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Beavers Edged 4-3; 2022 Season Comes To An End
June 13, 2022 | Baseball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Justin Boyd homered and went 3-for-5 as Oregon State baseball's season came to an end with a 4-3 loss to Auburn Monday afternoon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
Boyd's two-run blast, his ninth home run of the season, came in the seventh and pulled the Beavers to within one, 4-3. OSU (48-18 overall), however, left two runners in scoring position in the inning. The Beavers were 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position overall.
Boyd, whose three hits led the Beavers' eight-hit attack, led to OSU's first run in the fourth. Down 2-0 after an Auburn home run, he tripled with one out and scored when Wade Meckler grounded out.
Jaren Hunter started for Oregon State and took the loss, dropping to 2-2 this season. He allowed one hit and two runs in five innings. The win went to Auburn's Carson Skipper, who improved to 6-3 after allowing three hits and two runs in two innings
Auburn (42-20) went up on the home run in the fourth, then, after OSU scored its first run in the bottom half of the inning, made it a three-run game in the sixth. The Tigers scored their first run on an OSU fielding error, then the second of the inning on a squeeze. Auburn tallied just three hits overall, including two by Sonny DiChiara, who hit the fourth-inning home run.
Oregon State Notes
- Monday's crowd of 4,174 marked the second-largest in Goss Stadium history. It gave the Beavers 125,100 total attendance for the season, a school record. OSU also averaged 3,679, setting a new single-season record. It surpassed the 2019 team's 3,666.
- Justin Boyd ended the season with 90 hits, tying him with Nick Madrigal (2017) for sixth-most at OSU. Boyd also ended the year third with 72 runs, right behind No. 2 Wade Meckler, who finished with 81.
- Meckler ended the year fourth with 93 hits, one behind Jacob Melton's 94. Melton ended the year tied for the most single-season RBI at 83. He set the total bases record at 175. And he finished tied for third with 17 home runs.
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Boyd's two-run blast, his ninth home run of the season, came in the seventh and pulled the Beavers to within one, 4-3. OSU (48-18 overall), however, left two runners in scoring position in the inning. The Beavers were 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position overall.
Boyd, whose three hits led the Beavers' eight-hit attack, led to OSU's first run in the fourth. Down 2-0 after an Auburn home run, he tripled with one out and scored when Wade Meckler grounded out.
Jaren Hunter started for Oregon State and took the loss, dropping to 2-2 this season. He allowed one hit and two runs in five innings. The win went to Auburn's Carson Skipper, who improved to 6-3 after allowing three hits and two runs in two innings
Auburn (42-20) went up on the home run in the fourth, then, after OSU scored its first run in the bottom half of the inning, made it a three-run game in the sixth. The Tigers scored their first run on an OSU fielding error, then the second of the inning on a squeeze. Auburn tallied just three hits overall, including two by Sonny DiChiara, who hit the fourth-inning home run.
Oregon State Notes
- Monday's crowd of 4,174 marked the second-largest in Goss Stadium history. It gave the Beavers 125,100 total attendance for the season, a school record. OSU also averaged 3,679, setting a new single-season record. It surpassed the 2019 team's 3,666.
- Justin Boyd ended the season with 90 hits, tying him with Nick Madrigal (2017) for sixth-most at OSU. Boyd also ended the year third with 72 runs, right behind No. 2 Wade Meckler, who finished with 81.
- Meckler ended the year fourth with 93 hits, one behind Jacob Melton's 94. Melton ended the year tied for the most single-season RBI at 83. He set the total bases record at 175. And he finished tied for third with 17 home runs.
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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: Skipper, Carson (6-3)
L: Hunter, Jaren (2-2)
S: Burkhalter, Blake (15)
Batting:
2B: Peirce, Bobby 1
HR: DiChiara, Sonny 1
RBI: DiChiara, Sonny 2 ; Carlson, Brooks 1 ; Moore, Brody 1
SH: Moore, Brody 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Foster, Cole 1 ; DiChiara, Sonny 2 ; Peirce, Bobby 1
HBP: DiChiara, Sonny 1 ; Howell, Kason 1

Batting:
3B: Boyd, Justin 1
HR: Boyd, Justin 1
RBI: Boyd, Justin 2 ; Meckler, Wade 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Boyd, Justin 2 ; Dernedde, Kyle 1
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