OSU Hosts Stanford In Key Series
May 2, 2000
FRIDAY, MAY 5
No. 3 Stanford at Oregon State, 3 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340)
SATURDAY, MAY 6
No. 3 Stanford at Oregon State, 1 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340)
(Television: Live on Fox Sports Net)
SUNDAY, MAY 7
No. 3 Stanford at Oregon State, 1 p.m.
(Radio: Live on KLOO-AM 1340)
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY MOMS WEEKEND: It's Moms Weekend on the OSU campus, and all mothers of OSU students will be admitted free when accompanied by their son or daughter.
Oregon State (26-20 overall, 7-8 Pacific-10) continues its run toward an NCAA tournament berth when it hosts third-ranked Stanford (35-11, 13-5) in a series at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. The Beavers, who have won nine of their last 12 games, conclude their home schedule with the three-game set against the conference-leading Cardinal.
"So far, we've managed to keep doing what we have to," said OSU head coach Pat Casey, whose team posted a pair of come-from-behind wins over Washington last weekend to win its third straight Pac-10 series. "Now we're down to three weeks to play, and we've put ourselves in position to really make this a special season."
Oregon State, picked to finish last in a preseason poll of Pac-10 coaches, is tied for fifth place with California. Oregon State has won seven of its last 11 conference games.
"We're learning how to win tough games in the best baseball conference in the country," Casey said. "Our guys have stuck their noses in there and kept working hard, and it's starting to pay off.
"But it's the same story that it's been for the past couple months. If we don't keep working hard and improving, all this could disappear. And we're going to have to be better than we've been all season this weekend, because Stanford is one of the very best clubs in the country."
The Cardinal moved into first place in the Pacific-10 race last weekend by taking two of three games from California at home. The Cardinal lost the series-opener 7-5 in 11 innings, then Stanford came back to win 10-6 on Saturday and 12-11 on Sunday.
"That just shows how tough they are," Casey said. "They're in a pennant race, and they found ways to win a couple of games they had to have. We did the same thing against Washington. It'll be two teams scratching and fighting to reach their goals this weekend."
Stanford, which will be making its first baseball visit to Corvallis since 1971, has a 3.53 team earned run average. Junior righthander Justin Wayne is 10-2 with a 2.96 ERA while junior righthander Jason Young is 6-0 with a 3.44 ERA and freshman lefthander Tim Cunningham is 4-1 with a 3.12 ERA. Sophomore righthander Jeff Bruksch has nine saves, a 2-3 record and a 2.68 ERA.
The Cardinal are batting .302 as a team, led by sophomore infielder Andy Topham's .361 batting average. Senior first baseman John Gall is hitting .360 with seven homers and 51 RBIs, sophomore infielder Chris Riordan is batting .344 with 1 homer and 15 RBIs, senior utility player Craig Thompson .344 with eight homers and 25 RBIs and senior infielder Eric Bruntlett .341 with one homer and 27 RBIs. Stanford's power comes from senior outfielder Edmund Muth, whose 13 homers go with a .322 average and 50 RBIs, and junior outfielder Joe Borchard, whose 13 homers go with a .306 average and 48 RBIs.
Sunday's game will be the final home appearance for Beaver seniors James Atwood, Tim Dryden, Joe Gerber, Rod Gott, Drew Hedges and Mark Newell.
"That's a group of guys that can really be proud of what they've helped accomplish so far this season," Casey said. "They're a big reason that we're headed in the right direction.
"And for Joe and Mark and Drew - guys who have been here four or, in Mark's case, five years - they've been a part of some terrific teams and contributed to some great moments at Oregon State. Hopefully, their last home series will be one to remember."
Saturday's game will be televised live to most of the nation on Fox Sports Net.
"It's a terrific opportunity for us," Casey said. "We've got a good ballclub and we've got one of the nicest places in the country to watch a college ballgame, and it's great to be able to show that to more people. There's a lot of tradition and history at this ballpark, and hopefully our guys will continue to play up to that."
