April 14, 1998

STANFORD, Calif. --- Sophomore John Gall (Portola Valley, CA/St. Francis HS) had four hits and four RBI to lead top-ranked Stanford (31-6-1) to a 12-2 win over visiting Sacramento State (17-24) on Tuesday night at Sunken Diamond. Gall's third four-hit game of the season helped him extend his hitting streak to nine games.

Stanford needed just one pitch to take a lead it would not relinquish. Sophomore Edmund Muth (Long Beach, CA/St. John Bosco HS) blasted the first pitch he saw from Hornet starter Joshua Schuler (West Covina, CA/Mt. San Antonio JC) off the left field scoreboard to jump start the Cardinal's 15-hit attack. The Cardinal finished with four runs in the first and later scored five in the sixth to take a commanding 11-2 lead.

Gall doubled and scored in the first, hit a solo homer in the fifth, an RBI single in the sixth and a two-run single in the eighth to increase his season average to .380 with six homers and a team-high 45 RBI.

Freshman left-hander Brad Drew (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada/Waterloo Collegiate Inst.) picked up the first win of his collegiate career after allowing just two hits over 3.0 scoreless innings.

Senior Joel Walker (San Marcos, CA/Palomar JC) went 3-for-4 to lead the Hornets.

Stanford returns to action at Arizona on Friday at 7 p.m. in the first of a three-game Six-Pac set. Sacramento State hosts Big West Conference rival UC Santa Barbara this weekend, beginning on Friday at 2 p.m.

   
Linescore                           R   H   E
Sacramento State    000 011 000 --- 2   6   1
Stanford            400 015 20x --- 12  15  1

Schuler, Zancaner (6), Ballenger (6), Hansen (8) and Dominisse, Martinez (8); Drew, Young (4), Cogan (6), Coose (9) and Salter, Alvarado (8). WP - Drew (1-0). LP - Schuler (1-1). 2B - Walker (SAC), Ford (SAC), Gall (STAN), Gerut (STAN), Pecci (STAN). HR - Muth (STAN) 1st inning, none on; Gall (STAN) 5th inning, none on. Records - Sacramento State 17-24, Stanford 31-6-1.