Beavers Open Series With Ball State Thursday

Thursday, March 9

Corvallis, OR

5:35 PM

Oregon State

Ball State

Tickets

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

March 08, 2017 | Baseball

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First pitch Thursday is set for 5:35 p.m. PT

By: Athletic Communications

Game 12 • Home Game 4
Oregon State (10-1) vs. Ball State (8-4)
Thursday • March 9, 2017 • 5:35 p.m. PT
Corvallis, Ore. • Goss Stadium at Coleman Field

The Game
Oregon State opens a four-game series against Ball State Thursday night at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is scheduled for 5:35 p.m. PT.

Radio
The game will air live on the Beaver Sports Network and Beaver Nation Online (osubeavers.com). For more information on catching the Beavers on the radio, check osubeavers.com. All games air on the Beaver Sports Network with pre-game 30 minutes before first pitch. Affiliates include KICE 940-AM (Bend, Ore.), KCOE 94.9 (Bend, Ore.), KEJO 1240-AM (Corvallis), KKNX 840-AM (Eugene), KLZS 1450-AM (Eugene), KCFM 1250-AM (Florence - Pac-12 games), KCFM 104.1-FM (Florence - Pac-12 games), KLAD 960-AM (Klamath Falls), KTMT 580-AM (Medford - Saturday & Sunday games), Rip City Radio 620-AM (Portland - weekday games after 5:30 p.m. and all weekend games), KSKR 1490-AM (Roseburg) and KBZY 1490-AM (Salem - Saturday & Sunday games).

Television
The game will not be televised.

Live Video
Live streaming video, for free, can be viewed by visiting osubeavers.com.

Online
Live stats for the game can be accessed by clicking on the live stats link located on the baseball schedule page on osubeavers.com.

Tickets
Tickets for the 2017 season can be purchased by visiting BeaverTickets.com/Baseball. Season and single-game tickets are both currently available.

Last Game
Jake Mulholland tossed four scoreless innings of relief and Cadyn Grenier roped a bases-clearing triple in the sixth inning to send Oregon State to a 4-1 victory over UC Davis Sunday at Goss Stadium. With the win, the Beavers swept the Aggies by a combined score of 22-3. Mulholland faced one batter over the minimum, allowing just one hit while striking out two, for his first career win. Grenier, meanwhile, finished the afternoon with two hits and three runs batted in.

Against Ball State
Oregon State is meeting Ball State for just the second time in program history, and the first in Corvallis. The Beavers won their only previous meeting, 7-6, last season in Surprise, Ariz. Ball State is a member of the Mid-American Conference; OSU is 3-2 all-time against current members of the conference.

Casey Nearing 800
Oregon State head coach Pat Casey's next victory will be his 800th all-time with the Beavers. He is the winningest coach in Oregon State history, regardless of sport.

Six On The Weekend
Cadyn Grenier had a big weekend against UC Davis, totaling four hits, two triples and six runs batted in. He now has a team-leading nine RBI on the year, and his four triples are tied for the nation's lead and is tops in the Pac-12.

ERA And WHIP
The Beavers have kept their ERA and WHIP pretty low this season. So low both figures rank second nationally. The team's 1.36 ERA is second to Harvard's 1.25. The WHIP, meanwhile, is at 0.95, slightly behind Missouri State's 0.94.

Singles
• Oregon State is consensus top five team for the first time this season. OSU is ranked as high as No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball.
• The Beavers enter Thursday's game at 10-1 for the second consecutive season.
• The series begins back-to-back Thursday-Saturday weeks for the Beavers, who will open Pac-12 Conference play next week at Arizona State. OSU also plays Thursday-Saturday at Washington and at Oregon, later in the season.
• Thursday is OSU's first night game of 2017.