OSU needs sweep for chance at baseball postseason
May 16, 2000
FRIDAY, MAY 19
Oregon State at Washington State, 3 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340)
SATURDAY, MAY 20
Oregon State at Washington State, 1 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340) (TV: Tape delayed on Fox Sports Net, shown Saturday, May 20 at 4 p.m.)
SUNDAY, MAY 21
Oregon State at Washington State, 1 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340)
There's no margin for error.
Oregon State (27-25 overall, 8-13 Pacific-10) still has a chance to make its first postseason appearance since 1986, but to have any shot of advancing to the NCAA Tournament the Beavers will have to sweep a three-game series this weekend at longtime rival Washington State (17-35, 4-17).
"We're not in as good a position as we could have been," OSU head coach Pat Casey said. "But we're down to the last weekend of the regular season and we feel like we've got something to play for. Three wins at Washington State is a tall order, but it's a possibility.
"If we can manage to take three games up there, we've got a pretty strong case for the postseason."
OSU is currently in sixth place in the Pacific-10 race, trailing fifth-place California by 1 1/2 games. The Golden Bears have completed their season, so an Oregon State sweep at WSU would pull the Beavers into a tie for fifth place in the final standings.
Oregon State would have the edge over California in a tiebreaker, since the Beavers took two of three games on the Bears' home field. OSU would also be 30-25 overall, while California was 25-28.
The question, then, would likely be whether the Pacific-10 has four or five teams selected for the NCAA Tournament when the brackets are announced on May 22.
"There's no question in my mind that the Pac-10 deserves to have five teams advance to the postseason," Casey said. "Not only because of the strength of the schedule you play within the conference, but also the quality of the non-league opponents.
"You look around this league, and we've got two of the top five teams in the country in Arizona State and Stanford, and UCLA is leading both of them in the conference race. And we saw last weekend that Southern California may be playing as well as anybody right now. This season we may have the best conference in the nation, and it definitely deserves to have five teams selected."
For Oregon State to be concerned with the selection process, though, the Beavers have to find a way to sweep a series from their longtime Pacific Northwest rivals.
"I could probably think of somebody else I'd rather play in this situation," Casey said of the Cougars. "These games with the old Northern Division schools are still for a lot of bragging rights. There's an intensity to these matchups - even the non-league games - that's something special."
WSU plays Lewis-Clark State in Pullman on Tuesday. Last weekend, the Cougars dropped a series to Cal State-Northridge at home, winning the opener 8-7 in 10 innings and losing 14-2 and 7-3.
"Washington State is a good club," Casey said. "They've had some bad breaks this season, but they'll be looking to finish up strong and we're the team they'll be coming after to do that. We've got to go up there and focus on every pitch and every play, see what happens, and do everything we can to give ourselves a chance to keep playing after this weekend."
The Cougars are led by senior utility player Ray Hattenburg, who is batting .343 with four homers and 25 runs batted in. Junior outfielder/pitcher Jason Grove is batting .323 with three homers and 16 RBIs and freshman infielder Stefan Bailie is batting .305 with nine homers and 28 RBIs.
On the mound, senior lefthander Todd Meldahl is 2-8 with a 7.32 earned run average, sophomore righthander Tyson Thompson is 1-6 with a 7.46 ERA, and senior lefthander Matt O'Brien is 8-5 with a 3.46 ERA.
OREGON STATE PROBABLE LINEUP:
C-Bryan Ingram, so., Everett, Wash. (Cascade HS), .295, 1 HR, 16 RBIs
or Chris Biles, fr., Tigard, Ore. (Tigard HS), .431, 2 HRs, 16 RBIs
1B-Joe Gerber, sr., Portland, Ore. (Grant HS), .362, 9 HRs, 67 RBIs
2B-Zach Gordon, jr., Simi Valley, Calif. (Moorpark JC), .232, 11 HRs, 32 RBIs
or Stephen Copeland, fr., Keizer, Ore. (McNary HS), .333, 0 HRs, 3 RBIs
3B-Brian Barden, fr., Bonita, Calif. (St. Augustine HS), .381, 7 HRs, 46 RBIs
or Tim Dryden, jr., Roseburg, Ore. (Lane CC), .372, 1 HR, 18 RBIs
SS-Will Hudson, fr., Fountain Valley, Calif. (Fountain Valley HS), .264, 0 HRs, 18 RBIs
OF-Eric Stark, jr., Sumner, Wash. (Sumner HS), .310, 4 HRs, 20 RBIs
OF-Josh Carter, so., Fallbrook, Calif. (Fallbrook HS), .309, 3 HRs, 32 RBIs
OF-Drew Hedges, sr., Portland, Ore. (Beaverton HS), .373, 7 HRs, 33 RBIs
or Rod Gott, sr., Ravensdale, Wash. (Green River CC), .198, 3 HRs, 13 RBIs
or Jackson Coleman, jr., Soldotna, Alaska (Eastern Arizona JC), .227, 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), .342, 4 HRs, 32 RBIs
(Tentative starting pitching rotation)
RHP-Thad Johnson, jr., Santa Rosa, Calif. (Santa Rosa JC), 5-5, 4.73 ERA
LHP-Scott Nicholson, jr., Longview, Wash. (Lower Columbia CC), 7-7, 5.07 ERA
RHP-James Atwood, sr., Layton, Utah (Albertson Coll.), 3-5, 6.50 ERA
INJURY REPORT: Oregon State expects all its players to be healthy for this week's games.
