2011 NCAA SUPER REGIONAL GUIDE June 10-12, 2011 Nashville, Tenn
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2011 NCAA SUPER REGIONAL GUIDE June 10-12, 2011 Nashville, Tenn. 2011 Oregon State Baseball Super Regional Guide Table Of Contents Covering The Beavers Oregon State Baseball 2011 Super Regional Guide Page Topic The Oregon State Athletics Communications office ap- 2 Oregon State Information preciates your interest in the 2011 Oregon State baseball 2 Oregon State NCAA Regional Notes team. Please contact Assistant Director for Athletic Com- 3 Oregon State Roster munications Hank Hager for any media needs concerning the Oregon State baseball team. He can be reached by email at The Team [email protected] or by calling the Oregon State Page Topic at (541) 737-7472. 4 Radio/TV Roster The following is a set of guidelines for covering the club 6 Head Coach Pat Casey during the postseason. 8 Associated Head Coach Marty Lees 8 Assistant Coach Pat Bailey Postseason Guide 9 Assistant Coach Nate Yeskie Please note that this post-season guide is being furnished 9 Support Staff for members of the media to provide information regarding the 10 Career Statistics Oregon State baseball team and the postseason. No copies 13 Player Bios will be bound this year, and .pdfs of the guide will be made available on osubeavers.com in addition to printed copies at 2011 In Review the game site. Page Topic 26 Pac-10 In Review Game Notes 27 2011 Honors A set of Oregon State game notes will be made available 28 Oregon State Game-By-Game Results to members of the media prior to each game. To be included 29 Oregon State Overall Statistics on the Oregon State baseball e-mail list in order to receive the 30 Oregon State Pac-10 Statistics notes prior to the game, please contact Hank Hager. Notes 31 Oregon State Non-Conference Statistics will also be posted on the home of Oregon State Athletics, 32 At A Glance osubeavers.com. 33 Record By Order/Position 33 Batter Breakdown Interviews 33 Inning-By-Inning All coach and student-athlete interviews must be arranged 34 Pitching Appearances through Hank Hager. On gamedays, head coach Pat Casey, 36 Lineups By Order his assistants and members of the team will be available short- 37 Lineups By Position ly after the game’s conclusion per the host site’s regulations. 38 Team/Individual Superlatives Please note that during the postseason, interviews at the field 38 The Last Time prior to the game will not be permitted, with exception. Note 39 Oregon State Home Statistics that interview requests are not guaranteed due to player and 40 Oregon State Road Statistics team schedules. Please request any non post-game interviews 41 Oregon State Neutral Statiatics at least 24 hours in advance. 42 Oregon State February Statistics DO NOT contact any players without the consent of Hank 43 Oregon State March Statistics Hager. Player numbers will not be furnished to members of the 44 Oregon State April Statistics media or general public. 45 Oregon State May Statistics 46 Oregon State June/Postseason Statistics Internet 47 Oregon State Linescores The online home of Oregon State Athletics, osubeavers. com, is the place to go for all Oregon State baseball informa- Oregon State Postseason History tion, including a team roster and bios, schedule, live stats links, Page Topic updated game notes and statistics. 50 Postseason Review 51 All-Time OSU Postseason Results Athletic Communications Information 53 Oregon State Postseason Superlatives Phone ............................................................... (541) 737-3072 54 2007 Trip To Omaha Fax .................................................................... (541) 737-3020 55 2006 Trip To Omaha Web site .................................................www.osubeavers.com 56 2005 Trip To Omaha Mailing Address .......................................... 209 Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 97331 Hager Cell ...................................................... (541) 230-0611 Hager Office................................................... (541) 737-7472 E-Mail ........................................hank.hager@oregonstate.edu NCAA Regional Guide Credits The 2011 Oregon State University NCAA Super Regional Guide was designed, written, and produced by Hank Hager of the Oregon State Athletic Communications Office. The cover photograph was taken by Ethan Erickson in the Oregon State Athletic Communications Office. 