Oregon State Beats WSU In Opener

Thursday, April 14

Pullman, WA

7:00 PM

Oregon State

23-7, 6-4

Washington State

10-20, 3-10

Oregon State

Washington State

Photo by: Shane Roper/Oregon State Athletics

April 15, 2016 | Baseball

Box Score

By: Athletic Communications

PULLMAN, Wash. – Seventh-ranked Oregon State jumped out to an early lead en route to a 12-3 win over Washington State Thursday in the opener of a three-game series at Bailey-Brayton Field.

The Beavers led 9-0 after two innings, thanks in large part to first-inning doubles by Jack Anderson and Kyle Nobach. Anderson's found the gap in left with two down to drive in three and Nobach drilled a pitch down the third-base line to make it 4-0 in favor of Oregon State.

A five-run second inning extended the lead further. KJ Harrison doubled in the first two runs of the inning, and Nobach doubled in the final two. Logan Ice also doubled in a run that inning as the Beavers tallied six doubles in the first two innings.

Overall, the Beavers (23-7 overall, 6-4 Pac-12 Conference) finished with eight hits. But Oregon State also walked 10 times off four Washington State pitchers, tying a season high.

Anderson and Nobach each had two hits to lead OSU offensively. Nobach's multi-hit effort was his team-leading 12^th of the season while Anderson's was his 10^th of the year.

Travis Eckert took the run support and held Washington State to two runs and eight hits in seven innings of work. He did not issue a walk, struck out six and improved to 4-2 on the year.

The Beavers chased Washington State (10-20, 3-10) starter Trenton Dupre after just two innings. The lefty allowed seven hits and 10 runs – six earned – with four walks. He took the loss to drop to 0-3 on the year.

Oregon State and Washington State continue the series Friday in a 4:05 p.m. PT start at Bailey-Brayton Field. The game will air live on the Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Washington.

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