Baseball

Stanford-Washington Baseball Game Notes (May 14, 2006)

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Stanford extended its top winning streak of the season to five games (its longest since winning seven in a row from April 10-23, 2004), while also winning for the eighth time in its last nine contests and its fifth consecutive game on the road to equal its longest road win streak since taking five in a row from March 20 - April 3, 2005

Stanford won its sixth straight game against Washington by sweeping its second consecutive series versus the Huskies

Stanford came from behind to win for the 17th time in 27 victories this season

Michael Taylor extended his hit streak to a season-high-tying eight games and tied a season-best with his three hits

Jason Castro extended his hit streak to a new career-high six contests

Chris Minaker has now started 145 consecutive games at shortstop and played every inning at the position in the last two seasons

Jeremy Bleich pitched a career-high 7.0 innings

Grant Escue had a career-high three hits

Chris Lewis tied a career-high with two doubles

Stanford moved into sole possession of fifth place with the victory

The sweep of Washington marked Stanford's first Pac-10 road sweep since taking three in a row at Washington State from April 1-3, 2005, as well as its first Pac-10 sweep since taking three in a row from Washington at Sunken Diamond from April 22-24, 2006

Stanford scored double digits in a game for the second straight contest, marking the second time this season the Cardinal has scored double digits in back-to-back games