Thread for the weekend series. Beavs should sweep again and will very likely be 17-0 heading into conference play (3/15)
Probable Starters: OSU LHP Matt Boyd (2-0, 1.27) vs. TSU RHP Kyle Finnegan (1-0, 1.59)
| 03/08/13 | vs. Texas State | Corvallis, Ore. | 5:35 p.m. PT |
| 03/09/13 | vs. Texas State | Corvallis, Ore. | 2:05 p.m. PT |
| 03/10/13 | vs. Texas State | Corvallis, Ore. | 1:05 p.m. PT |
Go Beavs.
A beautiful weekend for baseball! Too bad I can’t go. Boooo!
I wonder why they stretch 3 games over 3 days instead of doubling them up Fri-Sat or Sat-Sun.
Taking in my first Beaver’s baseball game ever Saturday. Saw the weather would be awesome, and there were still relatively cheap tickets left along the 1st base line, and I couldn’t pass it up. Go Beavs!
http://pac-12.com/LIVE/OSUBEAVERS
Ryan Barnes is making his first start of the season. Interesting to see how he swings the bat.
Mike Riley due on 750am at 5:35 tonight, guess we’ll have to listen to him and the game in stereo!
Now the stream isn’t working. Awesome.
per Mike Riley, Sean Harlow graduated early and will be on campus for Spring ball
That’s a neat thing.
Neat deal
Danny Hayes with a three run bomb and it’s 3-0 Beavers
I agree with Jim Wilson–SF isn’t a bad team. Could play Beavs tough.
They will, they beat Arizona and played them in a one run game in another game. Also, the Beavers will be sending their 4th and 5th starters out, never know what can happen in those type of games.
Other than the usual “neat” and “awesome” stuff not much of note from Riley on the broadcast tonight. He said Mannion and Vaz would get lots of reps in the Spring and a decision not likely to be made then, no surprise there. He did mention that Vaz and Mannion are getting guys together 3-4 times a week.
When asked about what went right last season he mentioned the approach of all involved; they started each Monday focused no matter what had happened the previous Saturday. Also specifically mentioned having well defined goals each week.
3-0 Beavers after 2 1/2 innings
I hope they can rest Boyd in this one after 5.
One concern with him is wearing out as the season goes on since he’s not used to the innings…
So glad he’s a starter now. been waiting 4 years to see this.
Runners on first and second and no outs in the bottom of the 4th, got to take advantage after blowing the opportunity to extend the lead in the third.
Boyd really labored in the 6th. Nice to see Starr come in and get the final out. Barnes has been really good in the field. Beavs 9-2.
Beavs add 2 more in the 6th on a Barnes single up the middle with two on and a sac fly by Keyes. 11 runs on 12 hits for the Beavs. 2 runs on 6 hits for Texas State
Starr only pitches a third of an inning. He comes out in the 7th and walks the leadoff batter, gives up a single through the hole and an infield hit and a run so in comes Bryant. With Esposito behind the plate and runners at the corners Bryant fans the batter but Nate throws the ball over Smiths head and runner scores from third. 2 Ks and a flyout for Bryant. 11-4 Beavs at the stretch
Beavs pick up 5 in the 7th. 16-4 Beavs.
Beavers win 16-4 and are now 13-0 on the season
Is Wetzler pitching Sunday or is Moore getting another start?
Moore starts tomorrow and Wetzler on Sunday. Child has been moved to the midweek starter, I believe.
A bit surprised. I figured Child would be given the opportunity since Moore is just a freshmen.
Wilson and Reese were talking about how the move might have something to with matchup vs Arizona next week and setting up the rotation for it. Arizona has a very fast infield and a ground ball pitcher like Child isn’t a good matchup for that. I could definitely see Child moving back into the weekend rotation later on. I can understand the move now though.
You mean Wilson was explaining it to Reese. Wilson said he won’t be in the booth for Saturday’s game, but will be back on Sunday, leaving Reese to solo.
I might watch the stream with the sound off tomorrow.
Yeah, that made sense . In beaver baseball, actual coaching and game planning seems to go on. Seems like plenty of talent this year, to change lineups with conditions.
Gophers have a very good hockey player named………………Mike Riley.
Played the Beavers of Bemidji State tonight, so I got to hear Mike Riley and the Beavers
several times watching the game. Was freaking me out LOL.
I guess that would be a neat deal.
That’s Reilly. He has two brothers on the team as well.
Even though the last name is not spelled the same, I think MR would still bestow “neat deal” status on that factoid. And three hockey brothers on the same team is deserving of some kind of Slapshot reference, but I can’t think of one right now.
