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American college baseball season
The 2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Cardinal play their home games at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond under second year coach David Esquer .
The Cardinal finished 46-12 overall with a 22-8 conference record. They started the 2018 season 10-0 with sweeps over Cal-State Fullerton and Rice and then finishing the regular season winning the Pac-12 conference and the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Ranked 1 in the Cal State Fullerton Super Regional, the Cardinal beat Wright State and Baylor, but would lose to Cal State Fullerton twice, throughout the Super Regional, losing the Regional.
The Cardinal had five individuals selected in the 2018 MLB draft .[ 2]
Duke Kinamon did not sign with the New York Mets.
2019 Stanford Cardinal roster
Pitchers
18 Cody Jensen – Freshman
20 Brendan Beck – Sophomore
26 Erik Miller – Junior
27 Carson Rudd – Sophomore
28 Alex Williams – Freshman
30 Zach Grech – Junior
33 Jack Little - Junior
34 Luke Sleeper – RS-Sophomore
36 Jonathan Worley – Junior
38 Ben Baggett – RS-Sophomore
39 Jacob Palisch – Sophomore
40 Nicolas Lopez – Freshman
42 Austin Weiermiller – Sophomore
49 Michael Boden – Senior
Catchers
10 Maverick Handley - Junior
16 Vincent Martinez - Freshman
Infielders
5 Austin Kretzschmar – Freshman
6 Zach Sehgal – Sophomore
12 Duke Kinamon – Senior
13 Justin Moore – Freshman
24 Nick Brueser - Freshman
31 Nick Bellafronto – RS-Junior
Outfielders
11 Alec Wilson – Senior
15 Grant Burton – Freshman
21 Tim Tawa – Sophomore
23 Nickolas Oar – RS-Junior
29 Brandon Wulff – Senior
44 Christian Robinson - Sophomore
Utility
2 Christian Molfetta (INF/P/C) – RS-Junior
3 Daniel Bakst (INF/P) - Sophomore
7 Brandon Dieter (INF/P) – Freshman
19 Will Matthiessen (P/DH) – Junior
25 Andrew Daschbach (INF/OF) – Junior
37 Kyle Stowers (OF/P) – Junior
Source:[ 3]
Schedule and results [ edit ]
Legend
Stanford win
Stanford loss
Postponement
Bold
Stanford team member
2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball game log
Regular season (41–11)
February (7–1)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
Pac-12 Record
Feb. 15
vs. Ball State
No. 12
Tempe Diablo Stadium • Tempe, AZ
2-1
Grech (1-0)
Jameson (0-1)
Little (1)
217
1-0
-
Feb. 16
vs. Wichita State
No. 12
Tempe Diablo Stadium • Tempe, AZ
5-4
Jensen (1-0)
Eddy (0-1)
Little (2)
182
2-0
-
Feb. 17
vs. Pepperdine
No. 12
Tempe Diablo Stadium • Tempe, AZ
6-1
Matthiessen (1-0)
Salazar (0-1)
253
3-0
-
Feb. 18
at Grand Canyon
No. 12
Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ
14-4
Williams (1-0)
Hull (0-1)
YouTube
1,643
4-0
-
Feb. 22
UNLV
No. 12
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
1-2
Jabara (1-0)
Beck (0-1)
Cofer (3)
Stanford Live Stream
1,323
4-1
-
Feb. 23
UNLV
No. 12
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
3-2
Little (1-0)
Woods (0-1)
Stanford Live Stream
1,121
5-1
-
Feb. 24
UNLV
No. 12
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
6-5
Miller (1-0)
Hare (1-1)
Stanford Live Stream
1,251
6-1
-
Feb. 27
San Francisco
No. 11
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
8-3
Weiermiller (1-0)
Steele (0-1)
Pac-12 + Live Stream
650
7-1
March (11–2)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
Pac-12 Record
Mar. 1
at No. 24 Cal State Fullerton
No. 11
Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA
4-3
Grech (2-0)
Bibee (2-1)
Little (3)
8-1
Mar. 1
at No. 24 Cal State Fullerton
No. 11
Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA
8-1
Palisch (1-0)
Josten (0-3)
2,211
9-1
Mar. 3
at No. 24 Cal State Fullerton
No. 11
Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA
5-6
Weisberg (1-0)
Little (1-1)
1,541
9-2
Mar. 7
No. 20 Texas
No. 8
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
0-4
Fields (1-0)
Beck (0-2)
Stanford Live Stream
907
9-3
Mar. 8
No. 20 Texas
No. 8
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
8-1
Palisch (2-0)
Elder (2-1)
Stanford Live Stream
1,855
10-3
Mar. 9
No. 20 Texas
No. 8
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
4-2
Little (2-1)
Bryant (2-1)
Stanford Live Stream
1,315
11-3
Mar. 10
No. 20 Texas
No. 8
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
9-0
Miller (2-0)
Cobb (0-2)
Stanford Live Stream
1,162
12-3
Mar. 22
Utah
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
7-4
Beck (1-2)
Robeniol (1-2)
Little (4)
Stanford Live Stream
746
13-3
1-0
Mar. 23
Utah
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
7-6
Little (3-1)
Brocoff (0-3)
Stanford Live Stream
1,160
14-3
2-0
Mar. 24
Utah
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
7-3
Weiermiller (2-0)
Tedeschi (3-2)
Matthiessen (1)
Stanford Live Stream
1,681
15-3
3-0
Mar. 29
at Washington State
No. 3
Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WA
7-1
Weiermiller (3-0)
White (2-3)
Jensen (1)
WSU Live Stream
1,132
16-3
4-0
Mar. 30
at Washington State
No. 2
Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WA
8-5
Williams (2-0)
Baillie (1-2)
Little (5)
WSU Live Stream
1,313
17-3
5-0
Mar. 31
at Washington State
No. 2
Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WA
14-2
Miller (3-0)
Rosenfrantz (2-2)
WSU Live Stream
751
18-3
6-0
April (14–4)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
Pac-12 Record
Apr. 2
Fresno State
No. 2
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
2-0
Weiermiller (4-0)
Pruhsmeier (1-1)
Little (6)
Stanford Live Stream
456
19-3
-
Apr. 5
No. 1 UCLA
No. 2
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
3-2
Weiermiller (5-0)
Mora (2-2)
Stanford Live Stream
1,860
20-3
7-0
Apr. 6
No. 1 UCLA
No. 2
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
5-11
Ralston
Palisch (2-1)
Stanford Live Stream
2,316
20-4
7-1
Apr. 7
No. 1 UCLA
No. 2
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
7-10
Garcia (3-0)
Matthiessen (1-1)
Stanford Live Stream
2,793
20-5
7-2
Apr. 9
at San Francisco
No. 5
Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field • San Francisco, CA
11-1
Williams (3-0)
Mollerus (0-2)
218
21-5
-
Apr. 12
Washington
No. 5
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
8-2
Beck (2-2)
Rhodes (4-4)
Pac-12
1,137
22-5
8-2
Apr. 13
Washington
No. 5
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
3-2
Matthiessen (2-1)
Jones (2-4)
Little (7)
Pac-12
1,317
23-5
9-2
Apr. 14
Washington
No. 5
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
6-1
Miller (4-0)
Burgmann (3-2)
Weiermiller (1)
Pac-12
1,509
24-5
10-2
Apr. 16
UC Davis
No. 4
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
6-8
Hannah (3-3)
Williams (3-1)
Ouellette (2)
Stanford Live Stream
787
24-6
Apr. 18
at Oregon
No. 4
PK Park • Eugene, OR
5-4
Beck (3-2)
Kafka (4-3)
Little (8)
Pac-12
1,208
25-6
11-2
Apr. 19
at Oregon
No. 4
PK Park • Eugene, OR
20-5
Matthiessen (3-1)
Stringer (1-1)
Pac-12
1,366
26-6
12-2
Apr. 20
at Oregon
No. 4
PK Park • Eugene, OR
10-0
Miller (5-0)
Frazier (0-2)
Oregon Live Stream
1,663
27-6
13-2
Apr. 22
Gonzaga
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
11-10
Lopez (1-0)
Trogrlic-Iverson (1-2)
