Gameday: Baseball vs. Gonzaga (2/15/20)

GAME 2: Oregon State (1-0) vs. Gonzaga (0-1)
Feb. 15, 2020 • 1:00 p.m. PT • Surprise, Ariz. • Surprise Stadium
LHP Jake Mulholland (3-3, 1.93) vs. RHP Alek Jacob (7-3, 2.17)

The Game
Oregon State meets up with Gonzaga for the first of two consecutive games against the Bulldogs on Saturday. First pitch at Surprise Stadium is set for 1 p.m. PT (2 p.m. in Arizona).

Radio
All games air on the Beaver Sports Network with pre-game 30 minutes before first pitch. Affiliates include KICE 94.9 (Bend, Ore.), KWRZ 92.3-FM (Canyonville), KEJO 1240-AM (Corvallis), KKNX 840-AM (Eugene), KCFM 1250-AM & 104.1-FM (Florence, Pac-12 Games), KLAD 960-AM & 93.3-FM (Klamath Falls), KTMT 880-AM & 96.1-FM (Medford, weekend games), Rip City Radio 620-AM (Portland, after 5 p.m. starts), 102.3-FM (Portland, pre 5 p.m. starts), KEX 1120-AM (Portland, selected games), KSKR 1490-AM (Roseburg) and KBZY 1490-AM (Salem, weekend games).

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 not be broadcast.

Live Video
Flo Live will stream each of the Beavers' four games in Surprise. Visit Flo.TV to sign up and watch the games.

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
Alex McGarry and Troy Claunch each homered to pace Oregon State past New Mexico, 11-4, in the season opener on Friday afternoon. Claunch was 3-for-4 with a career-best four runs batted in. Christian Chamberlain allowed one hit and one run in six innings for the win. McGarry homered in the first and Claunch hit his round tripper in the second inning. Oregon State jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the first inning.

First Start
Jake Mulholland, Saturday's probable starter, is making the first start of his career. The senior lefty has appeared in 87 career games for the Beavers, amassing 144 innings where he has allowed 104 hits and 34 walks to 127 strikeouts. He is 12-6 and sports a 1.75 earned run average, which is the best mark in OSU history among pitchers with 140 or more innings of work.

Against Gonzaga
The Beavers and Bulldogs are meeting for the third consecutive season after splitting a pair of games in 2019. It's the first time the teams will meet on back-to-back days since OSU opened the 2011 season in Fresno with a pair of wins.

Against Gonzaga, Part 2
Speaking of meetings with Gonzaga, the Beavers are 7-3 against the Bulldogs dating back to 2008. Three of the seven wins have come by one run.

Frosh Make Their Mark
Oregon State's freshmen Micah McDowell and Cesar Valero Sanchez both started and combined for three hits, three runs, an RBI and a stolen base in Friday's win.

That's A Start For You
Oregon State rapped out 11 runs on 12 hits in the season opener. It's the first time since a 10-6 win at Hawai'i in 2010 that the Beavers reached double-figure runs on opening day.

Singles
• Oregon State won its 11th consecutive season opener on Friday.
• Mitch Canham won his first game as the Pat Casey Head Baseball Coach on Friday.
• Alex McGarry extended his hit streak to four games by going 1-for-4 Friday. Troy Claunch moved his hit streak to three games.
• Oregon State is 36-5 (.878) at Surprise Stadium since 2015.

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Players Mentioned

Christian Chamberlain

Troy Claunch

Alex McGarry

Jake Mulholland