Baseball Travels for a Midweek Series Against Oregon State

Santa Clara

Oregon State

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Santa Clara (7-13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Oregon State (14-5)	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	1	X	9	10	0

Santa Clara

Oregon State

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Santa Clara (7-12)	4	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	10	12	3
Oregon State (13-5)	0	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	9	9	2

Pitching

Win: Jack Washburn (3-0)

Loss: Jared Feikes (0-2)

Batting

Santa Clara

2B: Eamonn Lance

3B: none

HR: none

Oregon State

2B: Andy Armstrong; Gavin Logan; Kyler McMahan

3B: none

HR: Gavin Logan; Kyler McMahan

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Pitching

Win: Cole Kitchen (4-0)

Loss: Jaren Hunter (0-1)

Save: Travis Howard (4)

Batting

Santa Clara

2B: Jason Dicochea; Ryan McCarthy; Connor Henriques

3B: none

HR: Jake MacNichols

Oregon State

2B: Kyler McMahan; Matthew Gretler

3B: none

HR: Garret Forrester

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Posted: Mar 22, 2021

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara baseball continues its stretch of playing eight games in 10 days when they travel to Oregon State for a two-game midweek series on Tuesday and Wednesday. The first pitch for both days is at 5:35 p.m.

Coming off a tough weekend losing all three games in the West Coast Conference opener to Gonzaga, the Broncos (6-12) make their first and only trip out of California during the regular season. After facing the Beavers (13-4), Santa Clara will remain in the state and play a WCC series against Portland over the weekend to close out the road trip.

Oregon State took two out of three games at home against Washington State in the Pac-12 opener last weekend. The Beavers have played more games against WCC opponents than the Broncos have this season with four, winning a neutral site matchup with Gonzaga in the Sanderson Ford College Baseball Classic tournament (Feb. 21) and sweeping BYU at home (March 4-6).

2021 SEASON PREVIEW

SANTA CLARA NOTES

• Santa Clara is averaging 5.3 runs per game with a .239 batting average. The team is giving up 5.8 runs a game with a 4.66 ERA allowing an opponent batting average of .235

• Six different hurlers have started in the first 18 games led by Russell Grant and Freddie Erlandson with five each.

• The Broncos are 3-2 in games that Russell Grant has started on the mound.

• Four players have started in all 18 games: Coleman Brigman (CF), Dawson Brigman (2B), Jason Dicochea (SS) and Jake MacNichols (eight games at catcher, six at DH, four at first base).

• A Brigman brother (Coleman or Dawson) has batted leadoff in 34-straight games since the start of the 2020 season. Mike Bowes is the only other non-Brigman that has batted leadoff when he was the opening day leadoff batter in 2020. Coleman Brigman batted leadoff the rest of the 2020 season and has continued it this season with the exception of the Feb. 26 game against Stanford when older brother Dawson Brigman batted leadoff.

• Four of the six home runs hit by Jake MacNichols this season have come in the first inning including three-run homers in back-to-back opening innings against UC San Diego (March 13 & 14). The only non-first inning home runs came against Sacramento State (March 4) in the seventh and against Gonzaga (March 20) in the eighth.

• National and Conference Rankings

-Jake MacNichols is tied for first in the conference in home runs with six, a mark that's good for 30th nationally.

-Austin Reyes is tied for third nationally (and first in conference) in sacrifice flies with four.

-Cole Kitchen is tied for first in the conference with three wins.

-Cole Kitchen is second in the conference with 4.43 hits allowed per nine innings.

-Travis Howard is tied for second in the conference with three saves.

-With two shutouts on the season, the Bronco pitching staff is tied for third in the conference.

Santa Clara (6-12) vs Oregon State (13-4)

Games #19-20 at Goss Stadium

-Tuesday, March 23 • 5:35 p.m.

-Wednesday, March 24 • 5:35 p.m.

All-Time Series: Santa Clara leads the series 14-4-1 dating back to 1962. The two schools last met on March 9, 2008 in San Diego where the Beavers prevailed 12-10.

ABOUT OREGON STATE

Oregon State is 13-4 this season including 6-3 at home under second year head coach Mitch Canham.

The Beavers returned 23 letterman including eight starters from a squad that finished 5-9 in the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season.

Among the 10 returning pitchers, right-hander Kevin Abel headlines the staff and was named to the watch list for the 2021 Golden Spikes Award. He is 1-3 with a 3.65 ERA in five starts this season fanning 41 batters over 24 2/3 innings.

This season, the Beavers are hitting .282 led by Jacob Melton's .414 average over 12 games. Andy Armstrong is the only player who has started in all 17 games and is batting .338. Joe Casey tops the team with three home runs and 15 RBIs, while speedster Preston Jones has three triples on the season and has swiped five bags in as many attempts.

The Oregon State pitching staff boasts a 2.53 ERA and has held opponents to a .205 batting average. They have nearly a 3-to-1 strikeout to walk ratio at 175 to 60 over 153 innings.

Defensively, the Beavers have committed only eight errors on the season and has a .987 fielding percentage.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Live Stream / Video	Tuesday Wednesday
Live Stats	Tuesday Wednesday
Santa Clara	Notes
Oregon State	Notes Roster Schedule