2005 Trip To Omaha
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2005 Postseason Statistics And Game-By-Game
Oregon State began its magical three-year run to Omaha in 2005, a year that saw the club make many firsts. The Beavers went to the College World Series for the first time in more than 50 years, win the Pacific-10 Conference for the first time and advance to an NCAA Super Regional for the first time.
They did so with a cast of players with an overwhelming Pacific Northwest flavor, including Oregon born Dallas Buck, Kevin Gunderson, Jonah Nickerson, Jacoby Ellsbury and Darwin Barney, among others. Of the 29 players on the roster born in either Oregon or Washington, 13 ended their tenure at Oregon State being drafted by Major League clubs at least once.
The Beavers played their last game in Omaha on June 20, which, at the time, was the latest on the calendar an Oregon State season had ever extended.
• Oregon State went 0-2 in Omaha, but the World Series capped off a magnificient season for the Beavers. Oregon State won its first Pac-10 title by going 19-5 during the regular season. The 19 wins mark a conference record for the Beavers, who won seven of their eight Pac-10 series.
• The Beavers won 46 games, a new single-season school record. It surpassed the previous record of 39 set in 1986.
• The Beavers lost consecutive games only twice; once during the regular season, to Stanford and Arizona, and then in Omaha to Tulane and Baylor.
• Oregon State won five of its six games leading up to the College World Series. The Beavers outscored St. John’s and Ohio State, 34-7, in three games at the Corvallis Regional.
• The Beavers advanced to a Super Regional at Goss Stadium, and took 2-of-3 from USC, whom OSU had ended the Pac-10 regular season with. The Beavers advanced to the NCAA College World Series after scoring two runs in the seventh in the third game of the Super Regional.
• Oregon State lost both of its games in Omaha, but the team’s pitching staff was stellar. The Beavers allowed just seven runs over two games at Rosenblatt Stadium.
• The Beavers batted .321 as a team through the eight postseason games, and were led by Andy Jenkins’ .459 batting average, which stands as the single-best postseason for any Oregon State player.
• The team’s pitching staff was anchored by Jonah Nickerson, who went 1-1 with a 2.11 earned run average. Nickerson ended his career with five postseason victories, four a year later, which ties Mike Stutes for most in an OSU career.
• The trip to the postseason was the first in 19 years for Oregon State, which had last appeared in an NCAA Regional in Stillwater, Okla., in 1986. At the time, the eight postseason games played in 2005 was a single-year record for the Beavers.
• Head coach Pat Casey won his first career postseason game on June 3 as the Beavers scored a run in both the eighth and ninth innings for a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over Ohio State.
• Oregon State defeated St. John’s, 19-3, in the final game of the Corvallis Regional. The 16-run win still stands as the team’s single-largest postseason victory.
• Jacoby Ellsbury, who in 2007 became the first former OSU player to win a MLB World Series, played in all eight games in the 2005 postseason and batted .351 with two doubles, a triple and five stolen bases.
• Thirteen players who played in the 2005 postseason won a title in 2006 with OSU.
2005 Postseason Statistics And Game-By-Game
Oregon State began its magical three-year run to Omaha in 2005, a year that saw the club make many firsts. The Beavers went to the College World Series for the first time in more than 50 years, win the Pacific-10 Conference for the first time and advance to an NCAA Super Regional for the first time.
They did so with a cast of players with an overwhelming Pacific Northwest flavor, including Oregon born Dallas Buck, Kevin Gunderson, Jonah Nickerson, Jacoby Ellsbury and Darwin Barney, among others. Of the 29 players on the roster born in either Oregon or Washington, 13 ended their tenure at Oregon State being drafted by Major League clubs at least once.
The Beavers played their last game in Omaha on June 20, which, at the time, was the latest on the calendar an Oregon State season had ever extended.
• Oregon State went 0-2 in Omaha, but the World Series capped off a magnificient season for the Beavers. Oregon State won its first Pac-10 title by going 19-5 during the regular season. The 19 wins mark a conference record for the Beavers, who won seven of their eight Pac-10 series.
• The Beavers won 46 games, a new single-season school record. It surpassed the previous record of 39 set in 1986.
• The Beavers lost consecutive games only twice; once during the regular season, to Stanford and Arizona, and then in Omaha to Tulane and Baylor.
• Oregon State won five of its six games leading up to the College World Series. The Beavers outscored St. John’s and Ohio State, 34-7, in three games at the Corvallis Regional.
• The Beavers advanced to a Super Regional at Goss Stadium, and took 2-of-3 from USC, whom OSU had ended the Pac-10 regular season with. The Beavers advanced to the NCAA College World Series after scoring two runs in the seventh in the third game of the Super Regional.
• Oregon State lost both of its games in Omaha, but the team’s pitching staff was stellar. The Beavers allowed just seven runs over two games at Rosenblatt Stadium.
• The Beavers batted .321 as a team through the eight postseason games, and were led by Andy Jenkins’ .459 batting average, which stands as the single-best postseason for any Oregon State player.
• The team’s pitching staff was anchored by Jonah Nickerson, who went 1-1 with a 2.11 earned run average. Nickerson ended his career with five postseason victories, four a year later, which ties Mike Stutes for most in an OSU career.
• The trip to the postseason was the first in 19 years for Oregon State, which had last appeared in an NCAA Regional in Stillwater, Okla., in 1986. At the time, the eight postseason games played in 2005 was a single-year record for the Beavers.
• Head coach Pat Casey won his first career postseason game on June 3 as the Beavers scored a run in both the eighth and ninth innings for a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over Ohio State.
• Oregon State defeated St. John’s, 19-3, in the final game of the Corvallis Regional. The 16-run win still stands as the team’s single-largest postseason victory.
• Jacoby Ellsbury, who in 2007 became the first former OSU player to win a MLB World Series, played in all eight games in the 2005 postseason and batted .351 with two doubles, a triple and five stolen bases.
• Thirteen players who played in the 2005 postseason won a title in 2006 with OSU.
