2009 STANFORD BASEBALL Baseball Contact: Matt Hodson Email: [email protected] • Office Phone: (650) 725-2959 • Cell Phone: (650) 704-2242 2009 Stanford Regular Season Schedule STANFORD CARDINAL (13-13) vs. CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (15-17) Monday, April 13 • 5:00 p.m. • Klein Field at Sunken Diamond (Stanford, CA) Date Opponent Time/Result LHP Scott Snodgress (0-2, 6.60) vs. RHP Kevin Miller (1-2, 4.18) 2/20 Vanderbilt W, 6-5 (10) 2/21 Vanderbilt (Gm. 1) L, 9-12 Vanderbilt (Gm. 2) W, 6-5 2/22 UC Riverside Rained Out 2/25 Saint Mary’s L, 3-5 STANFORD CARDINAL (13-13) at SANTA CLARA BRONCOS (13-17) 2/27 at No. 7 Cal State Fullerton L, 1-8 Wednesday, April 15 • 6:00 p.m. • Schott Stadium (Santa Clara, CA) 2/28 at No. 7 Cal State Fullerton L, 2-3 Both clubs are undecided 3/1 at No. 7 Cal State Fullerton L, 3-9 3/5 Saint Mary’s L, 5-6 All times Pacific; every game is broadcast on KZSU (90.1 FM) and gostanford.com 3/6 No. 2 Texas^ L, 2-6 3/7 No. 2 Texas W, 7-1 Stanford Reaches Halfway Point of Regular Season With Two Midweek Games 3/8 No. 2 Texas L, 1-5 Winners of four of its past five games, seven of its past nine contests and nine of its past 12 out- 3/21 at California* L, 6-7 ings, the Stanford Cardinal (13-13) will reach the halfway point of its 2009 regular season with a pair 3/22 at California* W, 6-5 (12) 3/23 at California* L, 4-11 of midweek games. Stanford will host its longtime rival, the California Golden Bears (15-17) in a 5:00 3/25 at UC Davis W, 5-2 p.m. PT non-conference contest Monday night at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond, before traveling 3/27 Washington* W, 13-3 to the South Bay for a Wednesday night game against the Santa Clara Broncos (13-17). First pitch 3/28 Washington* L, 7-9 from Santa Clara’s Schott Stadium is set for 6:00 p.m. 3/29 Washington* W, 11-0 Stanford posted its third consecutive Pac-10 series victory this past weekend, winning the rubber 3/30 at Pacific W, 10-2 game to take two of three contests from visiting UCLA. California saw its losing streak reach seven 4/1 Santa Clara W, 6-5 games when it suffered a weekend sweep at Washington, while Santa Clara snapped its 10-game 4/3 at Oregon* L, 1-2 skid by sweeping Portland in a West Coast Conference series. 4/4 at Oregon* W, 3-1 4/5 at Oregon*# W, 6-3 The Cardinal will leave for the desert on Thursday, and will resume Pac-10 play with a three-game 4/7 No. 25 San Diego Rained Out series this weekend at Arizona State. 4/9 UCLA* W, 4-3 (10) 4/10 UCLA* L, 5-8 Broadcast Information 4/11 UCLA*^ W, 7-2 All 56 of Stanford’s regular season games, and any postseason contests, will be carried live on the 4/13 California 5:00 p.m. home of Cardinal baseball for nearly 51 years - student station KZSU 90.1 FM. The KZSU broadcast 4/15 at Santa Clara 6:00 p.m. is available on the internet either at www.kzsulive.stanford.edu or via a link on www.gostanford.com. 4/17 at Arizona State*% 6:30 p.m. Erik Adams will be behind the mic for both midweek contests, as well as the weekend series at 4/18 at Arizona State* 6:30 p.m. 4/19 at Arizona State* 1:00 p.m. Arizona State. 4/20 Santa Clara 5:00 p.m. 4/22 California 5:00 p.m. “Nine” Moves Into Ninth, Closes in on Eighth 4/24 Arizona*^ 5:00 p.m. Stanford’s Mark Marquess is the ninth-winningest head coach in NCAA Division I baseball history, 4/25 Arizona* 1:00 p.m. having compiled a 1,339-682-7 (.662) career record in his 33 campaigns at the helm of his alma 4/26 Arizona* 1:00 p.m. mater. He is just three victories shy of matching Rod Dedeaux, who ranks eighth with 1,342 victories 4/27 San Francisco 5:00 p.m. over 44 seasons at USC (1942-47 and 1949-86). 4/29 Sacramento State 5:00 p.m. Marquess moved into sole possession of ninth place on the all-time list with his 1,332nd career win 5/1 at Washington State* 5:30 p.m. 5/2 at Washington State*# 1:00 p.m. - a 13-3 victory over Washington March 27. With that Stanford win, he snapped a tie for ninth with 5/3 at Washington State* 12:00 p.m. Larry Cochell, who logged a 1,331-813-3 (.621) ledger over 39 years with seven schools. 