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Stanford-Oregon State Baseball Game Notes (April 14, 2006)

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Stanford's back-to-back shutouts at the hands of Oregon State in the first two games of the series mark the first time the Cardinal has been shutout in back-to-back contests since February 22 and 25, 1975, when Stanford lost 4-0 to Fresno State in the second game of a doubleheader at Stanford and 13-0 at Santa Clara three days later

The last time Stanford had been blanked in back-to-back conference games was when Washington State shutout the Cardinal in both ends of a doubleheader (3-0, 7-0) on May 8, 1970, in Pullman, Washington

Stanford has scored just two runs in its last 27 innings over its past three contests since scoring a season-high-tying 13 at San Jose State on April 8, but the Cardinal pitching staff has allowed only five runs in the same period and has its team ERA under 4.00 (3.99) for the first time since allowing a season-high 16 runs at USC on March 11 to put it over 4.00 for the first time in 2006

Jeremy Bleich pitched a career-high 6.0 innings in his first collegiate start

John Hester and Michael Taylor were able to extend their modest hit streaks to four games with one hit each, while Chris Lewis had his hit streak snapped at five games

Stanford's second straight four-hit game tied a season-low, marking the sixth time the Cardinal has been held to four hits this season

The teams combined for only seven hits in the game and only have 18 hits in the first two contests of the series

Stanford hit into two double plays in the contest and has now hit into at least one double play in 11 of its last 15 games and two or more in seven of those contests

Brent Milleville recorded 10 putouts for the Cardinal, tying a career-high