April 6, 2004
at
Oregon State Beavers (18-9, 3-3 Pac-10)
Thursday, April 8, 5 pm
LHP Mark Romanczuk (6-1, 3.40) vs. RHP Andy Baldwin (4-3, 4.91)
Friday, April 9, 5 pm
LHP Blake Holler (3-1, 3.89) vs. LHP Jake Postlewait (6-1, 3.04)
Saturday, April 10, 12 pm
RHP Jeff Gilmore (5-1, 4.71) vs. RHP Dallas Buck (1-2, 3.86)
MEDIA COVERAGE
Gametracker: Thursday | Friday | Sunday
Live Audio: gostanford.com ... Sean Bruich will be on the microphone ... A Gametracker with live stats for all three games will also be available from a link at gostanford.com.
QUICK TEAM NOTES
Stanford has been the nation's unanimous No. 1 team for in all four major collegiate baseball polls for two consecutive weeks (March 29, April 5) ... The Cardinal has also been the top team in Baseball America's poll for the last seven weeks ... Stanford had won a season-high eight straight games (3/23 - 4/3) before dropping the finale of its most recent series at UCLA (4/4) but has still won 14 of its last 16 overall ... The Cardinal has opened the campaign with a 23-4 record, its fourth-best record after 27 games in school history behind the 1982 (24-2-1), 1967 (23-2-2) and 1978 (23-3-1) teams ... In addition to its recently broken eight-game win streak, Stanford has another pair of six-game win streaks this year (2/7 - 2/20; 2/22 - 3/6) ... The Cardinal has also won all eight of its regular season series this year, as well as 12 in a row and 20 of its last 21 dating back to last season ... Stanford has swept four of its eight series this season and seven during its current 12-series win streak ... Stanford has won 26 of its last 29 true road games, finishing last year with a 14-game win streak in true road games and beginning this season with a 12-3 mark away from Sunken Diamond ... Stanford has also won 20 of its last 21 games at home, including an 11-1 record this season, and 46 of its last 54 contests overall ... Stanford is 5-1 this season against ranked teams ... Stanford has been errorless in 12 of its first 27 games ... Stanford has more than doubled its opponents scoring (240-117) as 19 of its 23 wins have been by three or more runs ... Stanford's pitching staff has a Pac-10 leading 3.87 ERA ... Stanford is looking to extend its school record string of consecutive appearances at the College World Series to six, as well as its string of 40-win season to 10, while Stanford has won 50 or more games in three of the last four seasons ... Stanford has captured 11 Pac-10 titles in the last 21 years and finished either first or second in the conference 21 times in last 23 seasons.
QUICK INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Jonny Ash has taken over the team's lead in hits (43) and batting average, raising his mark to .391 with a current nine-game hit streak (3/23 - 4/4; .475, 19-40, 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI) that includes seven multiple-hit contests ... Ash hit two homers, including a two-run game-winner in the top of the ninth, with career-highs of four hits and four RBI versus UCLA last Saturday (4/3) ... National Player of the Year candidate Jed Lowrie is second on the club with a .388 batting average and leads the Cardinal in nearly every other offensive category -- runs scored (36), triples (4), homers (8), RBI (37), total bases (75), slugging percentage (.765), bases on balls (24), on-base percentage (.500) and sacrifice flies (5) ... Lowrie also co-leads the Pac-10 in homers ... John Mayberry, Jr. is third on the club with a .373 batting average, while leading the team in doubles (7), and ranking second in both homers (6, tied with Danny Putnam) and RBI (32) ... Danny Putnam is fourth on the club among regulars with a .342 batting average and 22 RBI to go with his six homers ... Brian Hall (.330), who leads the team with eight stolen bases, has extended his hit streak to a new career-high 12 games (3/5 - 4/4, .460, 23-50, 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 5 SB), tied with an earlier 12-game hit streak by Ash ... Sam Fuld continues to move up Stanford's all-time list in several categories -- runs scored (239, #2), hits (319, #3), at bats (932, #3), triples (16, #3T), doubles (57, #7) and games played (227, #10) ... Mark Romanczuk leads the team with six wins, while Jeff Gilmore has five ... Blake Holler and David O'Hagan have three each ... O'Hagan also has a team-high four saves, while Holler has two ... O'Hagan's 2.48 ERA is the lowest among pitchers with at least one inning per team game played, while Romanczuk's 3.40 mark is the lowest among regular starting pitchers.
