Beavers Fall to North Carolina in College World Series Opener

Saturday, June 16

Omaha, NE

12:00 PM

Oregon State

49-11-1

North Carolina

44-18

North Carolina

Oregon State

Photo by: Karl Maasdam

Beavers Fall to North Carolina in College World Series Opener

June 16, 2018 | Baseball

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Larnach tallies first career triple

By: Athletic Communications

OMAHA, Neb. – Oregon State was unable to overcome an early deficit, as North Carolina came away with an 8-6 win Saturday afternoon in the opening game of the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The Beavers (49-11-1) will return to action at 11 a.m. PT on Monday, in an elimination game against the loser of Saturday evening's matchup between Mississippi State and Washington.

The Tar Heels (44-18) jumped out to a 6-1 lead mid-way through the third inning, but the Beavers answered with three runs in the bottom of the third to cut into the advantage. North Carolina tacked on two more in the top of the seventh, before Oregon State again battled back to score a pair in the bottom of the frame. The Beavers could not complete the comeback from there, falling for the first time this postseason.

Sophomore Brandon Eisert struck out four, while allowing five hits and one earned run in four innings of relief work. Freshman Christian Chamberlain entered in the eighth and pitched a pair of shutout innings to keep the Beavers within striking distance.

Junior Trevor Larnach went 3 for 5 with two runs scored and a pair of RBIs, recording his first career triple and a double on the afternoon. Fellow junior Steven Kwan went 3 for 4 and scored two runs in the contest.

Sophomore Adley Rutschman tallied two hits, two RBIs and scored a run. Redshirt senior Kyle Nobach recorded a pair of hits and drove in a run.

North Carolina used six pitchers in the winning effort. Oregon State recorded a total of 13 hits in the contest, compared to 11 for the Tar Heels.

All-Americans
Prior to Saturday's game, Adley Rutschman (first team), Trevor Larnach (first team) and Nick Madrigal (second team) were named All-Americans by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). Rutschman and Larnach have been named by all six All-American squads, while Madrigal has been recognized as well by Baseball America, Perfect Game and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).

Trevor Triples
Trevor Larnach hammered a triple off the wall in his first at bat of the game, the first three-bagger of his career.

Eisert's Outing
Brandon Eisert set season-highs in both innings pitched and pitches thrown on Saturday, tossing 81 pitches over the course of four innings. Eisert's previous high for pitches this season was 49 vs. Washington State on May 8.

Multi-Hitters
Steven Kwan and Adley Rutschman both tallied multi-hit games, as they remained tied for tops on the team with 28 contests with two or more hits this year.

Vs. North Carolina
The game marked Oregon State's sixth ever meeting with North Carolina, with all of the matchups coming at the College World Series.

Sixth Straight Six
Saturday marked the sixth-straight game the Beavers have scored six runs or more.

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