Baseball

Stanford-USC Baseball Game Notes (March 10, 2006)

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Stanford improved to 5-2 in one-run games this season and played its third consecutive one-run contest

Chris Minaker extended his season-high hit streak to nine games and his streak of games and is hitting a torrid .512 (21-41) during the streak ... Minaker continues to lead the team with a .382 batting average increased his team-leading RBI total to 21 with a pair of RBI, marking the fourth straight game he had at least two RBI and the fifth straight contest he had at least one

Chris Lewis' three hits were a season-high and tied a career-high (third time), while his three RBI were a season-high

Joey August hit his first career homer with his two-run shot in the seventh

Chris Minaker's five assists tied the most by a Cardinal player this season

Stanford won for the seventh time in its last nine contests

Stanford's bats remained hot with the club's sixth straight double-digit hit game, improving the Cardinal's batting average to a season-high .263

Randy Molina made his first career start for the Cardinal when he was in the starting lineup at first base

Cord Phelps extended his career-high hit streak to five games with a seventh inning single

Friday's game was played before the smallest crowd to witness a Stanford game this season when just 343 fans showed up on a cold evening where the temperature was just 50 degrees for the first pitch