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Stanford-California Baseball Game Notes (May 6, 2005)

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Stanford has won seven of its last eight games overall
Stanford has won three in a row on the road, moving its record away from Sunken Diamond to 9-8 to mark the first time this season the Cardinal has had a record better than .500 road record
The five runs allowed by Stanford in the bottom of the seventh inning equaled the second biggest inning of the season against the Cardinal
Stanford's pitching staff has not allowed an earned in its last 28.0 innings and had gone 25.0 innings without allowing a run before the five unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh
Jeff Gilmore has not allowed an earned run in his last 13.0 innings
Stanford has won 19 of its last 20 games against California (the Cardinal had won 18 straight over the Golden Bears before California broke the streak with a 10-4 win over Stanford in the previous meeting between the teams on March 6, 2005)
Stanford's pitching staff has lowered its ERA to 3.85 with its current string of 28.0 consecutive innings without giving up an earned run as the Cardinal is attempting to record a team ERA under 4.00 for the fifth time in the last seven seasons
Stanford's season-high-tying three errors lowered its fielding percentage that leads the nation to .978, which is .001 points higher than the school record .977 fielding percentage posted by the 2001 club
Stanford's three homers were one shy of the team's season-high four hit versus San Jose State on April 19
Adam Sorgi extended his career-high hit streak to nine games, the second longest by a Stanford player this season
Adam Sorgi's two RBI gives him nine RBI in his last three contests and 13 during his nine-game hit streak
Matt Manship recorded the 15th save of his career to move into a tie for fourth-place on Stanford's all-time list
The back-to-back homers hit by John Hester and Michael Taylor to lead off the Cardinal second marked the first time Stanford has hit back-to-back homers in 2005
Stanford improved to 3-0 in May, a month in which the Cardinal has posted a 79-18 (.814) record since the Pac-10 North and South Divisions merged in 1999
Stanford head coach Mark Marquess moved into a tie for 15th-place on the all-time win list for Division I coaches with his 1217th career victory, equaling the number posted in 39 season by Al Ogletree at Texas Pan-American
Stanford improved its record in games decided by two-runs or less to 8-12 this season