Game 1 – 3 p.m. (ESPN 2/3): Mississippi State Bulldogs (48-18) vs. No. 3 Oregon State Beavers (50-11)

The rotation for this series is Moore, Boyd, Wetzler.

Miss St stats:

• 38th in batting (OSU 59th)
• 31st in runs (OSU 59th)
• 33rd in OBP (OSU 53rd)
• 76th SLG (OSU 79th)
• 13th ERA (OSU 2nd)
• 66th Fielding % (OSU 47th)

On paper MSU wins most catetgories, and the pitching advantage is not great for the first time this post-season. Beavs will have to score 4 or 5 to win.

Beav fans should get a kick out of this.

Slow week, so let’s get the discussion going. All games on ESPNU. They might show up on ESPN3, too. I haven’t watched any Kansas State, but their offensive numbers are good:

• 2nd in batting average
• 9th in OBP
• 26th in stolen bases
• 29th in runs

Not much power, though, so it appears they manufacture runs. Their pitching is ranked 86th (3.86 ERA). On paper, these teams look similar sans the Beav’s clear pitching edge. If any of you guys have a scouting report on K-State chime in and let us know.

Folks asked for my take on UCSB. I haven't seen them this year, but I saw them in-person quite a bit last year, and they were mediocre. I don't fear them at all because great pitching will shut down decent hitting. UCSB's pitching is bad (4.01 team ERA), and they don't play well on the road. Beavs should be fine.
Cliff has a writeup you can read here. I'd say it's accurate.

Here's the schedule:

05/31/13	vs. Texas A&M vs. UC Santa Barbara	Corvallis, Ore.	12:05 p.m. PT
	vs. Texas-San Antonio	Corvallis, Ore.	5:00 p.m. PT
06/01/13	TBD	Corvallis, Ore.	TBA

The Oregon State baseball team will enter the 2013 NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 National Seed, the NCAA selection committee announced Monday morning.

The seeding is the highest ever for the Beavers, who were the No. 8 national seed in 2005.

http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052713aaa.html

Agree with the sentiment in the other thread that the Beavs got a good draw. I don't have much issue with the Ducks at #8. They've been tough and scrappy all year, and they'll have to get by Rice, which is a tougher opponent than anyone the Beavs face. Overall pretty fair. I think Oregon – Rice is intriguing…definitely will be watching that one. Only thing I'm worried about with the Beavs is a starter possibly imploding. Short of that, they should be fine this round.