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Baseball Squad Set to Host Cal

Cougars hot after taking Pac-10 series from UW last weekend.

May 8, 1999

THIS WEEK:
Saturday, May 8 - Cal at WSU, 7:00 p.m., Bailey Field, Pullman,
Sunday, May 9 - Cal at WSU, 1:00 p.m., Bailey Field, Pullman
Monday, May 10 - Cal at WSU, 11:00 a.m., Bailey Field, Pullman,

NEXT WEEK:
Thursday, May 13 - WSU at Portland, 3:00 p.m., Pilot Stadium, Portland, Ore.
Friday, May 14 - WSU at Oregon State, 3:00 p.m., Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, Corvallis, Ore.
Saturday, May 15 - WSU at Oregon State, 1:00 p.m., Goss Stadium
Sunday, May 16 - WSU at Oregon State, 1:00 p.m., Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, Corvallis, Ore.

LAST WEEK:
Tuesday, April 27 - WSU 4, LCSC 6, Harris Field, Lewiston, Idaho
Wednesday, April 28 - WSU 7, Gonzaga 8, August A.R.T Stadium, Spokane, Wash.
Friday, April 30 - UW 9, WSU 6, Bailey Field, Pullman, Wash.
Saturday, March 1 - UW 1, WSU 14, Bailey Field, Pullman, Wash.
Sunday, March 2 - UW 13, WSU 14., Bailey Field, Pullman, Wash.

WSU LINEUP (20-25, 3-15 PAC-10)  (TENTATIVE)

 1B - STEVE CURRAN, Jr. (.282, 33 H, 22 R, 28 RBI, 7 HR)
	Ray Hattenburg, Jr. (.396, 74 H, 53 RBI, 7 HR, 15 2B)
2B - BOYD ROBERTSON, Sr. (.226, 30 H, 21 RBI, 4 HR)
	Bookie Gates, Fr. (.326, 45 H, 32 R, 23 RBI, 5 HR, 12 2B)
SS - SHAWN STEVENSON, Jr. (.290, 53 H, 31 RBI, 13 2B)
	Bookie Gates, Fr. (.326, 45 H, 32 R, 23 RBI, 5 HR, 12 2B)
3B - BOOKIE GATES, Fr.  (.326, 45 H, 23 RBI, 5 HR, 12 2B)
	Ray Hattenburg, Jr. (.396, 74 H, 33 R, 53 RBI, 7 HR, 15 2B)
LF - RAY HATTENBURG, Jr. (.396, 74 H, 53 RBI, 7 HR)
	Dusty Edler, RS-Sr., (.200, 16 H, 15 R, 10 RBI, 5 2B)
CF - EVAN HECKER, Fr. (.232, 22 H, 17 R, 18 RBI, 1 HR)
	Steve Gleason, Sr. (.267, 35 H, 26 R, 25 RBI, 1 3B)
 RF - JASON GROVE, So. (.392, 51 H, 40 RBI, 12 HR)
	Brad Philley, RS-So, (.240, 12 H, 13 R, 2 2B, 6 RBI)
C - 	JEFF SCHERER, Sr. (.322, 46 H, 24 RBI, 7 HR, 13 2B)
	Ryan Smith, Jr. (.222, 12 H, 8 RBI, 2 3B, 1 2B, 13 R)
DH - ZACH BODE, Jr. (.310, 26 H, 30 RBI, 8 HR, 5 2B)
	Tyson Thompson, Fr. (.182, 2 H, 1 R, 4 Games)
P1 - TODD MELDAHL, Jr. (L, 3-5, 5.68 ERA, 77.2 IP)
P2 - JAMAAL GAINES, Sr. (R, 2-4, 7.19 ERA, 61.1 IP)
P3 - REGGIE RIVARD, Jr. (R, 2-1, 6.02 ERA, 40.1 IP)
R1 - Matt O'Brien, Jr.(L, 6-4, 6.35, 28.1 IP, 21 APP)
R2 - Les McTavish, Jr. (R, 0-3, 10.07, 22.1 IP, 19 APP)

COUGAR DIAMOND NOTES

COUGARS ON A ROLL AFTER TAKING TWO OF THREE FROM UW, HOST CAL TO THREE-GAME SERIES: WSU head coach Steve Farrington said it best after the Cougs beat UW 14-1 May first.

"All we had to do was put April behind us, and move into May," he said referring the WSU's dismal 2-16 record in April.

