Gameday: Baseball vs. Arizona (5/23/21)

GAME 53: Oregon State (33-19, 15-11) vs. Arizona (37-14, 20-9)
May 23, 2021 • 12:05 p.m. PT • Corvallis, Ore. • Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
RHP Jake Pfennigs (4-0, 3.35) vs. TBA

The Game
Oregon State and Arizona conclude their three-game series Sunday at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is scheduled for 12:05 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 be broadcast on the Pac-12 Networks. Rich Burk and Bill Rowe will call the action.

Live Video
Subscribers to the Pac-12 Networks can watch the game online at pac-12.com or by using the Pac-12 Now app on smartphones and tablets.

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 a career-high 11 as he stymied the Arizona offense in a 3-1 win Saturday night at Goss Stadium. He held the Wildcats to two hits and a run in seven innings for his third win of the season. Ryan Ober drove in a run in the first and Jake Dukart tripled home two in the third inning for the game two victory.

Claunch Watch, Again
• Troy Claunch tied a career-high with three hits in Saturday's win and in doing so, extended his hit streak to 13 games.
• It is the longest by a Beaver this season.
• Claunch is 21-for-52 (.404) with five doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI during the season.
• Claunch has five multiple-hit efforts during the streak, including three games with three.
• He is 4-for-8 with two runs scored versus the Wildcats.

That Makes 43
• Jake Mulholland saved his 43rd career game Saturday, which puts him six shy of tying the all-time Pac-12 record.
• Mulholland is the nation's active leader.
• The lefty is now tied for ninth all-time in NCAA history.
• He has now made 116 career appearances, including 115 out of the bullpen. That is just five shy of tying for 25th all-time in the NCAA record books.

At 49 Home Runs
• Oregon State has 49 home runs on the year and is looking to become the fifth Beaver team since 2000 to tally 50 or more in the regular season. OSU did so in 2000 (58), 2001 (53), 2002 (54) and 2018 (52). The 2018 club ended the season with 67 after hitting 15 in the postseason.
• The 2021 Beavers have hit 13 home runs over their last eight games, although none have come over the last three. That includes nine in the three-game series versus ASU.

Singles
• Wade Meckler's hit streak now stands at eight games while Jake Dukart's triple pushed his to six games.
• OSU enters play Sunday tied for fourth in the Pac-12 with Arizona State, 3 1/2 games behind first place. The teams are half a game shy of No. 3 Stanford.

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Players Mentioned

Troy Claunch

Jake Dukart

Cooper Hjerpe

Wade Meckler

Jake Mulholland

Ryan Ober

Jake Pfennigs