Gameday: Baseball vs. Washington State (3/20/21)

GAME 16: Oregon State (11-4, 0-1) vs. Washington State (11-2, 1-0)
March 20, 2021 • 1:35 p.m. PT • Corvallis, Ore. • Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
LHP Cooper Hjerpe (1-1, 2.49) vs. RHP Zane Mills (3-0, 0.42)

The Game
Oregon State and Washington State continue their three-game series Saturday at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. PT.

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
Garret Forrester and Joe Casey each drove in runs in Oregon State's 5-2 loss to Washington State on Friday. Forrester singled home a run in the sixth inning while Casey capped the Beavers' night with a sacrifice fly in the ninth.

Inherited Runners
• Oregon State's relievers inherited six runners on Friday.
• All three OSU relievers – Joey Mundt, Will Frisch and Nathan Burns – came on with two runners on. They all stranded their runners.

As A Team
• Oregon State's pitching staff has inherited 21 runners this season, with 20 being stranded.
• That's a 95.2 percent success rate.

Brady Kasper Note
• Freshman Brady Kasper made his collegiate debut on Friday, starting at designated hitter in the No. 9 spot of the lineup.
• He recorded his first hit in the sixth, then scored his first run later in the inning when Garret Forrester singled to left.

Double Digits
• Washington State recorded 12 hits Friday. It's just the second time this season the OSU staff has allowed 10 or more hits this season, following 11 in the second game of the season versus Gonzaga.

Strikeouts
• Oregon State's pitchers recorded 11 strikeouts in the opener Friday.
• The Beavers have 157 strikeouts this season, which ranks third in the Pac-12. OSU is also third with 10.47 strikeouts per nine innings.
• OSU has 10 or more striekouts in 11 of the team's 15 games.

Singles
• Brady Kasper became the eighth Beaver this season to make their Division I debut.
• Kasper also became the ninth different OSU player to start at the designated hitter spot.
• Will Frisch's five strikeouts in the series opener tied a career-best for the righty.
• Cooper Hjerpe is making his first career conference appearance.
• Opponents have yet to score a run in the first inning this season.
• OSU has committed just two errors in its last 10 games. Opponents have committed three over that same stretch.
• OSU is 7-2 in day games.

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Players Mentioned

Nathan Burns

Joe Casey

Garret Forrester

Will Frisch

Cooper Hjerpe

Brady Kasper

Joey Mundt