#21 - MarkRomanczuk (L/L, 6-2, 195, So.)
Updated MarkRomanczuk Bio
ALL-TIME SERIES
Stanford leads its all-time series versus Oregon State, 32-12. However, the teams have split their last six games. Stanford took two-of-three games on The Farm last season (4/17 - 4/19; W, 5-2; L, 7-8; W, 10-0) after the Beavers had won two-of-three in Corvallis in 2002 (4/26 - 4/28; L, 1-3; L, 3-4; W, 13-0). Stanford has won four of the five series and 11 of the 15 games between the schools since the Pac-10 expanded to include the Beavers (along with Washington and Washington State) in 1999.
2003 VERSUS OREGON STATE
at Stanford 5, Oregon State 2 (April 17, 2003) - John Hudgins pitched his third complete game of the season and the second in three outings, allowing just two runs and six hits while striking out 10. Donny Lucy (3-4, 2B, HR, RBI) blasted his first homer of the season. Hudgins did not give up a run after the fourth inning and retired 17 of the final 20 batters he faced.
Oregon State 8, at Stanford 7 (April 18, 2003) - Oregon State snapped Stanford's seven-game win streak with an 8-7 victory. The Beavers jumped out to a 6-0 lead after an inning and a half in a game the Cardinal never led. Andy Jarvis (3-5, HR, 2 RBI) and Tony Calderon (3-5, 3 RBI) had three hits each for the Beavers. Oregon State reliever Nathan Pendley earned the victory by scattering three hits and a run with three strikeouts over the final 2.1 innings. Carlos Quentin (3-5, SB) and Danny Putnam (3-3, 2B, 4 RBI) had three hits each for the Cardinal.
at Stanford 10, Oregon State 0 (April 19, 2003) - Danny Putnam (2-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI) homered twice and in five runs, while Mark Romanczuk (7.2 IP, 2 H, 6 BB, 9 SO) and Matt Manship (1.1 IP, 1 SO) combined on a two-hit shutout to lift Stanford to a 10-0 win over Oregon State in the rubber game of a three-game series.
LAST WEEK
Stanford 5, at San Jose State 0 (March 30, 2004) - Stanford recorded its first shutout of the season and won its sixth game in a row with a 5-0 victory over San Jose State. Five Stanford pitchers combined on the shutout with starter Matt Leva picking up the victory in the predetermined pitching rotation with 3.0 scoreless two-hit innings with three strikeouts. John Mayberry, Jr. (2-4, RBI) was the only Stanford player with more than one hit, while Chris Minaker (1-2, 2 RBI) drove in a pair of runs.
Stanford 11, at UCLA 4 (April 2, 2004) - Stanford kicked off its Pac-10 schedule and extended its win streak to a season-high seven games with an 11-4 victory over UCLA. Mark Romanczuk picked up the victory, establishing new season-highs in both strikeouts (10) and innings pitched (8.0) while scattering 10 hits and four runs. Chris Minaker (2-5, HR, 4 RBI) hit the first homer of his career, a three-run shot in Stanford's six-run second inning, and drove in a career-high four runs. Brian Hall (3-4) had three hits, while Jed Lowrie (2-4, 3B, 2 RBI) and Donny Lucy (2-3, 2B, 2 RBI) both had an extra-base hit and drove in a pair of runs, while Sam Fuld (2-4) added a pair of hits.
