2000 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

The 2000 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Sunken Diamond in Palo Alto, California. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his twenty-fourth season as head coach at Stanford.

2000 Stanford Cardinal baseball
Pac-10 champion Palo Alto Regional champion Palo Alto Super Regional champion
College World Series, 2nd
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
CB	No. 2
2000 record	50–16 (17–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mark Marquess (24th season)
Home stadium	Sunken Diamond

2000 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Stanford  ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	7		.708			50	–	16		.758
No. 12 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	7		.708			44	–	15		.746
No. 16 UCLA  ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	7		.708			38	–	26		.594
No. 5 USC  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8		.667			44	–	20		.688
California  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			25	–	28		.472
Oregon State  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			28	–	27		.509
Arizona  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			26	–	30		.464
Washington  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			26	–	30		.464
Washington State  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			20	–	36		.357
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of March 31, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cardinal reached the College World Series, finishing as the runner up to LSU.

Roster

2000 Stanford Cardinal roster
	- Damien Alvarado - Eric Bruntlett - Jason Cooper - Billy Jacobson - Ryan McCally - Edmund Muth - Chris O'Riordan - Brian Sager - Craig Thompson - Andy Topham - Arik VanZandt - Mike Wodnicki		Pitchers - Jeff Bruksch - Tim Cunningham - Mike Gosling - Jason Luker - Justin Wayne - Jason Young Infielders Catchers Outfielders - Joe Borchard - John Gall

