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.

Previous season 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.

2018 MLB draft

The Cardinal had five individuals selected in the 2018 MLB draft.

Nico Hoerner Shortstop 1 24 Chicago Cubs Kris Bubic Pitcher 1 40 Kansas City Royals Tristan Beck Pitcher 4 112 Atlanta Braves Beau Branton Second base 28 838 Seattle Mariners Duke Kinamon* Second base 34 1010 New York Mets Duke Kinamon did not sign with the New York Mets.

Roster 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:

Schedule and results Legend Stanford win Stanford loss PostponementBoldStanford 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 RecordFeb. 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 RecordMar. 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 1-0Mar. 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 2-0Mar. 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 3-0Mar. 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 4-0Mar. 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 5-0Mar. 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 RecordApr. 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 7-0Apr. 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 7-1Apr. 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 7-2Apr. 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 8-2Apr. 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 9-2Apr. 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 10-2Apr. 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 11-2Apr. 19 at Oregon No. 4 PK Park • Eugene, OR 20-5 Matthiessen (3-1) Stringer (1-1) Pac-12 1,366 26-6 12-2Apr. 20 at Oregon No. 4 PK Park • Eugene, OR 10-0 Miller (5-0) Frazier (0-2) Oregon Live Stream 1,663 27-6 13-2Apr. 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 13-3Apr. 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 14-3Apr. 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 15-3Apr. 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 RecordMay 3 at USC No. 2 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA 8-3 Beck (4-3) Lunn (6-2) Pac-12 504 33-7 16-3May 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 17-3May 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 17-4May 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 18-4May 11 at California No. 2 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA 2-18 Horn (5-1) Matthiessen (5-2) Pac-12 1,730 36-9 18-5May 12 at California No. 2 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA 5-2 Miller (7-1) Stoutenborough (7-4) Pac-12 1,031 37-9 19-5May 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 20-5May 18 #11 Oregon State No. 3 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHERMay 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 20-6May 21 Pacific No. 4 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHERMay 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 20-7May 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 21-7May 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 22-7Postseason (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:

Stanford Regional

Stanford Regional Teams(1) Stanford Cardinal(2) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos(3) Fresno State Bulldogs(4) Sacramento State Hornets

Statistics

Batting 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