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Beavers Open Home Slate With 4-2 Win
March 06, 2026 | Baseball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Bryce Hubbard homered and Dax Whitney struck out 11 to send Oregon State to a 4-2 win over Xavier Friday in the Beavers' 2026 home opener at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
Whitney teamed with Wyatt Queen and Albert Roblez to strike out 16 Xavier (5-8 overall) batters, holding its offense to a pair of solo home runs, a third hit and two walks. Whitney went 6 1/3 innings, scattering two hits and a run for his second win of the season.
He has 45 strikeouts in 24 1/3 innings this season.
Queen came on, worked 2 1/3 innings, allowing a hit and a run with four strikeouts while Roblez closed out the game by getting a strikeout for save No. 5 of 2026.
Hubbard opened Oregon State's (8-4) four-run second inning with a solo shot to right, his second long ball of the season. Easton Talt drew a bases-loaded walk for run No. 2 and Adam Haight drove in a pair on a single back up the middle.
The runs came off Xavier starter Ryan Piech, who gave up four hits with two walks and five strikeouts. He dropped to 1-2.
Hubbard, Haight and AJ Singer all had two hits in the win.
The Beavers and Musketeers continue the series Saturday at 3:05 p.m. PT. Visit BeaverTickets.com to grab your seats.
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Whitney teamed with Wyatt Queen and Albert Roblez to strike out 16 Xavier (5-8 overall) batters, holding its offense to a pair of solo home runs, a third hit and two walks. Whitney went 6 1/3 innings, scattering two hits and a run for his second win of the season.
He has 45 strikeouts in 24 1/3 innings this season.
Queen came on, worked 2 1/3 innings, allowing a hit and a run with four strikeouts while Roblez closed out the game by getting a strikeout for save No. 5 of 2026.
Hubbard opened Oregon State's (8-4) four-run second inning with a solo shot to right, his second long ball of the season. Easton Talt drew a bases-loaded walk for run No. 2 and Adam Haight drove in a pair on a single back up the middle.
The runs came off Xavier starter Ryan Piech, who gave up four hits with two walks and five strikeouts. He dropped to 1-2.
Hubbard, Haight and AJ Singer all had two hits in the win.
The Beavers and Musketeers continue the series Saturday at 3:05 p.m. PT. Visit BeaverTickets.com to grab your seats.
Follow Us On Social
For more information on the Oregon State baseball team, follow the club's official X account at X.com/BeaverBaseball, by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball, at BeaverBaseball.OSUBeavers.com on BlueSky or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Whitney, Dax (2-0)
L: Piech, Ryan (1-2)
S: Roblez, Albert (5)
Batting:
HR: Mensik, Landon 1 ; Townsend, Tommy 1
RBI: Mensik, Landon 1 ; Townsend, Tommy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mensik, Landon 1 ; Townsend, Tommy 1
Batting:
HR: Hubbard, Bryce 1
RBI: Haight, Adam 2 ; Talt, Easton 1 ; Hubbard, Bryce 1
SH: Porter, Ethan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Singer, AJ 1 ; Hubbard, Bryce 1 ; Porter, Ethan 1 ; Vance, Cooper 1
CS: Haight, Adam 1
HBP: Vance, Cooper 1
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