Baseball Heads To Eugene For Rivalry Series

Oregon State (18-10, 5-7) vs. Oregon (19-7, 6-3)
April 6, 2023 • 7:00 p.m. PT • Eugene, Ore. • PK Park
RHP Jaren Hunter (1-1, 3.34) vs. RHP Jace Stoffal (3-2, 4.13)

The Game
Oregon State visits Oregon for the first of three Thursday night at PK Park. First pitch is slated for 7 p.m. PT. The Rivalry Series is presented by Safeway-Albertsons, PacificSource Health Plans, Your Local Toyota Dealers and First Interstate Bank.

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 air live on Pac-12 Oregon with Rich Burk on the call.

Live Video
Subscribers to the Pac-12 Network can watch the game at Pac-12.com or on the Pac-12 Now app, available on smartphones and tablets. A direct link to the broadcast can be found 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 homered for the second consecutive game but Oregon State was unable to hold on to an early lead in a 7-2 loss to Washington Sunday in Seattle. Bazzana's homer put the Beavers up 2-1 in the third, but UW posted two runs each in the fourth and sixth innings.

Oregon State Notes
• The Beavers and Ducks are meeting for the 362nd, 363rd and 364th times during the series. Oregon State leads it, 192-169, after going 5-0 last season.
• OSU is 42-23 (.646) against Oregon since the Ducks re-instated their program in 2009.
• The teams have combined for just 28 runs in the last five games in Eugene, an average of 5.6 per. OSU owns the only shutout over that stretch, a 2-0 win last season.
• Oregon State did not play a midweek game this week for the first time in four weeks. OSU is scheduled to play at least one game on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday every week through the rest of the regular season.
• The Beavers are in the midst of their longest road trip of the year, at seven games. OSU opened the trip with a 3-1 record in Seattle last week.
• Travis Bazzana carries a five-game hit streak into the opener. He is 10-for-20 with a double, triple, two home runs and seven RBI during it.
• Bazzana has hit safely in 21 of his 28 OSU's games this season. He has reached base by walk in three of the seven hitless appearances.
• Garret Forrester is tied for the Pac-12 lead with 27 walks this season. He has 124 for his career, second in the OSU record books, trailing only Adley Rutschman's 156 (2017-19).
• True freshmen Aiden Jimenez and AJ Hutcheson have combined to inherit 32 runners this season. Just seven (21.8 percent) have scored.
• The Beavers are averaging 3.13 strikeouts per walk issued away from home this season. OSU has struck out 138 in 129 innings while issuing 44 walks.
• OSU's starters are averaging 10.6 strikeouts per nine innings this season.
• Sunday's loss was just the 14th time under Mitch Canham OSU has lost by five or more runs. Oregon State has 48 wins by five or more during Canham's tenure.

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Players Mentioned

Travis Bazzana

Garret Forrester

Jaren Hunter

AJ Hutcheson

Aiden Jimenez