# 2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

The 2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond under third year coach David Esquer.

## Previous season

The Cardinal started February off hot winning the 2019 Angels College Classic and kept going through March winning the series against ranked Cal State Fullerton and ranked Texas five of the seven games. They continued winning when they got into the conference season but would stumble against #1 ranked UCLA losing two of three to them.
Stanford finished second in the Pac-12 conference and got their own Regional beating Sacramento State twice and then would take two of three against Fresno State. Next, the Cardinal went to the Starkville Super Regional and lose in double elimination to Mississippi State.

### 2019 MLB draft

The Cardinal had nine players drafted in the 2019 MLB draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
| Kyle Stowers | Outfield | 2 | 71 | Baltimore Orioles |
| Erik Miller | Pitcher | 4 | 120 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Jack Little | Pitcher | 5 | 161 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Maverick Handley | Catcher | 6 | 168 | Baltimore Orioles |
| Will Matthiessen | Outfield | 6 | 184 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Andrew Daschbach | First Base | 11 | 318 | Baltimore Orioles |
| Brandon Wulff | Left Field | 17 | 521 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Duke Kinamon | Second Base | 24 | 728 | Tampa Bay Rays |
| Daniel Bakst | Shortstop | 28 | 857 | Boston Red Sox |
| Kody Huff | Catcher | 32 | 968 | Tampa Bay Rays |
| Owen Cobb | Shortstop | 37 | 1103 | San Diego Padres |
Players in bold are signees drafted from high school that will attend Stanford.