Now WSU is 2-0 in April, and with two wins against cross-state rival Washington under their belt, the Cougar baseball team is set to finish the season strong with ten games remaining.

WSU will host the California Golden Bears to a three-game Pacific-10 Conference series this weekend at Bailey Field. The series will start Saturday to offset graduation weekend and final exams. Saturday's game will start at 7 p.m. with senior player introductions prior to first pitch. Sunday's game will be held at 1 p.m. and Monday's game is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.

Monday's game is Community Appreciation Day and all fans will be admitted into the game free of admission.

The Cougars and Golden Bears met earlier this season in a three-game series at Evans Diamond in Berkeley, with WSU taking two of three. Ray Hattenburg led the Cougs at the plate in that series going 6-for-13 with a pair of home runs.

For the season Hattenburg continues has continued his tear at the plate and is now hitting .396 on the year. Jason Grove continued his long ball display hitting his 12th home run of the year against UW. Grove is inching near the .400 mark with an overall .392 average.

Zach Bode, Bookie Gates, and Shawn Stevenson also had good weekends at the plate against the Huskies. Bode was 4-for-9 with two doubles and Gates was 7-for-14. Stevenson raised his season average from .290 to .308 with a 7-for-13 weekend.

On the mound converted starter Reggie Rivard provided biggest performance of the weekend with a six-hit, complete game victory over UW last Saturday. The hard-throwing junior started the year as the closer, but has since made the switch to the staring role where he has gone 1-0 in four starts posting a 2.78 ERA.

Jamaal Gaines pitched well in relief on two occasions and will return to the starting rotation this weekend.

Cal leads the all-time series 19-15-1.

NEW PAC-10 FORMAT: The 1999 season marks a new era in Pacific-10 Conference baseball as the disbanded the former North and South divisions to form one unified league. Portland State dropped its program following the '98 season leaving only three teams in the Northern Divison. This year nine Pac-10 schools (Oregon does not have a team) will make up the Pac-10 baseball league with each team playing a 24-game schedule, with the regular season champion earning the conference automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. WSU will play Oregon State, Cal, and UW twice, but only one of the series will count towards the league standings.

WSU MOUND ROTATION (Probable)


SAT	Jamaal Gaines (RHP)
SUN	Todd Meldahl (LHP)
MON	Reggie Rivard (RHP)

COACH FARRINGTON: In his four years at the helm of the Cougar baseball team Farrington has posted a 112-156 recordin his first year with WSU his squad won the Pac-10 North crown and he was named the league coach of the yearbefore coming to WSU in the summer of 1994 Coach Farrington spent 11 seasons as the coach of Lower Columbia College in Longview, Wash at the JC level Farrington posted a 280-149 record, with three NWAACC titleshe was the National Junior College Coach of the Year in 1992at Washington State he has coached 17 players who are currently in the minor leagues and Mike Kinkade in the majors.

THE COACHING STAFF: Buzz Verduzco has been onboard as a Cougar assistant coach since 1990he is a 1985 graduate of WSU where he played baseball for Bobo Braytonhis 67 games played in '85 is a WSU recordformer major leaguer Russ Swan joined the coaching staff in 1998Swan spent 11 seasons in the majors with Seattle, Cleveland, and San Francisco.

103 YEARS OF COUGAR BASEBALL: Baseball, the first sport played at Washington State University in 1892, completed its 103rd season of diamond action in 1998during its first 103 seasons, WSU baseball teams won 65.8% of their games, posting a 2,202-1,170 recordWSU was 11-1 in 1892the Cougars did not field baseball teams in 1893-94-95-97.

WSU ON THE RADIO: All Washington State baseball games are broadcast by Houser Communications in Colfaxairtime is 20 minutes before the start of the game...all games are scheduled to air on KCLX (1450 AM) with Alex Webster or Steve Grubbs calling the actionGames can also be listend to on the internet by going to the hyperlink http://cougnet.wsu.edu and selecting the Cougar baseball option.