OREGON STATE PROBABLE LINEUP:
C-Bryan Ingram, so., Everett, Wash. (Cascade HS), .320, 1 HR, 14 RBIs
or Chris Biles, fr., Tigard, Ore. (Tigard HS), .426, 2 HRs, 16 RBIs
1B-Joe Gerber, sr., Portland, Ore. (Grant HS), .391, 7 HRs, 62 RBIs
2B-Zach Gordon, jr., Simi Valley, Calif. (Moorpark JC), .242, 9 HRs, 29 RBIs
or Stephen Copeland, fr., Keizer, Ore. (McNary HS), .333, 0 HRs, 3 RBIs
3B-Brian Barden, fr., Bonita, Calif. (St. Augustine HS), .373, 5 HRs, 38 RBIs
or Tim Dryden, jr., Roseburg, Ore. (Lane CC), .387, 1 HR, 18 RBIs
SS-Will Hudson, fr., Fountain Valley, Calif. (Fountain Valley HS), .276, 0 HRs, 18 RBIs
OF-Eric Stark, jr., Sumner, Wash. (Sumner HS), .310, 3 HRs, 18 RBIs
OF-Josh Carter, so., Fallbrook, Calif. (Fallbrook HS), .294, 3 HRs, 30 RBIs
OF-Drew Hedges, sr., Portland, Ore. (Beaverton HS), .399, 7 HRs, 33 RBIs
or Rod Gott, sr., Ravensdale, Wash. (Green River CC), .192, 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), .275, 3 HRs, 11 RBIs
or Andy Jarvis, fr., Renton, Wash. (Liberty HS), .344, 3 HRs, 30 RBIs
(Tentative starting pitching rotation)
RHP-Thad Johnson, jr., Santa Rosa, Calif. (Santa Rosa JC), 5-3, 3.86 ERA
LHP-Scott Nicholson, jr., Longview, Wash. (Lower Columbia CC), 6-6, 4.55 ERA
RHP-James Atwood, sr., Layton, Utah (Albertson Coll.), 3-4, 5.96 ERA
or RHP-Mark Newell, sr., Salem, Ore. (Jefferson HS), 6-4, 5.53 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 8-24 against Stanford in a series dating back to 1920, and the Beavers are on a 12-game losing streak against the Cardinal. Last season, Stanford swept a 3-game series in Palo Alto by scores of 7-0, 10-5 and 9-8. OSU's last win was 4-3 in Corvallis in 1971, that was also the most recent meeting on the Beavers' home field, and Stanford won the second game of that doubleheader 16-7.
RECENT OREGON STATE NOTES: Of OSU's 20 losses his season, 9 have been to teams who are either ranked or received votes in one of the national polls this week, the Beavers also own 3 wins over teams who are ranked or received votes ... Oregon State has already won 7 more games this season than the Beavers won in all of 1999's 19-35 campaign, and the Beavers have matched their Pacific-10 win total of last season's 7-17 mark ... OSU is 11 games ahead of its pace of a year ago, when the Beavers were 15-31 after 46 games. OSU is 4 games head of its 1999 pace in Pac-10 play, when the Beavers were 3-12 after 15 games ... the Beavers' 12-8 home record doubles last season's home win total, when OSU was 6-9 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field ... OSU is above .500 at home (12-8), on the road (8-7) and at neutral sites (6-5) ...
Oregon State won its third straight Pacific-10 Conference series by taking 2 of 3 games from Washington, the Beavers had taken 2 of 3 from Arizona at home on April 14-16 and 2 of 3 at California from April 20-22. This is the first time OSU has 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 the Beavers' first on the road in the current Pac-10 format ... Oregon State won 4 of 5 games from Washington this season (including 2 non-leaguers in Seattle). The last time OSU took the season series from its Pacific Northwest rival was 1991, though the Beavers and Huskies split their season series in 1995, 1996 and 1997 ...
OSU senior first baseman and All-America candidate Joe Gerber continued his assault on the school record book last week. On April 30, he tied the Beavers' single-season record for runs batted in when he homered for his 62nd RBI of 2000, he matched the mark set by Jim Wilson in 1982 and equalled by Rob Colley in 1998 ... Gerber had doubled earlier in that game on April 30, that tied the school record for doubles in a season at 19, equalling the mark set by A.J. Marquardt in 1993 ...
Oregon State is batting .349 with runners on base, .360 with runners in scoring position and .467 with the bases loaded ... OSU has a 36-29 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 13 more bases than it did all of last season ... OSU has outscored its opponents 109-59 in the seventh and eighth innings ... last week, OSU hitters drew 18 walks while Beaver pitchers issued just 12, in the past 3 weeks, OSU has drawn 74 walks and allowed 39 ... OSU has thrown 11 complete games this season, its most since 13 in 1995 ... OSU's team ERA of 5.43 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 ...
