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1 Stanford University A T H L E T I C S H o m e o f C h a m p i o n s Media Relations Department h Arrillaga Family Sports Center h 651 East Campus Driveh Stanford, CA h Media Relations Facsimile h FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: May 12, 2009 Matt Hodson (650) STANFORD BATTLES FOR 6-5, 13-INNNING WIN AT SAN JOSE STATE Kiilsgaard delivers game-winning, RBI-single in 4 hour, 28 minute marathon R H E Stanford (26-21) San Jose State (35-18) WIN - Hancock (1-0). LOSS - Bellows (0-1). SAVE - None. Stanford: Marshall, Snodgress (6), Sandbrink (7), Pracher (7), Storen (8), Thompson (10), Hancock (12) and Jones. San Jose State: Adams, Guzman (3), Peterson (4), Shopshire (5), Vega (6), Mazzanti (7), Broussard (8), Bellows (11) and Aguliera. E - Klauer(6). DP - Stanford 1. LOB - Stanford 15; San Jose State 13. 2B - Whitlow(1); Martin 2(10). HBP - Silver. SH - Gerhart(1); Clowe(3); Gale(5); Aguilera(5). SF - Gerhart(4); Schlander(3). SB - Jones(17). WP - Snodgress(5); Storen 2(7). HBP - by Marshall (Silver). BK - Mazzanti(1). TIME: 4:28 ATTN: 644 SAN JOSE, Calif. In a 4 hour, 28 minute marathon that displayed the character of the 2009 Cardinal, Kellen Kiilsgaard s RBI-single in the 13 th inning provided the winning margin as Stanford (26-21) defeated host San Jose State (35-18) by the score of 6-5 tonight at Municipal Stadium. The wild non-conference contest saw the two clubs combine to use 43 players, including 15 pitchers. With the win, Stanford is now a season-high five games over.500 at The Cardinal has won three straight games, six of its last eight contests and 11 of 16 outings, while it is since March 25. Kiilsgaard, who earlier had put Stanford ahead 5-4 with a two-out, RBI-single in the ninth, came through again in the 13 th. Jeff Whitlow who went 2-for-2 after entering as a defensive replacement in the ninth doubled with one out, and moved to third on a single by Toby Gerhart. Kiilsgaard then lined a pitch from Kyle Bellows (0-1) into right field for a single that plated Whitlow and gave the Cardinal sophomore his 40 th RBI of the year. While Kiilsgaard s hit proved to be the game-winner, it was a night of many twists and turns. Extra innings was only forced after a strikeout-wild pitch scenario with two outs and nobody on allowed San Jose State to start a game-tying rally in the ninth. Stanford never would have seen the 11 th ; however, without Gerhart turning in perhaps the defensive play of the season. With Spartan runners at first and second and two out, Anthony Aguilera lofted a deep fly ball down the left field line. Gerhart, who was pulled way over into the left-center field gap before the pitch, raced all the way to the corner to make a leaping catch while crashing up against the wall. While Gerhart s catch extended the game into the 11 th, Kyle Thompson s second inning of relief work brought the Cardinal to the 12 th. After consecutive singles gave San Jose State runners at first and second with nobody out, Thompson proceeded to retire the hitters in order to preserve the tie. Heroics on this night also belonged to senior left-hander Blake Hancock (1-0), who retired the final six batters of the game to earn his first win of the season. Hancock came on in the 12 th after Thompson issued a leadoff walk, and stranded the potential winning run at second with the help of his defense. After a sacrifice moved the runner to second with one out, Craig Hertler hit a little flair into shallow right field that seemed destined for a single until Colin Walsh made a sensational diving catch. Hancock struck out Aguilera to end the threat, then retired the top of the Spartans lineup in order in the 13 th to close the door on a thrilling Cardinal victory.

