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| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | | Stanford (14-20) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | | Santa Clara (16-19) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
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Stephen Schott Stadium (Santa Clara, California)
Attendance: 327 • Time: 4:06
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| | | Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | | W - Inouye (2-0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | L - James (2-4) | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Hitting | Jackson - 2-6, 3B, RBI
Branton - 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI
Edman - 2-6
Diekroeger - 2-5 |
| Next Game | Friday, April 17 • 6:00 p.m. PT
Stanford vs. Utah
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond |
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The Stanford baseball team stranded five base runners in the final two innings of a 10-inning 6-5 loss at Santa Clara’s Schott Stadium Tuesday night. The Cardinal left a total of 14 runners on base in its first loss at Santa Clara in its last five visits.
Joe Becht singled through the left side to drive home the winning run in walk-off fashion. Becht, the No. 9-hole hitter had three hits as part of a career day.
Stanford (14-20), playing in just its second extra-inning game of the season, was looking for its fourth win in its last five games after winning a three-game series at California over the weekend. Drew Jackson, Mikey Diekroeger, Tommy Edman and Beau Branton each had two hits for the Cardinal, which dropped to 7-2 when getting 10+ hits.
Jake Brodt, who scored the winning run, also had a big night at the plate for Santa Clara. He hit his first career home run, a two-run shot, in the fifth and doubled to lead off the 10th against lefty reliever Logan James.
James (2-4) took the loss after giving the Cardinal a chance in the late frames with two innings of work. Gabe Cramer’s 1.2 shutout innings also helped keep the game tied 5-5.
Santa Clara (16-19) had opened a three-run lead with a run on squeeze bunt in the fourth and Brodt’s two-run home run in the fifth. Brodt’s blast elicited the silent treatment from his Bronco teammates and made the score 5-2.
The Cardinal quickly answered with three runs in the next half inning, all with two outs. Jonny Locher plated one with a single, a wild pitch scored another and Jackson drove home Locher on a triple to deep left center field.
Beau Branton got the Cardinal started with a bases-loaded two-out two-RBI single through the right side in the first inning. Tommy Edman and Jackson scored after singling, as Branton upped his bases-loaded average to .800 (4-5). Branton has more hits in the situation than the rest of Stanford combined (3-20).
Stanford starter Chris Viall looked good in the first two frames, allowing one run on four scattered hits, but struggled to find the zone in the third. He walked two, had an errant throw on a pickoff play and tossed a wild pitch to get the hook in favor of Colton Hock, who followed Viall’s two runs allowed with three of his own.
Josh Inouye (2-0) worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the 10th inning to earn the win. Stanford failed to score off of five Santa Clara relievers. Starter Evan Brisentine allowed all five Cardinal runs on five hits over the first 5.2 innings.
Stanford dropped to 135-77-1 against Santa Clara since 1959. The Cardinal has won six of the last eight dating back to 2011.
Stanford returns to Klein Field at Sunken Diamond Friday-Sunday for a three-game set against Utah.
