No. 1 Cal State Fullerton Titans (48-17) vs. No. 4 Stanford Cardinal (50-16)

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1 STANFORD BASEBALL RELEASE JUNE 12, 2001 CONTACT: Kyle McRae (650) (ph); (650) (fax) ( ) (website) 2001 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 50-16, 17-7 P-10, 8-2 NCAA, 2-0 CWS 30-6 (H), (A), 2-0 (N) JANUARY 21 Sun. at Cal Poly L, 5-6 (12) 26 Fri. at Fresno State W, Sat. at Fresno State L, 2-3 (10) 28 Sun. at Fresno State W, 9-5 FEBRUARY 2 Fri. at #15 Cal State Fullerton (OCN) L, Sat. at #15 Cal State Fullerton W, Sun. at #15 Cal State Fullerton (OCN) W, Fri. #7 Florida State W, Sat. #7 Florida State W, Sun. #7 Florida State W, Fri. at Texas W, Sat. at Texas W, Sun. at Texas L, Fri. at Santa Clara W, Sun. Santa Clara W, Mon. at Santa Clara W, Tue. Nevada W, 8-6 MARCH 2 Fri. California W, Sat. California L, Wed. California W, 3-2 (10) 9 Fri. #4 USC W, Sat. #4 USC W, Sun. #4 USC W, 9-5 (10) 23 Fri. Washington* W, Sat. Washington* W, Sun. Washington* W, Tue. Saint Mary s W, Fri. at #6 Arizona State* (COX) W, Sat. at #6 Arizona State* W, 5-2 APRIL 1 Sun. at #6 Arizona State* L, Tue. at San Jose State (SVCC) W, 5-3 (10) 7 Sat. UCLA* L, 4-6 (Game 1) 7 Sat. UCLA* W, 9-0 (Game 2) 8 Sun. UCLA* W, Tue. at Nevada W, Thu. Oregon State* W, Fri. Oregon State* W, Sat. Oregon State* W, 22-5 (7) 17 Tue. USF L, Fri. at #8 USC* L, Sat. at #8 USC* (FOX) L, Sun. at #8 USC* W, Tue. San Jose State W, Fri. at California* L, Sat. at California* L, Sun. at California* W, 8-0 MAY 1 Tue. Santa Clara W, Wed. at Sacramento State L, 3-12 (Raley Field) 8 Tue. Cal Poly W, Wed. at USF W, Fri. Arizona* W, Sat. Arizona* L, Sun. Arizona* W, Fri. at Washington State* W, Sat. at Washington State* W, Sun. at Washington State* W, Fri. Marist W, Sat. Texas L, Sat. Marist W, Sun. Texas W, 10-9 (10) 27 Sun. Texas W, 4-3 JUNE 1 Fri. #12 South Carolina+ W, Sat. #12 South Carolina+ L, Sun. #12 South Carolina+ W, Fri. #5 Tulane^ W, Sun. #4 Cal State Fullerton^ W, 5-2 (10) 13 Wed. #4 Cal State Fullerton^ 6 pm, CT/4 pm, PT 8-16 Fri.-Sat. at College World Series^ TBA *Pac-10 Game; NCAA Regional at Stanford, CA; + NCAA Super Regional at Stanford, CA; ^College World Series at Omaha, NE; (OCN) Orange County NewsChannel; (COX) Cox Cable; (SVCC) Silicon Valley Community Communications; (FOX) - Fox Sports Net; All Times Local; All Home Games In Bold; Rankings by Baseball America Live Stats Audio Broadcasts Current News Much More Cardinal Needs Just One More Win To Reach Second Straight CWS Final STANFORD AND CAL STATE FULLERTON TO MEET IN CWS REMATCH WEDNESDAY (6:00 P.M., CT/4:00 P.M., PT) No. 1 Cal State Fullerton Titans (48-17) vs. No. 4 Stanford Cardinal (50-16) 2001 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Friday-Saturday, June 8-16, 2001 at Omaha, NE (Rosenblatt Stadium) STANFORD S SECOND ROUND GAME Wednesday, June 13 (6:00 p.m., CT/4:00 p.m., PT) - CS Fullerton (48-17) vs. *Stanford (50-16) Probable Starting Pitchers - LHP Jon Smith (11-2, 3.65) vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie (12-4, 2.91) *Home team... The Stanford-Cal State Fullerton game will be televised live by ESPN2 with all CWS games to be aired live on CBS, ESPN or ESPN2... A live audio broadcast of all Stanford Baseball games at the 2001 College World Series will be available on KZSU (90.1 FM) as well as at and realaudio.stanford.edu... Chad Goldberg and Joey Elger will call the action... Live stats of the Stanford-Cal State Fullerton CWS baseball game will be available at AN UPDATE OF THE 2001 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES No. 4 Stanford (50-16) has won its first two games at the 2001 CWS for the third consecutive years and is the lone undefeated team in bracket one. Stanford needs just one victory over Cal State Fullerton on either Wednesday (6 pm, CDT/4 pm, PDT) or Friday (TBA) to advance to the CWS championship game for the second straight year and the fourth time in school history. Miami is the lone undefeated team in bracket two with a victory over Tennessee (6/9) and a 4-3 win against USC (6/11). The Hurricanes will be off on Wednesday and needs just one victory over Tennessee on Thursday (6 pm, CDT/4 pm, PDT) and Friday (TBA) to reach the CWS title game for the second time in three years. Cal State Fullerton and Tennessee both need sweeps over Stanford and Miami to reach the CWS championship game. Each bracket plays a double-elimination format with the winners of the two brackets meeting in a nationally televised championship game on CBS to decide the national championship on Saturday, June 16, 2001 (Noon, CDT/10:00 a.m., PDT). STANFORD COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND POST-SEASON HISTORY Stanford has reached its bracket final by winning the first two games of the College World Series for a school record third straight year and is also playing in the CWS for a school record third straight year and for the fourth time in five years... Stanford won CWS titles in 1987 and 1988, while finishing as the runners-up in 2000 in its third trip to the CWS title game... The Cardinal is making its 13th College World Series appearance with an overall record of (.588) in the event... Stanford won its first three games of the 2000 CWS (Louisiana-Lafayette, 6-4; Clemson, 10-4; Louisiana-Lafayette, 19-9) before falling to LSU, 6-5, in the championship game... Stanford is making its 21st appearance in the NCAA Tournament... The Cardinal beat South Carolina to win its third straight NCAA Super Regional and has an all-time Super Regional record of Stanford has won its two previous Super Regionals in 1999 and 2000, defeating USC (2-0) and Nebraska (2-1)... Stanford s updated all-time post-season record is (.664)... Stanford has an 8-2 postseason record this year and is 16-5 in post-season games over the last two years... Stanford is 4-0 in elimination games during the 2001 post-season and has won seven straight Regional or Super Regional elimination games... Six of Stanford s 10 post-season games in 2001 have been decided by one run with the Cardinal sporting a 4-2 record... Stanford s doubleheader sweep of Texas (5/27) was the first time the Cardinal had ever won two games on the same day in a Regional to advance in the NCAA Baseball Tournament.

