Beavers’ Comeback Evens Series At Utah

Friday, March 30

Salt Lake City, UT

5:00 PM

Oregon State

21-3, 6-2

Utah

5-20, 2-3

Oregon State

Utah

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

March 30, 2018 | Baseball

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Oregon State scored six runs in the seventh for the win

By: Athletic Communications

SALT LAKE CITY – Adley Rutschman and Tyler Malone combined to drive in five runs in Oregon State's six-run seventh inning Friday night to help send the Beavers to a 9-5 win over Utah at Smith's Ballpark.

With the win, the Beavers evened the series with the Utes at one game apiece. The teams will play a rubber match Saturday at 12 p.m. PT – OSU is looking to win its 15^th consecutive Pac-12 Conference series.

Trailing 5-2 entering the seventh, the Beavers (21-3 overall, 6-2 Pac-12) put a pair of runners on for Rutschman, who singled between the first and second basemen to make it a one-run game. Three batters later, and after Trevor Larnach and Jack Anderson had walked, Malone cleared the bases with a double down the right field line.

Andy Armstrong followed up the six-run seventh – which was capped off by Michael Gretler's second sacrifice fly of the night – with his first career home run. The round tripper, a solo shot over the left field fence, pushed the Beavers to a four-run lead in the eighth.

OSU starter Luke Heimlich was the recipient of the run support, going 6 1/3 innings. He allowed eight hits and five runs – only two earned – while striking out six. He improved to 6-0 this season.

Dylan Pearce worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief in back of Heimlich. He struck out two in his 10^th outing of the season.

Malone set a career-high with his first three-hit night, adding singles in both the second and fourth innings. Overall, the Beavers finished with nine hits off four Utah pitchers; Armstrong tallied two for his fifth multi-hit effort of the year.

Jacob Rebar, who picked up the save for Utah (5-20, 2-3) on Thursday, was charged with the loss on Friday. He allowed two runs on two walks and did not record an out, dropping to 0-1.

Next Up
Oregon State and Utah conclude the three-game series Saturday with a 12 p.m. PT first pitch (1 p.m. in Utah). A live video stream will be available at osubeavers.com (provided by Utah), and catch the call from Mike Parker by tuning into the Beaver Sports Network and TuneIn.

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Tickets for the 2018 season can be purchased by visiting BeaverTickets.com/Baseball. Fans can also purchase by calling 1-800-GOBEAVS, between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The ticket office at Goss Stadium opens two hours prior to first pitch.

Clutchman In The Seventh
Adley Rutschman's two-run single in the seventh pushed him to 8-for-13 on the year in the inning. He has five doubles and 13 RBI in the seventh inning of games in 2018.

Moving Up The Record Books
Luke Heimlich finished with six strikeouts, giving him 276 for his career. That pushes Heimlich past Dallas Buck (272 from 2004-06) for fourth all-time at Oregon State. Heimlich now trails only Mike Stutes (287 from 2006-08), Ben Wetzler (291 from 2011-14) and Jonah Nickerson (299 from 2004-06).

And Wins
Heimlich's win marked his sixth of the year and 26^th of his career. He's now tied with Nickerson for eighth-most at Oregon State.

Streaky
Rutschman, Jack Anderson and Andy Armstrong each extended deep hitting streaks on Friday. Armstrong dribbled a single down the third-base line in the seventh to extend his streak to 12 games. Rutschman, meanwhile, pushed his to seven games with the two-run single later in the seventh. Anderson waited until the ninth to get his pushed to five games as he singled with one down.

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