ve. at #8 Arizona* Mar. 30-31-1 ...............L 7-8, L 2-4, L 2-6 About the Hilltop Draft Status (Bat: .293, ERA: 4.67, Field: .978) • The annual MLB draft (this year • USF is coming off a sweep of Santa Clara this reduced to 40 rounds from 50) Saint Mary’s Apr. 2 .....................................W 9-8 (12) past weekend having won seven of his last nine will take place on June 4-6. The and the last four in a row. Justin Maffei not only fi rst round and compensation at Washington* leads the WCC in steals (24-for-29) but also has picks will occur at 4 p.m. ET on Apr. 5-6-7 .................W 5-2, L 4-6, W 8-6 a team-best .328 average and 45 runs. Nik Balog the MLB Network. Rounds 2-15 has a team-best 40 RBIs. The Dons rank fi rst in will take occur on June 5 and at California the WCC in doubles and steals. On the mound, rounds 16-40 will take place on Apr. 9 .......................................... W 19-6 they have a league-low nine saves, ranking third June 6. The MLB Network will in the league in ERA (3.16) thanks to weekend televise all the picks. Pacifi c starter and one of the nation’s top arms in Kyle Apr. 11 .......................................... W 8-3 Zimmer (5-3, 2.59 ERA). #10 Oregon* Washington State* Apr. 13-14-15 ............L 2-4, L 0-5, W 4-2 May 11-12-13 ......... W 3-2, W 8-3, W 6-1 Field of 64 • The annual fi eld of 64 will be announced on Memorial Day San Jose State San Francisco Apr. 17 ............................................L 2-3 May 15 .............................................5:30 at 9 a.m. on ESPNU with the 16 regional sites announced the day before. Teams with #20 Arizona State* at Utah* Apr. 20-21-22 .......W 17-5, W 8-7, W 9-5 May 18-19-20 .......5:00 | 3:00 | 11:30 PT an RPI in the top-20 are seri- ously considered as fi rst round Brigham Young at Santa Clara hosts of the four-team region- Apr. 24 ........................................ W 10-9 May 22 .............................................6:00 als. There are eight national seeds, which are guaranteed at #10 UCLA* California* hosting duties in each of the Apr. 27-28-29 ...........W 7-2, L 4-7, W 7-2 May 25-26-27 ..............5:30 | 1:00 | 1:00 fi rst two rounds prior to Oma- ha. Stanford has reached 30 at San Jose St. (Blethen) NCAA Post-Season NCAA Regionals (27 under May 1 ..............................................L 5-8 Selection Show May 28 - 9 a.m. ESPNU Marquess). Under Marquess 16 NCAA Regionals June 1 - 4 have hosted 14 Regionals at Oregon State* 8 NCAA Super Regionals June 7-9 or June 8-10 May 4-5-6 .............W 8-2, L 2-4, 4-5 (10) since 1983. College World Series June 15-25/26 PROGRAM HISTORY NCAA Championships (2): 1987, 1988 CWS (16): 1953, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008 Super Regionals (Since 1999) (8): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011 Post-Season (30): 1953, 1965, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 Projected Starting Lineup Stanford Coaching Staff Player Yr B/T Notes Director of Baseball C-- Eric Smith Jr. L/R 27 RBIs in 37 starts at catcher • Mark Marquess ‘69 enters his 36th season as the 1B-- Brian Ragira So. R/R 2nd on team with .317 average, 41 RBIs Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball. 2B- Danny Diekroeger So. L/R .327 average in 12 starts at 2B/DH He entered the season with an overall record of SS-- Kenny Diekoreger Jr. R/R Team-best 14 doubles 1422-741-7, producing 2 NCAA titles (1987, 1988), 3B-- Alex Blandino Fr. R/R Frosh with .566 slugging percentage 7 Super Regionals (six titles), 14 College World Se- LF-- Stephen Piscotty Jr. R/R Team leader in avg (.344), RBIs (50) ries, 27 NCAA Regionals and 12 conference titles. CF/LF-- Tyler Gaffney Jr. R/R 42 runs, 24 BB, 16 HBP all in P12 Top-10 He is one of just 10 coaches to have played and RF-- Austin Wilson So. R/R 3rd in Pac-12 with 9 HRs coached in a CWS, doing so while a player in 1967. He also won a Gold medal as the head coach of the Pitching Staff Yr T Notes 1998 Seoul Olympic team and won a gold medal Mark Appel, RHP Jr. R Pac-12 leader in Ks, 6 starts with 10+ Ks at the 1967 Pan Am Games. He carries a 120-59 Brett Mooneyham, LHP Jr. L 7.0 shutout innings in last start postseason record and 36-25 CWS mark. AJ Vanegas, RHP So. R Converted save in opener v. USF Dean McArdle, RHP Jr. R Team win leader last 3 years (15-6) Longtime Lieutenant David Schmidt, RHP Fr. R freshman with 3.21 ERA in 21 appearances • Fellow alum, Dean Stotz ‘75, has been with Mar- Sahil Bloom, RHP Jr. R 3.32 ERA in 16 games quess for all 35 years. In his current role, he is the Stephen Piscotty, RHP Jr. R Saturday win was 6.1 innings, 3 runs (1 er) team’s primary hitting coach, since 1997. As the re- cruiting coordinator he has had two of the top-fi ve Head Coach Yr Record Notes clases in 2010 and 2011. He has developed such Mark Marquess 36th year 1454-755-7 2 National Titles (1987, 1988) Major Leaguers as Carlos Quentin, Johnny Bench (1977-Present) (32-14) 5 CWS Championships Award winner Ryan Garko, Sam Fuld, Jody Gerut 14 College World Series and Jed Lowrie. From 1993 to 1996 he was the 27 Regional Appearances team’s pitching coach, working with Cardinal stars 12 Pac-10 Titles Kyle Peterson, Chad Hutchinson and Jeff Austin. Pitching • Veteran coach Rusty Filter is in his third season as pitching coach. He coached his third fi rst round Cardinal Sweep Past Washington State pick--Chris Reed, last season and has another in • No. 12-ranked Stanford topped the 30-win plateau for the 30th time since 1981 Mark Appel this year. In his fi rst year with 12 under- (32 years), hitting .340 in the three-game series while limiting the Cougars to just six classmen, the Cardinal pitchers lowered its ERA a runs.