Oregon State
13-4, 2-1
Washington State
11-4, 1-2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| Oregon State | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 | 11 | 2 |
Armstrong’s Homer Sends Beavers To 9-8 Win
March 21, 2021 | Baseball
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With the win, Oregon State (13-4, 2-1 Pac-12 Conference) wins the three-game series over the Cougars (11-4, 1-2). The Beavers won the second game of the series, 10-3, after WSU opened it with a 5-2 victory.
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On Sunday, Armstrong's home run, his second of the season, came on an 0-1 pitch from WSU reliever Dakota Hawkins. It capped a seesaw battle for the Oregon State offense, which totaled 11 hits and nine walks off seven Cougar pitchers. It was also the Beavers' first extra-base hit of the day.
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It also helped punctuate a mini comeback for the Beavers, who once led 5-1, but then found themselves down 7-5 after Washington State scored one in the fourth and five in the fifth.
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OSU evened the score at seven in the bottom half of the fifth; Garret Forrester scored on a wild pitch and Kyler McMahan made it an 8-7 Beaver lead with a single to left. The Cougars, however, tied the game at eight in the seventh when Justin Van De Brake scored on a wild pitch.
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Preston Jones led the Beavers with three hits, and the senior also drove in three and swiped two bases. Forrester had his second consecutive multi-hit effort with a 2-for-4 afternoon.
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Bryant Salgado earned the win for OSU, improving to 2-0 this season. He stranded a runner at third after entering with one down in the seventh. The righty ended his outing with 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
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Jake Mulholland worked a perfect ninth, striking out two, for his fifth save of the season.
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Hawkins was saddled with the loss and drops to 1-2 on the year.
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Next Up
Oregon State stays at home for two more non-conference games. The Beavers host Santa Clara Tuesday and Wednesday, both at 5:35 p.m. PT.
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Follow The Midweek Series
Each game will be live streamed; the link can be found by visiting osubeavers. Live stats, info on the Beaver Sports Network and TuneIn and more can also be found by visiting osubeavers.com.
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First Inning Zeroes
Jake Pfennigs set Washington State down in order in the first. Oregon State's staff has yet to allow a first-inning run this season. Opponents are batting just .155 with nine hits and two walks in 17 games this season. OSU's pitchers have struck out 20.
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OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Salgado, Bryant (2-0)
L: Hawkins, Dakota (1-2)
S: Mulholland, Jake (5)
Batting:
2B: Manzardo, Kyle 1 ; Montez, Collin 1
RBI: Manzardo, Kyle 1 ; Montez, Collin 2 ; Smith, Jack 1 ; McKeon, Jacob 2
SF: Smith, Jack 1 ; McKeon, Jacob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kolden, Kodie 2 ; Manzardo, Kyle 1 ; Peterson, Tristan 1 ; Montez, Collin 1 ; Van De Brake, Justin 1 ; Smith, Jack 1 ; Gouldsmith, Gunner 1
HBP: Van De Brake, Justin 1
Batting:
HR: Armstrong, Andy 1
RBI: Jones, Preston 3 ; Casey, Joe 1 ; Armstrong, Andy 1 ; Kasper, Brady 1 ; McMahan, Kyler 1
SH: Hamilton, Cole 1 ; McMahan, Kyler 1
SF: Casey, Joe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jones, Preston 1 ; Forrester, Garret 1 ; Dukart, Jake 1 ; Ober, Ryan 1 ; Casey, Joe 1 ; Armstrong, Andy 1 ; Kasper, Brady 1 ; Froemke, Kyle 1 ; McMahan, Kyler 1
SB: Jones, Preston 2 ; McMahan, Kyler 1
HBP: Forrester, Garret 1 ; Ober, Ryan 1 ; Froemke, Kyle 1