2 2001 STANFORD BASEBALL MEMORABLE MOMENTS Carlos Quentin s three-run homer in his first collegiate at bat at Fresno State (1/26)... Tim Cunningham s first two starts of the season, carrying a no-hitter into the fifth inning of his first start at Fresno State (1/28) and another one into the fourth inning of his second start of the year at Cal State Fullerton (2/4)... Jason VanMeetren s career-high four hits and home run at Fresno State (1/28)... Chris O Riordan s two-out, three-rbi double in the top of the ninth inning at Cal State Fullerton (2/3) to snap a 6-6 tie and lead the Cardinal to a 9-8 victory... Back-to-back homers by VanMeetren and Jason Cooper in the sixth inning to break up a scoreless tie and lead Stanford to a 3-0 victory at Cal State Fullerton (2/4)... Mark Marquess 1000th career victory and Jeremy Guthrie s masterful 7.0 innings of one-hit baseball versus Florida State (2/9) in the opening of the remodeled Sunken Diamond... Chris O Riordan s career-high-tying four hits to help Stanford sweep three straight over #7 Florida State (2/11)... Jeff Bruksch s masterful outing at Texas (2/ IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO), combining with Mike Wodnicki for a 5-0 shutout win over the Longhorns... Jeff Bruksch s three-hit shutout in an 8-0 win over Santa Clara (2/ 25), earning him Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week and Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors... Chris O Riordan s leadoff homer at Santa Clara (2/26)... J.D. Willcox s save in his first appearance of the season versus Nevada (2/27)... Jeremy Guthrie s career-high 10 strikeouts in a 3-1 Stanford victory over California (3/2)... Chris O Riordan s walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Stanford a 3-2 win over California (3/7) and wrap up Stanford s 12th consecutive series victory over the Golden Bears... Jeremy Guthrie s first career complete-game shutout, a 2-0 victory over #4 USC (3/9)... Stanford s offensive explosion in a 15-3 win over #4 USC (3/10)... Andy Topham s walk-off grandslam in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Stanford a 9-5, win over USC and complete a furious comeback... Stanford s 9-3 victory over Washington (3/23) to begin its quest for a fifth straight Pac-10 title... Stanford s season-high 16 hits and the combined three-hit shutout by Jeff Bruksch and Ryan McCally in a 9-0 win over Washington (3/24)... Carlos Quentin s tape-measure home run and 3-5 performance with a career-high four RBI in a 13-4 win over Washington (3/25)... Arik VanZandt s four-run performance in Stanford s 8-3 win over Saint Mary s (3/27)... Jeremy Guthrie s seventh straight win in a 6-2 victory at Arizona State (3/30)... Jeff Bruksch shutting out Arizona State over the first 8.0 innings of a 5-2 victory to extend Stanford s win streak to 10 games on March 31 and Jonny Ash s key two-rbi double in the ninth inning... Scott Dragicevich s two-rbi, two-out single in the top of the 10th inning to give Stanford a 5-3 win at San Jose State (4/3)... Jeff Bruksch s career-high 12 strikeouts in a 9-0 win over UCLA (4/7)... Mike Gosling s strong 8.0 innings of work (3 H, 1 R) in an 11-2 win over UCLA (4/8)... Stanford s offensive explosion with season-highs of 18 runs and 23 hits in a wild win at Nevada (4/10)... Stanford s sweep of Oregon State (4/12-4/14), which included a season-high 22-run (continued) (more) outbreak in Sunday s 22-5 win in the series finale... Mike Gosling s first career complete game and Chris O Riordan s career-high-tying four RBI at USC (4/ 22)... Ryan Garko s three-run homer to lift Stanford to a 4-3 win over San Jose State (4/24)... Mike Gosling s first career shutout, a four-hitter, and 10 strikeouts in Stanford s 8-0 win at California (4/29)... Stanford s 20 hits in a 15-8 win over Santa Clara (5/1), extending the Cardinal s winning streak over the Broncos to 19 straight... Stanford s dramatic comeback win over Cal Poly (5/8), capped on a bases loaded walk to Jonny Ash with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning... Carlos Quentin s two- Batting Order STANFORD BASEBALL PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP #6 Stanford Cardinal (50-16) vs. #4 Cal State Fullerton (48-17) Wednesday, June 13 (6 pm, CT/4 pm, PT) -- CWS Bracket One Final No Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2001 Stats 1 1 Chris O Riordan (R/R) 2B Jr..370, 12 HR, 68 RBI, 16 SB 2 5 Sam Fuld (L/L) CF Fr..364, 0 HR, 36 RBI, 11 SB 3 12 Ryan Garko (R/R) C So..362, 6 HR, 42 RBI, 0 SB 4 24 Carlos Quentin (R/R) RF Fr..343, 11 HR, 52 RBI, 5 SB 5 21 Andy Topham (R/R) 3B Jr..274, 7 HR, 43 RBI, 11 SB 6 4 Jonny Ash (L/R) DH Fr..333, 0 HR, 24 RBI, 0 SB 7 3 Brian Hall (R/R) LF Fr..294, 1 HR, 20 RBI, 6 SB or 17 Jason VanMeetren (R/R) LF Jr..320, 7 HR, 33 RBI, 7 SB 8 8 Scott Dragicevich (R/R) SS Jr..321, 5 HR, 34 RBI, 6 SB 9 2 Arik VanZandt (R/R) 1B Jr..267, 6 HR, 34 RBI, 9 SB Probable Starting Pitcher Day No Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2001 Stats 6/13 28 Jeremy Guthrie (R/R) RHP So. 12-4, 2.91, IP, 123 SO *Notes: This probable line-up is versus left-handers; Versus right-handers, Jonny Ash will most likely hit fifth with Jason Cooper in the lineup hitting sixth and playing left field, while Andy Topham will most likely hit seventh. STANFORD-CAL STATE FULLERTON HISTORY Stanford and Cal State Fullerton continue an intense rivalry in a CWS bracket final on Wednesday. Stanford won the most recent meeting in a second round CWS game just three days ago with a 5-2, 10-inning