| Stanford Cardinal(28-23, 12-15) | Sunken Diamond Stanford, Calif. May 26-28, 2016 Tickets | Oregon Ducks(29-23, 14-13) |
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| Probable Starters | ||
| TBA | Thursday 7 p.m. | LHP Cole Irvin (6-4, 3.27 ERA) |
| RHP Tristan Beck (5-5, 2.70 ERA) | Friday 7 p.m. | LHP David Peterson (4-4, 3.41 ERA) |
| LHP Chris Castellanos (7-2, 3.63 ERA) | Saturday 1 p.m. | RHP Matt Mercer (2-1, 4.28 ERA) |
Its a big weekend at Sunken Diamond as Stanford wraps up the 2016 regular season with a three-game set against Oregon, Thursday-Saturday. Friday is the annual Fireworks night, and the season finale on Saturday is Senior Day for the four Cardinal. Each game can be seen on the Pac-12 Networks.
Promotions
Thursday
#ThirstyThursday: The first 300 fans receive a free Stanford cup and a voucher for a free soda at the concessions stands.
Friday
Fireworks night! General admission seats still available, but reserved seating is sold out.
Senior Day Saturday
First 100 kids receive a FREE pack of Stanford baseball cards. Stanford's four seniors will be honored before the game.
Series History
Overall vs. Oregon (since 1961): 20-15 (.571) | Streak: Stanford, 1
Last Season: L, 3-7; L, 3-4; W, 6-5 (May 1-3 at Eugene, Ore)
• Oregon took two of three in Eugene last season, and has won five of the last six series.
• Stanford is 6-12 against the Ducks since 2010.
• Stanford won two of three against then-No. 11 Oregon at Sunken Diamond in 2014. The Cardinal swept a doubleheader Friday night that was changed due to rain Saturday, before dropping the Sunday game.
Current Cardinal Against Oregon
• Junior Tommy Edman is 6-for-17 (.353) with three RBI in six games against Oregon.
• Sophomore Quinn Brodey is 2-for-3 with a HR and RBI in one game versus Oregon.
• Starter Chris Castellanos has not allowed a run or hi in 3.1 innings (2 app) vs. the Ducks.
• Sophomore reliever Colton Hock has a 0.00 ERA and 4 strikeouts in 2.0 innings vs. Oregon.
• Sophomore reliever Tyler Thorne has allowed 1 ER in 4.1 inn (3 app) against the Ducks.
Stanford Story
• Daniel Starwalt sacrificed the final year of his eligibility in order to stay involved with the team, and have the chance to keep wearing the Cardinal uniform -- which he'll put on for the last time on Saturday.
We're No. 1
• Stanford entered the weekend ranked No. 1 in the Pac-12 and No. 2 in the nation in fielding percentage (.983). Florida is tops in the nation (.985).
• The Cardinal is tied with Florida with the fewest errors in the country (295 teams) with just 32 in 51 games.
• The team record for fewest errors in a season is 49 set in 2009 and the NCAA record for fielding percentage is .985 by San Francisco in 2011.
• In addition to those two categories, Stanford pitching also entered the week atop the Pac-12 in fewest runs (197) and home runs (18) allowed. Stanford ranks second in the league in ERA (3.32), hits allowed (400) and earned runs allowed (168).
Senior Day
• Stanford will honor four Cardinal seniors in their final game at Sunken Diamond.
• Reliever Bobby Zarubin, designated hitter and first baseman Austin Barr, outfielder Jonny Locher and former player and current student volunteer coach Daniel Starwalt.
• Starwalt was a right-handed reliever for three seasons and appeared in 22 games. He started two games and finished his career at 2-1 with a 5.02 ERA in 37.2 innings pitched. He missed much of his junior season and his entire senior year with shoulder surgery, but stayed on as a student coach. He has graduated with a degree in communication.
• Zarubin was 3-3 with a 2.16 ERA as a freshman, but was forced off the mound with labrum surgery the next two years where he served as an infielder. He returned to the mound this season and has a 3.86 ERA in two appearances. Bobby is set to graduate with a BA in science, technology and society, and has a job lined up with Seismic Software in San Diego.