Over the past 3 weeks, Oregon State has turned itself into a postseason contender by going 9-3. During that 12-game stretch, the Beavers are batting .348 as a team and have averaged 8.9 runs and 12.5 hits per game ... during the last 12 games, several Beavers have contributed big offensive numbers - senior first baseman Joe Gerber is batting .477 (21-for-44) with 4 doubles, 4 homers, 17 RBIs and 15 walks, junior outfielder Eric Stark is batting .429 (18-for-42) with 1 double, 2 triples, 1 homer and 7 RBIs, senior outfielder Drew Hedges is batting .409 (18-for-44) with 3 doubles, 2 homers and 9 RBIs, freshman designated hitter Andy Jarvis is batting .400 (14-for-35) with 3 doubles and 12 RBIs, and freshman third baseman Brian Barden is batting .382 (21-for-55) with 6 doubles, 3 homers and 19 RBIs ... Stark is on an 8-game hitting streak, during the streak, he's batting .433 (13-for-30) with 13 runs scored ...
In his last 4 starts - all complete games - junior righthander Thad Johnson is 3-1 with a 2.06 earned run average, in that time, he's averaging 4.8 hits, 1.8 walks and 4.8 strikeouts per game. His only 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 7 games, Johnson is 4-2 with a 2.53 ERA, in that time, he is averaging 7.2 innings, 4.9 hits, 1.9 walks and 5.1 strikeouts per game and opponents are batting just .185 against him ... in his last 11 appearances, junior lefthander Scott Nicholson has a 6-4 record and 3.67 ERA, in that span, he has averaged over 6.2 innings, 8.0 hits, 1.7 walks and 5.7 strikeouts per game. A pair of Nicholson's losses during that time were 3-0 to Texas A&M and 3-1 to UCLA.
HEAD COACH PAT CASEY: Pat Casey is in his sixth season as Oregon State's head baseball coach. Casey currently has a record of 175-121-4 with the Beavers for a winning percentage of .590. His career record is 346-234-5, which includes 7 years at George Fox University in Newberg, for a winning percentage of .606.
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 .391 with 19 doubles, 7 home runs and 62 runs batted in this season. Gerber's hefty RBI total this spring has been the product of uncanny clutch hitting - he is batting .466 with runners on base and .465 with runners in scoring position in 2000.
On the mound this year, Gerber has a 1-0 record and 3.86 earned run average. He beat 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 on-base percentage (second, .498), doubles (tied for second, 19), RBIs (third, 62), walks (third, 36), batting average (fifth, .391) and hits (eighth, 68).
This season, Gerber has become OSU's all-time career leader in home runs (32), RBIs (164), doubles (44) and total bases (335). With 10 games yet to play this spring, Gerber has tied OSU's single-season school records for RBIs (62) and 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
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 4 weeks, they have combined to go 5-3 with a 3.17 earned run average and 6 complete games, they have averaged 7.1 hits, 2.1 walks and 5.5 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.
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 May 1 USA Today coaches poll - No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 Arizona State, No. 20 Southern California and No. 22 Fresno State. OSU has 6 more games against teams that received votes in the poll but did not make the top 25 - Nevada, UCLA and Central Michigan.
BEAVERS NIP HUSKIES: Oregon State won 4 of its 5 games against longtime Pacific Northwest rival Washington this season. It was the first time the Beavers had taken the season series from the Huskies since 1991, the teams had split their season series in 1995, 1996 and 1997.
MYTHICAL NORTHERN DIVISION: The Pacific-10 ended its 2-division format after the 1998 season, eliminating a Northern Division that dated back to 1913 and was older than its Southern Division neighbor by a decade. However, 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.
This spring, OSU leads the mythical Northern Division at 6-2 followed by Washington at 3-4 and Washington State at 1-4. 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.
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 triumph in a Pac-10 series on the road in the current conference 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 meet 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 with his 145th and OSU also turned its 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.
ALL-TIME RECORD: Oregon State's all-time record in varsity baseball is now 1,658-1,134-15, 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 747-526, a winning percentage of .587.
To break the numbers down a step further, since starting varsity baseball in 1907, the Beavers have scored 18,380 runs and allowed 13,972 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 864-369-1 all-time at home for a winning percentage of .701. Oregon State is 12-8 at home this season. Since the start of the 1993 season, OSU is 113-40 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field for a winning percentage of .739.
