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Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball 2017 OREGON STATE BASEBALL Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball TABLE OF CONTENTS Table Of Contents Covering The Beavers Oregon State Baseball 2017 Regional Guide Page Topic The Oregon State Athletics Communications of- 2 Oregon State Information fice appreciates your interest in the 2017 Oregon State 2 Oregon State NCAA Regional Notes baseball team. Please contact Assistant Director for Ath- 3 Oregon State Roster letic Communications Hank Hager for any media needs concerning the Oregon State baseball team. He can be The Team reached by email at [email protected] or by Page Topic calling the Oregon State at (541) 737-7472. 4 Head Coach Pat Casey The following is a set of guidelines for covering the 6 Associate Head Coach Pat Bailey club during the postseason. 7 Assistant Coach Andy Jenkins 8 Assistant Coach Nate Yeskie Postseason Guide 9 Coaching Staff Please note that this postseason guide is being fur- 10 Player Bios nished for members of the media to provide informa- 25 Career Statistics tion regarding the Oregon State baseball team and the postseason. Copies of the guide will be made available 2017 Season on osubeavers.com in addition to printed copies at the Page Topic game site. 28 Overall Statistics 29 Pac-12 Only Statistics Game Notes 30 Non-Conference Statistics A set of Oregon State game notes will be made avail- 31 Game-By-Game Results able to members of the media prior to each game. To be 32 At A Glance/Home Run Breakdown/Beavers In The Rankings included on the Oregon State baseball e-mail list in order 33 2017 Honors to receive the notes prior to the game, please contact 34 Offensive Breakdown Hank Hager. Notes will also be posted on the home of Or- 35 Pitching Breakdown egon State Athletics, osubeavers.com. 36 Pitchers Appearances 38 Lineup By Order Interviews 39 Lineup By Position All coach and student-athlete interviews must be ar- 40 Superlatives/The Last Time ranged through Hank Hager. On gamedays, head coach 41 Home Statistics Pat Casey, his assistants and members of the team will 42 Road Statistics be available shortly after the game’s conclusion per 43 Neutral-Site Statistics the host site’s regulations. Please note that during the 44 February Statistics postseason, interviews at the field prior to the game will 45 March Statistics not be permitted, with exception. Note that interview 46 April Statistics requests are not guaranteed due to player and team 47 May Statistics schedules. Please request any non post-game inter- 48 Box Scores views at least 24 hours in advance. DO NOT contact any players without the consent Oregon State Postseason History of Hank Hager. Player numbers will not be furnished to Page Topic members of the media or general public. 62 2013 Trip To Omaha 64 2007 Trip To Omaha Internet 66 2006 Trip To Omaha The online home of Oregon State Athletics, osubea- 68 2005 Trip To Omaha vers.com, is the place to go for all Oregon State baseball 70 1952 Trip To Omaha information, including a team roster and bios, schedule, 71 Postseason Review live stats links, updated game notes and statistics. 72 All-Time OSU Postseason Results 74 Postseason Honors Athletic Communications Information 75 Oregon State Postseason Superlatives Phone .............................................................(541) 737-3072 Fax .................................................................(541) 737-3020 Web site ........................................... www.osubeavers.com Mailing Address .....................................209 Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 97331 Hager Cell..................................................... (541) 230-0611 Hager Office .................................................(541) 737-7472 E-Mail ................................ [email protected] NCAA Regional Guide Credits The 2016 Oregon State University NCAA Regional Guide was designed, written, and produced by Hank Hager of the Oregon State Ath- letic Communications Office. Photo credits include Karl Maasdam, Scobel Wiggins, Dave Nishitani, Rich Heins and MLB and MiLB clubs. 