2 Any mention of stellar Stanford pitching on this night, however, also must include Michael Marshall and Drew Storen. Making his first start of the year, Marshall danced out of a pair of two-on, one-out jams in the first two frames before retiring 11 straight batters en route to 5.0-innings of three-hit, shutout ball. Storen came on in the seventh after San Jose State had already scored three runs to tie the game and had runners at the corners with one out. The Cardinal closer struck out the 3-4 hitters, and would go on to fan four over 2.2-excellent innings. Stanford scored first tonight, taking a 1-0 lead in the fourth on a two-out, RBI-single by Brent Milleville giving the reigning Pac-10 Player of the Week 22 RBI over his last eight games. The Cardinal took a 4-1 lead by scoring three times in the seventh. Zach Jones singled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jake Schlander, Adam Gaylord doubled and scored on a balk, and Walsh walked before coming home on a Gerhart sacrifice fly. By singling in the fourth inning and drawing a pair of walks, Walsh has now reached base safely via hit, walk or hit-by-pitch in 30 consecutive games. Stanford will be right back in action Wednesday night, as the Cardinal hosts Pacific in a non-conference game. First pitch from Klein Field at Sunken Diamond is set for 5:00 p.m. PT. --STANFORD--

3 2009 Stanford Baseball Stanford 6 (26-21) San Jose State 5 (35-18) Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Walsh, Colin 2b August, Joey cf Olabisi, Wande pr Whitlow, Jeff cf Gerhart, Toby lf Kiilsgaard, Kellen rf Milleville, Brent 1b Inman, Jeffrey dh Clowe, Ben ph/dh Jones, Zach c Gaylord, Adam 3b Schlander, Jake ss Marshall, Michael p Snodgress, Scott p Sandbrink, Danny p Pracher, Alex p Storen, Drew p Thompson, Kyle p Hancock, Blake p Totals Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Martin, Jason cf Shaffer, John lf/ss Bellows, Kyle ss/p Bruns, Jacob rf Valine, Corey 3b Reiling, Michael pr/3b Klauer, Karson 2b Canez, Breyon 1b Drake, Michael pr Bona, Anthony 1b Berner, David dh Silver, Josh ph/dh Heil, Tyler ph/dh Gale, Tommy lf Stienstra, Danny 1b Hertler, Craig ph/2b Aguilera, Anthony c Adams, Jack p Guzman, Esteban p Peterson, Max p Shopshire, Ryan p Vega, Anthony p Mazzanti, Luke p Broussard, Craig p Totals Score by Innings R H E Stanford San Jose State E - Klauer(6). DP - Stanford 1. LOB - Stanford 15; SJSU 13. 2B - Whitlow(1); Martin 2(10). HBP - Silver. SH - Gerhart(1); Clowe(3); Gale(5); Aguilera(5). SF - Gerhart(4); Schlander(3). SB - Jones(17). Stanford ip h r er bb so ab bf Marshall, Michael Snodgress, Scott Sandbrink, Danny Pracher, Alex Storen, Drew Thompson, Kyle Hancock, Blake San Jose State ip h r er bb so ab bf Adams, Jack Guzman, Esteban Peterson, Max Shopshire, Ryan Vega, Anthony Mazzanti, Luke Broussard, Craig Bellows, Kyle Win - Hancock (1-0). Loss - Bellows (0-1). Save - None. WP - Snodgress(5); Storen 2(7). HBP - by Marshall (Silver). BK - Mazzanti(1). Umpires - HP: Jason Venzon 1B: Greg Charles 3B: Barney Navarro Start: 6:05 pm Time: 4:28 Attendance: 644 Weather: Cool, clear Pracher faced 1 batter in the 7th.

4 2009 Stanford Baseball Score by Innings R H E Stanford San Jose State Stanford starters: 13/2b Walsh; 7/cf August; 24/lf Gerhart; 21/rf Kiilsgaard; 25/1b Milleville; 20/dh Inman; 5/c Jones; 2/3b Gaylord; 6/ss Schlander; 37/p Marshall; San Jose State starters: 1/cf Martin; 4/lf Shaffer; 19/ss Bellows; 9/rf Bruns; 7/3b Valine; 11/2b Klauer; 10/dh Berner; 23/1b Stienstra; 25/c Aguilera; 34/p Adams; Stanford 1st - Walsh grounded out to 2b. August grounded out to ss. Gerhart grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. San Jose State 1st - Martin singled to center field. Shaffer flied out to cf to right center. Bellows singled to left field; Martin advanced to second. Bruns grounded into double play ss to 1b; Bellows out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Stanford 2nd - Kiilsgaard out at first 1b to p. Milleville grounded out to 2b. Clowe pinch hit for Inman. Clowe struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. San Jose State 2nd - Valine singled to center field. Klauer flied out to lf. Silver pinch hit for Berner. Silver hit by pitch; Valine. Stienstra popped up to 2b. Aguilera grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Stanford 3rd - Guzman to p for Adams. Jones struck out looking. Gaylord flied out to rf to right center. Schlander grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. San Jose State 3rd - Martin flied out to cf. Shaffer grounded out to 2b. Bellows struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Stanford 4th - Peterson to p for Guzman. Walsh singled to right field. August walked; Walsh advanced to second. Gerhart grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; August advanced to second; Walsh advanced to third. Kiilsgaard grounded out to 1b unassisted. Milleville singled to right field, RBI; August advanced to third, out at home rf to c; Walsh scored. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. San Jose State 4th - Bruns flied out to lf. Valine struck out looking. Klauer flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Stanford 5th - Clowe to dh. Shopshire to p for Peterson. Clowe singled to left field. Jones reached on a fielder's choice to second base; Clowe out at second 2b to ss. Gaylord singled to left center; Jones advanced to second. Schlander popped up to ss. Walsh walked; Gaylord advanced to second; Jones advanced to third. August struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. San Jose State 5th - Silver to dh. Silver popped up to 2b. Stienstra flied out to rf. Aguilera flied out to cf to left center. