June 16, 2001
*Stanford's 12-1 loss to Miami in the 2001 CWS championship game marked the second straight year the Cardinal has lost in the CWS title game ... Stanford lost to Louisiana State, 6-5, on June 17, 2000 ... Stanford won CWS titles in its only other two appearances in the CWS championship game on June 7, 1987 (Stanford 9, Oklahoma State 5) and June 11, 1988 (Stanford 9, Arizona State 4) ... The Cardinal is 2-2 all-time in its four appearances in the CWS title game
*Stanford (51-17) finished with the third highest win total in school history with only the 1990 (59-12) and 1987 (53-17) clubs winning more games in 108 seasons of Stanford Baseball
*Stanford had a 4-0 record in 2001 post-season elimination games prior to its 12-1 loss to Miami
*Stanford's 12-1 loss to Miami (11-run deficit) was Stanford's worst defeat of the season with its previous a 12-3 loss at Sacramento State (5/2/01)
*Stanford's 12-1 loss also tied the worst defeat in CWS championship game history (1956: Minnesota 12, Arizona 1)
*Stanford's five hits in the CWS championship game tied a season-low ... The Cardinal managed only five hits in five games this season, most recently at USC (4/21/01)
*Despite the 12-1 loss to Miami in the 2001 CWS championship game, Stanford still won 18 of its last 23 games
*Stanford had won six of its last seven CWS games prior to today's 12-1 loss to Miami
*Miami now holds a 5-2 lead in the all-time overall series with Stanford and has won two-of-three games in the CWS
*Stanford had previously been 4-0 in 2001 post-season elimination games prior to today's 12-1 loss to Miami
*Stanford's updated overall post-season record is 96-49 (.662), while the club is now 31-22 (.585) in the CWS
*Stanford 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 9-3 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
*Mike Gosling (4.0 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO) suffered his third loss of the post-season (0-3, 5.96) after posting a perfect 7-0 record during the regular season
*Jeremy Guthrie (Post-Season: 3-0, 3.28) and Tim Cunningham (1-0, 1.04) were the only Stanford starters to win post-season games ... The bullpen did compile a 5-0 record
*Jeff Bruksch tied a pair of CWS records with three saves in a single CWS and four career CWS saves
*Stanford's two-error game marked the first time the Cardinal had committed more than one error in the post-season (Stanford's last two-error game was in the regular season finale at Washington State (5/20/01)
*Stanford's overall team leaders
Batting Average: Ryan Garko (.358)
HRs: Chris O'Riordan (12)
RBI: Chris O'Riordan (68)
SB: Chris O'Riordan (16)
Hits: Chris O'Riordan (101)
Runs Scored: Chris O'Riordan (62)
*Stanford's Post-Season team leaders
Batting Average: Jonny Ash (.410)
HRs: Ryan Garko/Andy Topham (3)
RBI: Sam Fuld/Andy Topham (11)
SB: Sam Fuld/Andy Topham (2)
Hits: Sam Fuld (19)
Runs Scored: Ryan Garko (12)