ALL-TIME VS. THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT: Oregon State has an all-time record of 164-208-2 against Washington State in a series dating back to 1910. Earlier this season, OSU took 2 of 3 non-league games from the Cougars in Corvallis, winning 8-3 and 14-2 before losing the finale 11-6. In 1999, the teams split 6 games as WSU swept a non-league series in Yakima in March by 6-2, 10-9 and 6-5, OSU swept a season-ending Pac-10 series in Corvallis by scores of 13-4, 8-6 and 9-7. The last meeting in Pullman was in 1998, when WSU won 13-3, OSU won 6-2 and WSU won 9-0, the fourth game of the Northern Division series was rained out.
RECENT OREGON STATE NOTES: Of OSU's 25 losses his season, 14 have been to teams who were either ranked or received votes in 1 of the national polls this week, the Beavers also own 4 wins over teams who are ranked or received votes ... Oregon State has already won 8 more games than the Beavers won in all of 1999's 19-35 campaign, and the Beavers have surpassed their Pacific-10 win total of last season's 7-17 mark ... OSU is 10 games ahead of its pace of a year ago, when the Beavers were 17-35 after 52 games. OSU is 4 games head of its 1999 pace in Pac-10 play, when the Beavers were 4-17 after 21 games ... the Beavers' 13-10 home record more than doubled last season's home win total, when OSU was 6-9 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field ... OSU has a winning record at home (13-10) and at neutral sites (6-5), and the Beavers are just 2 games under .500 on the road (8-10) ...
Oregon State took 2 of 3 games from Arizona, California and Washington in successive weeks in April. It was the first time OSU had won 3 straight Pac-10 series since the conference unified its Northern and Southern divisions for the 1999 season, OSU's series win at Cal was OSU's first on the road in this format ...
The Beavers' team batting average of .315 is 23 points better than 1999's final mark of .292 ... Oregon State is batting .339 with runners on base, .342 with runners in scoring position and .434 with the bases loaded ... OSU has a 37-34 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 14 more bases than it did all of last season ... OSU has outscored its opponents 121-72 in the seventh and eighth innings ... OSU has thrown 12 complete games this season, its most since 13 in 1995 ... OSU's team ERA of 5.84 is over 1.5 runs per game better than its final 1999 mark of 7.37 ... opponents are hitting .295 against OSU as opposed to .321 for all of last season, with 3 games remaining on the schedule, OSU pitchers have allowed 46 homers after giving up 72 last season ... after not hitting a grand slam in all of 1999, the Beavers have hit 4 this spring. Freshman third baseman Brian Barden has 2 of those ...
OSU became a postseason contender by going 11-6 from April 8-May 6 ... since April 8, freshman third baseman Brian Barden is batting .409 (36-for-88) with 5 homers, 9 doubles and 30 RBIs, freshman designated hitter Andy Jarvis is batting .393 (24-for-61) with 2 homers, 5 doubles and 19 RBIs, senior first baseman Joe Gerber is batting .384 (28-for-73 with 6 homers, 4 doubles and 24 RBIs, and junior outfielder Eric Stark is batting .383 (23-for-60) with 2 homers, 2 triples and 2 doubles ...
