Seventh Inning Dooms No. 5 OSU In Baseball Series Opener

TEMPE, Ariz. – Oregon State saw Arizona State scored eight runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning as the No. 5-ranked Beavers fell to the No. 17-ranked Sun Devils 10-3 in Pacific-10 baseball Friday night at Winkles Field/Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. OSU (34-12 overall, 11-5 Pac-10) saw its lead in the conference race cut to 1 1/2 games over Southern California and two games over Arizona State.

The Beavers and Sun Devils (31-16, 9-7) resume their series on Saturday at 6 p.m. and conclude it Sunday at 1 p.m. Both games can be heard live on KEJO-AM (1240) in the Corvallis area; on KUIK-AM (1360) in the Portland area, there will be no broadcast of Saturday’s game and Sunday’s game can be heard via tape delay at 4 p.m. Both games can also be heard via subscription on the internet at .

On a warm Friday evening in front of a crowd of 2,813, Oregon State righthander Dallas Buck was hung with the loss for his second straight start after he’d had string of 14 straight winning decisions snapped a week ago against Washington. In 6 2/3 innings, Buck allowed three runs on three hits and four walks while striking out four but was in position to be the winner when he left the game.

The Beavers took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning and ASU put a runner at third base with two out; OSU righthander Dallas Buck issued a walk to leave runners at the corners and the Beavers brought in lefthander Joe Paterson. Paterson hit Colin Curtis to load the bases and then walked Eric Sogard to force in the tying run, then saw a pair of groundballs get through the right side for a two-run single by Ike Davis and a run-scoring single by J.J. Sferra to put ASU up 5-2.

OSU turned to righthander Mark Grbavac and the Sun Devils strung together a run-scoring wild pitch, a run-scoring single by J.J. Sferra, a run-scoring double by Preston Paramore and a run-scoring single by Seth Dhaenens to put the game out of reach.

OSU had scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to take a 2-1 lead. In the fifth, Bill Rowe poked an opposite-field triple to left with one out, then scored on Tyler Graham’s two-out single up the middle to tie the game; in the sixth, it was Barney drawing a one-out walk and scoring on Cole Gillespie’s double to right-center.

Buck had faced the minimum number of hitters through 3 1/3 innings, then Arizona State came up with two walks, a double, a hit batter, a passed ball – and just one run. With the bases loaded and two out, Beaver second baseman Chris Kunda prevented further damage by cutting off a slow ground ball near second base hit by Preston Paramore, then quickly spinning and throwing him out at first to end the inning.

OSU managed its final run in the top of the eighth innin when John Wallace dunked a double into leftfield, then scored on Gillespie’s two-out single to right.

ASU senior rigthhander Tony Barnette, making just his third start of the season, got the win to improve to 4-1. In seven innings, Barnette allowed two runs on six hits and one walk while striking out 10.

Buck’s record fell to 9-2, and over the past two seasons he’s 21-3. Gillespie was 2-for-4 with a double and a pair of runs batted in, while Graham – playing for the first time since April 28, was 2-for-3 with one RBI.

NO. 17 ARIZONA STATE 10, NO. 5 OREGON STATE 3

Oregon State 000 011 010 - 3 9 0

Arizona State 000 100 81x – 10 11 0

Buck, Paterson (7), Grbavac (7), Maxwell (8) and Canham, Ammon (8). Barnette, Bordes (8) and Paramore, Retherford (8). W-Barnette (4-1). L-Buck (9-2). 2B-Wallace (OSU), Gillespie (OSU), McFeely (OSU), Sogard (ASU), Davis (ASU), Paramore (ASU). 3B-Rowe (OSU).

HITS: Oregon State 9 (Wallace 1x4, Gillespie 2x4, McFeely 1x4, Rowe 1x4, Santschi 1x3, Lissman 1x1, Graham 2x3), Arizona State 11 (Fox 1x3, Curtis 1x3, Sogard 2x4, Davis 3x4). RUNS BATTED IN: Oregon State 3 (Gillespie 2, Graham 1), Arizona State 9 (Sogard 1, Davis 3, Wallace 1, Sferra 1, Retherford 1, Paramore 1, Dhaenens 1).

Oregon State 3 (34-12,11-5 Pac-10) Arizona State 10 (31-16,9-7 Pac-10)

Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI

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Kunda, Chris 2b............ 5 0 0 0 Fox, Willy dh.............. 3 1 1 0

Wallace, John dh........... 4 1 1 0 Curtis, Colin cf/rf........ 3 3 1 0

Barney, Darwin ss.......... 3 1 0 0 Sogard, Eric rf/lf......... 4 1 2 1

Gillespie, Cole lf......... 4 0 2 2 Davis, Ike lf/1b........... 4 1 3 3

Canham, Mitch c............ 3 0 0 0 Wallace, Brett 1b.......... 2 0 0 1

Ammon, Erik ph/c.......... 1 0 0 0 Sferra, J.J. cf........... 2 1 1 1

McFeely, Shea 3b........... 4 0 1 0 Retherford, C.J. 3b/c...... 3 1 1 1

Rowe, Bill 1b.............. 4 1 1 0 Paramore, Preston c........ 3 2 1 1

Santschi, Scott rf......... 3 0 1 0 Mesa, Frank 3b............ 0 0 0 0

Lissman, Mike ph.......... 1 0 1 0 Dhaenens, Seth 2b.......... 3 0 1 1

Graham, Tyler cf........... 3 0 2 1 Romine, Andrew ss.......... 4 0 0 0

Kahalehoe, Koa cf......... 0 0 0 0 Barnette, Tony p........... 0 0 0 0

Gipson, Ryan ph........... 0 0 0 0 Bordes, Greg p............ 0 0 0 0

Buck, Dallas p............. 0 0 0 0

Paterson, Joe p........... 0 0 0 0

Grbavac, Mark p........... 0 0 0 0

Maxwell, Anton p.......... 0 0 0 0

Totals..................... 35 3 9 3 Totals..................... 31 10 11 9

Score by Innings R H E

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Oregon State........ 000 011 010 - 3 9 0

Arizona State....... 000 100 81X - 10 11 0

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DP - Oregon St. 2; Arizona St. 1. LOB - Oregon St. 7; Arizona St. 7. 2B - Wallace;

Gillespie; McFeely; Sogard; Davis; Paramore. 3B - Rowe. HBP - Gipson; Fox; Curtis;

Davis. SH - Dhaenens. SF - Wallace.

Oregon State IP H R ER BB SO

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Buck, Dallas L,9-2........ 6.2 3 3 3 4 4

Paterson, Joe ............. 0.0 2 4 4 1 0

Grbavac, Mark ............. 0.2 4 3 3 0 1

Maxwell, Anton ............ 0.2 2 0 0 0 0

Arizona State IP H R ER BB SO

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Barnette, Tony W,4-1...... 7.0 6 2 2 1 10

Bordes, Greg .............. 2.0 3 1 1 0 1

WP - Grbavac. HBP - by Buck (Fox); by Buck (Davis); by Paterson (Curtis); by Bordes

(Gipson). PB - Canham.

Umpires - HP: Ken Eldridge 1B: Phil Benson 3B: Heath Jones

Start: 7:01 pm Time: 3:12 Attendance: 2813

Paterson faced 4 batters in the 7th.