2011 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

The 2011 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team participated in the Pacific-10 Conference. They were coached by Pat Casey and assistant coaches Marty Lees, Pat Bailey, and Nate Yeskie. They played their home games in Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. The Beavers finished the season with a 41–19 overall record, and came in third in the Pacific-10 Conference Championship with 17 wins and 10 losses.

The team was selected to host a Regional in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and as such were seeded #1 in the Corvallis Regional. The Beavers won all three of their games in the Corvallis Regional and went on to play the #6 national seed Vanderbilt in the Nashville Super Regional, where they lost in 2 games.

Previous season

Oregon State finished the 2010 regular season as the #8 team in the Pacific-10 Conference, and lost to the Florida Gators in the Gainesville Regional. Many players returned from last year's team to play for the 2011 team.

Highlights

• The pitching staff finished the season with a team ERA of 3.14 in 2011, which is the lowest since 2005 and the second-lowest since 1979.
• Six pitchers were selected in the first nine rounds of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, the most ever in Beavers' history.

Schedule

! style="" | Regular season (38–17) |- valign="top"

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 1 || February 19 || vs. Gonzaga || || Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California || W 4–3 <small>(11)</small> || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 2 || February 20 || vs. Gonzaga || || Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California || W 4–2 || 2–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 3 || February 20 || at No. 29 Fresno State || || Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California || L 1–2 || 2–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 4 || February 21 || at No. 29 Fresno State || || Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California || L 4–5 || 2–2 || – |- ! colspan=14 style="padding-left:4em;background:#D63F09; color:#000000" | Kleberg Bank Classic |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 5 || February 25 || vs. No. 25 Connecticut || || Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas || W 2–0 || 3–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 6 || February 26 || || || Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas || L 7–8 || 3–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 7 || February 27 || vs. Indiana || || Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas || W 7–5 || 4–3 || – |- ! colspan=14 style="padding-left:4em;background:#D63F09; color:white" | |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 8 || || vs. UTSA || || || || 5–3 || – |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 9 || March 5 || Hartford || || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 14–3 <small>(7)</small> || 6–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 10 || March 5 || Hartford || || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 16–1 || 7–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 11 || March 6 || Hartford || || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 9–1 || 8–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 12 || March 6 || Hartford || || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 13–2 || 9–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 13 || March 8 || Oregon || || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 4–1 || 10–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 14 || March 11 || New Mexico State || || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 7–0 || 11–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 15 || March 12 || VMI || || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 13–3 || 12–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 16 || March 13 || VMI || || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 5–1 || 13–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 17 || March 18 || at Long Beach State || No. 23 || Blair Field • Long Beach, California || W 4–0 || 14–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 18 || March 19 || at Long Beach State || No. 23 || Blair Field • Long Beach, California || W 9–6 || 15–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 19 || March 19 || at Long Beach State || No. 23 || Blair Field • Long Beach, California || L 1–2 <small>(11)</small> || 15–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 20 || March 22 || Seattle || No. 26 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || L 4–5 || 15–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 21 || March 23 || Seattle || No. 26 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 4–2 || 16–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 22 || March 25 || UC Santa Barbara || No. 26 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 6–3 || 17–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 23 || March 26 || UC Santa Barbara || No. 26 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 11–5 || 18–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 24 || March 27 || UC Santa Barbara || No. 26 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || L 3–8 || 18–6 || – |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 25 || April 1 || at No. 17 Arizona || No. 29 || Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona || L 0–18 || 18–7 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 26 || April 2 || at No. 17 Arizona || No. 29 || Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona || W 10–4 || 19–7 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 27 || April 3 || at No. 17 Arizona || No. 29 || Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona || W 8–4 || 20–7 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 28 || April 5 || at Portland || No. 20 || Joe Etzel Field • Portland, Oregon || W 11–1 || 21–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 29 || April 8 || No. 5 Arizona State || No. 20 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 5–3 || 22–7 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 30 || April 9 || No. 5 Arizona State || No. 20 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 7–6 || 23–7 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 31 || April 10 || No. 5 Arizona State || No. 20 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 9–6 || 24–7 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 32 || April 15 || at No. 21 Stanford || No. 10 || Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California || W 1–0 || 25–7 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 33 || April 16 || at No. 21 Stanford || No. 10 || Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California || W 8–1 || 26–7 || 7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 34 || April 17 || at No. 21 Stanford || No. 10 || Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California || W 6–4 || 27–7 || 8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 35 || April 21 || Washington State || No. 7 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 4–2 || 28–7 || 9–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 36 || April 22 || Washington State || No. 7 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 7–6 || 29–7 || 10–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 37 || April 23 || Washington State || No. 7 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || L 0–2 || 29–8 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 38 || April 26 || at Portland || No. 6 || Joe Etzel Field • Portland, Oregon || W 6–1 || 30–8 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 39 || April 29 || at No. 13 UCLA || No. 6 || Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California || W 7–5 || 31–8 || 11–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 40 || April 30 || at No. 13 UCLA || No. 6 || Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California || W 2–0 || 32–8 || 12–2 |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 41 || May 1 || at No. 13 UCLA || No. 6 || Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California || L 2–5 || 32–9 || 12–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 42 || May 3 || Oregon || No. 4 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || L 2–7 || 32–10 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 43 || May 7 || No. 24 California || No. 4 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 3–0 || 33–10 || 13–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 44 || May 7 || No. 24 California || No. 4 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || L 2–6 || 33–11 || 13–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 45 || May 8 || No. 24 California || No. 4 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 4–2 || 34–11 || 14–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 46 || May 10 || Portland || No. 3 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 13–3 || 35–11 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 47 || May 13 || vs. Washington || No. 3 || Safeco Field • Seattle, Washington || W 6–4 || 36–11 || 15–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 48 || May 14 || at Washington || No. 3 || Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington || W 9–3 || 37–11 || 16–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 49 || May 14 || at Washington || No. 3 || Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington || L 6–7 || 37–12 || 16–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 50 || May 20 || USC || No. 2 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 7–2 || 38–12 || 17–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 51 || May 21 || USC || No. 2 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || L 3–8 || 38–13 || 17–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 52 || May 22 || USC || No. 2 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || L 3–4 || 38–14 || 17–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 53 || May 27 || at Oregon || No. 6 || PK Park • Eugene, Oregon || L 1–4 || 38–15 || 17–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 54 || May 28 || at Oregon || No. 6 || PK Park • Eugene, Oregon || L 1–4 || 38–16 || 17–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 55 || May 29 || at Oregon || No. 6 || PK Park • Eugene, Oregon || L 0–6 || 38–17 || 17–10 |-

|- |- ! style="" | Postseason (3–2) |- valign="top"

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 56 || June 3 || || (1) No. 13 || || || 39–17 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 57 || June 4 || (2) No. 25 Creighton || (1) No. 13 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 5–1 || 40–17 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" | 58 || || (3) Georgia || (1) No. 13 || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon || W 6–4 || 41–17 || 3–0 |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 59 || June 10 || at (6) No. 3 Vanderbilt || No. 9 || Hawkins Field • Nashville, Tennessee || L 1–11 || 41–18 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffdddd" | 60 || June 11 || at (6) No. 3 Vanderbilt || No. 9 || Hawkins Field • Nashville, Tennessee || L 3–9 || 41–19 || 3–2 |-

Rankings

See also

• Oregon State Beavers baseball
• 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season

References

External links

• Oregon State Beavers baseball team
• Pac-10 baseball