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Feb. 18, 2004

Fri., February 20, 6 pm
LHP J.P. Howell (1-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Mark Romanczuk (2-1, 3.12)

Sat., February 21, 1 pm
RHP Sam LeCure (1-0, 2.77) vs. RHP Jeff Gilmore (2-0, 2.00)

Sun., February 22, 1 pm
LHP Justin Simmons (2-0, 1.93) vs. TBA
Media Coverage: Friday Gametracker | Saturday Gametracker | Sunday Gametracker | Live Audio
All three Stanford-Texas baseball games are scheduled to be broadcast on the air at KZSU (90.1 FM) as well as online at gostanford.com ... Saturday's game will be an internet only due to broadcast conflicts with the Stanford men's and women's basketball teams ... Sam Stefanki and Michael Etchepare will be on the microphones ... A Gametracker with live stats for all three games will be available from links at gostanford.com.

QUICK TEAM NOTES
Stanford retained its No. 4 spot in this week's Baseball America poll as the Cardinal has opened the season with an 8-1 mark ... Stanford is ranked among the top six in the three other major national polls (No. 3 NCBWA, No. 3 Sports Weekly/ESPN, No. 6 Collegiate Baseball) ... The Cardinal has won 15 straight home games after sweeping its first two home series of the 2003 season (Cal State Fullerton, 1/30 - 2/1; Kansas, 2/13 - 2/15) ... Stanford also won two-of-three at Fresno State (2/6 - 2/8) in its only road action of the season ... Stanford has won 15 of its last 16 series and 31 of its last 37 games overall dating back to last season ... Stanford has outscored its opponents by a 75-31 count this season as seven of its eight wins have been by three or more runs ... Stanford has come from behind in six of its eight victories ... Stanford has excelled in all areas during its first nine games as its defensive is fielding at a .979 clip with six errorless games in its first nine contests, while its pitching staff has posted a 3.38 ERA and its offense is averaging 8.3 runs per game and has generated a .310 batting average with double-digit hits in eight of its first nine games ... Stanford is looking to extend its school record string of consecutive appearances at the College World Series to six, as well as its string of 40-win season to 10, while Stanford has won 50 or more games in three of the last four seasons ... Stanford has captured 11 Pac-10 titles in the last 21 years and finished either first or second in the prestigious conference 21 times in last 23 seasons ... Stanford and Texas have played 22 times since the teams begin playing each other in a regular season series in 1998 ... Stanford leads the all-time series, 15-12-1.

QUICK INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Jed Lowrie leads the Cardinal with a .429 batting average, 12 RBI, 11 runs scored, three doubles and 15 hits (co-leader with Danny Putnam) ... Putnam is the team's only player to have hit safely in all nine games this season and has a career-high-tying 10-game hit streak dating back to the final game of last year (6/23/03 - 2/15/04) ... John Mayberry, Jr. has a team-high three homers, while Brian Hall leads the club with two stolen bases ... Hall hit a walk-off grandslam homer to cap a seven-run ninth in Stanford's 10-6 win over Kansas (2/15) in its most recent game ... Two-time All-American Sam Fuld leads the club with 13 walks and a .523 on-base percentage ... Fuld has 298 career hits and needs just two more to become only the fifth player in Stanford Baseball history to record 300 career hits ... Fuld is also poised to break several all-time Stanford records, already ranking among Stanford's all-time Top 10 in triples (15, #4T), hits (298, #5), doubles (55, #8) and runs scored (216, #6) ... Fuld is also just outside the Top 10 with a legitimate chance to reach the top in games played (209) and at bats (853) ... Donny Lucy ranks third on the club with a .375 batting average and is 9-for-20 (.450) in the team's last four games ... Mark Romanczuk, who struck out a career-high 13 batters versus Kansas Friday night, and Jeff Gilmore have two victories each, while Mark Jecmen, Matt Leva, David O'Hagan and Kodiak Quick have one each ... Blake Holler leads the club with two saves, while O'Hagan and Gilmore have one a piece.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Stanford and Texas have seen plenty of each other in recent years as the teams have played 22 games against each other since beginning a regular season series in 1998. Last year, the Cardinal took two-of-three in Austin (February 22-23, 2003; 11-7 - Game 1, 8-7 - Game 2, 1-7). The clubs have not only met in the regular season in recent years but have played five games in the postseason, most recently when the Cardinal lost a pair of 2002 College World Series heartbreakers to the eventual CWS champion Longhorns that ended Stanford's season (June 16 & 19, 2002; 7-8, 5-6). Stanford did manage to take two-of-three from Texas during a 2002 regular season series at Sunken Diamond (March 28-30, 2002; 7-6, 10 inn., 0-2, 10 inn., 7-2). In 2001, the clubs also had a memorable season series. Stanford took two-of-three in a regular season three-game set in Austin (February 16-18, 2002; 9-6, 5-0, 1-2), as well as in an NCAA Regional at Stanford in 2001. Texas won the first game between the clubs to take the drivers' seat in the Regional (June 26, 2001; 4-3) but the Cardinal rallied for a pair of the most memorable victories in Stanford history the following day, sweeping the Longhorns (June 27, 2001; 10-9, 10 inn., 4-3) in a pair of one-run games to advance to an NCAA Super Regional, marking the first time the Cardinal had ever swept a doubleheader in NCAA Tournament action to move on to the next round of action. Stanford holds an all-time 15-12-1 advantage in the series.

