2001 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-0, 0-0 PAC-10)

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1 STANFORD BASEBALL RELEASE JANUARY 16, 2001 CONTACT: Kyle McRae (650) (ph); (650) (fax) ( ) (website) 2001 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-0, 0-0 PAC-10) JANUARY 21 Sun. at Cal Poly 1:00 pm 26 Fri. Fresno State 6:00 pm 27 Sat. Fresno State 1:00 pm 28 Sun. Fresno State 1:00 pm FEBRUARY 2 Fri. at #15 Cal State Fullerton 7:00 pm 3 Sat. at #15 Cal State Fullerton 1:00 pm 4 Sun. at #15 Cal State Fullerton 1:00 pm 9 Fri. #7 Florida State 6:00 pm 10 Sat. #7 Florida State 1:00 pm 11 Sun. #7 Florida State 1:00 pm 16 Fri. at Texas 2:30 pm 17 Sat. at Texas 1:00 pm 18Sun. at Texas 1:00 pm 23 Fri. at Santa Clara 6:00 pm 24 Sat. Santa Clara 1:00 pm 25 Sun. at Santa Clara 1:00 pm 27 Tue. Nevada 3:00 pm MARCH 2 Fri. California 6:00 pm 3 Sat. California 1:00 pm 4 Sun. California 1:00 pm 6 Tue. at Sacramento State 6:30 pm (Raley Field) 9 Fri. #2 USC 6:00 pm 10 Sat. #2 USC 1:00 pm 11 Sun. #2 USC 1:00 pm 23 Fri. Washington* 6:00 pm 24 Sat. Washington* 1:00 pm 25 Sun. Washington* 1:00 pm 27 Tue. Saint Mary s 6:00 pm 30 Fri. at #6 Arizona State* 7:00 pm 31 Sat. at #6 Arizona State* 7:00 pm APRIL 1 Sun. at #6 Arizona State* 1:00 pm 3 Tue. at San Jose State* 7:00 pm 6 Fri. UCLA* 6:00 pm 7 Sat. UCLA* 1:00 pm 8 Sun. UCLA* 1:00 pm 10 Tue. at Nevada 2:00 pm 12 Thu. Oregon State* 6:00 pm 13 Fri. Oregon State* 6:00 pm 14 Sat. Oregon State* 1:00 pm 17 Tue. USF 6:00 pm 20 Fri. at #2 USC* 6:00 pm 21 Sat. at #2 USC* 1:00 pm 22 Sun. at #2 USC* 1:00 pm 24 Tue. San Jose State 6:00 pm 27 Fri. at California* 2:30 pm 28Sat. at California* 1:00 pm 29 Sun. at California* 1:00 pm MAY 1 Tue. Santa Clara 6:00 pm 8 Tue. Cal Poly 6:00 pm 9 Wed. at USF 2:30 pm 11 Fri. Arizona* 6:00 pm 12 Sat. Arizona* 1:00 pm 13 Sun. Arizona* 1:00 pm 18Fri. at Washington State* 6:00 pm 19 Sat. at Washington State* 1:00 pm 20 Sun. at Washington State* 1:00 pm Fri.-Sun. NCAA Regionals TBA JUNE 1-3 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Super Regionals TBA 8-16 Fri.-Sat. at College World Series TBA *Pac-10 Game; All Times Local; All Home Games In Bold; Rankings by Baseball America For the latest on Stanford Athletics Cardinal to begin home campaign versus Fresno State on Friday, January 26 #14 STANFORD BASEBALL TO MAKE EARLIEST START IN SCHOOL HISTORY WITH 2001 SEASON-OPENER AT CAL POLY UPCOMING STANFORD GAMES Sunday, January 21 - #14 Stanford at Cal Poly (1 pm) -- Season Opener Friday, January 26 - Fresno State at #14 Stanford (6 pm) -- Home Opener Saturday, January 27 - Fresno State at #14 Stanford (1 pm) Sunday, January 28 - Fresno State at #14 Stanford (1 pm) All games broadcast on KZSU 90.1 FM and #14 Stanford (0-0) opens the 2001 season by playing a single-game at Cal Poly (0-0) in the inaugural game at Baggett Stadium. Stanford s January 21 start is its earliest in school history and the Cardinal will be playing in San Luis Obispo for the first time since 1980 when the Cardinal swept the Mustangs in a three-game series on February 8 and 9, Stanford leads the all-time series (since 1977) between the clubs, Stanford defeated Cal Poly, 11-3, in the only meetings between the teams last year at Sunken Diamond (4/25/00). The Cardinal scored five times in the bottom of the third inning to erase an early 3-1 Cal Poly lead. Andy Topham was one of the Cardinal offensive leaders, going 3-for-5 with three RBI. Chris O Riordan also had a pair of hits and an RBI. Mike Wodnicki picked up the win with 1.2 innings of middle relief work. The Cardinal begins the 2001 season with plenty of newcomers as only three offensive starters are slated to return. The team will also feature a new starting rotation as all three starting pitchers from a year ago do not return. However, the Cardinal still expects to be healthy on the hill as a total of nine of the team s 13 pitchers from the 2000 season are back. The Cardinal reached the championship game of the College World Series for the third time in school history last season, before falling to Louisiana State, 6-5, in a heartbreaking loss. The Cardinal finished the 2000 campaign with a and recorded back-to-back 50-win seasons for the first time in school history in 1999 and Stanford also shared the 2000 Pac-10 baseball title with Arizona State and UCLA, giving the Cardinal a school-record four straight years with at least a share of a Pac-10 baseball title. Cal Poly finished the 2000 campaign with a record, going in the Big West to tie for third place. Batting Order STANFORD BASEBALL PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP #14 Stanford at Cal Poly (January 21, pm) No Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2000 Final Stats 1 3 Brian Hall (R/R) LF Fr Sam Fuld (L/L) CF Fr Chris O Riordan (R/R) 2B Jr..366, 3 HR, 34 RBI, 7 SB 4 2 Arik VanZandt (R/R) 1B Jr..337, 4 HR, 22 RBI, 2 SB 5 18Jason Cooper (L/R) DH So..189, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 1 SB 6 17 Jason VanMeetren (R/R) RF Jr..190, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 0 SB 7 21 Andy Topham (R/R) SS Jr..327, 6 HR, 33 RBI, 3 SB 8 12 Ryan Garko (R/R) C So..143, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB 9 8Scott Dragicevich (R/R) 3B Jr..136, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB Probable Starting Pitcher Day No Name (B/T) Pos Ht Wt Yr 2000 Final Stats 1/21 11 Mike Gosling (L/L) LHP Jr. 2-2, 4.19, 79 K, 58.0 IP

