2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball
Baton Rouge Regional, 2–2
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	40–20 (18–12 Pac-12)
Head coach	Pat Casey (18th season)
Assistant coaches	Marty Lees (11th season) Pat Bailey (5th season)
Pitching coach	Nate Yeskie (4th season)
Home stadium	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
Seasons ←  2011 2013  →

2012 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			48	–	16		.750
No. 11 Arizona  ‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			48	–	17		.738
No. 10 Oregon  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			46	–	19		.708
No. 13 Stanford  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			41	–	18		.695
No. 17 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			40	–	20		.667
Arizona State  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			36	–	20		.643
Washington  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			30	–	25		.545
California  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			29	–	25		.537
Washington State  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			28	–	28		.500
USC  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			23	–	32		.418
Utah  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			14	–	42		.250
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of May 28, 2012 [1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team participated in the Pac-12 Conference. They were coached by Pat Casey and assistant coaches Marty Lees, Pat Bailey, and Nate Yeskie. ^[2] They played home games in Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. The Beavers finished the season with a 40–20 overall record, and came in fourth (tied with Arizona State and Stanford, just two wins behind first) in the Pac-12 Conference Championship with 18 wins and 12 losses. ^[3]

The team was selected as the #2 seed to participate in the Baton Rouge Regional in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to #1 seed and #7 national seed Louisiana State 5–6 in the finals during extra innings.

Previous season

Oregon State finished the 2011 regular season with a 41–17 overall record, and came in third in the Pac-12 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 Vanderbilt Commodores in the Nashville Super Regional, where they lost 1–11.

Highlights

• On May 25, 2012 Pat Casey became the Oregon State University program's all-time winningest coach after winning against rival Oregon 7–3. ^[4]
• Having participated in the Baton Rouge Regional they have now participated in the NCAA tournament a school record 4 consecutive years.
• This was their second consecutive and fifth all-time season with at least 40 wins.
• Michael Conforto, a freshman, set a new single-season RBI record of 76. ^{[5] [6]}

