Baseball

Stanford-California Baseball Game Notes (May 7, 2005)

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Stanford had won seven of its last eight games and three in a row on the road before Saturday's loss

Stanford dropped to 6-8 in one-run games and 8-13 in contests decided by two or less runs

Stanford's pitching staff tossed 37.0 consecutive innings without giving up an earned run until California picked up one in the 10th frame

Mark Romanczuk had pitched 14.0 consecutive scoreless frames before he was charged with the run California scored in the 10th

Stanford needs a victory in Sunday's series finale to extend its string of series wins over the Golden Bears to eight and its run of season series wins over California to four

Stanford had won its last eight meetings in Berkeley against the Golden Bears before Saturday's loss

Stanford's pitching staff has lowered its ERA to 3.80 by allowing just two earned runs in its last 39.0 innings as the Cardinal is attempting to record a team ERA under 4.00 for the fifth time in the last seven seasons

With one error, Stanford maintained its .978 fielding percentage that leads the nation and is .001 point higher than the school record .977 fielding percentage posted by the 2001 club

Adam Sorgi extended his career-high hit streak to 10 games, the second longest by a Stanford player this season, with a single in the ninth inning and then singled again in the 11th

John Hester extended his hit streak to seven games, one shy of his career-high, with a seventh inning single

Mark Romanczuk tied the longest outing of his career by going 9.0 innings for the sixth time at Stanford

John Mayberry, Jr. recorded a season-high 16 putouts that were one shy of his career-best

Stanford tied its season-best by turning three double plays for the fourth time this year