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Beaver Baseball Classics To Re-Air 2018 National Championship Thursday
April 22, 2020 | Baseball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University Athletics, in conjunction with Beaver Sports Properties, is excited to announce the new installment of the "Beaver Baseball Classics (BBC)." BBC is the rebroadcast of the Beaver Sports Radio Network coverage, made possible this week by 10 Barrel Brewing Company, of some of the top Oregon State baseball games.
The Beavers' 2018 College World Series Championship – game three - against Arkansas will be rebroadcasted on Thursday. The rebroadcast begins at 3 p.m. PT and is available on the Beaver Sports Podcast page on OSUBeavers.com under the Fan Zone tab. The game will also air on TuneIn, SiriusXM, and via many of the Beaver Sports Radio Network stations (check station schedules for exact time), including 1240 KEJO in Corvallis Saturday at Noon.
Oregon State defeated the Razorbacks, 5-0, in the Championship Series finale to claim the program's third national title. The Beavers are the only program nationally to win three national titles this century.
Kevin Abel went the distance, finishing with 10 strikeouts to just two hits and two walks allowed. He won his eighth game of the season and fourth in Omaha.
Adley Rutschman and Michael Gretler each drove home two runs in the win while Zak Taylor capped the game's scoring with a run-scoring single in the eighth. Rutschman had three hits in the win and 17 at the CWS, setting a single-year record. He was named the 2018 College World Series Most Outstanding Player.
2018 National Title Notes
• Oregon State's 55 wins were one shy of the program's record of 56 in 2017. The Beavers finished a two-year stretch going 111-18-1, a winning percentage of .858.
• Oregon State set the single-year CWS record with 93 hits, and batted .327 over eight games.
• Kevin Abel became the first pitcher to win four games at the College World Series, including two in the final series. He was just the fourth pitcher to throw a shutout in a championship game, and the first since 1993.
• Adley Rutschman, named the Most Outstanding Player at the College World Series, set the CWS record with 17 hits in eight games. He batted .408 on the year for the Beavers, the third-best single-season mark in school history.
• Oregon State scored 50 runs in eight CWS games, averaging 7.4 per. The 50 runs are the third-most in a single College World Series.
• Rutschman also broke Michael Conforto's school record (76 in 2012) for RBI with 83.
• Additionally, Rutschman collected 102 hits in 2018, breaking Jacoby Ellsbury's 99 in 2005.
• Trevor Larnach tallied 15 hits during the CWS, tied for second-most behind Rutschman's 17. Larnach finished with 25 total bases during the eight games, fourth-most.
• Oregon State's pitching staff struck out 38 batters during three three games versus Arkansas, snapping Texas' finals-record of 28 in 2009 versus LSU.
• The Beavers hit eight home runs in Omaha to finish with 67 on the year, breaking the 1998 team's 60 for most in a single-season by the Beavers.
• Oregon State also finished with 753 hits, surpassing the 2006 team's record of 684.
• Luke Heimlich led the nation with 16 wins and was second with 159 strikeouts. He was named the College Baseball Foundation's National Pitcher of the Year. Heimlich was also named the Pac-12's Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive year.
• Cadyn Grenier was recognized as the recipient of the Brooks Wallace Award, given to the nation's top collegiate shortstop. He was also named the Pac-12's Defensive Player of the Year.
• Oregon State set a single-season record with seven players named All-American. They were: Nick Madrigal, Trevor Larnach, Cadyn Grenier, Adley Rutschman, Luke Heimlich, Bryce Fehmel and Jake Mulholland.
• Head coach Pat Casey was named the National Coach of the Year by Collegiate Baseball and the ABCA. He was named the National Coach of the Year in five different seasons: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017 and 2018.
• Casey's 900th win came in the CWS Championship clinching victory.
• Oregon State finished the year with a 35-3 record in non-conference games, with only one loss coming during the regular season.