2003 VERSUS TEXAS
at Texas 7, Stanford 1 (February 23, 2003) - Texas avoided a sweep with a 7-1 victory over Stanford in the series finale before a crowd of 6,017 spectators. Stanford had a six-game win streak snapped in its attempt to sweep the Longhorns in a three-game series for the first time in school history. Stanford starter Jonny Dyer took the loss in his first career start, allowing two runs and two hits in a career-high 3.0 innings. John Mayberry, Jr. (2-4) and Tobin Swope (2-4) had two hits each for the Cardinal.

Stanford 11, Texas 7 - Game 1; Stanford 8, at Texas 7 - Game 2 (February 22, 2003) - Stanford swept a doubleheader from Texas in front of a season-high crowd of 6,799 spectators. The Cardinal jumped out to early leads in both games, holding on for an 11-7 victory in the opener and an 8-7 win in the nightcap. Carlos Quentin was 7-for-10 in the doubleheader and had his first career five-hit game (5-6) with three doubles and an RBI in the opener as Stanford collected 17 hits. John Hudgins picked up his second straight victory in the first game, scattering four runs and seven hits with eight strikeouts over the first 7.0 innings. Mark Romanczuk (3-0) earned the win in the second game and Matt Manship earned a save by shutting out the Longhorns with three strikeouts over the final 1.2 innings. Ryan Garko drove in five runs in the doubleheader and hit Stanford's only home run, a two-run blast in his first at bat of the day. Jed Lowrie (4-8, RBI, SB) and John Mayberry, Jr. (4-11, 3B, 3 RBI) each had four hits for the Cardinal in the doubleheader. Lowrie (4-5, RBI) had four hits in the opener. Tim Moss (5-9, 2 RBI, SB) had five hits for the Longhorns in the two contests, including a 4-for-5 game with two RBI and a stolen base in the nightcap. Dustin Majewski (4-9, RBI) had a pair of hits in each game, while Curtis Thigpen (2-3, HR, 3 RBI) homered and had three RBI in the opener.

LAST WEEK
at Stanford 10, Kansas 6 (February 15, 2004) - Brian Hall's first career grandslam capped a dramatic comeback as Stanford scored seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to rally for a 10-6 victory over Kansas to complete a three-game sweep. The victory also extended Stanford's home win streak to 15 games dating back to last season and gave the Cardinal five sweeps in its last seven regular season three-game series, as well as six come-from-behind wins in its eight victories this season. Stanford reliever David O'Hagan pitched a career-high 7.2 innings after entering the game in the top of the first inning, limiting Kansas to two runs and three hits with five strikeouts. Kodiak Quick (1-0) got the final two outs in the ninth inning to earn his first victory of the season. John Mayberry, Jr. (2-4, 2 RBI) and Donny Lucy (2-5, RBI) had two hits each for the Cardinal

