OSU Begins Setting Sights Higher
April 24, 2000
TUESDAY, APRIL 25
Portland at Oregon State, 3 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340)
FRIDAY, APRIL 28
Washington at Oregon State, 3 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340)
SATURDAY, APRIL 29
Washington at Oregon State, 1 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340)
SUNDAY, APRIL 30
Washington at Oregon State, 1 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340)
YOUTH TEAM WEEKEND, SPONSORED BY NORTHWEST DODGE DEALERS: All youth baseball and softball teams of any age receive free admission to any of the weekend games against Washington when they attend as a team. Any youth player whose team is not attending as a group can still receive free admission if they wear their jersey to the game.
Prior to Saturday's game, all youth players can take the field with OSU's starting lineup for the national anthem. After the game there will be an autograph session with the Beavers. For more information, call (541) 737-1085.
Oregon State (23-19 overall, 5-7 Pacific-10) has a lot to play for as it begins a lengthy homestand by hosting Portland (19-19, 8-12 West Coast) in a non-league game and Washington (18-21, 3-9) in a Pacific-10 series.
First, the Beavers will be meeting a pair of their longtime Pacific Northwest rivals. But, more importantly, OSU's strong play recently has made postseason play a possibility for the Beavers.
"We've put ourselves in a position where that's a realistic goal," Oregon State head coach Pat Casey said. "We've got a long way to go to get there, but these guys have worked themselves to a point that some very good things could happen to them this season.
"The key is to keep doing the things that have brought them this far - play hard and keep improving. Every time we step on the field, we've got to be looking at it as an opportunity to bring ourselves a little closer to that goal. But we're still a club that's not physically good enough to just go out and beat people. We have to approach every game and every practice with a lot of intensity. There's got to be a desire to get better and play better every single day."
That's what the Beavers showed last weekend in taking two of three games at California. It was especially evident in Saturday's series finale, when OSU rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to beat the Bears 8-5 in 10 innings.
"We had two guys who have struggled this year really step up for us on the mound," Casey said, referring to starter James Atwood and reliever Nick Renault. "Everybody on this team contributed in that win. Tim Dryden comes off the bench and gets a big hit for us, two freshmen who start the game 0-for-2 (Will Hudson, Brian Barden) pick us up by driving in runs in the late innings ...
"But that's just one day. We have to keep coming up with those kinds of things for another four weeks, and then we could get a chance to keep playing. A lot of things can happen in the next month, good or bad, but we're in a spot where it's up to us to determine which way it goes."
The Beavers will also be happy to return to Goss Stadium at Coleman Field for seven games over the next two weeks.
"Aside from that series against UCLA, when we had some of our young guys introduced to Pac-10 competition (as the Bruins swept OSU), we've really played well at home," Casey said. "We've gotten terrific support despite some bad weather, and our guys hope that continues this week because they notice it when our fans get into the game and get loud. And the kids team weekends are always a lot of fun, having the young players around and giving them a taste of what college baseball is all about. It should be a great weekend.
Portland dropped two of three games at Gonzaga last weekend in a West Coast series as the Pilots lost 9-6, won 8-7 and lost 14-5. For the Pilots, sophomore outfielder Matt Coleman is batting .375 with no homers and 11 runs batted in, sophomore infielder Cory Lunde is batting .366 with one homer and 22 RBIs, and freshman outfielder Josh Goff is batting .338 with 1 homer and three RBIs.
Washington won four of five non-league games last week. At home against San Francisco, the Huskies won 10-5 and 6-4, they then went to No. 24 Wichita State and won 15-10 and 11-4 before losing the series finale 11-4. Sophomore outfielder Todd Linden is batting .371 with five homers and 37 RBIs for Washington and senior first baseman Ed Erickson is batting .324 with six homers and 30 RBIs. Among the Huskies' probable rotation, junior righthander Jeff Carlsen has a 5-1 record and 5.91 earned run average, junior righthander Matt Massignale has a 4-5 record and 5.62 ERA, sophomore lefthander Taylor Grant is 1-4 with a 7.18 ERA, and freshman righthander Sean White is 1-1 with a 9.16 ERA.
