[CTcard]

Wow Mathews is the Saturday starter. Interesting.  Or an injury ?

That's a surprise. A frosh to start game 2 of the year. I sure hope that means he has wowed the coaching staff.
Even with an injury there seem to be several upperclassmen that could have been chosen. A good sign ... I hope.

I don't believe he was one of our more touted incoming frosh, though he was in the Baseball America top 500 prospects (#457 I think Bobk reported several months ago).

Next - how many frosh in the starting lineup?

[CTcard]

Wow Mathews is the Saturday starter. Interesting.  Or an injury ?

That's a surprise. A frosh to start game 2 of the year. I sure hope that means he has wowed the coaching staff.
Even with an injury there seem to be several upperclassmen that could have been chosen. A good sign ... I hope.

I don't believe he was one of our more touted incoming frosh, though he was in the Baseball America top 500 prospects (#457 I think Bobk reported several months ago).

Next - how many frosh in the starting lineup?

[oldalum]

Did two Stanford Softball camps with my daughter.  

I take it neither of you was recruited?    ;)

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Perhaps he/she is new, but the coverage is awful. Heck Bay Area Media Day was held AT Stanford this year and there hasn't been a peep about it

The players appeared at the MBB game last night and were well-received by the crowd of ~400.

[oldalum]

Did two Stanford Softball camps with my daughter.  

I take it neither of you was recruited?    ;)

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Perhaps he/she is new, but the coverage is awful. Heck Bay Area Media Day was held AT Stanford this year and there hasn't been a peep about it

The players appeared at the MBB game last night and were well-received by the crowd of ~400.

[BobK]

Lol old alum

Matthews has looked great all thru the practices. Hope not an injury either

[BobK]

Lol old alum

Matthews has looked great all thru the practices. Hope not an injury either

[JJJ]

Anybody getting sound on their Stanford live stream 2?

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Never mind. There was no sound for the anthem. Troy Clardy on now.

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Leadoff walk, single to right, and sac fly gives the Titans a 1-0 lead off Beck after half an inning. Two frosh (Brock Jones and Crampton) starting.*ETA: Kody Huff also frosh starting at DH*

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Tawa doubles, but 1-0 Titans after one.

[JJJ]

Anybody getting sound on their Stanford live stream 2?

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Never mind. There was no sound for the anthem. Troy Clardy on now.

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Leadoff walk, single to right, and sac fly gives the Titans a 1-0 lead off Beck after half an inning. Two frosh (Brock Jones and Crampton) starting.*ETA: Kody Huff also frosh starting at DH*

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Tawa doubles, but 1-0 Titans after one.

[cardcrimson]

Well, we only gave up two earned runs. . . .

[cardcrimson]

Well, we only gave up two earned runs. . . .

[JJJ]

So what am I doing wrong? Can't stream today's game; listening on KZSU at the moment.

https://pac-12.com/live/stanford-university-2

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I'm actually quite liking this woman doing play-by-play on KZSU. Serendipitous find.

[JJJ]

So what am I doing wrong? Can't stream today's game; listening on KZSU at the moment.

https://pac-12.com/live/stanford-university-2

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I'm actually quite liking this woman doing play-by-play on KZSU. Serendipitous find.

[Madera86]

I'm only looking at the stats, but what I've seen so far is depressing. We've given up 11 hits in 4 and 1/3 innings today, and we've only eked out two hits ourselves. Yesterday we committed three errors and gave up seven runs. Ugh.

[Madera86]

I'm only looking at the stats, but what I've seen so far is depressing. We've given up 11 hits in 4 and 1/3 innings today, and we've only eked out two hits ourselves. Yesterday we committed three errors and gave up seven runs. Ugh.

[JJJ]

We're having to replace something like 2/3 of last year's HR and RBI due to graduation/draft. So we're definitely in the "looking for answers" stage. 2 errors by frosh SS yesterday, but you'd think Esky would know what's best for the position/lineup. I'm ok with the series vs CS Fullerton being a learning/teaching moment. (Play by play announcer saying they might bring Tawa into SS and play another player (Gargus?) in CF soon. I just cringe every time she says "expecially" instead of "especially"...

[JJJ]

We're having to replace something like 2/3 of last year's HR and RBI due to graduation/draft. So we're definitely in the "looking for answers" stage. 2 errors by frosh SS yesterday, but you'd think Esky would know what's best for the position/lineup. I'm ok with the series vs CS Fullerton being a learning/teaching moment. (Play by play announcer saying they might bring Tawa into SS and play another player (Gargus?) in CF soon. I just cringe every time she says "expecially" instead of "especially"...

[Madera86]

Baseball wins today, 2-1. Yay!

[Madera86]

Baseball wins today, 2-1. Yay!

[BobK]

Great pitching by Williams and Jensen
Great to have the first win

[BobK]

Great pitching by Williams and Jensen
Great to have the first win

[Mick]

Tuesday, Stanford travels to Stephen Schott Stadium for its fourth game of the season. First pitch, 6 p.m. 

Generally speaking, I'd chalk it up as a win for Stanford.  SCU is 4-0 this year so far, having scored 40 runs in four games against San Jose State, three of which were at SJSU.  Last year, SJSU was 20-34, so you can take the following with a gigantic grain of salt.

