June 7, 2002
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NCAA DIVISION I BASEBALL REGIONAL
at Stanford, CA
Post-Game Notes
June 7, 2002 (Game 01)
No. 8 Stanford 4, USC 2
STANFORD
Stanford extended its season-high win streak to eight games.Stanford improves to 7-2 all-time in Super Regional games.Stanford wins its 100th postseason game (100-49).Stanford wins for the sixth time in seven games against USC this season.Stanford improves to 28-4 at home.Jeremy Guthrie improved his career record against USC to 3-1 and his overall record in the postseason to 5-0 with a 2.15 ERA.Guthrie has not lost at home since dropping a game to UCLA on April 7, 2001.Guthrie wins his sixth straight game over his last six decisions and improved to 12-1 this season with a 2.34 ERA.Guthrie improves his career record 25-5, tying for seventh place on Stanford's won-loss percentage list (.833) and ninth on Stanford's all-time win list (25).Stanford recorded a postseason-high attendance of 4,092 and its second crowd of 4,000 or more in 2002.Stanford's six-player senior class of Scott Dragicevich, Chris O'Riordan, Dan Rich, Andy Topham Arik VanZandt and J.D. Willcox took another step in becoming the first class of Stanford players to ever make four consecutive trips to the College World Series by advancing to the Super Regionals.Stanford improves to 3-0 against USC in Super Regional games.Chris O'Riordan extended his consecutive games started streak to 171Dan Rich recorded his second save of the 2002 postseason and his third career postseason save.Freshman Chris Carter hit his second home run of the postseason.Carlos Quentin's 2 run shot in the bottom of the fourth, was his first postseason home run and his first home run May 14th at Nevada.Stanford's scheduled starter for Saturday is LHP Tim Cunningham.
USC
USC drops to 13-13 when its opponent has scored first this season.The Trojans are 1-21 this season when trailing after eight innings.The loss snaps USC's 6-game win streak.Michael Moon hit his fifth home run in his last nine games.USC's scheduled starter for Saturday is LHP Cory Campos.