Stanford Live Stream
763
28-6
Apr. 23
San Jose State
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
15-7
Williams (4-1)
Polack (1-4)
Stanford Live Stream
906
29-6
Apr. 26
Arizona
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
3-6
Labaut (3-2)
Beck (3-3)
Flanagan (1)
Stanford Live Stream
1,383
29-7
13-3
Apr. 27
Arizona
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
13-3
Matthiessen (4-1)
Nardi (3-5)
Stanford Live Stream
2,434
30-7
14-3
Apr. 28
Arizona
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
13-5
Miller (6-0)
Weems (3-5)
Stanford Live Stream
1,822
31-7
15-3
Apr. 30
at Santa Clara
No. 2
Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CA
7-1
Williams (5-1)
Buckley (1-1)
500
32-7
May (9–4)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
Pac-12 Record
May 3
at USC
No. 2
Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA
8-3
Beck (4-3)
Lunn (6-2)
Pac-12
504
33-7
16-3
May 4
at USC
No. 2
Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA
7-4
Matthiessen (5-1)
Esqueda (3-4)
Weiermiller (2)
Pac-12
896
34-7
17-3
May 5
at USC
No. 2
Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA
2-4
Hurt (1-6)
Miller (6-1)
Clarke (6)
Pac-12
875
34-8
17-4
May 7
Santa Clara
No. 2
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
5-1
Williams (6-1)
Waldsmith (0-1)
Stanford Live Stream
926
35-8
May 10
at California
No. 2
Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA
10-7
Weiermiller (6-0)
Reyes (4-2)
Pac-12
1,245
36-8
18-4
May 11
at California
No. 2
Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA
2-18
Horn (5-1)
Matthiessen (5-2)
Pac-12
1,730
36-9
18-5
May 12
at California
No. 2
Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA
5-2
Miller (7-1)
Stoutenborough (7-4)
Pac-12
1,031
37-9
19-5
May 14
Cal Poly
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
7-1
Williams (7-1)
Zill (2-6)
Stanford Live Stream
887
38-9
May 17
#11 Oregon State
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
8-5
Palisch (3-1)
Fehmel (7-2)
Little (9)
Pac-12
1,990
39-9
20-5
May 18
#11 Oregon State
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
May 19
#11 Oregon State
No. 3
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
2-5
Gambrell (5-1)
Miller (7-2)
Muholland (8)
Pac-12
2,000
39-10
20-6
May 21
Pacific
No. 4
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
May 23
at Arizona State
No. 4
Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ
5-6
Montoya (3-0)
Little (3-2)
Pac-12
2,681
39-11
20-7
May 24
at Arizona State
No. 4
Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ
6-4
Matthiessen (6-2)
Corrigan (3-4)
Grech (1)
Pac-12
3,470
40-11
21-7
May 25
at Arizona State
No. 4
Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ
3-2
Palisch (1-0)
Dabovich (6-1)
Little (10)
Pac-12
2,801
41-11
22-7
Postseason (4-3)
Stanford Regional (4-1)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
Regional Record
May 31
(4) Sacramento State
No. 4 (1)
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
11-0
Beck (5-3)
Randall (8-2)
2,021
42-11
1-0
June 1
(3) Fresno State
No. 4 (1)
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
2-7
Moore (10-1)
Palisch (4-2)
ESPN3
2,729
42-12
1-1
June 2
(4) Sacramento State
No. 4 (1)
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
12-3
Williams (8-1)
Gibbons (1-3)
ESPN3
43-12
2-1
June 2
(3) Fresno State
No. 4 (1)
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
8-6
Miller (8-2)
Hill (2-2)
Little (11)
ESPN3
1,912
44-12
3-1
June 3
(3) Fresno State
No. 4 (1)
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA
9-7
Palisch (5-2)
Larson (2-1)
Little (12)
ESPNU
2,406
45-12
4-1
Starkville Super Regional (0-2)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
Regional Record
June 8
(1) #3 Mississippi State
No. 4 (1)
Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS
2-6
Small (10–2)
Beck (5-4)
ESPNNEWS
13,132
45-13
0-1
June 9
(1) #3 Mississippi State
No. 4 (1)
Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS
1-8
Plumlee (7-4)
Miller (8-3)
ESPNU
11,597
45-14
0-2
Rankings based on team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Source:[ 4]
Stanford Regional Teams
(1) Stanford Cardinal
(2) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
(3) Fresno State Bulldogs
(4) Sacramento State Hornets
First Round Semi-Finals Finals 1 Stanford 11 4 Sacramento State 0 1 Stanford 2 3 Fresno State 7 3 Fresno State 9 2 UC Santa Barbara 2 3 Fresno State 1 Stanford Lower round 1 Lower final 1 Stanford 12 4 Sacramento State 6 4 Sacramento State 3 2 UC Santa Barbara 4
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
AVG
SB
Will Matthiessen, DH/P
59
216
46
67
12
0
12
52
28
56
.310
1
Kyle Stowers, OF/P
55
218
39
66
19
1
9
39
24
31
.303
13
Duke Kinamon, INF
50
185
39
56
12
0
6
32
8
33
.303
12
Maverick Hundley, C
59
224
45
65
13
3
5
24
33
39
.290
12
Andrew Daschbach, INF/OF
59
211
55
61
11
2
17
46
25
54
.289
1
Christian Robinson, OF
49
108
16
31
9
0
0
15
15
24
.287
8
Brandon Wulff, OF
59
206
54
56
7
1
19
42
41
68
.272
6
Nick Bellafronto, INF
47
132
32
34
13
0
6
32
28
41
.258
1
Tim Tawa, OF
58
217
35
55
10
0
8
37
9
51
.253
6
Austin Kretzschmar, INF
14
12
3
6
0
1
0
1
1
2
.500
0
Nickolas, Oar, OF
15
17
3
5
0
0
1
2
1
7
.294
0
Vincent Martinez, C
7
8
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
.250
0
Nick Brueser, INF
37
85
11
19
6
0
2
16
18
25
.224
2
Brandon Dieter, INF/P
32
72
7
15
2
0
1
12
6
17
.208
0
Alec Wilson, OF
37
51
8
9
4
0
1
7
6
12
.176
1
Christian Molfetta, OF/INF
10
12
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
3
.167
0
Grant Burton, OF
5
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
.000
0
Zach Sehgal, INF
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
K
Brandon Dieter
0
0
0.00
1
0
0
1.1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Austin Weiermiller
6
0
2.45
25
0
2
33.0
25
11
9
1
17
41
Alex Williams
8
1
2.56
14
10
0
63.1
53
23
18
3
8
43
Carson Rudd
0
0
2.95
15
0
0
21.1
17
8
7
0
11
14
Jack Little
3
2
3.37
25
0
12
42.2
35
17
16
4
11
55
Erik Miller
8
3
3.48
16
16
0
82.2
68
38
32
6
46
102
Cody Jensen
1
0
3.55
20
2
1
33.0
28
14
13
3
11
32
Brendan Beck
5
4
3.63
17
16
0
91.2
102
41
37
6
25
83
Zach Grech
2
0
3.68
32
0
1
44.0
47
20
18
4
7
28
Will Matthiessen
6
2
3.83
16
8
1
54.0
48
23
23
6
19
56
Jacob Palisch
5
2
4.79
26
7
0
56.1
67
33
30
4
21
48
Nicolas Lopez
1
0
15.00
1
0
0
3.0
4
5
5
1
3
4
Ben Baggett
0
0
36.00
2
0
0
1.0
2
4
4
2
3
0
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final Coaches' [ 5] 12 12* 12 5 4 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 2 (3) 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 10 10 Baseball America [ 6] 7 7 7 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 Collegiate Baseball ^[ 7] 5 5 8 11 8 8 6 4 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 10 10 NCBWA †[ 8] 8 8 10 5 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 10 D1Baseball 12 12 11 6 4 3 3 2 5 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 3 10 10
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
Venues People Seasons National Championships in bold ; College World Series appearances in italics