# 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

2005 Oregon State Beavers baseball game log (41–19) :
Regular season (38–17) :
February (5–3)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
1February 19vs. GonzagaPete Beiden Field • Fresno, CaliforniaW 4–3 (11)1–0–
2February 20vs. GonzagaPete Beiden Field • Fresno, CaliforniaW 4–22–0–
3February 20at No. 29 Fresno StatePete Beiden Field • Fresno, CaliforniaL 1–22–1–
4February 21at No. 29 Fresno StatePete Beiden Field • Fresno, CaliforniaL 4–52–2–
Kleberg Bank Classic
5February 25vs. No. 25 ConnecticutWhataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TexasW 2–03–2–
6February 26vs. Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiWhataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TexasL 7–83–3–
7February 27vs. IndianaWhataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TexasW 7–54–3–
8February 28vs. UTSAWolff Municipal Stadium • San Antonio, TexasW 10–7 (10)5–3– :
March (13–3)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
9March 5HartfordGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 14–3 (7)6–3–
10March 5HartfordGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 16–17–3–
11March 6HartfordGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 9–18–3–
12March 6HartfordGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 13–29–3–
13March 8OregonGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 4–110–3–
14March 11New Mexico StateGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 7–011–3–
15March 12VMIGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 13–312–3–
16March 13VMIGoss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 5–113–3–
17March 18at Long Beach StateNo. 23Blair Field • Long Beach, CaliforniaW 4–014–3–
18March 19at Long Beach StateNo. 23Blair Field • Long Beach, CaliforniaW 9–615–3–
19March 19at Long Beach StateNo. 23Blair Field • Long Beach, CaliforniaL 1–2 (11)15–4–
20March 22SeattleNo. 26Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonL 4–515–5–
21March 23SeattleNo. 26Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 4–216–5–
22March 25UC Santa BarbaraNo. 26Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 6–317–5–
23March 26UC Santa BarbaraNo. 26Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 11–518–5–
24March 27UC Santa BarbaraNo. 26Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonL 3–818–6– :
April (14–2)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
25April 1at No. 17 ArizonaNo. 29Sancet Stadium • Tucson, ArizonaL 0–1818–70–1
26April 2at No. 17 ArizonaNo. 29Sancet Stadium • Tucson, ArizonaW 10–419–71–1
27April 3at No. 17 ArizonaNo. 29Sancet Stadium • Tucson, ArizonaW 8–420–72–1
28April 5at PortlandNo. 20Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OregonW 11–121–7–
29April 8No. 5 Arizona StateNo. 20Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 5–322–73–1
30April 9No. 5 Arizona StateNo. 20Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 7–623–74–1
31April 10No. 5 Arizona StateNo. 20Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 9–624–75–1
32April 15at No. 21 StanfordNo. 10Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CaliforniaW 1–025–76–1
33April 16at No. 21 StanfordNo. 10Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CaliforniaW 8–126–77–1
34April 17at No. 21 StanfordNo. 10Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CaliforniaW 6–427–78–1
35April 21Washington StateNo. 7Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 4–228–79–1
36April 22Washington StateNo. 7Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 7–629–710–1
37April 23Washington StateNo. 7Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonL 0–229–810–2
38April 26at PortlandNo. 6Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OregonW 6–130–8–
39April 29at No. 13 UCLANo. 6Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CaliforniaW 7–531–811–2
40April 30at No. 13 UCLANo. 6Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CaliforniaW 2–032–812–2 :
May (6–8)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
41May 1at No. 13 UCLANo. 6Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CaliforniaL 2–532–912–3
42May 3OregonNo. 4Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonL 2–732–10–
43May 7No. 24 CaliforniaNo. 4Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 3–033–1013–3
44May 7No. 24 CaliforniaNo. 4Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonL 2–633–1113–4
45May 8No. 24 CaliforniaNo. 4Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 4–234–1114–4
46May 10PortlandNo. 3Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 13–335–11–
47May 13vs. WashingtonNo. 3Safeco Field • Seattle, WashingtonW 6–436–1115–4
48May 14at WashingtonNo. 3Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WashingtonW 9–337–1116–4
49May 14at WashingtonNo. 3Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WashingtonL 6–737–1216–5
50May 20USCNo. 2Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 7–238–1217–5
51May 21USCNo. 2Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonL 3–838–1317–6
52May 22USCNo. 2Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonL 3–438–1417–7
53May 27at OregonNo. 6PK Park • Eugene, OregonL 1–438–1517–8
54May 28at OregonNo. 6PK Park • Eugene, OregonL 1–438–1617–9
55May 29at OregonNo. 6PK Park • Eugene, OregonL 0–638–1717–10 :
Postseason (3–2) :
NCAA tournament: Corvallis Regional (3–0)
#DateOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordNCAAT record
56June 3(4) Arkansas–Little Rock(1) No. 13Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 7–439–171–0
57June 4(2) No. 25 Creighton(1) No. 13Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 5–140–172–0
58June 5(3) Georgia(1) No. 13Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OregonW 6–441–173–0 :
NCAA tournament: Nashville Super Regional (0–2)
#DateOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordNCAAT record
59June 10at (6) No. 3 VanderbiltNo. 9Hawkins Field • Nashville, TennesseeL 1–1141–183–1
60June 11at (6) No. 3 VanderbiltNo. 9Hawkins Field • Nashville, TennesseeL 3–941–193–2 :

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | 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 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | RV | RV* | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 16* | 16* | 11 |
| Baseball America | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15* | 15* | 10 |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | RV | — | — | — | 23 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| NCBWA† | RV | RV | RV | RV | 30 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 18* | 12 | 12 |
^ 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.