2021 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

2021 Oregon State Beavers baseball
NCAA tournament, Fort Worth Regional
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	37–24 (16–14 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mitch Canham (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Darwin Barney (1st season) Ryan Gipson (3rd season)
Pitching coach	Rich Dorman (2nd season)
Home stadium	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
Seasons ←  2020 2022  →

2021 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Arizona  ‍†‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			45	–	18		.714
No. 10 Oregon  ‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			39	–	16		.709
No. 7 Stanford  ‍‍‍y	17	–	10		.630			39	–	17		.696
No. 21 UCLA  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			37	–	20		.649
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			33	–	22		.600
Oregon State  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			37	–	24		.607
California  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			29	–	26		.527
Washington State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			26	–	23		.531
USC  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			25	–	26		.490
Utah  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			17	–	33		.340
Washington  ‍‍‍	6	–	21		.222			20	–	30		.400
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 23, 2021 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers played their home games at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was coached by Mitch Canham in his 2nd season at Oregon State. The previous season was indefinitely suspended 14 games into the season after the NCAA abruptly canceled all winter and spring season tournaments, including the College World Series, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2]

Season synopsis

The Beavers entered the season unranked and picked to finish 4th in the Pac-12 Conference coaches preseason baseball poll. ^[3]

Jake Mulholland passed Kevin Gunderson for most saves in Oregon State history when he threw his 38th career save in a 2–1 win against California. ^[4]

Roster

2021 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 1 INF Kyler McMahan R/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 177 lb (80 kg) Jr Seattle, Washington 2 INF Jordan Donahue L/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 163 lb (74 kg) Fr Mililani, Hawaii 3 INF Matthew Gretler R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Bonney Lake, Washington 4 INF Justin Boyd R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Parker, Colorado 5 OF Joe Casey L/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) RS Jr Corvallis, Oregon 6 INF Paul Myro IV R/R 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Las Vegas, Nevada 7 INF Jake Dukart L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Lake Oswego, Oregon 8 INF Cesar Valero Sanchez R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Fr Calgary, Alberta 9 INF Andy Armstrong R/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Salem, Oregon 12 OF Micah McDowell L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Fr Halifax, Nova Scotia 13 INF Richie Mascareñas R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Jr Las Vegas, Nevada 14 C Cole Hamilton L/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 194 lb (88 kg) RS So Salem, Oregon 15 INF Kyle Dernedde R/R 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) 177 lb (80 kg) Fr Tualatin, Oregon 16 RHP Reid Sebby R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Jr Huntington Beach, California 17 C Troy Claunch R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 108 lb (49 kg) Jr Vacaville, California 18 INF Ryan Ober R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Jr Snohomish, Washington 19 RHP A. J. Lattery R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Prior Lake, Minnesota 20 OF Thomas Dukart L/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Fr Lake Oswego, Oregon 21 RHP Will Frisch R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 226 lb (103 kg) Fr Stillwater, Minnesota 22 RHP Jake Pfennigs R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 217 lb (98 kg) So Post Falls, Idaho 23 RHP Kevin Abel R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So San Diego, California 24 RHP Nathan Burns R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Jr West Bend, Wisconsin 25 RHP Joey Mundt R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Hughson, California 26 LHP Cooper Hjerpe L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Fr Capay, California 27 C Gavin Logan L/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 191 lb (87 kg) So Oyen, Alberta 28 INF Wade Meckler S/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Yorba Linda, California 29 OF Jacob Melton L/L 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Medford, Oregon 31 RHP Jack Washburn R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Fr Webster, Wisconsin 32 RHP Mitchell Verburg R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 206 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Lake Oswego, Oregon 33 OF Preston Jones R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Sr Vancouver, Washington 34 INF Kyle Fromke R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Round Rock, Texas 35 RHP Jonah Giblin R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Fr Bainbridge Island, Washington 36 OF Greg Fuchs L/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 199 lb (90 kg) So Mercer Island, Washington 37 RHP Bryant Salgado R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 204 lb (93 kg) So Houston, Texas 38 LHP Jake Mulholland L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Snohomish, Washington 40 OF Brady Kasper L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Mission Viejo, California 43 RHP Brock Townsend R/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Eugene, Oregon 44 INF Garret Forrester R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Fr Fair Oaks, California 45 RHP Kyle Keyes R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Fr Sandy, Utah 50 RHP Ryan Brown R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Fr Salem, Oregon 51 LHP Chase Watkins L/L 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 217 lb (98 kg) So Watsonville, California 52 RHP Jaren Huner R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Fr Damascus, Oregon 53 RHP Ian Lawson R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 227 lb (103 kg) Fr Hillsboro, Oregon 54 C Daniel Pruitt R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Fr Gaston, Oregon 55 LHP Justin Thorsteinson L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Fr Langley, British Columbia	Head coach Mitch Canham Assistant coach(es) Darwin Barney Ryan Gipson Pitching coach(es) Rich Dorman Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 21, 2021