win. Stanford scored four times in the top of the tenth inning as Chris O Riordan s RBI single drove in the go-ahead run. Stanford won two-of-three games (4-5, 9-8, 3-0) when the clubs played a three-game series in Fullerton earlier this season (February 2-4). Stanford leads the all-time series, Stanford also picked up a 9-2 victory when the teams played a first round CWS game on June 12, The clubs have met a total of six times in the post-season with Stanford holding a 4-2 advantage. The teams played three times in the 1988 College World Series. Cal State Fullerton won the first meeting, 5-3, before the Cardinal swept the Titans (4-1, 9-5) on its way to a second straight CWS title that concluded with a 9-4 win over Arizona State. In this year s regular season three-game series, Stanford also dropped the opening game, 5-4, before storming back to win the second and third games (9-8, 3-0). OTHER ESSENTIAL STANFORD BASEBALL NOTES Stanford s current record gives the Cardinal 50-win seasons for the third straight year for the first time in school history and is identical to the final record compiled by the 2000 CWS runners-up club... Stanford has won 17 of its last 21 games... Stanford is 8-2 in 2001 postseason play in (2-0 CWS, 2-1 Super Regional, 4-1 Regional)... The Cardinal finished second in the 2001 Pac-10 standings with a 17-7 record to end a school record string of four consecutive Pac-10 titles (includes co-championships and Southern Division titles)... The 17-7 mark was identical to the 17-7 Pac-10 record posted by the 2000 tri-champion Stanford team and left the Cardinal one game behind 2001 Pac-10 champion USC (18-6 Pac-10 record)... Stanford posted a 30-6 record at Sunken Diamond and an road mark during the 2001 season, while the Cardinal is 2-0 at neutral sites... Stanford s team batting average currently sits at.316,.001 shy of its season-high... The Cardinal has managed 10 or more hits in 14 of its last 18 games... Chris O Riordan is Stanford s all-time leading hitter (.368) and this year leads of co-leads the Cardinal in batting average (.370), home runs (12), RBI (68), stolen bases (16), hits (101), runs (62), doubles (17), slugging percentage (.579), total bases (158), bases on balls (32), sacrifice flies (8), at bats (273), games played (66), games started (66) and assists (209)... Wednesday probable starter Jeremy Guthrie (12-4, 2.91) leads a pitching staff that has a current team ERA of 3.43, the lowest team ERA since Stanford s 1973 club recorded a 2.64 ERA... Stanford is currently ranked No. 6 in the Baseball America poll, No. 4 in the Collegiate Baseball poll and No. 3 in the Baseball Weekly/ESPN poll... The Cardinal sat at the top of the Baseball America poll for six consecutive weeks (3/12-4/16) and had been the nation s unanimous No. 1 team for two weeks (4/9-4/16)... Stanford has had five winning streaks of five or more games this season, including a season-best 10-game winning streak from March Stanford is 15-5 against ranked teams this year (according to Baseball America... Stanford s team fielding percentage of.977 is currently.005 percentage points ahead of the school record... Stanford head coach Mark Marquess has an updated record of (.670).

3 2001 STANFORD BASEBALL MEMORABLE MOMENTS (CONT.) homer performance versus Cal Poly (5/8), the first two-homer game by a Cardinal in Stanford s 6-5 comeback win over Arizona (5/11) before a Sunken Diamond record crowd of 4458, keyed by a three-run homer from Jason Cooper and Scott Dragicevich s RBI single in a four-run bottom of the seventh... Mike Gosling s sixth straight Pac-10 win versus Arizona (5/13)... Stanford s season-high six homers in a 14-6 win in the first game of a threegame series at Washington State (5/18)... Stanford s season-high 24 hits in a 19-3 win in the second game of the Washington State series (5/19) with four players -- Chris O Riordan, Sam Fuld, Jason Cooper and Andy Topham -- picking up four hits each... Jason Cooper s career-high five-rbi day and his second straight four-hit day in a 12-1 win in the regular season finale at Washington State (5/ 20)... Sam Fuld s squeeze bunt to score Chris O Riordan with the eventual game-winning run in an NCAA Regional opening win over Marist (5/25)... Tim Cunningham s sparkling performance (careerhighs 8.0 IP and nine strikeouts) in Stanford s NCAA Regional elimination game win over Marist (5/26)... Stanford s sweep of Texas on the final day of the NCAA Regional (5/27) with Carlos Quentin (gamewinning RBI single in the 10th inning of a game one win) and Ryan Garko (game-winning two-rbi single to cap a three-run eighth inning) providing the biggest highlights in a day filled with many... The doubleheader sweep marked the first time the Cardinal had won two games on the final day of a regional to advance in the NCAA Tournament... Jeremy Guthrie s complete game six-hitter in Stanford s 11-1 win over South Carolina (6/1) in the NCAA Super Regional, marking the first time a Cardinal pitcher had tossed a complete game in the 2001 post-season... Stanford s post-season high 17 hits in the 11-1 win over South Carolina (6/1)... Andy Topham s key two-run homer in the fifth inning to lead Stanford to a 3-2 win over South Carolina (6/ 3) in the final game of the Super Regional... Scott Dragicevich s diving snag of a line drive to record the final out in Stanford s 3-2 Super Regional win versus South Carolina (6/3)... Stanford s amazing comeback from an 8-0 deficit for a win over Tulane in the first of the College World Series (6/9)... Freshmen Sam Fuld (4-4, 2B, 3 RBI) and Jonny Ash (3-4, 2B, 2 RBI) tying career-highs for hits in the Tulane CWS game... Jeff Bruksch coming on in the top of the ninth inning versus Tulane with the tying run on second base and retiring all three batters he faced to record his first save of the season... Ryan Garko s RBI-single in the bottom of the seventh inning to put the Cardinal ahead of Tulane for good... Ryan Garko s solo homer in the seventh inning to tie a second round CWS game versus Cal State Fullerton at 1-1 and then a four-run 10th inning to lift the Cardinal to a 5-2 victory over the Titans. STANFORD S POST-SEASON NOTES & TRENDS Stanford has been led offensively by a pair of freshmen and a sophomore in the 2001 postseason... Freshman Jonny Ash (.441, 15-34, 4 2B, 9 RBI) has been the team s leading hitter with freshman Sam Fuld (.439, 18-41, 4 2B, 2 3B, 10 RBI, 2 SB) close behind... Sophomore Ryan Garko (.385, 15-39, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI) ranks third on the team in hitting in the post-season... Stanford is outhitting ( ) and outpitching ( ) its opponents in 10 postseason games... Stanford has made just four error in 10 post-season games (.989). STANFORD S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES RECAPS Game 1 - Stanford 13, Tulane 11 (June 8) - Stanford came back from an 8-0 deficit for a wild win in the first round of the CWS. The comeback was tied for the second biggest in CWS history. Stanford scored seven times in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Green Wave lead to 8-7 and then scored five more in the bottom of the seventh to take the lead for good. Sam Fuld (4-4, 2B, 3 RBI) and Jonny Ash (3-4, 2B, 2 RBI) tied career-highs for hits. Jeff Bruksch picked up a key save, retiring all three batters he faced after entering the game in the top of the ninth with no outs and the tying run on second base. Game 2 - Stanford 5, Cal State Fullerton Innings (June 10) - Stanford scored four times in the top of the tenth inning to prevail 5-2 in 10 innings against Cal State Fullerton and remain undefeated in CWS play. The teams were locked in a 1-1 pitchers dual through nine innings as Stanford s Mike Gosling and Cal State Fullerton s Kirk Saarloos pitched brilliantly. Chris O Riordan s RBI single in the 10th inning knocked in the go-ahead run before Sam Fuld (2-RBI triple) and Ryan Garko (sacrifice fly) added insurance runs. Garko also had a solo homer in the top of the seventh inning to erase a 1-0 Titan lead on Louie Lamoure s fifth inning solo shot. The Titans brought the tying run to the plate in a 10th inning rally before Jeff Bruksch recorded his second save of the CWS. STANFORD S SUPER REGIONAL RECAPS Game 1 - Stanford 11, South Carolina 1 (June 1) - Jeremy Guthrie pitched Stanford s first complete game of the season and the Cardinal scored 10 times in the first four innings on its way to an 11-1 victory over South Carolina in the first game of an NCAA Super Regional on Friday at Sunken Diamond. Carlos Quentin (4-5, RBI) tied a career-high with four hits to lead the offense as the Cardinal tallied a post-season high 17 hits. Game 2 - South Carolina 3, Stanford 2 (June 2) - South Carolina rebounded for a 4-3 victory over the Cardinal to even up the three-game series. The Gamecocks erased a 2-0 Stanford lead by scoring three times in the fifth inning off losing pitcher Mike Gosling (7-2). Game 3 - Stanford 4, South Carolina 3 (June 3) - Stanford secured its third straight trip to the CWS by hanging on for a 3-2 victory over South Carolina in the final game of the NCAA Super Regional. Andy Topham hit a two-run homer in the top of the fifth inning and Jonny Ash contributed an RBI double in the sixth frame for Stanford s three runs. STANFORD REGIONAL RECAPS Game 1 - Stanford 4, Marist 3 (May 25) - Sam Fuld squeezed home Chris O Riordan in the seventh to lift Stanford to a 4-3 victory over Marist. Fuld (2-3, 3B, 2 RBI) also had a game-tying triple in bottom of the fifth inning. Jeremy Guthrie (11-4) picked up the victory for Stanford. Game 2 - Texas 4, Stanford 3 (May 26) - Sam Anderson hit a two-run homer to highlight a four-run Texas fifth as the Longhorns advanced to the NCAA Regional championship game. The Cardinal left the tying and winning runs on base in the ninth. Game 3 - Stanford 6, Marist 0 (May 26) - Tim Cunningham struck out a career-high nine in a career-high 8.0 innings to put the Cardinal in the NCAA Regional Championship game. Sam Fuld (4-5, 2B, 2 RBI) and Jonny Ash (3-5, 2B) both tied career-highs for hits. TOP HITTING STREAKS 21, Ryan Garko (4/22/01-6/1/01) 15, Andy Topham (3/9/01-4/10/01) 13, Sam Fuld (3/23/01-4/12/01) 12, Scott Dragicevich (2/26/01-3/27/01) 11, Jason VanMeetren (3/23/01-4/8/01) 11, Chris O Riordan (1/28/01-2/23/01) 11, Carlos Quentin (3/9/01-4/3/01) 10, Chris O Riordan (5/8/01-5/26/01) Current Streaks In Bold Game 4 - Stanford 10, Texas Innings (May 27) - Carlos Quentin's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted Stanford to a 10-9 victory over Texas in the first NCAA Regional Championship Game. Andy Topham had his first two-homer game and four RBI. Game 5 - Stanford 4, Texas 3 (May 27) - Ryan Garko's two-rbi single capped a three-run Stanford rally in the top of the eighth inning to lift the Cardinal to a 4-3 victory over Texas and its third consecutive NCAA Regional title. The victory capped a doubleheader sweep for the Cardinal, marking the first time Stanford has ever won two games on the final day of a NCAA Regional to advance in the NCAA Baseball Tournament.

