PREVIEW: Oregon State Baseball Takes On College Baseball Series

With the Oregon State baseball team (5-2) set to open the College Baseball Series benefiting Shriners Children's against Baylor (7-1) on Friday evening, BeaversEdge previews the matchups!

WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE

Oregon State Baseball at College Baseball Series benefiting Shriners Children's

Arlington, Texas - Globe Life Field

Friday - 5 p.m. vs Baylor (7-1)

LHP Nelson Keljo (0-0, 2.25) vs. LHP Ethan Calder (2-0, 0.75)

Saturday - 4 p.m. vs Auburn (8-1)

RHP Dax Whitney (1-1, 4.32) vs. TBA

Sunday - 9 a.m. vs Ohio State (1-5)

LHP Ethan Kleinschmit (1-1, 1.64) vs. RHP Jake Michalak (0-1, 11.12)

TV: Flo Baseball

Radio: KEJO 1240/Varsity Sports Network (LIVE STREAM)

Oregon State Quick Hits

Oregon State and Baylor are meeting for just the second time ever following a 2005 matchup at the College World Series.

- The Bears eliminated Oregon State with a 4-3 win, scoring a solo run in the 10th inning. Mitch Canham started behind the plate for OSU, batting in the eighth spot. Ryan Gipson also started for the Beavers at second base, collecting three hits at the ninth spot.

- Oregon State is making its second appearance at Globe Life Field. The Beavers went 3-1 there last season, defeating Texas Tech (10-4), Michigan (11-1) and Oklahoma State (8-1). The lone loss was a 5-4 defeat to Arkansas.

- Aiva Arquette was named the Brooks Wallace Award Shortstop of the Week on Tuesday. He is batting .440 (11-for-25) with eight runs scored, two doubles, three home runs and 10 runs batted in over the first seven games of the season.

- Arquette equaled a career-high with three RBI against Minnesota.

- Arquette and Trent Caraway are the two Beavs who have hit safely in all seven games this season. Caraway is 13-for-33 with eight runs, three doubles and five RBI on the year.

- Easton Talt and Tyce Peterson have both reached base safely in all seven games.

- Arquette and Jacob Krieg are tied for the team lead with 10 RBI.

- As a team, Oregon State has 50 walks to 64 strikeouts. Opponents, meanwhile, sport a 2.22 WHIP early on.

- Just three of the 12 inherited runners by Oregon State's bullpen have scored thus far.

- Nelson Keljo, Oregon State's probable starter Friday, is set to make his 46th career appearance and seventh start. He is 1-0 with a 3.35 ERA in 26 non-conference games. He strikeout-to-walk ratio is 3-to-1.

- He has allowed three hits in eight innings this season.

- The OSU staff has held opponents to 43 hits in 61 innings of work. That's 6.38 per nine innings, ranking 26th nationally.

- Oregon State's leadoff batters have reached base in 25-of-57 opportunities this season, a 43.9 percent success rate.

- Oregon State's newcomers have accounted for 32 1/3 innings on the mound this season, 53 percent of the team's 61 total.

- Newcomer AJ Singer has nine RBI in his first seven games with OSU.

Beavers In The Rankings

Oregon State Baseball Preseason Ranks

Organization	Rank	FULL T-25

D1Baseball	9th	LINK
NCBWA	8th	LINK
USA TODAY	10th	LINK
Baseball America	11th	LINK
Perfect Game	13	LINK

Baylor Quick Hits

- BU is off to a 7-1 start to the season, it's best since 2019 and just the fourth time since 1995 that the Bears have opened the year 7-1 or better [2017 (8-0), 2019 (8-0) and 2008 (7-1].

- Baylor took care of SFA on Tuesday night, 9-4, marking its seventh-straight midweek win dating back to last season.

- Baylor returns 22 players from its 2024 roster, including six position player starters, and welcomes 18 newcomers.

- BU has 16 seniors on its 2025 roster, including six fifth-year players and three sixth-year players.

- The Bears are led by the outfield trio of seniors -- Enzo Apodaca, Ty Johnson and Wesley Jordan, who accounted for nearly 36% of the team's offense a year ago (176 of 491 hits)

- Baylor completed its first Opening Weekend sweep since 2019, outscoring Youngstown State 38-11.

- The Bears posted back-to-back shutouts against UTSA and Gonzaga, the team's first consecutive shutouts since April 1-2, 2021.

- BU's bullpen has allowed just eight earned runs across 35 innings of relief, good for a 2.06 ERA.

- Junior LHP Ethan Calder was named the Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Week after his outstanding Opening Day start in which he struck out 13 batters in just five innings against Youngstown State.

- Through eight games, Baylor is hitting .342 as a team, the nation's 14th-best batting average, and has compiled 90 total hits, ranking 25th nationally.

- The squad's 2.15 team ERA ranks 10th in the country and the club's .462 on-base percentage ranks 13th.

- For the second week in a row, Baylor is currently receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Top 25 poll. Baylor has not been ranked in a major poll since 2019.