at Stanford 6, Kansas 3 (February 14, 2004) - Stanford extended its home win streak to 14 games with a 6-3 victory over Kansas in non-conference game that lasted just two hours and nine minutes. The victory also assured Stanford of its 15th series win in its last 16 outings. Stanford starter Jeff Gilmore picked up the victory by limiting the Jayhawks to two runs and five hits with five strikeouts over a career-high 7.0 innings. Sam Fuld (2-3, 2B) and Jonny Ash (2-5, RBI) had two hits each for the Cardinal, while Jed Lowrie drove in a pair of runs and Brian Hall stole two bases. Danny Putnam (1-5) extended his hit streak to nine games, one shy of his career-high, with a first inning single. Travis Metcalf (2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI) had a pair of solo homers for Kansas to account for the only two runs off Gilmore, while Travis Dunlap (2-3) also had a multiple-hit game for the Jayhawks.

at Stanford 7, Kansas 1 (February 13, 2004) - Stanford won its 13th straight home game and Mark Romanczuk struck out a career-high 13 batters as Stanford opened a three-game non-conference series with a 7-1 victory over Kansas in the first ever meeting between the schools. Romanczuk gave up a run in the first inning before shutting the Jayhawks out over the next six frames to pick up the victory, scattering six hits. Donny Lucy (3-4, HR, RBI), Jonny Ash (3-4, 3B, 2 RBI) and Jed Lowrie (3-4) picked up three hits each, while Danny Putnam (2-4, RBI) had a pair of hits and extended his team-high hit streak to eight games. Brian Hall also doubled and drove in a pair of runs. Romanczuk's 13 strikeouts were the most by a Stanford pitcher since Jeremy Guthrie also struck out 13 at UCLA on May 17, 2002. He struck out at least one batter in each of his seven innings, striking out the side in the third inning, as well as two batters in the second, fifth and sixth frames.

TOP OF THE PAC
Stanford has won 19 conference championships in school history, including 17 Pac-10 crowns (includes Southern Division and shared titles). The Cardinal won its most recent crown in 2003 when the club finished with an 18-6 conference mark. Stanford had finished second in the conference behind two-time defending league champion USC in 2001 and 2002 prior to its previous Pac-10 title when it shared the championship with Arizona State and UCLA in 2000. Stanford has been among the top two in the conference standings (includes Pac-10 Southern Division) for 10 straight seasons and 21 times in the last 23 years.

STANFORD HAS PICKED UP THREE 50-WIN SEASONS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS
Stanford has won 50 or more games in three of the last four years to run its total of 50-win campaigns in school history to six. The Cardinal won a school record 59 contests in 1990. The 1987 CWS championship squad posted 53 victories, while the 2001 and 2003 teams picked up 51 wins. The Cardinal won an even 50 games in 1999 and 2000.

CARDINAL LOOKING TO EXTEND RECORD STRING OF 40-WIN SEASONS TO 10
Stanford will be looking to extend its school record string of 40-win seasons to 10 in 2004. The last time Stanford didn't win 40 games was when the club finished 27-28 in 1993.

STANFORD PICKED AS FAVORITE IN 2004 PRESEASON PAC-10 COACHES POLL
Stanford was picked as the favorite in the 2004 Preseason Pac-10 Coaches Poll, picking up seven first-place votes. Arizona State and Arizona each garnered one first-place vote, while finishing second and third in the poll. USC, Washington, California, UCLA, Oregon State and Washington State rounded out the poll.

2004 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
Four Stanford players have earned 2004 Preseason All-American honors ... Sam Fuld picked up a pair of First Team honors (Baseball America, NCBWA), as well as Second Team (Collegiate Baseball) and honorable mention (CollegeBaseballInsider.com) ... John Mayberry, Jr. has picked up Second Team recognition from Baseball America ... Danny Putnam is a First Team pick by Baseball America and CollegeBaseballInsider.com, as well as Third Team NCBWA selection ... Mark Romanczuk has earned Third Team honors by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA, as well as honorable mention recognition from CollegeBaseballInsider.com.

