2008 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

The 2008 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Sunken Diamond. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 32nd year at Stanford.

2008 Stanford Cardinal baseball
Palo Alto Regional champions Fullerton Super Regional champions
College World Series, 4th
Conference	Pacific 10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
CB	No. 4
Record	41–24 (14–10 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mark Marquess (32nd season)
Assistant coach	Dave Nakama (9th season)
Hitting coach	Dean Stotz (32nd season)
Pitching coach	Jeff Austin (1st season)
Home stadium	Sunken Diamond
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 9 Arizona State  ‍†‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			49	–	13	–	0		.790
No. 4 Stanford  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			41	–	24	–	2		.627
UCLA  ‍‍‍y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			33	–	27	–	0		.550
No. 13 Arizona  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12	–	0		.500			42	–	19	–	0		.689
California  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			33	–	21	–	2		.607
Washington  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Oregon State  ‍‍‍y	11	–	13	–	0		.458			28	–	24	–	0		.538
Southern California  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Washington State  ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			30	–	26	–	0		.536
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2007[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cardinal won the Palo Alto Regional and the Fullerton Super Regional to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Georgia Bulldogs.

Roster

2008 Stanford Cardinal baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 1 OF Jeff Whitlow R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Southfield, Michigan 2 INF Adam Gaylord R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So La Mirada, California 3 INF J. J. Jelmini R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Fresno, California 4 Adam Yount L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Scottsdale, Arizona 5 Zach Jones R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Draper, Utah 6 INF Jake Schlander R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Scottsdale, Arizona 7 OF Joey August L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Salem, Oregon 11 OF Dave Giuliani S/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Thorofare, New Jersey 12 OF Wande Olabisi R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Houston, Texas 13 INF Colin Walsh S/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr San Diego, California 14 Brendan Domaracki L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Tampa, Florida 15 C Jason Castro L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Castro Valley, California 16 INF Cord Phelps R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Santa Barbara, California 17 RHP Cory Bannister R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Paradise Valley, Arizona 18 Sean Ratliff /L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Longmont, Colorado 19 RHP Erik Davis R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Mountain View, California 20 RHP Jeffrey Inman R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Bakersfield, California 21 LHP Jeremy Bleich L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Metairie, Louisiana 22 OF Stephen Brown R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Visalia, California 23 RHP Brandt Walker R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Austin, Texas 24 OF Toby Gerhart R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Norco, California 25 C Brent Milleville R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr Wichita, Kansas 26 RHP Drew Storen R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Brownsburg, Indiana 27 LHP Blake Hancock L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Kingwood, Texas 28 RHP Danny Sandbrink R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr St. Louis, Missouri 29 Ben Clowe R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Jacksonville, Florida 30 INF Jonathan Kaskow S/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Coppell, Texas 31 OF Kellen McColl R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Los Altos, California 33 INF Randy Molina L/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr South Gate, California 34 LHP Tom Stilson L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Ozark, Missouri 36 RHP Andrew Clauson R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Yakima, Washington 37 Michael Marshall R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr El Paso, Texas 38 RHP Rex Petrill R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Los Altos, California 39 RHP David Stringer R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Palo Alto, California 40 RHP Max Fearnow R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Omaha, Nebraska 41 Rey Saldana R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr San Antonio, Texas 42 OF Kellen Kiilsgaard L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Auburn, Washington 43 C Kirk Erickson L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Santa Rosa, California 44 RHP Alex Pracher R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Marlton, New Jersey 46 RHP Billy Vernon R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Fort Washington, Pennsylvania 47 RHP Will Krasne R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Washington, D.C. 48 RHP Kyle Thompson R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 174 lb (79 kg) So Northridge, California 49 INF Brian Moon S/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Glendale, California 50 RHP Carey Schwartz R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Palo Alto, California 51 LHP Michael De Groot L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Castro Valley, California	Head coach 9 Mark Marquess Assistant coach(es) Hitting coach(es) 32 Dean Stotz Base coach(es) 10 Dave Nakama Pitching coach(es) 8 Jeff Austin Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 23, 2021

