2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

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.

2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball
Stanford Regional champions
NCAA tournament, Super Regional
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
CB	No. 10
Record	45–14 (20–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	David Esquer (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Thomas Eager (2nd season) Tommy Nicholson (2nd season) Jack Marder (2nd season)
Home stadium	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	24	–	5	–	0		.828			52	–	11	–	0		.825
No. 10 Stanford  ‍‍‍y	22	–	7	–	0		.759			45	–	14	–	0		.763
Oregon State  ‍‍‍y	21	–	8	–	0		.724			36	–	20	–	1		.640
California  ‍‍‍y	17	–	11	–	0		.607			32	–	20	–	0		.615
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y	16	–	13	–	0		.552			38	–	19	–	0		.667
Arizona  ‍‍‍	15	–	14	–	0		.517			32	–	24	–	0		.571
USC  ‍‍‍	13	–	15	–	1		.466			25	–	29	–	1		.464
Washington  ‍‍‍	12	–	17	–	0		.414			28	–	24	–	0		.538
Oregon  ‍‍‍	10	–	19	–	0		.345			27	–	29	–	0		.482
Utah  ‍‍‍	6	–	24	–	0		.200			16	–	33	–	0		.327
Washington State  ‍‍‍	3	–	25	–	1		.121			11	–	41	–	1		.217
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of July 16, 2019[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

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.^[2]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
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:[3]

Schedule and results

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

Stanford Regional

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Stanford	11
	4	Sacramento State	0
						1	Stanford	2
						3	Fresno State	7
	3	Fresno State	9
	2	UC Santa Barbara	2
											3	Fresno State
											1	Stanford
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						1	Stanford	12
	4	Sacramento State	6			4	Sacramento State	3
	2	UC Santa Barbara	4

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Will Matthiessen, DH/P	59	216	46	67	12	0	12	52	28	56	.310	1
Kyle Stowers, OF/P	55	218	39	66	19	1	9	39	24	31	.303	13
Duke Kinamon, INF	50	185	39	56	12	0	6	32	8	33	.303	12
Maverick Hundley, C	59	224	45	65	13	3	5	24	33	39	.290	12
Andrew Daschbach, INF/OF	59	211	55	61	11	2	17	46	25	54	.289	1
Christian Robinson, OF	49	108	16	31	9	0	0	15	15	24	.287	8
Brandon Wulff, OF	59	206	54	56	7	1	19	42	41	68	.272	6
Nick Bellafronto, INF	47	132	32	34	13	0	6	32	28	41	.258	1
Tim Tawa, OF	58	217	35	55	10	0	8	37	9	51	.253	6
Austin Kretzschmar, INF	14	12	3	6	0	1	0	1	1	2	.500	0
Nickolas, Oar, OF	15	17	3	5	0	0	1	2	1	7	.294	0
Vincent Martinez, C	7	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	0
Nick Brueser, INF	37	85	11	19	6	0	2	16	18	25	.224	2
Brandon Dieter, INF/P	32	72	7	15	2	0	1	12	6	17	.208	0
Alec Wilson, OF	37	51	8	9	4	0	1	7	6	12	.176	1
Christian Molfetta, OF/INF	10	12	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	3	.167	0
Grant Burton, OF	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.000	0
Zach Sehgal, INF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Brandon Dieter	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Austin Weiermiller	6	0	2.45	25	0	2	33.0	25	11	9	1	17	41
Alex Williams	8	1	2.56	14	10	0	63.1	53	23	18	3	8	43
Carson Rudd	0	0	2.95	15	0	0	21.1	17	8	7	0	11	14
Jack Little	3	2	3.37	25	0	12	42.2	35	17	16	4	11	55
Erik Miller	8	3	3.48	16	16	0	82.2	68	38	32	6	46	102
Cody Jensen	1	0	3.55	20	2	1	33.0	28	14	13	3	11	32
Brendan Beck	5	4	3.63	17	16	0	91.2	102	41	37	6	25	83
Zach Grech	2	0	3.68	32	0	1	44.0	47	20	18	4	7	28
Will Matthiessen	6	2	3.83	16	8	1	54.0	48	23	23	6	19	56
Jacob Palisch	5	2	4.79	26	7	0	56.1	67	33	30	4	21	48
Nicolas Lopez	1	0	15.00	1	0	0	3.0	4	5	5	1	3	4
Ben Baggett	0	0	36.00	2	0	0	1.0	2	4	4	2	3	0

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[5]	12	12*	12	5	4 (1)	3 (1)	3 (1)	2 (3)	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	10	10
Baseball America[6]	7	7	7	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	10	10
Collegiate Baseball^[7]	5	5	8	11	8	8	6	4	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	10	10
NCBWA†[8]	8	8	10	5	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	10	10
D1Baseball	12	12	11	6	4	3	3	2	5	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	10	10

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.