Schedule and results

Legend
	Oregon State win
	Oregon State loss
	Postponement/Tie
Bold	Oregon State team member
Rank	D1 Baseball

2021 Oregon State Beavers baseball game log [5]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record PAC-12 Record Feb 19 vs. Kansas State* Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ (Sanderson Ford College Baseball Classic) 2–3 Wicks (1–0) Able (0–1) Eckberg (1) 0–1 Feb 20 vs. New Mexico* Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ (Sanderson Ford College Baseball Classic) 14–1 Hjerpe (1–0) Arbruester (0–1) None 1–1 Feb 21 vs. Gonzaga* Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ (Sanderson Ford College Baseball Classic) 20–4 Washburn (1–0) Mullan (0–1) Townsend (1) 2–1 Feb 22 vs. New Mexico* Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ (Sanderson Ford College Baseball Classic) 5–2 Frisch (1–0) Campa (0–1) Verburg (1) 3–1 Feb 25 at Grand Canyon* Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ 4–0 Abel (1–1) Barns (1–1) None 4–1 Feb 26 at Grand Canyon* Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ 3–1 Sebby (1–0) Scalzo (0–1) Mulholland (1) 5–1 Feb 27 at Grand Canyon* Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ 9–2 Pfennigs (1–0) Glover (0–1) None 6–1 Feb 28 at Grand Canyon* Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ 4–2 Salgado (1–0) Hull (0–1) Mulholland (2) 7–1
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record PAC-12 Record Mar 4 vs. BYU* No. 20 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 1–0 Sebby (2–0) Johnson (0–1) Mulholland (3) 8–1 Mar 5 vs. BYU* No. 20 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 5–3 Mundt (1–0) Smith (0–1) Burns (1) 9–1 Mar 6 vs. BYU* No. 20 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 4–3 Mulholland (1–0) Heaton (0–1) None 10–1 Mar 12 vs. Oregon* No. 16 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 0–7 Ahlsrom (1–0) Able (1–2) None 10–2 Mar 13 vs. Oregon* No. 16 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 0–3 Kafka (1–0) Hjerpe (1–1) Mosiello (1) 10–3 Mar 14 vs. Oregon* No. 16 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 3–1 Pfennigs (2–0) Walker (1–1) Mulholland (4) 11–3 Mar 19 vs. Washington State No. 23 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 2–5 White (3–0) Abel (1–3) None 11–4 0–1 Mar 20 vs. Washington State No. 23 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 10–3 Washburn (2–0) Mills (3–1) None 12–4 1–1 Mar 21 vs. Washington State No. 23 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 9–8 Salgado (2–0) Hawkins (1–2) Mulholland (5) 13–4 2–1 Mar 23 vs. Santa Clara* No. 21 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 9–10 Kitchen (4–0) Hunter (0–1) Howard (4) 13–5 2–1 Mar 24 vs. Santa Clara* No. 21 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 9–0 Washburn (3–0) Feikes (0–2) None 14–5 2–1 Mar 26 at Washington No. 21 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA 3–0 Abel (2–3) Gerling (0–2) Mulholland (6) 15–5 3–1 Mar 27 at Washington No. 21 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA 8–1 Hjerpe (2–1) Enger (2–1) None 16–5 4–1 Mar 28 at Washington No. 21 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA RAINED OUT Mar 29 at Washington No. 21 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA 13–3 Frisch (2–0) Flesland (0–1) None 17–5 5–1 Mar 30 at Portland* No. 21 Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR 7–1 Townsend (1–0) Gillis (1–3) None 18–5 5–1
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record PAC-12 Record Apr 1 vs. Utah No. 21 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 4–3 Verburg (1–0) Kelly (0–5) Mulholland (7) 19–5 6–1 Apr 2 vs. Utah No. 21 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 17–3 Abel (3–3) Robeniol (1–3) None 20–5 7–1 Apr 3 vs. Utah No. 21 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 3–5 Watson (2–3) Hjerpe (2–2) Hurdsman (2) 20–6 7–2 Apr 5 vs. Gonzaga* No. 20 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 11–3 Townsend (2–0) Gomez (3–1) None 21–6 7–2 Apr 6 vs. Gonzaga* No. 20 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 2–5 Zeglin (3–1) Hunter (0–2) Jacob (3) 21–7 7–2 Apr 9 at No. 19 Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR 1–4 Mosiello (2–1) Watkins (0–1) Somers (5) 21–8 7–3 Apr 10 at No. 19 Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR 1–5 Kafka (4–1) Hjerpe (2–3) None 21–9 7–4 Apr 11 at No. 19 Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR 4–5 Stedman (2–0) Mulholland (1–1) None 21–10 7–5 Apr 16 vs. California Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 15–8 Salgado (3–0) Zobac (2–1) None 22–10 8–5 Apr 17 vs. California Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 2–1 Mundt (2–0) Sullivan (2–3) Mulholland (8) 23–10 9–5 Apr 18 vs. California Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 5–3 Watkins (1–1) White (3–1) Mulholland (9) 24–10 10–5 Apr 20 vs. Portland* Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 11–3 Burns (1–0) Dobmeier (0–3) None 25–10 10–5 Apr 23 at UC Irvine* Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA 7–5 Mulholland (2–1) Ingebritson (1–1) Mundt (1) 26–10 10–5 Apr 24 at UC Irvine* Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA 9–11 Antone (1–0) Watkins (1–2) None 26–11 10–5 Apr 25 at UC Irvine* Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA 6–7 Ingebritson (2–1) Sebby (2–1) None 26–12 10–5 Apr 27 at Loyola Marymount* George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA 8–2 Lawson (1–0) Burge (1–3) None 27–12 10–5 Apr 28 at Loyola Marymount* George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA 8–5 Keyes (1–0) Grimm (1–1) Mulholland (10) 28–12 10–5 Apr 30 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA 5–6 Rajcic (2–1) Washburn (3–1) None 28–13 10–6
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record PAC-12 Record May 1 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA 0–2 Mullen (8–1) Hjerpe (2–4) Rajcic (3) 28–14 10–7 May 2 at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA 5–3 Pfennigs (3–0) Bergin (4–3) Mulholland (11) 29–14 11–7 May 7 vs. USC Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 5–4 Watkins (2–2) Longrie (0–1) Mulholland (12) 30–14 12–7 May 8 vs. USC Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 9–7 Frisch (3–0) Clark (3–2) Mundt (2) 31–14 13–7 May 9 vs. USC Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 3–5 Spach (2–0) Watkins (2–3) None 31–15 13–8 May 14 at Arizona State Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ 6–9 Levine (4–3) Mulholland (2–2) None 31–16 13–9 May 15 at Arizona State Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ 5–11 Fall (7–1) Hjerpe (2–5) None 31–17 13–10 May 16 at Arizona State Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ 11–4 Pfennigs (4–0) Murphy (1–1) None 32–17 14–10 May 18 at Portland* Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR 2–7 Brink (1–0) Mundt (2–1) None 32–18 14–10 May 21 vs. No. 7 Arizona Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 4–12 Silseth (8–1) Washburn (3–2) None 32–19 14–11 May 22 vs. No. 7 Arizona Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 3–1 Hjerpe (3–5) Irvin (5–2) Mulholland (13) 33–19 15–11 May 23 vs. No. 7 Arizona Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR 5–6 Vannelle (4–2) Watkins (2–4) None 33–20 15–12 May 27 at No. 9 Stanford Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA 0–1 Beck (7–1) Abel (3–4) None 33–21 15–13 May 28 at No. 9 Stanford Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA 0–5 Grech (5–5) Hjerpe (3–6) None 33–22 15–14 May 29 at No. 9 Stanford Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA 9–1 Pfennigs (5–0) Williams (2–2) None 34–22 16–14
Postseason
Fort Worth Regional Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record Regional Record June 4 (3) Dallas Baptist (2) Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX 5–6 Hamel (13–2) Abel (3–5) Kechely (2) 34–23 0–1 June 5 (4) McNeese State (2) Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX 10–5 Watkins (3–4) Foster (1–5) None 35–23 1–1 June 6 No. 8 (1) TCU (2) Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX 3–2 Washburn (4–2) Green (1–2) Verburg (2) 36–23 2–1 June 6 (3) Dallas Baptist (2) Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX 5–4 Verburg (2–0) Kechely (3–4) None 37–23 3–1 June 7 (3) Dallas Baptist (2) Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX 5–8 Russell (1–0) Mundt (2–2) Hamel (1) 37–24 3–2

