Stanford opens four-game set against Texas

March 4, 2015, 11:57 p.m.

Stanford baseball continues its non-conference schedule Thursday night in a familiar matchup, one that brings together two coaches that have combined for nearly 3,500 wins and rank No. 1 (Texas head coach Augie Garrido) and No. 3 (Stanford head coach Mark Marquess) among active NCAA Division I coaches in career wins.

Freshman Matt Winaker, who leads the Cardinal with a .415 batting average, is just one of many freshmen who have made significant contributions for Stanford this season. (NICK SALAZAR/The Stanford Daily)

After a tough start to the season, the Cardinal (7-6) are 5-2 in their last seven games, over which they split a four-game series at Rice and then won a high-scoring affair at San Jose State on Tuesday.

Stanford’s freshmen have taken on a large role for the team, accounting for 45 percent of the team’s at-bats thus far. Matt Winaker (.415) and Mikey Diekroeger (.333), both in their first years on the Farm, lead the team in batting average.

The Longhorns (8-4) enter having lost two games to San Diego on Sunday, following up a seven-game winning streak.

Contact Jordan Wallach at jwallach ‘at’ stanford.edu.

Jordan Wallach is a Senior Staff Writer at The Stanford Daily. He was previously the Managing Editor of Sports, a sports desk editor for two volumes and he continues to work as a beat writer for Stanford's baseball, football and women's volleyball teams. Jordan is a junior from New York City majoring in Mathematical and Computational Science. To contact him, please send him an email at jwallach 'at' stanford.edu.

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Stanford opens four-game set against Texas

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