Schedule

2008 Stanford Cardinal Baseball Game Log
Regular season
February (4–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 1 February 22 Nebraska Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 17–1 1–0 – 2 February 22 Nebraska Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 2–9 1–1 – 3 February 24 Nebraska Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–2 2–1 – 4 February 25 Saint Mary's Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 2–4 2–2 – 5 February 26 Nevada Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–3 3–2 – 6 February 28 Cal State Fullerton Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 12–5 4–2 –
March (9–5–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 7 March 1 Cal State Fullerton Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 11–7 5–2 – 8 March 2 Cal State Fullerton Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 6–5 6–2 – 9 March 4 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 3–8 6–3 – 10 March 5 at Saint Mary's Louis Guisto Field • Moraga, California 7–7 6–3–1 – 11 March 7 at Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 2–5 6–4–1 – 12 March 8 at Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 6–5 7–4–1 – 13 March 9 at Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 12–9 8–4–1 – 14 March 21 Pacific Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 6–10 8–5–1 – 15 March 22 at Pacific Klein Family Field • Stockton, California 7–3 9–5–1 – 16 March 24 at Pacific Klein Family Field • Stockton, California 14–0 10–5–1 – 17 March 25 at Sacramento State John Smith Field • Sacramento, California 3–5 10–6–1 – 18 March 28 Washington State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–10 10–7–1 0–1 19 March 29 Washington State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–3 11–7–1 1–1 20 March 30 Washington State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 8–2 12–7–1 2–1 21 March 31 Long Beach State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–3 13–7–1 2–1
April (10–6) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 22 April 1 Hawaii Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 2–5 13–8–1 2–1 23 April 4 Arizona State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–6 13–9–1 2–2 24 April 5 Arizona State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 12–2 14–9–1 3–2 25 April 6 Arizona State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 10–2 15–9–1 4–2 26 April 7 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 5–5 15–9–2 4–2 27 April 9 UC Davis Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 8–9 15–10–2 4–2 28 April 11 at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 9–10 15–11–2 4–3 29 April 12 at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 6–4 16–11–2 5–3 30 April 13 at Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon 4–2 17–11–2 6–3 31 April 14 Santa Clara Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, California 3–1 18–11–2 6–3 32 April 16 San Francisco Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 11–10 19–11–2 6–3 33 April 18 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 4–1 20–11–2 7–3 34 April 19 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 6–1 21–11–2 8–3 35 April 20 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 2–8 21–12–2 8–4 36 April 21 at Santa Clara Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, California 13–6 22–12–2 8–4 37 April 23 Saint Mary's Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–4 23–12–2 8–4 38 April 25 Southern California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–0 24–12–2 9–4 39 April 26 Southern California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 26–5 25–12–2 10–4 40 April 27 Southern California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–10 25–13–2 10–5 41 April 28 at Santa Clara Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, California 9–10 25–14–2 10–5 42 April 30 at UC Davis Dobbins Stadium • Davis, California 8–10 25–15–2 10–5
May (9–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 43 May 3 San Jose State Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–1 26–15–2 10–5 44 May 4 at San Jose State San Jose Municipal Stadium • San Jose, California 17–6 27–15–2 10–5 45 May 5 Pacific Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 7–2 28–15–2 10–5 46 May 6 at San Francisco Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field • San Francisco, California 9–13 28–16–2 10–5 47 May 9 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 3–4 28–17–2 10–6 48 May 10 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 2–5 28–18–2 10–7 49 May 11 California Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 8–5 29–18–2 11–7 50 May 12 Santa Clara Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 15–4 30–18–2 11–7 51 May 17 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 6–9 30–19–2 11–8 52 May 18 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 8–5 31–19–2 12–8 53 May 19 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 11–15 31–20–2 12–9 54 May 23 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington 9–4 32–20–2 13–9 55 May 24 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington 8–5 33–20–2 14–9 56 May 25 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington 4–7 33–21–2 14–10
Postseason
NCAA Palo Alto Regional (4–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 57 May 30 UC Davis Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 2–4 33–22–2 14–10 58 May 31 Arkansas Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 5–1 34–22–2 14–10 59 June 1 UC Davis Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 8–4 35–22–2 14–10 60 June 1 Pepperdine Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 13–1 36–22–2 14–10 61 June 2 Pepperdine Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 9–7 37–22–2 14–10
NCAA Fullerton Super Regional (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 62 June 6 at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field • Fullerton, California 4–3 38–22–2 14–10 63 June 7 at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field • Fullerton, California 8–5 39–22–2 14–10
College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 64 June 14 vs Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 16–5 40–22–2 14–10 65 June 16 vs Georgia Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–4 40–23–2 14–10 66 June 18 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 8–3 41–23–2 14–10 67 June 21 vs Georgia Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 8–10 41–24–2 14–10

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Awards and honors

Jason Castro

• All-Pac-10 Conference
• Third Team All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Erik Davis

• All-Pac-10 Conference

Brent Milleville

• Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 Conference

Randy Molina

• All-Pac-10 Conference

Cord Phelps

• All-Pac-10 Conference

Sean Ratliff

• All-Pac-10 Conference

Drew Storen

• All-Pac-10 Conference
• First Team Freshman All-American Collegiate Baseball

Austin Yount

• Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 Conference

References

1. 2011 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. p. 59. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
2. "2008 Baseball Schedule". www.gostanford.com. Stanford University. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
3. "CWS record Book" (PDF). www.ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved January 23, 2021.