2012 SIR Cover.Indd

2012 SIR Cover.Indd

2012 SEASON IN REVIEW 40-20 Overall 18-12 Pac-12 (T-4th) 2012 Oregon State Baseball Season In Review Table Of Contents Covering The Beavers Oregon State Baseball 2012 Season In Review Page Topic The Oregon State Athletics Communications office ap- 2 Oregon State Information preciates your interest in the 2012 Oregon State baseball 2 Oregon State Season In Review Notes team. Please contact Assistant Director for Athletic Com- 4 Oregon State Roster munications Hank Hager for any media needs concerning the 5 Oregon State Roster Breakdown Oregon State baseball team. He can be reached by email at [email protected] or by calling the Oregon State The Team at (541) 737-7472. Page Topic The following is a set of guidelines for covering the club. 6 Radio/TV Roster 8 Head Coach Pat Casey Season In Review 10 Associate Head Coach Marty Lees Please note that this season in review guide is being fur- 10 Assistant Coach Pat Bailey nished for members of the media to provide information re- 11 Assistant Coach Nate Yeskie garding the Oregon State baseball team and the postseason. 11 Support Staff No copies will be bound this year, and .pdfs of the guide will 12 Career Statistics be made available on osubeavers.com. 15 Player Bios Game Notes 2012 In Review A set of Oregon State game notes will be made available Page Topic to members of the media prior to each game. To be included 29 Pac-12 In Review on the Oregon State baseball e-mail list in order to receive the 30 Oregon State Game-By-Game Results notes prior to the game, please contact Hank Hager. Notes 31 Oregon State Overall Statistics will also be posted on the home of Oregon State Athletics, 32 Oregon State Pac-12 Statistics osubeavers.com. 33 Oregon State Non-Conference Statistics 34 2012 Individual Honors/MLB Draft Selections Interviews 35 At A Glance/OSU In The Polls All coach and student-athlete interviews must be arranged 36 Record By Order/Position through Hank Hager. On gamedays, head coach Pat Casey, 36 Batter Breakdown his assistants and members of the team will be available short- 36 Inning-By-Inning ly after the game’s conclusion per the host site’s regulations. 37 Pitching Appearances Please note that during the postseason, interviews at the field 39 Pitching Breakdown prior to the game will not be permitted, with exception. Note 40 Lineups By Order that interview requests are not guaranteed due to player and 41 Lineups By Position team schedules. Please request any non post-game interviews 42 Team/Individual Superlatives at least 24 hours in advance. 42 The Last Time DO NOT contact any players without the consent of Hank 43 Oregon State Home Statistics Hager. Player numbers will not be furnished to members of the 44 Oregon State Road Statistics media or general public. 45 Oregon State Neutral Statiatics 46 Oregon State February Statistics Internet 47 Oregon State March Statistics The online home of Oregon State Athletics, osubeavers. 48 Oregon State April Statistics com, is the place to go for all Oregon State baseball informa- 49 Oregon State May Statistics tion, including a team roster and bios, schedule, live stats links, 50 Oregon State June/Postseason Statistics updated game notes and statistics. 51 Oregon State Linescores 54 Updated OSU Career Records Athletic Communications Information 55 Updated OSU Single-Season Records Phone ...............................................................(541) 737-3072 56 Updated OSU Pac-12 Records Fax .................................................................... (541) 737-3020 57 OSU Yearly Leaders Web site .................................................www.osubeavers.com 60 OSU By Month/Situation Mailing Address ..........................................209 Gill Coliseum 61 OSU Yearly Statistics Corvallis, OR 97331 Hager Cell ...................................................... (541) 230-0611 Oregon State Postseason History Hager Office................................................... (541) 737-7472 Page Topic E-Mail ........................................hank.hager@oregonstate.edu 62 Postseason Review 63 All-Time OSU Postseason Results 65 2007 Trip To Omaha 66 2006 Trip To Omaha 67 2005 Trip To Omaha 68 Oregon State Postseason Superlatives NCAA Regional Guide Credits The 2012 Oregon State University Baseball Season In Review was designed, written, and produced by Hank Hager of the Oregon State Athletic Communications Office. Photography by Ethan Erickson, Erik Dresser, Dave Nishitani and Rich Heins. 