OREGON STATE PROBABLE LINEUP:
C-Bryan Ingram, so., Everett, Wash. (Cascade HS), .319, 1 HR, 14 RBIs
or Chris Biles, fr., Tigard, Ore. (Tigard HS), .405, 2 HRs, 15 RBIs
1B-Joe Gerber, sr., Portland, Ore. (Grant HS), .401, 6 HRs, 59 RBIs
2B-Zach Gordon, jr., Simi Valley, Calif. (Moorpark JC), .236, 8 HRs, 25 RBIs
or Stephen Copeland, fr., Keizer, Ore. (McNary HS), .333, 0 HRs, 3 RBIs
3B-Brian Barden, fr., Bonita, Calif. (St. Augustine HS), .384, 4 HRs, 36 RBIs
or Tim Dryden, jr., Roseburg, Ore. (Lane CC), .403, 1 HR, 17 RBIs
SS-Will Hudson, fr., Fountain Valley, Calif. (Fountain Valley HS), .298, 0 HRs, 15 RBIs
OF-Eric Stark, jr., Sumner, Wash. (Sumner HS), .296, 3 HRs, 15 RBIs
OF-Josh Carter, so., Fallbrook, Calif. (Fallbrook HS), .290, 3 HRs, 26 RBIs
OF-Drew Hedges, sr., Portland, Ore. (Beaverton HS), .400, 7 HRs, 31 RBIs
or Rod Gott, sr., Ravensdale, Wash. (Green River CC), .187, 3 HRs, 13 RBIs
or Jackson Coleman, jr., Soldotna, Alaska (Eastern Arizona JC), .244, 0 HRs, 8 RBIs
DH-Curtis Davis, jr., Corvallis, Ore. (Corvallis HS), .255, 3 HRs, 11 RBIs
or Andy Jarvis, fr., Renton, Wash. (Liberty HS), .345, 3 HRs, 26 RBIs
(Tentative starting pitching rotation)
RHP-Mark Newell, sr., Salem, Ore. (Jefferson HS), 4-4, 5.36 ERA
RHP-Thad Johnson, jr., Santa Rosa, Calif. (Santa Rosa JC), 4-3, 3.97 ERA
LHP-Scott Nicholson, jr., Longview, Wash. (Lower Columbia CC), 6-5, 4.32 ERA
RHP-James Atwood, sr., Layton, Utah (Albertson Coll.), 3-4, 5.96 ERA
INJURY REPORT: Oregon State expects all its players to be healthy for this week's games.
ALL-TIME VS. THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS: Oregon State has an all-time record of 120-56 against Portland in a series dating back to 1909. The teams have split a pair of games already this season, with Portland winning 13-10 in Corvallis on April 4 and OSU winning 13-5 in Portland on April 11.
Oregon State has an all-time record of 203-166-2 against Washington in a series dating back to 1911. Earlier this season, OSU swept the Huskies in a series in Seattle on March 4-5, winning 13-9 and 27-4. The last meeting in Corvallis was a non-league series in 1999, with Washington winning 14-5 and 17-16.
RECENT OREGON STATE NOTES: Oregon State has won 2 straight Pacific-10 series for the first time since the conference joined its Northern and Southern divisions prior to the 1999 season ... the series win at California was OSU's first on the road in the current Pac-10 format ... Oregon State has won 6 of its last 8 games overall, and the Beavers have won 5 of their last 8 games in conference play ... of OSU's 19 losses this season, 8 were to teams nationally-ranked last week (Fresno State, UCLA, Arizona State) by at least 1 major poll ... Oregon State has already won 4 more games this season than the Beavers won in all of 1999's 19-35 campaign ... OSU is 9 games ahead of its pace of a year ago, when the Beavers were 14-28 after 42 games. OSU is 3 games head of its 1999 pace in Pac-10 play, when the Beavers were 2-10 after 12 games ... the Beavers' 9-7 home record already surpasses last season's home win total, when OSU was 6-9 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field ... OSU is above .500 at home (9-7), on the road (8-7) and at neutral sites (6-5) ...