Stanford 15, at UCLA 13 (April 3, 2004) - Jonny Ash's two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning on the first pitch he saw from UCLA reliever and losing pitcher Adam Simon lifted Stanford to a wild 15-13 win over UCLA. Ash (4-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI) also hit a solo homer in the seventh inning in his previous at bat for the first two-homer game of his career, in addition to driving in four runs and collecting four hits for the first time in his career, and extending his hit streak to eight games. Stanford jumped out to an 11-2 lead after scoring eight runs in the top of the third inning before a furious UCLA comeback finally tied the game at 13-13 when Jarrad Page blasted a three-run homer over the right field fence with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Danny Putnam (2-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI) and Sam Fuld (2-4, 3B, HR, 3 RBI) also went deep for the Cardinal. Brian Hall (1-4, SB, RBI) extended his hit streak to a career-high-tying 11 games with a sixth inning single. Ryan McCarthy (4-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI) hit his second and third homers of the series for the Bruins, while Page (2-3, HR, 3 RBI) and Chad Concolino (2-5, HR, 3 RBI) also had long balls. Stanford reliever David O'Hagan picked up the victory despite allowing Page's game-tying homer and five runs on five hits in 4.0 innings of work.
at UCLA 6, Stanford 5 (April 4, 2004) - Preston Griffin's walkoff homer over the left field fence on the first pitch he saw leading off the bottom of the ninth inning lifted UCLA to a 6-5 victory over Stanford. The loss denied Stanford its fifth sweep of the season and snapped the team's season-high eight-game win streak. Stanford led 5-3 going into the bottom of the eighth inning before giving up a two-run homer to Brandon Averill that tied the score. Donny Lucy (2-4, HR, RBI) homered for the Cardinal.
STANFORD REMAINS BASEBALL AMERICA'S NO. 1 TEAM
Stanford remains the No. 1 team in Baseball America's poll for the seventh straight week since taking over the top spot for the first time this season on February 23. The Cardinal is also ranked No. 1 in the latest Collegiate Baseball poll but fell from No. 1 to No. 2 behind Texas in both the NCBWA and Sports Weekly/ESPN polls after being the nation's unanimous No. 1 team in all four polls for two consecutive weeks on March 22 and 29. Stanford has now been ranked No. 1 at some point in the season for seven of the last eight campaigns. Stanford had a string of six consecutive seasons (1997-2002) with a top ranking going but never reached the top of the Baseball America poll in 2003. However, the Cardinal did finish the 2003 season ranked second in all four polls.
STANFORD OFF TO FOURTH-BEST 27-GAME RECORD IN SCHOOL HISTORY
Stanford has a 23-4 record in its first 27 games, marking the fourth-best 27-game record in school history behind the 1982 (24-2-1), 1967 (23-2-2) and 1978 (23-3-1) teams.
STANFORD ONE-HALF GAME OUT OF FIRST IN PAC-10
After winning two-of-three games in its first Pac-10 series of the season at UCLA last Friday-Sunday, Stanford sits one-half game out of first-place in the Pac-10 standings with a 2-1 mark. Washington and Arizona co-lead the league with 4-2 conference records. USC is tied with Stanford for third-place with a 2-1 record. Oregon State is fifth at 3-3, followed by Washington State and UCLA (1-2), California (4-5) and Arizona State (3-6).
TOP OF THE PAC
Stanford has won 19 conference championships in school history, including 17 Pac-10 crowns (includes Southern Division and shared titles). The Cardinal won its most recent crown in 2003 when the club finished with an 18-6 conference mark. Stanford had finished second in the conference behind two-time defending league champion USC in 2001 and 2002 prior to its previous Pac-10 title when it shared the championship with Arizona State and UCLA in 2000. Stanford has been among the top two in the conference standings (includes Pac-10 Southern Division) for 10 straight seasons and 21 times in the last 23 years.
STANFORD PICKED AS FAVORITE IN 2004 PRESEASON PAC-10 COACHES POLL
Stanford was picked as the favorite in the 2004 Preseason Pac-10 Coaches Poll, picking up seven first-place votes. Arizona State and Arizona each garnered one first-place vote, while finishing second and third in the poll. USC, Washington, California, UCLA, Oregon State and Washington State rounded out the poll.
SUCCESS IN PAC-10 OPENING SERIES CONTINUES
Stanford's two-of-three series victory over UCLA last Friday-Sunday marked the eighth consecutive year the Cardinal has won its first Pac-10 series. UCLA is the last team to beat Stanford in a conference-opening series when the Bruins took two-of-three over the Cardinal in Los Angeles from April 23-25, 1996.
