The Oregon State Beavers baseball team is now one win away from securing a trip to the NCAA Super Regionals.
Oregon State dominated UC Irvine, 5-3, at Goss Stadium on Saturday to advance to the Corvallis regional final. The Beavers got big performances from Travis Bazzana, Dallas Macias and Jacob Kmatz that helped them get past the Anteaters in front of a home crowd of 4,224.
The Corvallis Beavers regional final against UC Irvine began at 6 p.m. Sunday but was suspended due to rain and will resume at 12:06 p.m. Monday.
OSU leads UC Irvine 6-4 and the game will resume in the bottom of the fourth inning on Monday.
UC Irvine defeated Tulane on Sunday afternoon to earn a spot in the regional final and a rematch with the Beavers.
Follow updates from Goss Stadium.
End of 4th inning – Oregon 6, UC Irvine 4 – Game suspended
Due to heavy rain in Corvallis, the referees elected to suspend the match.
It will resume at 12:06 p.m. Monday at the end of the fourth round.
Start of 4th inning – Oregon State 6, UC Irvine 4
Micah McDowell had a leadoff single, and two batters later, Dallas Macias smoked a double to right field. But he slid past the second base bag and was knocked out. The outing was nonetheless productive, as McDowell then scored from third on a wild pitch.
End of 3rd inning – Oregon State 5, UC Irvine 4
After a disastrous first inning, Oregon State starter Eric Segura appears to have settled in. For the second straight inning, he held UC Irvine hitless.
Segura is present at 68 locations in the evening.
Start of Round 3 – Oregon State 5, UC Irvine 4
The Beavers loaded the bases for Travis Bazzana, but he popped out to left field to end the inning.
End of Round 2 – Oregon State 5, UC Irvine 4
Eric Segura looked much sharper in the second inning and worked his way around a leadoff walk to produce a scoreless frame.
Start of Round 2 – Oregon State 5, UC Irvine 4
After an initial walk to Brady Kasper, chose to retire opener Nick Rincover. He threw a season-high 26 pitches. Rincover gave way to junior right-hander David Utagawa, who pitched 2.0 scoreless innings against the Beavers on Saturday.
Utagawa gave Wilson Weber a walk to put two on with no one out. Then, Elijah Hainline came to the plate and hit a three-run home run to bring the Beavers back into contention.
After another pitching change, Travis Bazzana ambushed freshman left-hander Ryder Brooks with a loud sacrifice to plate Mason Guerra and tie the game at 4-4. Then Gavin Turley followed with a double over the center field wall to put the Beavers back in front.
Brooks finally escaped the inning on a hard-hit Dallas Macias flyout to the right-field warning track.
End of 1st inning – UC Irvine 4, Oregon State 0
Oregon State freshman starting pitcher Eric Segura is off to a nightmare start to the first postseason outing of his career. After a leadoff single from Woody Hadeen, Segura issued two consecutive walks to load the bases. Anthony Martinez got the Anteaters on the board with a groundout to second base to plate Hadeen.
Then Dub Gleed launched a no-doubt three-run homer into the right field bleachers to make it 4-0.
On his 40th pitch of the evening, Segura got out of the inning thanks to a Chase Call strikeout.
Start of 1st inning – Oregon State 0, UC Irvine 0
UC Irvine plays the home team tonight. If another game is needed to decide the regional on Monday, the Beavers will be the home team.
Anteaters opener Nick Rincover worked around a two-out Gavin Turley walk to produce a scoreless inning.
Oregon State starting lineup vs. UC Irvine
1) Travis Bazzana 2B 2) Micah McDowell CF 3) Gavin Turley DH 4) Dallas Macias LF 5) Brady Kasper RF 6) Wilson Weber C 7) Elijah Hainline SS 8) Mason Guerra 1B 9) Jabin Trosky 3B RHP Eric Segura
UC Irvine starting lineup vs. Oregon State
1) Woody Hadeen SS 2) Myles Smith CF 3) Caden Kendle LF 4) Anthony Martinez 1B 5) Dub Gleed DH 6) Will Bermudez 2B 7) Thomas McCaffrey C 8) Chase Call RF 9) Jo Oyama LHP Nick Rincover
What channel is the Oregon State Baseball Corvallis Regional Final against UC Irvine on?
What time is the Oregon State Baseball Corvallis Regional Final against UC Irvine?
- Date: Sunday June 2
- Start time: 6 p.m.
Jarrid Denney covers high school sports and Oregon State for the Statesman Journal. He can be contacted at JDenney@salem.gannett.com or on X @jarrid_denney
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