2000 Stanford Cardinal baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2000
Team:	Stanford Cardinal
Conference:	Pacific-10 Conference
Short Conf:	Pac-10
Record:	50–16
Conf Record:	17–7
Cbrank:	2
Coachrank:	2
Head Coach:	Mark Marquess (24th season)
Stadium:	Sunken Diamond
Champion:	Pac-10 champion Palo Alto Regional champion Palo Alto Super Regional champion
Bowl:	College World Series
Bowl Result:	2nd

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.

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

Schedule

Legend
	Stanford win
	Stanford loss

2000 Stanford Cardinal baseball game log: 50–16^[1]
Regular season: 42–13
January/February: 11–5 Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record Jan 28 at * No. 1 W 10–2 Young (1–0) Graham (0–1) None 4,011 1–0 — Jan 29 at Fresno State* No. 1 Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, CA W 7–1 Wayne (1–0) Hannah (0–1) None 3,670 2–0 — Feb 4 No. 2 * No. 1 W 5–4 Bruksch (1–0) Saarloos (0–1) None 1,942 3–0 — Feb 5 No. 2 Cal State Fullerton* No. 1 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 3–1 Wayne (2–0) Smith (0–1) Cunningham (1) 1,106 4–0 — Feb 6 No. 2 Cal State Fullerton* No. 1 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–3 Sager (1–0) Corona (0–1) Bruksch (1) 2,327 5–0 — Feb 7 No. 1 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 3–4 Moran (1–1) Rich (0–1) Church (1) 1,123 5–1 — Feb 11 at No. 6 Florida State* No. 1 L 4–11 McDonald (2–0) Gosling (0–1) Hodges (1) 4,324 5–2 — Feb 12 at No. 6 Florida State* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–6 Bruksch (2–0) Ginn (1–1) None 4,579 6–2 — Feb 13 at No. 6 Florida State* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 1–13 Ziegler (2–0) Sager (1–1) None 4,182 6–3 — Feb 18 No. 8 Texas* No. 3 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 8–2 Wayne (3–0) Hale (1–1) None 1,834 7–3 — Feb 19 No. 8 Texas* No. 3 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 2–3 Jones (2–2) Burksch (2–1) Thames (3) 2,288 7–4 — Feb 21 at * No. 2 W 4–2 Luker (1–0) Robinson (0–2) Gosling (1) 829 8–4 — Feb 25 at * No. 2 W 6–2 Wayne (4–0) Hutchinson (1–2) Bruksch (2) 510 9–4 — Feb 26 at California* No. 2 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 4–1 Sager (2–1) Steele (2–3) Gosling (2) 469 10–4 — Feb 27 at California* No. 2 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 8–2 Cunningham (1–0) Shirley (0–3) Bruksch (3) 498 11–4 — Feb 29 No. 2 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 1–4 Murphy (1–0) Rich (0–2) Adinolfi (3) 1,216 11–5 —
March: 10–2 Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record Mar 3 No. 2 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 1–0 Wayne (5–0) Travis (1–3) None 1,601 12–5 — Mar 4 at Santa Clara* No. 2 W 6–4 Sager (3–1) Kelley (0–3) Bruksch (4) 610 13–5 — Mar 5 Santa Clara* No. 2 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 8–3 Young (2–0) Diefenderfer (1–4) Luker (1) 1,523 14–5 — Mar 17 No. 12 Southern California* No. 3 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 4–3 Wayne (6–0) Prior (4–2) None 1,624 15–5 — Mar 18 No. 12 Southern California* No. 3 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 7–11 Montrenes (2–0) Cunningham (1–1) Petke (2) 2,516 15–6 — Mar 19 No. 12 Southern California* No. 3 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 11–4 Gosling (1–1) Reyes (2–3) None 2,244 16–6 — Mar 21 at * No. 4 W 11–3 Wodnicki (1–0) Bowden (3–2) None 256 17–6 — Mar 24 No. 4 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 5–8 Diggins (7–0) Wayne (6–1) Milo (3) 1,638 17–7 0–1 Mar 25 Arizona No. 4 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 6–4 Young (3–0) Crawford (4–5) None 2,052 18–7 1–1 Mar 26 Arizona No. 4 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* No. 4 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–2 Wodnicki (2–0) LaRochette (0–1) Bruksch (5) 1,256 20–7 — Mar 31 at No. 8 * No. 4 W 5–1 Wayne (7–1) Switzer (6–1) None 3,289 21–7 3–1
