Baseball Gameday: Vs. Long Beach State (4/16/22)

Oregon State (26-7) vs. Long Beach State (15-18)
April 16, 2022 • 1:35 p.m. PT • Corvallis, Ore. • Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
RHP Jacob Kmatz (5-0, 3.52) vs. RHP Zach Voelker (4-1, 3.33)

The Game
Oregon State and Long Beach State conclude their three-game series Saturday afternoon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is slated 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), KEX 1190-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 Varsity Network, which is available for users with smartphones and tablets. Download the free Varsity Network application for live games and archived broadcasts.

Television
The game will not be broadcast.

Live Video
A live stream will be available and produced by Oregon State. Visit the baseball schedule page on osubeavers.com for the direct 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
Wade Meckler, Travis Bazzana and Garret Forrester all doubled twice and helped No. 3 Oregon State to six runs in its final two turns at bat in an 8-2 win over Long Beach State Friday night at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. Cooper Hjerpe struck out 11 in seven innings to improve to 8-0, helping Oregon State to the series victory over the Dirtbags. Hjerpe scattered five hits and two runs in his ninth start the season. Meckler paced the nine-hit OSU attack with three of his own. Forrester, meanwhile, doubled in the fourth and seventh innings, the latter of which drove in the Beavers' fourth run of the game. Bazzana also doubled once in both the seventh and eighth innings, which OSU scored three runs in each.

Oregon State Notes
• The Oregon State pitching staff saw its streak of four consecutive games without issuing a walk snapped in the first inning. LBSU's Sebastian Murillo drew a 3-2 walk off Hjerpe.
• The Beavers went 37 straight innings without issuing a walk. Their previous prior to Friday night came in the eighth inning against Portland in Hillsboro on April 5.
• Garret Forrester, Travis Bazzana and Wade Meckler all doubled to become the first Beavers with two in a game since Mason Guerra against Arizona State on March 19. Oregon State's batters have totaled two doubles in a game eight times this season.
• Oregon State's six doubles as a team, in fact, set a single-game high this season. OSU had previously hit four three times, most recently on March 30 at Nevada.
• Wade Meckler made his first start of the season in right field. He made a leaping catch to rob LBSU of extra bases to end the seventh.
• Meckler has also now reached base safely in all 33 games this season. He is the only Beaver to reach base in every game this season.
• The Beavers improved to 16-2 in non-conference games this season.
• OSU also got its sixth quality start of the season, and fifth from Cooper Hjerpe. The Beavers are 5-1 when their starter tallies a quality start.
• The Beavers have struck out 6.7 batters to every walk issued in the month of April. OSU has racked up 94 strikeouts in 84 innings to just 14 walks.
• OSU has given up 63 hits in the month for a WHIP of 0.92.
• Oregon State has scored 98 runs in Cooper Hjerpe's nine starts, a 10.89 average.

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Players Mentioned

Travis Bazzana

Garret Forrester

Mason Guerra

Cooper Hjerpe

Jacob Kmatz

Wade Meckler