Beavers Set For Pac-12 Tournament Opener Wednesday

Oregon State (39-16) vs. Arizona (31-23)
May 24, 2023 • 10:00 a.m. PT • Scottsdale, Ariz. • Scottsdale Stadium
RHP Ben Ferrer (2-1, 3.58) vs. RHP Cam Walty (5-0, 4.50)

The Game
Oregon State opens Pac-12 Tournament play Wednesday when taking on Arizona at Scottsdale Stadium. First pitch is slated for 10 a.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 be broadcast on the Pac-12 Networks.

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
Garret Forrester went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a home run in an 8-4 Oregon State win over Western Carolina Saturday afternoon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. Tanner Smith drove in two runs on a double and Ryan Brown struck out five of the six batters he faced for his 10th save of the season.

Oregon State Notes
• Oregon State is making its second trip to Scottsdale for the Pac-12 Tournament. The Beavers were also the No. 2 seed at the inaugural tournament in 2022.
• The Beavers and Wildcats are playing for the fourth time this season. OSU swept Arizona in late April in Corvallis.
• The teams are meeting at a neutral site for just the third time.
• OSU hit .331 with six doubles, three home runs and 18 walks in the series sweep of Arizona.
• Garret Forrester was 8-for-23 (.348) with one double, three home runs and 13 RBI at the 2022 Pac-12 Tournament.
• Forrester is one hit shy of becoming the 12th Beaver in school history to reach 200 for a career. He would become the eighth to do so since the 2005 season.
• Travis Bazzana leads the Pac-12 with a school-record 36 stolen bases this season. He is four shy of becoming the first player from the conference to reach 40 since Washington's Chris Magruder stole 43 in 1997.
• Bazzana enters the tournament on a nine-game hit streak. He has scored 74 runs this season, third-most ever at OSU and nine shy of Cole Gillespie's school record 83 in 2006.
• Both Micah McDowell and Mikey Kane extended hit streaks to 12 games in the regular season finale Saturday. McDowell is 18-for-to (.380) with four doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI during the streak. Kane is 15-for-47 (.319) with five doubles, a home run and 10 RBI.
• The Beavers are batting .331 as a team in May, adding 36 doubles, 25 home runs and 87 alks to 87 strikeouts.
• OSU tallied 15 doubles and 12 home runs in the series sweep of Western Carolina to wrap the regular season. The Beavers rank fifth in the Pac-12 with 110 doubles and sixth with a school-record 78 home runs.
• OSU also leads the Pac-12 with 88 stolen bases, and at 99 attempts, has a .889 success rate.
• The Beavers have also given up the league's fewest stolen bases, at 24. Opponents have attempted a league-low 34 steals against Oregon State.
• OSU is 114-6 under Mitch Canham when taking a lead into the ninth inning.
• OSU is 32-1 when out-hitting an opponent in 2023, and 104-21 under Canham.

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Players Mentioned

Travis Bazzana

Ryan Brown

Ben Ferrer

Garret Forrester

Mikey Kane

Micah McDowell

Tanner Smith