Jan. 28, 2000
Frenso, Calif. - The top-ranked Stanford baseball team opened its 2000 season with a 10-2 victory over Fresno State at Pete Beiden Field on Friday. Senior centerfielder Edmund Muth was 3-for-5 with a double, homerun and four RBI. Muth's three-run homer in the eighth inning iced the game for the Cardinal. The top six players in the Stanford lineup went a combined 13-for-27 with nine runs scored and 10 RBI. Three Stanford pitchers - Jason Young, Mike Gosling and Ryan McCally - combined to toss a four-hitter.
"Our guys swung the bat well tonight," stated Stanford head coach Mark Marquess following the contest. "But this is a veteran squad and we expected them to do that. We also had some nice performances on the mound. It was a solid first game.
Damien Alvarado was also 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI as he singled in each of his first three at bats. John Gall (2-for-4, 3B, RBI), Eric Bruntlett was 2-for-3 with a double an three runs scored, while Craig Thompson was 2-for-5 with a double and a pair of runs scored.
A preseason All-America, Young was credited with the victory after allowing just two hits and one run in four innings of work. He did consistently work his way out of trouble as Fresno State did strand seven of its nine runners while Young was on the mound mostly due to three walks and two hit batsmen. Gosling threw four brilliant innings of relief, also allowing just two hits and one unearned run. Gosling also struck out four hitters and walked just one. McCally tossed a perfect ninth inning.
Stanford jumped out to a 6-0 lead after four innings. Alvarado singled home Gall with the first Cardinal run in the top of the second. An RBI-groundout by Borchard and an RBI-single by Gall in the third put Stanford ahead 3-0. In the fourth, Bruntlett had an RBI-double before Borchard and Alvarado contributed RBI singles.
The teams will continue the three-game series with single contests on Saturday and Sunday, both beginning at 1:00 p.m.
BATTERIES: Stanford - Young, Gosling (5), McCally (9) and Alvarado, Kammeyer (9). Fresno State - Graham, Hernandez (3), Durmanich (4), Cuellar (8), Fritz (9) and Harper.
WIN - Young (1-0), LOSS - Graham (0-1).
HR'S: Stanford - Muth (1st, 2 on in 8th).
2000 Stanford Cardinal Baseball #1-Stanford at Fresno State Jan 28, 2000 at Fresno, Calif. (Pete Beiden Field)
#1-Stanford 10 (1-0)Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A----------------------------------------------------Thompson, Craig 1b........ 5 2 2 0 0 0 6 4Bruntlett, Eric ss........ 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 3Muth, Edmund cf........... 5 2 3 4 0 1 2 0Borchard, Joe rf.......... 5 1 1 2 0 1 4 1Gall, John 3b............. 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 1Alvarado, Damien c........ 5 0 3 2 0 0 6 0 Kammeyer, Mickey c........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Cooper, Jason dh.......... 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0VanMeetren, Jason lf...... 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Garko Ryan ph............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jacobson, Billy lf........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Dragicevich, Scott 2b..... 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 O'Riordan, Chris ph/2b.... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Young, Jason p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Gosling, Mike p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McCally, Ryan p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0----------------------------------------------------Totals.................... 38 10 13 10 5 3 27 14
Fresno State 2 (0-1)Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A----------------------------------------------------Creighton, Tom 2b......... 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 5Gemoll, Brandon 1b........ 4 1 0 0 1 0 9 1Acevedo, Anthony lf....... 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 0Tafoya, Simon dh.......... 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Fritz, Ben ph/dh.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bowlin, Mike rf........... 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 0Garcia, Nick 3b........... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1Guzman, Tony cf........... 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 Labandeira, Josh ph/ss.... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1Harper, Brad c............ 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 1Lopez, Oscar ss........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Myers, Joey cf............ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Graham, Tom p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hernandez, Mike p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Durmanich, J.J. p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cuellar, Justin p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0----------------------------------------------------Totals.................... 30 2 4 1 5 6 27 11
Score by innings: R H E----------------------------------------------#1-Stanford 012 310 030 - 10 13 2Fresno State 000 100 100 - 2 4 1----------------------------------------------
E - Alvarado(1), VanMeetren(1), Garcia(1).DP - #1-Stanford 2, Fresno State 1. LOB - #1-Stanford 9, Fresno State 9.2B - Thompson(1), Bruntlett(1), Muth(1), Acevedo(1). 3B - Gall(1), Bowlin(1).HR - Muth(1).SB - Bruntlett(1), Borchard(1). CS - Muth(1).SH - Thompson, Guzman.
#1-Stanford IP H R ER BB SO AB BF----------------------------------------------------Young, Jason........ 4.0 2 1 1 4 2 13 20Gosling, Mike....... 4.0 2 1 0 1 4 14 15McCally, Ryan....... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Fresno State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF-----------------------------------------------------Graham, Tom......... 2.2 5 3 3 1 0 13 15Hernandez, Mike..... 1.0 2 3 3 2 1 4 7Durmanich, J.J...... 3.1 5 3 3 2 2 14 16Cuellar, Justin..... 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 4 5Fritz, Ben.......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Win - Young 1-0. Loss - Graham 0-1. Save - None.WP - Young 3, Fritz. BK - Graham.HBP - by Graham (Bruntlett), by Young (Garcia), by Young (Guzman), by Cuellar (Cooper).Umpires - Home: Rick Saxton 1st: Rick Scarbery 3rd: Chad McCardell
Start: 7 p.m. Time: 3:04 Attendance: 4,011
Game Notes:2000 Season Opener for both schoolsDurmanich faced 2 batters in the 8th.Cuellar faced 1 batter in the 9th.