In his last 6 starts - 4 of them complete games - junior righthander Thad Johnson is 3-3 with a 4.20 earned run average, in that time, he's averaging just under 8.1 innings, 6.3 hits, 2.0 walks and 4.3 strikeouts per game and opponents are batting .220 against him. One loss in that time was a 1-0 defeat at then-No. 4 Arizona State in which Johnson threw a 3-hitter ... in his last 13 appearances, junior lefthander Scott Nicholson has a 7-5 record and 4.37 ERA with 4 complete games, in that span, he has averaged just under 7.0 innings, 8.0 hits, 2.2 walks and 5.2 strikeouts per game. A pair of Nicholson's losses during that time were 3-0 to Texas A&M and 3-1 to UCLA.
LAST WEEK: Oregon State dropped a Pacific-10 series at Southern California, falling to the 19th-ranked Trojans by scores of 12-1 on May 12, 16-7 on May 13 and 16-3 on May 14.
On May 12, Oregon State saw USC break a 1-1 tie by scoring 4 runs in the fourth inning and 3 more in the fifth. Thad Johnson took the loss for the Beavers, going 6.1 innings. Eric Stark was 2-for-3 with a double and Brian Barden was 2-for-4 for the Beavers. Chris Wilkins turned in a strong relief performance, striking out 4 of the 5 hitters he faced.
On May 13, Oregon State took a 2-0 lead on Joe Gerber's 2-run homer in the first inning, that gave Gerber OSU's school record for RBIs in a season at 64. Gerber added another 2-run homer in the ninth, but that wouldn't catch USC. The Trojans had gone in front with a 5-run third inning and handed Scott Nicholson the loss for his 5.2 innings of work. Gerber, Drew Hedges and Andy Jarvis were all 2-for-5 for OSU while Brian Barden was 2-for-4 with a double and Josh Carter was 2-for-4.
On May 14, Oregon State fell behind 4-0 in the first inning as USC completed the series sweep. James Atwood took the loss, pitching 5.1 innings. Drew Hedges was 2-for-5 with a double and a triple for the Beavers, while Josh Carter was 2-for-3 and Andy Jarvis was 2-for-4.
HEAD COACH PAT CASEY: Pat Casey is in his sixth season as Oregon State's head baseball coach. Casey currently has a record of 176-126-4 with the Beavers for a winning percentage of .582. His career record is 347-239-5, which includes 7 years at George Fox University in Newberg, for a winning percentage of .591.
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 .362 with 19 doubles, 9 home runs and 67 runs batted in. Gerber's hefty RBI total this spring has been the product of uncanny clutch hitting - he is batting .442 with runners on base and .446 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 7-inning complete game on March 20, 9 hits, 3 runs (3 earned), 2 walks, 7 strikeouts.
Going into this week, Gerber is among the Pacific-10 Conference leaders in walks (fourth, 39), doubles (tied for fourth, 19), RBIs (fifth, 67) and on-base percentage (fifth, .469).
This season, Gerber has become OSU's all-time career leader in home runs (32), RBIs (164), doubles (44) and total bases (335). With 3 games yet to play this spring, Gerber has set OSU's single-season school record for RBIs (67) and tied the mark for doubles (19).
Gerber had a streak of errorless games in the field that 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, he has committed just 2 errors this season.
FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN CANDIDATE BRIAN BARDEN: Freshman third baseman Brian Barden (Bonita, Calif./St. Augustine HS) has been a key to Oregon State's improvement over a year ago. Since missing 6 games with a hip injury in late March, Barden has settled in and is now batting .381 with 7 homers, 2 triples, 13 doubles and 46 RBIs.
Going into this week, Barden is among the Pacific-10 leaders in batting average (seventh, .381).
Barden has contributed not only at the plate, but also in the field. He has just 7 errors this season and has teamed with another true freshman, shortstop Will Hudson, to make the left side of the Beaver infield one of the best in the Pac-10 defensively, the pair have continually made tough plays to keep OSU out of potentially long innings.
The walkon moved into the starting role at third base by Opening Day, since then, Barden has added the role of cleanup hitter. He also spent time at second base early in the season.
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 6 weeks, they have combined to go 6-6 with a 4.92 earned run average and 7 complete games, they have averaged over 7.2 innings, 7.7 hits, 2.7 walks and 4.7 strikeouts per game in that time. One of the losses was Johnson's 3-hitter in a 1-0 loss at then-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.
HONORS FOR OREGON STATE PLAYERS: Oregon State junior lefthander Scott Nicholson was named the Pacific-10 Pitcher of the Week after throwing a 5-hitter to beat No. 3 Stanford 5-2 on May 6. Nicholson, pitching while ill, walked 7 and struck out 2 for his second win of the season over a top-5 team, he also won 11-3 at No. 4 Arizona State on April 7.
