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2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

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2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record39–18–1 (19–10–1 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Pat Bailey (8th season)
  • Andy Jenkins (3rd season)
Pitching coachNate Yeskie (7th season)
Home stadiumGoss Stadium at Coleman Field
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 UCLA ‍‍‍y 22 8 0   .733 42 14 0   .750
No. 12 Oregon State ‍‍‍y 19 10 1   .650 38 16 1   .700
No. 16 California ‍‍‍y 18 12 0   .600 34 19 0   .642
No. 17 USC ‍‍‍y 18 12 0   .600 37 19 0   .661
No. 18 Arizona State ‍‍‍y 18 12 0   .600 34 21 0   .618
Oregon ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 37 23 0   .617
Washington  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 29 25 0   .537
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 12 18 0   .400 31 24 0   .564
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11 19 0   .367 29 27 0   .518
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9 21 0   .300 24 32 0   .429
Utah  ‍‍‍ 7 22 1   .250 16 36 1   .311
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 25, 2015[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2015 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 Pat Casey in his 21st season at Oregon State.

Awards and honors

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2015 was another award-winning year for Oregon State. It was the fourth straight year a Beaver player garnered a major conference award and third year in a row that at least four players were named to the All-Conference First Team.[2]

2015 Pac-12 Conference Baseball Awards[3]
 

Major Award

First Team All-Conference

  • KJ Harrison 1B/C Fr.
  • Jeff Hendrix OF Jr. (2)
  • Andrew Moore P Jr. (2)
  • Drew Rasmussen P Fr.
  • Kyle Nobach OF So. Honorable Mention

All-Defensive Team

  • Jeff Hendrix OF Jr. (2)
  • Andrew Moore P Jr.

(#) - Denotes number of times player has been selected

 

Postseason

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Although the Beavers finished second in the Pac-12 they were not selected as a Regional host site for the opening round of the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[4] Oregon State was the #2 seed of the Dallas Regional with host and #1 seed Dallas Baptist, #3 Texas and #4 Virginia Commonwealth. After winning their first game against Texas the Beavers were eliminated after dropping two straight versus VCU and Dallas Baptist.

Roster

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2015 Oregon State Beavers roster[5]
 

Pitchers

  • 3 Scotland Church - Sophomore
  • 6 Ryan Mets - Freshman
  • 12 Sam Tweedt - Freshman
  • 15 Luke Heimlich - Freshman
  • 17 Mak Fox - Sophomore
  • 20 Mitch Hickey - Freshman
  • 23 Andrew Moore - Junior
  • 25 Drew Rasmussen - Freshman
  • 26 Trent Shelton - Sophomore
  • 31 Kevin Flemer - Sophomore
  • 32 Travis Eckert - Junior
  • 34 Clay Bauer - Redshirt Senior
  • 35 John Pomeroy - Sophomore
  • 36 Austin Woodward - Redshirt Junior
  • 38 Zack Reser - Redshirt Senior
  • 44 Jake Thompson - Sophomore
 

Catchers

Infielders

  • 1 Christian Donahue - Freshman
  • 2 Joe Gillette - Freshman
  • 4 Tyler Mildenberg - Sophomore
  • 7 Trever Morrison - Sophomore
  • 10 Michael Gretler - Freshman
  • 11 Jackson Soto - Freshman
  • 14 Caleb Hamilton - Sophomore
  • 16 Gabe Clark - Junior
  • 19 Billy King - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 9 Cary, Elliott - Freshman
  • 28 Kyle Nobach - Sophomore
  • 29 Jack Anderson - Redshirt Freshman
  • 30 Michael Howard - Senior
  • 37 Cooper Brunner - Freshman
  • 40 Jeff Hendrix - Junior
  • 45 Joey Jansen - Redshirt Junior
 

Coaches

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2014 Oregon State Beavers baseball coaching staff[5]
  • 5 Pat Casey - Head Coach - 21st year
  • 27 Pat Bailey - Assistant Coach - 8th year
  • 2 Andy Jenkins - Assistant Coach - 3rd year
  • 21 Nate Yeskie - Assistant Coach - 7th year

