Baseball Gameday: 2/23/24 vs. Michigan
Oregon State (5-1) vs. Michigan (2-3)
February 24, 2024 • 1:00 p.m. PT • Arlington, Texas • Globe Life Field
RHP Jacob Kmatz (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Jacob Denner (1-0, 5.14)
The Game
Oregon State continues its visit to the Kubota College Basebll Series Saturday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Oregon State and Michigan get underway at 1 p.m. PT (3 p.m. in Texas).
Radio
The game will be carried live on the Beaver Sports Network throughout the state of Oregon. Josh Worden 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 game 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 not be broadcast.
Live Video
The game will be live streamed via FloBaseball. Fans can find the direct link and sign up by visiting 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
• Seventh-ranked Oregon State dropped its first game of the season Friday, losing 5-4 to No. 2 Arkansas at Globe Life Field. The Beavers scored four runs - twice in the seventh and eighth innings - after Arkansas led 4-0 after six innings. Notables below.
• Mason Guerra: 1x3, R, 2 RBI, BB, HR
• Trent Caraway: 2x4
• Brady Kasper: 2x4, R
• Dallas Macias: PH 1x2, R, RBI, 2B
Oregon State Notables
• Oregon State is meeting Michigan for the first time since the 2007 Corvallis Super Regional, which was swept by the Beavers, 1-0 and 8-2.
• The Beavers have won all four games between the teams dating back to 2002. Those two neutral-site games were played in Riverside, Calif.
• The Wolverines have scored eight runs in the four matchups while the Beavers have tallied 32.
• OSU is matching up with a Big 10 team for the third time this season, already having beaten Minnesota 6-4 and 6-1 in Surprise, Ariz., last weekend.
• Brady Kasper's two hits Friday pushed his hit streak to 11 games. He is 15-for-40 during the streak.
• Kasper, Trent Caraway and Micah McDowell have all hit safely in every game this season.
• Caraway is tied with Travis Bazzana for the OSU team lead with four multiple-hit games this season.
• Bazzana stole his third base of the season in the eighth Friday and now has 53 for his career. He's one shy of tying Jeff Doyle for third-most in program history.
• Guerra's home run Friday marked his first of the season and 15th by the Beavers this year. The 2023 Beavers hit their 15th home run in the ninth game of the season.
• His long ball marked the 13th of Guerra's career.
• Oregon State's pinch hitters are 3-for-9 this season with Dallas Macias going 2-for-2. He came off the bench to double home the Beavers' first run of the game on Friday.
• Oregon State is 31-27 when coming off of a loss under Mitch Canham.
• OSU is 5-0 in day games this season and 74-40 under Canham since 2000.
• The 13,038 in attendance Friday marked OSU's largest crowd in a non-NCAA postseason game since drawing 15,540 and 13,709 in back-to-back games in 2009 versus Oregon at then-PGE Park in Portland, Ore. OSU also had back-to-back games of over 10,000 versus Georgia at PGE Park in 2008.
• The Beavers' 23 strikeouts on Friday marked the program record for a single game, surpassing 20 against Nevada in 2019.