HOME WIN STREAK EXTENDED TO 15, ROAD WIN STREAK SNAPPED AT 14
Stanford's sweep of Kansas last Friday-Sunday extended the team's home win streak to 15 dating back to last season. Stanford is 6-0 at home this season, also sweeping then No. 4 Cal State Fullerton at Sunken Diamond in its first home series of 2003 (January 30 - February 1). The school record home win streak is 27 victories in a row from April 30, 1982 to April 15, 1983. The Cardinal began its current 15-game home win streak with a 9-8 victory over UCLA (5/18) to clinch the 2003 Pac-10 title before sweeping Cal Poly (5/23 - 5/25) to end the 2003 regular season and taking all five 2003 NCAA Tournament games versus Illinois Chicago (5/30), UC Riverside (5/31) and Richmond (6/1) in NCAA Regional, as well as Long Beach State twice in the NCAA Super Regional (6/6-7), before sweeping Cal State Fullerton (1/30 - 2/1) and Kansas (2/13 - 2/15) in its first two home series of 2004. Stanford's last home loss came to UCLA (9-5, 12 inn.) on May 17, 2003. Stanford had also won 14 straight road games to end last season before having that streak snapped with a 3-1 loss at Fresno State in its first road game of this season on February 6, before rebounding to win the final two games of the series as the Cardinal has still won 16 of its last 17 games on the road. Stanford's 14-game road win streak began with victories in its final two games at Arizona State (3/23 - 3/24) and also spanned a series sweep at Washington State (4/4 - 4/7), as well as victories at Santa Clara (4/8) and Sacramento State (4/22) before sweeping USC (5/3 - 5/4), winning at San Jose State (5/6) and sweeping at California (5/9 - 5/11).

STANFORD HAS WON 15 OF LAST 16 SERIES, SIX IN A ROW ON THE ROAD AND FOUR STRAIGHT AT HOME
Stanford has won 15 of its last 16 regular season three-game series, including six in a row on the road and four straight at home. The Cardinal lost just two series in 2003, dropping two-of-three at home to Arizona (4/25 - 4/27) and being swept at Cal State Fullerton (1/31 - 2/2).

SAM FULD UP TO 298 CAREER HITS
Sam Fuld has raised his career hit total to 298, moving to within just two hits of becoming only the fifth player in Stanford Baseball history to collect 300 or more hits in his career. Two more hits will also move Fuld into a tie for fourth with Larry Reynolds (300, 1976-79) on the all-time list, just five hits behind third-place A.J. Hinch (305, 1993-96).

DANNY PUTNAM EXTENDS HIT STREAK TO CAREER-HIGH-TYING 10 GAMES
Danny Putnam has extended his hit streak to a career-high-tying 10 games (6/23/03 - 2/15/04) dating back to the final game of the 2003 season and is the only Stanford player to have hit safely in all nine contests this season. Putnam previously had a 10-game hit streak from April 17 - May 4, 2003. Putnam is hitting .390 (16-41) with a homer and seven RBI during the stretch.

JED LOWRIE STAYS HOT
Jed Lowrie stayed hot and has a season batting average of .429 after a productive series against Kansas (2/13 - 2/15; .455, 5-11, 3 RBI). Lowrie also paces the club with 12 RBI and 11 runs scored, while co-leading the team with 15 hits and ranking tied for second with a pair of homers.

FOCUS ON THE FRESHMEN
Five freshmen have seen action in the first two weeks of their collegiate careers. Adam Sorgi has arguably made the biggest impact, starting six of the team's first nine games and appearing in seven. Sorgi has a .240 batting average and three RBI but had a pair of big hits in the season-opening series versus Cal State Fullerton, tying the second game of the series (1/31) with a two-out pinch-hit single in the bottom of the sixth and then putting the Cardinal ahead to stay in the series finale (2/1) with an RBI double that snapped a sixth inning tie. Blake Holler has picked up saves in each of his first two appearances (vs. Cal State Fullerton, 1/30; at Fresno State, 2/7) with 6.0 impressive innings of work, allowing just two runs for a 3.00 ERA. Matt Leva picked up a victory working in relief in an 8-7 comeback win over Cal State Fullerton (1/31). Ryan Seawell had a hit in his first collegiate at bat as a pinch-hitter versus Kansas (2/15), while Jim Rapoport had his first at bat at Fresno State (2/7).

