Baseball Gameday: Vs. UC Santa Barbara (2/20/23)

Oregon State (2-1) vs. UC Santa Barbara (2-1)
Feb. 20, 2022 • 12:00 p.m. PT • Surprise, Ariz. • Surprise Stadium
TBA vs. RHP Tyler Bremner (0-0, 0.00)

The Game
Oregon State concludes its trip to Surprise Sunday when the Beavers take on UC Santa Barbara. First pitch at Surprise Stadium is scheduled for noon (1 p.m. in Arizona).

Radio
The game will be carried live on the Beaver Sports Network throughout the state of Oregon.

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 televised.

Live Video
The game will be streamed live by FloSports. Visit osubeavers.com and click on the baseball scheduled for a direct link to the game. For subscription information, visit FloSports.TV.

Live Stats
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
Garret Forrester hit the game-winning home run in the seventh inning and AJ Hutcheson tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief to send Oregon State to a come-from-behind 14-6 win over New Mexico Sunday at Surprise Stadium. Forrester's seventh-inning solo home run was his first of the season and snapped a 6-6 tie after 6 1/2 innings. The Beavers added to the lead with seven more in the eighth inning, punctuated by Tanner Smith's second career grand slam. Hutcheson, meanwhile, made his second appearance of the season, and came on with two runners on and one out in the seventh. He proceeded to get an popup and strikeout to end the inning. Hutcheson picked up the win, the first of his career.

Oregon State Notes
• Oregon State is meeting UC Santa Barbara for the 32nd time on Monday, and first since the 2020 season.
• The Beavers hold a 17-13-1 advantage in the series, but the Gauchos have won three straight after sweeping a series at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field in 2020. That series was the last baseball played in '20 before Covid-19 wiped out the rest of the campaign.
• The teams are tied, 5-5, in games played at neutral sites. Sunday's game is the first neutral-site matchup since 1998 when OSU lost, 11-7, in San Diego, Calif.
• Mitch Canham needs eight victories to reach 100 leading Oregon State.
• The Beavers are opening the season in Surprise for the eighth consecutive year. OSU also opened there in 2004 and 2006.
• Oregon State is 59-16 in Surprise since 2004.
• Garret Forrester's home run in the seventh inning Sunday marked his first of the year and 17th of his career.
• Forrester tallied three hits in a game for the 10th time in his career.
• AJ Hutcheson has inherited four runners in two relief outings this season. All four have been stranded.
• The Beavers scored 10 or more runs for the first time since scoring 12 against San Diego on June 4, 2022 in the Corvallis Regional.
• It's also the sixth time in the last 10 games OSU has scored in double figures versus New Mexico.
• Tanner Smith's grand slam in the eighth marked the second of his career. He was also the last Beaver to hit a grand slam prior to Sunday, doing so on March 27, 2022 at California.

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Players Mentioned

Garret Forrester

AJ Hutcheson

Tanner Smith