OLERUD RANKS SEVENTH AS "PLAYER OF THE CENTURY": Washington State baseball great John Olerud was recently ranked seventh as college baseball's "Player of the Century" by Baseball America. The top 10 players of the century were voted on by fans, coaches, and baseball writers and are listed below:

1. Pete Incaviglia (Oklahoma State)
2. Bob Horner (Arizona State)
3. Robin Ventura (Oklahoma State)
4. Burt Hooten (Texas)
5. Dave Winfield (Minnesota)
6. Phil Stephenson (Wichita State)
7. John Olerud, Jr. (Washington State)
8. J.D. Drew (Florida State)
9. Eddie Bain (Arizona State)
10. Derek Tatsuno (Hawaii)

MEDIA INFORMATION:
Baseball Contact:  Jeff R. Evans
SID Phone:  (509) 335-2684
SID Fax:  (509) 335-0267
E-Mail:  jrevans@wsu.edu 
Website:  www.wsu.edu/athletics
Address:  Bohler Addition 195
	P.O. Box 641602
	Pullman, WA 99164-1602

Press Conference: Head Coach Steve Farrington will hold a weekly press conference every Tuesday at 1:30...if you are interested in participating please call the WSU Sports Information Office at (509) 335-2684.

Player Interviews: If you wish to talk to any of the Cougar baseball players for interviews, please contact Jeff R. Evans.

STEVENSON FILLING SHOES OF A BIGGER MAN: Junior shortstop Shawn Stevenson (Everett) enters his third season as a Cougar starterlast season he started 48 of WSU's 49 games and hit .328 with nine home runs as the Cougs leadoff hitterover the summer he traveled to Mass., where he played for the Wareham Gatemen in the Cape Cod Leaguehe hit .265 with a wood bat and in the field led all shortstops with a .974 fielding percentageawarded the Sylvia and Bert Bigelow Award for team MVP honorsin Baseball America's preseason college baseball issue, Stevenson was named the top shortstop in the Pac-10Stevenson is the Cougar record holder for consecutive games with a hit (28)before sitting out against Gonzaga 4/28, Stevenson started 68 straight games at shortstopthe switch hitter is batting .308 after a stellar series against the Huskies in which he went 8-for-13.

THE SOPHOMORE SENSATION: Sophomore Jason Grove (Walla Walla, Wash.) started with a bang, and has since been one of the Cougars' leading hitters after recovering from a broken thumbhe hit two home runs against USC with one landing on the WSU golf course and hit the game-winning home run against Gonzaga 4/7he is the Cougars second leading hitter at .392 with 51 hits in 130 at-batshe leads the Cougs with 12 home runs with his last being a grand slam against the HuskiesGrove had himself quite an opening week in New Mexico going 12-for-22 at the plate with four home runs and 13 RBIsin the third game of the series he connected on three home runs, tying a Cougar record last accomplished by Casey Kelley in 1998two of his three home runs came in the first inning and all three were in consecutive at-batsGrove was 5-for-7 in the season openerfor his spectacular play Grove was a top finalist for the Collegiate Baseball national player of the weekGrove is coming off a spectacular freshman year in which he was named an honorable mention freshman All-American by Collegiate BaseballGrove hit .323 last season with 12 home runs and 13 doublesin the outfield he had eight assists and a .982 fielding percentagein the summer Grove played for the Kelowna Grizzlies in the PIL where he hit 15 home runsnext summer he will play for the Wareham Gateman.

AS SOLID AS SCHERER: Senior catcher Jeff Scherer (Kennewick, Wash.) had an opening week in New Mexico he soon won't forgetScherer was 14-for-22 with six doubles and two home runshe tied two school records in a 6-for-7 performance Sundayhis six hits and three doubles equaled Cougar recordsScherer has maintained his consistency both at the plate and behind the plate in 1999through the UW series he is hitting .322 with 13 doubles and seven home runshe recorded the game-winning hit in WSU's 14-13 win over UW in the bottom of the tenthScherer will tentatively play for the Tri-City Posse following this season.

DOC MELDAHL: Junior lefty Todd Meldahl has been solid all year in the No. 3 spot of the starting rotation and has since become the staff acehe is 3-5 with a 5.68 ERAhe threw eight and one-third scoreless innings against San Jose State, and then kept No. 1 ranked Florida State in check for six innings not allowing a runMeldahl was phenomenal against ASU pitching a stretch of five no-hit innings, but picked up the hard-luck no-decisionhe is an outstanding student majoring in mechanical engineering.

WHERE'S WADE PARRISH?: Junior Wade Parrish (Othello, Wash.) started the season on fire with a wins in his first three startsParish had a career-best start against SJSU with a two-hit, complete game shutoutParrish set a career best strikeout mark with 11 and 12after being hit in the calf by a line drive at Stanford, Parrish has not been the samehis record is now 4-5 with a 6.06 ERAhe has also been battling injuries and may see bullpen duty the rest of the season.