COMEBACK CREW
Stanford has come from behind in six of its first eight victories this season, most dramatically when Brian Hall's first career grandslam capped a seven-run Stanford ninth inning to rally for a 10-6 victory over Kansas (2/15), giving the Cardinal a three-game sweep of the Jayhawks.

WINNING BY A BUNCH
Despite coming from behind in six of its eight wins, seven of the victories have also come by three runs or more. The Cardinal has played just two games with margins under three runs with an 8-7 win over Cal State Fullerton (1/31) and a 3-1 loss at Fresno State (2/6). Stanford has outscored its opponents by a count of 75-31 this season as four of its victories have been six or more runs. The Cardinal has already scored in double figures four times this year.

ERRORLESS EFFORTS
Stanford has played errorless baseball in six of its first nine games this season, including a string of five straight errorless games from January 31 - February 8. In fact, the Cardinal had its fielding percentage up to .991 after the streak but after making five errors in the Kansas series, the team's fielding mark has dropped to .979, which is still better than the school record of .977 set in 2001.

MARK ROMANCZUK AND DANNY PUTNAM WIN HOMETOWN HONORS
Mark Romanczuk and Danny Putnam recently won hometown honors. Romanczuk was named the 2003 Delaware Athlete of the Year by the Delaware Sportswriters & Broadcasters Association. Putnam was named a 2003 Athlete of the Year by the San Diego Hall of Champions.

CARDINAL, WHITE AND BLUE
Stanford has produced 22 Team USA players that have combined to play 30 seasons over the last 19 years, more than any other collegiate program in the nation in both categories. Stanford is also tops in the nation with at least one player on the Team USA roster for 17 consecutive years. Three current Stanford players have participated with Team USA -- Sam Fuld (2001, '02), Danny Putnam (2003) and Mark Romanczuk (2003).

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OFFENSIVE REPORT
Stanford is hitting at a solid .310 clip through its first nine games with eight double-digit hit efforts. Stanford is averaging 8.3 runs per contest and scored a season-high 16 runs in its season-opener versus Cal State Fullerton (1/30). The Cardinal posted a season-high 16 hits in a 10-3 win at Fresno State (2/8) and had a season-best five homers the previous day at Fresno State (2/7). Jed Lowrie leads the club with a .429 batting average, while Danny Putnam (.395), Donny Lucy (.375), John Mayberry, Jr. (.353), Jonny Ash (.353) and Sam Fuld (.323) also have averages over .300. Mayberry leads the club with three homers, while Lowrie and Chris Carter have two each. Lowrie also has team-highs of 11 runs scored, 12 RBI, three doubles, 24 total bases, a .686 slugging percentage and five multiple-hit games, while sharing the team-lead with 15 hits five extra-base hits and three multiple-RBI contests. Putnam co-leads the team with 15 hits and also has the team's longest current hit streak at a career-high-tying 10 games dating back to last season (6/23/03 - 2/15/04). Brian Hall has a team-high two stolen bases, while Ash and Lucy co-lead the club with two hit-by-pitches each. Fuld paces the club with 13 walks and has a team-high .523 on-base percentage. Ash leads the team with two triples. Four players have a sacrifice bunt and a pair of multiple-RBI games, while three have one sacrifice fly.

PITCHING REPORT
Stanford's pitching staff has jumped out of the gates strong with a 3.38 ERA. Mark Romanczuk and Jeff Gilmore co-lead the team with two wins each, while Mark Jecmen, Matt Leva, David O'Hagan and Kodiak Quick have one each. Blake Holler has a team-high two saves, while Gilmore and O'Hagan also have one each. O'Hagan leads pitchers with at least one inning per game with a 1.62 ERA, while Romanczuk paces the club with 17 strikeouts and Gilmore has a team-high 18.0 innings.

