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STANFORD 2018 PAC-12 BASEBALL // PAC-12 CONFERENCE 20 CARDINAL FACTS Location: Stanford, Calif. Founded/Enrollment: 1891/18,136 Colors: Cardinal & White Joined Pac-12: 1916-17 President: Marc Tessier-Lavigne Faculty Rep: Pat Jones Athletic Director: Bernard Muir SWA: Beth Goode Head Coach: David Esquer Career Record: 500-438-2 (17 years) Stanford Record: 0-0 (1st year) Pac-12 Record: 221-241 (1st year) Office: (650) 723-4528 Fax: (650) 725-9515 Assistant Coaches: Thomas Eager, Tommy Nicholson Volunteer Assistant: Jack Marder Stadium: Klein Field at Sunken Diamond (4,000) SID: Brian Risso Office: (650) 200-9513 Fax: (650) 725-2957 Baseball SID: Nick Sako Office: (650) 224-0979 E-mail: nrsako@stanford.edu Online: gostanford.com Local Radio: KZSU (90.1 FM) Ticket Office: 1-800-STANFORD Starting Position Players R/L: 6/3 Starting Pitchers R/L: 3/4 Letterwinners R/L: 19/10 DATE ............... OPPONENT .................. TIME Feb. 16 ................. Cal State Fullerton ........... 6:05 p.m. Feb. 17 ................. Cal State Fullerton ........... 1:05 p.m. Feb. 18 ................. Cal State Fullerton ........... 1:05 p.m. Feb. 19 ................. at UC Davis ................... 10:30 a.m. Feb. 22 ................. Rice ................................ 6:05 p.m. Feb. 23 ................. Rice ................................ 6:05 p.m. Feb. 24 ................. Rice ................................ 1:05 p.m. Feb. 25 ................. Rice .............................. 11:05 a.m. Mar. 2 ................... Michigan ......................... 6:05 p.m. Mar. 3 ................... Michigan ......................... 1:05 p.m. Mar. 3 ................... Michigan ......................... 5:05 p.m. Mar. 4 ................... Michigan ......................... 2:00 p.m. Mar. 8 ................... at Texas .......................... 4:30 p.m. Mar. 9 ................... at Texas .......................... 4:30 p.m. Mar. 10 ................. at Texas ........................ 12:30 p.m. Mar. 11 ................. at Texas ........................ 11:00 a.m. Mar. 23 ................. USC* .............................. 6:05 p.m. Mar. 24 ................. USC* .............................. 1:05 p.m. Mar. 25 ................. USC* .............................. 1:05 p.m. Mar. 27 ................. San Diego ....................... 6:05 p.m. Mar. 29 ................. Oregon* .......................... 6:05 p.m. Mar. 30 ................. Oregon* .......................... 6:05 p.m. Mar. 31 ................. Oregon* .......................... 1:05 p.m. Apr. 2 ................... Gonzaga.......................... 1:05 p.m. Apr. 3 ................... at Santa Clara.................. 6:00 p.m. Apr. 6 ................... at UCLA* ........................ 6:00 p.m. Apr. 7 ................... at UCLA* ........................ 2:00 p.m. Apr. 8 ................... at UCLA* ........................ 1:00 p.m. Apr. 10 ................. UC Davis ......................... 6:05 p.m. Apr. 13 ................. Arizona State* ................. 6:05 p.m. DATE ............... OPPONENT .................. TIME Apr. 14 ................. Arizona State* ................. 1:05 p.m. Apr. 15 ................. Arizona State* ................. 1:05 p.m. Apr. 17 ................. at Santa Clara................ 10:49 a.m. Apr. 20 ................. at Arizona* ...................... 7:00 p.m. Apr. 21 ................. at Arizona* ...................... 7:00 p.m. Apr. 22 ................. at Arizona* .................... 12:00 p.m. Apr. 24 ................. Pacific............................. 6:05 p.m. Apr. 26 ................. California* ....................... 7:00 p.m. Apr. 27 ................. California* ....................... 7:00 p.m. Apr. 28 ................. California* ....................... 7:00 p.m. May 1 ................... San Francisco ................. 6:05 p.m. May 4 ................... at Utah* ........................ 10:30 a.m. May 5 ................... at Utah* ........................ 10:30 a.m. May 6 ................... at Utah* ........................ 