Stanford needs a victory in Sunday's series finale to avoid dropping a season-series to the Trojans for the first time since USC won all six games between the teams in 1996 ... USC has won three of the first five games against the Cardinal this year after taking two-of-three non-conference games in Los Angeles from March 10-12 and splitting Saturday's doubleheader
Stanford also needs a win in Sunday's series finale to avoid dropping its third straight series to the Trojans, who last won three consecutive series over the Cardinal by sweeping nine consecutive games in the final regular season three-game set between the clubs in 1995 and both in 1996
Stanford lost for the first time in three extra-inning games in the nightcap, while its record in one-run contests fell to 5-3
Stanford played errorless baseball for the seventh time this season in the opener
Chris Lewis tied career-highs for both hits and RBI in the opener, going 3-for-4 with four RBI
Jim Rapoport had his first three-hit game of the season in the opener
Nolan Gallagher's 6.1 innings of work in the nightcap was the longest outing of his career
Joey August tied a career-high three hits with the third three-hit game of his career in the opener
Michael Taylor had the fourth multiple-double game of his career and his second of the season with his pair of doubles in the nightcap
Randy Molina is now hitting .500 (10-20) in five games versus USC this season, while Chris Lewis is batting .450 (9-20) with a homer and eight RBI
J.J. Jelmini's double in the opener was the first extra-base hit of his career
The 14 runners left on base by Stanford in the nightcap were the most by the club this season
The 12-inning nightcap that took 3:54 to complete was the longest Stanford game this season for both innings and time
Stanford broke a string of being outhit in seven straight games by outhitting USC in both contests
Stanford hit into a season-high-tying three double plays for the second time this season
UPDATED PAC-10 STANDINGS (Through Games of April 1, 2006)
Arizona State (2-1, ---, 23-8), USC (3-2, ---, 16-12), California (3-2, ---, 15-12), Washington State (3-3, 0.5, 21-9), UCLA (1-1, 0.5, 16-12), Arizona (1-1, 0.5, 12-13), Washington (2-3, 1.0, 19-11), Stanford (2-3, 1.0, 13-10), Oregon State (1-2, 1.0, 19-8)