2 ESSENTIAL STANFORD NOTES Stanford will be playing its earliest game in school history when the Cardinal opens at Cal Poly on Sunday, January 21. Stanford has a 19-5 record in 24 season-openers during the Mark Marquess era. Stanford has only three starters returning in the field and loses all three regular starting pitchers from last season s club which finished as runners-up at the 2000 College World Series. Stanford head coach Mark Marquess enters his 25th season at the helm of the Cardinal with 995 wins, needing only five victories to become the 23rd NCAA Division I coach to reach 1,000 career wins. Stanford opens the 2001 season ranked #11 by Collegiate Baseball and #14 by Baseball America. FINAL 2000 PAC-10 STANDINGS Team Pac-10 GB Overall Stanford Arizona State UCLA USC California Oregon State Arizona Washington Washington State THIS WEEK IN THE PAC-10 Thursday, January 18 Arizona at Hawaii-Hilo (6 pm, HT) Friday, January 19 Arizona at Hawaii-Hilo (4 pm, HT) -- DH Saturday, January 20 Arizona at Hawaii-Hilo (4 pm, HT) -- DH Sunday, May 21 Stanford at Cal Poly (1 pm, PT) STANFORD CAREER STATS VS. CAL POLY HITTERS Jason Cooper Scott Dragicevich Mario Garza Chris O Riordan Ken Tirpack Andy Topham Arik VanZandt Andy Topham PITCHERS Jeff Bruksch Ryan Gloger Mike Gosling Mike Wodnicki Ryan McCally.000 (0-0), 0 HR, 0 RBI.000 (0-1), 0 HR, 0 RBI.000 (0-1), 0 HR, 0 RBI.500 (2-4), 0 HR, 1 RBI.000 (0-0), 0 HR, 0 RBI.429 (3-7), 0 HR, 3 RBI.000 (0-4), 0 HR, 0 RBI.000 (0-1), 0 HR, 0 RBI 0-0, 0.00, 1 G, 2.0 IP, 0 ER 0-0, 54.00, 1 G, 0.1 IP, 2 ER 0-0, 4.50, 2 G, 4.0 IP, 2 ER 1-0, 0.00, 2 G, 2.2 IP, 0 ER 0-0, 0.00, 1 G, 1.0 IP, 0 ER STANFORD LOOKS TO CONTINUE SUCCESS IN SEASON-OPENERS Stanford has compiled an all-time record of 19-5 in season-openers since current head coach Mark Marquess took over as head coach of the program at the beginning of the 1977 season. The Cardinal will be looking for its fifth straight seasonopening win in Following is a list of Stanford s season-openers during the Marquess era. January 28, Stanford 10, at Fresno State 2 January 29, at Stanford 1, Fresno State 0 January 23, at Stanford 15, Santa Clara 2 January 26, at Stanford 18, Saint Mary s 6 January 26, at Hawaii 11, Stanford 1 January 28, at Stanford 6, Saint Mary s 0 January 28, Cal State Fullerton 12, at Stanford 2 January 30, at Stanford 14, Saint Mary s 2 January 29, at Stanford 10, Santa Clara 2 January 25, at Stanford 7, Santa Clara 3 January 26, Stanford 6, at Santa Clara 0 January 27, at Santa Clara 3, Stanford 2 January 31, Santa Clara 3, at Stanford 2 January 23, at San Jose State 2, Stanford 1 January 24, Stanford 10, at San Jose State 6 January 29, at Stanford 5, Saint Mary s 1 January 27, Stanford 12, at USF 3 January 30, Stanford 17, at USF 10 January 29, at Stanford 6, USF 1 January 31, at Stanford 20, UC Davis 0 January 29, at Stanford 5, Pacific 1 February 2, at Stanford 4, Nevada 2 February 1, at Stanford 8, USF 1 February 4, at Stanford 6, USF 1 STANFORD TO OPEN HOME SEASON AT REMODELED SUNKEN DIAMOND WITH THREE-GAME SERIES VERSUS FRESNO STATE JANUARY Stanford opens its 2001 home season at remodeled Sunken Diamond with a three-game set versus Fresno State (January 26-28). Friday s first pitch is at 6:00 pm with games on Saturday and Sunday both beginning at 1:00 p.m. The Cardinal posted a 3-0 record against the Bulldogs last season, sweeping a pair of games in Fresno to open the 2000 season and then defeating the Bulldogs in the first round of the NCAA Regional at Sunken Diamond behind a complete game outing by Jason Young. STANFORD BASEBALL HISTORY Stanford s storied baseball program has had many highlights as the program begins its 108th season at Cal Poly on January 21 with an all-time record of (.608). Last year s trip to the College World Series championship game was only the latest chapter in the success story of Stanford Baseball. The program has produced 35 winnings seasons over the last 36 years, including six consecutive seasons with 40 or more wins. Just a few of the highlights have included back-to-back NCAA Championships (1987, 1988), 12 College World Series appearances, 18 conference titles and 21 NCAA Tournament berths. Stanford has boasted a total of 40 All-Americans who have earned a total of 47 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 93 all-conference players earning a total of 118 honors, 54 major league players (including eight scheduled to begin the 2001 season in Major League Baseball) and 12 first round draft picks in the last 14 years. Eight members of the 2000 Stanford Baseball team signed professional contracts following the 2000 collegiate season, including first-round draft picks Justin Wayne and Joe Borchard.

