No. 2 Baseball Heads To Cal For 3-Game Set
Game 40: Oregon State (31-8, 14-4) vs. California (19-21, 7-11)
May 2, 2014 | 7 p.m. PT
Berkeley, Calif. | Evans Diamond
Probable Starters: LHP Ben Wetzler (7-1, 0.73) vs. RHP Daulton Jeffries (2-4, 3.27)
Satellite Radio: SiriusXM Channel 91
The Game
Oregon State opens its series at California Friday night at Evans Diamond. First pitch is slated for 7 p.m. PT.
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
There will be no live video of the series.
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.
Social Media
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Last Game
Jace Fry held Oregon to one hit over eight innings and Michael Conforto hit a first-inning home run to send the Beavers to a sweep of the Ducks Sunday. OSU took the sweep with a 7-1 win Sunday as the Beavers took a 5-0 lead after three innings. Michael Howard and Trever Morrison each posted two hits, while Conforto and Logan Ice drove in two runs apiece. Fry allowed a hit to the second batter of the game, but strolled through his final seven innings before being relieved by Brandon Jackson in the ninth. Fry struck out a career-best 11.
Against Cal
Oregon State carries a seven-game win streak in the series into Friday night’s opener. The Beavers swept the Golden Bears at Cal in 2012 and at Goss Stadium in 2013. Coupled with an eight-game win streak over Stanford, the Beavers have won 15 straight against the Bay Area schools.
Conforto Just Keeps Getting On
Michael Conforto reached base successfully 16-of-23 times in the five games last week, all via hits (seven), walks (six) or hit by pitches (two). He leads the nation with a .557 on-base percentage. He is just one of nine players above .500. He has a .471 career on-base mark.
Holding Oregon Down
The Oregon State pitching staff was dominant against the Ducks, holding Oregon to 10 hits and three runs over three games. UO was 2-for-47 (.043) with runners on base and 1-for-25 (.040) with runners in scoring position. The Ducks also batted .034 (1-for-29) with two outs.
On The Road
Oregon State will play its 13th true road game in the series opener on Friday. The Beavers are 9-3 in true road games, and are batting .317 with a 3.00 earned run average. Michael Conforto is hitting .510 and Logan Ice is at .385. Dylan Davis is hitting at a .379 while Jeff Hendrix is close behind at .364.
Singles
• Michael Howard carries a six-game hit streak into the series, and is 7-for-21 (.333) with three runs batted in during it.
• Oregon State’s starters are 25-5 this season and have a 1.77 earned run average. They have a 2.3-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
• The starters also have a WHIP of 1.13.
• Oregon State’s No. 2 ranking by Baseball America is the Beavers’ best mark since the preseason and week one.
• One win would give head coach Pat Casey 30 over California. He has more over only Washington State (55), Portland (54) and UW (43).
