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College Baseball Poll - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 4, 1998 STANFORD RANKED NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER POLL TUCSON, Ariz. - Stanford has been ranked No. 1 in "Collegiate Baseball's" latest NCAA Division I baseball poll with a 40-8-1 overall record. Previous top ranked Miami (Fla.), which had been ranked No. 1 for the past six weeks, slipped to second after losing two of three games to Florida State. The Cardinal, which has won five straight and 9 of their last 10 games, swept highly regarded Arizona State over the past weekend by scores of 5-4, 4-3 and 12-8. Stanford leads the Pac-10 Southern Division with a 21-6 record. POLL NOTES: Several other teams have been red-hot. Cal. St. Fullerton has won 14 straight contests. Southern California has won 8 of its last 9. Minnesota has won 9 straight. Mississippi State won two of three over previously No. 3 ranked South Carolina. Two teams which fell out of the poll this week include Oregon State (1-3 last week) and Arkansas (2-2). The "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season. (Top 30 Agate Follows) "Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's" NCAA Div. I Poll (As of May 4, 1998)
"LOUISVILLE SLUGGER'S" NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK * RHP Brian Rogers, The Citadel: As MVP of the Southern Conference Tournament, he struck out 17 batters and allowed no runs in 13 total innings. He gave up only three hits and two walks. He hurled a 3-hit, complete game 5-0 shutout over Western Carolina. Two days later, he hurled 4 perfect innings with 6 strikeouts against N.C. Greensboro. * 3B Craig Kuzmic, Texas A&M: Belted 5 home runs for the Aggies in four games as he went 9-for-16 on the week. Six of the nine hits went for extra bases. He tied an A&M single-season school record with his 21st homer of the year. * 1B Jeremy Samatas, Coastal Carolina: Hit 5 home runs in five games which included 9 RBI and 22 total bases. He hit three home runs in a doubleheader against Maryland-Baltimore County which included 7 RBI and 4 runs scored. He now has hit 18 HRs on the season. * 3B T.J. Soto, Louisiana Tech: Tied school and Sun Belt Conference records as he hit three homers in a game against Lamar, the first Bulldog to ever hit three in one game twice. In four games last week, he hit 5 homers with 8 RBI and 7 runs scored. * RHP Mike Fischer, South Alabama: Came within one strike of history as he pitched a no-hitter for 8 2/3 innings against New Orleans. Mac Harer broke up Fischer's no-hit bid on a 2-ball, 2-strike count. It would have been the first 9-inning no-no in Jaguar history. He won the game, 2-0 with 7 strikeouts and allowed 2 hits and 3 walks. |
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