2024 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
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Corvallis Regional champions | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
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Coaches | No. 11 |
D1Baseball.com | No. 10 |
Record | 45–16 (19–10 Pac-12) |
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Pitching coach | Rich Dorman (5th season) |
Home stadium | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field |
Seasons ← 2023 2025 → |
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No. 25 Arizona †‡y | 20 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .667 | 36 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Oregon State y | 19 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .655 | 42 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Oregon y | 19 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .633 | 37 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .673 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 17 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .586 | 31 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 17 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .567 | 36 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 17 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .567 | 32 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 16 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .533 | 33 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 11 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .367 | 22 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 10 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .333 | 19 | – | 31 | – | 1 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 9 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .300 | 21 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 9 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .300 | 19 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .365 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 25, 2024[1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The 2024 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers played their home games at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field as members of the Pac-12 Conference. This was the final year the Beavers baseball team played as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They begin competing as an independent in 2025.[2] The team was led by Pat Casey Head Baseball Coach Mitch Canham in his fifth season at Oregon State.[3]
Preseason
Following the 2023 season, assistant coach Darwin Barney declined to return for a fourth year on the Beaver's coaching staff, clearing a spot for former 2007 national champion teammate Joey Wong.[4] Wong had previously served as an assistant coach on the 2020 team.
The team returned six starters from the 2023 squad and augmented the roster with players from the transfer portal and a Freshman class ranked in the top-10 by D1 Baseball and Baseball America.[5][6] Junior second baseman Travis Bazzana was named a preseason All-American by Perfect Game.[7]
Regular season
In a May 5 win over Washington State Travis Bazzana belted his 22nd home run, breaking the single season home run record previously set by Jim Wilson in 1982. Bazzana hit three home runs in the game, the final of which gave the Beavers their 90th of the season, breaking the single-season team record of 89 set by the 2023 squad. The game also saw Bazzana become the first Beaver to cross 200 career runs scored.[8]
Bazzana continued his assault on the Oregon State record books in the series opener against UCLA by stealing the 63rd base of his career, overtaking Todd Thomas as the all-time leader.[9] In the UCLA series finale he hit a double, marking his 239th overall base hit and surpassing Darwin Barney at number one on the career hits list.[10]
The final game of the regular season against Arizona was the winner-take-all deciding game for the Pac-12 Regular Season crown. Arizona took an early 1–0 lead in the 2nd inning but Oregon State scored two in the 3rd before Arizona tied the game 2–2 in the 6th. In the top half of the 9th inning Oregon State scored the go-ahead run to put the Beavers up 3–2, but in the bottom half of the 9th Arizona slapped a two-run RBI to win the game and the regular season Pac-12 championship.[11][12]
Accolades
Travis Bazzana garnered national Player of the Week honors by Perfect Game/Rawlings following an opening weekend where he hit three home runs and tallied six runs batted in, leading the Beavers to a perfect 4–0 record.[13] Bazzana earned Perfect Game's national Player of the Week honors again on March 26 following a victory over Portland and a three-game sweep of Washington, where he led off all four games with a home run, totaled six home runs and drove in 11 runs.[14] Following a "monster month of March, hitting .475 (29-for-61) in 16 games with 27 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, 10 homers and 26 RBI," Bazzana was named the Dick Howser Trophy National Hitter of the Month by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.[15]
Aiden May was named the National Pitcher of the Week by D1Baseball.com, Perfect Game, and NCBWA after a career high 14 strikeout performance on April 26 against rival Oregon. May allowed only one hit and one walk in his eight innings of work.[16]
Five different Oregon State players received Pac-12 Player/Pitcher of the Week recognition: Travis Bazzana (three times), Jacob Kmatz (three times), Mason Guerra, Gavin Turley, and Aiden May.[17]
Postseason
Pac-12 Tournament
Oregon State earned the No. 2 seed in the final Pac-12 baseball tournament, where they were placed in Pool B with Arizona State and Stanford. Stanford won the first game against Arizona State 8–7 and then beat Oregon State 2–1 in the second game, winning Pool B. This meant that in order to get the wild card berth into the semifinal round Oregon State had to beat Arizona State the following day and hope for Arizona to win Pool A. Oregon State beat Arizona State 3–2 but Arizona lost to California 7–5, which gave Arizona the wildcard spot and ended the Beavers' Pac-12 tournament.[18][19]
NCAA tournament
Oregon State entered the NCAA tournament as the No. 15 overall seed and hosted a Regional for the 12th time in school history (10th since 2005), sweeping the series in three straight games.[20] They then faced Kentucky in the Super Regional, losing in two straight, marking an end to their long-time run as members of the Pac-12.[21]
Roster
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No. 15 (1) Oregon State Beavers | (2) UC Irvine Anteaters | (3) Nicholls Colonels | (4) Tulane Green Wave |
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2 | UC Irvine | 3 | |||||||||||
2 | UC Irvine | 13 | |||||||||||
3 | Nicholls | 12 | |||||||||||
1 | Oregon State | 11 | |||||||||||
2 | UC Irvine | 6 | |||||||||||
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2 | UC Irvine | 17 | |||||||||||
3 | Nicholls | 0 | 4 | Tulane | 7 | ||||||||
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Lexington Super Regional
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No. 2 Kentucky Wildcats | No. 15 Oregon State Beavers |
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Kentucky | 10 | 3 | |||
Oregon State | 0 | 2 |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
Coaches'[24] | 7 | 7* | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
Baseball America[25] | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
NCBWA†[26] | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
D1Baseball[27] | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
Perfect Game[28] | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
Awards
Pac-12 Player of the Year & Batting Champion[29]
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Pac-12 All-Conference Team
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Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
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Major League Baseball Draft
Travis Bazzana was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball draft, becoming the first Australian player ever taken in the first round, first second-baseman selected No. 1, and the first overall No. 1 pick by the Cleveland Guardians.[30] This is the second time Oregon State has had a player chosen No. 1 overall after Adley Rutschman in the 2019 MLB draft, placing Oregon State in elite company as one of only four schools to produce multiple No. 1 picks.
