2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament

Last updated
2022 Pac-12 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Stanford  (1st title)
Winning coach David Esquer  (1st title)
MVP Garret Forrester (Oregon State)
Attendance19,363
Television Pac-12 Network
ESPN2
2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Stanford  y2190 .70047160 .746
No. 3 Oregon State  y20100 .66748180 .727
No. 19 UCLA  y19110 .63340240 .625
Oregon  y18120 .60036250 .590
Arizona  y16140 .53339250 .609
Washington  14160 .46730260 .536
California  14160 .46729270 .518
Arizona State  13170 .43326310 .456
Washington State  12180 .40027260 .509
Utah  10200 .33326271 .491
USC  8220 .26725280 .472
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 13, 2022 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29 at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona. This was the first postseason championship event sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference since 1978, the first such event to be held at a neutral site, and the first to feature more than two teams. The eight team, double-elimination tournament winner earned the league's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

Seeds

This tournament featured 8 out of 11 teams in this conference. They played a double elimination tournament. The seedings were determined upon completion of regular season play. The winning percentage of the teams in conference play determined the tournament seedings. There were tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
#1 Stanford 21–937–14
#2 Oregon State 20–1041–13
#3 UCLA 19–1135–20
#4 Oregon 18–1235–21
#5 Arizona 16–1435–21
#6 California 14–1628–252–1 vs Washington
#7 Washington 14–1630–241–2 vs California
#8 Arizona State 13–1725–30

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
5 Arizona 8
4 Oregon 6
5 Arizona 8
1 Stanford15
8 Arizona State 3
1 Stanford 6
1 Stanford5-
5 Arizona4 -
4 Oregon2
8 Arizona State4
8 Arizona State6
5 Arizona8
1 Stanford 9
2 Oregon State  5
7 Washington 8
2 Oregon State 13
2 Oregon State3
6 California 1
6 California 4
3 UCLA 1
2 Oregon State22 8
3 UCLA25(10)7
7 Washington8
3 UCLA14
3 UCLA9(10)
6 California7

Schedule

2022 Bracket [4]

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
Wednesday, May 25
19:00 a.m.No. 5 Arizona vs. No. 4 Oregon 8–6 Pac-12 Network 2,044
212:55 p.m.No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 1 Stanford 3–6
34:45 p.m.No. 7 Washington vs. No. 2 Oregon State 8–132,019
410:15 p.m.No. 6 California vs. No. 3 UCLA 4–1
Thursday, May 26
59:00 a.m.No. 4 Oregon vs. No. 8 Arizona State2–4Pac-12 Network1,682
612:57 p.m.No. 7 Washington vs. No. 3 UCLA8–14
75:15 p.m.No. 5 Arizona vs. No. 1 Stanford8–153,174
810:15 p.m.No. 2 Oregon State vs. No. 6 California3–1
Friday, May 27
93:00 p.m.No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 5 Arizona6–8Pac-12 Network3,099
106:35 p.m.No. 6 California vs. No. 3 UCLA7–9 (10)
Semifinals – Saturday, May 28
119:00 a.m.No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 5 Arizona5–4Pac-12 Network3,321
1212:56 p.m.No. 2 Oregon State vs. No. 3 UCLA22–25 (10)
137:40 p.m.No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 2 Oregon State7–8
Championship – Sunday, May 29
147:00 p.m.No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 2 Oregon State9–5 ESPN2 4,024
*Game times in MST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the 2022 Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP. [5]

PositionPlayerSchool
CGavin LoganOregon State
1BGarret ForresterOregon State
2BGaren CaulfieldArizona
3BDrew BowserStanford
SSEthan GoursonUCLA
Adam CramptonStanford
DHDaniel SusacArizona
OFJustin BoydOregon State
Jacob MeltonOregon State
Michael CurialleUCLA
PJosh WhiteCalifornia
Kyle LuckhamArizona State

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