2017 Trip To Omaha
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2017 Postseason Stats And Game-By-Game
The Oregon State baseball team returned to Omaha in 2017 for the first time since 2013 and sixth time overall. The champions of the Pac-12 Conference - for the third time since the league added Utah and emerged from the Pac-10 - posted a 49-4 record in the regular season and finished the year 56-6 after going 2-2 at TD Ameritrade Park.
The Beavers set the conference record with a 27-3 mark in Pac-12 play, and saw three major award winners. Nick Madrigal was named the Pac-12’s Player and Defensive Player of the Year, becoming just the second player to accomplish that feat in the past 20 seasons. Luke Heimlich ended the season with a school-record 0.76 earned run average, leading the nation, and was named the conference’s Pitcher of the Year. And Pat Casey, after guiding the team to the 49 wins in league play, was named the Pac-12’s Coach of the Year.
• The 56 wins surpassed the 2013 team’s record (52) for wins at OSU. The 2017 team’s .903 winning percentage tied for the fourth-best single-season mark in NCAA Division I history.
• Oregon State swept through its first five games of the postseason, defeating Yale and Holy Cross at the Corvallis Regional before defeating Vanderbilt twice at the Corvallis Super Regional. The Beavers trailed for just half an inning in those five games, and outscored opponents, 44-9, entering the College World Series.
• Oregon State hit .299 as a team in the postseason, and the pitching staff finished with a 2.47 ERA. Steven Kwan, who was named the Most Outstanding Player at the Corvallis Regional, batted .424, while Nick Madrigal hit .394. Jake Thompson and Bryce Fehmel each earned two postseason victories.
• Offensively, the Beavers walked 49 times in nine postseason games, and were struck out only 60 times. By comparison, OSU pitchers struck out 73, walked 26 and limited opponents to 53 hits in 80 innings for an average of .186.
• Oregon State posted two 23-game win streaks, tying for the longest in school history. The first broke the then-school record of 18 games set in 1951 and 1962. The Beavers lost consecutive games just once.
• OSU outscored opponents, 136-49, during the first 23-game win streak. During the second, the Beavers scored 158 runs, holding opponents to 41.
• The club posted a school-record 31 wins at home, doing so in just 32 games. The team’s lone loss came at the hands of USC, 7-5, in 10 innings.
• The Beavers averaged 3,261 fans per home date at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, a single-season school record that ranked 19th overall in 2017, and second in the Pac-12. Oregon State surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time in school history, totaling 101,090.
• The Oregon State pitching staff set a new school record for lowest ERA, at 1.93. That led the nation and by almost three-fourths of a run. Oregon State also led the nation with a 0.98 WHIP, and was the only school to post a mark shy of 1.00.
• Jake Thompson was named a unanimous First-Team All-American after leading the nation with 14 wins, which tied for the Oregon State single-season record. He also placed in the top 20 nationally with a 1.96 ERA.
• Nick Madrigal was a unanimous All-American as well, earning first, second and third-team honors. Heimlich and freshman Jake Mulholland each picked up at least one All-American recognition. Mulholland and Brandon Eisert were also named Freshman All-Americans.
• Oregon State was ranked first by Collegiate Baseball for 12 consecutive weeks entering the postseason, setting a record for the publication that started in 1959.
• The Beavers saw five players selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft: Drew Rasmussen, KJ Harrison, Jake Thompson, Michael Gretler and Max Engelbrekt.
2017 Postseason Stats And Game-By-Game
The Oregon State baseball team returned to Omaha in 2017 for the first time since 2013 and sixth time overall. The champions of the Pac-12 Conference - for the third time since the league added Utah and emerged from the Pac-10 - posted a 49-4 record in the regular season and finished the year 56-6 after going 2-2 at TD Ameritrade Park.
The Beavers set the conference record with a 27-3 mark in Pac-12 play, and saw three major award winners. Nick Madrigal was named the Pac-12’s Player and Defensive Player of the Year, becoming just the second player to accomplish that feat in the past 20 seasons. Luke Heimlich ended the season with a school-record 0.76 earned run average, leading the nation, and was named the conference’s Pitcher of the Year. And Pat Casey, after guiding the team to the 49 wins in league play, was named the Pac-12’s Coach of the Year.
• The 56 wins surpassed the 2013 team’s record (52) for wins at OSU. The 2017 team’s .903 winning percentage tied for the fourth-best single-season mark in NCAA Division I history.
• Oregon State swept through its first five games of the postseason, defeating Yale and Holy Cross at the Corvallis Regional before defeating Vanderbilt twice at the Corvallis Super Regional. The Beavers trailed for just half an inning in those five games, and outscored opponents, 44-9, entering the College World Series.
• Oregon State hit .299 as a team in the postseason, and the pitching staff finished with a 2.47 ERA. Steven Kwan, who was named the Most Outstanding Player at the Corvallis Regional, batted .424, while Nick Madrigal hit .394. Jake Thompson and Bryce Fehmel each earned two postseason victories.
• Offensively, the Beavers walked 49 times in nine postseason games, and were struck out only 60 times. By comparison, OSU pitchers struck out 73, walked 26 and limited opponents to 53 hits in 80 innings for an average of .186.
• Oregon State posted two 23-game win streaks, tying for the longest in school history. The first broke the then-school record of 18 games set in 1951 and 1962. The Beavers lost consecutive games just once.
• OSU outscored opponents, 136-49, during the first 23-game win streak. During the second, the Beavers scored 158 runs, holding opponents to 41.
• The club posted a school-record 31 wins at home, doing so in just 32 games. The team’s lone loss came at the hands of USC, 7-5, in 10 innings.
• The Beavers averaged 3,261 fans per home date at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, a single-season school record that ranked 19th overall in 2017, and second in the Pac-12. Oregon State surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time in school history, totaling 101,090.
• The Oregon State pitching staff set a new school record for lowest ERA, at 1.93. That led the nation and by almost three-fourths of a run. Oregon State also led the nation with a 0.98 WHIP, and was the only school to post a mark shy of 1.00.
• Jake Thompson was named a unanimous First-Team All-American after leading the nation with 14 wins, which tied for the Oregon State single-season record. He also placed in the top 20 nationally with a 1.96 ERA.
• Nick Madrigal was a unanimous All-American as well, earning first, second and third-team honors. Heimlich and freshman Jake Mulholland each picked up at least one All-American recognition. Mulholland and Brandon Eisert were also named Freshman All-Americans.
• Oregon State was ranked first by Collegiate Baseball for 12 consecutive weeks entering the postseason, setting a record for the publication that started in 1959.
• The Beavers saw five players selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft: Drew Rasmussen, KJ Harrison, Jake Thompson, Michael Gretler and Max Engelbrekt.
