Gameday: Baseball vs. USC (5/25/19)

Saturday, May 25

Corvallis, OR

12:00 PM

Oregon State

USC

Photo by: Zachary Lucy

May 25, 2019 | Baseball

Oregon State Notes Live Stats Live Audio

By: Athletic Communications

Game 55: Oregon State (36-17-1, 21-7) vs. USC (24-29-1, 12-15-1)
May 25, 2019 • 12:05 p.m. PT • Corvallis, Ore. • Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
RHP Grant Gambrell (5-1, 2.72) vs. RHP Kyle Hurt (2-7, 6.28)

The Game
Oregon State and USC close out their series and the regular season Saturday afternoon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is set for 12:05 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
Adley Rutschman, Beau Philip and Zack Zalesky all homered to send Oregon State to a 5-2 win over USC in front of 3,951 fans Friday night at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. Dylan Pearce picked up his third win of the season after holding the Trojans to six hits and two runs in seven innings.

Senior Day Saturday
Oregon State will honor four seniors – Bryce Fehmel, Dylan Pearce, Zak Taylor and Sam Tweedt – prior to the game. The team will also recognize student managers – Randy Le, Max Anderson, Mitchell Rose, Eric McLaughlin and Casey Mitchell.

Moving Up
Adley Rutschman's first-inning home run Friday was the 28th round tripper of his career, tying him with Al Hunsinger (1980-81) for the fifth-most in a career at Oregon State. Rutschman also tied Andy Jarvis (2000-03) for the second-most RBI with 173.

The Walks
A look at where Adley Rutschman stands in the Pac-12 record books in terms of walks for a single-season:
3. Jeff Larish, Arizona State (2003) - 78
4. Pepe Hinojosa, Stanford (1978) - 76
5. Adley Rutschman, OSU (2019) – 72

Lineup Changeup
Interim head coach Pat Bailey made a changeup to the lineup for Friday's game. Zak Taylor (first base) made his first start since March 24 against California. Joe Casey made his first start in center since March 17 at UCLA. Zack Zalesky started in right and batted in the fifth spot of the lineup. Adley Rutschman batted in the No. 2 spot in the lineup for the fourth time this season, and first since March 10 versus Coastal Carolina in Seattle.

3,000-Plus
Friday's crowd of 3,951 marked the third-largest of the season for the Beavers at Goss Stadium. It trails the 3,968 on April 28 against Washington State and 3,952 the day prior versus the Cougars. Oregon State has posted 78 consecutive crowds of 3,000 or more dating back to the 2017 season.

Singles
• Oregon State is 14-1 on Saturdays this season.
• Saturday's starter, Grant Gambrell, has allowed six earned runs in his last 34 2/3 innings of work.