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With the Oregon State baseball team 41-13-1 facing elimination against TCU in the Corvallis Regional, BeaversEdge.com previews the matchup!
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No. 1 Oregon State (41-13-1) vs No. 2 TCU (39-19)
TV - ESPNU/ESPN+
Radio - 12:40 Joe Radio
RHP Dax Whitney (5-3, 3.86) vs. LHP Mason Brassfield (5-1, 3.56)
Oregon State Quick Hits
- Oregon State and TCU are meeting for the sixth time; all five of the previous matchups came in Fort Worth.
- OSU won the most recent matchup, 3-2, at the 2021 Fort Worth Regional. That game was also an elimination contest. Wade Meckler drove in two and Justin Boyd had an RBI in that win.
- Dax Whitney, the Beavers' probable starter Saturday, has allowed just one earned run in 21 innings at home this season. It came on April 5 in a win over UC Irvine.
- Whitney has allowed just nine hits and 10 walks while striking out 28 in those 21 innings in Corvallis.
- Whitney has 89 strikeouts in 60 2/3 total innings this season, an average of 13.2 per nine innings.
- Gavin Turley tied Michael Conforto (2012-14) for the Oregon State RBI record on Friday, driving in a pair when he homered in the third. Turley and Conforto are both at 179 in their OSU careers.• The home run was the 49th of Turley's career.
- The Goss Stadium record attendance tally of 4,339 at Friday's game surpassed the previous mark of 4,278 against Tulane on May 31, 2024 at the Corvallis Regional.
- That pushed the Beavers' season tally to 75,004 over 20 dates, an average of 3,750 per game. That currently stands as the Beavers' single-game record, surpassing the 2024 season which averaged 3,683.
- OSU has now had seven crowds of 4,000 or more this season and 26 in Goss Stadium's history.
- AJ Hutcheson set a career-long with five innings of work in Friday's game versus Saint Mary's. He lowered his ERA to 3.64 from 4.14 after the five scoreless frames.
- The loss marked just the third of the season at Goss Stadium.
- OSU dropped to 8-1 at home in games decided by two runs or less. Overall, OSU is 12-5 in such games this season.
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