Baseball Gameday: Vs. Oregon (5/8/22)

Oregon State (37-9, 17-6) vs. Oregon (28-18, 13-10)
May 8, 2022 • 2:00 p.m. PT • Corvallis, Ore. • Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
RHP Jake Pfennigs (1-0, 0.66) vs. RHP Jace Stoffal (0-1, 8.68)

The Game
Oregon State and Oregon finish their threegame series Sunday at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is slated for 2:05 p.m. PT. The Rivalry Series is presented by Safeway-Albertsons, Spirit Mountain Casino, PacificSource Health Plans, Your Local Toyota Dealers and First Interstate Bank.

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 be broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks. Rich Burk and Bill Rowe will be on the call.

Live Video
Subscribers to the Pac-12 Networks can watch the game online at pac-12.com or utilize 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
Jacob Melton went 4-for-5 with his 11th home run of the season to pace No. 2 Oregon State to an 8-7 win over No. 24 Oregon in front of Goss Stadium record-crowd of 4,026 Saturday night. Ryan Brown gave up a two-run home run in the ninth but proceeded to get the game's final three outs, including two by strikeouts, to send the Beavers to the one-run win. Melton doubled in the second and homered in the fourth.

Oregon State Notes
• With the victory Saturday, OSU stands three games ahead of UCLA and Arizona in the race for the Pac-12's regular-season crown.
• The previous Goss Stadium attendance mark was 4,025 versus Minnesota on June 9, 2018. The previous mark for a regular-season game was 4,018 on May 25, 2019.
• Jacob Melton posted his 18th multiple-hit game of the season.
• Melton's home run in the fourth was his first round-tripper since April 23 versus Washington.
• The fourth-inning blast was just the third in the frame by a Beaver this season. Matthew Gretler (May 29 at Nevada) and Justin Boyd (April 26 at Oregon) did so prior to Saturday.
• Melton also now has 16 multiple-RBI efforts.
• Melton has 58 RBI on the season, which is two shy of tying KJ Harrison (2015) for 10th-most at OSU.
• Kyle Dernedde picked up his sixth multi-hit game of the season.
• Wade Meckler joined Justin Boyd as Beavers with 20 multi-hit games.
• Meckler scored his 56th run of the season, which pushes him into a tie for seventh in the OSU record books.
• Oregon State finished with double-digit hits for the 12th time in 22 Pac-12 games this season.
• The victory gave the Beavers their ninth series win over Oregon since the Ducks re-instated their program starting with the 2009 season. The teams have played 13 conference series since 2009.
• The Beavers improved to 12-4 when an opponent scores first, including an 8-3 mark at home.
• OSU is 8-5 in one-run games.

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Players Mentioned

Justin Boyd

Ryan Brown

Kyle Dernedde

Matthew Gretler

Wade Meckler

Jacob Melton

Jake Pfennigs