3 NCAA DIVISION I COACHES 1,000 CAREER VICTORY LIST 1. Cliff Gustafson, Texas ( ) 2. Rod Dedeaux, USC ( ) 3. Augie Garrido, Texas ( ) 4. Chuck Hartman, Virginia Tech ( ) 5. Gene Stephenson, Wichita State ( ) 6. Ron Fraser, Miami ( ) 7. Jack Stallings, Georgia Southern ( ) 8. Larry Hays, Texas Tech ( ) 9. Bob Bennett, Fresno State ( ) 10. Al Ogletree, Texas-Pan American ( ) 11. Larry Cochell, Oklahoma ( ) 12. Chuck Brayton, Washington State ( ) 13. Bill Wilhelm, Clemson ( ) 14. Jim Dietz, San Diego State ( ) 15. Mike Martin, Florida State ( ) 16. Jim Brock, Arizona State ( ) 17. Norm DeBriyn, Arkansas ( ) 17. Richard Jones, Illinois ( ) 19. Les Murakami, Hawaii ( ) 20. Ron Polk, Georgia ( ) 21. Bob Hannah, Delaware ( ) 22. Gary Adams, UCLA ( ) 23. Mark Marquess, Stanford ( ) ACTIVE COACHES IN BOLD STANFORD SUPERLATIVES Overall Record: 0-0 Conference Record: 0-0 Post-Season Record: 0-0 Home Record: 0-0 Away Record: 0-0 Neutral Record: 0-0 Day Games: 0-0 Night Games: 0-0 Vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-0 according to Baseball America On Television: 0-0 January: 0-0 February: 0-0 March: 0-0 April: 0-0 May: 0-0 June: 0-0 Monday: 0-0 Tuesday: 0-0 Wednesday: 0-0 Thursday: 0-0 Friday: 0-0 Saturday: 0-0 Sunday: Run Games: Run Games: Run Games: 0-0 Extra Inning Games: 0-0 Stanford Scores First: 0-0 Opponent Scores First: 0-0 Leading After 5 Innings: 0-0 Trailing After 5 Innings: 0-0 Tied After 5 Innings: 0-0 Leading After 8 Innings: 0-0 Trailing After 8 Innings: 0-0 Tied After 8 Innings: HONORS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS Jason Cooper - Baseball America Second Team Mike Gosling - Baseball America Second Team HEAD COACH MARK MARQUESS CLOSING IN ON 1,000 CAREER WINS The Stanford baseball coaching staff is headed by one of the nation s premier collegiate coaches in Mark Marquess, who begins his 25th season as the Cardinal head coach with 995 career wins. With five more victories, Marquess will become the 23rd coach in the history of Division I collegiate baseball to post 1,000 career wins. Marquess currently ranks 14th for victories and 19th in winning percentage among active Division I baseball coaches. Marquess 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 league (1999). He has a career record of (.666) at Stanford, including an impressive (.601) mark in Pacific- 10 Conference action, arguably the toughest conference in the nation. He picked up his 950th career win versus Cal State Fullerton last season on February 6, The 1969 Stanford graduate has led the Cardinal to two NCAA titles (1987, 88), 10 College World Series appearances (1982, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90, 95, 97, 99, 00), 10 Pac-10 regular season titles and 18 NCAA Tournament showings. He coached the Cardinal to its first trip to the CWS final game last season since winning the 1988 title and to victory in the NCAA Super Regionals each of the last two seasons. His teams have won at least a share of a Pac-10 baseball championship in 10 of the last 18 years (includes Southern Division Championships). 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) 18 times in the last 20 seasons. Stanford has had 95 draft picks in the past 16 seasons, including 12 first-round selections in the last 14 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 which 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 ON THE CAL POLY GAME This is the earliest we ve ever started a season, but there s a good reason for it. We ve always had good series with Cal Poly. They ve asked us to help them open their new stadium, and we re thrilled to do. It will be exciting. It will be a good test for us. The weather has been good, so we ve been able to get a lot of work in, but after about two weeks you get tired of playing intrasquad games. It will be good to play a regular game. It will be difficult being on the road because our team is so young, but it will be a good test to see where we are and get our feet wet. STANFORD COACHING STAFF Dean Stotz has served as the right-hand man for Mark Marquess during his entire tenure at Stanford and also is beginning his 25th campaign with the Cardinal. Stotz was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2000 season after 23 years as an assistant. Mark O Brien (3rd season) and Tom Kunis (2nd season) complete the Cardinal coaching staff. STANFORD PICKED TO FINISH THIRD IN PAC-10 IN PRESEASON POLL The Pac-10 coaches selected Stanford to finish third in their annual preseason poll. USC finished first in the poll with six first-place votes, while second-place Arizona and Stanford picked up the other two first-place votes. Arizona, California, UCLA, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State ranked fourth through ninth.