Senior first baseman Joe Gerber was named to the All-America preseason second team by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
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 May 15 USA Today coaches poll - No. 2 Stanford, No. 3 Arizona State, No. 16 Southern California and No. 21 Fresno State. OSU had 6 more games against teams that received votes in the poll but did not make the top 25 - Nevada, UCLA and Central Michigan.
BEAVERS AMONG CAREER LEADERS: Current Oregon State players on or near the school's career top 10 lists through May 14:
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 .366 <> * Drew Hedges, 1997-present .347 < *="" -="" cannot="" join="" list="" until="" career="" is="" complete.="" at-bats="" 10.="" bryan="" ganter,="" 1984-87="" 557=""> Joe Gerber, 1997-present 541 <> Drew Hedges, 1997-present 531 < hits="" 1.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1984-87="" 206=""> 2. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 198 < 3.="" pete="" rowe,="" 1974-77="" 186="" 4.="" aaron="" anderson,="" 1989-92="" 185=""> 5. Drew Hedges, 1997-present 184 < runs="" 1.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1984-87="" 150="" 2.="" todd="" thomas,="" 1980-83="" 148=""> 3. Drew Hedges, 1997-present 137 < 4.="" ryan="" lipe,="" 1995-98="" 134=""> 5. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 133 < doubles=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 44 < 2.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1984-87="" 36=""> (tie) Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 36 < triples="" 7.="" lute="" barnes,="" 1967-69="" 7="" (tie)="" bob="" beall,="" 1968-70="" 7="" (tie)="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1978-80="" 7="" (tie)="" r.a.="" neitzel,="" 1988-90="" 7=""> Eric Stark, 1998-present 5 < home="" runs=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 34 < 2.="" al="" hunsinger,="" 1980-81="" 28="" 3.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1978-80="" 27="" (tie)="" jim="" wilson,="" 1980-82="" 27="" 5.="" matt="" bailie,="" 1995-98="" 25="" 6.="" steve="" smith,="" 1981-83="" 21="" (tie)="" david="" schmidt,="" 1994-96="" 21="" (tie)="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1996-98="" 21="" (tie)="" troy="" schader,="" 1997-99="" 21="" 10.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1984-87="" 19=""> Drew Hedges, 1997-present 17 < runs="" batted="" in=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 169 < 2.="" matt="" bailie,="" 1995-98="" 144="" 3.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1984-87="" 131="" 4.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1978-80="" 130="" 5.="" ryan="" lipe,="" 1995-98="" 126="" 6.="" troy="" schader,="" 1997-99="" 118="" 7.="" pete="" rowe,="" 1974-77="" 110=""> (tie) Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 110 < walks="" 5.="" dave="" backen,="" 1978-81="" 103="" 6.="" steve="" lyons,="" 1979-81="" 101="" (tie)="" todd="" thomas,="" 1980-83="" 101=""> (tie) Joe Gerber, 1997-present 101 < 9.="" bob="" beall,="" 1968-70="" 98="" (tie)="" tim="" lambert,="" 1985-88="" 98=""> Drew Hedges, 1997-present 93 < total="" bases=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 344 < 2.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1984-87="" 303="" 3.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1978-80="" 285=""> 4. Drew Hedges, 1997-present 279 < 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 .636 <> * Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. .525 < *="" -="" cannot="" join="" list="" until="" career="" is="" complete.="" wins="" 10.="" scott="" christman,="" '91-93="" (21-8)="" 21=""> Mark Newell, 1996-pres. (18-13) 18 SAVES 3. Dave Schoppe, 1989-91 6 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 178 <>
