Gameday: Baseball At UC Irvine (4/25/21)

GAME 38: Oregon State (26-11) vs. UC Irvine (23-12)
April 25, 2021 • 1:00 p.m. PT • Irvine, Calif. • Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark
RHP Jake Pfennigs (2-0, 3.18) vs. RHP Michael Frias (5-0, 2.23)

The Game
Oregon State and UC Irvine conclude their three-game series Sunday at Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark. First pitch is slated for 1 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
The game can also be found online by visiting OSUBeavers.com; click on the schedule link for a direct link to live video.

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

Last Game
Garret Forrester and Joe Casey both homered and finished with three hits apiece but the Beavers dropped an 11-9 decision Saturday afternoon. Forrester homered in the third and Casey in the fifth as the Beavers overcame a 7-2 deficit. OSU scored five from the fifth through the eighth to tie the game at nine.

Through Two
• Oregon State has totaled 16 runs and 25 hits over the first two games of the series. The Beavers are batting .321 over the first two games.
• Ryan Ober has already had 12 at bats over the first two games, and has four hits with two doubles, three runs scored, a home run and two runs batted in.

Home Runs
• Oregon State has hit five home runs over three games this week; one versus Portland four in two games against UC Irvine.
• Twenty of the Beavers' 33 home runs this season have come in non-conference games. Nineteen have come away from Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
• The team's 33 home runs are tied with UCLA for third most in the Pac-12.

Gretler's Big Week
• Matthew Gretler has hit safely in all three games this week. The sophomore has recorded five RBI after going 1-for-3 with a run-scoring double on Saturday.
• Gretler has four hits over the three games, including a home run Tuesday versus Portland.

Fielding Percentage
• Oregon State has upped its season fielding percentage to .985 after playing error-free baseball in the first two games of the series.
• The Beavers lead the Pac-12, ahead of Stanford and Oregon, which are both at .981.
• OSU has committed 20 errors this season and is tied for first nationally for the fewest per game at 0.54.

Singles
• Garret Forrester has reached base safely in 13 consecutive games, the longest streak for any Beaver this season.
• Forrester is also on a five-game hit streak.
• Andy Armstrong has the longest active hit streak at six games.
• The Beavers swiped four bases Saturday, tied for the most this season. OSU also stole four against Gonzaga on April 5. Oregon State is 30-for-34 in stolen-base attempts this season.

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Players Mentioned

Andy Armstrong

Joe Casey

Garret Forrester

Matthew Gretler

Ryan Ober

Jake Pfennigs