Gameday: Baseball At Grand Canyon (2/27/21)

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GAME 7: Oregon State (5-1) vs. Grand Canyon (3-3)
Feb. 27, 2021 • 1:00 p.m. PT • Phoenix, Ariz. • Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark
RHP Jake Pfennigs (0-0, 8.31) vs. LHP Jack Schneider (0-0, 6.23)

The Game
Oregon State and Grand Canyon play game three of their series Saturday at Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. PT (2 p.m. in Arizona).

Radio
All games air on the Beaver Sports Network with pre-game 30 minutes before first pitch. Affiliates include KEJO 1240-AM (Corvallis), KKNX 840-AM (Eugene), KCFM 1250-AM & 104.1-FM (Florence), KLAD 960-AM & 93.3-FM (Klamath Falls), KTMT 880-AM & 96.1-FM (Medford, weekend games), Rip City Radio 620-AM (Portland), 102.3 FM (weekday games prior to 5:30 p.m.), KSKR 1490-AM (Roseburg) and KBZY 1490-AM (Salem, weekend games).

Listen Online
Catch the game online by visiting osubeavers.com, and find the live broadcast on the Oregon State baseball schedule page. The games can be heard via the TuneIn application, which is available for smartphones and tablets (search Beaver Sports Network).

Television
The game will not be broadcast.

Live Video
Grand Canyon will host a live stream via YouTube for each of the four games. The direct link can be found by visiting osubeavers.com.

Online
Live stats for the game can be accessed by clicking on the live stats link located on the baseball schedule page on osubeavers.com.

Last Game
Joe Casey drilled a two-out double off the left field wall to start a ninth-inning comeback that led to Oregon State's 3-1 win over Grand Canyon on Friday night. Troy Claunch singled with two strikes on the prior AB, and Casey drove home he and Matthew Gretler to make it a 2-1 game. Kyler McMahan capped off the comeback with an RBI single to give OSU the 2-0 series lead.

Staff Through Two
• Oregon State's pitching staff has held Grand Canyon to just one run on six hits in the first two games of the series. 
• The Beavers have struck out 24 while issuing five walks. 
• OSU has sent eight pitchers to the mound in the first two games.

Hjerpe Career
• Cooper Hjerpe lowered his career earned run average to 3.09 with Friday's outing. 
• For his career, he is 2-2 and has allowed eight earned runs in 23 1/3 innings. He has 10 walks to 27 career strikeouts.

Mulholland To 31
• Senior Jake Mulholland closed out the comeback, and picked up his 31st career save. 
• That pushes him one closer to the Oregon State all-time leader, Kevin Gunderson, who tallied 37 from 2004-06.

The 2021 Bullpen
• Twelve different pitchers have seen relief action for the Beavers this season.
• Those 12 have combined for 23 2/3 innings, allowing just 11 hits and two runs. The bullpen has walked eight to 23 strikeouts.
• The OSU bullpen has held GCU to just two hits and no runs in seven innings in the series. They've totaled 11 strikeouts to just two walks.

Singles
• Oregon State's five-game win streak is its longest since winning five straight from April 13-20, taking two from Arizona State and sweeping Arizona.
• OSU is now 5-2 all-time against Grand Canyon, and has a 4-0 record in Phoenix versus the Antelopes.
• The Beavers have scored at least one run in every inning in 2021; the ninth had been the team's last to score.
• OSU's 14 runs in the sixth inning of games is more than its pitching staff (11) has allowed total.
• Ryan Ober is the lone Beaver to bat in the same spot of the order in every game - 2nd.