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Stanford-Nevada Baseball Game Notes (February 21, 2006)

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Stanford has won three straight games to equal a season-best

Stanford has won three straight games against Nevada, as well as three in a row against the Wolf Pack at Sunken Diamond

David Stringer had career-highs of 5.1 IP and 7 SO in earning his first collegiate win in his first start on the mound

Jeremy Bleich has already recorded four saves and also has a 1-0 record in his first six outings at Stanford, giving up just three hits with eight strikeouts in 10.0 scoreless innings and posting an .094 opponents' batting average

Randy Molina had a double in his first official at bat of the season in the sixth inning

Chris Minaker now leads all Stanford regulars with a .308 batting average and 12 hits, while co-leading the team with two homers

Michael Taylor took sole possession of the team's RBI lead and now has 12 on the season, including eight in his last four games ... Taylor also extended his season-high hit streak to four games and raised his average to .294

Stanford's pitching staff lowered its team ERA to 3.46, which would be the lowest mark since the 1977 club checked in at 3.44 were the season to end today

Former Stanford players Sam Fuld and David O'Hagan joined Lee-Ming Zen in the broadcast booth for a portion of today's contest

The gametime temperature at first was pitch was a comfortable 70F