2024 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

2024 Oregon State Beavers baseball
Corvallis Regional
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
D1Baseball.com	No. 6
Record	42–14 (19–10 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mitch Canham (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Ryan Gipson (6th season) Joey Wong (1st season)
Pitching coach	Rich Dorman (5th season)
Home stadium	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field

2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
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 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represents Oregon State University in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers play their home games at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field as members of the Pac-12 Conference. This is the final year the Beavers baseball team will play as members of the Pac-12 Conference, as they will compete as an independent beginning in 2025. The team is led by Pat Casey Head Baseball Coach Mitch Canham in his fifth season at Oregon State.

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. Wong had previously served as an assistant coach on the 2020 team.

The team returns 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. Junior second baseman Travis Bazzana was named a preseason All-American by Perfect Game.

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.

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. 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.

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.

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. 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. 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.

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.

Five different Oregon State players have received Pac-12 Player/Pitcher of the Week recognition: Travis Bazzana (three times), Jacob Kmatz (three times), Mason Guerra, Gavin Turley, and Aiden May.

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.

NCAA tournament
Oregon State enters the NCAA tournament as the No. 15 overall seed and will host a Regional for the 12th time in school history (10th since 2005).

Roster

2024 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 1 OF Gavin Turley R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Chandler, AZ 2 INF Jabin Trosky S/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 186 lb (84 kg) RS So Carmel, CA 3 INF Elijah Hainline R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 181 lb (82 kg) Jr Spokane, WA 4 INF Dallas Macias L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 196 lb (89 kg) So Parker, CO 6 C Easton Talt L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 181 lb (82 kg) So Everett, WA 7 INF Brandon Forrester R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 171 lb (78 kg) RS Fr Sacramento, CA 8 C Tanner Smith R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Jr Chandler, AZ 9 INF Mason Guerra R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Jr Beaverton, OR 12 OF Micah McDowell L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Halifax, Nova Scotia 13 INF Levi Jones L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Fr Portland, OR 14 C Evan Gustafson R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Eau Claire, WI 15 OF Carson McEntire R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Fr Peoria, AZ 16 RHP Aiden Jimenez  R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Elk Grove, CA 17 OF Brady Kasper L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Mission Viejo, CA 18 C Wilson Weber R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Jr Gresham, OR 19 RHP AJ Lattery R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Sr Prior Lake, MN 20 RHP Kellan Oakes R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 197 lb (89 kg) So Canby, OR 21 INF Reeve Boyd R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Seattle, WA 22 INF Jacob Krieg R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Antioch, CA 23 OF Canon Reeder R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Bend, OR 24 RHP Aiden May R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Jr Albuquerque, NM 25 RHP Joey Mundt R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 217 lb (98 kg) RS Sr Hughson, CA 26 RHP Noah Ferguson R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 191 lb (87 kg) RS Jr Salem, OR 27 RHP Drew Talavs R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Fr West Linn, OR 28 INF Dawson Santana R/R 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Fr Lake Oswego, OR 29 RHP Bryce Johnson R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Fr Sammamish, WA 30 RHP Kyle Scott R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Sr Seal Beach, CA 31 RHP Matthew Morrell R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Fr Placentia, CA 32 RHP AJ Hutcheson L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Elk Grove, CA 33 RHP Laif Palmer R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Fr Golden, CO 34 RHP Ian Lawson R/R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 246 lb (112 kg) Sr Hillsboro, OR 35 RHP Jacob Kmatz R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Albuquerque, NM 36 LHP Nelson Keljo L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 232 lb (105 kg) So Portland, OR 37 INF Travis Bazzana L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Jr Sydney, Australia 38 RHP Eric Segura R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Fr Soledad, CA 40 RHP Jaren Hunter R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Damascus, OR 41 RHP Chase Reynolds R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Albany, OR 44 INF Trent Caraway  R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Fr Dana Point, CA 45 RHP James DeCremer R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Scottsdale, AZ 47 C Anthony Marnell IV S/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Fr Las Vegas, NV 48 LHP Tyler Mejia L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Castle Rock, CO 50 RHP Bridger Holmes R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Jr North Bend, OR 51 RHP Tephen Montgomery R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 193 lb (88 kg) So Tampa, FL 54 INF Tyce Peterson R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 194 lb (88 kg) So Kirkland, WA	Head coach Mitch Canham Assistant coach(es) Ryan Gipson Joey Wong Pitching coach(es) Rich Dorman Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 6, 2024

