Stanford needs a victory in Monday's series finale to avoid being swept in a regular season three-game home series at Sunken Diamond for the first time since Arizona State took three in a row over the Cardinal on The Farm from April 11-13, 1997 (a span of 64 consecutive regular season three-game home series)
Stanford's loss Sunday was its second in a row to Washington State, marking the first time since 1970 Stanford has dropped two in a row to Washington State when the Cougars won both ends of a doubleheader in the only contests between the clubs that season
Stanford's two losses to open the current Washington State series also mark the first time the Cardinal has dropped a regular season series of two games or more to the Cougars since 1970 when WSU won both games between the clubs
Stanford has had its string of Pac-10 opening series victories ended at nine by losing the first two games of the current Washington State series
Nolan Gallagher tied a career-best with five strikeouts in his longest outing of the year (4.2 innings)
J.J. Jelmini made the first start of his collegiate career (2B)
Stanford's current season-long four-game losing streak is its longest since the Cardinal dropped four in a row since from May 11-21, 1998 ... Stanford has not lost five straight since a five-game skid from March 22-29, 1993
Stanford's loss drops the team's record against non-ranked opponents to just 6-8 (the Cardinal is 5-1 versus ranked clubs according to Baseball America)
Washington State had four sacrifice bunts in the contest and has combined for eight in the first two games of the series