Stanford had its 23-game overall win streak and 10-game home win streak versus Washington State snapped with the loss ... The Cardinal dropped a game to the Cougars for the first time since March 28, 1978, while losing at Sunken Diamond to Washington State for the first time since May 1, 1971
Stanford needs to sweep the final two games of its current series versus
Washington State to avoid dropping a regular season series of two more games to the Cougars for the first time since 1970 when Washington State won both ends of a doubleheader in the only contests between the clubs that season
Stanford also needs to sweep the final two games of the current series versus Washington State to extend its string of Pac-10 opening series wins to 10 with UCLA the last team to take a conference-opening series from the Cardinal in 1996
Jason Castro (3-3) had the first three-hit game of his career
Chris Minaker had his season-high hit streak snapped at 11 games (two shy of his career-high of 13) by going 0-for-4 but did have a season-high nine assists that were one short of his career-high of 10
Greg Reynolds tied a season-high with his 7.2 innings of work
Austin Yount allowed the first two earned runs of his Stanford career in the game after having not allowed an earned run in his first 7.0 innings of collegiate work on the hill
Stanford's current season-long three-game losing streak is its longest since the Cardinal also dropped three in a row from May 7-10, 2005 ... Stanford has not lost four in a row since a four-game skid from May 11-21, 1998
Stanford had a three-game home win streak snapped but is still 7-4 at Sunken Diamond this season
Stanford had a season-high-tying three errors, committing three miscues for the fourth time this year
Stanford's loss drops the team's record against non-ranked opponents to just 6-7 (the Cardinal is 5-1 versus ranked clubs according to Baseball America)
Washington State had four sacrifice bunts and four stolen bases in the contest