SCU's collective stat line is .355/.439/.587/1.016.  They don't steal much (3 of 6), they don't have a lot of power (only 19 of 55 hits are for extra bases), they don't walk a whole lot (16 walks, 8 HBPs).  SCU's ERA is 2.00 and held SJSU to a .198 BA.

Not sure which SCU pitcher will start.  The coach only let one pitcher go more than three innings in their first four games.  Senior Russell Grant II will probably get the start.  He gave up two walks and no hits in his three innings.  He pitched in the 7-1 and 5-1 losses to Stanford last year.  SCU's team is very young, at one point last year they started seven true frosh in a game.  They weren't very good at 12-40, but 21 of the games were decided by two runs or less, and they got back 90% of their hitting/runs and 78% of their pitching.

[Mick]

Tuesday, Stanford travels to Stephen Schott Stadium for its fourth game of the season. First pitch, 6 p.m. 

Generally speaking, I'd chalk it up as a win for Stanford.  SCU is 4-0 this year so far, having scored 40 runs in four games against San Jose State, three of which were at SJSU.  Last year, SJSU was 20-34, so you can take the following with a gigantic grain of salt.

SCU's collective stat line is .355/.439/.587/1.016.  They don't steal much (3 of 6), they don't have a lot of power (only 19 of 55 hits are for extra bases), they don't walk a whole lot (16 walks, 8 HBPs).  SCU's ERA is 2.00 and held SJSU to a .198 BA.

Not sure which SCU pitcher will start.  The coach only let one pitcher go more than three innings in their first four games.  Senior Russell Grant II will probably get the start.  He gave up two walks and no hits in his three innings.  He pitched in the 7-1 and 5-1 losses to Stanford last year.  SCU's team is very young, at one point last year they started seven true frosh in a game.  They weren't very good at 12-40, but 21 of the games were decided by two runs or less, and they got back 90% of their hitting/runs and 78% of their pitching.

[CTcard]

Generally speaking, I'd chalk it up as a win for Stanford. games.

Maybe generally speaking, but this year I wouldn't chalk up any game as a win for Stanford - at least for now.
Stanford is a frosh-heavy team that needs to figure out a higher level of play. I'll be happy if they get things rolling by the end of the season, but overall the team won't be in the vicinity of the past three seasons.

[CTcard]

Generally speaking, I'd chalk it up as a win for Stanford. games.

Maybe generally speaking, but this year I wouldn't chalk up any game as a win for Stanford - at least for now.
Stanford is a frosh-heavy team that needs to figure out a higher level of play. I'll be happy if they get things rolling by the end of the season, but overall the team won't be in the vicinity of the past three seasons.

[terry]

Stanford has scored 4 runs in 3 games. Until this team shows it can score more runs, it's hard to chalk up any game as a win.

[terry]

Stanford has scored 4 runs in 3 games. Until this team shows it can score more runs, it's hard to chalk up any game as a win.

[Spiny_Norman]

This is not going to help.

[twitter]https://twitter.com/KendallRogers/status/1229498410610413568[/twitter]

[Spiny_Norman]

This is not going to help.

[twitter]https://twitter.com/KendallRogers/status/1229498410610413568[/twitter]

[BostonCard]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/pac12/status/1229850632040808448?s=21[/tweet]

Congrats!

BC

[BostonCard]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/pac12/status/1229850632040808448?s=21[/tweet]

Congrats!

BC

[JJJ]

Wow, Williams now has a career 9-1 record!!!

Pac-12 Baseball Pitcher of the Week: Alex Williams, So., RHP, Stanford (Castro Valley, Calif.)
1 GP, 7 IP, 1.29 ERA, 3 K, 5 H
• Pitched seven innings and allowed just one run to lead Stanford to a 2-1 win over Cal State Fullerton.
• Facing a potent Titans’ offense, Williams struck out three and allowed just six baserunners in his seven innings of work.
• Following Fullerton's run in the second inning to tie the game, Williams faced just 17 batters to get his final 16 outs.
• The 2019 Freshman All-American improved to 9-1 in his career with the victory.
• This marks Williams’ first-career pitcher of the week award and Stanford’s 145th all-time weekly nod.

(edited to bold for emphasis, from the same link from BC above)

https://pac-12.com/article/2020/02/17/pa...ayers-week

[JJJ]

Wow, Williams now has a career 9-1 record!!!

Pac-12 Baseball Pitcher of the Week: Alex Williams, So., RHP, Stanford (Castro Valley, Calif.)
1 GP, 7 IP, 1.29 ERA, 3 K, 5 H
• Pitched seven innings and allowed just one run to lead Stanford to a 2-1 win over Cal State Fullerton.
• Facing a potent Titans’ offense, Williams struck out three and allowed just six baserunners in his seven innings of work.
• Following Fullerton's run in the second inning to tie the game, Williams faced just 17 batters to get his final 16 outs.
• The 2019 Freshman All-American improved to 9-1 in his career with the victory.
• This marks Williams’ first-career pitcher of the week award and Stanford’s 145th all-time weekly nod.

(edited to bold for emphasis, from the same link from BC above)

https://pac-12.com/article/2020/02/17/pa...ayers-week