April: 13–4 Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record Apr 1 at No. 8 Arizona State No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 6–10 Doble (3–1) Bruksch (2–2) None 3,017 21–8 3–2 Apr 2 at No. 8 Arizona State No. 4 Packard Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 6–11 Pezely (3–2) Gosling (2–2) None 3,897 21–9 3–3 Apr 4 Sacramento State* No. 6 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 18–2 Luker (2–0) Cuckovich (3–1) None 1,461 22–9 — Apr 7 at No. 6 W 14–3 Wayne (8–1) Meldahl (1–4) None 831 23–9 4–3 Apr 8 at Washington State No. 6 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 No. 6 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* No. 5 W 5–2 Drew (1–0) Sandler (1–2) Bruksch (6) 652 26–9 — Apr 14 No. 5 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 6–5 Wayne (9–1) Grant (1–3) Bruksch (7) 1,714 27–9 7–3 Apr 15 Washington No. 5 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–2 Young (5–0) Massingale (3–5) None 1,625 28–9 8–3 Apr 16 Washington No. 5 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 9–4 Cunningham (3–1) White (1–1) Bruksch (8) 1,688 29–9 9–3 Apr 20 at No. 22 Southern California No. 4 L 3–7 Currier (10–2) Wayne (9–2) Montrenes (2) 788 29–10 9–4 Apr 21 at No. 22 Southern California No. 4 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 4–1 Young (6–0) Prior Bruksch (9) 30–10 10–4 Apr 22 at No. 22 Southern California No. 4 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 18–4 Cunningham (4–1) Reyes (3–6) Gosling (3) 1,002 31–10 11–4 Apr 25 No. 4 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 11–3 Wodnicki (3–0) Smith (5–3) None 1,484 32–10 — Apr 28 California No. 4 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 5–7 Meyer (3–0) Bruksch (2–3) None 2,258 32–11 11–5 Apr 29 California No. 4 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 10–6 Wayne (10–2) Cash (7–4) None 3,722 33–11 12–5 Apr 30 California No. 4 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 12–11 McCally (1–0) Meyer (3–1) None 3,710 34–11 13–5
May: 8–2 Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-10 record May 1 No. 3 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 6–0 Sager (4–1) Dellamaggior (1–1) None 1,246 35–11 — May 5 at No. 3 W 10–6 Bruksch (3–3) Johnson (5–4) None 463 36–11 14–5 May 6 at Oregon State No. 3 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 No. 3 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* No. 2 Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA W 16–4 Luker (3–0) Detrick (0–3) None 413 38–12 — May 10 Saint Mary's* No. 2 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–0 Young (7–0) LaRochette (2–4) None 1,371 39–12 — May 15 at San Francisco* No. 2 W 12–6 Wayne (11–3) Perio (7–6) Bruksch (10) 686 40–12 — May 19 No. 2 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 9–10 Brandt (7–5) Bruksch (4–4) None 4,020 40–13 15–7 May 20 No. 22 UCLA No. 2 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 19–3 Wayne (12–3) Henkel (6–3) None 2,537 41–13 16–7 May 21 No. 22 UCLA No. 2 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 17–11 Cunningham (5–1) Roe (6–5) None 2,601 42–13 17–7
Post-season: 8–3
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 26 (4) Fresno State (1) No. 2 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–1 Young (8–0) Hannah (7–4) None 2,827 43–13 1–0 May 27 (2) No. 21 (1) No. 2 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 8–6 Wayne (13–3) Heath (4–2) None 2,508 44–13 2–0 May 28 (2) No. 21 Alabama (1) No. 2 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 9–14 Gingrich (4–1) Cunningham (5–2) Murphy (2) 2,610 44–14 2–1 May 28 (2) No. 21 Alabama (1) No. 2 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 16–6 Sager (5–1) Vaughn (7–3) Bruksch (11) 1,099 45–14 3–1
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 2 No. 9 (8) No. 3 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 3–7 Spiehs (8–2) Young (8–1) None 3,660 45–15 3–2 June 3 No. 9 Nebraska (8) No. 3 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–1 Wayne (14–3) Komine (11–4) None 2,934 46–15 4–2 June 4 No. 9 Nebraska (8) No. 3 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–3 Sager (6–1) Rodrigue (9–4) Bruksch (12) 3,682 47–15 5–2
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record CWS record June 9 vs. No. 8 (8) No. 1 W 6–4 Young (9–1) Gabriel (9–4) Bruksch (13) 48–15 1–0 June 11 (8) No. 1 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 10–4 Wayne (15–3) Lynn (5–2) None 49–15 2–0 June 15 vs. No. 8 Louisiana–Lafayette (8) No. 1 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 19–9 Wodnicki (4–0) Gros (5–3) None 50–15 3–0 June 16 (8) No. 1 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 5–6 Hodges (5–2) Wayne (15–4) None 50–16 3–1

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2001 Baseball Schedule. Stanford Cardinal. May 7, 2019.