Schedule and results

2024 Oregon State Beavers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February (8–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record Pac12 record Feb 16 vs. New Mexico* No. 7 Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ 15–6 May (1–0) Jackson (0–1) None 1–0 Feb 17 vs. Minnesota* No. 7 Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ 6–4 Reynolds (1–0) Tucker (0–1) Scott (1) 2–0 Feb 18 vs. CSU Bakersfield* No. 7 Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ 15–2 Holmes (1–0) Plotkin (0–1) None 3–0 Feb 19 vs. Minnesota* No. 7 Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ 6–1 Oakes (1–0) Gross (1–1) None 4–0 Feb 21 vs. No. 19 Texas Tech* No. 7 Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX 10–4 Lawson (1–0) Rogers (0–1) None 5–0 Feb 23 vs. No. 2 Arkansas* No. 7 Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX 4–5 Wood (1–0) Hutcheson (0–1) Faherty (1) 5–1 Feb 24 vs. Michigan* No. 7 Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX 11–17 Kmatz (1–0) Denner (1–1) None 6–1 Feb 25 vs. Oklahoma State* No. 7 Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX 8–1 Segura (1–0) Keisel (0–1) None 7–1 Feb 29 vs. North Dakota State* No. 6 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 19–77 Hutcheson (1–1) Ligtenberg (0–1) None 8–1
March (13–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record Pac12 record Mar 1 vs. North Dakota State* No. 6 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 6–5 Holmes (2–0) Danielson (0–2) None 9–1 Mar 2 vs. North Dakota State* No. 6 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 10–08 Kmatz (2–0) Knight (0–2) None 10–1 Mar 3 vs. North Dakota State* No. 6 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 13–7 Segura (2–0) Koenig (0–2) None 11–1 Mar 7 vs. CSUN* No. 6 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 9–2 Morrell (1–0) Ignaciak (0–1) None 12–1 Mar 8 vs. CSUN* No. 6 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 8–6 Lawson (2–0) Pallares (0–1) Holmes (1) 13–1 Mar 9 vs. CSUN* No. 6 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 7–6 Mejia (1–0) Romero (4–1) Morrell (1) 14–1 Mar 10 vs. CSUN* No. 6 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 9–7 Segura (3–0) Gutierrez (0–1) Holmes (2) 15–1 Mar 15 at Utah No. 3 Smith's Ballpark • Salt Lake City, UT 7–5 Montgomery (1–0) Ashman (0–1) Holmes (3) 16–1 1–0 Mar 16 at Utah No. 3 Smith's Ballpark • Salt Lake City, UT 8–1 Oakes (2–0) McAnelly (2–2) None 17–1 2–0 Mar 17 at Utah No. 3 Smith's Ballpark • Salt Lake City, UT 11–14 Hostert (3–1) Hutcheson (1–2) Ashman (5) 17–2 2–1 Mar 19 at Portland* No. 2 Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR 14–3 Mundt (1–0) Codron (1–1) None 18–2 2–1 Mar 22 vs. Washington No. 2 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 3–1 Oakes (3–0) Engman (0–4) Holmes (4) 19–2 3–1 Mar 23 vs. Washington No. 2 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 18–2 Kmatz (3–0) Kirchoff (1–1) Hunter (1) 20–2 4–1 Mar 24 vs. Washington No. 2 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 10–0 Segura (4–0) Dessart (1–2) None 21–2 5–1 Mar 28 at USC No. 2 Cicerone Field • Irvine, CA 1–2 Blum (2–0) Oakes (3–1) None 21–3 5–2 Mar 29 at USC No. 2 Cicerone Field • Irvine, CA 4–17 Johnson (2–0) Kmatz (3–1) None 21–4 5–3 Mar 30 at USC No. 2 Cicerone Field • Irvine, CA RAINED OUT
April (12–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record Pac12 record Apr 1 vs. Gonzaga* No. 5 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 14–0 Segura (5–0) Gosztola (0–2) None 22–4 5–3 Apr 2 vs. Gonzaga* No. 5 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 13–5 Palmer (1–0) Hoffberg (0–2) None 23–4 5–3 Apr 5 vs. Arizona State No. 5 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 13–8 Keljo (1–0) Barnes (0–1) Holmes (5) 24–4 6–3 Apr 6 vs. Arizona State No. 5 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 9–1 Kmatz (4–1) Markl (2–2) None 25–4 7–3 Apr 7 vs. Arizona State No. 5 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 9–7 Hutcheson (2–2) Schiefer (0–2) Holmes (6) 26–4 8–3 Apr 9 vs. Portland* No. 5 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 11–8 Ferguson (1–0) Folkins (1–1) Holmes (7) 27–4 8–3 Apr 12 vs. Stanford No. 5 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 6–0 May (2–0) Scott (2–6) None 28–4 9–3 Apr 13 vs. Stanford No. 5 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 3–1 Kmatz (5–1) Lim (3–3) Holmes (8) 29–4 10–3 Apr 14 vs. Stanford No. 5 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 10–11 Reimers (3–1) Palmer (1–1) Volchko (1) 29–5 10–4 Apr 16 at Nevada* No. 5 William Peccole Park • Reno, NV 12–5 Mejia (2–0) Marks (2–3) None 30–5 10–4 Apr 17 at Nevada* No. 5 William Peccole Park • Reno, NV 10–11 Canizares (1–0) Holmes (2–1) None 30–6 10–4 Apr 19 at California No. 5 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA 8–10 Stasiowski (3–1) Holmes (2–2) None 30–7 10–5 Apr 20 at California No. 5 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA 7–8 Aivazian (2–0) Holmes (2–3) None 30–8 10–6 Apr 21 at California No. 5 Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA 3–4 Newmann (2–4) Palmer (1–2) None 30–9 10–7 Apr 23 vs. Portland* No. 9 Ron Tonkin Field • Hillsboro, OR 7–2 Hunter (1–0) Gillis (0–2) None 31–9 10–7 Apr 26 vs. No. 22 Oregon No. 9 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 2–0 May (3–0) Gordon (5–4) Holmes (9) 32–9 11–7 Apr 27 vs. No. 22 Oregon No. 9 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 4–2 Mundt (2–0) Mercado (0–1) Holmes (10) 33–9 12–7 Apr 28 vs. No. 22 Oregon No. 9 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 1–7 Setter (5–3) Segura (5–1) None 33–10 12–8 Apr 30 at Oregon* No. 6 PK Park • Eugene, OR 5–9 Moore (2–0) Hunter (1–1) None 33–11 12–8
May (8–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record Pac12 record May 3 at Washington State No. 6 Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WA 2–1 May (4–0) Taylor (4–3) Holmes (11) 34–11 13–8 May 4 at Washington State No. 6 Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WA 9–10 Wilford (4–6) Kmatz (5–2) Wickersham (1) 34–12 13–9 May 5 at Washington State No. 6 Bailey-Brayton Field • Pullman, WA 10–6 Keljo (2–0) Brotherton (5–6) None 35–12 14–9 May 6 at Gonzaga* No. 7 Patterson Baseball Complex • Spokane, WA 20–13 Hutcheson (3–2) Mueller (2–2) None 36–12 14–9 May 10 vs. UCLA No. 7 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 11–0 May (5–0) Jewett (1–5) Lawson (1) 37–12 15–9 May 11 vs. UCLA No. 7 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 12–11 Holmes (3–3) Ruff (2–6) None 38–12 16–9 May 12 vs. UCLA No. 7 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 15–17 Segura (6–1) Rodriguez (2–5) None 39–12 17–9 May 16 at No. 14 Arizona No. 6 Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ 9–2 May (6–0) Kent (3–3) None 40–12 18–9 May 17 at No. 14 Arizona No. 6 Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ 16–1 Kmatz (6–2) Candiotti (6–3) None 41–12 19–9 May 18 at No. 14 Arizona No. 6 Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ 3–4 Susac (1–2) Holmes (4–3) None 41–13 19–10
Postseason
Pac-12 tournament (1–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record Pac-12 tournament record May 22 vs. (8) Stanford No. 6 (2) Scottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, AZ 1–2 Volchko (2–1) Hunter (1–2) O'Harran (7) 41–14 0–1 May 23 vs. (5) Arizona State No. 6 (2) Scottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, AZ 3–2 Keljo (4–0) Jacobs (7–3) Holmes (12) 42–14 1–1
Corvallis Regional (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record Regional record May 31 vs. (4) Tulane No. 6 (1) Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR June 1 vs. TBD No. 6 (1) Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR
Win   Loss   Postponement/Tie Bold: Oregon State team member Rankings from D1 Baseball (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. * indicates a non-conference game.