BEAVERS AMONG SEASON LEADERS: Current Oregon State players on or near the school's single-season top 10 lists through May 14:
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 > * Brian Barden, 2000 .381 <> * Drew Hedges, 2000 .373 <> * Joe Gerber, 2000 .362 < *-cannot="" join="" list="" until="" season="" is="" complete.="" hits="" 1.="" r.a.="" neitzel,="" 1990="" 75="" 2.="" dave="" brundage,="" 1986="" 74="" (tie)="" joe="" gerber,="" 1999="" 74="" 4.="" a.j.="" marquardt,="" 1993="" 73="" 5.="" ryan="" mcdonald,="" 1996="" 71=""> (tie) Joe Gerber, 2000 71 < 7.="" jeff="" brauning,="" 1989="" 70="" 8.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1987="" 69="" (tie)="" ryan="" lipe,="" 1997="" 69="" (tie)="" jason="" stranberg,="" 1997="" 69=""> Brian Barden, 2000 64 <> Drew Hedges, 2000 60 < runs="" 1.="" jason="" stranberg,="" 1997="" 67="" 2.="" dave="" brundage,="" 1986="" 55="" 3.="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1997="" 52="" 4.="" chris="" wakeland,="" 1996="" 51="" 5.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1987="" 50="" 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 47 <> Brian Barden, 2000 47 <> Joe Gerber, 2000 46 < doubles="" 1.="" a.j.="" marquardt,="" 1993="" 19=""> (tie) Joe Gerber, 2000 19 < 3.="" jeff="" brauning,="" 1989="" 18="" (tie)="" troy="" schader,="" 1999="" 18="" 5.="" marc="" malloy,="" 1994="" 17="" (tie)="" brent="" watts,="" 1994="" 17="" (tie)="" chris="" wakeland,="" 1996="" 17="" 8.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1987="" 16="" (tie)="" randy="" duke,="" 1987="" 16="" 10.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1978="" 15="" (tie)="" paul="" sanders,="" 1990="" 15="" (tie)="" david="" anderson,="" 1992="" 15="" (tie)="" mike="" leone,="" 1996="" 15="" (tie)="" joe="" gerber,="" 1999="" 15=""> Josh Carter, 2000 14 <> Brian Barden, 2000 13 < runs="" batted="" in=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 2000 67 < 2.="" jim="" wilson,="" 1982="" 62="" (tie)="" rob="" colley,="" 1988="" 62="" 4.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1980="" 59="" 5.="" joe="" gerber,="" 1999="" 57="" 6.="" al="" hunsinger,="" 1981="" 54="" (tie)="" ryan="" lipe,="" 1997="" 54="" (tie)="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1998="" 54="" 9.="" al="" hunsinger,="" 1980="" 51="" (tie)="" ken="" bowen,="" 1987="" 51=""> Brian Barden, 2000 46 < walks="" 1.="" rich="" dodge,="" 1977="" 48="" 2.="" ben="" johnson,="" 1989="" 47="" 3.="" jeff="" doyle,="" 1976="" 45="" 4.="" lance="" rice,="" 1988="" 42="" 5.="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1998="" 41="" 6.="" ken="" bowen,="" 1986="" 40="" (tie)="" dave="" brundage,="" 1986="" 40="" (tie)="" troy="" haugen,="" 1989="" 40="" 9.="" bob="" beall,="" 1969="" 39="" (tie)="" jason="" stranberg,="" 1997="" 39="" (tie)="" rob="" colley,="" 1998="" 39=""> (tie) Joe Gerber, 2000 39 < total="" bases="" 1.="" joe="" gerber,="" 1999="" 128="" 2.="" jim="" wilson,="" 1982="" 126="" 3.="" bob="" mcnair,="" 1980="" 124="" 4.="" chris="" wakeland,="" 1996="" 117=""> (tie) Joe Gerber, 2000 117 < 6.="" dave="" brundage,="" 1986="" 116="" 7.="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1998="" 115="" 8.="" al="" hunsinger,="" 1981="" 114="" (tie)="" ken="" bowen,="" 1987="" 114="" 10.="" ben="" bertrand,="" 1997="" 110=""> Brian Barden, 2000 102 <> Drew Hedges, 2000 98 < 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 .609 <> * Brian Barden , 2000 .607 <> * Joe Gerber, 2000 .597 < *-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).