## Schedule and results

Legend :
| | Stanford win |
| | Stanford loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Stanford team member |
2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball game log :
Regular season (5–11) :
February (2–8) :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record |
| Feb. 14 | Cal State Fullerton | No. 17 | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | L 1-7 | Bibee (1-0) | Beck (0-1) | Adolphus (1) | Stanford Live Stream | 1,223 | 0–1 |
| Feb. 15 | Cal State Fullerton | No. 17 | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | L 1-6 | Luckham (1-0) | Mathews (0-1) | | Stanford Live Stream | 1,392 | 0–2 |
| Feb. 16 | Cal State Fullerton | No. 17 | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | W 2-1 | Williams (1-0) | Magrisi (0-1) | Jensen (1) | Stanford Live Stream | 2,426 | 1–2 |
| Feb. 18 | Santa Clara | No. 25 | Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CA | L 2-3 | Howard (2-0) | Meier (0-1) | Heinrich (2) | | 430 | 1–3 |
| Feb. 21 | Houston Round Rock Classic | No. 25 | Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TX | L 4-11 | Lockhart Jr (1-0) | Beck (0-2) | | | | 1–4 |
| Feb. 22 | #6 Texas Tech Round Rock Classic | No. 25 | Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TX | L 2-7 | Bonnin (2-0) | Mathews (0-2) | Dallas (2) | | | 1–5 |
| Feb. 23 | Tennessee Round Rock Classic | No. 25 | Dell Diamond • Round Rock, TX | L 2-7 | Gilbert (1-0) | Williams (1-1) | Walsh (1) | | | 1–6 |
| Feb. 25 | California | | Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA | L 4-8 | King (2-0) | Grech (0-1) | | Pac-12 Network | 724 | 1–7 |
| Feb. 28 | Grand Canyon | | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | L 3-5$^{18}$ | Hull (2-0) | Jensen (0-1) | | Stanford Live Stream | 829 | 1–8 |
| Feb. 29 | Grand Canyon | | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | W 3-2 | Meier (1-1) | Ohl (0-2) | Grech (1) | Stanford Live Stream | 1,000 | 2–8 |
March (3–3) :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | Pac-12 Record |
| Mar. 1 | Grand Canyon | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | W 8-2 | Williams (2-1) | McCarville (1-2) | Rudd (1) | Stanford Live Stream | 1,044 | 3–8 | |
| Mar. 3 | #16 Michigan | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | W 5-4 | Parthasarathy (1-0) | Smith (0-1) | Grech (2) | Stanford Live Stream | 1,067 | 4–8 | |
| Mar. 6 | Kansas State | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | L 1-6 | Seymour (2-2) | Beck (0-3) | Lockwood (1) | Stanford Live Stream | 808 | 4–9 | |
| Mar. 7 | Kansas State | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | W 7-5 | Mathews (1-2) | McCullough (2-1) | Dieter (1) | Stanford Live Stream | 837 | 5–9 | |
| Mar. 7 | Kansas State | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | L 1-11 | Herbers (1-0) | Meier (1-2) | | Stanford Live Stream | 860 | 5–10 | |
| Mar. 8 | Kansas State | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | L 1-6 | Wicks (3-0) | Dieter (0-1) | | Stanford Live Stream | 815 | 5–11 | |
| Mar. 21 | California | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | | | | | Pac-12 Network | | | - |
| Mar. 22 | California | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | | | | | Pac-12 Network | | | - |
| Mar. 23 | California | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | | | | | Pac-12 Network | | | - |
| Mar. 25 | Cal Poly | Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | | | | | | | | |
| Mar. 27 | Arizona State | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | | | | | Pac-12 Network | | | - |
| Mar. 28 | Arizona State | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | | | | | Pac-12 Network | | | - |
| Mar. 29 | Arizona State | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | | | | | Pac-12 Network | | | - |
| Mar. 31 | Sacramento State | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | | | | | Stanford Live Stream | | | - |
April (0-0) :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | TV | Pac-12 Record |
| Apr. 3 | Arizona | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | Arizona Live Stream | - |
| Apr. 4 | Arizona | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | Arizona Live Stream | - |
| Apr. 5 | Arizona | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | Arizona Live Stream | - |
| Apr. 7 | San Francisco | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Stanford Live Stream | |
| Apr. 9 | Oregon State | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR | Pac-12 Network | - |
| Apr. 10 | Oregon State | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR | Pac-12 Network | - |
| Apr. 11 | Oregon State | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR | Pac-12 Network | - |
| Apr. 14 | Nevada | William Peccole Park • Reno, NV | | |
| Apr. 17 | USC | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Stanford Live Stream | - |
| Apr. 18 | USC | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Stanford Live Stream | - |
| Apr. 19 | USC | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Stanford Live Stream | - |
| Apr. 21 | Fresno State | Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, CA | | |
| Apr. 24 | Oregon | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Stanford Live Stream | - |
| Apr. 25 | Oregon | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Stanford Live Stream | - |
| Apr. 26 | Oregon | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Stanford Live Stream | - |
May (0-0) :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | TV | Pac-12 Record |
| May 1 | UCLA | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | Pac-12 Network | - |
| May 2 | UCLA | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | Pac-12 Network | - |
| May 3 | UCLA | Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | Pac-12 Network | - |
| May 5 | Santa Clara | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Stanford Live Stream | |
| May 8 | Utah | Smith's Ballpark • Salt Lake City, UT | Utah Live Stream | - |
| May 9 | Utah | Smith's Ballpark • Salt Lake City, UT | Utah Live Stream | - |
| May 10 | Utah | Smith's Ballpark • Salt Lake City, UT | Utah Live Stream | - |
| May 12 | San Francisco | Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field • San Francisco, CA | | |
| May 15 | Washington State | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Pac-12 Network | - |
| May 16 | Washington State | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Pac-12 Network | - |
| May 17 | Washington State | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Pac-12 Network | - |
| May 18 | Gonzaga | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | Stanford Live Stream | |
| May 21 | Washington | Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA | Pac-12 Network | - |
| May 22 | Washington | Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA | Pac-12 Network | - |
| May 23 | Washington | Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA | Pac-12 Network | - |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| Coaches' | 15 | 15* | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | 25 | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | 16 | 26 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1Baseball | 17 | 25 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
^ 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.