STANFORD
Stanford lost for the first time at home in 2007, falling to 9-1 at Sunken Diamond this season with its 9-0 start at home prior to Friday's loss the team's best start at Sunken Diamond since the 1993 club began its home schedule with 10 straight wins
Stanford fell to 1-6 against ranked opponents this season in contrast to its 9-1 record versus unranked clubs
Michael Taylor (RF) and Sean Ratliff (CF) have now each started all 17 games this season
Michael Taylor extended his string of consecutive games started to 133 dating back to the 2005 season
Michael Taylor extended his season-high hit streak to eight games and one shy of his career-high nine-game hit streak
Joey August equaled a career-best and posted a season-best in hits with the fourth three-hit game of his career
Sean Ratliff tied a career-best with the second two-RBI game of his career
Adam Sorgi recorded his first multiple-hit game of the season with his 2-for-3 effort and tied a team season-high with five assists
Tom Stilson suffered his first career loss
Jeffrey Inman allowed a career-high 11 hits and career-high-tying five runs and five earned runs
Stanford needs to sweep the final two games of the series Saturday and Sunday to avoid losing a series to the Trojans for the fourth straight time as the Cardinal lost its third straight game overall to USC
USC is the only opponent on Stanford's 2007 schedule that holds an advantage in the all-time series versus Stanford with a career 208-159-3 record against the Cardinal
Stanford had a season-best two sacrifice flies
Stanford hit into a season-high three double plays
Stanford allowed a season-high 21 hits
Stanford made a season-high four errors and has still yet to record an errorless contest in 17 games this season
Stanford snapped a dry spell of four straight games without a homer by blasting a pair in the same inning (7th) for the second time this season