Baseball Opens NCAA Regional Play Friday

Oregon State (44-15) vs. New Mexico State (24-32)
June 3, 2022 • 7:00 p.m. PT • Corvallis, Ore. • Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
LHP Cooper Hjerpe (10-2, 2.33) vs. RHP Ian Mejia (6-4, 4.24)

The Game
Oregon State opens NCAA Regional action Friday night at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch against New Mexico State is slated for 7 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 be broadcast live on ESPNU with John Schriffen and Kevin Stocker on the call.

Live Video
Subscribers to the ESPN family of networks can find the game online at espn.com or via the ESPN 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 a triple and two runs batted in but Oregon State dropped the Pac-12 Tournament Title Game to Stanford, 9-5, Sunday in Scottsdale. Justin Boyd also totaled two hits for the Beavers, who completed five games in Arizona with a 3-2 record.

Oregon State Notes
• Oregon State is making its 21st all-time appearance in the NCAA Regionals. The Beavers have played in all but two non-Covid-19 postseasons since, missing in 2008 and 2016.
• Thirteen of Oregon State's last 16 games featured teams playing in an NCAA Regional this weekend. Seven of those 13 games were played away from Goss Stadium.
• The Beavers batted .371 at the inaugural Pac-12 Tournament. Oregon State collected 72 hits over the five games, 21 of which went for extra bases.
• Jacob Melton is now tied with Trevor Larnach (2018) for the second-most RBI in a single-season by a Beaver at 77. Only Adley Rutschman's had more, finishing with 83 in 2018.
• Melton is also third in OSU single-season history for total bases (161). He is just six shy of record-holder Larnach (2018).
• Melton has a .675 career slugging percentage at OSU, which, if the season ended today, would rank as the best mark in program history among players with a minimum of 260 at bats. Former Major Leaguer Jim Wilson is the current record holder at .640.
• Wade Meckler has scored 75 times this season, which ranks second for a season at OSU. He trails only Cole Gillespie's (2006) 83.
• Justin Boyd is on a six-game hit streak entering the NCAA postseason, where he is 17-for-29 with three doubles, a home run and five RBI. Included in that streak is a school-record six hits versus UCLA last Saturday.
• Garret Forrester was named the Pac-12 Tournament's Most Valuable Player after collecting eight hits - including three home runs - and 13 RBI. He, Melton, Boyd and Gavin Logan were named to the All-Tournament Team.
• HC Mitch Canham went 7-for-10 in two games versus NMSU in 2005, collecting 10 RBI and seven runs. His teammate and current OSU assistant Darwin Barney was 4-for-8 with four runs scored and two RBI.
• Canham homered, doubled and tripled over the two games, played in Tempe, Ariz.

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Players Mentioned

Justin Boyd

Garret Forrester

Cooper Hjerpe

Gavin Logan

Wade Meckler

Jacob Melton