STANFORD EXTENDS SERIES WIN STREAK TO 12
Stanford's two-of-three series victory over UCLA (4/2 - 4/4) in its most recent series extended the team's series win streak to 12 in a row dating back to last year, including seven sweeps during the stretch. Stanford has also won 20 of its last 21 regular season three-game series, including nine in a row on the road and six straight at home. Stanford lost just two series in 2003, dropping two-of-three at home to Arizona (4/25 - 4/27) and being swept at Cal State Fullerton (1/31 - 2/2).
STANFORD HAS WON 26 OF LAST 29 GAMES ON THE ROAD
Stanford, which will conclude a seven-game road trip and a stretch of 15 of 18 road games with a three-game series at Oregon State this Thursday-Saturday, April 8-10, has won 26 of its last 29 true road contests dating back to last year. Stanford finished the 2003 season by winning its final 14 true road games (at Arizona State 3/23 - 3/24; at Washington State 4/4 - 4/5, 4/7; at Santa Clara, 4/8; at Sacramento State, 4/22; at USC 5/3, DH - 5/4; at San Jose State 5/6; at California, 5/11). Stanford is 12-3 on the road this year, winning two-of-three at Fresno State (2/6 - 2/8), sweeping a three-game road set at California (2/27 - 2/29), taking two-of-three at USC (3/5 - 3/7), returning from a 15-day break with three consecutive wins at Saint Mary's (3/23), Santa Clara (3/24) and San Jose State (3/30), and taking two-of-three at UCLA (4/2 - 4/4).
CARDINAL HAS ALSO WON 20 OF LAST 21 AT HOME, 46 OF 54 OVERALL
Stanford has also won 20 of its last 21 games at home and 46 of 54 overall dating back to last season. Stanford, 11-1 at Sunken Diamond this season, had a 16-game home win streak before Texas broke the run with a 9-6 victory over the Cardinal on February 21 to also hand the Cardinal its first and only home loss of 2004. Stanford's school record home win streak is 27 victories in a row from April 30, 1982 to April 15, 1983. Stanford started the 16-game home win streak in 2003 with a 9-8 victory over UCLA (5/18) to clinch the Pac-10 title before sweeping Cal Poly (5/23 - 5/25) to end the 2003 regular season and won all five 2003 NCAA Tournament home games versus Illinois Chicago (5/30), UC Riverside (5/31) and Richmond (6/1) in NCAA Regional, as well as Long Beach State twice in the NCAA Super Regional (6/6 - 6/7). The streak continued for the first seven home games of 2004 when the Cardinal swept Cal State Fullerton (1/30 - 2/1) and Kansas (2/13 - 2/15), before winning the first game of its series versus Texas (2/20).
LOWRIE, PUTNAM AND ROMANCZUK APPEAR ON WATCH LISTS
Jed Lowrie (Baseball America, USA Baseball Golden Spikes), Danny Putnam (Baseball America) and Mark Romanczuk (Roger Clemens Award) have appeared on high profile Player and Pitcher of the Year Watch Lists, respectively. Lowrie has emerged as the team's top offensive player, leading the club in nearly every offensive category, including homers (8), RBI (37), runs scored (36), triples (4), total bases (75), slugging percentage (.765) and sacrifice flies (5), while ranking second with a .388 batting average. Defensively, Lowrie has made just four errors in his first 133 chances for a .970 fielding percentage while starting all 27 games at either shortstop or second base. Putnam is hitting .342 with six homers, 22 RBI and a stolen base. Romanczuk is 6-1 with a 3.40 ERA and has struck out 50 batters in 50.1 innings. Lowrie (NCBWA Co-Hitter of the Week, March 2) and Romanczuk (Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week, March 9) have already earned weekly recognition for their achievements this season.