4 STANFORD SUPERLATIVES Overall Record: Regular Season Record: NCAA Post-Season Record: 8-2 College World Series Record: 2-0 NCAA Super Regional Record: 2-1 NCAA Regional Record: 4-1 Pac-10 Conference Record: 17-7 Regular Season Non-Conference Record: 25-7 Home Record: 30-6 Away Record: Neutral Record: 2-0 Day Games: Night Games: 24-4 Vs. Ranked Opponents: 15-5 according to Baseball America On Television: 5-2 January: 2-2 February: 11-2 March: 11-1 April: 10-7 May: 12-3 June: 4-1 Monday: 1-0 Tuesday: 7-1 Wednesday: 2-1 Thursday: 1-0 Friday: 14-3 Saturday: 10-8 Sunday: Run Games: Run Games: Run Games: 34-4 Extra Inning Games: 5-2 Stanford Scores First: 41-8 Opponent Scores First: 9-8 Leading After 5 Innings: 38-3 Trailing After 5 Innings: 5-10 Tied After 5 Innings: 7-3 Leading After 8 Innings: 43-1* *does not include one seven-inning game Trailing After 8 Innings: 1-13 Tied After 8 Innings: HONORS ALL-PAC-10 (FIRST TEAM) Sam Fuld Chris O Riordan Carlos Quentin (Pac-10 Freshman of the Year) ALL-PAC-10 (HONORABLE MENTION) Jeff Bruksch Scott Dragicevich Ryan Garko Mike Gosling Jeremy Guthrie COLLEGIATE BASEBALL FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN Carlos Quentin BASEBALL WEEKLY FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN Carlos Quentin LOUISVILLE SLUGGER NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Jeff Bruksch (2/26) NCAA REGIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Jonny Ash Tim Cunningham Sam Fuld Ryan Garko (Co-Most Outstanding Player) Andy Topham NCBWA ALL-AMERICANS Sam Fuld (Third Team) Jeremy Guthrie (Third Team) Chris O Riordan (First Team) NCBWA PITCHER OF THE WEEK Jeremy Guthrie (2/13) STANFORD HEAD COACH MARK MARQUESS One of the nation s premier collegiate coaches, Mark Marquess is now in his 25th season as the Stanford head coach. Marquess has a career record of (.670) at Stanford, including impressive records of (.685) in the post-season, in the CWS (.605) and (.605) in the Pacific-10 Conference action, arguably the toughest league in the nation. The 1969 Stanford graduate has led the Cardinal to two NCAA titles (1987, 88), 11 College World Series appearances (1982, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90, 95, 97, 99, 00, 01), 11 NCAA Regional titles (1982, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90, 95, 97, 99, 00, 01), 10 Pac-10 regular season titles (1983, 84, 85, 87, 90, 94, 97, 98, 99, 00) and three NCAA Super Regional championships (1999, 00, 01). The Cardinal has qualified for the NCAA Tournament 19 times under Marquess. Marquess became the 23rd head coach in the history of NCAA Division I baseball to reach the 1000-career win mark when the Cardinal defeated Florida State earlier this season on February 9, He began the 2001 season ranked 14th in victories and 19th in winning percentage among active Division I baseball coaches. He has been named NCAA Coach of the Year three times and has received Pacific-10 Coach of the Year honors on eight occasions, including three of the last four seasons. Marquess was named the Pac-10 Southern Division Coach of the Year seven times before being named the first Pac-10 Coach of Year in the newly aligned conference (1999). Last season, Marquess coached the Cardinal to its first trip to the College World Series title game since winning the 1988 CWS championship. His teams have won NCAA Super Regionals each of the last three seasons and won at least a share of a Pac-10 baseball championship (includes Southern Division championships) for a school-record four straight seasons from Nearly as eye-opening as the number of titles won by the Cardinal is the consistent level of success Marquess has brought to the program. The Cardinal has suffered just one losing season during his tenure and has finished either first or second in the prestigious Pacific-10 (formerly Six-Pac) 19 times in the last 21 seasons. Stanford has had 98 professional baseball draft picks in the past 17 seasons, including 12 first-round selections in the last 15 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 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 head baseball coaches to have both played and coached in the College World Series. Marquess was the starting first baseman on Stanford s 1967 College World Series squad and played five years of minor league baseball with the Chicago White Sox organization. COMMENTS FROM MARK MARQUESS (After the victory over Cal State Fullerton) I thought this was a fantastic college baseball game. This was as good as you re going to get as far as a college baseball game goes (with) two great college pitchers hooking up and pitching great. I thought it was just a fabulous college baseball game. It s unfortunate that a team had to lose this one. (Kirk) Saarloos pitched super, so did (Mike) Gosling. It was just a great college baseball game at the premier place for college baseball. With the importance of the game -- the way it was played, the way it was pitched -- was fantastic. It s fun to play in a game like that. It s fun for the fans. It s good for college baseball, especially to showcase college baseball. (on the format of the NCAA Baseball Championship) The thing that s great about trying to win a national championship is that it s three different setups. You have a four-team Regional in three days where you have to watch your pitching, conserve your pitching, and you re always looking at it, especially if you lose one of the first two games. Then you go to the Super Regional and you have a regular three-game series that you re used to all year. Then you come to the CWS, and it s totally different. STANFORD COACHING STAFF Dean Stotz is in his 25th campaign with Stanford Baseball. Stotz was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2000 season after 23 years as an assistant. Stotz currently coaches third base while also handling various offensive and defensive aspects of the game. Mark O Brien (3rd season) and Tom Kunis (2nd season) complete the Cardinal coaching staff. O Brien assists with all aspects of the game and serves as the Cardinal s first base coach. Kunis is the team s pitching coach. PAC-10 PITCHER OF THE WEEK Jeff Bruksch (2/27, 4/9) Jeremy Guthrie (3/6, 3/13) PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS Jason Cooper - Baseball America Second Team Mike Gosling - Baseball America Second Team

