03-13-2026, 11:00 PM
Stanford baseball now has a 2-game winning streak, although they had yet another difficult time closing out a game in the 9th inning. Up 9-4, Stanford P Mike Erspamer gave up a walk and a single. Closer Colt Petersson came in and promptly gave up a 3-run HR. Fortunately, CP settled down and retired the next three Pitt batters.
Stanford has given up 7 or more runs in the last 8 games. Put another way here are the ERAs of Stanford's starting pitchers in our first 17 games:
Dugan, Nick 6.20 ERA, 5 starts
Keenan, Aidan 6.23, 4
Ketelsen, Brock 6.35, 3
Warner, Parker 8.25, 4
Gomez, Cohen 9.26, 1
On the bright side, Jimmy Nati has been swinging the bat like we knew he could, so Stanford has a better chance of winning a few more high-scoring games.
Stanford has given up 7 or more runs in the last 8 games. Put another way here are the ERAs of Stanford's starting pitchers in our first 17 games:
Dugan, Nick 6.20 ERA, 5 starts
Keenan, Aidan 6.23, 4
Ketelsen, Brock 6.35, 3
Warner, Parker 8.25, 4
Gomez, Cohen 9.26, 1
On the bright side, Jimmy Nati has been swinging the bat like we knew he could, so Stanford has a better chance of winning a few more high-scoring games.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)