ASH, HALL, MAYBERRY AND O'HAGAN ALSO MAKING BIDS FOR ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
Jonny Ash, Brian Hall, John Mayberry, Jr. and David O'Hagan are all making strong cases for All-American honors along with Player/Pitcher of the Year Watch List choices Jed Lowrie, Danny Putnam and Mark Romanczuk. Ash has taken over the team's batting average lead with a .391 mark, adding three homers and 22 RBI. Ash has also been the team's hottest hitter since the Cardinal returned from a 15-day break on March 23 with a current nine-game hit streak (3/23 - 4/4; .475, 19-40, 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI) that includes seven multiple-hit contests. Ash (2/27 - 3/6) is also tied with Hall for the team's longest hit streak of the season as Hall has a current 12-gamer going (3/5 - 4/4; .460, 23-50, 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 5 SB) that has raised his average 122 points from .208 to its current .330. Mayberry has also been swinging a hot bat, ranking third on the team with a .373 batting average while leading the club in doubles (7), and ranking second in both homers (6) and RBI (32). O'Hagan has put up excellent numbers, posting a 3-0 record and saving a team-high four games with a 2.48 ERA in 10 appearances out of the bullpen. He has struck out 35 batters in 32.2 innings and allowed just 23 hits with opponents hitting just .204 against him.
HOLLER LOUD
Blake Holler has made his name known early in his Stanford career as the freshman left-handed pitcher has a 3-1 record with two saves and a 3.89 ERA. Holler started his career by earning saves in his first two appearances, and then won his first two starts versus Texas (6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO) and at California (7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO). After suffering his first loss at USC (3/7), he returned to his early-season form in his next two appearances by throwing 3.0 scoreless innings at Saint Mary's (3/23) before pitching a career-high 8.0 innings in a 3-1 victory over Cal Poly (3/27) while allowing just one run and spreading out nine hits.
FULD WATCH
Sam Fuld continues to move up Stanford's record book and currently ranks among the school's all-time Top 10 list in several categories. He has moved to within five runs of the top spot in runs scored, currently ranking second on Stanford's all-time list with 239 behind school record holder Mark Davis (244, 1983-86). He is also among Stanford's career leaders in hits (319, #3), at bats (932, #4), triples (16, #3T), doubles (57, #7) and games played (227, #10).
SAVING THE DAY
Stanford has logged 10 saves in its first 23 wins. David O'Hagan leads the way with four, while Blake Holler has picked up a pair. Jonny Dyer, Jeff Gilmore, Matt Manship and Kodiak Quick have one each. Stanford's school record for saves is 23 in 2001.
NEW LOOK CARDINAL
In addition to Holler, eight other players have made their first appearances in a game for the Cardinal this season. Jeff Stimpson held opponents scoreless for his first 12.2 innings before finally surrendering his first collegiate run on Preston Griffin's walkoff homer in the bottom of the ninth that led UCLA to a 6-5 over the Cardinal in its most recent game on April 4. Stimpson still has an 0.71 ERA and has allowed just nine hits in 12.2 innings for a .205 opponents batting average, striking out nine. Adam Sorgi has started 14 of the team's first 27 games at shortstop and appeared in 17. Sorgi has a .224 batting average, a double and four RBI. Jim Rapoport has played in 13 games, including five starts, with a .227 batting average, a triple and three RBI. Ryan Seawell has eight hits in his first 22 collegiate at bats for a .364 batting average, while also contributing a double and seven RBI. Matt Leva has a 2-0 record and a 4.32 ERA in five appearances and one start. Greg Reynolds made his highly-anticipated debut on the mound at Saint Mary's (3/23), picking up the victory in 3.0 innings of relief. Ben Summerhays is hitting .222 with two hits in nine at bats off the bench and former student manager Cameron Matthews has played in three games as a pinch-runner.
COMEBACK CREW
Stanford has come from behind at some point in 11 of its first 23 victories this season, twice coming back to win games when trailing by three or more runs heading into the ninth inning. Brian Hall provided arguably the most dramatic moment of the season when his first career grand slam capped a seven-run Stanford ninth inning rally for a 10-6 victory over Kansas (2/15). Stanford trailed 7-3 at USC (3/6) before scoring four times in the top of the ninth inning to extend the game into extra innings before eventually taking home an 8-7 win in 13 frames.
WINNING BY A BUNCH
Despite having to come from behind in 11 of its 23 wins, 19 of the team's victories have come by three runs or more as Stanford has more than doubled its opponents' run production this season by a count of 240-217 as 10 of its victories have also been by six or more runs.