5 Baseball America (6/5/01) Team Record Last Week 1. Miami USC Nebraska Cal State Fullerton Tulane Stanford Georgia Tennessee Louisiana State Florida State East Carolina South Carolina Rice Central Florida Notre Dame Pepperdine Clemson Wake Forest Mississippi State Florida International Texas Tech Arizona State South Alabama Winthrop Rutgers Collegiate Baseball (6/4/01) Team Record Last Week 1. Miami USC Nebraska Stanford Cal State Fullerton Tulane Georgia Tennessee Florida State Louisiana State East Carolina Notre Dame Clemson Mississippi State South Carolina Rice Central Florida Wake Forest Florida International Pepperdine Texas Tech Baylor Arizona State Virginia Commonwealth Rutgers UC Santa Barbara Georgia Tech Texas Winthrop Auburn Baseball Weekly/ESPN (5/21/01) Team Record Last Week 1. Miami USC Stanford Nebraska Tulane Cal State Fullerton Rice Louisiana State Florida State Notre Dame Central Florida East Carolina South Carolina Georgia Tech Georgia Tennessee Wake Forest Arizona State Pepperdine Clemson South Alabama Texas Tech Mississippi State NR 24. Baylor UC Santa Barbara Stanford Opponents In Italics STANFORD HOLDS SPOTS IN ALL THREE NATIONAL BASEBALL POLLS Stanford held its spot in all three national baseball polls this week. The Cardinal remains No. 6 in Baseball America, No. 3 in Baseball Weekly/ESPN (last regular season poll, May 20) and No. 4 in Collegiate Baseball. Stanford spent two weeks (4/9-4/16) as the nation s unanimous No. 1 team before losing five-of-seven games from April Stanford has since returned to its winning form with 17 victories in its last 21 contests. The Cardinal spent six weeks as Baseball America s top team (3/12-4/16). Stanford has been ranked No. 1 at one point during each of the past five years. Stanford opened the 2001 season ranked No. 9 by Baseball Weekly/ESPN, No. 11 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 14 by Baseball America. USC is No. 2 in all three polls and has also qualified for the 2001 College World Series. Arizona State (No. 22 Baseball America, No. 23 Collegiate Baseball, No. 18 Baseball Weekly/ESPN) finished its season with a pair of losses in an NCAA Regional at Cal State Fullerton. The Cardinal finished the 2000 campaign ranked No. 2 in all three polls after opening the season at No. 1 before dropping out of the top spot on February 14, Stanford s poll history includes a run as king of the polls in 1998 when the team held the top spot in the Baseball America poll for the entire regular season (a record 14 consecutive weeks). STANFORD BASEBALL HISTORY Stanford s storied baseball program has had many highlights as the program is currently in its 108th season and has an all-time record of (.611). Last year s trip to the College World Series championship game and the club s Super Regional and Regional titles over the last two weekends are only the latest chapters in the success story of Stanford Baseball. The program has secured its 36th winning season over the last 37 campaigns (also 53 of last 55) in 2001, has recorded three straight 50-win seasons for the first time in school history from and reached the 40-win mark for the seventh consecutive campaign. Just a few of the highlights have included back-to-back NCAA titles (1987, 1988), 13 College World Series appearances, 18 conference titles and 22 NCAA Tournament berths. Stanford has boasted a total of 43 All-Americans who have earned a total of 50 All-American honors. Stanford has also garnered three NCAA Player of the Year choices in Jeff Austin (1998), David McCarty (1991) and Steve Dunning (1970). Other numbers for the Cardinal Baseball program include 96 all-conference players earning a total of 121 honors, 55 major league players (including eight that have played Major League Baseball in 2001) and 12 first round draft picks in the last 15 years. Five members of the 2001 Stanford Baseball team were selected in the 2001 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on June 5, CHRIS O RIORDAN STAYS AT THE TOP OF CAREER BATTING AVERAGE LIST Chris O Riordan remains at the top of Stanford s career batting average list. O Riordan had a big Super Regional, going 7-for-14 (.500) in three Super Regional games against South Carolina. O Riordan has a current career average of.368 ( ). O Riordan came into the post-season on an incredible hot stretch. During an eight-game hitting streak to end the regular season, O Riordan hit.618 (21-34) to raise his career average to.373. O Riordan had originally threatened to enter the list ahead of Shepard before a midseason slump but dropped to as far as 10th at one point before solidifying himself at the top of the list by hitting safely in 23 of his last 26 regular season games, going 51-for-111 (.459) with seven doubles, two triples, five homers, 28 RBI and five stolen bases. MORE RECORD BOOK UPDATES The Cardinal and members of its team are making noise in the Stanford record books. The team is making its biggest run for a school record in team fielding percentage (.977), currently.005 better than the record set three times in the last 11 years (1990, 1995, 2000). The club has broken a school-record with 22 saves, while its 64 double plays are tied for the school s single season record. The team s current.316 batting average is third, while it s eight shutouts is one away from entering the top five list. Individually, Mike Wodnicki (.933, 14-1) has become the school s all-time won-loss percentage leader after posting a 3-0 record thus far in the post-season. Mike Gosling (10.03) is third on the strikeouts per nine innings list and Jeff Bruksch (15) is tied for third on the all-time save list. Chris O Riordan s 101 hits are fifth and Carlos Quentin s 14 hit-by-pitches are tied for sixth in a single season. Jeremy Guthrie s 12 wins and 123 strikeouts are ranked tied for ninth and ninth in a single-season.