4 Baseball America (2001 Preseason) Team 2000 Record Final Rank 1. Georgia Tech USC Louisiana State Miami Nebraska Arizona State Florida State South Carolina Notre Dame 46-18NR 10. Clemson Auburn Rice NR 13. Florida Stanford Cal State Fullerton Georgia NR 17. Central Florida NR 18. Pepperdine NR 19. Tulane NR 20. Baylor Mississippi State Long Beach State NR 23. East Carolina 46-18NR 24. Minnesota NR 25. Southern Mississippi NR Collegiate Baseball (2001 Preseason) Team 2000 Record Final Rank 1. Georgia Tech USC Louisiana State Nebraska Clemson Arizona State Rice Florida State Miami South Carolina Stanford Cal State Fullerton Florida Notre Dame 46-18NR 15. Oklahoma NR 16. Georgia NR 17. Baylor Auburn Central Florida Stetson Mississippi State Long Beach State NR 23. Evansville NR 24. Alabama Tennessee NR 2001 Stanford Opponents In Italics STANFORD IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Stanford opens the 2001 season ranked #11 by Collegiate Baseball and #14 by Baseball America. The Cardinal finished the 2000 campaign ranked #2 in all three major national polls (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and USA Today Baseball Weekly). Georgia Tech begins the 2001 campaign ranked #1 by both Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball. Pac-10 foes begin USC (#2) and Arizona State (#6) begin the 2001 campaign ranked ahead of the Cardinal, while defending national champion Louisiana State is ranked third in both polls. Stanford began the 2000 season at #1 in all three polls before dropping out of the top spot on February 14. Stanford s poll history includes a run as the king of the polls in 1998 when the Cardinal held the top spot in the Baseball America poll for a record 14 consecutive weeks. MIKE GOSLING AND JASON COOPER NAMED SECOND-TEAM PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS BY BASEBALL AMERICA Junior left-handed pitcher Mike Gosling and sophomore outfielder Jason Cooper were named 2001 Second Team Preseason All-Americans by Baseball America prior to the season. Scouting directors of major league clubs vote on the team and make their selections based on performance, talent and major league potential. Gosling, a potential first round pick in the 2001 draft, begins his third year with the Cardinal and is slated as the team s opening day starter. Gosling has pitched mostly in a relief role over the past two seasons and has shown flashes of brilliance. He has the highest strikeout-per-nine-inning ratio (11.20) in Stanford history, striking out 119 batters in 95.2 innings. Last season, Gosling was 2-2 with a 4.19 ERA and three saves. He struck out 79 batters in 58.0 innings for an average of strikeouts per nine innings as opponents hit just.146 against him. Gosling earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors and was named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week on March 21, Cooper had a difficult first season in 2000 after entering Stanford as a muchheralded rookie, hitting.189 with two homers and nine RBI in only 74 official at bats. Cooper was the highest player taken in the June 1999 Amateur Baseball Draft that did not sign a professional baseball contract. He was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the second round (#63 pick overall) BAY AREA COLLEGE BASEBALL MEDIA DAY SET FOR JANUARY 24 AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD IN SAN FRANCISCO The 2001 Bay Area College Baseball Media Day is scheduled for Wednesday, January 24, at Planet Hollywood in San Francisco. The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. and run until approximately Noon. Lunch will be served. The press conference will feature head coaches and selected players from all six Division I Bay Area baseball programs California, Saint Mary s, San Francisco, San Jose State, Santa Clara and Stanford. The coaches and players will discuss the upcoming 2001 season. The coaches will preview their teams before taking questions from the media. Both the coaches and players will also be available for individual interviews. Stanford will be the first Bay Area team to play in 2001 when the Cardinal visits Cal Poly on Sunday, January 21 (1:00 p.m.) for the inaugural game at Cal Poly s Baggett Stadium. The Cardinal are also the first collegiate team scheduled to play in the Bay Area. Stanford will begin its 2001 home season in the newly remodeled Sunken Diamond by hosting Fresno State in a three-game home series from January Saint Mary s begins its season with a three-game series at Arizona (January 29-31), San Jose State (vs. Cal State Hayward) and Santa Clara (at USC) both open on January 31, while San Francisco and California begin on February 2 with the Dons traveling to Sacramento State and the Golden Bears beginning a three-game series versus Santa Clara. Please contact Stanford Assistant Media Relations Director Kyle McRae ( or kyle.mcrae@stanford.edu) to RSVP for the event or if you need additional information.

5 2000 FINAL SEASON HIGHS TEAM BATTING At Bats: 48, twice (4/22, 5/28 Game 2) Runs Scored: 19, twice (5/20, 6/15) Runs Scored In An Inning: 7, eight times Hits: 23, at USC (4/22) RBIs: 19, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (6/15) Doubles: 8, vs. Sacramento State (4/4) Triples: 2, twice (3/28, 4/14) Home Runs: 5, twice (4/4, 4/22) Total Bases: 42, twice (4/4, 4/22) Walks: 13, at Washington State (4/9) Strikeouts: 15, at Florida State (2/13) Sacrifice Hits: 2, five times Sacrifice Flies: 2, six times Stolen Bases: 3, three times Caught Stealing: 2, three times Hit-By-Pitch: 3, four times Runners LOB: 14, vs. USC (3/18) Hit Into DP: 3, six times TEAM PITCHING Innings Pitched: 11.0, vs. California (4/28) Strikeouts: 15, at Washington State (4/8) Fewest Runs Allowed: 0, four times Fewest Hits Allowed: 1, at California (2/26) Fewest Walks: 0, vs. Fresno State (5/26) TEAM FIELDING Putouts: 33, vs. California (4/28) Assists: 17, at Washington State (4/9) Most Errors: 5, at USC (4/22) DPs Turned: 3, at USC (4/22) INDIVIDUAL BATTING At Bats: 6, 16 times Runs: 4, Alvarado (4/22) & Muth (6/15) Hits: 4, eight times RBIs: 6, Edmund Muth (6/15) Doubles: 2, 11 times Triples: 2, Edmund Muth (3/28) Home Runs: 3, Edmund Muth (6/15) Total Bases: 11, John Gall (4/4) Walks: 3, 10 times Strikeouts: 3, eight times Sacrifice Hits: 1, 28 times Sacrifice Flies: 1, 34 times Stolen Bases: 2, five times Hit-By-Pitch: 2, twice INDIVIDUAL FIELDING Putouts: 13, nine times Assists: 7, Eric Bruntlett (4/9, 4/16) Most Errors: 2, six times INDIVIDUAL PITCHING IP (Starter): 9.0, nine times IP (Reliever): 6.2, Mike Gosling (3/19) Fewest Runs (CG): 0, Justin Wayne (3/3) Fewest Hits (CG): 2, Justin Wayne (3/31) Strikeouts: 15, Jason Young (4/8) Fewest Walks (CG): 0, Jason Young (5/26) 2001 STANFORD SEASON PREVIEW To say that the 2001 Stanford Cardinal baseball team will be young may be an understatement. A year after having one of the most experienced teams in the nation and arguably in school history, the Cardinal is faced with the prospect of beginning the 2001 campaign without a single senior on the club. Stanford loses six of its eight starters in the field and its top three starters on the mound from a team that came within four outs of winning the College World Series last season. Last year s squad finished with a overall mark and grabbed a share of the Pac-10 title with a 17-7 conference record, marking the fourth straight season the Cardinal has won at least a share of a Pac-10 championship (the first time in school history). Eight of the players from last year s club signed professional contracts following the 2000 collegiate season, including a pair of first-round draft picks in All-Americans Justin Wayne (5th pick overall) and Joe Borchard (12th pick overall). Despite the loss of those key players, 25th-year head coach Mark Marquess remains optimistic for the team s chances in The cupboard is not bare, says Marquess, who begins the 2001 campaign needing five victories to become the 23rd coach in the history of NCAA Division I Baseball to record 1,000 career wins and is 14th on the NCAA s career victories list for active coaches with 995. The cupboard contains a core of experienced and talented relief pitchers combined with three returning starters on offense and a large group of talented newcomers. All three position players that return (Chris O Riordan,.366; Arik VanZandt,.337; Andy