# 2023 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

The 2023 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers played their home games at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field as members of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was led by Pat Casey Head Baseball Coach Mitch Canham in his fourth season at Oregon State.

## Preseason

The Beavers were ranked in the preseason Top-25 by only three of the six major poll organizations and were picked to finish third in the Pac-12 preseason coaches poll despite ending the prior season ranked 10th in the final D1 poll. The team lost 18 players from the 2022 squad, including Major League Baseball 1st round pick and National Pitcher of the Year Award winner Cooper Hjerpe, but signed one of the top recruiting classes in the nation.

## Regular season

Following a three-game sweep of Coppin State, Trent Sellers was named the Pac-12's Pitcher of the Week and Gavin Turley was selected as conference Player of the Week.
Mitch Canham reached his 100th win as head coach on March 7 in a win over San Diego, becoming the fifth Beaver head coach to reach that milestone.
Travis Bazzana set the all-time Oregon State record for most steals in a game with five against the Seattle Redhawks. The previous record of four steals in a single game was set by Steve Lyons in 1979 and matched by David Anderson in 1991. Bazzana later broke the single-season steal record when he recorded his 30th steal in a game against Utah.

## Schedule and results

2023 Oregon State Beavers Baseball Game Log :
Regular Season :
February (6–1)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveOverall recordPac12 record
Feb 17vs. New Mexico*Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ2–7Egloff (1–0)Sellers (0–1)McBroom0–1
Feb 18vs. Minnesota*Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ8–7Larson (1–0)Klassen (0–1)Brown (1)1–1
Feb 19vs. New Mexico*Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ14–6Hutcheson (1–0)Russell (0–1)None2–1
Feb 20vs. UC Santa Barbara*Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ11–0$^8$Lawson (1–0)Bremner (0–1)None3–1
Feb 24vs. Coppin State*Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR11–1Sellers (1–1)McCallum (1–1)None4–1
Feb 25vs. Coppin State*Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR16–0Kmatz (1–0)Herrand (1–1)None5–1
Feb 26vs. Coppin State*Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR19–5Lattery (1–0)Hamberg (0–1)None6–1 :
March (10–8)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveOverall recordPac12 record
Mar 2at Cal Poly*Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA5–4Lattery (2–0)True (0–2)Brown (2)7–1
Mar 3at Cal Poly*Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA7–2Jimenez (1–0)Warreck (1–1)Mejia (1)8–1
Mar 4at Cal Poly*Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA2–4Weston (1–1)Kmatz (1–1)Scott (1)8–2
Mar 4at Cal Poly*Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA3–1Hunter (1–0)Baum (1–2)Brown (3)9–2
Mar 7vs. San Diego*No. 25Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR9–4Thorsteinson (1–0)Negrete (1–1)None10–2
Mar 10vs. Washington StateNo. 25Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR5–1Sellers (2–1)Hawkins (1–2)None11–21–0
Mar 11vs. Washington StateNo. 25Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR3–6Kaelber (3–0)Kmatz (1–2)Grillo (4)11–31–1
Mar 12vs. Washington StateNo. 25Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR1–3Wilford (2–0)Hunter (1–1)Grillo (5)11–41–2
Mar 14vs. Nevada*Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR1–5Stumbo (2–1)Larson (1–1)None11–51–2
Mar 15vs. Nevada*Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR12–1Grewe (1–0)Biesterfeld (0–2)None12–51–2
Mar 17at No. 9 StanfordKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA8–9Dowd (1–1)Sellers (2–2)Bruno (2)12–61–3
Mar 18at No. 9 StanfordKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA5–8Scott (3–0)Kmatz (1–3)None12–71–4
Mar 19at No. 9 StanfordKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA4–5Dowd (2–1)Ferrer (0–1)Pancer (1)12–81–5
Mar 21vs. Portland*Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR8–6Brown (1–0)Hebert (0–3)None13–81–5
Mar 24vs. CaliforniaGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR5–3Sellers (3–2)Turkington (0–1)Brown (4)14–82–5
Mar 25vs. CaliforniaGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR1–2Pasqualott (2–0)Kmatz (1–4)Bougie (1)14–92–6
Mar 26vs. CaliforniaGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR2–1Brown (2–0)Aivazian (0–1)None15–93–6
Mar 29at Seattle*Bannerwood Park • Bellevue, WA6–5Kelijo (1–0)Alberghini (0–1)Jimenez (1)16–93–6
Mar 31at WashingtonHusky Ballpark • Seattle, WAPOSTPONED :
April (14–4)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveOverall recordPac12 record
Apr 1at WashingtonHusky Ballpark • Seattle, WA6–3Sellers (4–2)Lord (3–2)Brown (5)17–94–6
Apr 1at WashingtonHusky Ballpark • Seattle, WA5–1Kmatz (2–4)Flesland (3–1)None18–95–6
Apr 2at WashingtonHusky Ballpark • Seattle, WA2–7Engman (2–1)Krieg (0–1)Emanuels (3)18–105–7
Apr 6at No. 25 OregonPK Park • Eugene, ORPOSTPONED
Apr 7at No. 25 OregonPK Park • Eugene, OR0–2Stoffal (4–2)Sellers (4–3)Mollerus (5)18–115–8
Apr 8at No. 25 OregonPK Park • Eugene, OR4–2Lawson (2–0)Grabmann (0–2)Brown (6)19–116–8
Apr 9at No. 25 OregonPK Park • Eugene, OR12–2Lattery (3–0)Uelmen (2–3)None20–117–8
Apr 10vs. Gonzaga*Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, ORCANCELED – RAINED OUT
Apr 11vs. Gonzaga*Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR15–1Mejia (1–0)Graham (0–3)None21–117–8
Apr 14vs. No. 23 USCGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR10–4Sellers (5–3)Stromsborg (4–2)Brown (7)22–118–8