6 2001 SEASON HIGHS TEAM BATTING At Bats: 47, at Washington State (5/19) Runs Scored: 22, vs. Oregon State (4/14) Runs Scored In An Inning: 10, at Washington State (5/19, 2nd Inning) Hits: 24, at Washington State (5/19) RBIs: 20, vs. Oregon State (4/14) Doubles: 6, at California (4/29) Triples: 2, vs. Oregon State (4/14) Home Runs: 6, at Washington State (5/18) Total Bases: 37, at Nevada (4/10) Walks: 13, at Cal Poly (1/21) Strikeouts: 14, vs. USC (3/9) Sacrifice Hits: 3, at Cal Poly (1/21) Sacrifice Flies: 3, vs. USC (3/10), vs. Arizona (5/ 13) Stolen Bases: 5, four times (2/2, 2/26, 3/10, 3/27) Hit-By-Pitch: 4, at Texas (2/17) Caught Stealing: 3, at Arizona State (3/31) Runners LOB: 16, vs. California (3/3) Hit Into DP: 4, vs. Arizona (5/12) TEAM PITCHING Innings Pitched: 11.1, at Cal Poly (1/21) Strikeouts: 13, vs. UCLA (4/7) Fewest Runs: 0, eight times Fewest Hits: 2, vs. Arizona (5/13) Fewest Walks: 0, three times (2/25, 4/8, 4/13) TEAM FIELDING Putouts: 34, at Cal Poly (1/21) Assists: 17, vs. Florida State (2/11) Most Errors: 5, at Cal Poly (1/21) DPs Turned: 3, five times (1/21, 2/9, 2/27, 4/1, 4/20) MISCELLANEOUS TEAM Longest Game (Inn.): 12, at Cal Poly (1/21) Longest Game (Time): 4:20, at Cal Poly (1/21) Shortest Game (Time): 2:14, at Texas (2/18) Largest Attend: 23087, vs. CS Fullerton (6/10) Largest Home Attend: 4458, vs. Arizona (5/11) INDIVIDUAL BATTING At Bats: 7, Carlos Quentin (4/10) Runs: 4, VanZandt (3/27, 5/19), Dragicevich (4/ 14), O Riordan (5/8) Hits: 4, 22 times RBIs: 6, Topham (3/11) & VanZandt (4/14) Doubles: 2, VanZandt (3/7), Topham (4/13, 5/ 19), Dragicevich (4/29), Quentin (4/29), Garko (5/ 8, 5/26) and Fuld (6/2) Triples: 1, 13 times Home Runs: 2, Quentin (5/8) & Topham (5/27) Total Bases: 9, Quentin (5/8) & Topham (5/19) Walks: 3, Hall (1/21), Cooper (2/16), O Riordan (3/23), VanMeetren (4/10) & Dragicevich (4/14) Strikeouts: 3, 13 times Sac Hits: 1, 30 times Sac Flies: 2, O Riordan (4/22) & Cooper (5/13) Stolen Bases: 2, five times Hit-By-Pitch: 2, Chris O Riordan (3/10) INDIVIDUAL PITCHING IP (Start): 9.0, Bruksch (2/25, 4/13), Guthrie (3/9, 6/1) & Gosling (4/22, 4/29) IP (Relief): 4.0, McCally (1/27), Luker (3/7), Willcox (3/7) & Cunningham (4/17) Fewest Runs (CG): 0, Bruksch (2/25), Guthrie (3/ 9) & Gosling (4/29) Fewest Hits (CG): 3, Jeff Bruksch (2/25) Strikeouts: 12, Jeff Bruksch (4/7) Fewest Walks (CG): 0, Jeff Bruksch (2/25, 4/13) INDIVIDUAL FIELDING Putouts: 15, Arik VanZandt (1/21) Assists: 7, Chris O Riordan (1/21, 1/27, 2/16), Scott Dragicevich (1/28) & Andy Topham (4/29) Most Errors: 2, eight times HITTING REPORT Stanford s team batting average currently sits at.316, fourth in the Pac-10 and.001 points off the team s season-high of.317. Stanford s team batting average has been at.300 or better for the last 30 games (since 4/13). The club finished the regular season on a tear, posting double-digit hits in each of its final eight regular season games. The team has also had doubledigit hits in six of its 10 post-season games. The Cardinal hit.377 during its last eight regular season games and.395 in its final regular season series at Washington State, before cooling off a bit to.311 in 10 post-season games. Stanford has double-digit hits in 38 of its 66 games overall. Stanford picked up a season-high 22 runs versus Oregon State (4/14) and a seasonhigh 24 hits at Washington State (5/19). The Cardinal picked up post-season highs of 13 runs versus Tulane (6/8) and 17 hits against South Carolina (6/1). Stanford hit.334 in 24 Pac-10 games. Chris O Riordan currently leads or co-leads the Cardinal in 12 offensive categories, including batting average (.370), home runs (12), RBI (68), stolen bases (16), hits (100), doubles (17), total bases (157), at bats (269), runs scored (61), slugging percentage (.579), bases on balls (32) and sacrifice flies (8). Carlos Quentin ranks second on the club with 11 homers and 52 RBI, while being hit by a team-high 14 pitches. Jason VanMeetren paces the team with three triples. Sam Fuld (.364), Ryan Garko (.362), Quentin (.343), Jonny Ash (.333), Scott Dragicevich (.321) and VanMeetren (.320) join O Riordan with batting averages at.320 or better. Stanford has totaled a Pac-10 high 65 home runs to go with 431 RBI and 79 stolen bases for the season. Stanford s opponents have managed just 42 home runs, 231 RBI and 28 stolen bases. PITCHING REPORT Stanford leads the Pac-10 with a team ERA of 3.43 (sixth nationally) and was even better in 24 Pac-10 games with a 3.06 ERA. The last time the Cardinal finished a season with a lower ERA was when the 1973 club posted a final ERA of Opponents are hitting only.239 off Cardinal pitching. The top four starting pitchers -- Jeremy Guthrie (12-4, 2.91), Jeff Bruksch (9-3, 3.18), Mike Gosling (7-2, 3.33) and Tim Cunningham (6-0, 3.62) -- have combined for a 34-9 record and a 3.20 ERA. Guthrie had been the team s hottest pitcher with four straight victories before being roughed up in the first game of the CWS versus Tulane (6/8). Gosling was the team s best pitcher in Pac-10 play with seven consecutive conference victories, including six consecutive league starts, and also pitched an excellent CWS game in a nodecision effort versus Cal State Fullerton (6/2/01). Guthrie also picked up seven straight victories earlier in the year and Bruksch won five straight at one point. Guthrie (NCBWA Pitcher of the Week, 2/13) and Bruksch (Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week, 2/26) have both earned one national honor this year. In addition, both have been named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week twice (Bruksch - 2/27, 4/9; Guthrie - 3/6, 3/13). Bruksch has had separate scoreless inning streaks of 19.0 and 15.0 during the period. Gosling had a streak of 16.0 consecutive scoreless innings. Mike Wodnicki (7-1, 4.86, 6 SV) and J.D. Willcox (5-0, 2.12, 6 SV) lead the team with six saves each. Ryan McCally (2-1, 2.70, 3 SV) and John Hudgins (1-5, 4.37, 4 SV) have also been effective out of the bullpen. Bruksch has been the team s closer in CWS action with saves in both Cardinal wins. Wodnicki has a team-high 27 appearances (three starts). Guthrie leads the club in strikeouts (123) and innings pitched (127.0). The Cardinal staff has eight shutouts (one shy of fifth place on the all-time list) and eight complete games. Guthrie and Bruksch have three complete games each, while Gosling has two. All three pitchers have one shutout. FIELDING REPORT Stanford s defense currently leads the nation with at a.977 clip that would rank as the best fielding percentage in school history by a full.005 percentage points above the school record of.972 reached three times between Stanford has been errorless in 31 of its 66 games and has made just four errors in 10 post-season games. Stanford has been perfect defensively for four consecutive games twice (3/25-3/31, 5/25-5/27). Chris O Riordan leads the Pac-10 in assists (209), while first baseman Arik VanZandt paces the league in putouts (597). VanZandt has committed just two errors in 623 chances for a.997 fielding percentage, while backup catcher Ken Tirpack (151 chances) remains flawless. The starting infield of O Riordan, Dragicevich, VanZandt, and third baseman Andy Topham has made just 32 errors between them for a fielding percentage of.978. O Riordan went without an error for 29 games (2/2-4/7) and has a current streak of 22 errorless games (4/28-6/10). Topham went 16 games without an error (3/3-4/8) and Dragicevich played flawlessly in 12 consecutive games (1/26-2/18).

