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Ober, Gambrell Pace Beavers To Sunday Win
March 24, 2019 | Baseball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Ryan Ober hit a grand slam in the second inning and Grant Gambrell tied a career-high with 12 strikeouts as Oregon State defeated California, 10-5, Sunday in front of 3,726 fans at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
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The victory sent the Beavers (16-4-1 overall, 3-3 Pac-12 Conference) to a series win over the Golden Bears (11-10, 2-4). Cal took the opener Friday, 3-2, and the Beavers answered with a 3-2 victory Saturday.
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On Sunday, the offense gave Gambrell (1-1 on the year) plenty of cushion early on. Oregon State scored five in the first – highlighted by a two-run single off the bat of Preston Jones. Ober then made it a 9-0 game in the second when he hit a grand slam over the left field fence off Cal reliever Nick Proctor. It was his first career home run.
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Gambrell took charge from there, and struck out 12 Cal batters over 6 1/3 innings. His 12-strikeout effort tied a career best – first set on Feb. 25, 2018 against Ohio State. The Golden Bears scored four off Gambrell, but just two were earned, and he improved to 1-1 this season.
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California did pull to within four, at 9-5 in the seventh. But Adley Rutschman drove in a run via a sacrifice fly in the eighth and Mitchell Verburg and Jake Mulholland combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings to end the game.
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Rutschman, Beau Philip and George Mendazona all finished with two hits for the Beavers, who had 11 as a team.
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Arman Sabouri started for Cal, but lasted just one inning, and allowed all five first-inning runs. He dropped to 2-2 on the year.
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Next Up
Oregon State makes the short trip to Hillsboro Tuesday for a midweek matchup with Portland at Ron Tonkin Field. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. PT.
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Versus Top 50
Per WarrenNolan.com, the win Sunday marked Oregon State's 12th versus a top-50 RPI team this season. No other team has more than eight nationally.
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Follow Us On Social
For more information on the Oregon State baseball team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball, by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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The victory sent the Beavers (16-4-1 overall, 3-3 Pac-12 Conference) to a series win over the Golden Bears (11-10, 2-4). Cal took the opener Friday, 3-2, and the Beavers answered with a 3-2 victory Saturday.
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On Sunday, the offense gave Gambrell (1-1 on the year) plenty of cushion early on. Oregon State scored five in the first – highlighted by a two-run single off the bat of Preston Jones. Ober then made it a 9-0 game in the second when he hit a grand slam over the left field fence off Cal reliever Nick Proctor. It was his first career home run.
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Gambrell took charge from there, and struck out 12 Cal batters over 6 1/3 innings. His 12-strikeout effort tied a career best – first set on Feb. 25, 2018 against Ohio State. The Golden Bears scored four off Gambrell, but just two were earned, and he improved to 1-1 this season.
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California did pull to within four, at 9-5 in the seventh. But Adley Rutschman drove in a run via a sacrifice fly in the eighth and Mitchell Verburg and Jake Mulholland combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings to end the game.
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Rutschman, Beau Philip and George Mendazona all finished with two hits for the Beavers, who had 11 as a team.
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Arman Sabouri started for Cal, but lasted just one inning, and allowed all five first-inning runs. He dropped to 2-2 on the year.
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Next Up
Oregon State makes the short trip to Hillsboro Tuesday for a midweek matchup with Portland at Ron Tonkin Field. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. PT.
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Versus Top 50
Per WarrenNolan.com, the win Sunday marked Oregon State's 12th versus a top-50 RPI team this season. No other team has more than eight nationally.
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Follow Us On Social
For more information on the Oregon State baseball team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball, by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gambrell, Grant (1-1)
L: Sabouri, Arman (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Vaughn, Andrew 1 ; Lee, Korey 1
RBI: Eden, Cameron 1 ; Vaughn, Andrew 1 ; Lee, Korey 2 ; Flower, Max 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Eden, Cameron 1 ; Baker, Darren 1 ; Vaughn, Andrew 1 ; Wezniak, Sam 2
HBP: Lee, Korey 1

Batting:
2B: Philip, Beau 1 ; Mendazona, George 1 ; Malone, Tyler 1
HR: Ober, Ryan 1
RBI: Rutschman, Adley 2 ; Ober, Ryan 4 ; Gretler, Matthew 1 ; Malone, Tyler 1 ; Jones, Preston 2
SF: Rutschman, Adley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Philip, Beau 2 ; Mendazona, George 2 ; Rutschman, Adley 1 ; McGarry, Alex 1 ; Ober, Ryan 1 ; Gretler, Matthew 1 ; Malone, Tyler 1 ; Taylor, Zak 1
CS: Harvey, Jake 1
HBP: Mendazona, George 2 ; Ober, Ryan 1
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