ERRORLESS EFFORTS
Stanford has played errorless baseball in 12 of its first 27 games this season, including a string of five straight errorless games from January 31 - February 8, as well as three in a row in a series at California (2/27 - 2/29), as well as three straight against three different teams in Cal Poly (3/28), San Jose State (3/30) and UCLA (4/2). Stanford is currently fielding at a .973 clip that would rank tied for second on the school's all-time list.
ERRORLESS EFFORTS
Stanford has played errorless baseball in 12 of its first 27 games this season, including a string of five straight errorless games from January 31 - February 8, as well as three in a row in a series at California (2/27 - 2/29), as well as three straight against three different teams in Cal Poly (3/28), San Jose State (3/30) and UCLA (4/2). Stanford is currently fielding at a .973 clip that would rank tied for second on the school's all-time list.
STANFORD FINALLY RETURNS HOME TO SUNKEN DIAMOND NEXT WEEK
After playing two-of-three games at Oregon State to wrap up a stretch with 15 of its 18 games on the road this Thursday-Saturday, April 8-10 (5 pm, 5 pm, 12 pm), Stanford will play 18 of its final 26 regular season contests at home. The Cardinal, who has played just three games (Cal Poly, March 26-28) at home since February 22, returns to Sunken Diamond for a non-conference contest versus Santa Clara on Tuesday, April 13 (6 pm, PT) and its first Pac-10 home series of the season against California (Friday-Sunday, April 16-18, 6 pm, 1 pm, 1 pm, PT). FOX Sports Net will televise the first game of the California series on a tape-delayed basis with the broadcast to be shown on Saturday, April 17 (3 pm, PT). Stanford will conclude a six-game homestand with single games versus Saint Mary's (Tuesday, April 20, 6 pm, PT) and Sacramento State (Friday, April 23, 6 pm, PT).
OFFENSIVE REPORT
Stanford has averaged 8.9 runs per contest and is hitting a season-high .317 through its first 27 games. Over the last 15 games, the Cardinal is hitting .339 to raise its current team average 31 points from the .286 it stood at after a three-game series versus Texas (2/20 - 2/22). National Player of the Year candidate Jed Lowrie leads the club in nearly every offensive category -- runs scored (34), triples (4), homers (8), RBI (37), total bases (75), slugging percentage (.765), bases on balls (24), on-base percentage (.500), sacrifice flies (5), extra-base hits (17) and multiple-RBI games (11). Jonny Ash has taken over the team-lead in batting average (.391) with a current nine-game hit streak (3/23 - 4/4) that has included seven multiple-hit contests with Lowrie a close second at .388. Ash also co-leads the team along with John Mayberry, Jr. in multiple-hit games (14). Mayberry is third on the club with a .373 batting average, while leading the team with seven doubles, and ranking second with six homers (tied with Danny Putnam) and 32 RBI. Putnam is hitting .342 with 22 RBI to go with his six homers. Brian Hall, who leads the club with eight stolen bases, has been on a hot stretch of his own with a current career-high 12-game hit streak (3/5 - 4/4; .460, 23-50, 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 5 SB) that has raised his average 122 points from .208 to its current .330. Donny Lucy has been hit by a team-high nine pitches. Stanford scored a season-high 18 runs at Santa Clara (3/23), posted a season-high 18 hits in an 8-7 win in 13 innings at USC (3/6) and had a season-best five homers at Fresno State (2/7). Stanford has scored in double figures 12 times and has 10 or more hits in 20 of its first 27 games, including 12 of its last 15.
PITCHING REPORT
Stanford still leads the Pac-10 with a 3.87 ERA despite suffering a 7.62 ERA in its most recent three-game series at UCLA (4/2 - 4/4). The Cardinal began last week by picking up its first shutout of the season at San Jose State (3/30) and had allowed just 10 earned runs during in six games heading into the UCLA for a 1.67 ERA during the period. Mark Romanczuk leads the club in victories (6), strikeouts (50), innings pitched (50.1) and has the lowest ERA (3.40) among starters. Jeff Gilmore has added five victories, while Blake Holler and David O'Hagan have three. Matt Leva has won a pair of games, while Jonny Dyer, Mark Jecmen, Matt Leva, Kodiak Quick and Greg Reynolds one a piece. O'Hagan's 2.48 ERA leads those that have pitched at least one inning per game played by the team, while opponents are also hitting a team-low .204 against O'Hagan, who leads the club with four saves and has a 3-0 record. Holler has added two saves, while Dyer, Gilmore, Matt Manship and Quick have one each. Gilmore and O'Hagan co-lead the club with 10 appearances, while Gilmore and Romanczuk have both started a team-high-tying eight contests.
