Gameday: Baseball vs. New Mexico (2/22/21)

GAME 4: Oregon State (2-1) vs. New Mexico (1-2)
Feb. 22, 2021 • 2:00 p.m. PT • Surprise, Ariz. • Surprise Stadium
RHP Will Frisch (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Nathaniel Garley (0-0, 0.00)

The Game
Oregon State concludes its play in Surprise when the Beavers take on New Mexico Monday afternoon. First pitch from Surprise Stadium is slated for 2 p.m. PT (3 p.m. in Arizona).

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 & 104.1-FM (Florence), KLAD 960-AM & 93.3-FM (Klamath Falls), KTMT 880-AM & 96.1-FM (Medford, weekend games), Rip City Radio 620-AM (Portland), 102.3 FM (weekday games prior to 5:30 p.m.), 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
Preston Jones reached base seven times, Joe Casey drove in five including a three-run home run and Oregon State scored 13 in the sixth inning en route to a 20-4 win over Gonzaga Sunday at Surprise Stadium. OSU scored four in the first, one in the second and two in the third before the 13-run outburst.

The Offense Early On
• Oregon State has combined for 34 runs on 36 hits in the team's last two games after dropping a 3-2 decision to Kansas State on opening day.
• Six of those 36 hits have come as doubles, while the Beavers also have four triples and four home runs in the last two games.
• Overall, OSU is batting .375 as a team with a .634 slugging percentage.

Most Since '05
• The Beavers' 13-run sixth inning marked the most runs for the Beavers in a single inning since scoring 13 versus St. John's in the second inning of a 19-3 win in the 2005 Corvallis Regional.
• The half inning on Sunday lasted just shy of 41 minutes.

Jones In 2021
• Preston Jones has seven official at bats in 2021, and the senior has collected six hits, with three going as triples. He also has four walks.

That's A Career-High
• Joe Casey's five RBI in the win Sunday marked a career-best for the redshirt junior, surpassing his previous best of three.
• He most recently totaled that number with three versus New Mexico on Saturday.

20 Hits
• Oregon State's 20 hits versus the Bulldogs marked the team's most in a game since finishing with 20 against Washington State on May 4, 2018.

Singles
• Kyler McMahan extended his hit streak to 10 games with a 1-for-3 day Sunday.
• Troy Claunch was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBI. He is 7-for-10 with four runs scored and four RBI this season.
• Oregon State's bullpen has thrown 12 2/3 innings this season and has limited opponents to just seven hits and two runs (1.42 ERA) with six walks. The relievers have struck out seven.
• OSU has issued three walks in the two wins.

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Players Mentioned

Joe Casey

Troy Claunch

Will Frisch

Preston Jones

Kyler McMahan