Baseball

Stanford-Santa Clara Baseball Game Notes (May 16, 2006)

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Stanford extended its best winning streak of the season to seven games (its longest since also winning seven in a row from April 10-23, 2004), while also winning for the ninth time in its last 10 contests

Stanford won its second straight game against Santa Clara after having previously lost three in a row to the Broncos

Stanford came from behind to win for the 18th time in 28 victories this season

Michael Taylor extended his hit streak to a new career-high nine games with the first five-hit game of his career and the first by a Stanford player in 2006

Jason Castro extended his career-high hit streak to seven contests

Chris Minaker tied his career-best with his 73rd hit of the season and extended his hit streak to six games as he has also hit safely in 18 of his last 19 contests

Chris Minaker's three RBI gives him nine in his last three contests

Chris Minaker has now started 146 consecutive games at shortstop and played every inning at the position in the last two seasons

Stanford scored double digits in a game for the third straight contest, marking the first time the Cardinal has scored double digit runs in three consecutive games since accomplishing the same feat from May 1-7, 2003