• Locher has played in 159 games for the Cardinal and racked up 52 hits, five home runs (three this year), 27 RBI and three stolen bases. Set to graduate with degree in economics.
• Barr has played in 87 games with 47 hits, including his first career triple at Utah (May 14), 13 doubles, four home runs and 31 RBI. Will get degree in science, technology & society, and has accepted a position with cybersecurity company, DarkTrace, in San Francisco.
Stanford Streaks
• Junior shortstop Tommy Edman has played in 140 straight games (started 137 in a row).
• Sopohomore outfielder Quinn Brodey’s current 14-game hit streak is the longest of the season for a Cardinal and the longest for a Stanford player since Alex Blandino hit safely in 24 straight in 2014. It is also one away from matching the 13th-longest hit streak in program history.
• Junior Alex Dunlap reached base in 18 straight games (April 9-May 10)—the longest streak for a Cardinal since Alex Blandino did so in 31 consecutive games in 2014.
🆙 to 14 now 👏 pic.twitter.com/jMr4s2SVtN
— Stanford Baseball (@StanfordBSB) May 22, 2016
Stanford Stats
• Stanford is guaranteed a .500 season or better for the 38th time in the 40 seasons under head coach Mark Marquess.
• Stanford has held its opponent to two or fewer runs 20 times this year (19-1), and allowed more then two runs 31 times (9-22).
• The Cardinal is 3-19 when out-hit by its opponent this year, but 25-4 when not.
Locker Look-Ins
• Stanford baseball got a new clubhouse which includes MLB-sized lockers. Here's a glimpse into the lockers of freshman Nick Oar and senior Bobby Zarubin.
Stanford in the Show
• Six Cardinal made Opening Day rosters, and AJ Hinch began his second season as manager of the Houston Astros.
• Here is a full list of Stanford alums in the show: http://stanford.io/23yl6W6
Great first week of @MLB! Six Cardinal were on Opening Day rosters! #StanfordMLB rundown » https://t.co/aqvmB3pipm pic.twitter.com/2bLPXqR0fc
— Stanford Baseball (@StanfordBSB) April 11, 2016
Pac-12 Pitchers of the Week
• Stanford won the first two Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week awards this season.
• Colton Hock earned the award on March 1 after throwing 5.2 scoreless innings in relief in the longest recorded shut out in the program’s history (since 1959)—Stanford won at #23 Texas, 1-0 in 12 innings, on Feb. 25. Hock finished with a career-high eight strikeouts and allowed just three hits.
• Tristan Beck earned the conference honor in the first week—he was the first Stanford hurler to win the award since 2013 MLB first overall pick Mark Appel in May of 2013.
Last Time Out
• Three solo home runs were nearly enough for Stanford baseball, but No. 17 Washington tied the series opener with a run in the eighth and walked off in the ninth, 4-3, on Friday night at Husky Ballpark.
• Junior Alex Dunlap had a career-high five hits, which included the game-winning home run in the 12th inning, to lead Stanford to an 8-7 road win over Washington on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Quinn Brodey had two go-ahead hits, the game-tying two-run triple in the ninth, finished a single shy of the cycle and racked up a career-high five RBI, while Dunlap was 5-for-6 for the Cardinal. Junior Tyler Thorne pitched the final 6.2 innings and held the Huskies scoreless over his last four innings to earn the win. Stanford held leads of 2-0, 3-2 and 5-3, but the Huskies came back each time and took a 7-5 lead into the eighth.
• Sophomore reliever Andrew Summerville excelled in his hometown debut (5.2 inn, 4H, 1ER, 3K), but Stanford was held to two hits in Sunday’s 4-0 road loss. Brodey had both hits in the rubber match with the Huskies, who scored two in the first and held the Cardinal hitless until the seventh.
A photo posted by Stanford Baseball⚾️ (@stanfordbsb) on May 21, 2016 at 8:20pm PDT
Up Next
• Stanford juniors and seniors prepare for the MLB Draft, which runs from June 9-11.