5/5 San Jose State 5:00 p.m. 5/6 at Santa Clara 6:00 p.m. Stanford-California Series 5/8 New Mexico 5:30 p.m. Stanford and California are playing the first of two non-conference games on The Farm, after the 5/9 New Mexico 1:00 p.m. Golden Bears won two of three in a Pac-10 series at Berkeley March 21-23. Since 1959, when Stan- 5/10 New Mexico 1:00 p.m. ford’s single-game results are available, the Cardinal holds a 176-97-1 edge. 5/12 at San Jose State 6:00 p.m. 5/13 Pacific 5:00 p.m. 5/15 at USC* 6:30 p.m. Stanford-Santa Clara Series 5/16 at USC* 6:30 p.m. Stanford has gone 124-73-1 against Santa Clara since 1959, including a 6-5, April 1 victory on The 5/17 at USC* 1:00 p.m. Farm. The Cardinal has won four of the past five meetings with the Broncos. 5/19 UC Davis 5:00 p.m. 5/22 Oregon State* 6:00 p.m. Cardinal Clips 5/23 Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. • Turning it Around: Since falling to 4-10 (1-2 in the Pac-10) with a March 23 loss, Stanford has 5/24 Oregon State* 12:00 p.m. gone 9-3 (6-3 in conference play)...the Cardinal has won 4 of its past 5 games. All times listed are Pacific All games broadcast on KZSU (90.1 FM) and gostanford.com • Surging Offense: Stanford has averaged 6.5 runs per game during this current 12-game stretch Home games in bold at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond (78 total), with a .295 batting avg. (120-for-40), .491 slugging pct. and .380 on-base mark. Rankings by Baseball America at the time of game • Stingy Pitching: Cardinal pitchers have forged a 2.92 ERA (35er, 108.0ip) and a .220 avg. against * denotes Pacific-10 Conference game (86-for-391) in the last 12 games, with 106 strikeouts against 32 walks. ^ denotes televised on the CBS College Sports Network • Slick Fielding: Stanford leads the Pac-10 and is 12th in the country with a .977 fielding percent- # denotes televised by Comcast SportsNet Northwest age (23e, 1,005tc). % denotes televised by Fox SportsNet Arizona • Walsh Setting the Table: Sophomore IF Colin Walsh has posted a robust .518 on-base pct. as Stanford’s leadoff hitter over the last 17 games, with a .344 (21-for-61) batting avg....Walsh has a .395 avg. (17-for-43) and a .544 on-base mark during Stanford’s current 9-3, 12-game run. • Swing and a Miss: Sophomore RHP Drew Storen has compiled 34 strikeouts in 20.2 innings, with just 1 walk...Stanford’s closer has a 12.1-inning scoreless streak, has faced 78 batters since his last walk, and is 3-0 with four saves and a 1.31 ERA overall. • Milly Mashing: Brent Milleville is 14-for-37 (.378) with 6 homers and 12 RBI in the last 11 games. Stanford’s Potential Starters and Top Reserves (By Position) Pac-10 Conference Pos. No. Name Avg. HR RBI SB Notes 2009 Standings (thru April 12) - C/3B- 5 Zach Jones .213 3 16 5 Thrown out 46.2% SBA (12x26); GW RBI in 10th Thurs. -C/DH- 29 Ben Clowe .229 0 1 0 11x37 (.297) over last 13g; .276 in Pac-10 (11g) Team Pac-10 GB Overall 1B 25 Brent Milleville .278 6 15 2 14x37, 6 HR, 12 RBI last 11g; 3x4, 2 HR Sun. vs. UCLA Arizona State 10-2 -.- 25-8 Oregon State 7-2 1.5 20-7 -1B/DH -30 Jonathan Kaskow (S) .260 2 9 0 6 RBI in 9 Pac-10g; 2x5, 2B, RBI in UCLA series USC 7-5 3.0 17-14 2B 13 Colin Walsh (S) .291 0 9 2 .518 OBP as leadoff last 17g; 17x43 (.395) last 12g Stanford 7-5 3.0 13-13 3B 2 Adam Gaylord .288 0 8 0 Hit safely in 12 of 17g w/AB; started last 7g at 3B Washington State 5-4 3.5 15-15 SS 6 Jake Schlander .250 1 6 0 13x36 (.361), 3B, HR, 5 RBI last 11g; .293 in Pac-10 UCLA 6-6 4.0 13-19 Washington 4-5 4.5 14-19 LF 24 Toby Gerhart .286 2 13 4 17x42, 2 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI last 11g; .370 in Pac-10 Oregon 2-7 6.5 12-20 CF 7 Joey August (L) .269 4 17 1 Hit safely in 14 of last 16g; 4 HR, 10 RBI last 11g California 3-9 7.0 15-17 RF 21 Kellen Kiilsgaard (L) .289 7 22 0 5x12, HR vs.