DEFENSIVE REPORT
Stanford's current fielding percentage sits at .973, which ranks tied for second on the school's all-time list. Stanford has played errorless baseball in 12 of its first 27 games. The Cardinal made just three errors in its first eight games as its fielding percentage reached as high as .991 after a five-game errorless string (1/31 - 2/8). Stanford also played three straight errorless contests with a perfect defensive series at California (2/27 - 2/29) and then three more in games versus Cal Poly (3/28), San Jose State (3/30) and UCLA (4/2). John Mayberry, Jr. leads the club with 260 putouts and has made just one error in his team-high 272 defensive chances. Mayberry also had a single-game team-high of 17 putouts at USC (3/6). Jed Lowrie has a team-high 88 assists and has made just four errors in his first 27 starts at either shortstop or second base for a .970 fielding percentage. Jonny Ash and Adam Sorgi had team-high-tying seven-assist games versus Cal State Fullerton (2/1) and Cal Poly (3/27), respectively. Stanford has turned 31 double plays this season, including a season-high three at Fresno State (2/8), versus Kansas (2/15) and versus Texas (2/22).
STANFORD HAS PICKED UP THREE 50-WIN SEASONS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS
Stanford has won 50 or more games in three of the last four years to run its total of 50-win campaigns in school history to six. The Cardinal won a school record 59 contests in 1990. The 1987 CWS championship squad posted 53 victories, while the 2001 and 2003 teams picked up 51 wins. The Cardinal won an even 50 games in 1999 and 2000.
CARDINAL LOOKING TO EXTEND RECORD STRING OF 40-WIN SEASONS TO 10
Stanford will be looking to extend its school record string of 40-win seasons to 10 in 2004. The last time Stanford didn't win 40 games was when the club finished 27-28 in 1993.
2004 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
Four Stanford players have earned 2004 Preseason All-American honors. Sam Fuld picked up a pair of First Team honors (Baseball America, NCBWA), as well as Second Team (Baseball America) and honorable mention (CollegeBaseballInsider.com). John Mayberry, Jr. earned Second Team recognition from Baseball America. Danny Putnam was a First Team selection by Baseball America and CollegeBaseballInsider.com, as well as Third Team NCBWA selection, while Mark Romanczuk was named a Third Team Preseason All-American by Baseball America and the NCBWA and received honorable mention recognition from CollegeBaseballInsider.com.
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STANFORD HEAD COACH MARKMARQUESS
One of the nation's premier collegiate coaches and the winningest coaching in Stanford Baseball history, Mark Marquess is in his 28th season at the helm of the Cardinal in 2004 with a 1167-555-5 (.676) record in 1727 career games, as well as even more impressive marks in the postseason (105-46, .695), and Pac-10 (464-295, .611). Marquess entered the 2004 season ranked 19th on the NCAA's all-time Division I victory list and 46th on the all-time winning percentage list for Division I coaches. For active coaches, he began the season ninth in victories and 15th in winning percentage. He became the 23rd coach in the history of NCAA Division I baseball to reach the 1000-win mark with a victory over Florida State on February 9, 2001. Just over two years later, he picked up win No. 1100 versus Nevada on February 17, 2003. He won his 100th career postseason game in Stanford's NCAA Super Regional clinching victory over Long Beach State (6/7/03). The 1969 Stanford graduate has led the Cardinal to two CWS titles and three runner-up showings in five CWS championship appearances, as well as 13 College World Series trips, five NCAA Super Regional titles, 13 NCAA Regional championships and 11 Pac-10 crowns (includes Southern Division and shared titles). Stanford has also qualified for the NCAA Tournament 21 times in the first 27 years under Marquess. He has been named NCAA Coach of the Year three times and has received Pac-10 or Pac-10 Southern Division Coach of the Year honors on nine occasions, most recently with his selection in 2003. The Cardinal has had 26 winning campaigns in 27 seasons prior to this season under his leadership and finished either first or second in the prestigious Pacific-10 (formerly Pac-10 Southern Division) 21 times in the last 23 years. Stanford has had 112 players drafted by professional baseball in the past 19 seasons, including 14 first round selections in the last 17 years. A member of the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Marquess was the head coach of the 1988 United States Olympic baseball team that captured the gold medal. Marquess was also an accomplished football and baseball standout on The Farm and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. He is one of only six collegiate baseball head coaches to have both played and coached in the College World Series. Marquess was the starting first baseman and a First Team All-American on Stanford's 1967 CWS squad and played four seasons of minor league baseball with the Chicago White Sox organization.