I know Jack, but since the name is pronounced the same, thought I would go with same spelling for this audience. He has more hair than our coach.
Helmsley will so proud of me. I went to a womens hockey game last night. I never thought I would ever say that!
Reed is handed his 3rd loss of the season as Vandy takes care of the ducks, 4-1. The only offense the ducks could muster was a solo HR as the Vandy ace pitched a complete game and only allowed 2 hits.
Immature and petty…..probably, but a Beaver win and a Duck loss in the same day always puts a big smile on my face.
That makes you a true fan.
I noticed that as well, although I try not to pay much attention to the ucks. Given the level of competition this week it seems to me the gap in RPI and SOS between the Beavs and ucks will narrow on the Nolan site.
Aside from what Nolan thinks, I do believe the competition level faced by both teams will factor in to their performance when conference play begins. Right now, no disrespect to Nolan, I think the ucks have had the overall tougher schedule but doubt that factor will be enough for them to outshine the Beavs this season.
RPI is RPI. Nolan only reports it, and record has a lot to do with it. SOS is probably the second most important factor.
NPI is a little different. In hoops we would be looking at Kenpom vs. RPI. That’s how different they are. Don’t buy into what ESPN sells with BPI in hoops. It’s untested and only sounds good in a vacuum. Sometimes you get so far into the weeds that you’ve lost the channel.
2 passed balls on Jake Rodriguez and then a single allows Texas State to take a 1-0 lead
1-0 Texas State after 2 innings
1-0 Texas State after 3 innings
Tyler Smith crushes a ball to centerfield and the CF drops it, Tyler Smith ends up on third with no outs
Michael Conforto with an RBI single and it’s tied at 1
Beavers ahead of Colorado 49-41 with 9 minutes left.
The basketball team isn’t quite ready to let the baseball team pass them in wins.
That will happen tomorrow.
2 out RBI single by Keyes scores Conforto and it’s 2-1 Beavers
RBI double by Jake Rodriguez and it’s 3-1
Beavers lead 4-1 after throwing error from Texas State 2nd baseman. Runners on second and third and 2 outs for Ryan Barnes
So is this on the coach or the player…Beavers up by 5 with 30 seconds left….Morris-Walker fouls Dinwiddle while he is shooting a three. Stupid, stupid play…..even though it looks like the Beavers will win.
That’s on the player. I don’t recall it happening any more than twice all year. Mental mistake
They survived it.
Wow, Beaver hoops wins 64-58. Today holds possibilities for the rare “double,double”. Ducks have already lost in hoops and are trailing Vandy last time I checked. Beavs are ahead of Texas St. If that happens, it will call for two shots of Maker’s!
Beavers will be the 11 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament and likely face USC. If they were to beat USC, they would face Oregon.
do we know this for a fact? If Wazzu beats USC today we still finish tied for last and WSU would beat us in a tie breaker I believe since they beat FUCLA the other night.
It’s likely that happens, but Washington State could beat them and push the Beavers to 12th and the Beavers would face Colorado.
not correct. If Wazzu wins, we are the 12 seed per the pac-12 tie breaking procedures. Since Wazzu beat FUCLA they would win the tie breaker and be the 11 seed
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE-SEEDING AND TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURES
Seeding:
The seedings and pairings shall be determined upon completion of regular season play on Saturday, March 9. The won-lost percentage record
of the teams in regular season Conference play will determine tournament seedings. The team with the best won-lost percentage
in Conference play will
be seeded #1, the next best won-lost percentage in Conference play will be seeded #2, and so forth through all the seeds.
Tie-Breakers:
Tie breaking procedures for determining all tournament seeding will be:
1.
Two-team tie
a.
Results of head-to-head competition during the regular season.
b.
Each team’s record vs. the team occupying the highest position in the final regular standings, and then continuing down through the standings
until one team gains an advantage.
When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s record against the collective tied teams as a group (prior
to that group’s own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams.
c.
Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents.
d.
Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.
http://championships.pac-12.com/mens-basketball/files/2013/01/Tiebreaker.pdf
wazzu is rolling right now up double digits. Likely we are the 12 seed and play Colorado again Wednesday at 2:30.
Colorado was missing Roberson.
That didn’t keep Nikegon from giving up less than ten minutes into their game on Thursday. In fact, one of Nikegon’s players used it as an excuse for not playing well.
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Imagine everything nasty I’ve said on this site and everything nasty you have ever thought. Now imagine all that being bundled into a nice post-game speech for the Beavs on Thursday.
We’re talking a paint-peeling talk. And we’re not talking screaming and yelling. We’re talking disappointment and frustration.
