The No. 6 Cardinal hosts No. 25 Oregon this weekend, in the team's final homestand of the season. Sunday will be senior day at Smith Family Stadium, with the Card's four seniors being honored.
Power Surge
Through 62 games last season, the Cardinal combined to hit just 26 home runs. Through the first 51 games of 2024, the Card has already almost doubled that number with 46.
• The 46 home runs are the most in a single season since 2008, and the third-most all-time.
• In 2023, the team combined for a .394 slugging percentage while batting .280.
• This season, the slugging percentage is up to .456 while the batting average has risen to .285.
• Last season, seven different players hit at least one home run. This year, that number is up to 12.
• Aly Kaneshiro led the team with seven home runs last year, and is back atop the category with nine this year.
• The Cardinal has four other players that have hit at least 5.
Beating the Best
The Card has played 20 games against teams ranked in the NFCA's top 25
• Stanford is 11-9 against ranked teams, and 31-2 against unranked foes.
• The Cardinal has beat a top-5 team three times on the season: No. 2 Tennessee on Feb. 16, No. 2 Texas on Feb. 24 and No. 5 Georgia March 3.
• Two wins at No. 8 Washington give the Card five wins against top-10 teams.
Strong in the Pac
The Cardinal is 15-6 to start Pac-12 play, second in the conference behind one of the best conference runs in program history.
• Stanford swept back-to-back conference series for the first time since 2013 to open the conference slate.
• The Card has won six of seven series in Pac-12 play.
• This is just the 15th time Stanford has won 10+ conference games in a season, and third time with 14 or more.
• Stanford has secured back-to-back 14 win seasons for the first time in program history, and is closing in on the most conference wins in program history.
• The most Pac-12 wins in Stanford softball history was 17 in 1998. The next best was 14 last season.
• The Cardinal was picked to win the Pac-12 for the first time in program history.
A complete staff
The Cardinal's entire pitching staff has been strong to open the 2024 season, boasting a combined 1.72 ERA through 51 games.
• Senior Regan Krause has picked up 18 wins in 29 appearances (23 starts), across 122.0 innings pitched.
• Freshman Alyssa Houston has allowed just 11 earned runs in 42 innings of work, for a 1.83 ERA and two saves.
• The Cardinal has posted 17 shutouts in 51 games this season.