IRON MAN GLEASON: Two-sport star Steve Gleason (Sr., Spokane, Wash.) had a breakthrough year on the diamond last season when he hit .290 with six triples and six home runshe started 35 games primarily in center fieldhis six triples ranked only one behind the school record of sevenon the gridiron Gleason was third on the team with 70 tackleshe was sidelined midway through the season with a knee injuryin WSU's '97 Rose Bowl season Gleason started every game at linebacker and was a honorable mention all-Pac-10 pickGleason hit his 12th career triple against the Zag's and is now tied for third on the all-time WSU record listin 1999 Gleason is hitting .254 with seven home runs.

THE CANADIAN CONNECTION: Two of the Cougars most dominating relievers hail from Alberta, CanadaLes McTavish (Jr., Slave Lake) and Reggie Rivard (Jr., Bonnyville) tied for the team lead last year with 19 pitching appearances eachMcTavish has thrown well as of late regaining movement on his fastballRivard has relinquished his role as the close and moved into the starting rotationthe Canadian Express has provided four solid starts in place of Wade ParrishRivard has five saves and is 2-1 in 1999.

THE HAWAIIAN PUNCH: Three members of WSU's 1999 baseball squad come from paradise, literallyMicah Banton, Lanakila Niles, and David PerreiraPerreira (Jr., Ewa Beach, Hawaii) transferred to WSU from the University of Hawaii in August has started sparingly at third base and designated hitterBanton (Jr., Honolulu) is a speedy outfielder who will see backup duty in all three outfield positions and as a pinch runnerNiles (RS-Fr., Pearl City, Hawaii) is a crafty right-hander with four pitcheshe could see duty out of the bullpen and spot-starting opportunities.

GRANDPA ROBERTSON: At 25 years of age, senior second baseman Boyd Robertson (Richland, Wash.) could very well be the oldest player in collegiate baseballborn 10/28/73, Robertson attended Pacific University out of high school, then went on a two-year church mission to Brazil for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 academic yearsRobertson attended one year of junior college at Columbia Basin College before arriving at WSU in 1997after a transfer mandated redshirt season in '97, Robertson played in 40 games (32 as a starter) in 1998 and hit .276Robertson has played spectacular defense in the field at second and has connected on four home runs in 1999Robertson leads the team in sacrifice bunts with six and owns a .372 on-base percentagehe is hitting .226 on the year after going 4-for-12 against UW.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Home Record	5-7
Road Record	10-15
Neutral Record	5-3
Day Games	16-18
Night Games	4-8
On Turf	1-2
On Grass	19-23
Pac-10	3-15
Non-Conference	17-8
Vs. Left-Handed Starters	5-6
Vs. Right-Handed Starters	15-18
Against Top-25 Teams	1-10
One-Run Games	6-6
Two-Run Games	2-3
Extra Innings Games	1-2
Shutouts	2-1
Scoring First	11-10
Opponents Score First	7-15
Ahead After Five Innings	13-8
Behind After Five Innings	4-16
Ahead Going into Final Inning	17-2
Behind Going into Final Inning	2-21
Tied going into final inning	0-2
Doubleheaders	3-3
WSU Scores over 10 runs	12-1
Opponents Score over 10 runs	5-10
Scoring Five or More Runs	18-16
Scoring Four or More Runs	18-18
Allowing Five or More Runs	12-25
Allowing Four or Less Runs	7-1
Hitting Multiple Home Runs	10-8
WSU is Errorless	2-3
WSU Commits an Error	18-22
WSU Outhits Opponent	14-2
Opponent Outhits WSU	5-21
February	8-2
March	8-7
April	2-16
May	2-0
Sunday	4-5
Monday	2-0
Tuesday	2-3
Wednesday	2-2
Thursday	0-1
Friday	5-5
Saturday	5-9
Current Win Streak	2
Current Losing Streak	0
Longest Winning Streak	6
Longest Losing Streak	7
Largest winning Margin	14
In White Hats	1-3
In Crimson Hats	19-22

STREAKING COUGS: The following Cougar players are currently riding multiple-game hitting streaks the school record is 28 games set by Shawn Stevenson in '98:

Jason Grove	2
Jeff Scherer	6
Ray Hattenburg	2
Boyd Robertson	3
Dusty Edler	1
Micah Banton	0
Shawn Stevenson	0
Zach Bode	2
Bookie Gates	2
Steve Curran	2
Evan Hecker	3

BODACIOUS BODE: Junior designated hitter Zach Bode has definitely made his presence known in the WSU lineup hitting .310 with five doubles and eight home runsthe left-handed swinger hit a game-tying homer against UCLA in the top of the ninthhe hit home runs in four consecutive games from March 16-20 during the Cougs spring break triphe had a five RBI game against San Francisco during that stretch Bode is a junior from Issaquah, Wash.