Topham,.327) are juniors and had productive offensive seasons in Key members of the pitching staff to return are junior Jeff Bruksch (4-4, 3.16, school-record-tying 13 saves), sophomore Tim Cunningham (5-2, 3.83), junior Mike Wodnicki (4-0, 3.96) and junior Mike Gosling (2-2, 4.19, 3 SV). Newcomers who expect to make an immediate impact include six freshmen (INF Jonny Ash, INF/OF Brian Hall, RHP John Hudgins, RHP Drew Ehrlich, OF Sam Fuld, OF Carlos Quentin), a sophomore transfer from BYU (RHP Jeremy Guthrie), and a junior transfer from Sacramento City College (INF Steven Gantenbein). Obviously, this year s team will be young and inexperienced, admits Marquess about his club, which is still ranked #11 in Collegiate Baseball s 2001 NCAA Preseason Poll. We ve lost six starters and all three starting pitchers from last year s squad and there is a rebuilding job to do. It s probably as inexperienced as we ve been in 10 or 15 years. It will be a big challenge not only for our players but also for our coaching staff. The young 2001 Cardinal team will have big shoes to fill. Stanford enters the season having won at least a share of a Pac-10 baseball title for a school-record four consecutive years. The Cardinal has won a total of 16 Pac-10 championships (includes Six-Pac and Pac-8) and has qualified for the College World Series 12 times, coming away with national titles in 1987 and 1988 along with last year s runner-up finish. We will go through a lot of different lineups and a lot of different batting orders, says Marquess. Last year at this time, I pretty much knew the first seven spots in the batting order. This year, I can t be sure on even one spot. There are just so many unknowns. The good news is I think we have some good talent. It s just a matter of us molding into a team and finding out who s going to win certain jobs. The players are excited because there s a lot of opportunity and a lot of competition, continues Marquess. Yet, at the same time it will be a little more difficult to come together as a team because no one will quite know their roles. Last year, everybody kind of knew who was playing and everybody settled into their roles. This year, there are not going to be set roles at least during the first third of the season. We must realize that it s different than it s been for a number of years and we can t get frustrated with the fact that we don t have a set lineup or we re inconsistent, because we ll be young.

6 This year s inexperienced Cardinal squad will once again face a difficult schedule with games against six of the nation s Top 40 teams in Collegiate Baseball s 2001 NCAA Preseason Poll. The always-difficult Pac-10 features two teams ranked in the Top 10 (USC, #2; Arizona State, #6). The Cardinal also has some difficult non-league games on the slate. Stanford is scheduled to open a pair of stadiums in its first two games with a single game at Cal Poly s new Baggett Stadium to open the season on January 21. The Cardinal will then debut at home in the newly remodeled Sunken Diamond with a three-game series versus #36 Fresno State (January 26-28). February features three-game road tilts at #12 Cal State Fullerton (February 2-4) and #26 Texas (February 16-18), as well as a three-game home set versus #8 Florida State (February 9-11). The Cardinal also plays Santa Clara in a three-game series (February 23-25) and hosts Nevada (February 27) for a single game. March opens with a pair of non-conference home series versus California (March 2-4) and USC (March 9-11) split by a single game versus Sacramento State (March 6) to be played at Raley Field, home of the Triple A Sacramento River Cats. The Cardinal begins Pac-10 action with a home series versus Washington (March 23-25) and will also host conference games against UCLA (April 6-8), Oregon State (April 12-14) and Arizona (May 11-13). The team will visit Arizona State (March 30-April 1), USC (April 20-22), California (April 27-29) and Washington State (May 18-20) in Pac-10 action. Home midweek games are scheduled versus Saint Mary s (March 27), USF (April 17), 2000 CWS participant San Jose State (April 24), Santa Clara (May 1) and Cal Poly (May 8). The Cardinal will hit the road in the middle of the week for games at San Jose State (April 3), Nevada (April 10) and USF (May 9). It s obviously a very risky schedule, especially for a young team, but I think that s something our players want, says Marquess. The players have indicated that s one of the reasons they come to Stanford. They want that challenge. I m hoping that the schedule will mature us as a team. Following is a position-by-position look at the 2001 Stanford Cardinal: PITCHER Once again, pitching is probably the strongest area for the Cardinal despite the loss of the starting trio of Brian Sager, Justin Wayne and Jason Young. The three combined for a record and a 3.94 ERA over the last two seasons. Wayne (junior year) and Young (sophomore year) both earned First Team All-American status during their Cardinal careers. Wayne was also named the Pac-10 s Co-Pitcher of the Year in The Cardinal has several returnees and newcomers hoping to fill the spots in the starting rotation vacated by the trio. In fact, Marquess believes his team s pitching depth is just as good as last season. All told, the Cardinal return nine of its 13 pitchers from a staff which recorded a Pac-10 best 3.95 ERA last year. I think we re probably a little bit better off in pitching than we are in the other parts of the team and have as much depth as we had last year, states Marquess. We have people that have thrown some innings and have good arms. Jeff Bruksch, Mike Gosling and Mike Wodnicki will give us a good nucleus. All of our pitchers had fabulous summer seasons. I don t think there s any question about our depth. The question is do we have a Justin Wayne or a Jason Young returning and the answer is no, not a proven pitcher like those guys were coming into last year. Three successful relievers from last season s squad, all juniors, are looking to prove themselves and are the leading candidates to move into the starting rotation. Jeff Bruksch (4-4, 3.16 ERA, 13 SV) is the most intriguing candidate. Bruksch s 13 saves tied Stanford s single-season record last year and led the Pac-10 but Marquess thinks he is even more suited for a starter s role although he has never started a collegiate game. Bruksch did spent last summer as a starter for the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod League, going 5-1 with a 2.70 ERA in seven starts. Mike Gosling (2-2, 4.19 ERA, 3 SV) is another intriguing candidate. The southpaw is arguably one of the hardest-throwing and most talented pitchers in the history of Stanford Baseball. After showing flashes of brilliance and providing a couple of brilliant performances last season, Gosling is looking for a breakout year and is considered to be a possible first-round draft choice in the 2001 June Amateur Baseball Draft. He is Stanford s all-time leader in strikeouts per nine innings (11.20) and struck out 79 batters in 58.0 innings last season (12.26 strikeouts per nine innings). Both Bruksch and Gosling earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors in their sophomore campaigns. The third member of the trio is junior Mike Wodnicki (4-0, 3.96 ERA). Wodnicki, who is a perfect 7-0 in his Stanford career, had a couple of excellent post-season relief performances at the end of last season against Alabama in the NCAA Regional and Louisiana-Lafayette in the College World Series. Other pitchers who have the opportunity to seize a starting role are sophomores Tim Cunningham and Jeremy Guthrie (OR/Brigham Young/Ashland HS), as well as freshmen John Hudgins (Mission Viejo, CA/Mission Viejo HS) and Drew Ehrlich (Merced, CA/Golden Valley HS). The left-handed Cunningham compiled a 5-2 record and a 3.83 ERA in 15 appearances last season, eight of which were starts. More impressively, Cunningham was 4-0 with a 3.13 ERA in seven Pac-10 appearances (five starts), primarily while filling in for an injured Brian Sager as the team s third starter. The hard-throwing Guthrie has been one of the team s most impressive newcomers in the fall season. He is returning to collegiate baseball after serving a two-year Mormon Mission. Guthrie spent his freshman campaign at BYU in 1998, finishing with a 5-3 record and 6.10 ERA in 59.0 innings.

