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Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics
Beavers Lose Opener At ASU
May 14, 2021 | Baseball
PHOENIX – Troy Claunch and Wade Meckler each homered but Oregon State was unable to hold on to a two-run lead in a 9-6 loss to Arizona State Friday night at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
Arizona State's (29-15 overall, 13-9 Pac-12 Conference) Ethan Long hit a three-run home run off OSU reliever Jake Mulholland to end the game. The Sun Devils scored four in the ninth for the come-from-behind win.
Claunch and Meckler each homered for the third time this season. Claunch hit a solo shot and Meckler a two-run blast in the Beavers' (31-16, 13-9) five-run fourth inning. The five runs pushed OSU ahead after ASU took a 4-1 lead after two full.
Meckler, Andy Armstrong and Joe Casey all finished with two hits to pace the Oregon State offense, which recorded 10 overall. Casey doubled home a run in the first, the Beavers' first of the night.
Garret Forrester also drove in two runs on a single in the fourth.
Arizona State put four runs on the board in the first two innings versus Oregon State starter Kevin Abel, but the righty settled down to hold the Sun Devils scoreless over his last four innings of work. He limited ASU to a double and two walks over that stretch.
Abel ended the night with six full innings, striking out seven.
Abel's counterpart, righty Tyler Thornton, allowed five runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out three.
Mulholland dropped to 0-2 this season with the loss. ASU reliever Will Levine improved to 4-3 after 1/3 of an inning in the ninth.
Next Up
The teams continue the three-game series Saturday night at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. First pitch is slated for 6:35 p.m. PT.
Follow The Series
The series with the Sun Devils will have a live stream provided by Arizona State; visit osubeavers.com for the live video direct link. Live stats, info on the Beaver Sports Network and TuneIn and more can also be found by visiting osubeavers.com.
Notables
- Oregon State forced Arizona State starter Tyler Thornton to throw 31 pitches in the first inning. Wade Meckler opened the game with a seven-pitch at bat, followed to batters later by Andy Armstrong, who singled on the ninth pitch of his AB.
- Troy Claunch has now hit home runs in back-to-back games and is the first Beaver to do so since Joe Casey in the final two games at UC Irvine, April 24 and 25.
- Claunch's and Wade Meckler's home runs in the fourth inning gave the Beavers two in the same inning since Ryan Ober and Garret Forrester went back-to-back in the fifth inning April 2 versus Utah.
- Claunch moves his hit streak to eight games with the home run while Meckler's bomb pushed his streak to four games.
- Meckler has reached base safely in 11 consecutive games while Claunch is now at nine.
- Greg Fuchs became the fourth Beaver to walk three times in the same game. He was also hit by a pitch in his first at bat of the night.
- Fuchs went 0-for-1 and faced 37 total pitches on the night.
- The 1,787 in attendance at Friday's game marked a season high for an OSU game this season.
- Andy Armstrong posted his team-leading 18th multiple-hit game of the season.
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OUR MISSION
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Arizona State's (29-15 overall, 13-9 Pac-12 Conference) Ethan Long hit a three-run home run off OSU reliever Jake Mulholland to end the game. The Sun Devils scored four in the ninth for the come-from-behind win.
Claunch and Meckler each homered for the third time this season. Claunch hit a solo shot and Meckler a two-run blast in the Beavers' (31-16, 13-9) five-run fourth inning. The five runs pushed OSU ahead after ASU took a 4-1 lead after two full.
Meckler, Andy Armstrong and Joe Casey all finished with two hits to pace the Oregon State offense, which recorded 10 overall. Casey doubled home a run in the first, the Beavers' first of the night.
Garret Forrester also drove in two runs on a single in the fourth.
Arizona State put four runs on the board in the first two innings versus Oregon State starter Kevin Abel, but the righty settled down to hold the Sun Devils scoreless over his last four innings of work. He limited ASU to a double and two walks over that stretch.
Abel ended the night with six full innings, striking out seven.
Abel's counterpart, righty Tyler Thornton, allowed five runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out three.
Mulholland dropped to 0-2 this season with the loss. ASU reliever Will Levine improved to 4-3 after 1/3 of an inning in the ninth.
Next Up
The teams continue the three-game series Saturday night at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. First pitch is slated for 6:35 p.m. PT.
Follow The Series
The series with the Sun Devils will have a live stream provided by Arizona State; visit osubeavers.com for the live video direct link. Live stats, info on the Beaver Sports Network and TuneIn and more can also be found by visiting osubeavers.com.
Notables
- Oregon State forced Arizona State starter Tyler Thornton to throw 31 pitches in the first inning. Wade Meckler opened the game with a seven-pitch at bat, followed to batters later by Andy Armstrong, who singled on the ninth pitch of his AB.
- Troy Claunch has now hit home runs in back-to-back games and is the first Beaver to do so since Joe Casey in the final two games at UC Irvine, April 24 and 25.
- Claunch's and Wade Meckler's home runs in the fourth inning gave the Beavers two in the same inning since Ryan Ober and Garret Forrester went back-to-back in the fifth inning April 2 versus Utah.
- Claunch moves his hit streak to eight games with the home run while Meckler's bomb pushed his streak to four games.
- Meckler has reached base safely in 11 consecutive games while Claunch is now at nine.
- Greg Fuchs became the fourth Beaver to walk three times in the same game. He was also hit by a pitch in his first at bat of the night.
- Fuchs went 0-for-1 and faced 37 total pitches on the night.
- The 1,787 in attendance at Friday's game marked a season high for an OSU game this season.
- Andy Armstrong posted his team-leading 18th multiple-hit game of the season.
Follow Us On Social
For more information on the Oregon State baseball team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball, by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Levine,Will (4-3)
L: Mulholland, Jake (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Ober, Ryan 1 ; Casey, Joe 1
HR: Meckler, Wade 1 ; Claunch, Troy 1
RBI: Meckler, Wade 2 ; Forrester, Garret 2 ; Casey, Joe 1 ; Claunch, Troy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Meckler, Wade 1 ; Ober, Ryan 2 ; Armstrong, Andy 1 ; Claunch, Troy 1 ; Dukart, Jake 1
HBP: Fuchs, Greg 1
Batting:
2B: Jump,Hunter 2 ; Long, Ethan 1 ; Moss, Jack 1
HR: Swift,Drew 1 ; Long, Ethan 1
RBI: Swift,Drew 2 ; Jump,Hunter 1 ; McLain,Sean 1 ; Long, Ethan 3 ; Moss, Jack 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Swift,Drew 3 ; Nager,Seth 1 ; McLain,Sean 2 ; Long, Ethan 2 ; Baez,Nate 1
SB: Haas, Hunter 1
CS: Lampe, Joe 1
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