THE PACIFIC-10 RACE: The standings through May 1:
W L Pct. GB
Stanford (35-11) 13 5 .722 ---
Arizona State (37-12) 12 6 .667 1.0
UCLA (28-20) 11 4 .733 0.5
So. California (30-18) 10 8 .556 3.0
California (24-24) 10 11 .476 4.5
Oregon State (26-20) 7 8 .467 4.5
Arizona (25-25) 7 11 .389 5.5
Washington (20-23) 4 11 .267 7.5
Washington State (16-29)4 14 .222 9.0
BEAVERS AMONG CONFERENCE LEADERS: Oregon State among the Pacific-10 leaders through April 30:
BATTING AVERAGE 4. Drew Hedges .399 5. Joe Gerber .391 8. Brian Barden .373 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE 9. Drew Hedges .652 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE 2. Joe Gerber .498 3. Drew Hedges .491 HITS 8. Joe Gerber 68 RUNS BATTED IN 3. Joe Gerber 62 DOUBLES 2. (tie) Joe Gerber 19 WALKS 3. Joe Gerber 36 SACRIFICE BUNTS 3. (tie) Will Hudson 7 SACRIFICE FLIES 8. (tie) Zach Gordon 4 STOLEN BASES 9. Eric Stark 11 EARNED RUN AVERAGE 10. Thad Johnson 3.86 OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE 5. Thad Johnson .226 INNINGS PITCHED 9. Scott Nicholson 83.0 10. Thad Johnson 77.0 STRIKEOUTS 9. Scott Nicholson 71 WINS 9. (tie) Mark Newell 6 9. (tie) Scott Nicholson 6 SAVES 10. (tie) Nick Renault 2 PITCHING STARTS 7. (tie) Thad Johnson 13 TEAM BATTING AVERAGE 4. Oregon State .323 TEAM SLUGGING PERCENTAGE 6. Oregon State .493 TEAM ON-BASE PERCENTAGE 2. Oregon State .419 RUNS SCORED 4. Oregon State 371 HITS 4. Oregon State 466 RUNS BATTED IN 4. Oregon State 341 DOUBLES 6. Oregon State 102 TRIPLES 6. Oregon State 12 HOME RUNS 8. Oregon State 47 TOTAL BASES 7. Oregon State 777 WALKS 2. Oregon State 229 HIT BY PITCH 8. Oregon State 42 FEWEST STRIKEOUTS (BATTING) 2. Oregon State 318 TEAM EARNED RUN AVERAGE 5. Oregon State 5.43 OPPONENTS BATTING AVERAGE 5. Oregon State .291 INNINGS PITCHED 8. Oregon State 394.1 PITCHING STRIKEOUTS 8. Oregon State 285 FEWEST WALKS (PITCHING) 1. Oregon State 164 SAVES 9. Oregon State 3 TEAM FIELDING 5. Oregon State .964 DOUBLE PLAYS 2. Oregon State 60
BEAVERS AMONG CAREER LEADERS: Current Oregon State players on or near the school's career top 10 lists through April 30:
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 .376 <> * Drew Hedges, 1997-present .352 < *="" -="" cannot="" join="" list="" until="" career="" is="" complete.="" hits=""> 2. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 195 <> 6. (tie) Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 179 < runs=""> 3. Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 135 <> 6. (tie) Joe Gerber, 1997-present 130 < doubles=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 44 <> 3. (tie) Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 35 < home="" runs=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 32 < runs="" batted="" in=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 164 <> 7. (tie) Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 110 < walks=""> 9. (tie) Joe Gerber, 1997-present 98 < total="" bases=""> 1. Joe Gerber, 1997-present 335 <> 4. Drew Hedges, 1997-pres. 271 < 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. .533 < *="" -="" cannot="" join="" list="" until="" career="" is="" complete.="" saves=""> 6. (tie) Mark Newell, 1996-present 4
BEAVERS AMONG SEASON LEADERS: Current Oregon State players on or near the school's single-season top 10 lists through April 30:
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 > * Drew Hedges, 2000 .399 <> * Joe Gerber, 2000 .391 <> * Brian Barden, 2000 .373 < *-cannot="" join="" list="" until="" season="" is="" complete="" hits=""> 10. (tie) Joe Gerber, 2000 68 < doubles=""> 1. (tie) Joe Gerber, 2000 19 < runs="" batted="" in=""> 1. (tie) Joe Gerber, 2000 62 < total="" bases=""> 10. Joe Gerber, 2000 108 < 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 .652 <> * Joe Gerber, 2000 .621 < *-cannot="" join="" list="" until="" season="" is="" complete="">
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).
