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It’s almost baseball season Beaver Nation! Oregon State kicks off their season (and national title defense) Friday in Surprise, Arizona. They’ll face New Mexico, Gonzaga, Minnesota this weekend. Freelance reporter Bob Lundeberg got the inside scoop on the starters defensively:
- Adley Rutchsman - Catcher
- Zak Taylor - First Base
- Andy Armstrong - Second Base
- Beau Phillip - Shortstop
- Jake Dukart - Third Base
- Tyler Malone - Right Field
- Kyler McMahan - Center Field
- Preston Jones & Joe Casey - Left Field
- Troy Claunch - Designated Hitter
Pat Bailey laid out Oregon State’s Game 1 defensive lineup:
— Bob Lundeberg (@The_Real_Bob) February 12, 2019
C - Rutschman
1B - Taylor
2B - Armstrong
3B - Dukart
SS - Philip
LF - Jones/Casey
CF - McMahan
RF - Malone
DH - Claunch #GoBeavs
Starting pitchers for the 4-game weekend will be:
- Kevin Abel - Friday
- Bryce Fehmel - Saturday
- Sam Tweedt - Sunday
- Grant Gambrell - Monday
The Pac-12 baseball coaches were polled before the season and UCLA was selected as the preseason favorite to win the Conference title for the 2019 season. Stanford was picked second and the Beavers finished third. Maybe it’s just me, but the defending champs finishing third in the Pac-12 preseason poll is just disrespectful.
The 2019 #Pac12BSB season starts this Friday and the coaches chose @UCLABaseball to win the Conference title! 2018 Pac-12 Champion @StanfordBSB finished second in the poll and reigning NCAA Champion @BeaverBaseball was tabbed to finish third. Full release: https://t.co/NqUCzkRTCk pic.twitter.com/YXwEeQ0HDR
— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) February 11, 2019
More baseball news, Brandon Eisert and Jake Mulholland were placed on “2019 Stopper of the Year” preseason watch list.
7 #Pac12BSB standout relievers from 5 different Pac-12 schools were named to the @NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List, the second most selections of any conference! The list features last year's finalist @StanfordBSB's Jack Little. Full release: https://t.co/hxz3n1RboK pic.twitter.com/MOCTw9ISV0
— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) February 11, 2019
The Oregon State women’s basketball team are coming off a rough road loss to Stanford, but they only fell to 9th in the latest AP Poll. The selection committee released their first early reveal of the season and they slotted the Beavers in as a No. 3 seed.
#ncaaW Top 16 Seeds!
— NCAA WBB (@ncaawbb) February 12, 2019
1. @BaylorWBB
2. @UofLWBB
3. @OregonWBB
4. @HailStateWBK
5. @UConnWBB
6. @ndwbb
7. @StanfordWBB
8. @PackWomensBball
9. @MarquetteWBB
10. @IowaWBB
11. @umdwbb
12. @BeaverWBB
13. @GamecockWBB
14. @ZagWBB
15. @CycloneWBB
16. @caneswbb
(as of today) pic.twitter.com/KnHRsgVtx4