1 2011 Oregon State Baseball Super Regional Guide Oregon State Facts 2011 Oregon State Super Regional Notes Location Corvallis, Oregon Enrollment 23,761 Beavers Advance To A Super Regional Founded 1868 Oregon State swept through the Corvallis Regional, defeating UALR, Creighton and Georgia to President Dr. Edward Ray advance to its first NCAA Super Regional since the 2007 season. It is the team’s fourth NCAA Athletic director Bob De Carolis Super Regional in the past seven seasons. Colors Orange and black Nickname Beavers Postseason History Affiliation NCAA Division I Oregon State is in the midst its 12th trip to the NCAA postseason dating back to 1952. The Conference Pacific-10 Beavers are 38-22 (.633) in NCAA Tournament games, including a mark of 6-1 (.857) in super re- University website www.oregonstate.edu gional games. Head coach Pat Casey has a 33-10 (.767) record in NCAA games. He has guided Athletics website www.osubeavers.com the team in each of its seven NCAA Super Regional games. Baseball Beavers Are There In The Postseason Head coach Pat Casey (17th year) Thanks to research by North Carolina, it is known that the Beavers now have the second-most Record at OSU 578-354-4 (17 years) postseason wins amongst all Division-I teams since the 2006 season. OSU has won 28 such Career record 749-467-5 (24 years) games, trailing only the Tar Heels, who have 35 over that stretch. The Beavers’ sweep of the Cor- Associate Head Coach Marty Lees (10th year) vallis Regional catapaulted OSU past Cal State Fullerton after the Titans won just one game at Assistant Coaches Pat Bailey (4th year) their regional and have 27 victories since 2006. Nate Yeskie (3rd year) Director of operations Ron Northcutt Against The SEC Athletic Trainer Josh Therrien The Beavers will be facing a Southeastern Conference school for the 19th, 20th and potentially Strength & Conditioning Coach Tim Rabas 21st times in their history. Oregon State has an 11-7 record against the SEC, and is 7-1 against Georgia after eliminating the Bulldogs on Sunday. OSU and Vanderbilt have met once, in 2008, in 2010 Season Tempe, Ariz., with the Commodores winning 8-1. Vanderbilt’s starter was current Atlanta pitcher Mike Minor while the Beavers started current Philadelphia reliever Mike Stutes. 2010 overall record 32-24 Home record 21-11 All-Tournament Team Road record 7-11 Sam Gaviglio was the Most Outstanding Player of the Corvallis Regional and he and six other Neutral record 4-2 Beavers were named to the All-Tournament team. That ties the 2005 Beavers for the most at one 2010 Pacific-10 record 12-15 (T-7th place) regional. Gaviglio joins Mitch Canham (2005), Chris Kunda (2006) and Joe Paterson (2007) as Lettermen returning/lost 14/16 Beavers named Most Outstanding Player at an NCAA Regional. Position players 8/10 Pitchers 6/6 Another Couple Of Notes On Gaviglio Starters returning/lost 6/3 Sam Gaviglio was named a second-team All-American by Louisville Slugger and for good reason All-conference returning/lost 0/2 as the righty has gone 12-2 with a 1.87 ERA entering the Super Regional. His 12 wins are tied All-Americans returning/lost 0/0 for fourth in OSU single-season history, while his ERA, if the season were to end today, would be First varsity season 1907 10th. He also has 113 strikeouts, good for eighth. He has 25 wins for his career, placing him in a All-time record 2,051-1,343-15 tie for eighth in team history while his winning percentage of .781 (25-7) is third. He is also 10th with 213 strikeouts. Goss Stadium At Coleman Field Ballpark Goss Stadium at Coleman Field The Killer B’s Opened (capacity) 1907 (3,248) Tony Bryant and Matt Boyd have been dominant out of the pen this season, combining for 47 ap- pearances, a 3-2 record and a 1.48 ERA in 90 2/3 innings. Bryant has 12 saves - tying him for Athletic Communications third in team single-season history - while Boyd has four. If the season were to end today, Boyd’s Baseball contact Hank Hager 1.45 ERA would be fourth best in single-season history and Bryant’s 1.52 mark would be sixth. Hager office phone (541) 737-7472 Hager cell phone (541) 230-0611 Ryan Dunn And The Stick Hager e-mail [email protected] Ryan Dunn has been named a Pac-10 Player of the Week (April 11) after OSU swept Arizona Athletic communications director Steve Fenk State and hit for the cycle on May 10 against Portland. He has started the last 33 games at short- Assistant Directors Jason Amberg, stop - the longest such streak of any Beaver at any position - and has reached base safely in 27 Shawn Schoeffler, Melody Stockwell of those games. Assistant Ryan McCall Office switchboard (541) 737-3720 Spreading The Wealth Office fax (541) 737-3072 In a sign that shows the team’s balance, the Beavers have eight players who have 10 or more games with double figures in hits. That’s up from five last season, and overall, through 58 games, Radio OSU has 127 multi-hit efforts this season. The Beavers had 110 in 56 games in 2010. Radio Beaver Sports Network Flagship Stations KEJO 1240-AM (Corvallis) A Little Look At The Pitching KPAM 860 (Portland) Obviously a key to the team’s success this season has been its pitching. OSU’s ERA heading into Beaver Nation Online (osubeavers.com) the Super Regional is 2.93, down nearly a run and a half from last season’s 4.19.