Beavers Set For NCAA Regional Opener Friday Against Sam Houston
Oregon State (39-18) vs. Sam Houston (38-23)
June 2, 2023 • 5:00 p.m. PT • Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium
RHP Trent Sellers (6-5, 5.13) vs. RHP Coltin Atkinson (9-4, 4.09)
The Game
Oregon State opens NCAA Regional play Friday night when the Beavers take on Sam Houston at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. First pitch is slated for 5 p.m. PT (7 p.m. in Louisiana).
Radio
The game will be carried live on the Beaver Sports Network throughout the state of Oregon. Mike Parker will call the action.
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 Varsity Network, which is available for users with smartphones and tablets. Download the free Varsity Network application for live games and archived broadcasts.
Television
The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Dave Neal and Ben McDonald will call the action.
Live Video
Subscribers to ESPN+ can watch the game at ESPN.com, or via applications on smartphones, tablets and TVs. A direct link to the broadcast can be found on osubeavers.com.
Live Stats
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
Mason Guerra went 4-for-5 with a home run but Oregon State dropped a 14-10 decision to Arizona State in the Beavers' second and final game at the Pac-12 Tournament last Thursday. Travis Bazzana, Mikey Kane and Gavin Turley all had two hits for the Beavers, who finished with 13 overall. Bazzana was named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team.
Oregon State Notes
• Oregon State has advanced to an NCAA Regional for the 22nd time. It also marks the sixth consecutive season the Beavers have advanced to the postseason.
• The Beavers are playing in the Baton Rouge Regional for the second time. OSU went 2-2 there in 2012.
• Oregon State has never met Sam Houston. The Beavers, meanwhile, are 3-4 against host LSU and 0-3 against No. 4 seed Tulane.
• OSU went 8-6 against the 2023 NCAA Regional field.
• Eleven current Beavers played on the team's 2022 NCAA Super Regional squad. That includes Garret Forrester, who batted .360 with two home runs and eight RBI in seven games last season.
• Forrester and shortstop Kyle Dernedde are poised to appear in their third NCAA Regional. AJ Lattery was also on the Beavers' 2021 Fort Worth Regional club but did not pitch during the five games there.
• Forrester is 19-for-44 (.432) with three home runs, three doubles and 10 RBI in 12 NCAA games. Dernedde is 12-for-38 (.316) with four doubles and 12 RBI in the postseason.
• Forrester became the 12th player in school history to reach 200 hits when he singled in the Pac-12 Tournament finale.
• Mikey Kane's current 14-game hit streak is the longest by a Beaver this season. He is 19-for-57 (.333) with 16 runs scored, 13 RBI and five doubles during it.
• Travis Bazzana also carries an 11-game streak into the postseason, where he is 21-for-48 (.438) with 18 RBI, 10 walks, five home runs and five doubles. He is two games shy of equaling his longest streak of the season.
• Gavin Turley is on a five-game streak where he is 12-for-19 (.632) with three doubles and four home runs. He has also scored 15 runs in his last seven games.
• OSU's 79 home runs are a single-season school record, surpasing the 2018 club's 67. The Beavers have also swiped 89 bases, in 100 attempts. It's Oregon State's most since the 1986 Beavers set a school record with 101.
• Friday's game marks the eighth neutral-site matchup of the season for the Beavers, who are 4-3. OSU is batting .323 with 18 doubles, two triples and six home runs in those seven games.
• The Beavers ended the month of May by drawing 100 walks to just 105 strikeouts in 14 games. OSU also collected 45 doubles, two triples and 26 home runs.
• Oregon State enters the postseason ranked fifth with 355 walks drawn this season. The Beavers are also tied for eighth with a .981 fielding percentage.