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.[3] 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.

2011 Oregon State Beavers baseball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
CBNo. 10
Record41–19 (17–10 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumGoss Stadium at Coleman Field
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 18 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 18 9   .667 35 24   .593
No. 11 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y 17 10   .630 42 16   .724
No. 16 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y 17 10   .630 41 17   .707
Arizona  ‍‍‍y 15 12   .556 39 21   .650
No. 21 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 14 12   .538 35 20   .636
California  ‍‍‍y 13 13   .500 35 21   .625
USC  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 25 31   .446
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 11 16   .407 33 26   .559
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 10 17   .370 26 28   .481
Washington  ‍‍‍ 6 21   .222 17 37   .315
† – Conference champion
‡ – Pac-10 Conference champion
y – Invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 8, 2011[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll[2]

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

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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

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  • 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.[4]
  • Six pitchers were selected in the first nine rounds of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, the most ever in Beavers' history.[5]


Schedule

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2005 Oregon State Beavers baseball game log (41–19)
Regular season (38–17)
February (5–3)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record
1 February 19 vs. Gonzaga Pete Beiden FieldFresno, California W 4–3 (11) 1–0
2 February 20 vs. Gonzaga Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California W 4–2 2–0
3 February 20 at No. 29 Fresno State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California L 1–2 2–1
4 February 21 at No. 29 Fresno State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California L 4–5 2–2
Kleberg Bank Classic
5 February 25 vs. No. 25 Connecticut Whataburger FieldCorpus Christi, Texas W 2–0 3–2
6 February 26 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas L 7–8 3–3
7 February 27 vs. Indiana Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas W 7–5 4–3
8 February 28 vs. UTSA Wolff Municipal StadiumSan Antonio, Texas W 10–7 (10) 5–3
March (13–3)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record
9 March 5 Hartford Goss Stadium at Coleman FieldCorvallis, Oregon W 14–3 (7) 6–3
10 March 5 Hartford Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 16–1 7–3
11 March 6 Hartford Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 9–1 8–3
12 March 6 Hartford Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 13–2 9–3
13 March 8 Oregon Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 4–1 10–3
14 March 11 New Mexico State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 7–0 11–3
15 March 12 VMI Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 13–3 12–3
16 March 13 VMI Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 5–1 13–3
17 March 18 at Long Beach State No. 23 Blair FieldLong Beach, California W 4–0 14–3
18 March 19 at Long Beach State No. 23 Blair Field • Long Beach, California W 9–6 15–3
19 March 19 at Long Beach State No. 23 Blair Field • Long Beach, California L 1–2 (11) 15–4
20 March 22 Seattle No. 26 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 4–5 15–5
21 March 23 Seattle No. 26 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 4–2 16–5
22 March 25 UC Santa Barbara No. 26 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 6–3 17–5
23 March 26 UC Santa Barbara No. 26 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 11–5 18–5
24 March 27 UC Santa Barbara No. 26 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 3–8 18–6
April (14–2)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record
25 April 1 at No. 17 Arizona No. 29 Sancet StadiumTucson, Arizona L 0–18 18–7 0–1
26 April 2 at No. 17 Arizona No. 29 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona W 10–4 19–7 1–1
27 April 3 at No. 17 Arizona No. 29 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona W 8–4 20–7 2–1
28 April 5 at Portland No. 20 Joe Etzel FieldPortland, Oregon W 11–1 21–7
29 April 8 No. 5 Arizona State No. 20 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 5–3 22–7 3–1
30 April 9 No. 5 Arizona State No. 20 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 7–6 23–7 4–1
31 April 10 No. 5 Arizona State No. 20 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 9–6 24–7 5–1
32 April 15 at No. 21 Stanford No. 10 Sunken DiamondStanford, California W 1–0 25–7 6–1
33 April 16 at No. 21 Stanford No. 10 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California W 8–1 26–7 7–1
34 April 17 at No. 21 Stanford No. 10 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California W 6–4 27–7 8–1
35 April 21 Washington State No. 7 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 4–2 28–7 9–1
36 April 22 Washington State No. 7 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 7–6 29–7 10–1
37 April 23 Washington State No. 7 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 0–2 29–8 10–2
38 April 26 at Portland No. 6 Joe Etzel Field • Portland, Oregon W 6–1 30–8
39 April 29 at No. 13 UCLA No. 6 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, California W 7–5 31–8 11–2
40 April 30 at No. 13 UCLA No. 6 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 2–0 32–8 12–2
May (6–8)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record
41 May 1 at No. 13 UCLA No. 6 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 2–5 32–9 12–3
42 May 3 Oregon No. 4 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 2–7 32–10
43 May 7 No. 24 California No. 4 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 3–0 33–10 13–3
44 May 7 No. 24 California No. 4 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 2–6 33–11 13–4
45 May 8 No. 24 California No. 4 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 4–2 34–11 14–4
46 May 10 Portland No. 3 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 13–3 35–11
47 May 13 vs. Washington No. 3 Safeco FieldSeattle, Washington W 6–4 36–11 15–4
48 May 14 at Washington No. 3 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington W 9–3 37–11 16–4
49 May 14 at Washington No. 3 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington L 6–7 37–12 16–5
50 May 20 USC No. 2 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 7–2 38–12 17–5
51 May 21 USC No. 2 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 3–8 38–13 17–6
52 May 22 USC No. 2 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 3–4 38–14 17–7
53 May 27 at Oregon No. 6 PK ParkEugene, Oregon L 1–4 38–15 17–8
54 May 28 at Oregon No. 6 PK Park • Eugene, Oregon L 1–4 38–16 17–9
55 May 29 at Oregon No. 6 PK Park • Eugene, Oregon L 0–6 38–17 17–10
Postseason (3–2)
NCAA tournament: Corvallis Regional (3–0)
# Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record
56 June 3 (4) Arkansas–Little Rock (1) No. 13 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 7–4 39–17 1–0
57 June 4 (2) No. 25 Creighton (1) No. 13 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 5–1 40–17 2–0
58 June 5 (3) Georgia (1) No. 13 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 6–4 41–17 3–0
NCAA tournament: Nashville Super Regional (0–2)
# Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record
59 June 10 at (6) No. 3 Vanderbilt No. 9 Hawkins FieldNashville, Tennessee L 1–11 41–18 3–1
60 June 11 at (6) No. 3 Vanderbilt No. 9 Hawkins Field • Nashville, Tennessee L 3–9 41–19 3–2

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'RVRV*RVRVRV2220191589777101616*16*11
Baseball America23231993332261515*15*10
Collegiate Baseball^RV23262920107643261391010
NCBWARVRVRVRV3026272717151281010131818*1212

^ 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.


See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Baseball standings". Pac-10. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  2. ^ "USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll". USA Today. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  3. ^ "OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Baseball". www.osubeavers.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "Player Bio: Nate Yeskie - OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  5. ^ "Player Bio: Nate Yeskie - OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
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