Oregon State had at least 10 hits in each of its games last week and the Beavers batted .405 as a team ... Oregon State is batting .352 with runners on base, .367 with runners in scoring position and .456 with the bases loaded ... OSU has a 33-28 edge over its opponents in stolen bases so far this season, in 1999, the Beavers were outstolen by almost a 3-to-1 ratio. Oregon State has stolen 10 more bases than it did all of last season ... OSU has outscored its opponents 104-56 in the seventh and eighth innings ... last week, OSU hitters drew 27 walks while Beaver pitchers issued just 14, in the past 2 weeks, OSU has drawn 56 walks and allowed 27 ... OSU has thrown 10 complete games this season, its most since 10 in 1996 ... OSU's team ERA of 5.45 is almost 2 runs per game better than its final 1999 mark of 7.37 ... after not hitting a grand slam in 1999, OSU has hit 3 this season ...
Last week, senior first baseman Joe Gerber batted .529 (9-for-17) with 2 homers, 2 doubles, 10 RBIs, 7 runs and 4 walks. Gerber is on a 10-game hitting streak, during that time, he's batting .564 (22-for-39) with 3 homers, 2 doubles, 16 RBIs and 12 walks ... freshman third baseman Brian Barden is on a career-high 12-game hitting streak, during that streak, he's batting .426 (23-for-54) with 2 homers, 1 triple, 7 doubles and 23 RBIs ... freshman designated hitter Andy Jarvis is on a career-high 9-game hitting streak, during that streak, he's batting .452 (14-for-31) with 1 homer, 3 doubles and 13 RBIs ... over his last 14 games, senior outfielder Drew Hedges is batting .417 (20-for-48) with 4 homers, 4 doubles and 14 RBIs ... in his last 8 games, freshman shortstop Will Hudson is batting .367 (11-for-30) ... over his last 8 games, junior outfielder Eric Stark is batting .429 (12-for-28) with 1 homer ... last week, sophomore catcher Bryan Ingram batted .571 (4-for-7) with 1 RBI, 1 walk, 3 hit by pitch, 1 sacrifice fly and 2 sacrifice bunts ...
In his last 10 appearances, junior lefthander Scott Nicholson has a 6-3 record and 3.31 ERA, he has averaged 6.2 innings, 7.8 hits, 1.7 walks and 5.5 strikeouts per game in that time ... 2 of Nicholson's losses were 3-0 to Texas A&M and 3-1 to UCLA ... junior righthander Thad Johnson ran his streak of innings without allowing an earned run to 20 before Cal scored against him in the sixth inning of OSU's 12-4 win on April 20 ... in Johnson's last 3 starts - all complete games - he is 2-1 with a 1.73 ERA, in that time, he is averaging 8.2 innings, 4.7 hits, 1.3 walks and 4.3 strikeouts per game and opponents are batting .169 against him.
HEAD COACH PAT CASEY: Pat Casey is in his sixth season as Oregon State's head baseball coach. Casey currently has a record of 172-120-4 with the Beavers for a winning percentage of .588. His career record is 343-233-5, which includes 7 years at George Fox University in Newberg, for a winning percentage of .595.
Casey is the fourth OSU baseball head coach to reach 100 victories at the school, following Ralph Coleman (561), Gene Tanselli (115) and Jack Riley (613). Casey picked up his 100th OSU victory on Feb. 21, 1998 at San Diego.
Casey came to OSU from his alma mater, George Fox, after leading the Bruins to a 171-113-1 record and winning 3 NAIA District 2 titles at the school in Newberg, Ore.
ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE JOE GERBER: Oregon State first baseman Joe Gerber (Portland, Ore./Grant HS) is coming off one of the finest offensive seasons in school history, and the senior has already begun collecting honors for 2000. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association named Gerber to its preseason All-America second team.
Gerber is batting .401 with 17 doubles, 6 home runs and 59 runs batted in. In Pacific-10 play, Gerber's batting average rises to .422. Last week, Gerber batted .529 (9-for-17) with 2 homers, 2 doubles, 10 runs batted in, 7 runs and was walked 4 times.