THE FRESHMAN: The freshman class of 1999 has proven to be one of the finest in Cougar baseball history. Here is a look at some of the players:

BOOKIE: Freshman Bookie Gates has been phenomenal in a starting role at third base in his rookie campaign he is hitting...326 (45-138) with 12 doubles and five home runsin the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic in Minneapolis, Minn., he hit .537 earning all-tournament honorsthe Seattle, Wash., native hit .500 (7-14) against the cross-state rival Huskies.

HACKIN HECKER: Freshman Evan Hecker has been a sprakplug in the Cougar lineup since taking the duties over in centerfieldhe has made several diving plays and has hit well lately at the platehe provided the dramatics in the 11-7 win over LCSC April 20 with a three-run homer over the right field fence to win the game for WSU...he tied the game with a sharp single in the ninth inning May 2 against UWon the season Hecker is hitting .232 (22-95) while starting 25 gamesHecker was an honorable mention All-American in high school at Eastside Catholic in Seattle.

RECORD WATCH: Quick pull out your media guides, because several WSU baseball records have already been shattered in 1999 and several current Cougs are moving their way up the career record lists:

Career Triples: 
Steve Gleason, 12, t3rd
Career Strikeouts:
Steve Gleason, 137, 3rd all-time
Hits in a game:
Jeff Scherer, 6, 2/14/99 at NMSU
Doubles in a game:
Jeff Scherer, 3, 2/14/99 at NMSU
Triples in a game:
Ryan Smith, 2, 2/14/99 at NMSU
Career Runs Allowed:
Todd Meldahl, 196, 3rd all-time
Home Runs In a Game:
Jason Grove, 3, 2/14/99 at NMSU
Team Hits in a Game:
25 to tie record, 2/14 & 2/15 at NMSU
Runs in Ninth Inning:
10, 2/15/99 at NMSU

GROVE AND HATTENBURG MAKING A RUN FOR THE RECORD BOOKS: Both Ray Hattenburg and Jason Grove are making a run at the Cougar record books with their overall batting averageslisted below are the current top 10 leaders in batting average in Cougar baseball historyJohn Olerud accomplished the feat in 1988 when he was named Baseball America Player of the Year.

Season Batting Average Top 10
1. John Olerud '88	.464
2. Bob Garretson '64	.438
3. Kelly Smith '80	.418
4. Glen Walker '80	.396
5. Arnie Pleasant '60	.395
6. Greg Monda '82	.392
7. Jim Connor '88	.391
8. Dale Ford '66	.390
9. Dave Edler '78	.388
Mike Kinkade '94	.388
Ken Cameron '95	.388

COUGS ADD TO WARDROBE: The Washington State baseball team will be making a fashion statement when they take the field this Spring. The Cougars have added a white, sleeveless jersey that will be accompanied with a crimson undershirt. The Cougars now have five sets of uniforms to take the field in. They include home whites and pinstripes, and crimson and gray mesh jerseys for the road.

	
White Home: 		2-2
White Sleeveless:	4-5
Pinstripe:		4.5-2.5
Crimson Mesh:		9-12
Gray Mesh:		1-4

NATIONAL POLLS
Baseball America Top-25
1.	Texas A&M
2.  	Rice
3.	 Cal State Fullerton
4. 	Miami (Fla)
5.  	Florida State
6.  	Stanford
7.  	Baylor
8.  	Florida Atlantic
9.  	Ohio State
10.	Wichita State
11. 	Pepperdine
12. 	North Carolina
13. 	Texas Tech
14.  	Arkansas
15.  	Alabama
16.  	Tulane
17.  	Auburn
18.  	USC
19.  	LSU
20.  	Texas
21.  	Wake Forest
22.  	East Carolina
23.  	Mississippi
24.  	Houston
25.  	Nevada