1 2012 Oregon State Baseball Season In Review Oregon State Facts 2012 Oregon State Season In Review Notes Location Corvallis, Oregon Enrollment 23,761 Beavers On The Year Founded 1868 Oregon State finished the 2012 season with a 40-20 record, reaching the 40-win plateau for the President Dr. Edward Ray fifth time in school history and second consecutive season. OSU advanced to its fourth consecu- Athletic Director Bob De Carolis tive postseason - a program record. The club finished in a tie for fourth in the Pac-12 Conference Colors Orange and black with an 18-12 record, two games behind league co-leaders Arizona and UCLA. Nickname Beavers Affiliation NCAA Division I 18 In Pac-12 Play Conference Pac-12 The Beavers won 18 games in Pac-12 Conference play, one shy of the program’s single-season University website www.oregonstate.edu record for league wins in 2005. That season, of course, came when the then-Pac-10 had a 24- Athletics website www.osubeavers.com game schedule. OSU’s 18 win season gave the Beavers 35 conference victories over the last two seasons. That ties the 2005 and 2006 (16 wins) teams for the most league wins over a two-year Baseball stretch. Head coach Pat Casey (18th year) Record at OSU 618-376-4 (18 years) Casey Is New Leader Career record 789-489-5 (25 years) Pat Casey surpassed Jack Riley (1973-94) as the program’s all-time leader in victories. Casey and Associate Head Coach Marty Lees (11th year) the Beavers defeated Oregon, 7-3, on May 25 to give Casey his 614th victory at the time. Casey Assistant coaches Pat Bailey (5th year) is currently ranked 13th in Pac-12 Conference history for wins and will enter the 2013 season with Nate Yeskie (4th year) 618 in his 18 seasons at Oregon State. Casey office phone (541) 737-2825 Lees office phone (541) 737-5738 Postseason Play Again Bailey office phone (541) 737-7484 Oregon State’s trip to the Baton Rouge Regional was the club’s fourth consecutive postseason Director of operations Ron Northcutt appearance, surpassing the 2005-2007 clubs for the best stretch in school history. The Beavers Northcutt office phone (541) 737-0598 went 2-2, meeting LSU, Belmont and Louisiana-Monroe all for the first time. Oregon State im- Athletic Trainer Josh Therrien proved to 40-26 (.606) all-time in 13 postseason appearances and has a 23-17 (.575) record in Strength & Conditioning Coach Tim Rabas NCAA Regional games. 2011 Season Golden Against Pac-12 Hosts The Pac-12 had four teams - Arizona, Stanford, Oregon and UCLA - that hoste an NCAA Regional 2011 overall record 41-19 in 2012. The Beavers went 9-5 against such clubs, sweeping Oregon (and 4-1 overall) and going Home record 23-7 2-1 against both Stanford and UCLA. Arizona won the series between the clubs, 2-1. Road record 12-11 Neutral record 6-1 Against The Field 2011 Pacific-10 record 17-10 (T-2nd place) The Beavers played a bulk of their games against postseason clubs during Pac-12 play as the league continued to be one of the strongest in the country. Overall, the Beavers went 10-5 against 2012 Season NCAA tournament clubs during the regular season, also defeating Oklahoma, 11-7, at Goss Sta- Lettermen returning/lost 15/15 dium after finding themselves down 7-0 after two innings. Position players 8/9 Pitchers 7/6 That’s A Lot Of One-Run Games Starters returning/lost 6/3 It would be fitting that the Beavers’ season-ending loss, coming 6-5 in 10 innings at LSU, would All-conference returning/lost 2/1 be a one-run game. Nearly one-third of the team’s games this season were decided by one run All-Americans returning/lost 0/1 and OSU went 10-9 in those games. That comes one year after Oregon State was 4-7. Five of the First varsity season 1907 Beavers’ 12 losses in Pac-12 in 2012 play came by just one run. On the other hand, the Beavers All-time record 2,102-1,387-15 won six league games by one run. Goss Stadium At Coleman Field Score Runs, Win Games ... Limit Runs, Win Games Ballpark Goss Stadium at Coleman Field There are undeniable truths in baseball and some state that when you score a lot of runs, you win Opened (capacity) 1907 (3,248) games. When you limit what opponents do, you win games. For the Beavers in 2012, both held Left field 330 ft. (14-ft. fence) true. Oregon State was 27-0 when six or more runs in a game in 2012. Conversely, the Beavers Left-centerfield 365 ft. (8-ft. fence) were 18-0 when holding opponents to two runs or less. OSU was 1-12 when scoring two runs or Center field 400 ft. (8-ft. fence) less - the lone win was in the postseason against Belmont - while the Beavers were 6-11 when Right-centerfield 365 ft. (8-ft. fence) an opponent scored six or more. Right field 330 ft. (8-ft. fence) Press box phone (541) 737-7475 Strong Staff A starting pitcher gets credited for a qualitry start when throwing at least six innings and allowing Radio three earned runs or less. The OSU starting staff accounted for 29 quality starts in 2012, and Radio Beaver Sports Network the Beavers went 22-7 when that happened.

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