Stanford won for the fifth time in its last six games overall and the seventh time in its last eight meetings versus Fresno State dating back to 2004 Stanford's victory on Sunday extended the team's regular season series win streak over Fresno State to seven since the last time the Bulldogs won a regular season series between the clubs by taking two-of-three at Stanford in 1999 David Stringer was 2-0 in his two outings during the week, allowing just one earned run and seven hits in 10.1 innings of work for an 0.87 ERA, while striking out 15 and walking just one
Michael Taylor extended his hit streak to a new career-high seven games ... Taylor is hitting .444 (12-27) with four doubles and nine RBI during the streak, while leading the team with a .340 batting average and co-leading the club with 13 RBI overall
Chris Minaker extended his season-high hit streak to six games ... Minaker is hitting .462 during the streak and hit his team-high third homer Sunday, while co-leading the club with 13 RBI and ranking second among regulars with a .321 batting average overall
Stanford had a season-high four doubles in the contest
John Hester drove in three runs during the Fresno State series after driving in just one in his first 10 games
Sean Ratliff made his first career start as a position player in left field and hit in the leadoff spot
Jim Rapoport has a current five-game hit streak, hitting .368 during the run
Stanford has raised its team batting average from a season-low of .199 after five games to its current season-high of .253 by hitting .285 over the past eight contests
Stanford's team ERA of 3.38 would be the lowest since the 1973 club checked in with a 2.64 mark were the season to end today
Stanford played errorless baseball for the first time in its last six games and the fifth time this season
Sunday's game was played in front of 3043, marking the second game of the series that drew more than 3,000 fans in a series that totaled 9592 spectators that was the best attended series at Fresno State since the last time Stanford played at Beiden Field in 2004