at Omaha, NE
2002 College World Series
June 17, 2002 - Game 8
Texas 8, Stanford 7
Stanford has its season-high 10-game win streak (5/19 - 6/15) snappedStanford fails to win at least its first two games at the College World Series for the first time in its last four appearances ... The Cardinal won its first two games in 1999, as well as its first three in 2000 and 2001 ... The last time the Cardinal lost in its first two games at the CWS was a 10-5 loss to LSU in the second round of the CWS on June 1, 1997Stanford won its second of two CWS titles in 1988 after losing its second game of the CWS to Cal State Fullerton, 5-3, on June 6, 1988 ... The Cardinal rebounded by winning four straight games to capture the national championshipStanford lost its first postseason game of the year after starting with six straight victories ... The Cardinal fell one win short of its best postseason start ever when the team won its first seven games of the postseason before dropping its third and fourth games of the CWS to Florida State to end its seasonStanford's all-time CWS record fell to 32-23 (.582) and its all-time postseason record to 102-50 (.671)Stanford falls to 12-4 against ranked teams this seasonThe eight runs given up by Stanford was the most the team has given up since its last loss, a 9-4 defeat at UCLA on May 18, 2002Ryan Garko (2-4, 2 RBI) continued his hot hitting at the CWS and is now 11-for-20 (.555) in six career CWS gamesRyan Garko was hit by a pitch for the 14th time this season and moved into an eighth-place tie on the school's single-season listSam Fuld (3-5, RBI, 2 runs) recorded his team-leading 37th multiple-hit game and ninth three-hit game of the seasonSam Fuld's three hits gives him 106 for the season, two shy of equaling the school's single season record of 108 co-held by Mike Dotterer (1981) and Troy Paulsen (1990)Chris Carter (2-4, 2 runs) extended his career-high hit streak to nine games (5/19 - 6/17)Chris O'Riordan (1-2, 2 RBI) picked up the 258th hit of his career with a single in the second inning, moving him into a 10th place tie on Stanford's career hit listChris O'Riordan tied a CWS record with two sacrifice flies to raise his team-high season total to nineChris O'Riordan extended his consecutive games started streak to 174Ryan McCally tossed a career postseason high 4.1 innings, limiting Texas to one run and two hitsTim Cunningham gave up his second-highest run total of the year (seven) and the most since surrendering nine versus USC (4/13) in his last lossTim Cunningham had his streak of five consecutive victories in each of his last five starts snapped and lost for the first time in his last nine decisionsStanford and Texas evened their season series record at 2-2, while the Cardinal still leads the all-time series, 13-10-1
Stanford's starting pitcher for Tuesday's CWS elimination game versus Notre Dame RHP John Hudgins (9-1, 4.80)