Schedule

Legend
	Stanford win
	Stanford loss

2000 Stanford Cardinal Baseball Game Log[2]
Regular Season
January/February Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Pac-10 Record Jan 28 at Fresno State* Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, CA W 10–2 Young (1–0) Graham (0–1) None 4,011 1–0 Jan 29 at Fresno State* Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, CA W 7–1 Wayne (1–0) Hannah (0–1) None 3,670 2–0 Feb 4 Cal State Fullerton* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–4 Bruksch (1–0) Saarloos (0–1) None 1,942 3–0 Feb 5 Cal State Fullerton* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 3–1 Wayne (2–0) Smith (0–1) Cunningham (1) 1,106 4–0 Feb 6 Cal State Fullerton* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–3 Sager (1–0) Corona (0–1) Bruksch (1) 2,327 5–0 Feb 7 Nevada* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 3–4 Moran (1–1) Rich (0–1) Church (1) 1,123 5–1 Feb 11 at Florida State* Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 4–11 McDonald (2–0) Gosling (0–1) Hodges (1) 4,324 5–2 Feb 12 at Florida State* Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–6 Bruksch (2–0) Ginn (1–1) None 4,579 6–2 Feb 13 at Florida State* Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 1–13 Ziegler (2–0) Sager (1–1) None 4,182 6–3 Feb 18 Texas* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 8–2 Wayne (3–0) Hale (1–1) None 1,834 7–3 Feb 19 Texas* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 2–3 Jones (2–2) Burksch (2–1) Thames (3) 2,288 7–4 Feb 21 at Sacramento State* John Smith Field • Sacramento, CA W 4–2 Luker (1–0) Robinson (0–2) Gosling (1) 829 8–4 Feb 25 at California* Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 6–2 Wayne (4–0) Hutchinson (1–2) Bruksch (2) 510 9–4 Feb 26 at California* Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 4–1 Sager (2–1) Steele (2–3) Gosling (2) 469 10–4 Feb 27 at California* Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 8–2 Cunningham (1–0) Shirley (0–3) Bruksch (3) 498 11–4 Feb 29 San Jose State* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 1–4 Murphy (1–0) Rich (0–2) Adinolfi (3) 1,216 11–5
March Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Pac-10 Record Mar 3 Santa Clara* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 1–0 Wayne (5–0) Travis (1–3) None 1,601 12–5 Mar 4 at Santa Clara* Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA W 6–4 Sager (3–1) Kelley (0–3) Bruksch (4) 610 13–5 Mar 5 Santa Clara* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 8–3 Young (2–0) Diefenderfer (1–4) Luker (1) 1,523 14–5 Mar 17 Southern California* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 4–3 Wayne (6–0) Prior (4–2) None 1,624 15–5 Mar 18 Southern California* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 7–11 Montrenes (2–0) Cunningham (1–1) Petke (2) 2,516 15–6 Mar 19 Southern California* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 11–4 Gosling (1–1) Reyes (2–3) None 2,244 16–6 Mar 21 at Saint Mary's* Louis Guisto Field • Moraga, CA W 11–3 Wodnicki (1–0) Bowden (3–2) None 256 17–6 Mar 24 Arizona Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 5–8 Diggins (7–0) Wayne (6–1) Milo (3) 1,638 17–7 0–1 Mar 25 Arizona Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 6–4 Young (3–0) Crawford (4–5) None 2,052 18–7 1–1 Mar 26 Arizona Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–1 Gosling (2–1) Shabansky (1–2) None 2,212 19–7 2–1 Mar 28 Saint Mary's* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–2 Wodnicki (2–0) LaRochette (0–1) Bruksch (5) 1,256 20–7 Mar 31 at Arizona State* Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 5–1 Wayne (7–1) Switzer (6–1) None 3,289 21–7 3–1
April Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Pac-10 Record Apr 1 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 6–10 Doble (3–1) Bruksch (2–2) None 3,017 21–8 3–2 Apr 2 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 6–11 Pezely (3–2) Gosling (2–2) None 3,897 21–9 3–3 Apr 4 Sacramento State* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 18–2 Luker (2–0) Cuckovich (3–1) None 1,461 22–9 Apr 7 at Washington State Bailey–Brayton Field • Pullman, WA W 14–3 Wayne (8–1) Meldahl (1–4) None 831 23–9 4–3 Apr 8 at Washington State Bailey–Brayton Field • Pullman, WA W 11–3 Young (4–0) O'Brien (6–2) None 999 24–9 5–3 Apr 9 at Washington State Bailey–Brayton Field • Pullman, WA W 16–0 Cunningham (2–1) Thompson (1–6) None 581 25–9 6–3 Apr 11 at San Jose State* San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, CA W 5–2 Drew (1–0) Sandler (1–2) Bruksch (6) 652 26–9 Apr 14 Washington Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 6–5 Wayne (9–1) Grant (1–3) Bruksch (7) 1,714 27–9 7–3 Apr 15 Washington Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–2 Young (5–0) Massingale (3–5) None 1,625 28–9 8–3 Apr 16 Washington Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 9–4 Cunningham (3–1) White (1–1) Bruksch (8) 1,688 29–9 9–3 Apr 20 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA L 3–7 Currier (10–2) Wayne (9–2) Montrenes (2) 788 29–10 9–4 Apr 21 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 4–1 Young (6–0) Prior Bruksch (9) 30–10 10–4 Apr 22 at Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 18–4 Cunningham (4–1) Reyes (3–6) Gosling (3) 1,002 31–10 11–4 Apr 25 Cal Poly* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 11–3 Wodnicki (3–0) Smith (5–3) None 1,484 32–10 Apr 28 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 5–7 Meyer (3–0) Bruksch (2–3) None 2,258 32–11 11–5 Apr 29 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 10–6 Wayne (10–2) Cash (7–4) None 3,722 33–11 12–5 Apr 30 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 12–11 McCally (1–0) Meyer (3–1) None 3,710 34–11 13–5
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Pac-10 Record May 1 San Francisco* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 6–0 Sager (4–1) Dellamaggior (1–1) None 1,246 35–11 May 5 at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR W 10–6 Bruksch (3–3) Johnson (5–4) None 463 36–11 14–5 May 6 at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR L 2–5 Nicholson (7–6) Wayne (10–3) None 1,311 36–12 14–6 May 7 at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR W 7–5 Bruksch (4–3) Newell (6–5) McCally (1) 1,047 37–12 15–6 May 9 at Santa Clara* Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA W 16–4 Luker (3–0) Detrick (0–3) None 413 38–12 May 10 Saint Mary's* Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–0 Young (7–0) LaRochette (2–4) None 1,371 39–12 May 15 at San Francisco* Max Ulrich Field • San Francisco, CA W 12–6 Wayne (11–3) Perio (7–6) Bruksch (10) 686 40–12 May 19 UCLA Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 9–10 Brandt (7–5) Bruksch (4–4) None 4,020 40–13 15–7 May 20 UCLA Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 19–3 Wayne (12–3) Henkel (6–3) None 2,537 41–13 16–7 May 21 UCLA Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 17–11 Cunningham (5–1) Roe (6–5) None 2,601 42–13 17–7
Post-Season
NCAA Palo Alto Regional Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Regional Record May 26 Fresno State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–1 Young (8–0) Hannah (7–4) None 2,827 43–13 1–0 May 27 Alabama Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 8–6 Wayne (13–3) Heath (4–2) None 2,508 44–13 2–0 May 28 Alabama Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 9–14 Gingrich (4–1) Cunningham (5–2) Murphy (2) 2,610 44–14 2–1 May 28 Alabama Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 16–6 Sager (5–1) Vaughn (7–3) Bruksch (11) 1,099 45–14 3–1
NCAA Palo Alto Super Regional Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SR Record June 2 Nebraska Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 3–7 Spiehs (8–2) Young (8–1) None 3,660 45–15 0–1 June 3 Nebraska Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–1 Wayne (14–3) Komine (11–4) None 2,934 46–15 1–1 June 4 Nebraska Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–3 Sager (6–1) Rodrigue (9–4) Bruksch (12) 3,682 47–15 2–1
College World Series Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall Record CWS Record June 9 Louisiana–Lafayette Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 6–4 48–15 1–0 June 11 Clemson Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 10–4 49–15 2–0 June 15 Louisiana–Lafayette Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 19–9 50–15 3–0 June 16 LSU Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 5–6 50–16 3–1

References

1. http://www.pac-12.org/portals/7/images/history/baseball/pac-10-history.pdf
2. "2001 Baseball Schedule". Stanford Cardinal. Retrieved May 7, 2019.