Apr 15vs. No. 23 USCGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR3–2$^{13}$Brown (3–0)Johnson (2–3)None23–119–8
Apr 16vs. No. 23 USCGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR6–3Lattery (4–0)Hammond (2–3)Ferrer (1)24–1110–8
Apr 18vs. Seattle*No. 21Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR8–2Larson (2–1)Hogan (0–6)None25–1110–8
Apr 21at No. 19 Arizona StateNo. 21Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ13–11Sellers (6–3)Dunn (4–3)Brown (8)26–1111–8
Apr 22at No. 19 Arizona StateNo. 21Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ7–11Stevenson (2–1)Brown (3–1)None26–1211–9
Apr 23at No. 19 Arizona StateNo. 21Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ10–12Stevenson (3–1)Jimenez (1–1)Pivaroff (2)26–1311–10
Apr 24at Grand Canyon*No. 22Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ13–2Larson (3–1)Heaton (1–1)None27–1311–10
Apr 28vs. ArizonaNo. 22Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR2–1Jimenez (2–1)Barraza (1–1)None28–1312–10
Apr 29vs. ArizonaNo. 22Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR10–4Kmatz (3–4)Zastrow (4–3)None29–1313–10
Apr 30vs. ArizonaNo. 22Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR11–10Brown (4–1)Barraza (1–2)None30–1314–10 :
May (9–3)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveOverall recordPac12 record
May 2vs. No. 17 Oregon*No. 15Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR11–6Grewe (2–0)Pace (2–2)None31–1314–10
May 5vs. UtahNo. 15Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR9–13Harris (2–3)Sellers (6–4)Ashman (9)31–1414–11
May 6vs. UtahNo. 15Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR6–5Kmatz (4–4)Jones (2–3)Ferrer (2)32–1415–11
May 7vs. UtahNo. 15Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR11–4Jimenez (3–1)Day (3–5)None33–1416–11
May 9at Portland*No. 15Ron Tonkin Field • Hillsboro, OR4–2Lawson (3–0)Gartrell (4–4)None34–1416–11
May 12at UCLANo. 15Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA5–12Brooks (6–5)Sellers (6–5)None34–1516–12
May 13at UCLANo. 15Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA6–4Ferrer (1–1)Austin (4–4)Brown (9)35–1517–12
May 14at UCLANo. 15Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA21–5Keljo (2–0)Aldrich (3–3)Mejia (2)36–1518–12
May 16vs. Portland*No. 10Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR8–14Segel (3–1)Jimenez (3–2)None36–1618–12
May 18vs. Western Carolina*No. 10Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR20–7Ferrer (2–1)Todd (2–4)None37–1618–12
May 19vs. Western CarolinaNo. 10Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR23–5Kmatz (5–4)Ingle (0–3)None38–1618–12
May 20vs. Western CarolinaNo. 10Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR8–4Jimenez (4–2)Mortenson (0–5)Brown (10)39–1618–12 :
Postseason :
Pac-12 tournament (0–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveOverall recordPac-12 tournament record
May 24vs. (8) ArizonaNo. 10 (2)Scottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, AZ12–13Barraza (5–2)Brown (4–2)None39–170–1
May 25vs. (5) Arizona StateNo. 10 (2)Scottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, AZ10–14Pivaroff (3–2)Larson (3–2)None39–180–2 :
Baton Rouge Regional (2–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveOverall recordRegional record
June 2vs. (3) Sam HoustonNo. 14 (2)Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA18–2Sellers (7–5)Atkinson (9–5)None40–181–0
June 3vs. No. 7 (1) LSUAlex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LAPOSTPONED
June 4vs. No. 7 (1) LSUNo. 14 (2)Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA5–6Hurd (6–2)Ferrer (2–2)Guidry (2)40–191–1
June 4vs. (3) Sam HoustonNo. 14 (2)Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA3–1Jimenez (5–2)Wales (2–6)Brown (11)41–192–1
June 5vs. No. 7 (1) LSUNo. 14 (2)Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA7–13Herring (4–2)Larson (3–2)None41–202–2 :
Win  Loss  Postponement/TieBold: Oregon State team member Rankings from D1 Baseball(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.* indicates a non-conference game. :

## Baton Rouge Regional

Baton Rouge Regional Teams :
| No. 5 (1) LSU Tigers | (2) Oregon State Beavers | (3) Sam Houston Bearkats | (4) Tulane Green Wave |
| First Round | First Round | First Round | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | 5 LSU | 7 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Tulane | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Tulane | 2 | 1 | 5 LSU | 6 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Oregon State | 5 | | | |
| 2 | Oregon State | 18 | 2 | Oregon State | 5 | | | |
| 3 | Sam Houston | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Sam Houston | 2 | | | | 1 | 5 LSU | 13 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Oregon State | 7 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | 2 | Oregon State | 7 |
| | | | 2 | Oregon State | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Sam Houston | 10 | 3 | Sam Houston | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Tulane | 2 | | | | | | |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| Coaches' | 23 | 23* | 24 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 20 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 25 |
| Baseball America | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 22 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | — |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | 27 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 22 |
| NCBWA† | 23 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 26 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 26 |
| D1Baseball | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 23 |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season. † 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.