Last year, the Stanford baseball team took 13 games to get its fourth win and 48 games to get its first four-game win streak. This year, the Cardinal achieved both in only four games.

Stanford defeated Pacific 11-6 last night at Sunken Diamond in a game postponed from Tuesday night for rain.

The big blow for the Cardinal came from junior second baseman Colin Walsh. After nearly 300 at-bats in a Stanford uniform without a home run, Walsh broke through with a grand slam in the sixth to put the Cardinal ahead for good at 8-5.

The Tigers battled the Cardinal up until that point, as Walsh’s slam was the fifth lead change of the game. Stanford junior catcher Zach Jones put the game out of reach with his second home run of the season, a three-run shot in the eighth. Jones has only three hits in 17 at-bats, but two of them have left the yard.

Sophomore pitcher Brian Busick got the win in relief by pitching a scoreless sixth inning.

The Cardinal also got great contributions from its freshmen, as center fielder Jake Stewart, left fielder Stephen Piscotty and third baseman Kenny Diekroeger combined for seven hits and seven runs scored.

Stanford heads on the road for the first time this weekend when it travels to Austin to take on No. 1 Texas.