Now I wish I would have DVR’d the damn game. I took the family to the home and garden show and a hike at Pisgah instead.
Beavers basketball wins 64-58 on the road and never surrenders the lead in the 2nd half after going ahead and finishes a team off. Strange.
This could be the start of a CBI championship run!
Lol! Even a blind squirrel finds a nut. I did not see it (thank you directv). but the box score shows Colorado shot poorly. I highly doubt it was because of the defense our team played.
A team does not shoot that poorly from the field and from three without some good defense.
but OSU does not play good defense. How is this possible?
A team being an overall poor defensive team does not mean they can’t play defense well during an individual game
I was questioning it because I have yet to see it this season. At least not that I can recall
Very weird….
Its all scientology….
4-3 Beavers now, Andrew Moore struggling with his command
2 runners on and Brandon Jackson comes in to get the Beavers out of the inning. 4-3 Beavers after 5 1/2 innings
Kent Tukulve part II
I might have to say Tukulve Jr. as Kent got LOW
http://bit.ly/WdAbeM
Brandon Jackson has retired first 4 he’s faced. 4-3 Beavers after 6 1/2 innings. The Beavers have so many quality arms coming out of the bullpen.
RBI single by Danny Hayes and Conforto gets called out at home, looked like he might have been safe. 5-3 Beavers after 7 innings
He got tagged in the back, it definitely looked like he may have had his hand in there before the tag.
I agree. Surprised Casey didn’t argue.
holy crap. Stanford took it in the shorts 12-2 at home to UNLV. Rebels win that series at sunken diamond and go for the sweep tomorrow.
5-3 Beavers after 7 1/2 innings
Mississippi State lost to Central Arkansas 7-5 today. With Beavers wins today and tomorrow, they should be #3 in Baseball America’s rankings on Monday.
In typical bunt situations, Casey seems a lot more aggressive this season. Putting runners in motion and guys are pulling the bat back and trying to slap the ball past infielders. Not just the typical bunt and move guys along. Liking the aggressiveness and forcing the issue the season.
Barnes looked out.
Both teams have gotten the benefit of the call at plays at the plate the last 2 innings
6-3 Beavers after 8 innings
Beavers win 6-3 and are now 14-0 on the season
Haha, you guys might find this entertaining.
http://www.rantsports.com/ncaa-football/2013/03/08/five-reasons-the-oregon-state-beavers-will-win-the-pac-12-in-2013/
Magic Mike!
Rebrand behind the scenes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaeB9VB_gJs&feature=youtu.be
AH… baseball season is here. Let me see; throw ball, nothing….scratch crotch, yawn, get sign, throw ball….nothing….rub crotch…. get sign, throw ball….nothing….spit…throw ball… nothing….OH wait….foul ball, OH well. But wait…here comes the coach to argue for five minutes that the ball was fair, very exciting. I would rather watch haircuts than baseball. Oh well… JB
PS: Thank God a Beaverless March Madness is on-tap. Even the CBI won’t touch that mess.
Having played 14 years I find it exciting.
It just seemed like 14 years. It was probably just 1 Little League game. JB
Grape just put one over the center of the plate.
PBH, I know you are a huge wrestling fan. If you have BTN you can catch the B1G finals as I type.
Damn direct tv. Oh wait…..
That is the single funniest retort ever posted on this site.
It’s all foreplay to the occasional triple.
Ahhh, a cerebral game. No wonder it’s not to PBH’s liking.
Keyes not in the lineup today, Casper playing 3B, Clark DH.
Had a pretty nice day at the ballgame yesterday. Crowd was pretty quiet, but woke up in the 4th(?) when the hitting started happening.
I was reminded of why I sometimes hate going to sporting events where you’re packed in with others in tight seating. Dorky college guy 2 rows in front of me decided the 5th inning was as good a time as ever to just vomit right on himself. He tried to hold it back at first but sortof had that look of lard-ass from Stand By Me, where he knew it was past the point of no return. Instead of getting up to find a garbage can (which was literally 10 feet away from him) he just lets it explode through his hands, it splatters out the sides and hits an old lady to his left right on her glasses. She’s trying to wipe herself off, and he just sits there like nothing happened for about a minute before he decided it’s probably time to leave the game (covered in his own vomit). Luckily the 2 seats in front of him were empty at the time, but a few minutes later those people came back to sit after going to the concessions. They see the vomit on their seats, not sure of what it was and almost just sit down in it. Then the old lady who had wiped off her glasses hands them her vomit covered single napkin, which the use to gently wipe of their seat and then sit down, none the wiser. The old lady to her credit, didn’t get pissed off and just powered through and finished the game after getting splattered on.
