June 13, 2001
*Stanford's 4-1 victory over Cal State Fullerton puts the Cardinal in the CWS championship game for the second straight year and the fourth time in school history ... The Cardinal has made it to the CWS championship game in consecutive years twice, winning CWS titles in 1987 and 1988 before finishing as runners-up in 2000 and earning another championship game appearance in 2001
*Stanford's two CWS titles came against Oklahoma State (June 7, 1987 - Stanford 9, Oklahoma State 3) and Arizona State (June 11, 1988 - Stanford 9, Arizona State 4) ... The first title in 1987 came under the former eight-team double elimination format, while the second title in 1988 came under the current two-bracket format with four teams playing a double elimination event in each bracket and one championship game between the two bracket winners
*Stanford has now swept through its College World Series bracket with a 3-0 record and into the CWS championship game for the second consecutive year
*Stanford's 9-2 record in the post-season equals the Cardinal's highest post-season win total in school history as the team finished with a 9-1 post-season record during its 1987 CWS title run and a 9-2 mark on its way to the 1988 CWS championship
*Jeremy Guthrie recorded his third win of the 2001 post-season in four post-season starts ... Guthrie has recorded three of the four wins by Stanford pitchers in the 2001 post-season with Tim Cunningham picking up the other post-season victory by a Stanford starter ... Cardinal relievers have recorded five of the team's nine post-season victories
*Guthrie pitched 7.0 innings, allowing just four hits and one run, while striking out five and walking two ... He is now 3-0 in the post-season with a 3.28 ERA
*Jeremy Guthrie retired 10 straight batters from the third through the seventh innings, beginning with a double play ground out hit by David Bacani to end the Cal State Fullerton third inning and ending with a leadoff walk to Robert Guzman in the seventh ... Guthrie recorded nine straight outs with eight straight ground balls, a streak that began with Bacani's doubleplay ball and ended when Guthrie struck out Shawn Norris for the final out in the sixth inning
*Jeff Bruksch's third save of the 2001 CWS tied a CWS series record ... Five other players have record three saves in a single CWS ... Bruksch also tied the CWS career record with his fourth save (Bruksch had one save in the 2000 CWS) ... Two other players have had four career CWS saves ... Bruksch pitched the final 2.0 hitless innings
*Stanford's pitching staff has allowed just six runs in its last 25 innings of the CWS (2.16 ERA) after giving up eight runs in its first three innings of its 2001 CWS opener versus Tulane (6/8)
*Brian Hall's solo homer in the third inning was his second of the season as the freshman was making the first post-season start of his career ... Hall hit his first and only other collegiate home run in Stanford's second game of the 2001 season at Fresno State on January 26
*Ryan Garko's solo homer over the batters eye in left centerfield in the sixth inning was his second in the 2001 CWS, his third of the 2001 post-season and his seventh of the 2001 campaign
*Andy Topham's two-RBI single in the bottom of the fourth inning was his first hit in the 2001 CWS ... Topham had been hitless in his first 10 official CWS at bats
*The 2:34 time of game was the shortest of the 11 games played thus far in the 2001 College World Series
*Stanford has now won four straight post-season games and 18 of 22 overall
*Stanford's updated post-season records are 96-48 (overall) and 31-21 (College World Series)