April 7, 1998

STANFORD, Calif. --- Sophomore Nick Day (Las Vegas, NV/Green Valley HS) went 4-for-4, including a home run, to lead No. 1 Stanford (28-5-1) to an 8-2 win over visiting Nevada (16-15) on Tuesday afternoon at Sunken Diamond. The Cardinal banged out 15 hits against eight Wolfpack pitchers to improve to 15-2-1 in nonconference play.

Stanford broke a 1-1 with six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning that put the game away. Day led off the inning with a solo homer to left, his first of the year, and drove in the final run of the inning with an RBI single. John Gall (Portola Valley, CA/St. Francis HS) also added a two-run single in the inning.

Four Cardinal pitchers limited the Wolfpack to just four hits, with junior Tony Cogan (Highland Park, IL/Highland Park HS) working 2.0 scoreless innings to improve to 3-0. Also for the Cardinal, junior Josh Hochgesang (Fullerton, CA/Sunny Hills HS) hit his third home run in as many games.

Sophomore Joe Inglett (Citrus Heights, CA/Mesa Verde HS) had two hits and two runs scored for the Wolfpack.

Stanford returns to action on Thursday when it visits Cal at 2:30 p.m. in the first of a three-game series. Nevada opens a three-game Big West Conference series at Cal State Fullerton on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Linescore                   R   H   E
Nevada      000 100 001 --- 2   4   1
Stanford    000 001 61x --- 8   15  1

Church, Morris (3), Marcus (5), Johnsen (7), Martinson (7), Drakulich (7), Cohen (7), Whitley (8) and Miller; Drew, Young (4), Cogan (7), Coose (9) and Salter, Alvarado (8). WP - Cogan (3-0). LP - Johnsen (0-1). 2B - Gerut (STAN), Hochgesang (STAN). HR - Hochgesang (STAN) 6th inning, none on; Day (STAN) 7th inning, none on. Records - Nevada 16-15, Stanford 28-5-1.