7 2001 PAC-10 STANDINGS (Thru 6/12) Team Pac-10 GB Overall USC*+ ^ Stanford+ ^ Arizona State California Arizona Oregon State UCLA Washington Washington State *Pac-10 Regular Season Champion; +NCAA Regional Participant; NCAA Super Regional Participant; ^College World Series Participant THIS WEEK S SCHEDULE/RESULTS Friday, June 8 Stanford 13, vs. Tulane 11 1 Saturday, June 9 USC 11, vs. Georgia 5 1 Sunday, June 10 Stanford 5, Cal State Fullerton 2 (10) 1 Monday, June 11 Miami 4, USC 3 1 Tuesday, June 12 Tennessee 10, USC 2 1 Wednesday, June 13 Stanford vs. Cal State Fullerton (6 pm, CDT/4 pm, PDT) 1 1 College World Series at Omaha, NE *Remainder of CWS Schedule TBA AT NCAA SUPER REGIONALS Friday, June 1 at Stanford 11, South Carolina 1 1 at USC 5, Florida International 1 2 Saturday, June 2 South Carolina 4, at Stanford 3 1 at USC 6, Florida International 0 2 Sunday, June 3 at Stanford 3, South Carolina NCAA Super Regional at Stanford, CA (Stanford host) 2 NCAA Super Regional at Los Angeles, CA (USC host) AT NCAA REGIONALS Friday, May 25 Arizona State 12, Texas Tech 3 1 Virginia Commonwealth 9, California 7 2 at Stanford 4, Marist 3 3 at USC 12, Oral Roberts 4 4 Saturday, May 26 at Cal State Fullerton 13, Arizona State 3 1 Texas Tech 9, Arizona State 8 1 California 9, Minnesota 3 2 Virginia Commonwealth 11, California 1 2 Texas 4, at Stanford 3 3 at Stanford 6, Marist 0 3 at USC 4, Pepperdine 3 4 Sunday, May 27 at USC 8, Fresno State 0 2 at Stanford 10, Texas 9 (10) 3 at Stanford 4, Texas NCAA Regional at Fullerton, CA (Cal State Fullerton host) 2 NCAA Regional at Baton Rouge, LA (Louisiana State host) 3 NCAA Regional at Stanford, CA (Stanford host) STANFORD S PAC-10 STAT LEADERS (as of 6/8/01) - TEAM: ERA (3.34), Fielding Percentage (.977), Doubles (135), Total Bases (1062), Hits (711), Total Plate Apperarances (2628), Home Runs (64), At Bats (2255), Sacrifice Flies (43), Fewest Losses (15), Fewest Runs Allowed (242), Opponents Batting Average (.237), Saves (20), Innings Pitched (571.1), Wins (48), Fewest Hits Allowed (496), Fewest Walks Allowed (172), Assists (704), Fewest Stolen Bases Against (26), Defensive Chances (2475), Fewest Errors (57), Putouts (1714), Fewest Steal Attempts Against (43), Winning Percentage (.750) RYAN GARKO LEADS FIVE STANFORD PLAYERS ON ALL-REGIONAL TEAM Ryan Garko was named the Co-Most Outstanding Player on the All-Regional team, while Jonny Ash, Tim Cunningham, Sam Fuld and Andy Topham also made the squad. CARLOS QUENTIN EARNS FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN HONORS BY BASEBALL WEEKLY AND IS NAMED PAC-10 BASEBALL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Carlos Quentin has headed Stanford s honors in the 2001 season. Quentin was named a Freshman All-American by Baseball America and also heads the selections on the 2001 All- Pac-10 team by being named the 2001 Pac-10 Baseball Freshman of the Year. Chris O Riordan and Sam Fuld were also All-Pac-10 selections for the Cardinal. The All-Pac-10 selections were the first for Quentin, O Riordan and Fuld. Five other Stanford players -- Jeff Bruksch, Scott Dragicevich, Ryan Garko, Mike Gosling and Jeremy Guthrie -- earned honorable mention honors. CHRIS O RIORDAN AND CARLOS QUENTIN LEAD CARDINAL IN PAC-10 Chris O Riordan hit a team-high.436 and drove in a team-best 29 RBI in 24 Pac-10 games. Carlos Quentin hit a team-hit six homers. STANFORD S 2000 WORLD SERIES RECAP Stanford won three of its four games in the 2000 College World Series. Below is a brief recap of each game. Game 1 - Stanford 6, Louisiana-Lafayette 4 (June 9, 2000) Stanford began its run to the 2000 CWS title game with a 6-4 win over Louisiana-Lafayette. Jason Young turned in a strong pitching performance and the Cardinal had home runs from Edmund Muth and Joe Borchard. Game 2 - Stanford 10, Clemson 4 (June 11, 2000) Justin Wayne recorded his school-record 15th victory of the season in a 10-4 win over Clemson. Joe Borchard had three of Stanford s 12 hits, all singles. Game 3 - Stanford 19, Louisiana-Lafayette 9 (June 15, 2000) The Cardinal spotted the Ragin Cajuns a 6-0 lead before responding with an offensive explosion that gave the Cardinal a 19-9 win. Edmund Muth hit three home runs to tie a new CWS record as he also totaled a career-high six RBI. The 19 runs were the most the Cardinal had ever scored in a post-season game. Andy Topham had a grandslam homer in the bottom of the second inning. Game 4 - Louisiana State 6, Stanford 5 (June 17, 2000) Stanford led in the championship game, 5-2, going into the bottom of the eighth inning. Craig Thompson s grandslam homer in the top of the fourth inning put the Cardinal ahead 4-2 and the lead stood until LSU scored three times in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game and added another run in the bottom of the ninth for the CWS title. STANFORD S RETURNING 2000 POST-SEASON STANDOUTS Stanford s top returning 2000 post-season standouts include Jeff Bruksch (3 saves), Chris O Riordan (.378, 8 RBI, 3 SB), Andy Topham (grandslam homer in 16-6 CWS win over Louisiana-Lafayette and nine post-season RBI), Arik VanZandt (.302, 1 HR, 7 RBI) and Mike Wodnicki (1-0, 3.27 ERA). BEATING THE BEST Stanford s record includes a 15-5 mark against teams ranked among the nation s Top 25 in the Baseball America poll at the time the Cardinal faced them. No. 12 South Carolina was the first ranked team the Cardinal had played since traveling to then No. 8 USC April CARDINAL REACHES 50 WINS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR Stanford has extended its school-record 50-win season streak to three straight years. The Cardinal has also won 40 games or more for a school-record seven consecutive years. The Cardinal began its current streaks with a record in 1995 and record in INDIVIDUAL: Total Plate Appearances - O Riordan (315), At Bats - O Riordan (265), Games Started - Guthrie (18), Runners Picked Off - Bruksch (6, 1st-T), Fielding Pct. - Hall (1.000, 1st-T), Assists - O Riordan (204), Putouts - VanZandt (576) STANFORD S NCAA STAT LEADERS (as of 6/8/01) - TEAM: Fielding Percentage (1st,.977), Winning Percentage (11th,.750), ERA (6th, 3.34)