Beavers Strike Early, Hand No. 12 USC Its First Loss At New Dedeaux Field
March 24, 2026 | Baseball
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The Beavers, who improved to 18-5 on the year, struck early and often, jumping out to a 9-0 lead after 3 1/2 innings. USC (24-2) plated four in the fourth but Oregon State held the Trojans in check the rest of the way.
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The win was the first in 19 games by a visiting club at the new Dedeaux Field on the USC campus.
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Hubbard put OSU up with a two-run blast in the first, which scored Talt, who had opened the game with a walk.
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The Beavers scored twice in the second, first on a wild pitch, then on Talt's first RBI of the game, a sacrifice fly.
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Talt and AJ Singer put the Beavers ahead 7-0 after three with three runs in the frame. Talt drove in two on a single and Singer singled to singled up the middle.
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Oregon State kept on scoring in the fourth. Hubbard and Josh Proctor each doubled to open the inning. Singer then blooped a single to right to get Proctor in from third.
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Vazquez provided the game's punctuation mark with a three-run blast off the batter's eye in the ninth for his third long ball of the season.
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Connor Mendez worked three innings in relief, allowing two hits and three runs while striking out three. He got the win to improve to 1-1.
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Chase Herrell started for USC and took the loss to drop to 2-1. He gave up three runs on a hit and three walks in an inning of work.
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Talt, Hubbard, Proctor, Vazquez and Singer all recorded two hits for the Beavers, who finished with 11 as a team.
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Oregon State capped its eight-game trip with a 7-1 record.
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Oregon State returns to Corvallis to play four consecutive home games starting Friday in the first of three against Mercer. First pitch is slated for 5:35 p.m. PT and tickets can be purchased by visiting BeaverTickets.com.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mendez, Connor (1-1)
L: Herrell, Chase (2-1)

Batting:
2B: Haight, Adam 1 ; Hubbard, Bryce 1 ; Proctor, Josh 2
HR: Hubbard, Bryce 1 ; Vazquez, Paul 1
RBI: Talt, Easton 3 ; Hubbard, Bryce 2 ; Proctor, Josh 1 ; Singer, AJ 2 ; Vazquez, Paul 3
SF: Talt, Easton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Talt, Easton 1 ; Hubbard, Bryce 2 ; Proctor, Josh 2 ; Hayes, Nyan 1 ; Singer, AJ 2 ; Vazquez, Paul 3 ; Porter, Ethan 1
SB: Talt, Easton 2
CS: Singer, AJ 2
HBP: Galloway, Jacob 1 ; Vance, Cooper 1
PO: Singer, AJ 1

Batting:
2B: Lopez, Adrian 1
HR: Carpentier, Dean 1
RBI: Lopez, Adrian 1 ; Carpentier, Dean 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Lopez, Augie 1 ; Lopez, Adrian 1 ; Cadena, Isaac 1 ; Carpentier, Dean 1
HBP: Martinez, Maximo 2 ; Riske, Maddox 1
PO: Martinez, Maximo 1