Gerber's hefty RBI total this spring has been the product of uncanny clutch hitting - he is batting .485 with runners on base and .478 with runners in scoring position in 2000. On the mound this year, he has a 1-0 record and 3.86 earned run average in 1 appearance, beating Central Michigan with a seven-inning complete game on March 20, 9 hits, 3 runs (3 earned), 2 walks, 7 strikeouts.
Gerber is currently on a 10-game hitting streak during which he's batting .564 (22-for-39) with 3 homers, 2 doubles, 16 RBIs and 12 walks, in that time, he has an on-base percentage of .642 and is batting .519 with runners on base and .450 with runners in scoring position.
Going into this past week, Gerber was among the Pacific-10 Conference leaders in doubles (second), RBIs (third), on-base percentage (third), batting average (fourth), walks (fifth) and hits (sixth).
This season, Gerber has become OSU's all-time career leader in home runs (31), RBIs (161), doubles (42) and total bases (327). With one-quarter of this spring's schedule yet to play, Gerber is just 3 RBIs and 2 doubles away from matching OSU's single-season school records in those categories.
Gerber's streak of errorless games in the field reached 67 before being snapped when he missed a ground ball on March 25. Gerber had not committed an error in his last 42 games of 1999 nor the first 25 games of 2000.
JOHNSON AND NICHOLSON TOUGH PITCHING COMBO: Junior righthander Thad Johnson (Santa Rosa, Calif./Santa Rosa JC) and junior lefthander Scott Nicholson (Longview, Wash./Lower Columbia CC) are establishing themselves as one of the top pitching combinations in the region. In the past 3 weeks, they have combined to go 4-2 with a 2.61 earned run average and 5 complete games, they have averaged 7 hits, 2 walks and 5 strikeouts per game in that time. One of the losses was Johnson's 3-hitter in a 1-0 loss at No. 4 Arizona State.
On April 7-8 at fourth-ranked ASU, Johnson and Nicholson turned in one of OSU's top back-to-back pitching efforts in recent memory. ASU entered the games ranked first nationally in scoring (11.25 runs per game) and second in team batting average (.346), Johnson and Nicholson limited the Sun Devils to just 4 runs (2 earned) on 10 hits in a pair of complete games. For the entire series, ASU averaged just 4 runs per game and batted .233 as a team.
Johnson took a 1-0 loss despite pitching a 3-hitter, walking 2 and striking out 1 but getting groundball after groundball off the ASU bats. The Beavers turned 4 double plays behind Johnson, but also left 11 runners on base with 6 of those in scoring position.
Nicholson then tossed a 7-hitter and the Beaver bats helped him to an 11-3 victory. The lefty walked just 1 and struck out 6, and only 1 of the Sun Devil runs was earned.
BEAVERS FACE TOP-FLIGHT SCHEDULE: Oregon State again plays one of the nation's most challenging schedules. The Beavers have 12 games scheduled against teams in the April 24 USA Today coaches poll - No. 3 Arizona State, No. 4 Stanford, No. 15 Fresno State and No. 21 Southern California.
MYTHICAL NORTHERN DIVISION: The Pacific-10 eliminated its 2-division format after the 1998 season, but original Northern Divison members Oregon State, Washington and Washington State have continued to schedule non-league series against each other in addition to their Pac-10 counting series. In 1999, the mythical Northern Division title was won by Washington State with a 7-5 record, followed by Washington at 6-5 and Oregon State at 4-7. This spring, the schools have completed the first round of competition against each other and OSU leads the mythical Northern Division at 4-1 followed by Washington at 2-2 and Washington State at 1-4.
OREGON STATE PAC-10 SERIES MILESTONES: When Oregon State took 2 of 3 games at California on April 20-22, it marked the first time Oregon State had won back-to-back Pacific-10 series since the conference united its Northern and Southern Divisions prior to the 1999 season. The victories over the Bears also gave OSU its first Pac-10 series win on the road in the current Pac-10 format.
