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I’m focused on.� Although preparing for the upcoming football season may be Gaffney’s top priority, he can’t simply ignore baseball while many of his fellow teammates and opponents compete in summer leagues every day. Gaffney said his time away from baseball has affected his ability to begin the season on a high note. In Stanford’s first 11 games this year, Gaffney hit just .150, far below the .371 batting average he posted the rest of the season. In his freshman year, Gaffney wasn’t given many of the early opportunities given to some other freshmen before eventually developing into a Pac-10 honorable mention selection. “I’ve got to keep my swing going,� Gaffney said of his decision to play summer ball. “I don’t want to start slow like I have the past two years.� To do so means that Gaffney has to find time for baseball in between a full-time offseason training program for football. Currently, he is working out on his own, lifting and running, but will participate in summer workouts with the football team starting next week. “I’m with them as much as I can,� he says. As for baseball, Gaffney said he’ll just have to find opportunities to play and practice outside of the football schedule
“It’s just on my extra time,� he said. Though Gaffney’s dedication to both his sports may make his offseason anything but off-time, it has paid off for him on the field —or fields. Gaffney carried the ball 60 times for the Cardinal this past season, amassing 255 yards and four touchdowns. He also caught a 52-yard touchdown pass that gave Andrew Luck his school-record 28th touchdown throw of the season. On the diamond, Gaffney has been named an All-Pac-10 honorable mention twice. He finished third on the Cardinal in both batting average and RBI while leading the team in slugging percentage this season. So if Gaffney’s multifaceted athletic achievements dictate the delicate juggling of training and games for two sports, he’s just fine with that. “I took a couple days off, but it’s what happens when you play two sports,� Gaffney says. “You don’t really get many off days.� Gaffney made an immediate impact for the Palo Alto Oaks on Sunday. Gaffney, who hit safely in Stanford’s last 22 baseball games this spring, tripled in his first at-bat with the Oaks and scored on a wild pitch. He later added a double in support of Matt Campbell’s two-hit shutout as Palo Alto beat the San Jose Baysox, 3-0, in the opener of a Western Baseball Association Stan Musial Division doubleheader at Baylands Athletic Center.
The Oaks won the nightcap, 13-2, in a five-inning game. Menlo College senior Jason Kleinhoffer from Palo Alto High recorded the win. Campbell struck out nine in throwing the complete-game victory for the Oaks (10-0), who host Fontanetti’s in a doubleheader Sunday beginning at 11:30 a.m. at Baylands. He did not allow a baserunner past first base. Paly grad Evan Warner and Sam Wilkens each drove in an insurance run for Palo Alto. Gaffney and Gunn grad Greg Matson each had two hits. In the second game, Anthony Bona doubled twice and drove in a pair of runs for the Oaks, who broke the game open with six runs in the second. Palo Alto took advantage of three Baysox errors in the inning while Will Klein and Nick Borg each doubled. In the fourth, Warner singled in Bryan Beres who had walked to begin the inning. In the fifth, Allen Stiles led off the inning with a walk. After Wilkens singled, Bona doubled to drive in a run, Borg hit a sacrifice fly then ripped a double that scored Stiles. Klein’s three-run double sealed the victory. Brant Norlander and Graham Rodriguez each pitched an inning to finish the win. In Sacramento during the weekend, the Menlo Park Legends won three of four games and improved to 14-5 this summer. On Friday, the Legends defeated
Pro Player Baseball, 6-1. The following day, Menlo Park dropped a 9-7 decision to the Auburn Hills Mudcats. Sunday was huge for the Legends, who swept a doubleheader from the Seattle Studs, who finished second at last summer’s National Baseball Congress World Series. Menlo Park won the opener, 7-6, before taking the nightcap, 3-1. “It was very satisfying for me to beat the Studs this year,� said Menlo Park manager David Klein. “This weekend marked the start of a very competitive stretch of games, and this was a great sign for us to take two games from the Studs, a really prestigious competitor. We always seem to bring our ‘A’ game versus quality competitors. I’m really optimistic as we go against the nationally recognized teams from Southern California in the near future.� Menlo Park’s Pierson Jeremiah went 4-for-7 in the two games with a double and two RBI. In the first game, outfielder Cody Larson capped a four-run fourth inning with a two-run double, putting the Legends up 7-0. The Studs made it interesting by scoring a run in the sixth and five in the seventh, but the Legends held on for a win. Rich McCaffrey started Game 2 and went a solid five innings for the Legends, allowing three hits. Luke McCreesh came in and threw a perfect inning, and Corey Zirbes came in for the save threw another flawless inning. The Legends pitching staff combined for 14 strikeouts in the doubleheader. N
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points and the rout was on. Brown, 4-of-5 from the field, did a little of everything for the Americans, adding five rebounds and recording three assists in 17 minutes. Men’s golf Stanford’s Andrew Yun is one of 24 honorees named to the 2011 AllNicklaus Team that was announced Tuesday by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Players from Division I, II, III, NAIA and NJCAA were recognized for their outstanding play during the past collegiate season. Rowing Stanford grad Grace Luczak became a four-time national team member when she and teammate Felice Mueller won the women’s pair at the U23 U.S. Rowing trials Wednesday on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey. Tennis Stanford senior Bradley Klahn dropped a 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 decision to Canada’s Phillip Bester in the first round of the $50,000 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships in Winnetka, Ill., on Tuesday. Stanford sophomore Nicole Gibbs, meanwhile, won her first-round match at the Sargent & Collins, LLP $10,000 Championships in Buffalo on Wednesday. Gibbsbeat qualifier Olivia Janowicz, 6-4, 6-0. N
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