HATTIE: An ankle injury sidelined junior Ray Hattenburg (Spokane, Wash.) early in the '98 season, and he never recovered to regain his '97 stroke that saw him hit .339 (58-171)in 1998 he hit .279 with two home runsnow a junior Hattenburg is 100% is well back to the form he showed as a freshmanan outfielder for the past two seasons, Hattenburg has moved to the infield and will start at first base and see action at third and even in the outfieldas a utility player Hattenburg has been a mainstay in the Cougar lineup starting all but one of WSU's gameshe has started 23 at first, nine at third, 10 in left, and two in rightHattenburg had a career-long 12-game hitting streak snapped against UW Hattenburg hit a grand slam against Arizona, the first of his careerin Pac-10 play Hattenburg has been one of hottest hitters in the league with a .447 averageas a switch hitter he has hit .365 from the right side and .411 as a leftywith the bases loaded Hattie is 7-for-13for his outstanding play in 1999 he has been nominated for All-America honorsHattie was 5-for-14 last weekend against UW and was 6-for-13 against Cal earlier this year.

THE WOUNDED COUGARS: With 45 games under the belt for the Cougars, injuries are starting to set instarting pitcher Wade Parrish has been hampered with a bruised calf that continues to stiffen on him when he pitchesfreshman Evan Hecker ran into the centerfield fence against LCSC, but has remained in the lineupHecker left a dent in the wall after colliding with it at full speedstarting pitcher Jamaal Gaines has had back spasms, but has not missed a startsenior Aaron Cozzens has not seen action in 1999 because of shoulder problems..Jason Grove broke his thumb early in the season, and is almost 100%.

50 YEARS AGO IN OMAHA: The College World Series held annually in Omaha each June is celebrating its 50th year at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omahathe first CWS played in Omaha in 1950 was won by the University of Texas, with Washington State close behind in secondthe 1950 WSU team was coached by Cougar legend Buck Baileyin that series the Cougars were 3-2 with wins over Rutgers, Alabama, and Tuftsthe Cougs lost to Texas twice with one coming in the championship game 3-0.

TWO-WAY THOMPSON: The last two-way player to turn heads at Bailey Field was an All-American named John Olerud who in 1988 hit .464 at the plate and was 15-0 on the moundfreshman Tyson Thompson (Bothell, Wash) is quickly making a name for himself both at the plate and on the moundas a pitcher Thompson has started two games and seen relief action in several others in his last start at LCSC 4/26, Thompson gave up only one earned run in six inningshe currently has the lowest ERA on the pitching staff at 5.34 and has a 27-13 strikeout to walk ratioat the plate Thompson has seen only a limited role as a designated hitter starting two gameshe is 2-for-11 at the plate, but has shown tremendous power and talent in the developmental games Thompson was drafted out of high school in 1998 by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 23rd round.

THE LAST TIME THE BEARS WERE IN PULLMAN: If you have looked at a Washington State media guide, then you have probably seen the Cal Bears when they were last in Pullmanthe back of the media guide displays a picture of a ESPN televised game April 30, 1989 with the Bears and Cougars in actionin that nationally televised game the Golden Bears beat WSU 6-3in the second game of the two-game series the Bears roughed up All-American and current New York Met John Olerud 18-1.

THE CANADIAN EXPRESS: A new role has taken Reggie Rivard to the top of the Cougar starting rotationonce a closer, Rivard, who has five saves in '99, is now one of the starting pitchersthe junior form Bonnyville, Alberta has started four games and is 1-0 with a 2.78 ERARivard's ERA out of the bullpen is 10.19in 22.2 innings pitched as a starter he has given up just seven earned runs and opposing batters are hitting just .235 off himlast weekend against UW he picked up the win Saturday throwing a complete game six-hitterRivard has been clocked as high as 93 mph on the radar gun.

GAINING MOMENTUM: Senior Jamaal Gaines (Antioch, Calif.) has been a pitcher of hard luck thus far in 1999, but none-the-less has showed he can dominate at the Pac-10 levelthe Antioch, Calif., native is 2-4 this season with a 7.19 ERAagainst the then No. 3 ranked Stanford Cardinal he pitched six good innings allowing only three runs and left the game with the leadin that game he picked up the no-decisionin front of friends and family at Cal March 16 he picked up his first win of the year allowing only two runs and three hits over eight inningsin a six-inning relief appearance against Oregon State March 20, Gaines allowed two hits and one run to pick up a winGaines will pitch for the final time at Bailey Field Saturday night on Senior Night.