HEDGES' INSIDE-THE-PARK HOMER: Drew Hedges hit a rare inside-the-park home run during Oregon State's 13-5 win over Concordia on April 18 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. In the fourth inning with 2 men on base, Hedges hit a drive to centerfield, it hit a fencepost just to the right of dead-center and bounced back along the wall toward leftfield, past the centerfielder. The Beavers have been on both sides of an inside-the-park homer this year, having seen Nevada's Josh Laidlaw manage the feat in OSU's 9-5 win on Feb. 24 at the Nevada-Las Vegas/Coors Desert Classic. Laidlaw's poke was a 2-run drive to centerfield in the bottom of the fifth inning.
OREGON STATE GRAND SLAMS: After not hitting a grand slam in all of 1999, the Beavers have hit 3 this season. Rod Gott broke OSU's drought with a grand slam at Washington in a 27-4 win on March 5. The Beavers then got slams on back-to-back days from Brian Barden on April 14 and Curtis Davis on April 15, both blasts put OSU in the lead for good in victories over Arizona.
BEAVERS HOMER SEVEN TIMES IN A GAME: Oregon State set a school record for home runs in a 13-5 win at Portland on April 11, hitting 7 round-trippers in a game for the first time in the Beavers' 91-year varsity baseball history. The old record of 6 had been set in 1966 against Oregon (twice) and tied in 1978 vs. Puget Sound.
Of the homers, 6 were solo shots and junior designated hitter Curtis Davis hit 2 homers. Joe Gerber hit 1 of those homers, giving him a school-record 29 for his career, Gerber graduated from nearby Grant High School in northeast Portland.
Gerber's homer was the last of back-to-back-to-back blasts starting the top of the third inning, as Brian Barden and Davis homered ahead of Gerber. OSU had not hit 3 straight homers since April 24, 1998 when Corrie Willkie, Jason Stranberg and Troy Schader connected to start the sixth inning against Washington State in Corvallis. Eric Stark, Rod Gott and Chris Biles also homered for Oregon State in the game.
BEAVER GAMES VS. PORTLAND HAVE BEEN EVENTFUL: When Oregon State and Portland have met this season, it has meant an eventful day for the Beavers. On April 11 at Portland, OSU set a school record with 7 homers and Joe Gerber became the Beavers' all-time homer leader when he hit his 29th. On April 4 at OSU, Gerber tied Oregon State's school record for career RBIs by driving in his 145th and the Beavers also turned their first triple play in almost 2 years.
BEAVERS BEAT HIGHEST-RANKED TEAM SINCE ... : When Oregon State beat fourth-ranked Arizona State 11-3 in Tempe on April 8, it was the highest-ranked team OSU had beaten since winning at third-ranked Southern California 13-6 on March 8, 1998.
BEAVERS TURN TRIPLE PLAY: Oregon State turned its first triple play in almost 2 years during a 13-10 non-league loss to Portland on April 4 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
The triple play came after Nate Hare reached on an error to start the fourth inning and Travis Hanson followed with a single. Tim Friedman hit a sinking line drive to first base and first baseman Joe Gerber plucked it out of the air for the first out, he then stepped on first to retire Hanson and zipped the ball to shortstop Will Hudson covering second base to nip Hare as he headed back to the bag.
The triple play was Oregon State's first since May 9, 1998 against UCLA at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
STARK'S SUDDEN POWER: Junior outfielder Eric Stark went the first 104 games of his Oregon State career without hitting a home run, then homered on back-to-back days. On March 25, he hit a 3-run shot to left-centerfield as OSU dropped the first game of a doubleheader to visiting Cal State-Northridge. On March 26, he hit a 2-run homer to give OSU the lead for good in the series finale against the Matadors.
OSU HOSTS A SOUTHERN FOE: Cal State-Northridge's visit to Goss Stadium at Coleman Field on March 24-26 is believed to be the first time Oregon State hosted a non-Pacific-10 school from a southern region. The only possible exceptions - and this is really stretching it - were home games in 1924 and 1929 against Meiji University of Japan, which is located at roughly the same latitude as California. For the record, Oregon State beat Meiji 7-0 in 1924 and lost 13-6 in 1929, this season, OSU took 3 of 4 games against Cal State-Northridge.