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Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
Travis Bazzana | 2B | 1st | 1st | Cleveland Guardians |
Aiden May | RHP | 2nd | 70th | Miami Marlins |
Jacob Kmatz | RHP | 5th | 157th | Tampa Bay Rays |
Bridger Holmes | RHP | 7th | 202nd | California Angels |
Elijah Hainline | SS | 7th | 220th | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Mason Guerra | INF | 14th | 431st | Atlanta Braves |
Micah McDowell | OF | 17th | 514th | Miami Marlins |
References
- ^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ Matt Connolly (January 26, 2024). "Oregon State baseball will play 2024,-25 seasons as Independent following Pac-12 collapse". on3.com. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Baseball Roster". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ Kerry Eggers. "Money, travel and family force Barney's departure from OSU".
- ^ Joe Freeman (January 16, 2024). "Oregon State Beavers debut at No. 7 in college baseball preseason national rankings". www.oregonlive.com. The Oregonian.
- ^ "Baseball's Recruiting Class Ranked 8th By Baseball America". www.osubeavers.com. Oregon State Athletic Communications.
- ^ Joe Freeman (January 5, 2024). "Oregon State's Travis Bazzana named preseason college baseball All-American". www.oregonlive.com. The Oregonian.
- ^ "Bazzana Homers Three Times In Record-Breaking Day; Beavers Take Series At WSU". Oregon State Athletics. May 5, 2024.
- ^ "Oregon State Shuts Out UCLA To Open Series". Oregon State Athletics. May 10, 2024.
- ^ "Oregon State Run Rules UCLA To Sweep Bruins". Oregon State Athletics. May 12, 2024.
- ^ Nick Daschel (May 19, 2024). "Arizona's ninth-inning rally stuns Oregon State as Wildcats win Pac-12 baseball championship". The Oregonian.
- ^ "#6 Oregon State (41-13, 19-10 Pac-12) -vs- #14 Arizona (33-20, 20-10 Pac-12)". Oregon State Athletics. May 18, 2024.
- ^ Cozart, Craig & Vincent Cervino (February 27, 2024). "College Player, Pitcher of the Week". Perfect Game.
- ^ Cozart, Craig & Vincent Cervino (March 26, 2024). "College Player, Pitcher of the Week". Perfect Game.
- ^ Montoro, Mike (April 8, 2024). "Bazzana, Smith are Dick Howser Trophy National Players of the Month". NCBWA.
- ^ "Aiden May Earns National Pitcher Of The Week Honors By The NCBWA". Oregon State Athletics. April 30, 2024.
- ^ "Pac-12 Baseball Weekly Awards - May 20, 2024". Pac-12 Conference. May 20, 2024.
- ^ Joe Freeman (May 23, 2024). "A text message and a drive helped Oregon State beat Arizona State, stay alive in Pac-12 baseball tournament". The Oregonian.
- ^ Joe Freeman (May 24, 2024). "Oregon State Beavers denied berth to semifinals of Pac-12 baseball tournament". The Oregonian.
- ^ Joe Freeman (May 26, 2024). "Oregon State Beavers to host NCAA baseball tournament regional". The Oregonian.
- ^ Nick Daschel (June 10, 2024). "Oregon State's season ends as Kentucky wins Lexington Super Regional". The Oregonian.
- ^ Joe Freeman (February 14, 2024). "Oregon State baseball loses key pitcher to season-ending injury". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Baseball Schedule". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ USA Today Coaches Poll
- ^ Baseball America Poll
- ^ NCBWA Poll
- ^ D1 Baseball Rankings
- ^ Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings
- ^ "Pac-12 announces 2024 baseball All-Conference honors". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ Mandy Bell (July 14, 2024). "Guardians make Aussie star Bazzana No. 1 overall pick". MLB.com.