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Stanford-UCLA Baseball Game Notes (May 20, 2006)

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Stanford has won eight of its last nine games, as well as 10 of 12 overall and six of seven on the road

Stanford moved up one spot into fifth place in the Pac-10, passing Washington State after the Cougars lost to Oregon State by a final score of 10-2

Stanford needs to win the rubber game of its current series versus UCLA to extend its series win streak to four, as well as its series win streak over the Bruins to nine in a row with the last UCLA series victory over Stanford coming in 1997

Stanford assured itself of a 29th winning season in its first 30 campaigns under current head coach Mark Marquess

Stanford has won five of its last seven games against UCLA

Jason Castro extended his career-high hit streak to nine games with an eighth inning double

Stanford hit a season-high-tying three home runs and improved to 11-0 in games in which the Cardinal has hit two or more long balls

Stanford came from behind to win for the 19th time in its 29 victories, including 14 of its last 18 wins

Nolan Gallagher pitched the first complete game of his career and struck out a career-best seven in his first career Pac-10 start

Nolan Gallagher has allowed just five runs (four earned) in his last 26.2 innings over five appearances for a 1.35 ERA during the period

Chris Minaker extended his hit streak to eight games and has also hit safely in 20 of his last 21 contests

Chris Minaker now has three homers and 12 RBI in his last five contests with four multiple-RBI games during the period

Chris Minaker started his 148th consecutive game at shortstop and has played every inning at the position in the last two seasons

Chris Lewis started his 110th straight contest

Mark Marquess won his 1253rd career game to move within two victories of the 12th-place spot on the all-time NCAA Division I win list currently held by Jack Stallings, who won 1255 career games in 39 seasons at Georgia Southern