Roster

2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year High School/Junior College Home town 33 C Ryan Barnes R/R — 190 lb(86 kg) Jr West Linn West Linn, Oregon 20 RHP Cole Baylis R/R 6 ft 8 in(2.03 m) 214 lb(97 kg) So St. Francis Los Altos, California 31 LHP Matt Boyd L/L 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 215 lb(98 kg) Jr Eastside Catholic Mercer Island, Wash. 22 RHP Cole Brocker R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 215 lb(98 kg) Jr Kimberly/Sacramento City College Appleton, Wisc. 36 RHP Tony Bryant R/R 6 ft 8 in(2.03 m) 220 lb(100 kg) Jr Kennewick Kennewick, Wash 41 RHP Dan Child R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 225 lb(102 kg) So Jesuit Rocklin, Calif 8 C Michael Conforto L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 211 lb(96 kg) Fr Redmond Woodinville, Wash 10 INF Dylan Davis R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 200 lb(91 kg) Fr Redmond Redmond, Wash. 39 OF Ryan Dettman L/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 175 lb(79 kg) Jr Del Campo/American River College Citrus Heights, Calif. 23 RHP Adam Duke R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 185 lb(84 kg) So Spanish Fork Spanish Fork, Utah 25 OF Jordan Dunatov R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 196 lb(89 kg) Fr Horizon Scottsdale, Ariz. 2 INF Ryan Dunn R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 185 lb(84 kg) Sr Esperanza/Orange Coast College Bend, Ore. 6 U Nate Esposito R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 180 lb(82 kg) Fr Granite Bay Granite Bay, Calif 18 LHP Matt Fielding R/L 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 170 lb(77 kg) RS Fr Rocklin Rocklin, Calif. 11 LHP Jace Fry L/L 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb(88 kg) Fr Southridge Beaverton, Ore 40 OF Max Gordon L/L 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) 170 lb(77 kg) Jr Ashland/Sierra College Ashland, Ore 16 C Ryan Gorton R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 213 lb(97 kg) Sr Tigard Tigard, Ore 9 INF Danny Hayes L/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 205 lb(93 kg) Jr Jesuit Rancho Murieta, Calif 30 OF Ryan Howell R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 190 lb(86 kg) Fr Heritage Brentwood, Calif 3 INF Kavin Keyes S/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 185 lb(84 kg) So Alta Sandy, Utah 15 OF Spencer Manjarrez R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 196 lb(89 kg) Fr Gig Harbor Gig Harbor, Wash 35 OF Joey Matthews R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 185 lb(84 kg) Jr Vacaville/Sacramento City College Vacaville, Calif 19 RHP Michael McCall R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 173 lb(78 kg) Fr Gig Harbor Gig Harbor, Wash 17 OF Sam Montgomery R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 185 lb(84 kg) Sr Bellarmine/Sierra College Fremont, Calif 38 LHP Zack Reser L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 205 lb(93 kg) RS Fr Westview Beaverton, Or 37 LHP Carlos Rodriquez L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 198 lb(90 kg) Fr Iolani School Kapolei, Hawaii 13 C Jake Rodriquez R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb(88 kg) So Elk Grove Elk Grove, Calif 12 OF Nick Rulli R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 185 lb(84 kg) RS So Lake Oswego/San Joaquin Delta College Lake Oswego, Ore 24 RHP Scott Schultz R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 195 lb(88 kg) So Gig Harbor Gig Harbor, Wash 1 INF Tyler Smith R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 191 lb(87 kg) Jr Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, Calif 26 RHP Taylor Starr R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 210 lb(95 kg) RS Sr Kelso Longview, Wash 4 INF John Tommasini S/R 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) 171 lb(78 kg) RS Sr Roseburg Tenmile, Ore 29 RHP Mitchell Tripp R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb(88 kg) Fr Meridian Bellingham, Wash 28 LHP Ben Wetzler L/L 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 200 lb(91 kg) So Clackamas Clackamas, Ore 32 RHP Riley Wilkerson R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 182 lb(83 kg) Fr West Linn West Linn, OR	Head coach 5 Pat Casey 7 Marty Lees (Associate) Assistant coach(es) 27 Pat Bailey 34 Ryan Gipson (Undergraduate) 42 Andy Jenkins (Undergraduate) 43 Jared Norris (Undergraduate) Pitching coach(es) 21 Nate Yeskie Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2012-06-07

Rankings

See also: 2012 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	16	17	Final
Coaches'	19	19*		28 [7]	24	16	19	19	23	21	21	20	19 [8]	20	20 [9]	17	22
Baseball America	23	21			25	19	22	20					23 [10]	23 [11]	23 [12]	16 [13]	24
Collegiate Baseball^	24	21	26	28	28	25	23	23		30	28		22 [14]	28	28 [14]	18	25	25	25
NCBWA†	22	20	24	22	19	16	19	17	22	20	19	21	18 [15]	20	20 [15]	17	21	22	22

^ 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
• 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season

References

1. "Baseball standings". Pac-12. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
2. "OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Baseball". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
3. "Baseball Headed to Baton Rouge Regional - OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
4. "Beavers Down Ducks in Series Opener; Casey Wins School Record 614th Game - OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
5. "OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Baseball". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02.
6. "Michael Conforto sets career RBI mark as No. 1 Oregon State sweeps UCLA". NCAA.com. 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
7. "Gators Move Back to Top of USA Today/ESPN College Baseball Coaches' Poll | College Baseball 360".
8. "NCAA College Rankings and Polls - ESPN".
9. "USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll". USA Today . Archived from the original on 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
10. "Baseball America rankings: Oregon Ducks move up to No. 9; Beavers join poll at No. 23". 7 May 2012.
11. "Baseball America Top 25: Oregon climbs to No. 6, Oregon State remains No. 23". 14 May 2012.
12. "Baseball America Top 25: Oregon rises to No. 5, Oregon State holds at No. 23". 21 May 2012.
13. "BaseballAmerica.com: College: Top 25 Rankings: College Top 25: May 28". Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
14. "NCAA DIV I POLL - Current - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
15. "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll".

External links

• Oregon State Beavers baseball team
• Pac-12 baseball ^{[ permanent dead link ]}