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Stanford 6th - Vega to p for Shopshire. Gerhart struck out swinging. Kiilsgaard singled to center field. Milleville flied out to cf. Clowe lined out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. San Jose State 6th - Snodgress to p for Marshall. Martin doubled down the lf line. Shaffer grounded out to 2b; Martin advanced to third. Martin scored on a wild pitch. Bellows flied out to rf. Bruns singled to shortstop. Valine reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher; Bruns out at second p to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Stanford 7th - Mazzanti to p for Vega. Jones singled up the middle. Gaylord singled through the left side, advanced to second on the throw; Jones advanced to third. Schlander flied out to cf to left center, SF, RBI; Gaylord advanced to third; Jones scored. Walsh walked. August walked; Walsh advanced to second. August advanced to second on a balk; Walsh advanced to third; Gaylord scored. Gerhart flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Walsh scored. Kiilsgaard walked. Milleville reached on a fielder's choice to third base; Kiilsgaard advanced to second; August out at third 3b unassisted. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. San Jose State 7th - Sandbrink to p for Snodgress. Klauer walked. Heil pinch hit for Silver. Heil singled through the left side; Klauer advanced to second. Stienstra singled through the left side, RBI; Heil advanced to second; Klauer scored. Aguilera out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; Stienstra advanced to second; Heil advanced to third. Martin doubled to right center, 2 RBI; Stienstra scored; Heil scored. Pracher to p for Sandbrink. Shaffer singled to shortstop; Martin advanced to third. Storen to p for Pracher. Bellows struck out swinging. Bruns struck out swinging. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Stanford 8th - Broussard to p for Mazzanti. Clowe flied out to rf to right center. Jones struck out swinging. Gaylord struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. San Jose State 8th - Valine grounded out to p. Klauer grounded out to p unassisted. Heil to dh. Heil popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Stanford 9th - Schlander struck out looking. Walsh struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. August reached on a throwing error by 2b. Olabisi pinch ran for August. Gerhart singled to left field; Olabisi advanced to third. Kiilsgaard singled through the right side, RBI; Gerhart advanced to second; Olabisi scored, unearned. Milleville struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. San Jose State 9th - Whitlow to cf for Olabisi. Hertler pinch hit for Stienstra. Hertler flied out to cf to left center. Aguilera grounded out to ss. Martin struck out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch. Shaffer singled to shortstop; Martin advanced to second. Bellows singled to shortstop; Shaffer advanced to second; Martin advanced to third. Bellows advanced to second on a wild pitch; Shaffer advanced to third; Martin scored. Bruns struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Stanford 10th - Canez to 1b for Klauer. Hertler to 2b. Clowe struck out looking. Jones popped up to 2b. Gaylord grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. San Jose State 10th - Thompson to p for Storen. Valine walked. Reiling pinch ran for Valine. Canez struck out swinging. Heil struck out swinging. Hertler walked; Reiling advanced to second. Aguilera flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Stanford 11th - Shaffer to ss. Bellows to p. Reiling to 3b. Gale to

5 lf for Heil. / for Broussard. Schlander grounded out to ss. Walsh grounded out to 2b. Whitlow singled up the middle. Gerhart walked; Whitlow advanced to second. Kiilsgaard lined out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. San Jose State 11th - Martin singled through the left side. Shaffer singled to first base, bunt; Martin advanced to second. Bellows reached on a fielder's choice to third base; Shaffer advanced to second; Martin out at third 3b unassisted. Bruns struck out swinging. Reiling flied out to lf down the lf line. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Stanford 12th - Milleville walked. Clowe out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; Milleville advanced to second. Jones walked. Gaylord flied out to rf; Milleville advanced to third. Jones stole second. Schlander grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. San Jose State 12th - Canez walked. Hancock to p for Thompson. Drake pinch ran for Canez. Gale grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Drake advanced to second. Hertler popped up to 2b down the rf line. Aguilera struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Stanford 13th - Bona to 1b for Drake. Walsh struck out swinging. Whitlow doubled to left center. Gerhart singled to right field; Whitlow advanced to third. Kiilsgaard singled to right field, RBI; Gerhart advanced to second; Whitlow scored. Milleville struck out swinging. Clowe fouled out to rf. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. San Jose State 13th - Martin flied out to cf. Shaffer flied out to rf to right center. Bellows grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB Stanford Baseball