June 15, 2000
Thursday, June 15, 2000 (2 p.m., CDT)
Stanford advances to its third NCAA baseball championship game in schoolhistory and its first in 12 seasons ? the Cardinal has won NCAA titles ineach of the two previous title games the team has played (1987 - Stanford 9,Oklahoma State 5, 1988 - Stanford 9, Arizona State 4)Stanford, now 3-0 in the 2000 College World Series, has never goneundefeated in a College World Series ? the Cardinal posted a 5-1 recordduring both championship seasons in 1987 and 1988Stanford's 19 runs in today's 19-9 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette set anew school CWS record for runs scored (previous high was 15 runs in a 15-4Stanford win over South Carolina in a CWS opener on June 5, 1982) ? the 19runs tied Stanford's all-time run scoring record in post-season action (alsoa 19-1 victory over Minnesota in West Regional at Stanford on May 22, 1998)and the team's season high in 2000 (also a 19-3 victory over UCLA on May 20,2000)Edmund Muth tied a CWS single-game record with his three-homer day versusLouisiana-Lafayette (solo in 5th inning, two-run in 7th inning, two-run in9th inning) ? Florida State's J.D. Drew also hit three homers in a CWS gameversus USC (6/6/95)Muth has become the all-time CWS homer leader with six career homers ?Drew, Ryan Barthelemy and Marshall McDougall (all of Florida State) are tiedfor second with five homers eachMuth has tied a record for most homers in a single CWS with four thisyear ? he is tied with six othersMuth's three-homer day was the first of his collegiate career ? he hadposted only one other multi-homer day in his collegiate baseball career whenhe hit two long balls earlier this season versus USC (3/19/00)Muth tied a CWS single-game record with 12 total bases in today's 19-9 winover Louisiana-Lafayette ? J.D. Drew also had 12 total bases in histhree-homer game versus USC (6/6/95)Muth now has career-highs of 22 homers and 81 RBI on the season ? His 22homers rank tied for fourth on Stanford's all-time single season list (RickLundblade's 25 HR's in 1985 are the school record) ? His 81 RBI rank tiedfor second on Stanford's all-time single-season list (Lundblade had aschool-record 92 in 1985, while Muth is currently tied for second at 81 RBIwith Ed Sprague in 1988 and Eric Hardgrave in 1983)Muth has career totals of 51 homers and 208 RBI, both second all-time atStanford ? Paul Carey (1987-90) holds the all-time homer record with 56,while current teammate John Gall has the all-time RBI record with 262John Gall picked up the 20th CWS hit of his career (a double in the 2ndinning) to move into a second-place tie on the all-time CWS hit list withBilly Bates (Texas, 1983-85) ? Keith Moreland (Texas, 1973, '74, '75) holdsthe all-time record with 23Andy Topham's grand slam in the bottom of the second inning was the firstof the 2000 CWS, the first of his career and the first in the CWS sinceStanford's John Gall hit a grand slam in a 14-11 loss to Florida State onJune 18, 1999Mike Wodnicki picked up his first post-season victory in today's 19-9 winover Louisiana-Lafayette, scattering five hits and two runs in 6.0 inningsof relief ? he retired eight straight batters between the fourth and seventhinningsStanford has won 28 of its last 34 games overall this seasonStanford now has an 8-2 record in the 2000 NCAA TournamentStanford improves its all-time College World Series record to 28-20 (.583)in 12 CWS appearances and improves its all-time record in the NCAATournament to 87-45 (.659) in 21 apperancesStanford improves to 50-15 on the season, compiling back-to-back 50-winseasons for the first time in school historyStanford has record a total of 50 or more wins just four times in 107years of baseball at Stanford (1987, 1990, 1999, 2000) ? the 1990 team holdsthe school record for wins with a 59-12 recordStanford head coach Mark Marquess improves his all-time record to995-497-5 (.666) and is now 24-16 (.600) in CWS games