Oregon State Opens 2016 Season Friday
February 17, 2016 | Baseball
Game 1
Oregon State (0-0) vs. Ball State (0-0)
RHP Drew Rasmussen (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Zach Plesac (0-0, 0.00)
February 19, 2016 • Surprise, Ariz. • Surprise Stadium • 12:00 p.m. PT
The Game
Oregon State opens its 2016 season Friday with a 12:00 p.m. PT (1:00 p.m. local time) game against Ball State in Surprise, Ariz. The game will be played at Surprise Stadium.
Radio
The game will air live on the Beaver Sports Network and Beaver Nation Online (osubeavers.com). For more information on catching the Beavers on the radio, check osubeavers.com. All games air on the Beaver Sports Network with pre-game 30 minutes before first pitch. Affiliates include KICE 940-AM (Bend, Ore.), KEJO 1240-AM (Corvallis), KKNX 840-AM (Eugene), KLZS 1450-AM (Eugene), KCFM 1250-AM (Florence - Pac-12 games), KCFM 104.1-FM (Florence - Pac-12 games), KLAD 960-AM (Klamath Falls), KTMT 580-AM (Medford - Saturday & Sunday games), Rip City Radio 620-AM (Portland), KSKR 1490-AM (Roseburg) and KBZY 1490-AM (Salem - Saturday & Sunday games).
Television
The game will not be televised.
Live Video
There will be no live video of the game. There will be no live video available during the Beavers' trip to Surprise.
Online
Live stats for the game can be accessed by clicking on the live stats link located on the baseball schedule page on osubeavers.com.
Social Media
Stay informed with all of Oregon State's official accounts. See below for everything related to Oregon State Baseball.
• Twitter - @Beaver_Baseball
• Facebook - @OregonStateBaseball
• Instagram - @BeaverBaseball
• YouTube - @OSUBeaversAthletics
• Snapchat - @BeaverBaseball
Last Season
Oregon State posted a 39-18-1 record in 2015, going 19-10-1 in Pac-12 Conference play. That netted the Beavers a trip to their seventh consecutive postseason. OSU also finished second in Pac-12 action despite being projected to finish fifth by the conference's coaches. OSU was anchored by Pac-12 performers Andrew Moore, Jeff Hendrix, KJ Harrison and Drew Rasmussen. Harrison and Rasmussen return in 2016.
Opening Day
Oregon State is 76-30 all-time in season openers, and is 15-6 under head coach Pat Casey. The Beavers are looking to stretch their winning streak to seven games on opening day, and have outscored their last six foes, 32-18.
Unanimously Top 10
Oregon State is a unanimous top 10 selection as the 2016 unfolds. The Beavers are ranked as high as No. 5 by Baseball America, D1Baseball.com and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). OSU has an average ranking of sixth.
Near Unanimous In The Pac-12
Oregon State earned nine of a possible 10 first-place votes in the Pac-12 Conference's preseason poll. The Beavers thusly garnered 98 of a possible 100 points to become the near unanimous choice to win the Pac-12. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams.
They're Sophomores Now
There were just two freshmen named All-Pac-12 last season. KJ Harrison and Drew Rasmussen return as sophomores in 2016 after they were both also named Freshman All-Americans. Harrison was also named the Pac-12's Freshman of the Year.
Since 2005
The Beavers have been arguably the most prolific program in the Pac-12 since 2005, and especially since 2011. Since 2005, OSU has won 459 games, second only to Arizona State's 464. OSU also owns the Pac-12's longest postseason streak at seven seasons.
Singles
• The Beavers are opening their season in Arizona for the third consecutive season. OSU is 6-2 in opening weekends since 2014.
• KJ Harrison is projected to be an All-American by multiple publications.
• OSU is playing Ball State for the first time. The Beavers are 2-2 all-time against MAC opponents, last beating Miami (Ohio), 8-3, in the opening weekend of 2008.
• OSU is 21-9 in neutral games since 2013.
