Baseball

Stanford-California Baseball Game Notes (May 7, 2006)

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Sunday's victory evened Stanford's season series with California at 3-3 as the Cardinal avoid losing a season-series to the Golden Bears for the first time since 1978 when California won four of the seven games the teams played

Sunday's victory also allowed Stanford to avoid losing a series to California at home for the first time since 1995, extending its home series win streak over the Golden Bears to 11 in a row

Stanford has won 14 of its last 16 games over the Golden Bears at Sunken Diamond

Stanford won its second consecutive series for just the second time this season and has now won two straight Pac-10 series for the first time since taking its final two Pac-10 series of the 2004 campaign versus USC and Arizona State

Chris Minaker's 12-game hit streak and 15-game errorless streak both came to an end ... Minaker hit .490 (25-51) with six doubles, a triple, three homers and 16 RBI during the hot stretch

Chris Minaker has now started 140 consecutive games at shortstop and played every inning at the position in the last two seasons

Stanford recorded a season-high four double plays

Stanford came from behind to win for the 15th time in its 22 victories this season

Stanford improved to 4-4 in rubber games this season

Stanford was held under double digits in hits for the fifth straight contest but has managed to win three of those games