2006 & 2007 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 2013, 2014, 2017 PAC-12 CHAMPIONS • 2005, 2006 PAC-10 CHAMPIONS 5 College World Series Appearances: 1952, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013 | 5 NCAA Super Regional Appearances: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 2013 1 17 NCAA Regional Appearances: 1952, 1962, 1963, 1983, 1985, 1986, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 2017 OREGON STATE BASEBALL Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball REGIONAL NOTES/OREGON STATE FACTS Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball Oregon State Facts Beavers In The Postseason Location Corvallis, Oregon Oregon State has advanced to the 2017 postseason. The Beavers are the nation’s No. 1 Enrollment 30,354 National Seed and open the Corvallis Regional against No. 4 Holy Cross. No. 2 Nebraska Founded 1868 and No. 3 Yale are also in the regional, and will playing the opening game on Friday. President Dr. Edward Ray VP/Athletic Director Scott Barnes Postseason History Colors Orange and Black Oregon State is making its 17th visit to the postseason since the program’s first season Nickname Beavers in 1907. The Beavers carry a 51-33 (.607) postseason record into the regional, with the Affiliation NCAA Division I current head coach, Pat Casey, claiming 46 of those victories. The Beavers are 30-20 in Conference Pac-12 NCAA Regional games (.600), including a 15-2 mark at Goss Stadium. OSU is 25-11 (.694) University website www.oregonstate.edu in NCAA Regional games since the NCAA adopted the current postseason format. Oregon Athletics website www.osubeavers.com State is a national seed for the fourth time, following a No. 8 seeding in 2005, No. 3 in 2013 and No. 1 in 2014. Baseball Against The Regional Field Head coach Pat Casey (23rd year) Oregon State has never played against Holy Cross or Yale, but has seen Nebraska a total Record at OSU 838-444-5 (23 years) of five times, going 4-1. The Beavers and Cornhuskers met twice in Surprise, Ariz., earlier OSU winning percentage .653 this season, with Oregon State winning 10-1 and 5-2. Career record 1,009-558-6 (30 years) Career winning percentage .643 Pac-12 Champions Associate HC Pat Bailey (10th year) Oregon State won the 2017 Pac-12 Championship, and in a big way. The Beavers set a Assistant Coaches Andy Jenkins (6th year) conference record with 27 victories in league play, surpassing 1981 Arizona State’s re- Nate Yeskie (9th year) cord of 26. Oregon State won all 10 of its conference series, sweeping seven. Entering Director of operations Ron Northcutt 2018, the Beavers will have won 12 consecutive Pac-12 series dating back to 2016. Northcutt office phone (541) 737-0598 Athletic Trainer Jeremy Ainsworth At Home Strength & Condition Coach Chris Anderson Oregon State dominated at home this season, ending the regular season as just one of two teams nationally with only one loss. At 26-1, the Beavers’ lone loss was a 7-5 extra- 2017 Season innings decision to USC. Oregon State is batting .291 at Goss this season, while holding 2017 overall record 49-4 opponents to a .188 clip. The OSU staff has an earned run average of 1.97. Home record 26-1 Road record 15-2 In Front Of Beaver Nation Neutral record 8-1 Speaking of being dominant at home, the Beavers posted that 26-1 mark in front of a 2017 Pac-12 record 27-3 (1st place) record season at Goss Stadium. Oregon State fans totaled 83,181 during the regular sea- son, a new mark for a single season. The Beavers are averaging 3,199 fans per home date 2017 Season - 26 total, with a one-ticket doubleheader totaling 27 games. Lettermen returning/lost 18/16 Position players 10/8 That Staff Pitchers 8/8 The Oregon State pitching staff has posted record numbers this season. The Beavers Starters returning/lost 6/3 lead the nation with a miniscule 1.84 earned run average and 13 shutouts. Oregon State All-conference returning/lost 3/1 has held opponents two runs or less in 34 of the team’s 53 games. Naturally, OSU is 34-0 All-Americans returning/lost 1/0 when that happens. First varsity season 1907 All-time record 2,273-1,451-16 (.610) Casey To 1,000 Oregon State’s Pat Casey became the 16th active Division-I head coach to reach 1,000 Goss Stadium At Coleman Field wins at four-year programs. He and the Beavers defeated Oregon, 5-4, on May 12 to not only send Casey to the historic win, but also to the team’s third Pac-12 title in the last five Ballpark Goss Stadium at Coleman Field seasons. Opened (capacity) 1907 (3,248) Left field 330 ft. (14-ft. fence) About That Title Left-centerfield 365 ft. (8-ft. fence) Oregon State’s conference title marked the Beavers’ fifth since the Pac-10 unified in Center field 400 ft. (8-ft. fence) 1999. That leads the Pac-12, surpassing Arizona State and Stanford, which have four. Or- Right-centerfield 365 ft. (8-ft. fence) egon State’s titles have come in 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014 and now 2017. Right field 330 ft. (8-ft. fence) Press box phone (541) 737-7475 Streaks The Beavers carry a 16-game win streak into the opening game of the Corvallis Regional. Radio It is the longest active streak in the country, and fifth overall. Oregon State, of course, Radio Beaver Sports Network holds the longest streak of the season, at 23 games, which was one shy of tying the Pac- Online radio TuneIn 12 Conference’s record. OSUBeavers.com Primary Play-By-Play Mike Parker And Academics, Too In early March, three Oregon State players - Jack Anderson (kinesiology), KJ Harrison (business) and Jake Thompson (economics) - were named to the CoSIDA Academic All- District 8 Team.