2011 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

2011 Oregon State Beavers baseball
Corvallis Regional champions
Nashville Super Regional, 0–2
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
CB	No. 10
Record	41–19 (17–10 Pac-10)
Head coach	Pat Casey (17th season)
Assistant coaches	Marty Lees (10th season) Pat Bailey (4th season)
Home stadium	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
Seasons ← 2010 2012  →

2011 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings
v t e	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 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.

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. ^[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

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 Field • Fresno, 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 Field • Corpus 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 Stadium • San 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 Field • Corvallis, 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 Field • Long 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 Stadium • Tucson, 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 Field • Portland, 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 Diamond • Stanford, 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 Stadium • Los 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 Field • Seattle, 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 Park • Eugene, 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 Field • Nashville, 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

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

	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 ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* 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

• Oregon State Beavers baseball
• 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season

References

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 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
4. "Player Bio: Nate Yeskie - OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
5. "Player Bio: Nate Yeskie - OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-04.

External links

• Oregon State Beavers baseball team
• Pac-10 baseball