HORMEL FOODS CLASSIC: When the WSU baseball team ventured to Minneapolis March 5-7 for the 15th annual Hormel Foods Baseball Classic, they competed against three of the top collegiate baseball programs in the nationthe Cougs nearly defeated No. 1 Florida State and No. 13 Wichita State in consecutive games and beat the host University of Minnesota 6-5Bookie Gates hit a phenomenal .537 (7-for-13) with three doubles and a home runall games were played at the HHH Metrodome, the home of the Minnesota Twins.

PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE STANDINGS
	PAC-10				OVERALL
	W	L	Pct.	GB	W	L
Stanford	17	4	.810	--	33	12
USC	15	6	.714	2	30	22
UW	10	8	.556	5.5	28	15
UCLA	10	8	.556	5.5	26	26
ARIZ	11	10	.524	6	31	20
ASU	9	9	.500	5	36	18
CAL	9	12	.429	8	24	30
WSU	3	15	.167	14	20	25
OSU	3	15	.167	14	15	33

THESE GUYS CAN COACH TOO: Steve Curran and Zach Bode spend their summers not playing baseball, but coaching it...the Cougar players helped coach Chaffey Baseball Club in Seattle...Chaffey is regarded as one of the best summer baseball progams in the state of Washington ...Curran and Bode are alumni of the Chaffey program...Boyd Robertson and Jamaal Gaines helped coach a Pony League team in Pullman...reliever Les McTavish was the pitching coach for the Lethebridge, Alberta Legion team. Justin Nakaishi coached a legion team in Utah.

THE TRADITION: The Washington State baseball program is one filled with a history of success, pride, and achievements. Among the facts:

89 winning seasons
Only 14 losing seasons in 103 years
41 conference championships
Five College World Series appearances
22 NCAA appearances
24 no-hitters
Four coaches over the last 66 years
Nine first-team All-Americans
One college baseball player of the year
131 first-team all-league selections since '47

ON THE TUBE: In addition to every game being on the radio this season, the WSU baseball team will be on television several times during the course of the 1999 seasonthe following dates are when WSU is scheduled to be on TV with more games possibly added:

	4/10 	at Arizona State,	Fox Net	1:00 (Live)
	4/17 	Arizona	FSN (Delay)	1:00
	5/2	Washington	FSN (Delay)	1:00
	5/16 	at Oregon State	 FSN (Delay)	1:00

DRAFTED COUGARS: Five members of the Cougar Baseball team were drafted by Major League baseball teams following high school graduation. They are:

Tony Dawson - Oakland, 19th round, 1997 Dusty Edler - Toronto, 48th round, 1994 Todd Meldahl - NY Mets, 29th round, 1996 Brad Philley - Philadelphia, 33rd round, 1996 Tyson Thompson - Pittsburgh, 23rd round, 1998

CALIFORNIA INFORMATION 1999 Record: 25-30, 9-12 (7th Place) 1998 Record: 22-32 Conference: Pac-10 Vs. WSU: 19-15-1 (1902-1999) Baseball SID: Scott Ball Phone: (510) 643-1741 Head Coach: Bob Milano Stadium: Evans Diamond Top Hitter: Mike Tonis (.391, 77 H, 15 HR) Top Starting Pitcher: Jon Shirley (6-4, 3.86) Starting Rotation: Jon Shirley Ryan Atkinson Jason Dennis

HITTING LEADERS
Batting Average:
1. Ray Hattenburg	.396
2. Jason Grove	.392
3. Bookie Gates	.326
4. Jeff Scherer	.322
5. Zach Bode	.310

Hits
1. Ray Hattenburg	74
2. Shawn Stevenson	61
3. Jason Grove	51

Runs Scored
1. Shawn Stevenson	48
2. Jason Grove	44
3. Ray Hattenburg	33

Doubles
1. Shawn Stevenson	15
Ray Hattenburg	15
3. Jeff Scherer	13
4. Bookie Gates	12

Triples
1. Ryan Smith	2

Home Runs
1. Jason Grove	12
2. Zach Bode	8

PITCHING LEADERS
Earned Run Average
1. Tyson Thompson	5.34
2. Sean Donlin	5.40
3. Todd Meldahl	5.68
4. Reggie Rivard	6.02
5. Wade Parrish	6.06

