Baseball Gameday: At Arizona State (4/22/23)

Oregon State (26-11, 11-8) vs. Arizona State (25-12, 11-4)
April 22, 2023 • 6:30 p.m. PT • Phoenix, Ariz. • Phoenix Municipal Stadium
RHP Jacob Kmatz (2-4, 3.64) vs. RHP Khristian Davis (4-2, 5.74)

The Game
Oregon State and Arizona State continue their three-game series Saturday night. First pitch at Phoenix Municipal Stadium is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. PT.

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

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
A live stream, produced by Arizona State, is available with a direct link on osubeavers.com. It can also be found on the Pac-12 Now app for smartphones and tablets.

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 homered twice and drove in five runs to send Oregon State to a series-opening 13-11 win over Arizona State Friday night at Municipal Stadium. Brady Kasper also hit an eighth-inning solo home run for the Beavers, who won behind an offensive onslaught. OSU tallied 13 hits. Forrester put the Beavers on the board with a two-run long ball in the first. He went deep again in the fifth, driving in three runs on a ball that hit off the batter's eye in center field. Forrester finished 2-for-4 with two walks, picking up his eighth multiple-RBI effort of the season.

Oregon State Notes
• Jacob Kmatz, Saturday's probable starter, is 1-0 against the Sun Devils after starting in a 12-2 win last season. He scattered four hits and two runs in 5 2/3 innings.
• Garret Forrester recorded his second career two-home run game. His first came May 28, 2022 against UCLA in the Pac-12 Tournament.
• The Beavers improved to 18-4 when scoring first this season, including a 9-4 mark away from home.
• The win was OSU's eighth in a row, equaling the team's longest this season from Feb. 18 through March 3.
• The Beavers have won six straight in Pac-12 play.
• Mason Guerra drove in a run for the seventh consecutive game.
• The Beavers have scored in double figures in each of their last four victories over Arizona State. Oregon State has scored 57 runs over those four games. Only a 3-1 loss in last season's series finale snapped the Beavers' stretch of double-digit runs.
• Oregon State improved to 6-4 against teams ranked by D1Baseball.com. The Sun Devils are No. 19 per D1.
• Oregon State allowed more than four runs for the first time since giving up seven at Washington on April 2. That snapped an eight-game stretch.
• All six of Brady Kasper's home runs this season have been solo.
• OSU has scored 10 or more runs in four games during the eight-game win streak. The Beavers are averaging nearly 8.9 runs per.
• The Beavers gave up 10 or more runs for just the 12th time under Mitch Canham. OSU is 2-10 when it happens.

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Players Mentioned

Garret Forrester

Mason Guerra

Brady Kasper

Jacob Kmatz