Date with the Devils

STANFORD, Calif. - Riding the nation's longest active winning streak, No. 13 Stanford carries its hot streak into the desert for a three-game set at Arizona State, beginning on Friday.
 Weekend Info

Pitching Matchups

Series History
Overall vs. Arizona State
• Overall Record: 93-101 (.479)
• Last Year: L (3-2), L (9-6), L (8-7, 10 inn) at Sunken Diamond
• Arizona State is the only Pac-12 team with a winning record against Stanford (since 1959).
• Stanford has lost six straight in the series. The Cardinal was swept in Phoenix in 2015 and at home in 2016, but had won the three previous series over the Sun Devils.
• Stanford has not met ASU in the NCAA tournament since winning 9-4 to claim the 1988 national title. Other tournament meetings came in 1984 and 1967 (twice).

Current Cardinal Against Arizona State
• Sophomore Kris Bubic struck out two in one inning of relief vs. ASU last year.
• Saturday starter Andrew Summerville has a 10.12 ERA in just 5.1 innings (six earned) against the Sun Devils. Last season he allowed four earned in a start that lasted 4.2 innings.
• Senior Chris Castellanos has a 5.19 ERA in 8.2 innings and four appearances (1 start) against the Sun Devils. Last season he allowed four earned in 6.1 innings and did not get a decision.
• Closer Colton Hock has appeared in four games against Arizona State over the last two seasons with a 7.71 ERA (eight earned in 9.1 innings).
• Junior Mikey Diekroeger was 4-for-12 in Stanford's last visit to Tempe.
• Sophomore Brandon Wulff went 2-for-5 against Arizona State last year.

 Moving UpHock Climbs the Record Books
» Junior reliever Colton Hock is just the second Stanford player to record 20 career saves. He trails only Steve Chitren, who holds the school record with 26 saves. Chitren recorded the final out for both of Stanford's national titles.
» Hock's 12 saves this year is third-most in program history, and is the most for a Stanford pitcher in 14 years (Matt Manship finished with nine in 2003). Only two other Cardinal have recorded double-digit saves in a season—Jeff Bruksch in 2000 (13) and Chitren in 1987 (13) and 1988 (10).

Cardinal Notes
Stanford Standouts
» Junior Matt Winaker was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week on Monday. He hit .400 (6-for-15) for the week, including two extra base hits and two go-ahead RBI. He had a .667 slugging and .500 on-base percentage, and totaled four RBI and five runs, including the game-winning run on Friday night en route to Stanford's first sweep of Arizona since 1999.
» Winaker and Andrew Summerville each earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors on Thursday. Winaker owns a 3.65 GPA in management science and engineering, while Summerville is completing his undergrad degree in three years and starting his master's degree while maintaining a 3.87 GPA.

Congrats to our CoSIDA Academic honoress @ASummerville17 and @mattwinaker ?? #NerdNation?? #GoStanford @CoSIDAAcadAAhttps://t.co/GqrGbjgbvq

— Stanford Baseball (@StanfordBSB) May 4, 2017

Stanford Streaks 
» Stanford's nine-game win streak is the longest in the nation, and the program's best since a nine-game stretch from Feb. 20-March 5, 2013. 
» Stanford has swept back-to-back Pac-12 opponents for the first time since 2012 (WSU and Utah), and has won six straight Pac-12 games for the first time since that stretch.
» Freshman Daniel Bakst owns Stanford's longest hitting streak this year at 11 games (March 12-April 6). He has a hit in 23 of his last 26 games.
» Matt Winaker has reached base in 11 straight games, matching Bakst for the longest such streak of the season for Stanford. 
» Winaker has played in 108 straight games. The last time he did not enter Coach Marquess' lineup was April 28, 2015 vs. SJSU). 
» Junior Quinn Brodey has started 104 consecutive games for the Cardinal — last time he was not in starting lineup was May 5, 2015 vs. Santa Clara.

Most ?????? team in the nation rn #FinalSeas9n #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/yIWugGvL5X

— Stanford Baseball (@StanfordBSB) May 3, 2017

Stanford Stats 
» A lefty has started 31 straight games for Stanford and all but two this year (senior righty Brett Hanewich started Feb. 18 and Feb. 28). Stanford has used just five starting pitchers this season (Miller, Castellanos, Bubic, Summerville, Hanewich).
» Stanford is 28-6 this year when scoring at least one run (0-6 when scoring 0 or less).
» Stanford is 26-3 (.897) this season when scoring more than three runs.
» The Cardinal is 43-5 (.896) when out-hitting its opponent since 2016.
» Stanford, which led the nation with a school record fielding percentage of .983 last season, is 17-1 when not committing an error this year.
» April was Stanford's winningest month (13-5) since 15 wins in May of 2003.
» On Tuesday, Stanford clinched its 39th winning season under Coach Marquess (41 yrs).