7 Hudgins was a highly-touted prep player last season as he earned 2000 Orange County Player of the Year honors after compiling a 10-2 record and a school-record 0.76 ERA to go with 135 strikeouts (also a school-record). Ehrlich fits the mold of a Stanford power pitcher with a fastball in the high 80 s to low 90 s, complemented by a good breaking ball and change-up. He was a District and Central California Conference Player of the Year in 2000, compiling a 9-3 record with a 1.50 ERA and 115 strikeouts in 84.1 innings. Other returnees on the staff include junior LHP Pablo Bravo (did not pitch in 2000), sophomore LHP Ryan Gloger (0-0, ERA), junior RHP Jason Luker (3-0, 3.21 ERA), sophomore RHP Ryan McCally (1-0, 3.66 ERA), junior LHP Dan Rich (0-2, ERA) and junior RHP J.D. Willcox (0-0, 0.00 ERA). Additional freshmen newcomers are RHP Mike O Banion (Firebaugh, CA/San Joaquin Memorial HS) and RHP David O Hagan (Minnetonka, MN/Breck HS). The strength of this year s team should be pitching, says Marquess. With Bruksch, Gosling, Wodnicki, Cunningham and McCally, we have some guys that have pitched in big games. We ll need that. We ll have to pitch well with a young team, because I don t know how many runs we re going to score. As long as we play good solid defense and we pitch well, then we should have a chance to be in most of the games we play. CATCHER Stanford has three sophomores vying to replace the graduated Damien Alvarado, who started 128 of the Cardinal s 131 games behind the plate over the last two seasons. Ken Tirpack emerged as the primary defensive backup to Alvarado late in the 2000 season. Tirpack appeared in eight games, primarily as a late-inning defensive replacement, but only received three at bats with one double. Still, Tirpack appears to have a slight advantage on the defensive components of the job. Mario Garza started the only game that Alvarado did not start in 2000, appearing in a total of 17 games with three starts (two at designated hitter). The left-handed hitter is considered a dangerous offensive threat despite struggling with a.130 batting average (3-23, 2 2B, RBI) in his freshman season. The other possibility behind the plate is Ryan Garko, who could also be used at first base and is one of the team s primary designated hitter candidates. Garko hit.143 (6-42, 2 2B, RBI) in limited action as a freshman, making 25 appearances with nine starts. One scenario sees the Cardinal using all three players behind the plate at least early in the season and possibly even platooning with the left-handed hitting Garza playing primarily against right-handed pitching. Tirpack, Garza and Garko are going to be in a battle for the starting spot, says Marquess. It may be a situation where we platoon them depending on who s hot and who s not, but they are all very capable. They all have areas where they are stronger than others, but I think we re going to be all right at the catching position. Hopefully, one of them will emerge and be the one guy that s a starter every game, but if not, I think we ll be okay. We can mix and match a little bit. If you generalize, Tirpack is the best overall defensive catcher of the bunch and probably Garza and Garko are not that far behind but a little bit better offensively, continues Marquess. But, as soon as I say that, Garza and Garko have caught very well in the fall, and Tirpack has swung the bat very well. FIRST BASE First base is a real mystery, according to Marquess. First base is going to be a new position for somebody that plays there. I think it s going to be somebody that s hitting the ball well. We ve got some good athletes who can adjust to the position. Indeed, defensive experience at first base will not be something that the Cardinal is likely to feature in There are several players that could end up playing first base. Most likely, it will end up being a bat that the Cardinal needs in the lineup that is not quite as defensively strong as another player at their primary position. First base candidates include juniors Jason VanMeetren (.190, 1 HR, 6 RBI), Arik VanZandt (.337, 4 HR, 22 RBI) and Scott Dragicevich (.136, 2B, RBI), as well as sophomores Ryan Garko and Darin Naatjes (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI). Garko spent the 2000 campaign as a backup first baseman, while the others all spent time primarily in other positions (VanMeetren, OF; VanZandt, DH; Dragicevich, 2B). SECOND BASE In sharp contrast to last season, second base is the only position with a solidified starter to open the 2001 campaign after the position was about the only one up for grabs at the beginning of last year. Former walk-on Chris O Riordan has entrenched himself as the starter and earned Stanford s Most Improved Player Award last season after leading the club in batting average during a monster sophomore season (.366, 15 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR, 34 RBI). O Riordan battled for the starting job early last year with fellow juniors Andy Topham (.327, 10 2B, 6 HR, 33 RBI) and Scott Dragicevich before starting 46 of the final 47 games at the position. He was named honorable mention All-Pac-10 as a sophomore after also leading the Cardinal with a.398 batting average in 24 conference games. O Riordan s first collegiate hit was a memorable 10th-inning solo homer that helped the Cardinal to an 8-6 win at Florida State. Chris has earned the spot after a tremendous season both offensively and defensively last year, states a confident Marquess. Somebody s going to have to beat him out. Topham, who will likely start at either shortstop or third base, can also play second base. Freshman Jonny Ash (Oakland, CA/Bishop O Dowd HS) and junior Steve Gantenbein (Ione, CA/Sacramento CC/Serra HS) are newcomers who could also contribute at the position.

