3/10/2023 baseball Edit

Oregon State Baseball: Beavers Beat WSU 5-1 In Series Opener

Brenden Slaughter • BeaversEdge

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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Trent Sellers struck out nine in a season-long six innings to send Oregon State to a 5-1 win over Washington State Friday night at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.

The game was the Pac-12 opener for both clubs and the Beavers (11-2 overall) improved to 1-0 in league play for the second consecutive season. The Cougars, with the loss, are also 11-2 on the year.

Sellers was sharp against his former club, scattering three hits and three walks in six full. He struck out the side in the sixth and tallied two in the fourth and earned the win to improve to 2-1 on the year. He was backed up by Ben Ferrer and Ryan Brown, who held the Cougars scoreless over the last three innings.

Washington State starter Dakota Hawkins took the loss to drop to 1-2 on the year. He allowed seven hits and five runs – four earned – with six strikeouts in four innings.

OSU jumped out to a four-run lead thanks to two runs apiece in both the second and third innings. The Beavers scored first on a wild pitch, then Ruben Cedillo added to the lead with a double. Mikey Kane put the WSU deficit at four in the third when he doubled home a pair of runs.

WSU got on the board on a sac fly in the fourth, but the Beavers pushed ahead by four once again when Garret Forrester reached on a Cougar error in the fifth.

Kane and Micah McDowell each had two hits for OSU, which finished with seven as a team.

Next Up

Oregon State and Washington State continue the three-game series Saturday at 1:35 p.m. PT.

Home Game Tickets

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Oregon State Notes

- Friday’s game marked the first night contest at home for the Beavers this season.

- Travis Bazzana extended his hit streak to 12 games with a third-inning bunt single. He has 20 hits during the streak.

- Oregon State’s starting pitchers have now struck out 70 in 61 2/3 innings this season and sport a 2.78 earned run average. The starters have also allowed 59 hits.

- The starters, in the month of March, have limited opponents to 23 hits and 10 walks in 28 2/3 innings. They’ve struck out 29 and have a 2.51 ERA in six games.

- The Beavers are 1-0 in Pac-12 play for the second consecutive season. OSU also opened with a win over WSU in 2022, 13-3.