Win No. 9? in a row, clinches 9?'s 39th winning season at Stanford #FinalSeas9n #GoStanford

A post shared by Stanford Baseball?? (@stanfordbsb) on May 2, 2017 at 8:56pm PDT

Closing the Door 
» Stanford is 19-0 this year when leading after six innings and 23-0 when up after seven. 
» The Cardinal is 18-3 (.857) this season when scoring first.
» In the current nine-game win streak, seven wins were by three runs or less (4 straight).

Back-2-Back
» Junior Quinn Brodey earned back-to-back Pac-12 Baseball Player of the Week honors on March 7 and March 14. Brodey was the first player to win the award in back-to-back weeks since Washington State's Brian Wolfe in 2014, and the first Stanford player to do so since Jon Schaeffer in 1997. 
» The week prior, Brodey was named Player of the Week, while roommate and junior reliever Colton Hock was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week. Brodey had walk offs in two straight games and the game-winning RBI in three consecutive games—all in 24 hours —to lead Stanford to a four-game series win over Texas. Both walk offs came with two outs. In that same 24-hour span, Hock went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 5.0 innings, including a win in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader and a save in the nightcap.

Preseason Honors  
» Stanford was one of three teams with three players on the Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list (TCU, Florida)—junior Colton Hock, junior Quinn Brodey and sophomore Tristan Beck. 

Midseason Honors  
» Junior Colton Hock was named to the Stopper of the Year Watch List by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). 

#FinalSeas9nMarquess Reaches 1,600
» Only five NCAA coaches have reached 1,600 career wins, only four have been Division I coaches, and only three have done it at one school. Coach Marquess is a member of each of those exclusive clubs after an 8-4 win over arch rival Cal at Sunken Diamond on April 4.
» Augie Garrido (1,975 wins at five schools), Mike Martin (1,917 wins and counting at Florida State), Gordie Gillespie (1,893 wins in Division III) and Gene Stephenson (1,768 wins at Wichita State) are the only coaches to reach the milestone.

Congrats, 9?#FinalSeas9n #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/WVazwAUhyv

— Stanford Baseball (@StanfordBSB) April 5, 2017

  #FinalSeas9n  
Shortly after the 2016 season, head coach Mark Marquess announced that 2017 would be his final season.
    » Became fourth Division I head coach (fifth ever) to win 1,600 games.
    » Will coach in 2,500th game at Cal on Sunday, May 14 on Pac-12 Network.
    » Most wins in Pac-12 history, fourth-most wins in Division I history.
    » Two national championships (1987, 1988) and 29 NCAA Tournament berths and 14 CWS.
    » Stanford has finished .500 or better in 39 of his first 41 seasons. 
    » Nine-time conference Coach of the Year, three-time national Coach of the Year.
    » Six 50-win seasons
Other "9" Notables 
    » All his student-athletes get at least one quarter ahead academically by their junior year.
    » Handwrites all his practice schedules.
    » Carries his signature briefcase to the dugout for each game.
    » Baseball student-athletes are responsible for Sunken Diamond groundskeeping.

Honoring 9
Colloquially known by his jersey number "9", here are some ways the University and team will be honoring Coach Marquess this season:
    » Served as football's honorary captain for the weekend and game against Rice (Nov. 26)
    » More than 100 alumni returned to Sunken Diamond for a pregame ceremony to honor Coach Marquess on Feb. 25.
    » A "9" flag was raised on Feb. 25 and will fly at Sunken Diamond all season. 
    » Final season logo was created as well as #FinalSeas9n hashtag
    » All season ticket prices end in 9, and Two for Tuesday ticket deals are now $9 (was $12).
    » May 9 will have a 1977 theme and ticket prices based on his first season as head coach.
    » Majority of first pitches this season will be thrown by Marquess friends and family.
    » Concessions unveiled the Commemorative Coach Marquess cup, available all season.
    » Concessions will also feature several Coach Marquess combos for $9.99 all season.
    » Personal messages can be sent to Coach Marquess at this link: bit.ly/NineNote
    » More to come 
 

Last Time Out» Stanford earned its first sweep of Arizona since 1999. 
» On Thursday, Kris Bubic allowed just one run in a career-high seven innings and Stanford got back-to-back RBI doubles in the seventh to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 victory.
» In the middle game, Matt Winaker tied a career high with three hits, delivered two big knocks and scored the game-winning run in a 4-3 win. Reliever Tyler Thorne retired all nine batters to earn the win, and Colton Hock closed out the game for the second straight night. 
» On Sunday, senior southpaw Chris Castellanos struck out a career-high 12 in eight scoreless innings to lead Stanford to a 3-1 win.
» On Tuesday against San Jose State, junior Quinn Brodey delivered a go-ahead inside-the-park home run to lift Stanford to victory. Brodey came up with two out and the tying run on third in the seventh inning. He launched one off the wall in center and raced around for the deciding run in a 4-3 victory.

What's Ahead» Fittingly, the final midweek game at Sunken Diamond for head coach Mark Marquess will occur on the 9th of May. There will be 1977 ticket prices in honor of No. 9's first season as head coach of the Cardinal. 
» Next weekend, the Cardinal heads to Berkeley to take on arch rival Cal for a three-game series beginning on Saturday. All three games can be seen on Pac-12 Network.