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| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | | Stanford (24-32) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | | WSU (29-27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
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| | | Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | | W - Hamilton (1-4) | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | L - Cramer (0-3) | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Hitting | Jackson - 2-5
Brodey - 1-3, 2B, RBI
Klein - 1-3, RBI |
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PULLMAN, Wash. -- Cooper Elliott hit a sacrifice fly to right field in the 11th inning to give Washington State a 3-2 win over the Stanford baseball team Sunday at Bailey-Brayton Field. The Cardinal took both ends of a doubleheader Saturday to secure the series win in the final three games of the 2015 season.
Stanford (24-32, 9-21 Pac-12) ended its injury-riddled season with the longest of its 56 games. The Cardinal will not earn a postseason bid after being one of five teams in the country to qualify for three of the last four NCAA Super Regionals.
Drew Jackson went 2 for 5 to be the only Cardinal with multiple hits. Stanford, which was outhit 10-8, never trailed in the series until the final pitch.
Jackson was one two Cardinal hitters to finish over the .300 plateau, earning the team’s batting title at .320. Three of Stanford’s top four hitters - Mikey Diekroeger (.315), Jackson and Zach Hoffpauir (.289) - all missed at least 30% of the season due to injuries.
Chris Castellanos, who became Stanford’s Sunday starter late in the season, continued a strong run of starting pitching for the Cardinal. He worked the first 5.1 innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits as Stanford starters averaged six innings with a 2.69 ERA over the final 10 games.
The Cardinal’s projected weekend rotation made just 14 of its 42 scheduled starts in 2015. Cal Quantrill and John Hochstatter both went down before March and Marc Brakeman missed five starts in the middle of the season as 14 different pitchers started a game in 2015.
Those injuries gave way for pitchers like Gabe Cramer to get valuable experience. Cramer was the tough-luck loser Sunday, allowing just the final earned run after throwing 5.1 innings scoreless.
Washington State (29-27, 11-19 Pac-12) kept Stanford off the board in the final seven innings with relievers Sam Triece (2.0 innings) and Ian Hamilton (5.2 innings). Stanford had only three hits off the hard-throwing Hamilton to make him the winner.
Quinn Brodey doubled to left center for an RBI in the second and Jack Klein plated a run on a sac fly in the fourth for the Cardinal’s only scores, both off of starter Ryan Walker. Brodey’s two-bagger gave him an extra-base hit in three straight games.
Tommy Edman ended the season on a 16-game reached base streak, tying him with Beau Branton for the longest by a Cardinal player in 2015.
PJ Jones had four hits to lead Washington State’s offense.
The Cardinal’s offense was slowed when Hoffpauir’s season ended prematurely in the second inning. The potential top-10 round draft pick was ejected for arguing balls and strikes after pointing at the turf where it looked like the called strike three crossed over the left-handed batters box.
Hoffpauir and the rest of Stanford’s juniors and seniors will await their fate in the MLB Draft June 8-10.