COMMENTS FROM MARKMARQUESS
(on winning two-of-three at UCLA)
"I thought it was a good series. It would have been nice to win three after taking the first two, but it was a good series for us. I was impressed with UCLA. Both teams hit the ball well and scored a lot of runs."
(on the early stages of the Pac-10 season)
"There's a lot of parity in the Pac-10. The league is stronger from top to bottom than it has been since all nine teams begin playing in the league in 1999. The team that wins it will probably be the team that gets hot and sweeps a series or two, which will be hard to do because of the parity. There really is no team that you would say would be at the bottom of the pack. Everyone is capable and that makes for a very interesting Pac-10 race."
(on Oregon State)
"Their numbers are very good, winning two-of-three at California and then having a chance to win two against Arizona. They're playing very well."
STANFORD COACHING STAFF
Dean Stotz is in his 28th campaign with Stanford Baseball and his fifth season as associate head coach after he was promoted to the position prior to the 2000 campaign. Stotz served for 23 years as an assistant. Stotz currently coaches third base while also handling various offensive and defensive aspects of the game. Tom Kunis is in his fifth season as Stanford's pitching coach, while Dave Nakama is in his fifth year overall as a Stanford assistant coach.
STANFORD BASEBALL HISTORY
Now in its 111th season, Stanford's storied baseball program has had many highlights since the program began in 1892 ... Stanford has won two NCAA titles (1987, `88) and made 15 appearances in the College World Series, also finishing as the runner-up on three occasions (2000, `01, `03) ... Stanford has also won five NCAA Super Regional titles ... Stanford has qualified for the NCAA Tournament 24 times ... Stanford has won 19 conference championships ... Stanford began the 2004 season with 38 winning seasons in the last 39 campaigns and 55 in its last 57 seasons ... Stanford has won 50 or more games four times in the last five years and six times in school history ... Stanford has won 40 or more games in a school record nine consecutive years and 18 times in school history ... Stanford has an all-time record of 2397-1487-32 (.616) ... A total of 69 former Stanford players have became Major League Baseball players with 12 suiting up in an MLB uniform in 2003 (Jeff Austin - Cincinnati Reds; Joe Borchard, Chicago White Sox; Eric Bruntlett - Houston Astros; Jody Gerut - Cleveland Indians; Jeffrey Hammonds - Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants; Rick Helling - Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins; A.J. Hinch, Detroit Tigers; Dave McCarty - Boston Red Sox, Oakland A's; Jason Middlebrook - New York Mets; Mike Mussina - New York Yankees; Justin Wayne - Florida Marlins; Jason Young - Colorado Rockies) and Bruntlett, Gerut and Young making their debut last season ... Stanford has also had 14 players selected in the first round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft in the last 17 years ... Stanford has boasted 44 All-Americans that have combined to win 54 All-American honors ... Stanford has garnered three NCAA Players of the Year in Jeff Austin (1998), David McCarty (1991) and Steve Dunning (1970) ... Stanford has had an even 100 players earn a combined 133 All-Conference honors ... Six Stanford players earned All-Pac-10 honors in each of the last two seasons, breaking the previous mark of five previously set in 1985, `90 and `94.