Gameday: Baseball vs. USC (5/24/19)

Game 54: Oregon State (35-17-1, 20-7) vs. USC (24-28-1, 12-14-1)
May 24, 2019 • 6:05 p.m. PT • Corvallis, Ore. • Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
RHP Dylan Pearce (2-2, 3.74) vs. RHP Connor Lunn (7-3, 3.39)

The Game
Oregon State continues its series versus USC Friday night at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. PT.

Radio
All games air on the Beaver Sports Network with pre-game 30 minutes before first pitch. Affiliates include KEJO 1240-AM (Corvallis), KKNX 840-AM (Eugene), KCFM 1250-AM (Florence - Pac-12 games), KCFM 104.1-FM (Florence - Pac-12 games), KLAD 960-AM & 93.3-FM (Klamath Falls), KTMT 580-AM & 96.1-FM (Medford - Saturday & Sunday games), Rip City Radio 620-AM (Portland - weekday games after 5 p.m. and all weekend games), KSKR 1490-AM (Roseburg) and KBZY 1490-AM (Salem - Saturday & Sunday games).

Oregon State Rankings
Baseball America   11
Collegiate Baseball   10
D1Baseball.com   12
NCBWA   12
Perfect Game   12
USA Today   12

Listen Online
Catch the game online by visiting osubeavers.com, and find the live broadcast on the Oregon State baseball schedule page. The games can be heard via the TuneIn application, which is available for smartphones and tablets (search Beaver Sports Network).

Television
The game will be televised live by the Pac-12 Network with Rich Burk and Scott Erickson on the call.

Live Video
The game can also be seen, for those who subscribe to the Pac-12 Networks, by visiting Pac-12.com or on the Pac-12 Now app.

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.

Last Game
Andy Armstrong went 2-for-3 with a double and Beau Philip hit a third-inning double but the Beavers dropped a 2-0 decision to USC Thursday night in the series opener at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. Bryce Fehmel scattered six hits and two unearned runs in 6 1/3 but took the loss. Christian Chamberlain struck out five in 2 2/3 scoreless innings.

Standings Friday
UCLA's 4-2 win over Oregon coupled with the Beavers' loss to USC and Stanford's to Arizona State gave the Bruins the 2019 Pac-12 title. The Beavers and Cardinal are now 2 1/2 games back with two conference games to play and are battling for second place.

Vote For Bryce, Vote For Adley
Oregon State's Bryce Fehmel (Senior Class Award) and Adley Rutschman (Golden Spikes Award) are both up for a pair of awards and you can help them by voting. Fehmel can be voted for by visiting SeniorClassAward.com and Rutschman is at GoldenSpikesAward.com. Fehmel is one of 10 finalists for the Senior Class Award while Rutschman is one of 10 semifinalists for the Golden Spikes Award.

The Walks
Adley Rutschman walked twice on Thursday to extend his program single-season record to 71. A look at where Adley Rutschman stands in the Pac-12 record books in terms of walks for a single-season:
4. Pepe Hinojosa, Stanford (1978) - 76
5. Doug Newstrom, Arizona State (1993) – 71
5. Adley Rutschman, OSU (2019) – 71

The 'Pen In May
Christian Chamberlain's 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief Thursday extended a spectacular month of May for the Oregon State bullpen. The 'pen has held opponents to 17 hits and six earned runs in 35 2/3 innings in the month. That's a 1.51 earned run average.

Streaks
Both Beau Philip and Andy Armstrong extended season-long hit streaks on Thursday. Philip is now at eight games, and is 13-for-36 (.361) with four doubles. Armstrong is at six games and is 7-for-17 (.412) with two doubles.

Singles
• Thursday's loss marked the first this season when Andy Armstrong starts at third. The Beavers are 8-1 in those games.
• Oregon State announced the signing of Medford's Jacob Melton on Thursday. Melton is an outfielder at Linn-Benton CC who will join OSU as a sophomore for the '20 season.

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Players Mentioned

Andy Armstrong

Christian Chamberlain

Bryce Fehmel

Dylan Pearce

Beau Philip

Adley Rutschman