What the fuck is wrong with people? Vomit guy didn’t even apologize and just left the game, leaving the nasty, orange (Go Beavs!) mess behind.
On top of that there was some redneck asshole who got impatient with my pregnant wife because she wasn’t exiting the stands fast enough (like you could go any faster than the fans in front of you) I could hear him mutter under his breath, “Come On!!” when she leaned over to pick up her jacket upon leaving. Fuck that guy.
Other than that, great day.
1-0 Texas State after a 1/2 inning
Beavers got some swings off Texas State’s starter but go down in order. 1-0 Texas State after an inning
Bases loaded chance and Andy Peterson doesn’t come through. 1-0 Texas State after 2 innings
End of 2, Texas State up 1-0zip.
Wetzler off to a (typical?) slow start, may be coming around now.
Peterson closed out the 2nd with a ground out 1-3 with bases loaded, missed opportunity.
Second time through the lineup, time for the Beavs to get something going.
Sah triples with one out. Comes home on the 6-3 ground out. 2-0 TXST.
Beavs go in order to end the 3rd behind 2-0. Teams are hitting this Texas pitcher at over .300 rate, Beavs only 1 hit so far.
Wetzler stepping aside for Tony Bryant, good move after the last out he was able to get was nearly a HR.
That’s it for Wetzler, Bryant starts the 4th.
Is the stream choppy for anyone else?
aye
Si
Davis leads off the 4th with a single, time to get runs Beavs!
Dylan Davis has the only 2 Beaver hits. He’s gonna hit some bombs sooner rather than later. He’s got some pop, nice to see him hitting so well this season.
Beavers hitters are missing some good pitches to hit.
Three fly outs and Davis’ hit is wasted. Still 2-0 Texas State. Beavs with 2 hits in 4 innings, got to explode before long.
Nice bunt by Peterson after JRod leads off with a single, runners at 1 and 2, no outs. This is the time!
Beavers have small balled Texas State to death and it’s resulted in a run and runners on the corners with no outs with Barnes up. 2-1 Texas State
Bases loaded and 2-2 tied
Crap! Davis swings at the first pitch and hits into an easy double play.
3-2 Beavers after 5 innings, should be up a lot more though. Blew a chance to blow the game open.
Heck of a play by the TXST 2b to end the inning.
Three bunts in a row followed by Conforto working a walk, yeah, small ball is not dead.
3-2 Beavs after 5.
Wouldn’t you know it, Davis is 2-2 and comes to the plate with the sacks juiced and hits into a DP. Luck of the Beavs!
Schultz coming on in relief of Bryant with 2 down in the sixth. So far Beav pitchers have notched only one K today.
Texas State has now tied the game at 3. Beavers not taking advantage of a bases loaded no outs situation in a tie game and only getting one run comes back to hurt them.
Peterson walks after JRod singles, don’t ya just love attempted rallies with two outs?
New pitcher coming on for TXST.
Tyler Smith three run bomb and it’s 6-3 Beavers
Yes, Smith a 3run HR. Like I said, those two out rallies are just neat deals!
I was just thinking to myself, “self…who besides Conforto is providing HR power for this team?”
ovah the Green Monstah
Oregon beat Vanderbilt 7-5 to get final game of series, Vanderbilt wins the series. Beavers could jump Vanderbilt in top 3 BA rankings, we’ll see though.
Vandy fails to complete the sweep. ducks get 5 runs in the 8th, all with two out and only one hit. Vandy pitchers with 2 HBP, 2 BB and a WP in the inning. Vandy fielders threw in an error for good measure. 7-5 ducks final.
UNLV sweeps Stanford, 5-1 today.
Again we see the HBP as a factor in the ucks favor. Another win for ‘ol “lean in” Horton!
Schultz has 3 K’s and a ground out against 6 batters; the other two were base hits.
Going to the stretch, Beavs up 6-3.
anybody else’s stream super choppy?
Only slightly choppy here.
Gabe Clark seems like he should mostly just hit against lefties. He seems to see the ball better against them and hit them much harder than he does righties.
IU vs Mich game a classic. Two really good teams. Mechicken loses. All good.
It’s amazing how different watching a team like Indiana compared to Oregon state.
Sure wouldn’t mind the Beavers having Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo
Beavers win 6-4 and are now 15-0 on the season
Hard fought game. The Beavs did just enough to win it.
Just for you PBH, George Carlin on football vs. baseball:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmXacL0Uny0
OT- Cliff reports on the FB rules committee’s recent decisions, “The big one requires players who target and hit defenseless players above the shoulders to be ejected along with the 15-yard penalty.”