• The Beavers had a school-record three first-round draft selections in 2018: Nick Madrigal (fourth overall - Chicago White Sox), Trevor Larnach (20th overall - Minnesota) and Cadyn Grenier (37th overall - Baltimore). Steven Kwan (fifth round - Cleveland), Drew Rasmussen (sixth round - Milwaukee) and Michael Gretler (10th round - Pittsburgh) were also selected.
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The Beavers' 2018 College World Series Championship – game three - against Arkansas will be rebroadcasted on Thursday. The rebroadcast begins at 3 p.m. PT and is available on the Beaver Sports Podcast page on OSUBeavers.com under the Fan Zone tab. The game will also air on TuneIn, SiriusXM, and via many of the Beaver Sports Radio Network stations (check station schedules for exact time), including 1240 KEJO in Corvallis Saturday at Noon.
Oregon State defeated the Razorbacks, 5-0, in the Championship Series finale to claim the program's third national title. The Beavers are the only program nationally to win three national titles this century.
Kevin Abel went the distance, finishing with 10 strikeouts to just two hits and two walks allowed. He won his eighth game of the season and fourth in Omaha.
Adley Rutschman and Michael Gretler each drove home two runs in the win while Zak Taylor capped the game's scoring with a run-scoring single in the eighth. Rutschman had three hits in the win and 17 at the CWS, setting a single-year record. He was named the 2018 College World Series Most Outstanding Player.
2018 National Title Notes
• Oregon State's 55 wins were one shy of the program's record of 56 in 2017. The Beavers finished a two-year stretch going 111-18-1, a winning percentage of .858.
• Oregon State set the single-year CWS record with 93 hits, and batted .327 over eight games.
• Kevin Abel became the first pitcher to win four games at the College World Series, including two in the final series. He was just the fourth pitcher to throw a shutout in a championship game, and the first since 1993.
• Adley Rutschman, named the Most Outstanding Player at the College World Series, set the CWS record with 17 hits in eight games. He batted .408 on the year for the Beavers, the third-best single-season mark in school history.
• Oregon State scored 50 runs in eight CWS games, averaging 7.4 per. The 50 runs are the third-most in a single College World Series.
• Rutschman also broke Michael Conforto's school record (76 in 2012) for RBI with 83.
• Additionally, Rutschman collected 102 hits in 2018, breaking Jacoby Ellsbury's 99 in 2005.
• Trevor Larnach tallied 15 hits during the CWS, tied for second-most behind Rutschman's 17. Larnach finished with 25 total bases during the eight games, fourth-most.
• Oregon State's pitching staff struck out 38 batters during three three games versus Arkansas, snapping Texas' finals-record of 28 in 2009 versus LSU.
• The Beavers hit eight home runs in Omaha to finish with 67 on the year, breaking the 1998 team's 60 for most in a single-season by the Beavers.
• Oregon State also finished with 753 hits, surpassing the 2006 team's record of 684.
• Luke Heimlich led the nation with 16 wins and was second with 159 strikeouts. He was named the College Baseball Foundation's National Pitcher of the Year. Heimlich was also named the Pac-12's Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive year.
• Cadyn Grenier was recognized as the recipient of the Brooks Wallace Award, given to the nation's top collegiate shortstop. He was also named the Pac-12's Defensive Player of the Year.
• Oregon State set a single-season record with seven players named All-American. They were: Nick Madrigal, Trevor Larnach, Cadyn Grenier, Adley Rutschman, Luke Heimlich, Bryce Fehmel and Jake Mulholland.
• Head coach Pat Casey was named the National Coach of the Year by Collegiate Baseball and the ABCA. He was named the National Coach of the Year in five different seasons: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017 and 2018.
• Casey's 900th win came in the CWS Championship clinching victory.
• Oregon State finished the year with a 35-3 record in non-conference games, with only one loss coming during the regular season.
• The Beavers had a school-record three first-round draft selections in 2018: Nick Madrigal (fourth overall - Chicago White Sox), Trevor Larnach (20th overall - Minnesota) and Cadyn Grenier (37th overall - Baltimore). Steven Kwan (fifth round - Cleveland), Drew Rasmussen (sixth round - Milwaukee) and Michael Gretler (10th round - Pittsburgh) were also selected.
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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