Baseball Set For Two With Nevada

Tuesday, March 14

Corvallis, OR

5:35 PM

Oregon State

Nevada

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

March 13, 2023 | Baseball

Oregon State Notes

By: Athletic Communications

Oregon State (11-4) vs. Nevada (8-7)
March 14, 2023 • 5:35 p.m. PT • Corvallis, Ore. • Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
RHP Rhett Larson (1-0, 3.86) vs. RHP Peyton Stumbo (1-1, 5.25)

The Game
Oregon State and Nevada start a two-game midweek non-conference series Tuesday night at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is slated for 5:35 p.m. PT.

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
Live video of the game, produced by Oregon State, can be found via a link on osubeavers.com.

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
Travis Bazzana drove in Oregon State's lone run in a 3-1 loss to Washington State Sunday afternoon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. Jaren Hunter took the loss after allowing three hits and two unearned runs in six innings. He struck out six.

Oregon State Notes
• Oregon State and Nevada are meeting for the 23rd and 24th times during the midweek series.
• Oregon State holds the all-time series lead, 17-5, and is 5-0 in Corvallis.
• The Beavers are 7-3 in the last 10 meetings.
• Each of the last six games - with OSU holding a 4-2 record - have been decided by one run. That includes 14-13 and 9-8 victories by OSU last season at Greater Nevada Field. Tanner Smith hit a solo home run in the 11th inning of the 14-13 win. In game two, a 9-8 win, Jacob Melton hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth for the game-winner.
• Nevada is the second, and last in the regular season, opponent for the Beavers from the Mountain West Conference. OSU split a pair of games with New Mexico in Surprise, Ariz., losing game one, 7-2, before winning the second, 14-6.
• The OSU pitching staff, in March, has a 2.15 ERA in 71 innings. The staff has struck out 67 while allowing 30 walks and 55 hits for a 1.20 WHIP.
• Overall, OSU's pitching staff ranks second in the Pac-12 with a 2.64 ERA this season. The Beavers are fourth with 143 strikeouts and their 48 walks issued are fourth fewest in the conference.
• OSU is second with a 2.98 strikeout-to-walk ratio, trailing only UCLA's 4.88.
• Garret Forrester drew two walks in Sunday's game to push to 14 on the season, tied for third in the Pac-12. He now has 111 for his career, which is tied for sixth all-time at Oregon State. Adley Rutschman, with 156 from 2017-19, is the all-time leader.
• Forrester needs just 10 to move into sole possession of second in OSU history.
• Micah McDowell leads the Pac-12 batting .418. He has a career-high 23 hits and needs just five to equal his career total entering the season.
• McDowell is also fourth in the Pac-12 with a .522 on-base percentage. Forrester and Travis Bazzana (.485) are tied for 11th.
• OSU has allowed the fewest stolen bases in the conference, at four.