This is gonna further highlight the well founded complaints about the quality of officiating. The intent to avoid injuries is fine but with the caliber of the zebras we’ve seen in the PAC12 it is really going to rile up many fans. I hope Riley stands up for his guys when the next screw up occurs and also when he is meeting with those coaches who say he is such a nice guy and claim to value his opinions!
Hunt reports JRod has been named to Johnny Bench Watch List.
BA poll has Beavs at number 3, Mississippi State fell from 3 to 13 making room for the Beavs to advance.
NC and Vandy remain 1 and 2. The loss to the “oh so tough” ucks wasn’t enough to knock Vandy down.
I’m too lazy to look it up right now, but thought maybe someone remembers off the top their head…wasn’t our series with Oregon at Oregon last year? I was just checking the schedule and see we play there this season as well. I could have sworn we closed the regular season out with a sweep on their turf in 2012.
Swept them at Goss last year. 7-3, 3-2 and 5-0.
Thanks…memory is failing me.
Sure hoping to get a chance to see these boys live…thinking maybe their trip to Seattle in April.
Just in case you didn’t notice, they also play Seattle U in Bellevue the Monday following the UW series. I can’t imagine many people attending that one.
S-I’s early look at the Pac-12:
• Oregon State: How long will the Beavers’ quarterback controversy continue? Oregon State had a memorable, and unusual, 2012 season, starting 6-0 and eventually finishing 9-4 (after going 3-9 the year before) with both Sean Mannion and Cody Vaz (after Mannion got hurt) taking successful turns under center. However, what began the year as a luxury turned into a headache for coach Mike Riley down the stretch. Both Mannion (against Oregon) and Vaz (against Texas in the Alamo Bowl) had nightmarish performances in late-season losses. After starting hot, Mannion finished with a dismal 15-to-13 touchdown-to-interception ratio, and thus Riley declined to pull Vaz in the bowl game even as he coughed up three turnovers and took a staggering 10 sacks. Oregon State returns ample talent on offense, led by receiver Brandin Cooks and tailback Storm Woods, but expect the competition between Vaz and Mannion to dominate discussion throughout the spring — and probably into August
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130311/pac-12-spring-football-primer/#ixzz2NGRN4Kqn
Maybe Vaz can take the five step drop and just take a knee. Anything is better than a misread under center followed by that standing fetal position he does.
+1 for “standing fetal positition” statement, alone.
I was thinking he could have spiked it at least once in that season ending drive in the Alamo bowl instead taking the yardage loss. Guess he didn’t want the incompletion hurting his stats… better a loss of downs than a loss of downs and yardage…
Ouch –
http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2013/3/6/4071840/jared-cunningham-possibly-out-for-the-year-mavericks-draft
He should have listened to me…………and Gary Payton.
I never really understood Cunningham leaving early unless he or his family needed the money. I wonder how hard CR pushed back, if at all? Jared’s game clearly was not ready for the NBA. When the foul calls started to dry up towards the end of last season, he was particularly ineffective.
I think the norm is to take the money when you can rather than risk injury your last year in college.
I hope Craig Robinson pushed back – if he has any basketball sense at all, he would’ve, should’ve. OTOH, to say there was a #1 draft pick out of your program probably sounds good. In the baseball program, Brian Stamps left too early as well and I got the impression Pat Casey was blunt about telling him not to go.
You make a good point, I can’t find the quote, but there’s one out there from the off season where CR was sort of patting himself on the back for developing and sending J-Flight off to the NBA. If I remember correctly, it was in regards to how it was going to help recruiting. I thought at the time that it was a bit premature, but I guess Cunningham has some guaranteed money. It will be interesting to see if he really gets another shot with the Mavs next season.
From Aaron Fitt’s (Baseball America) chat today:
Q: Gray, Anderson and Shipley have popped up as potential first round pitchers this year — are there any pop-up hitters with similar talent this year or next?
A: …Here’s a guy for next year: Dylan Davis at Oregon State has all kinds of talent, and he’s really putting it together as a sophomore. He hasn’t hit any home runs yet, but there’s real juice in that swing, and it’s encouraging to see him hitting for average.
OT–Are lighter helmets the answer in football? I like the idea of a sensor so that if a player leads with the head and sustains a certain amount of impact he’s done for the day.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_CONCUSSIONS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-11-18-39-00
OT…
It’s just preliminary science, but it appears to be quite thoughtful.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0307/Global-temperature-rise-is-fastest-in-at-least-11-000-years-study-says