Corvallis Regional

Corvallis Regional Teams
No. 15 (1) Oregon State Beavers	(2) UC Irvine Anteaters	(3) Nicholls Colonels	(4) Tulane Green Wave

• ◆ Ranking based on NCAA tournament national seeding

First Round

Semi-Finals

Finals

1

15 Oregon State

4

Tulane

2

UC Irvine

3

Nicholls

Lower round 1

Lower final

Rankings

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches'	7	7*	6	5	3	2	2	5	5	4	10	7	8	6	7	7
Baseball America	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	9	8	8	13	11	11	8	6	6
NCBWA†	8	4	4	5	1	2	2	5	5	5	11	7	9	6	7	8
D1Baseball	7	7	6	6	3	2	2	5	5	5	9	6	7	6	6	6*
Perfect Game	9	8	7	6	4	2	3	4	4	4	11	7	8	4	4	4*

† 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 Travis Bazzana
	Pac-12 All-Conference Team Travis Bazzana Bridger Holmes Jacob Kmatz Aiden May Gavin Turley Mason Guerra (Honorable Mention) Elijah Hainline (Honorable Mention) Dallas Macias (Honorable Mention) Joey Mundt (Honorable Mention) Eric Segura (Honorable Mention)
	Pac-12 All-Defensive Team Jacob Kmatz