Schedule

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2005 Oregon State Beavers baseball game log (52–13)[6]
Regular season (38–16–1)
February (8–3)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-12 record
1 Feb 13 vs. Northwestern Surprise StadiumSurprise, AZ W 2–1 1–0
2 Feb 14 vs. Michigan State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 4–3 (10) 2–0
3 Feb 15 vs. New Mexico Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ L 4–7 2–1
4 Feb 16 vs. New Mexico Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ L 2–5 2–2
5 Feb 19 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 5–3 3–2
6 Feb 20 vs. Kansas State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 10–9 4–2
7 Feb 21 vs. Oklahoma Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ L 6–9 4–3
8 Feb 22 vs. Kansas Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 15–5 5–3
9 Feb 27 Grambling State Goss StadiumCorvallis, OR W 10–7 6–3
10 Feb 28 Grambling State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 25–3 7–3
11 Feb 28 Grambling State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 9–2 8–3
March (13–4)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-12 record
12 Mar 4 at Portland Joe Etzel FieldPortland, OR W 14–2 9–3
13 Mar 6 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–1 10–3
14 Mar 7 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 5–2 11–3
15 Mar 7 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 12–2 12–3
16 Mar 8 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–1 13–3
17 Mar 10 Portland No. 24 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 12–3 14–3
18 Mar 13 at No. 14 Arizona State No. 24 Phoenix Municipal StadiumPhoenix, AZ W 1–0 15–3 1–0
19 Mar 14 at No. 14 Arizona State No. 24 Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ L 3–4 15–4 1–1
20 Mar 15 at No. 14 Arizona State No. 24 Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ L 4–7 15–5 1–2
21 Mar 20 Washington State No. 25 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 5–2 16–5 2–2
22 Mar 21 Washington State No. 25 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–0 17–5 3–2
23 Mar 22 Washington State No. 25 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–1 (11) 18–5 4–2
24 Mar 24 San Jose State No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 6–1 19–5
25 Mar 25 San Jose State No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 8–2 20–5
26 Mar 27 Cal Poly No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 1–8 20–6
27 Mar 28 Cal Poly No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 2–7 20–7
28 Mar 29 Cal Poly No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 4–2 21–7
April (7–6)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record
29 Apr 2 at No. 4 UCLA No. 18 Jackie Robinson StadiumLos Angeles, CA W 3–2 22–7 5–2
30 Apr 3 at No. 4 UCLA No. 18 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 1–4 22–8 5–3
31 Apr 4 at No. 4 UCLA No. 18 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 5–10 22–9 5–4
32 Apr 10 at Oregon No. 20 PK ParkEugene, OR L 2–3 22–10 5–5
33 Apr 11 at Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR W 4–2 23–10 6–5
34 Apr 12 at Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR L 9–10 23–11 6–6
Apr 14 vs. Portland No. 20 Volcanoes StadiumKeizer, OR Postponed to May 13
35 Apr 17 Arizona No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–1 24–11 7–6
36 Apr 18 Arizona No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 1–3 24–12 7–7
37 Apr 19 Arizona No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 5–3 25–12 8–7
38 Apr 24 No. 11 USC No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 3–11 25–13 8–8
39 Apr 25 No. 11 USC No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–2 26–13 9–8
40 Apr 26 No. 11 USC No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 9–6 27–13 10–8
41 Apr 30 at Washington No. 18 Husky BallparkSeattle, WA W 4–2 (10) 28–13 11–8
May (10–3–1)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record
42 May 1 at Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA L 6–8 28–14 11–9
43 May 2 at Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 4–1 29–14 12–9
44 May 5 Oregon No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 10–2 30–14
45 May 8 Utah No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–0 31–14 13–9
46 May 9 Utah No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–0 32–14 14–9
47 May 10 Utah No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR T 2–2 (15) 32–14–1 14–9–1
48 May 13 vs. Portland No. 18 Volcanoes Stadium • Keizer, OR W 20–0 33–14–1
49 May 15 at Stanford No. 18 Sunken DiamondStanford, CA W 5–2 34–14–1 15–9–1
50 May 16 at Stanford No. 18 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–5 35–14–1 16–9–1
51 May 17 at Stanford No. 18 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 12–3 36–14–1 17–9–1
52 May 19 Oregon No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 2–3 (11) 36–15–1
53 May 22 No. 16 California No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 4–0 37–15–1 18–9–1
54 May 23 No. 16 California No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 9–0 38–15–1 19–9–1
55 May 24 No. 16 California No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 3–7 38–16–1 19–10–1
Postseason (1–2)
NCAA tournament: Corvallis Regional (1–2)
# Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record
56 May 29 vs. (3) No. 30 Texas (2) No. 12 Horner BallparkDallas, TX W 5–4 39–16–1 1–0
May 30 vs. (4) VCU (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX Postponed to May 31 (weather)
57 May 31 vs. (4) VCU (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX L 1–5 39–17–1 1–1
58 May 31 at (1) No. 24 Dallas Baptist (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX L 1–7 39–18–1 1–2

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'*2425232018
Baseball America232317
Collegiate Baseball^242519182020201819181112
NCBWA3030272924222018

^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "KJ Harrison, Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, leads Oregon State postseason honors". Oregonian. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 All-Conference Baseball Team named". Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "NCAA baseball tournament: On Selection Monday, Oregon State Beavers receive added motivation". Oregonian. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "2015 Baseball Roster". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  6. ^ "Oregon State Beavers baseball schedule". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved May 25, 2015.