PRODUCTIVE SWAP FOR ATWOOD, COPELAND: When Oregon State played in the Continental Express Classic at Texas A&M on March 18-20, the Beavers were without freshman infielders Will Hudson and Brian Barden due to injuries. Freshman Stephen Copeland stepped in at second base and had a productive tournament, but OSU needed Copeland to pitch the tourney's final game against the Aggies.
That meant the Beavers had to turn to senior pitcher James Atwood to fill in at second base, Atwood had also played some infield last season at NAIA Albertson College. Copeland wound up pitching a 7-hitter and not allowing an earned run as OSU took a 6-1 win, Atwood went 2-for-3, scored 3 runs and cut off a Texas A&M rally by gunning down an Aggie at the plate with a relay throw.
OREGON STATE'S 12-GAME OFFENSIVE SURGE: Oregon State rediscovered the joy of hitting on Feb. 24, as the Beavers began a 12-game run of outstanding offensive production that lasted until March 18. While posting a 10-2 record to get back over the .500 mark, OSU batted .382 as a team and averaged 11.25 runs per game. During that span, Oregon State hit .419 with runners on base and .458 with runners in scoring position as a team. OSU had at least 10 hits in every one of the 12 games, and the Beavers' 27-4 win at Washington on March 5 was the fourth-largest margin of victory in Beaver baseball history.
BEAVERS TOUGH ON OPENING DAY: Oregon State has a remarkable record in both Opening Day contests and home openers. The Beavers lost their season-opener to Kansas State 7-6 in Albuquerque, but OSU still has an all-time record of 65-26 on Opening Day. Incidentally, the Feb. 4 date was the earliest ever for an OSU baseball game, edging the Feb. 5 date of the Beavers' 1999 opener. This season's home-opener for Oregon State was a 9-5 victory over Western Oregon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, that made OSU's all-time record in home-openers 73-19.
ALL-TIME RECORD: Oregon State's all-time record in varsity baseball is now 1,655-1,133-15, a winning percentage of .593. The Beavers' all-time win total ranked 40th among all 281 NCAA Division I schools entering the 2000 season.
OSU's all-time record in conference games is now 745-525, a winning percentage of .587.
To break the numbers down a step further, since starting varsity baseball in 1907, the Beavers have scored 18,349 runs and allowed 13,947 runs. That's an average score of 6.55-4.98.
GOSS STADIUM AT COLEMAN FIELD: Oregon State has been playing on the same site since starting varsity baseball in 1907, making Goss Stadium at Coleman Field the oldest diamond in the Pacific-10 and one of the oldest in the country.
In 90-plus seasons at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, the Beavers are 861-368-1 all-time at home for a winning percentage of .700. Oregon State is 9-7 at home this season. Since the start of the 1993 season, OSU is 110-39 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field for a winning percentage of .738.