10:30 a.m. May 8 ................... Santa Clara ..................... 6:05 p.m. May 11 ................. at Oregon State*.............. 7:00 p.m. May 12 ................. at Oregon State*.............. 2:00 p.m. May 13 ................. at Oregon State*............ 12:00 p.m. May 15 ................. BYU .............................. 10:49 a.m. May 18 ................. Washington State* ........... 6:00 p.m. May 19 ................. Washington State* ........... 1:30 p.m. May 20 ................. Washington State* ......... 12:00 p.m. May 21 ................. at San Francisco ........... 10:49 a.m. May 24 ................. at Washington* ............... 7:00 p.m. May 25 ................. at Washington* ............... 7:00 p.m. May 26 ................. at Washington* ............... 3:00 p.m. * - Pac-12 Conference game DAVID ESQUER Career Record: 500-438-2 (17 years) Record at Stanford: 0-0 (1st year) • David Esquer '87 was named the 21st head coach in program history on June 16, 2017, succeeding Mark Marquess who retired after 41 years. • Esquer played under Marquess on Stanford's 1987 national championship team, and served as an assistant on The Farm from 1991-96. • He spent the last 18 years as the head coach at California, where he was the 2011 National Coach of the Year, and led the Bears to five NCAA Regionals and the 2011 College World Series. • Named 2011 National Coach of the Year by the NCBWA, CollegeBaseballInsider.com and Perfect Game after taking the Bears to their first CWS appearance since 1992. • A shortstop at Stanford from 1984-87, Esquer started on the Cardinal's 1987 NCAA College World Series championship team, earning all-tournament honors. He also earned All-Pac-10 Southern Division honors as a senior. NO. NAME POS. B/T HT. WT. YR HOMETOWN//LAST SCHOOL 2 Christian Molfetta INF/C R/R 5-11 185 Jr. Laguna Beach, Calif. /JSerra 3 Daniel Bakst INF R/R 6-2 190 So. New York, N.Y. /Poly Prep Country Day 4 Nico Hoerner INF R/R 5-11 195 Jr. Oakland, Calif. /Head Royce 5 Beau Branton INF R/R 5-7 175 Sr. Honolulu, Hawaii /Punahou 6 Kyle Stowers OF/LHP L/L 6-3 200 So. El Cajon, Calif. /Christian 7 Jesse Kuet INF R/R 5-10 190 Sr. Huntington Beach, Calif. /Huntington Beach 10 Maverick Handley C R/R 5-10 195 So. Lakewood, Colo. /Mullen 11 Alec Wilson OF L/L 6-0 195 Jr. Cumming, Ga. /West Forsyth 12 Duke Kinamon INF R/R 5-11 180 Jr. Peachtree City, Ga. /McIntosh 13 John Henry Styles LHP L/L 5-11 180 Sr. Houston, Texas /Episcopal 16 Matt Decker C R/R 6-4 220 RS-Sr. Portland, Ore. /Jesuit 18 Zach Sehgal INF R/R 6-2 190 Fr. La Jolla, Calif. /La Jolla 19 Will Matthiessen RHP R/R 6-5 205 So. West Linn, Ore. /West Linn 20 Brendan Beck INF/RHP R/R 6-2 190 Fr. Corona, Calif. /Corona 21 Tim Tawa OF R/R 6-0 180 Fr. West Linn, Ore. /West Linn 23 Nickolas Oar OF R/R 6-1 215 Jr. Pleasant Hill, Calif. /College Park 24 Nick Brueser INF R/L 6-3 195 Fr. Chandler, Ariz. /Hamilton 25 Andrew Daschbach INF/OF R/R 6-3 220 So. Atherton, Calif. /Sacred Heart Prep 26 Erik Miller LHP L/L 6-5 220 So. Wildwood, Mo. /De Smet Jesuit 27 Carson Rudd RHP R/R 6-5 175 Fr. Agoura Hills, Calif. /Oaks Christian 28 Bryce Carter C L/R 6-1 215 Sr. Tulsa, Okla. /Cascia Hall Prep 29 Brandon Wulff OF R/R 6-1 230 Jr. Las Vegas, Nev. /Bishop Gorman 30 Zach Grech RHP R/R 6-0 165 So. Las Vegas, Nev. /Bishop Gorman 31 Nick Bellafronto INF R/R 6-1 230 Jr. San Jose, Calif. /Bellarmine 33 Jack Little RHP R/R 6-4 190 So. Las Vegas, Nev. /Bishop Gorman 34 Tristan Beck RHP R/R 6-4 190 Jr. Corona, Calif. /Corona 36 Kris Bubic LHP L/L 6-3 220 Jr. San Jose, Calif. /Archbishop Mitty 37 Luke Sleeper LHP L/L 6-4 220 So. Haslett, Mich. /Haslett 38 Ben Baggett RHP R/R 6-0 195 Jr. Fayetteville, Ga. /Landmark Christian 39 Jacob Palisch LHP L/L 6-5 190 Fr. Richardson, Texas /Jesuit College Prep 42 Austin Weiermiller LHP/OF L/L 5-11 175 Fr. Milton, Ga. /Cambridge 42 Christian Robinson OF L/L 6-3 210 Fr. Melbourne, Fla. /Viera 45 Jonathan Worley RHP R/R 6-5 200 So. San Diego, Calif. /High Tech High 49 Michael Boden RHP R/R 5-10 180 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. /Lakeside 2017 STANFORD ROSTER 2018 SCHEDULE