Friday, March 15
Salt Lake City, UT
5:00 PM
Oregon State
at
Utah
Photo by: Jerry Espinoza
Beavers Trek To Salt Lake City For Conference Opener
March 14, 2024 | Baseball
Oregon State (15-1, 0-0) vs. Utah (11-4, 2-1)
March 15, 2024 • 5:00 p.m. PT • Salt Lake City, Utah • Smith's Ballpark
LHP Nelson Keljo (0-0, 4.82) vs. RHP Merit Jones (0-1, 4.76)
The Game
Oregon State opens Pac-12 Conference play Friday when visiting Utah in Salt Lake City. First pitch at Smith's Ballpark is slated for 5 p.m. PT (6 p.m. in Utah).
Radio
The game will be carried live on the Beaver Sports Network throughout the state of Oregon. Josh Worden 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 game 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 broadcast.
Live Video
Live video will not be provided for the series opener. Utah will provide a live stream for games two and three.
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
Jacob Krieg, Elijah Hainline and Micah McDowell all homered and OSU held on for a 9-7 win over CSUN Sunday, sweeping the four-game series over the Matadors. Here's a look at notables from the win.
• Travis Bazzana: 2x4, 2 R, BB
• Micah McDowell: 1x4, R, 2 RBI, HR
• Jacob Krieg: 1x2, R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, HR
• Elijah Hainline: 1x4, R, RBI, HR
• Jabin Trosky: 2x4, R
• Eric Segura: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, W
• Bridger Holmes: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 SO, S
Oregon State Notables
• Oregon State plays the first of its true road games this season when visiting Utah. Eight of the Beavers' 16 games this season have been on the road, but were all neutral-site. OSU is 7-1 away from home.
• Friday's game marks the first Pac-12 opener against a team other than Washington State since 2019 when the Beavers visited UCLA.
• Mason Guerra went 6-for-12 (.500) with five runs, a double, two home runs and seven RBI in last season's series versus Utah.
• Micah McDowell is 8-for-21 (.381) with seven runs, a double and four RBI in five career games against the Utes.
• Tanner Smith is 5-for-12 (.417) against Utah, posting two doubles, two RBI and a walk in three games.
• Jacob Krieg enters the series on a four-game hit streak. He went 7-for-15 (.467) with two doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI in the series versus Utah.
• Travis Bazzana has 161 runs scored for his career, and needs eight to surpass Jacoby Ellsbury (2003-05) for the most in a career at Oregon State.
• Bazzana is also nine hits shy of 200 for his career. He needs 15 to break into the top 10 at Oregon State.
• He has 11 multiple-hit efforts over the first 16 games of the year.
• OSU leads the Pac-12 with 28 home runs, 36 doubles, 156 runs scored, 101 walks and a .331 batting average. The Beavers are second with seven triples and fifth with 16 stolen bases.
• The Beavers hit their 28th home run of the 2023 season in the 27th game of the year.
• Opponents are just 4-of-14 in stolen-base attempts (.285). Tanner Smith has thrown out eight of the 10 stolen-base attempts against him.
• Oregon State is a unanimous top-four team entering the series and is ranked as high as No. 1 by the NCBWA.
• Oregon State is 9-0 this season when scoring first.
March 15, 2024 • 5:00 p.m. PT • Salt Lake City, Utah • Smith's Ballpark
LHP Nelson Keljo (0-0, 4.82) vs. RHP Merit Jones (0-1, 4.76)
The Game
Oregon State opens Pac-12 Conference play Friday when visiting Utah in Salt Lake City. First pitch at Smith's Ballpark is slated for 5 p.m. PT (6 p.m. in Utah).
Radio
The game will be carried live on the Beaver Sports Network throughout the state of Oregon. Josh Worden 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 game 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 broadcast.
Live Video
Live video will not be provided for the series opener. Utah will provide a live stream for games two and three.
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
Jacob Krieg, Elijah Hainline and Micah McDowell all homered and OSU held on for a 9-7 win over CSUN Sunday, sweeping the four-game series over the Matadors. Here's a look at notables from the win.
• Travis Bazzana: 2x4, 2 R, BB
• Micah McDowell: 1x4, R, 2 RBI, HR
• Jacob Krieg: 1x2, R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, HR
• Elijah Hainline: 1x4, R, RBI, HR
• Jabin Trosky: 2x4, R
• Eric Segura: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, W
• Bridger Holmes: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 SO, S
Oregon State Notables
• Oregon State plays the first of its true road games this season when visiting Utah. Eight of the Beavers' 16 games this season have been on the road, but were all neutral-site. OSU is 7-1 away from home.
• Friday's game marks the first Pac-12 opener against a team other than Washington State since 2019 when the Beavers visited UCLA.
• Mason Guerra went 6-for-12 (.500) with five runs, a double, two home runs and seven RBI in last season's series versus Utah.
• Micah McDowell is 8-for-21 (.381) with seven runs, a double and four RBI in five career games against the Utes.
• Tanner Smith is 5-for-12 (.417) against Utah, posting two doubles, two RBI and a walk in three games.
• Jacob Krieg enters the series on a four-game hit streak. He went 7-for-15 (.467) with two doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI in the series versus Utah.
• Travis Bazzana has 161 runs scored for his career, and needs eight to surpass Jacoby Ellsbury (2003-05) for the most in a career at Oregon State.
• Bazzana is also nine hits shy of 200 for his career. He needs 15 to break into the top 10 at Oregon State.
• He has 11 multiple-hit efforts over the first 16 games of the year.
• OSU leads the Pac-12 with 28 home runs, 36 doubles, 156 runs scored, 101 walks and a .331 batting average. The Beavers are second with seven triples and fifth with 16 stolen bases.
• The Beavers hit their 28th home run of the 2023 season in the 27th game of the year.
• Opponents are just 4-of-14 in stolen-base attempts (.285). Tanner Smith has thrown out eight of the 10 stolen-base attempts against him.
• Oregon State is a unanimous top-four team entering the series and is ranked as high as No. 1 by the NCBWA.
• Oregon State is 9-0 this season when scoring first.
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