Wins
1. Matt O'Brien	6
2. Wade Parrish	4
3. Todd Meldahl	3

Strikeouts
1. Todd Meldahl	50
2. Wade Parrish	49
3. Jamaal Gaines	38
4. Tyson Thompson	27
5. Lanakila Niles	25

FIELDING LEADERS
Errors
1. Shawn Stevenson	22
2. Bookie Gates	16
3. Steve Gleason	8
Ray Hattenburg	8
5. Boyd Robertson	7

Assists
1. Shawn Stevenson	133
2. Boyd Robertson	124
3. Bookie Gates	65
4. Ray Hattenburg	39
5. Steve Curran	20

CWS AND THE PAC-10: Capturing College World Series titles is nothing new for Pacific-10 Conference teams. Conference clubs have won the national baseball title 24 times since the CWS started in 1947, including 17 times in the last 31 years. In all, Pac-10 teams have played for the title 33 times, with 10 second-place finishes. At the CWS last year, Arizona State and Southern Cal combined for 35 runs before USC came away with a 21-14 win. It was the Trojans 12th CWS title all-time. The only years at least one Pac-10 team did not qualify for the CWS were 1969-89-91-96.

FORMER COUGS OPEN WITH BANG 1999: Here is how former Cougar players faired in their first week of action in the 1999 Major League Baseball seasonMike Kinkade (1992-96) recorded his first Major League hit 4/12 with a pinch-hit, two-run double in the eighth inning and hit his first career major league home run April 29 against the San Diego Padres. In that game Olerud and Kinkade both hit home runs. Scott Hatteberg was recently put on the disabled list:

1999 STATS	POS	TEAM	AVG.	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI
Scott Hatteberg	C	Boston	.222	5	9	1	2	0	0	0	2
Mike Kinkade	3B	NY (N)	.235	19	34	2	8	2	1	1	4
John Olerud	1B	NY (N)	.344	28	93	18	32	10	0	5	16
1998 STATS	POS	TEAM	W-L	ERA	G	IP	SO	R	ER
Aaron Sele	RHP	Texas	3-2	4.45	6	32.1	33	18	16

1998 - A SEASON OF RECORDS: In 1998 Casey Kelley (Ellensburg, Wash.) etched his name into the record books with a Washington State and Pac-10 North record 25 home runs. The record mark broke John Olerud's 1988 record of 23. An amazing fact is 20 of his 25 long balls sailed to left field, his opposite field. Kelley finished ranked third nationally with .51 home runs per game and was named third team All-America by Collegiate BaseballKelley also set the record for 63 strikeouts in a seasonSteve Gleason hit six triples, one off the school record of seven.

ONE TOUGH SCHEDULE: The NCAA doesn't compile a power ranking for college baseball, but if the 1999 WSU baseball schedule was put to a vote, it would be one of the toughest in the countryin all WSU will play six teams in Baseball America's top 25 and eight teams in Collegiate Baseball's top 30the Cougars were 29th in both the Collegiate Baseball and Baseball Weekly polls the week of March 22.

Team	CB	BA	BW
Arizona State	26	NR	24
Arizona	NR	NR	NR
Florida State	4	5	5
Minnesota	NR	NR	NR
Stanford	5	6	6
UCLA	NR	NR	NR
USC	16	18	123
Washington	NR	NR	NR
Wichita State	7	10	7

STEVENSON BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD: Junior shortstop Shawn Stevenson surpassed John Olerud as the record holder for most consecutive games with a hit in the early part of the 1998 season...the switch hitting leadoff hitter ended his streak March 6, 1998 with an 0-for-4 day against Ohio State...the streak ended at 28 games which dated back to April 13th of the '97 season in a game against Lewis-Clark State....Olerud set the previous mark of 22 games in the 1988 season in which he was voted Baseball America's player of the year...during the streak Stevenson hit .384 (48/125).

EARLIER IN THE SEASON AGAINST CAL: If it wasn't for an Xavier Nady home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Cougars could have walked away from Evans Diamond earlier in the year with a three-game sweep of the Golden Bears Hattenburg was the hottest Coug in that series going 6-for-13 with two runs scored and two home runsboth his home runs came in the same game March 13Steve Curran also had a good weekend against Cal going 3-for-6 with a home runZach Bode hit two home runs and Steve Gleason hit a grand slamon the mound Jamaal Gaines gave up just two runs and three hits in eight innings to pick up a win and Todd Meldahl gave up just a single tally in seven innings to pick up the other win.