Beavers' Late Rally Subdues Tigers

Friday, February 27

Corvallis, OR

5:35 PM

Oregon State

6-3

Grambling State

2-6

Grambling State

Oregon State

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

February 28, 2015 | Baseball

Box Score

By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Kyle Nobach's two-run double in the eighth inning snapped a 7-7 tie and sent the Oregon State baseball team to a 10-7 win over Grambling State Friday night at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.

Nobach laced a 1-2 pitch from reliever Creighton Hoover into right field to score two after the Beavers had loaded the bases. Earlier, Billy King, pinch hitting for Joe Gillette, was hit by a pitch, also with the bases loaded, to tie the game at seven apiece.

Jeff Hendrix added a bloop single that scored another run and Mitch Hickey got out of a bases loaded jam in the ninth to send the Beavers (6-3 overall) to the victory. Hickey improved to 3-0 on the year while Hoover dropped to 0-2.

Andrew Moore took a perfect game into the seventh inning in his third start of the season. He did, however, not figure in the decision.

Moore's perfect outing ended with two down in the seventh when the Tigers reached base three times on a single, double and error. Grambling State (2-6) scored two runs on the double but that was all the Tigers managed against Moore, who came out to a standing ovation in the eighth after a season-best 10 strikeouts.

The Beavers went up 5-0 through five innings thanks to Moore's outing and a solo home run by Gabe Clark.

Clark hit a solo home run in the fifth, a 1-1 pitch he deposited into the parking lot in left field. It was his second run driven in of the game as he reached on a bases-loaded hit by pitch in the third.

Oregon State opened the game's scoring on a triple by Gillette in the second. The Beavers opened the game up with a three-run fourth that saw Clark's hit by pitch and a two-run single by Logan Ice.

Grambling State, however, tied the game in the eighth when Larry Barraza hit a grand slam. The Tigers took the lead on a bases-loaded walk.

Ice, Hendrix and Trever Morrison both had two hits to pace the Beavers; for Morrison, it extended his hit streak to five games. Hendrix also extended his hit streak to seven games.

Oregon State and Grambling State conclude their series Saturday with a doubleheader that begins at 1:05 p.m. PT. Fans in the Corvallis/Albany region should note that the game will air on KLOO 1340-AM as Oregon State women's basketball will be on KEJO 1240-AM.

Fans should take their seats early Saturday as the Beavers' will honor the 2014 Pac-12 Conference Championship team before the game.

For more information on the Oregon State baseball team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/Beaver_Baseball, by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball.

Fans can now purchase season tickets for the 2015 season by visiting BeaverTickets.com or calling 800-GO-BEAVS (over the phone from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday). Or stop by the ticket office at Gill Coliseum to get great seats for the upcoming season.