BEAVERS AMONG CONFERENCE LEADERS: Oregon State among the Pacific-10 leaders through April 23:
BATTING AVERAGE 4. Joe Gerber .401 5. Drew Hedges .400 6. Brian Barden .384 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE 8. Drew Hedges .683 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE 2. (tie) Joe Gerber .503 2. (tie) Drew Hedges .503 10. Brian Barden .458 HITS 6. Joe Gerber 65 RUNS BATTED IN 3. Joe Gerber 59 DOUBLES 2. (tie) Joe Gerber 17 WALKS 5. Joe Gerber 31 HIT BY PITCH 9. (tie) Bryan Ingram 8 SACRIFICE BUNTS 10. (tie) Zach Gordon 5 OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE 6. Thad Johnson .235 INNINGS PITCHED 9. Scott Nicholson 75.0 STRIKEOUTS 10. Scott Nicholson 63 WINS 7. (tie) Scott Nicholson 6 SAVES 9. (tie) Nick Renault 2 PITCHING STARTS 7. (tie) Thad Johnson 12 TEAM BATTING AVERAGE 3. Oregon State .324 TEAM SLUGGING PERCENTAGE 5. Oregon State .494 TEAM ON-BASE PERCENTAGE 2. Oregon State .421 RUNS SCORED 4. Oregon State 340 HITS 4. Oregon State 466 RUNS BATTED IN 4. Oregon State 314 DOUBLES 6. Oregon State 91 TRIPLES 6. Oregon State 11 HOME RUNS 8. Oregon State 44 TOTAL BASES 5. Oregon State 711 TEAM EARNED RUN AVERAGE 5. Oregon State 5.45 OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE 6. Oregon State .295 INNINGS PITCHED 8. Oregon State 358.1 PITCHING STRIKEOUTS 8. Oregon State 256 SAVES 8. (tie) Oregon State 3 TEAM FIELDING 5. Oregon State .963 DOUBLE PLAYS 2. Oregon State 56
BEAVERS AMONG CAREER LEADERS: Current Oregon State players on or near the school's career top 10 lists through April 23:
BATTING AVERAGE (minimum 260 at-bats) 1. Jay Dean, 1952-55 .379 2. A.J. Marquardt, 1993-94 .373 3. Ben Bertrand, 1996-98 .358 4. Dan Cunningham, 1971-73 .354 5. Dave Brundage, 1984-86 .350 (tie) Mike Leone, 1996-97 .350 7. Twink Pederson, 1956-58 .346 (tie) Rob Colley, 1998-99 .346 9. Jason Akina, 1992-93 .342 10. Chris Wakeland, 1995-96 .341 > * Joe Gerber, 1997-present .379 <> * Drew Hedges, 1997-present .351 < *="" -="" cannot="" join="" list="" until="" career="" is="" complete.="" at-bats="" 10.="" bryan="" ganter,="" 1984-87="" 557=""> Joe Gerber, 1997-present 507 <> Drew Hedges, 1997-present 490 < hits="" 3.="" aaron="" anderson,="" 1989-92="" 185=""> 4. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 192 < 7.="" ryan="" lipe,="" 1995-98="" 178=""> 8. Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 172 < runs="" 3.="" ryan="" lipe,="" 1995-98="" 134="" 4.="" matt="" bailie,="" 1995-98="" 132=""> (tie) Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 132 < 7.="" kevin="" hooker,="" 1991-95="" 128=""> 8. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 127 < doubles=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 42 3. Troy Schader, 1997-99 35 4. Tim Lambert, 1985-88 34 > (tie) Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 34 < home="" runs=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 31 < 10.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1984-87="" 19=""> Drew Hedges, 1997-present 17 < runs="" batted="" in=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 161 < 7.="" pete="" rowe,="" 1974-77="" 110=""> 8. Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 108 < walks="" 10.="" kevin="" hooker,="" 1991-95="" 94=""> Joe Gerber, 1997-present 93 <> Drew Hedges, 1997-present 90 < total="" bases=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 327 < 4.="" matt="" bailie,="" 1995-98="" 269=""> 5. Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 263 < slugging="" percentage="" (minimum="" 260="" at-bats)="" 1.="" jim="" wilson,="" 1980-82="" .640="" 2.="" al="" hunsinger,="" 1980-81="" .639="" 3.="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1996-98="" .631="" 4.="" a.j.="" marquardt,="" 1993-94="" .578="" 5.