Gameday: Baseball vs. BYU (2/17/20)

GAME 4: Oregon State (2-1) vs. BYU (1-2)
Feb. 17, 2020 • 1:00 p.m. PT • Surprise, Ariz. • Surprise Stadium
RHP Nathan Burns (0-0, 9.00) vs. RHP Jarod Lessar (0-0, 0.00)

The Game
Oregon State concludes its trip to Surprise, Ariz., with a Monday matinee versus BYU. First pitch at Surprise Stadium is scheduled 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 1190-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 doubled three times and Jake Dukart went 4-for-4 to pace Oregon State to a 5-1 win over Gonzaga Sunday at Surprise Stadium. Jake Pfennigs got the win after allowing five hits and a run in five innings while Cooper Hjerpe picked up the save with four scoreless innings in his collegiate debut. McGarry drove in two runs and Dukart one, along with Ryan Ober, in the win.

Against BYU
Oregon State is playing BYU for the first time since 2009 when taking a pair of games from the Cougars in Corvallis. The Beavers are 15-6 all-time versus BYU, including a 9-6 mark in neutral-site contests. OSU has won eight consecutive in the series dating back to 1995.

They'll Know Them
Undergraduate assistant coach Joey Wong played for the Beavers the last time OSU met up with BYU, in 2009. Wong tallied four hits in four games, including 2008, versus the Cougars, posting a double, home run and six RBI. Mitch Canham, the Pat Casey Head Baseball Coach, tallied three hits, with a home run and two RBI, in his career versus BYU. Undergrad assistant coach Daniel Robertson had five hits versus BYU over two games in 2008.

McGarry's Big Day
Alex McGarry doubled three times in the win over Gonzaga, becoming the first Beaver to do so since Cole Gillespie in 2006 against Kansas.

Hjerpe's Debut
Cooper Hjerpe had quite the collegiate debut on Sunday. The freshman held Gonzaga to just one walk in four scoreless innings. He struck out five and picked up his first career save in the process.

Stellar D
Oregon State has been stellar defensively over the first three games, committing just one error in 107 total chances. The Beavers carry a .991 fielding percentage into Sunday's game versus BYU.

Singles
• Oregon State's freshmen have combined to throw 9 1/3 innings over the first three games. They've struck out seven, allowed nine hits and have a 2.89 ERA.
• Micah McDowell, Alex McGarry, Kyler McMahan and Ryan Ober have all hit safely in each of OSU's three games.

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Players Mentioned

Nathan Burns

Jake Dukart

Alex McGarry

Kyler McMahan

Ryan Ober

Jake Pfennigs