DEFENSIVE REPORT
Stanford had been phenomenal defensively in the first eight games of the season with its fielding percentage reaching as high as .991 after a five-game errorless string (1/31 - 2/8) before making five errors in its most recent series versus Kansas (2/13 - 2/15), including a season-high four in the series finale. The Cardinal is still fielding at a .979 clip that is better than the .977 school record set in 2001. John Mayberry, Jr. leads the club with 80 putouts, while Donny Lucy had a single-game team-high of 15 versus Kansas (2/13). Jed Lowrie has a team-high 27 assists, while Jonny Ash had a single-game team-high of seven against Cal State Fullerton (2/1). Stanford has turned nine double plays this season, including a season-high twice at Fresno State (2/8) and versus Kansas (2/15).

STANFORD TO BEGIN BIG ROAD STRETCH
After hosting No. 6 Texas this Friday-Sunday and Rikkyo University of Japan in an exhibition game on Tuesday, February 24 (2 pm, PT), Stanford will begin a big road stretch that will see the Cardinal playing 15 of its next 18 games on the road. Stanford opens the period with a three-game non-conference set at California next Friday-Sunday, February 27-29 (2 pm, 1 pm, 1 pm, PT). Stanford and California have played each other 430 times in school history with the Cardinal holding a 223-207 advantage. Stanford has been dominant in the past two years, winning 11 of the 12 meetings between the clubs. The Cardinal swept a six-game season series between the clubs in 2003 (at Stanford, 3/7 - 3/9; W, 11-2; W, 9-4; W, 11-2; at California, 5/9 - 5/11; W, 9-8; W, 6-4; W, 5-4, 10 inn.) and took five-of-six in 2002 (at California, 3/8 - 3/10; W, 15-4; L, 1-2; W, 4-2; at Stanford; W, 8-4; W, 13-6; W, 8-5). Stanford has won 10 straight games overall versus the Golden Bears.

STANFORD HEAD COACH MARK MARQUESS
One of the nation's premier collegiate coaches and the winningest coaching in Stanford history, Mark Marquess is in his 28th season at the helm of Stanford Baseball in 2004 with a 1152-552-5 (.676) record in 1709 career games, as well as even more impressive marks in the postseason (105-46, .695), and Pac-10 (462-294, .611). Marquess entered the 2004 season ranked 19th on the NCAA's all-time Division I victory list and 46th on the all-time winning percentage list for Division I coaches. For active coaches, he began the season ninth in victories and 15th in winning percentage. He became the 23rd coach in the history of NCAA Division I baseball to reach the 1000-win mark with a victory over Florida State on February 9, 2001. Just over two years later, he picked up No. 1100 versus Nevada on February 17, 2003. He won his 100th career postseason game in Stanford's NCAA Super Regional clinching victory over Long Beach State (6/7/03). The 1969 Stanford graduate has led the Cardinal to two CWS titles and three runner-up showings in five CWS championship appearances, as well as 13 College World Series trips, five NCAA Super Regional titles, 13 NCAA Regional championships and 11 Pac-10 crowns (includes Southern Division and shared titles). Stanford has also qualified for the NCAA Tournament 21 times in the first 27 years under Marquess. He has been named NCAA Coach of the Year three times and has received Pac-10 or Pac-10 Southern Division Coach of the Year honors on nine occasions, most recently with his selection in 2003. The Cardinal has had 26 winning campaigns in 27 seasons prior to this season under his leadership and finished either first or second in the prestigious Pacific-10 (formerly Pac-10 Southern Division) 21 times in the last 23 years. Stanford has had 112 players drafted by professional baseball in the past 19 seasons, including 14 first round selections in the last 17 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 that captured the gold medal. Marquess was also 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 baseball head coaches to have both played and coached in the College World Series. Marquess was the starting first baseman and a First Team All-American on Stanford's 1967 CWS squad and played four seasons of minor league baseball with the Chicago White Sox organization.

COMMENTS FROM MARK MARQUESS
(on the upcoming series for Texas)
"Texas is off to a great start this season and deserve their current rankings. It's exciting for both us and our fans, and that's why we play them. They're a great team from a rich baseball tradition. It should us where we're weak and need to improve. If you don't play well against a team like Texas, they will show you where you might be lacking."

(on this year's Texas team)
"They have good pitching and put a lot of pressure on you offensively. They're a good balanced team with speed and power to go along with their pitching."

(on Stanford's 8-1 start)
"I've been pleased with our team, especially with our defense and our pitchers throwing strikes. When you do that, you should at least stay in a lot of games. Offensively, we've got some key hits."

