Gameday: Baseball Vs. Oregon (3/14/21)

GAME 14: Oregon State (10-3) vs. Oregon (8-2)
March 14, 2021 • 1:05 p.m. PT • Corvallis, Ore. • Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
RHP Jake Pfennigs (1-0, 3.29) vs. RHP Brett Walker (1-0, 3.00)

The Game
Oregon State continues its three-game series with Oregon Saturday afternoon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. PT. The Rivalry Series is presented by Safeway-Albertsons, Spirit Mountain Casino, PacificSource Health Plans, Your Local Toyota Dealers and First Interstate Bank.

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
A live video stream, produced by Oregon State, will be available. Visit the baseball schedule page on osubeavers.com for a link.

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
Cooper Hjerpe struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings but took the loss as No. 16 Oregon State dropped a 3-0 decision to Oregon Saturday afternoon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. Hjerpe scattered six hits in his fourth start of the season, and held Oregon scoreless through five innings

Melton Ups His Streak To Eight
• Jacob Melton reached on an infield single in the fifth inning Saturday to extend his hit streak to eight games.
• It's the longest active streak on the team. He is 12-for-25 (.480) during it.

Note On Washburn
• Jack Washburn worked a career-long three innings on Saturday.
• The freshman struck out four, also surpassing his previous best of two.
• The outing was also a career long for Washburn.
• The righty has nine strikeouts to just one walk in seven innings this season.

Strikeouts
• The teams, who combined for 28 strikeouts on Friday, struck out a total of 22 times on Saturday, bringing that number to 50 over the first 18 innings of the series.
• That amounts to 46.2 percent of the 108 total outs in the series.

Strikeouts, Part Two
• Oregon State's pitching staff has accounted for 27 of those 50 strikeouts.
• Sixteen of the 27 have been by starters Kevin Abel and Cooper Hjerpe over 10 innings.

Singles
• Oregon State's opponents have yet to score a run in the first inning this season.
• Oregon State's pitchers have struck out 64 in 45 innings at home this season. They've issued just 22 walks for a nearly 3-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
• Oregon State's opponents have gone four consecutive games without committing an error. The Beavers, meanwhile, have gone errorless in two straight, four of their last five and six-of-eight.
• OSU has held opponents to four runs or less in 12 of the team's 13 games.
• Jake Pfennigs is set to make his fourth career appearance versus Oregon.

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Players Mentioned

Kevin Abel

Cooper Hjerpe

Jacob Melton

Jake Pfennigs

Jack Washburn