Baseball

Stanford-Fresno State Baseball Game Notes (1/30/05)

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Jim Rapoport and Adam Sorgi both hit their first career home runs in the nightcap with Rapoport also tying a career-high with two RBI
Jed Lowrie's two-homer game in the opener of the doubleheader is the second of his career (also at Santa Clara, March 24, 2004)
Jeff Gilmore combined on the third shutout of his career in the opener, the most by any active Stanford pitcher
John Hester (3-5) tied a career-high with his second three-hit game of the series in the nightcap
Stanford has now swept five consecutive doubleheaders since the Cardinal split a twinbill with UCLA on April 7, 2001
Stanford won its 11th straight series at Sunken Diamond and swept its opening series of the year for the third consecutive season
Stanford has now won five straight games over Fresno State and six in a row against the Bulldogs at Sunken Diamond
Stanford has won six consecutive series against the Bulldogs dating back to the last Fresno State series win when the Bulldogs took two-of-three at Sunken Diamond from January 29-31, 1999
Chris Minaker was 7-for-12 (.583) with nine runs scored and a pair of stolen bases in the series
Jed Lowrie hit three homers, drove in six runs and batted .500 (6-12) in the series with a 1.250 slugging percentage
Stanford did not make an error in the series, fielding all 106 of its defensive chances successfully
Stanford's pitching staff posted a stellar 1.67 ERA in the series
Nolan Gallagher (Game 1) and Erik Davis (Game 2) made their collegiate debuts for the Cardinal
Blake Holler tied a career-high with five strikeouts in the nightcap