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03-02-2007, 10:39 AM
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It’s another week on the road, and another challenge, for Oregon State as it travels to the Domino’s Pizza Aggie Baseball Classic at Texas A&M. The 15th-ranked Beavers (11-2 overall) will meet host Texas A&M (12-1) on Friday at 4:30 p.m. PST and Monday at 2:30 p.m. PST; New Mexico (6-8) on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. PST and St. Louis (0-6) on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. PST.
The trip makes it four straight weekends that OSU has traveled, and five weekends out of the last six as the Beavers begin their season with 17 straight games away from home.
“We’ve managed to have some success early despite being on the road so much,” OSU head coach Pat Casey said. “But we also know that we’ve got a lot of work to do if we’re going to be competitive in the Pac-10. We’re still looking for a consistently high level of performance, and that’s going to be crucial this weekend because these are three very good teams we’re playing.
“We have a chance to really finish this first part of the season strong if we come out and play the way that we’re capable of playing, but we’re going to have to step up our intensity and execution.”
Oregon State will finally open its home schedule when it hosts Evansville in a series March 8-10 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. That series begins a six-game homestand for the Beavers.
The Beavers are ranked 15th nationally in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll; that poll was taken in the preseason and will next be updated in early march. OSU maintained its position from last week in the other three polls, being ranked ninth by Baseball America magazine and Collegiate Baseball newspaper and seventh by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
The Beavers continue to be led at the plate by junior catcher Mitch Canham (.462 batting average, 1 home run, 14 runs batted in), along with junior outfielder Braden Wells (.393, 0, 1), freshman infielder Joey Wong (.390, 0, 4), and junior first baseman Jordan Lennerton (.349, 0, 12).
Texas A&M beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8-7 at home on Tuedsay after it swept Jacksonville State at home by scores of 15-5, 6-4 and 12-0 last weekend. Leading hitters for the Aggies have been junior outfielder Blake Stouffer (.404, 2, 17), senior catcher Craig Stinson (.400, 2, 12), junior first baseman Darby Brown (.353, 0, 8), junior outfielder Ben Feltner (.340, 0, 4) and junior infielder Brandon Hicks (.333, 0, 8).
New Mexico was beaten by Texas Tech 10-8 at home on Tuesday; the Lobos had taken two of three from Texas State at home last weekend, winning 10-0 and 13-7 before losing the finale 11-4. Pacing the UNM attack have been junior second baseman Jordan Pacheco (.434, 2, 10), senior first baseman Daniel Stovall (.356, 3, 18) and senior outfielder Matt Foote (.341, 1, 7).
St. Louis was swept at Central Arkansas last weekend, losing 6-4, 13-12 and 5-4. Leading the Billikens have been sophomore infielder Tom Pinnell (.444, 0, 2), senior infielder/catcher Casey Moore (.389, 2, 4) and freshman outfielder J.D. Dunn (.333, 0, 3).
It’s another week on the road, and another challenge, for Oregon State as it travels to the Domino’s Pizza Aggie Baseball Classic at Texas A&M. The 15th-ranked Beavers (11-2 overall) will meet host Texas A&M (12-1) on Friday at 4:30 p.m. PST and Monday at 2:30 p.m. PST; New Mexico (6-8) on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. PST and St. Louis (0-6) on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. PST.
The trip makes it four straight weekends that OSU has traveled, and five weekends out of the last six as the Beavers begin their season with 17 straight games away from home.
“We’ve managed to have some success early despite being on the road so much,” OSU head coach Pat Casey said. “But we also know that we’ve got a lot of work to do if we’re going to be competitive in the Pac-10. We’re still looking for a consistently high level of performance, and that’s going to be crucial this weekend because these are three very good teams we’re playing.
“We have a chance to really finish this first part of the season strong if we come out and play the way that we’re capable of playing, but we’re going to have to step up our intensity and execution.”
Oregon State will finally open its home schedule when it hosts Evansville in a series March 8-10 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. That series begins a six-game homestand for the Beavers.
The Beavers are ranked 15th nationally in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll; that poll was taken in the preseason and will next be updated in early march. OSU maintained its position from last week in the other three polls, being ranked ninth by Baseball America magazine and Collegiate Baseball newspaper and seventh by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
The Beavers continue to be led at the plate by junior catcher Mitch Canham (.462 batting average, 1 home run, 14 runs batted in), along with junior outfielder Braden Wells (.393, 0, 1), freshman infielder Joey Wong (.390, 0, 4), and junior first baseman Jordan Lennerton (.349, 0, 12).
Texas A&M beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8-7 at home on Tuedsay after it swept Jacksonville State at home by scores of 15-5, 6-4 and 12-0 last weekend. Leading hitters for the Aggies have been junior outfielder Blake Stouffer (.404, 2, 17), senior catcher Craig Stinson (.400, 2, 12), junior first baseman Darby Brown (.353, 0, 8), junior outfielder Ben Feltner (.340, 0, 4) and junior infielder Brandon Hicks (.333, 0, 8).
New Mexico was beaten by Texas Tech 10-8 at home on Tuesday; the Lobos had taken two of three from Texas State at home last weekend, winning 10-0 and 13-7 before losing the finale 11-4. Pacing the UNM attack have been junior second baseman Jordan Pacheco (.434, 2, 10), senior first baseman Daniel Stovall (.356, 3, 18) and senior outfielder Matt Foote (.341, 1, 7).
St. Louis was swept at Central Arkansas last weekend, losing 6-4, 13-12 and 5-4. Leading the Billikens have been sophomore infielder Tom Pinnell (.444, 0, 2), senior infielder/catcher Casey Moore (.389, 2, 4) and freshman outfielder J.D. Dunn (.333, 0, 3).