="" chris="" wakeland,="" 1995-96="" .569="" 6.="" mike="" leone,="" 1996-97="" .555="" 7.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1978-80="" .535="" 8.="" chris="" newman,="" 1980-84="" .520="" 9.="" david="" schmidt,="" 1994-96="" .513="" 10.="" dave="" brundage,="" 1984-86="" .507=""> * Joe Gerber, 1997-present .645 <> * Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. .537 < *="" -="" cannot="" join="" list="" until="" career="" is="" complete.="" wins="" 10.="" scott="" christman,="" '91-93="" (21-8)="" 21=""> Mark Newell, 1996-present (15-11) 16 SAVES 4. Ron Daulton, 1984-86 5 (tie) Tim Lambert, 1985-88 5 6. Jeff Post, 1989-92 4 (tie) Scott Christman, 1991-93 4 > (tie) Mark Newell, 1996-present 4 STRIKEOUTS 10. Andrew Checketts, 1996-98 197 > Mark Newell, 1996-present 169 <>
BEAVERS AMONG SEASON LEADERS: Current Oregon State players on or near the school's single-season top 10 lists through April 23:
BATTING AVERAGE 1. Randy Duke, 1987 .423 2. Dwane Helbig, 1952 .411 3. Dan Cunningham, 1971 .405 4. Ken Bowen, 1987 .404 5. Jason Stranberg, 1997 .397 6. Joe Gerber, 1999 .387 7. Al Lehrer, 1963 .378 8. Joe Gerber, 1998 .377 9. A.J. Marquardt, 1993 .376 10. Mickey Riley, 1982 .374 > * Joe Gerber, 2000 .401 <> * Drew Hedges, 2000 .400 <> * Brian Barden, 2000 .384 < *-cannot="" join="" list="" until="" season="" is="" complete.="" hits="" 10.="" jerry="" miller,="" 1978="" 68="" (tie)="" todd="" thomas,="" 1983="" 68=""> Joe Gerber, 2000 65 < runs="" 6.="" jeff="" doyle,="" 1977="" 49="" (tie)="" al="" hunsinger,="" 1981="" 49="" (tie)="" jim="" wilson,="" 1982="" 49="" (tie)="" jeff="" brauning,="" 1988="" 49="" (tie)="" r.a.="" nietzel,="" 1990="" 49="" (tie)="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1998="" 49=""> Drew Hedges, 2000 42 <> Joe Gerber, 2000 40 < doubles="" 2.="" jeff="" brauning,="" 1989="" 18="" (tie)="" troy="" schader,="" 1999="" 18="" 4.="" marc="" malloy,="" 1994="" 17="" (tie)="" brent="" watts,="" 1994="" 17="" tie)="" chris="" wakeland,="" 1996="" 17=""> (tie) Joe Gerber, 2000 17 < runs="" batted="" in="" 1.="" jim="" wilson,="" 1982="" 62="" (tie)="" rob="" colley,="" 1988="" 62="" 3.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1980="" 59=""> (tie) Joe Gerber, 2000 59 < total="" bases="" 10.="" jeff="" doyle,="" 1977="" 103=""> Joe Gerber, 2000 100 < slugging="" percentage="" (minimum="" 120="" at-bats)="" 1.="" jim="" wilson,="" 1982="" .829="" 2.="" al="" hunsinger,="" 1981="" .717="" 3.="" joe="" gerber,="" 1998="" .713="" 4.="" joe="" gerber,="" 1999="" .670="" 5.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1987="" .667="" 6.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1980="" .660="" 7.="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1997="" .647="" 8.="" chris="" wakeland,="" 1996="" .643="" 9.="" chris="" newman,="" 1983="" .628="" 10.="" randy="" duke,="" 1987="" .627=""> * Drew Hedges, 2000 .683 <> * Joe Gerber, 2000 .617 < *-cannot="" join="" list="" until="" season="" is="" complete="" saves="" 5.="" many="" players="" 3=""> Nick Renault, 2000 2 <>
OREGON STATE RECORDS SET THIS SEASON: Oregon State's other entries in the school record book this season:
TEAM HITTING - HOME RUNS Game: 7, 2000 vs. Portland (old record: 6, 1966 vs. Oregon (twice), 1978 vs. Puget Sound).
OREGON STATE BASEBALL TICKETS: Single-game reserved seat tickets for OSU baseball are $6 each. Single-game general admission tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students through high school and senior citizens age 62 and over.
OSU students are admitted free with their All-Sports Pass. If they have not purchased an All-Sports Pass, OSU students are admitted for $1 with their student identification card.
For more information, call the OSU athletic ticket office at 1-800-GO BEAVS.
