Baseball Gameday: Beavers Go For The Sweep
Game 21: Oregon State (17-3, 2-0) vs. Utah (8-9, 0-2)
March 16, 2014 | 12 p.m. PT
Salt Lake City | Smith's Ballpark
Probable Starters: LHP Jace Fry (3-0, 2.01) vs. LHP Tanner Banks (1-3, 6.38)
The Game
Oregon State and Utah conclude their three-game series at Smith’s Ballpark (formerly Spring Mobile Ballpark) on Sunday. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m. PT (1 p.m. in Utah).
Radio
The game will air live on the Beaver Sports Network and Beaver Nation Online (osubeavers.com). For more information on catching the Beavers on the radio, check osubeavers.com. All games air on the Beaver Sports Network with pre-game 30 minutes before first pitch. Affiliates include KICE 940-AM (Bend, Ore.), KEJO 1240-AM (Corvallis), KKNX 840-AM (Eugene), KLZS 1450-AM (Eugene), KAKT 104.7-FM (Grants Pass, Medford-weekends), KLAD 960-AM (Klamath Falls), Fox Sports Radio 620-AM (Portland), KSKR 1490-AM (Roseburg), KBZY 1490-AM (Salem - Weekends, Weekday Day Games) and KOHI 1600-AM (St. Helens, Ore.).
Television
The game will not be televised.
Live Video
Live video of the game can be seen by visiting osubeavers.com and clicking “Live Event” on the baseball schedule.
Online
Live stats for the game can be accessed by clicking on the live stats link located on the baseball schedule page on osubeavers.com.
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Last Game
Kavin Keyes and Trever Morrison each posted two hits and five OSU pitchers held Utah to nine hits and a run as the Beavers claimed the series win with a 5-1 victory Saturday afternoon. Keyes hit a solo home run in the second inning and OSU added solo runs in the third and fourth and two more in the fifth to take, at the time, a decisive 5-0 lead. Andrew Moore allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings for the win.
Keyes Likes Coming Home
Kavin Keyes, a native of Sandy, Utah, has had a pretty good weekend against the Utes. The senior is 5-for-10 over the two games and has a solo home run and two runs batted in. In eight career games against Utah, he is 13-for-33 (.394) with three doubles, one triple, one home run and four RBI.
Going For 10
A win Sunday by Oregon State would net the Beavers their 10th consecutive victory; OSU’s nine-gamer enters the game tied for second nationally. A 10th-straight win would give the Beavers at least one 10-plus game win streak in four of the last five seasons.
That Sweep Thing, Too
That 10th consecutive win would also give the Beavers a sweep of the Utes. An OSU sweep would make it three consecutive seasons the Beavers swept their first league opponent, and all on the road. OSU swept Cal in Berkeley in 2012 and Arizona in Tucson last season.
Fry Notes
Jace Fry enters Sunday’s game just eight days after tossing the fifth no-hitter in school history. His last hit against came in the ninth inning March 1 against Wright State in a game he allowed seven total. Opponents are batting .225 against him this season.
Singles
• Fans should note that Smith’s Ballpark is the same location as the series played in 2012. It was recently renamed after being known as Spring Mobile Ballpark.
• Pat Casey needs one win to tie Cal’s Bob Milano for the 10th-place on the Pac-12’s all-time wins list. Casey has 687 in 20 seasons with the Beavers.
• OSU’s team ERA is at a season-low 1.92.
• OSU has held opponents to three runs or less in the last nine games and two runs or less in eight of those nine contests.
• Sunday’s game marks the Beavers’ last scheduled contest in the Mountain Time Zone this season.
• OSU is 13-0 when collecting more hits.