(on Stanford's pitching staff)
"We're still trying to figure out exactly what we have. Mark Romanczuk and Jeff Gilmore have done a good job in the first two starting roles. There is still a question with the third starting role. We think we have a lot of players that could potentially do that, but we just have to find out who it will be."

STANFORD COACHING STAFF
Dean Stotz is in his 28th campaign with Stanford Baseball and his fifth season as associate head coach after he was promoted to the position prior to the 2000 campaign. Stotz served for 23 years as an assistant. Stotz currently coaches third base while also handling various offensive and defensive aspects of the game. Tom Kunis is in his fifth season as Stanford's pitching coach, while Dave Nakama is in his fifth year overall as a Stanford assistant coach.

STANFORD REMAINS AT NO. 4 IN LATEST BASEBALL AMERICA POLL
Stanford remained at No. 4 in the latest Baseball America poll released on Monday, February 16. The Cardinal ranks third in both the Sports Weekly/ESPN and NCBWA polls, moving up one spot in the former and dropping a spot in the latter. Stanford held on to its No. 6 spot in the latest Collegiate Baseball rankings. Rice is the nation's top-ranked team in the Baseball America and Sports Weekly/ESPN polls, while Texas holds the spot in the Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA rankings. Stanford finished the 2003 campaign ranked second in all five polls and never fell out of the Baseball America Top 10 all season. However, the Cardinal did snap a string of six consecutive seasons (1997-2002) in which it had been ranked No. 1 at one point during the season as it never reached the top of the Baseball America poll in 2003. Stanford's poll history includes a run as "king of the polls" in 1998 when the team held the top spot in the Baseball America poll for the entire regular season (a record 14 consecutive weeks). Stanford has 12 games on its schedule against teams ranked in Baseball America's current Top 25, as the Cardinal has already played three games against then No. 4 Cal State Fullerton with three games still remaining on the schedule against No. 6 Texas, No. 13 Arizona and No. 16 Arizona State and No. 23 Washington. Stanford also has six games scheduled versus USC, who is unranked in Baseball America's current poll but comes in at No. 20 in the Collegiate Baseball rankings and No. 23 by Sports Weekly/ESPN.

STANFORD BASEBALL HISTORY
Now in its 111th season, Stanford's storied baseball program has had many highlights since the program began in 1892 ... Stanford has won two NCAA titles (1987, '88) and made 15 appearances in the College World Series, also finishing as the runner-up on three occasions (2000, '01, '03) ... Stanford has also won five NCAA Super Regional titles ... Stanford has qualified for the NCAA Tournament 24 times ... Stanford has won 19 conference championships ... Stanford began the 2004 season with 38 winning seasons in the last 39 campaigns and 55 in its last 57 seasons ... Stanford has won 50 or more games four times in the last five years and six times in school history ... Stanford has won 40 or more games in a school record nine consecutive years and 18 times in school history ... Stanford has an all-time record of 2385-1485-32 (.615) ... A total of 69 former Stanford players have became Major League Baseball players with 12 suiting up in an MLB uniform in 2003 (Jeff Austin - Cincinnati Reds; Joe Borchard, Chicago White Sox; Eric Bruntlett - Houston Astros; Jody Gerut - Cleveland Indians; Jeffrey Hammonds - Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants; Rick Helling - Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins; A.J. Hinch, Detroit Tigers; Dave McCarty - Boston Red Sox, Oakland A's; Jason Middlebrook - New York Mets; Mike Mussina - New York Yankees; Justin Wayne - Florida Marlins; Jason Young - Colorado Rockies) and Bruntlett, Gerut and Young making their debut last season ... Stanford has also had 14 players selected in the first round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft in the last 17 years ... Stanford has boasted 44 All-Americans that have combined to win 54 All-American honors ... Stanford has garnered three NCAA Players of the Year in Jeff Austin (1998), David McCarty (1991) and Steve Dunning (1970) ... Stanford has had an even 100 players earn a combined 133 All-Conference honors ... Six Stanford players earned All-Pac-10 honors in each of the last two seasons, breaking the previous mark of five previously set in 1985, '90 and '94.