Fort Worth Regional

Fort Worth Regional Teams
No. 6 (1) TCU Horned Frogs	(2) Oregon State Beavers	(3) Dallas Baptist Patriots	(4) McNeese State Cowboys

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	6 TCU	12
	4	McNeese State	4
						1	6 TCU	6
						3	Dallas Baptist	8
	3	Dallas Baptist	6
	2	Oregon State	5
											3	Dallas Baptist	4	8
											2	Oregon State	5	5
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						1	6 TCU	2
	4	McNeese State	5			2	Oregon State	3
	2	Oregon State	10

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches' [6]	—	—*	19	16	20	20	17	18	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America [7]	—	—	—	17	—	—	—	21	23	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^ [8]	—	—	21	17	22	20	13	13	—	22	24	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA† [9]	—	—	21	16	18	14	14	13	21	21	22	22	23	30	—	—
D1Baseball	—	—	20	16	23	21	21	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ 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.

2021 MLB draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Kevin Abel	RHP	7	210	Cincinnati Reds
Chase Watkins	LHP	9	274	Chicago Cubs
Bryant Salgado	RHP	14	418	Houston Astros
Nathan Burns	RHP	19	561	Los Angeles Angels

References

1. "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
2. Nick Daschel (March 12, 2020). "Oregon State indefinitely suspends spring sports, but still not officially canceled". www.oregonlive.com. The Oregonian.
3. Nick Daschel (February 18, 2021). "Oregon State picked to finish 4th, Oregon 7th in Pac-12 coaches 2021 preseason baseball poll". www.oregonlive.com. The Oregonian.
4. "Beavers Win 2-1; Mulholland Sets OSU Saves Record". www.osubeavers.com. Oregon State Athletic Communications. April 17, 2021.
5. "2021 Baseball Schedule". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
6. USA Today Coaches Poll
7. Baseball America Poll
8. Collegiate Baseball Poll
9. NCBWA Poll