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Stanford-USC Baseball Game Notes (May 26, 2007)

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Stanford extended its second longest win streak of the season to five games and has now also won eight of its last nine

Stanford has now won three straight series for the first time this season and for the first time since the Cardinal won three series in a row versus Arizona State and California, and at Washington from March 28 - May 14, 2006

Stanford kept its hopes alive of recording its 14th consecutive season of playing at least .500 baseball as the Cardinal can still finish with an even (28-28) record with a victory in its season finale at USC on Sunday

A win over USC on Sunday will also move Stanford out of the Pac-10 cellar

Stanford extended its season-long road win streak to four in a row

The game clocked in at 4:00 to mark the fifth time this season Stanford has played for 4:00 or longer, as well as the 18th occasion in which the Cardinal has played a contest that has lasted 3:40 or more, and the 35th time Stanford has played for 3:00 or more

Stanford won its third straight game against USC after losing its previous four to the Trojans

Stanford's victories in the first two games of its current series with USC has assured the Cardinal of a series win to end a four-series slide to the Trojans

Stanford scored a season-high 20 runs and recorded the team's first 20-plus run game since a 22-10 victory also at USC on May 3, 2003

Stanford had a season-high 19 RBI

Stanford had a season-high 34 total bases

Stanford's three home runs tied a season-high

Stanford recorded double digit hits for the 10th straight game and the 19th time in the last 21 contests to improve its batting average to a new season-high .302

Stanford's 19 hits were its second-highest total of the season and just one less than the season-high 20 the Cardinal recorded in its previous game at USC on May 25

Stanford's 13-run fourth inning was its highest scoring inning of the season

Michael Taylor hit two homers in a game for the first time in his career, hit his first career grand slam, had a career-high six RBI, tied a career-high three runs scored and tied a season-high with six at bats

Michael Taylor's two home runs allowed him to tie Sean Ratliff for the team lead with 12 on the season

Michael Taylor extended his hit streak to a new career-high 11 games with his 15th multiple-hit contest in his last 18 games

Brendan Domaracki had career-highs of three hits, four RBI and six at bats, while tying a career-best with two runs scored

Brian Juhl scored a career-high three runs and tied a career-best with three RBI

Cord Phelps tied a career-high by getting six at bats for the second consecutive game

Cord Phelps extended his hit streak to a season-high-tying five games

Michael Taylor tied a season-high with six at bats

Adam Sorgi tied a season-high with six at bats

Stanford came from behind to win for the 18th time in 27 victories this season

Stanford now has 42 homers on the season and has extended its string of 40-homer campaigns to 20 in a row