8 SHORTSTOP Juniors Andy Topham and Scott Dragicevich are candidates to take over the team s starting job at shortstop but are expected to face stiff competition from fellow juniors Arik VanZandt and Steve Gantenbein. Topham spent the last half of the 2000 season in left field after proving to be a key bat in the lineup. He finished with a.327 batting average, while showing good power with six homers and 33 RBI in only 41 starts (50 games). He had some of the team s biggest home runs, including a couple of crucial long balls in a series at USC and his memorable grand slam home run versus Louisiana-Lafayette in the College World Series. The grand slam began a Cardinal comeback that lifted Stanford to the CWS title game. Topham is expected to land himself in the lineup somewhere even if he does not win the starting job at shortstop. All of the players battling to be the starter are adequate shortstops, but the person who plays is probably going to be the guy who swings the bat consistently, states Marquess. I also may platoon a little bit. But, hopefully, somebody will just take the job and run with it like Eric Bruntlett did the last two years. I m just not sure who it will be. THIRD BASE There is lots of competition for the starting third base job with either Andy Topham or Arik VanZandt, whoever does not win the starting job at shortstop, most likely competing with freshman Brian Hall (Carlsbad, NM/Carlsbad HS). You ve got everybody from the shortstop competition, as well as Brian Hall fighting for the job at third base, confirms Marquess. We re covered there, we just don t know who s going to win the job. Marquess thinks third base is the most likely position to use the versatile Hall, at least in his first collegiate season. Hall, who can also play shortstop and outfield, is considered one of the team s top athletes and is expected to crack the lineup somewhere fairly early in his career. He has extensive pre-collegiate baseball experience after playing the last two summers on the USA Junior National Team comprised of the nation s top high school prospects. Hall hit over.500 in each of his final three high school seasons, capped off by a school-record.647 performance as a senior to earn NHSCA Athlete of the Year and New Mexico s Gatorade High School Player of the Year honors. Hall combined for 27 home runs and 115 RBI in his threeyear prep career. Brian Hall is going to be a very good player for us, emphasizes Marquess. The other players who could see action at third base, as well as shortstop or second base, are sophomores Tobin Swope (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI) and Scott Dragicevich. Whoever ends up as the Cardinal s third baseman will have a difficult job in following the graduated John Gall. One of the top players in Stanford history, Gall finished his career as the Cardinal s all-time leader in hits (368), RBI (263), doubles (80) and at bats (1027). He was also among Stanford s all-time leaders in batting average (.358, 3rd), home runs (46, 3rd-T), runs scored (214, 6th) and games played (251, 2nd). In addition, Gall s numbers for hits, RBI and doubles are also career Pac-10 records. He was named First Team All-Pac-10 three times. OUTFIELD Stanford expects to once again be strong in the outfield despite the loss of 41 home runs and 157 RBI from Joe Borchard (Second Team All-American, First Team All-Pac-10) and Edmund Muth (First Team All-Pac-10) during the 2000 season. The Cardinal goes into the season with the strong possibility of having two freshmen starting in the outfield. Carlos Quentin (Chula Vista, CA/University of San Diego HS), one of the nation s top recruits and expected to be a big-time power hitter for the Cardinal, will compete for the starting job in left field. Sam Fuld (Durham, NH/Phillips Exeter Academy) is considered to be one of the best defensive outfielders the Cardinal has recruited in many years and is expected to begin his career as the team s starter in center field. Quentin was named the 2000 Western League Player of the Year, while Fuld garnered New Hampshire s 2000 Gatorade High School Player of the Year honors. We expect both Carlos Quentin and Sam Fuld to be excellent players at Stanford, says Marquess. Sophomore Jason Cooper, the team s highest-profile newcomer last season, has the inside track on the starting position in right field. Cooper, a second round draft pick in 1999 and the highest player drafted not to sign a professional baseball contract that year, struggled in his first collegiate season as he hit.189 with 32 strikeouts in 74 at bats. Marquess thinks a year of collegiate experience and a good season in the Cape Cod League last summer will make Cooper a much better hitter in Jason Cooper has tremendous power, probably more power than anybody on our team last year, says Marquess. Two other players could put themselves in the outfield mix. Junior Jason VanMeetren (.190, 3 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI), a fourthround draft pick by Houston in the 1998 June Amateur Baseball Draft and the team s starting left fielder in the 2000 season opener, could compete for any of the three starting positions. VanMeetren, who also may be the team s starter at first base, has struggled the past two seasons partially due to an elbow injury suffered early in his freshman season. Sophomore Darin Naatjes may get a shot at a starting job in the outfield. Naatjes, also a tight end on the Cardinal football team, had just one at bat last season as a rookie but is considered a formidable talent on the diamond. Defensively in the outfield, we might be a little bit better than we were last year, says Marquess. It is not as much of an adjustment defensively for a freshman as it is offensively. We re just not sure what we re going to get offensively out of the outfield.