BEAVERS AMONG CONFERENCE LEADERS: Oregon State among the Pacific-10 leaders through May 14:
BATTING AVERAGE 7. Brian Barden .381 8. Drew Hedges .373 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE 5. Joe Gerber .469 8. Drew Hedges .466 RUNS BATTED IN 5. Joe Gerber 67 DOUBLES 4. (tie) Joe Gerber 19 TRIPLES 10. (tie) Drew Hedges 3 WALKS 4. Joe Gerber 39 HIT BY PITCH 8. (tie) Bryan Ingram 9 SACRIFICE BUNTS 1. (tie) Will Hudson 9 OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE 8. Thad Johnson .243 INNINGS PITCHED 6. Scott Nicholson 97.2 8. Thad Johnson 91.1 WINS 8. (tie) Scott Nicholson 7 SAVES 10. (tie) Nick Renault 2 PITCHING STARTS 3. (tie) Thad Johnson 15 8. (tie) Scott Nicholson 14 TEAM BATTING AVERAGE 4. Oregon State .315 TEAM SLUGGING PERCENTAGE 7. Oregon State .482 TEAM ON-BASE PERCENTAGE 3. Oregon State .409 RUNS SCORED 4. Oregon State 398 HITS 4. Oregon State 561 RUNS BATTED IN 4. Oregon State 365 DOUBLES 6. Oregon State 106 TRIPLES 5. (tie) Oregon State 13 HOME RUNS 8. Oregon State 55 TOTAL BASES 8. Oregon State 858 WALKS 2. Oregon State 252 HIT BY PITCH 8. Oregon State 45 FEWEST STRIKEOUTS (BATTING) 7. Oregon State 382 TEAM EARNED RUN AVERAGE 6. Oregon State 5.84 OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE 5. Oregon State .295 INNINGS PITCHED 8. Oregon State 445.1 PITCHING STRIKEOUTS 8. Oregon State 315 FEWEST WALKS (PITCHING) 1. Oregon State 192 SAVES 9. Oregon State 3 TEAM FIELDING 5. Oregon State .963 DOUBLE PLAYS 2. Oregon State 64
THE PACIFIC-10 RACE: The standings through May 14, and the schedule for the final week of the regular season:
W L Pct. GB
UCLA (33-22) 15 5 .750 ---
Arizona State (40-12) 15 6 .714 0.5
Stanford (39-12) 15 6 .714 0.5
So. California (35-18) 13 8 .619 2.5
California (25-28) 11 13 .458 6.0
Oregon State (27-25) 8 13 .381 7.5
Arizona (25-27) 7 13 .350 8.0
Washington (25-26) 7 14 .333 8.5
Washington State (17-35)4 17 .190 11.5
Monday's game
Arizona at UCLA, 6 p.m.
Stanford at San Francisco, 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Stanford at Nevada, 2 p.m.
Gonzaga at Washington, 6:30 p.m.
Lewis-Clark State at Washington State, 6 p.m.
Wednesday's game
Gonzaga at Washington, 6:30 p.m.
Friday's games
Oregon State at Washington State, 3 p.m.
Arizona State at Arizona, 7 p.m.
UCLA at Stanford, 6 p.m.
Southern California at Washington, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Oregon State at Washington State, 1 p.m.
Arizona State at Arizona, 7 p.m.
UCLA at Stanford, 1 p.m.
Southern California at Washington, 1 p.m.
Sunday's games
Oregon State at Washington State, 1 p.m.
Arizona State at Arizona, 1 p.m.
UCLA at Stanford, 1 p.m.
Southern California at Washington, 1 p.m.
END OF REGULAR SEASON
TELEVISION BRINGS OUT BEST IN BEAVERS: Oregon State has a televised game remaining on its schedule. The May 19 game at Washington State will be shown on a tape-delay basis by Fox Sports Net on May 20 at 4 p.m.
OSU hosted a national cable television game in 2000, that coming when the Beavers beat third-ranked Stanford 5-2 on May 6 in a game broadcast on Fox Sports Net.
Oregon State has played on national cable television each of the last 3 seasons, and the Beavers were 3-0 in those games. In 1999, OSU dedicated Goss Stadium at Coleman Field by beating California 11-5. In 1998, the Beavers beat Arizona 3-2 in a game marking the first visit to Corvallis by a Southern Division team in 27 years.
Since Fox Sports Net (formerly Prime Sports) began televising games in 1990, Oregon State has a 26-13 record in televised games, including 8-1 in national TV games.
OREGON STATE RADIO BROADCASTS: Oregon State baseball will again be broadcast this spring on KLOO-AM (1340) in Corvallis, with almost the entire Beaver schedule on the air. Some games may be pre-empted due to programming conflicts. Mike Parker, the voice of the Beavers, will handle the play-by-play duties along with John Warren and Kip Carlson. Oregon State's broadcasts are also be available over the internet at www.broadcast.com
OREGON STATE DUGOUT CLUB: The Oregon State Dugout Club is an organization devoted to the support of Beaver baseball. The group is open to the general public, dues are $75 per year.
Also, anyone entering the OSU Dugout Club Golf Tournament automatically gains club membership. This year's tournament will be held June 12 at Tokatee Golf Club in Blue River.
Over the past several seasons, projects financed by the OSU Dugout Club include batting cages at Coleman Field, helping finance trips that upgrade the quality of the Beavers' non-league schedule, and carpeting the baseball locker room in Gill Coliseum.
For more information on the OSU Dugout Club, call the OSU baseball office at (541) 737-2825.
