Busy weekend
Oregon State sports will be in full swing (pun intended) this weekend. Baseball finally gets going with a series at UC Santa Barbara, and the hot-hitting softball team heads to San Diego for a tournament. Former OSU baseball pitcher Andrew Checketts is the new Gauchos coach. He had an 11-1 record and 3.77 ERA in...
Baseball tickets on sale
Season tickets for the baseball season go on sale Monday. Fans can purchase season tickets only on osubeavers.com due to the Martin Luther King Day holiday. They can be purchased over the phone by calling 1-800-GOBEAVS or in person at the Gill Coliseum ticket office starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning. Tickets cost $400 and...
Non-football predictions
The New Year brings the bulk of the non-football sports at Oregon State, so let’s look into the crystal ball. Overall, things are looking up for the Beavers. Many of the programs are making improvements. So here we go. Men’s hoops The Beavers are off to a great start, but stumbled at the start of...
OSU baseball team ranked No. 24
The Oregon State baseball team is ranked 24th in Collegiate Baseball’s preseason poll that was released on Monday. OSU is one of six teams from the Pacific-12 Conference in the top 25, tied with the Southeastern Conference with the most. The Beavers received 443 points, two behind No. 23 Vanderbilt, whom they lost to in...
Baseball recruiting class
Here’s a list of the Oregon State baseball team’s recruiting class, released Thursday. Here’s my full story in Friday’s GT on the group. INF Dennis Banks (Moreno Valley, Calif.) Canyon Spring High Earned all-league honors at the conclusion of his junior campaign … Batted .410 as a junior, totaling 10 doubles, three triples, eight stolen bases...
OSU baseball schedule out
The Oregon State baseball team announced its 2012 schedule on Monday, which contains 24 home dates and a 56 games. Nineteen of the 56 games are scheduled with teams that made the 2011 NCAA Tournament, including three at a tournament in Goss Stadium March 9-11. Utah is also part of the schedule now that it...
Baseball recruiting class ranked high
The Oregon State baseball team’s recruiting class was ranked No. 7 nationally by Baseball America. That’s the highest ranking of Pacific-12 Conference teams, and fourth time in the past five seasons that its been in the top-25. “The Beavers win with pitching and defense, and they reeled in an intriguing blend of right-handed and left-handed...
Baseball recruiting ranked high
The Oregon State baseball team’s recruiting class, currently on campus and practicing in fall ball, has been rated ninth by Collegiate Basebal on Tuesday. The online publication ranks the top 40 programs on an annual basis, and the Beavers are one of eight teams from the Pac-12 Conference ranked. Oregon State is No. 2 in...
Summer baseball update
Oregon State baseball SID Hank Hager sent out an update on how the Beavers did during the summer season. Check it out. Luke Acosta: Played for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters of the Northwoods League … Appeared in 27 games, batting .221 with one double and six RBI. Ryan Barnes: Played for the Wenatchee AppleSox of...
OSU baseball players in the pros
Oregon State baseball SID Hank Hager put together was former OSU players have been doing in the pros lately. Check it out below. Also, some songs that scream baseball to me. Andy Baldwin (Minnesota organization): Has appeared in 15 games for Rochester of the International League (Triple-A), going 4-7 with a 5.55 ERA in 86...
OSU baseball ends up No. 10 in the nation
The Oregon State baseball team ended up the No. 10 team in the nation, according to Baseball America in its final top-25 rankings of the campaign. There were five Pacific-10 Conference teams in its list. The No. 10 ranking is the team’s highest to end a campaign since the 2007 club was No. 1. Arizona State...
Baseball recruit signs
The Oregon State baseball team lost one of its top recruits for next season when shortstop Brandon Martin from Corona, Calif., signed with the Tampa Bay Rays. Martin was a first-round draft pick, 38th overall, in the MLB draft on June 6. He’s with the Tampa Bay affiliate in the Rookie Gulf Coast League.