9 2001 STANFORD CARDINAL NUMERICAL BASEBALL ROSTER NO NAME POS B/T HT WT YR EXP HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOLS) 1 Chris O Riordan* INF R/R Jr. 2V San Diego, CA (Bishop s HS) 2 Arik VanZandt* INF R/R Jr. 2V Bellevue, WA (Interlake HS) 3 Brian Hall INF/OF R/R Fr. HS Carlsbad, NM (Carlsbad HS) 4 Jonny Ash INF L/R Fr. HS Oakland, CA (Bishop O Dowd HS) 5 Sam Fuld OF L/L Fr. HS Durham, NH (Phillips Exeter Academy) 6 Tobin Swope INF R/R So. 1V Dallas, TX (Highland Park HS) 7 Mario Garza C L/R So. 1V Melbourne, FL (Melbourne Central Catholic HS) 8Scott Dragicevich INF R/R Jr. 2V Westlake, CA (Westlake HS) 10 Pablo Bravo LHP L/L Jr. 2V San Diego, CA (St. Augustine HS) 11 Mike Gosling** LHP L/L Jr. 2V Salt Lake City, UT (East HS) 12 Ryan Garko C/INF/OF R/R So. 1V Walnut, CA (Servite HS) 13 Ken Tirpack C B/R So. 1V Boardman, OH (Boardman HS) 15 John Hudgins RHP R/R Fr. HS Mission Viejo, CA (Mission Viejo HS) 16 Mike O Banion RHP R/R Fr. HS Firebaugh, CA (San Joaquin Memorial HS) 17 Jason VanMeetren OF/INF R/R Jr. 2V Las Vegas, NV (Bishop Gorman HS) 18Jason Cooper* OF L/R So. 1V Moses Lake, WA (Moses Lake HS) 19 David O Hagan RHP/UT B/R Fr. HS Minnetonka, MN (Breck HS) 20 Ryan McCally* RHP R/R So. 1V Phoenix, AZ (Mountain Pointe HS) 21 Andy Topham* INF R/R Jr. 2V Sacramento, CA (El Camino HS) 22 Steve Gantenbein INF B/R Jr. TR Ione, CA (Sacramento CC/Serra HS) 23 Ryan Gloger LHP L/L So. 1V Tampa, FL (Jesuit HS) 24 Carlos Quentin OF R/R Fr. HS Chula Vista, CA (University of San Diego HS) 25 Dan Rich* LHP R/L Jr. 2V Rocky River, OH (Bay HS) 26 Darin Naatjes OF/INF/RHP L/R So. 1V Alvord, IA (West Lyon HS) 27 Tim Cunningham* LHP L/L So. 1V Rocklin, CA (Rocklin HS) 28Jeremy Guthrie RHP R/R So. TR Ashland, OR (Brigham Young/Ashland HS) 29 J.D. Willcox* RHP R/R Jr. 2V Vienna, VA (Thomas Jefferson HS) 30 Mike Wodnicki** RHP R/R Jr. 2V Southington, CT (Southington HS) 37 Jeff Bruksch* RHP R/R Jr. 1V Los Angeles, CA (USC/Beverly Hills HS) 38Drew Ehrlich RHP L/R Fr. HS Merced, CA (Golden Valley HS) 40 Jason Luker* RHP R/R Jr. 2V San Jose, CA (St. Francis HS) *returning letterwinners HEAD COACH: 9 - Mark Marquess, 25th Year (Stanford, 1969) ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: 32 - Dean Stotz, 25th Year (Stanford, 1975) ASSISTANT COACH: 14 - Mark O Brien, 3rd Year (San Jose State, 1992) ASSISTANT COACH: 31 - Tom Kunis, 2nd Year (San Jose State, 1982) STUDENT MANAGER: 41 - Luke Warth, 1st Year STUDENT MANAGER: 42 - Jason Morgan, 1st Year

10 MEDIA INFORMATION WELCOME The Stanford Media Relations Office appreciates your interest in the 2001 Stanford Baseball team. We look forward to serving members of the media throughout the 2001 season. We will make every effort to ensure your working experience is enjoyable. Following are some of the guidelines to help with your coverage of Stanford Baseball. If you have any other questions, please contact Media Relations Assistant Director Kyle McRae at (650) or any other member of the Stanford Media Relations Office at (650) MEDIA CREDENTIALS Requests for all media credentials should be addressed to Kyle McRae in the Stanford Media Relations Office via fax, or phone. Credentials will be mailed if time permits. Otherwise, they will be left at the Sunken Diamond Ticket Office. PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDELINES Photographers are allowed access in the immediate area beyond the outfield side of both the first and third base dugouts. Photographers are not allowed near the backstop in the area between either dugout and home plate. Flash photography is not permitted. PRESS BOX Press seating is assigned in the Bud D. Klein Press Box at Sunken Diamond, located directly behind home plate in the upper portion of the stadium seating. The three-tiered area seats approximately 35 people and features areas for television and radio broadcast talent crews, in addition to writers, Stanford operations and media relations staff, and other media members. Pre-game press releases, game programs, media guides, starting lineups and other relevant media materials will be provided in the press box. An NCAA box score and play-by-play (if requested) will be available approximately 10 minutes after the conclusion of the game in the press box. Drinks and food (for selected games) will be available in the press box. RADIO/INTERNET BROADCASTING ARRANGEMENTS Requests for radio and internet broadcasting privileges and contracts should be addressed to Kyle McRae in the Stanford Media Relations Office. Please notify the Media Relations Office as far in advance as possible. INTERVIEWS All coach and player interviews should be addressed through Kyle McRae. On gamedays, head coach Mark Marquess and Stanford players will be available for interviews in front of the Stanford dugout approximately 10 minutes after each home game. For interviews on non gamedays, please contact Kyle McRae to arrange a convenient time for both parties. SUNKEN DIAMOND DIRECTIONS/PARKING All Stanford home baseball games are played at historic Sunken Diamond. Off Highway 101, use the Embarcadero Road exit and head west. After crossing El Camino Real, the road becomes Galvez Drive. Take your first left onto Nelson Drive and it will lead directly to the Sunken Diamond Parking Lot. Off Interstate 280, use the Page Mill Road exit and head east. Turn left onto El Camino Real and then left again on Galvez Drive. Take another left onto Nelson Drive and it will lead directly to the Sunken Diamond Parking Lot. Parking is free. WEBSITE The Stanford Athletics website is located at Updated information on the Stanford Baseball team and other Stanford athletic teams is available. STANFORD BASEBALL CONTACT You can contact Stanford Baseball Contact Kyle McRae via phone, or fax at the contacts below. Office Phone: (650) Home Phone: (650) FAX: (650) kyle.mcrae@stanford.edu TELEPHONES Arrangements for any additional telephone lines should be made directly with Stanford Telecommunications at (650) The Stanford Media Relations Office will arrange locations in the press box.