STANFORD, Calif. - Jake MacNichols hit a two-run homer to tie Kevin Dunton atop the Santa Clara baseball career home run list but Stanford hit four home runs to power past the Broncos 10-7 on Thursday afternoon at the Sunken Diamond.
Christian Robinson, Brett Barrera, Tim Tawa and Brock Jones each went deep, driving in nine runs total and starter Brendan Beck allowed four runs over 6.1 innings to help the Cardinal (1-0) take the first game of the four-game alternating site series.
Santa Clara closed the gap in the seventh inning putting up five runs including a two-run round tripper by Jason Dicochea, but could not overcome the early deficit from Stanford's power surge.