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| June 1 || (4) [[Northwestern State Demons baseball|Northwestern St]] || No. 1 (1) || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR || '''W''' 9–3 || '''Fehmel (10–1)''' || Heisler (7–3) || ''None'' || 3,908 || 45–10–1 || 1–0
| June 1 || (4) [[Northwestern State Demons baseball|Northwestern State]] || No. 1 (1) || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR || '''W''' 9–3 || '''Fehmel (10–1)''' || Heisler (7–3) || ''None'' || 3,908 || 45–10–1 || 1–0
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| June 2 || (2) [[2018 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]] || No. 1 (1) || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR || '''W''' 14–1 || '''Heimlich (15–1)''' || Hess (7–6) || ''None'' || 4,009 || 46–10–1 || 1–0
| June 2 || (2) [[2018 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]] || No. 1 (1) || Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR || '''W''' 14–1 || '''Heimlich (15–1)''' || Hess (7–6) || ''None'' || 4,009 || 46–10–1 || 1–0

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 1
2018 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 18 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 22 8 0   .733 46 12 0   .793
No. 1 Oregon State ‍‍‍y 20 9 1   .683 55 12 1   .816
No. 8 Washington ‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 35 26 0   .574
No. 25 UCLA  ‍‍‍y 19 11 0   .633 38 21 0   .644
California  ‍‍‍ 16 14 0   .533 32 22 0   .593
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 34 22 0   .607
Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 23 32 0   .418
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 12 18 0   .400 26 28 0   .481
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 12 18 0   .400 26 29 0   .473
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 8 21 1   .283 16 33 1   .330
Utah  ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 16 39 0   .291
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 29, 2018
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represents Oregon State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers play their home games at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. The team is coached by Pat Casey in his 24th season at Oregon State. The Beavers began the season ranked #2 by Baseball America[1] and were unanimously selected by Pac-12 coaches to repeat as conference champions.[2]

Season

On March 11th, head coach Pat Casey was suspended by the NCAA for 4 games as a result of contact made on March 9th with third base umpire Mark Buchanan while disputing a check-swing call against a Cal State Fullerton batter. Casey was ejected following the contact and the game resulted in the Beavers' first loss of the season 3-5. Associate head coach Pat Bailey led the team during Casey's suspension.[3]

Entering into the final game of the regular season against UCLA Oregon State found itself 1/2 game behind Stanford for the Pac-12 crown. A win against UCLA coupled with a Stanford loss to Washington, who was also in contention for the league championship, would have given the Beavers their second straight Pac-12 championship.[4] Oregon State would go on to lose against UCLA and Stanford rallied to win against Washington to give them their first Pac-12 championship since 2004.[5]

In the post-season tournament the Beavers were selected as the #3 overall national seed, which guaranteed home field advantage for both the Regionals and Super Regionals. Only defending national champion Florida (#1) and Pac-12 champion Stanford (#2) were seeded higher.[6]

Roster

2018 Oregon State Beavers roster[7]
 

Pitchers

  • 12 Tweedt, Sam - Redshirt Junior
  • 15 Heimlich, Luke - Senior
  • 19 Donovan Dakota - Redshirt Freshman
  • 22 Gambrell, Grant - Sophomore
  • 23 Abel, Kevin - Freshman
  • 24 Burns, Nathan - Freshman
  • 26 Fehmel, Bryce - Junior
  • 31 Britton, Jordan - Junior
  • 32 Verburg, Mitchell - Sophomore
  • 34 Chamberlain, Christian - Freshman
  • 37 Eisert, Brandon - Sophomore
  • 38 Mulholland, Jake - Sophomore
  • 40 Attalah, Michael - Freshman
  • 45 Warren, Cade - Redshirt Freshman
  • 48 Hatley, Logan - Redshirt Junior
  • 49 Pearce, Dylan - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 16 Taylor, Zak - Junior
  • 17 Claunch, Troy - Freshman
  • 30 Zalesky, Zack - Redshirt Freshman
  • 35 Rutschman, Adley - Sophomore
  • 47 Mambaje, Jordan - Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 McMahan, Kyler - Freshman
  • 2 Grenier, Cadyn - Junior
  • 3 Madrigal, Nick - Junior
  • 7 Molone, Tyler - Sophomore
  • 9 Armstrong, Andy - Sophomore
  • 10 Gretler, Michael - Senior
  • 13 Mendazona, George - Sophomore
  • 18 Ober, Ryan - Freshman
  • 20 Clayton, Zach - Freshman
  • 44 McGarry, Alex - Sophomore
  • 51 Busalacchi, Zach - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 4 Kwan, Steven - Junior
  • 6 Casey, Joe - Redshirt Freshman
  • 11 Larnach, Trevor - Junior
  • 14 Willy, Elliot - Redshirt Freshman
  • 28 Nobach, Kyle - Redshirt Senior
  • 29 Anderson, Jack - Redshirt Senior
  • 33 Jones, Preston - Sophomore
  • 46 Foster, Darius - Freshman
 

Schedule and results

Legend
  Oregon State win
  Oregon State loss
  Postponement/Tie
Bold Oregon State team member
2018 Oregon State Beavers Baseball Game Log[8]
Regular Season
Postseason
College World Series
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Record
June 16 No. 5 (6) North Carolina No. 1 (3) TD Ameritrade ParkOmaha, NE L 6–8 O'Brien (7–0) Heimlich (16–2) Criswell (1) 21,628 49–11–1 0–1
June 18 Washington No. 1 (3) TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 14–5 Abel (5–1) Hardy (5–4) None 16,881 50–11–1 1–1
June 20 No. 5 (6) North Carolina or Mississippi State No. 1 (3) TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[9]22*2*21114765332122*2*
Baseball America[10]2222111511106642222*2*
Collegiate Baseball^[11]221111138755423111
NCBWA[12]22221114765332111*1*

^ 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.

Awards

 

Pac-12 Player of the Year[13]

  • Luke Heimlich - Pitcher of the Year (also won 2017 PiOY)
  • Cadyn Grenier - Defensive Player of the Year
 

Pac-12 All Conference First Team

  • Bryce Fehmel
  • Cadyn Grenier (Also named to All-Defensive Team)
  • Luke Heimlich
  • Steven Kwan
  • Trevor Larnach
  • Nick Madrigal (Also named to All-Defensive Team)
  • Adley Rutschman (Also named to All-Defensive Team)
  • Michael Gretler (All-Defensive Team and Honorable Mention only)

Major League Baseball Draft

In the 2018 Major League Baseball draft Nick Madrigal became the highest draft pick in Oregon State history when the Chicago White Sox selected him with the 4th pick of the 1st Round. The previous record holder was Michael Conforto, who was selected 10th overall by the New York Mets in the 2014 MLB draft.[14]

Pitcher Drew Rasmussen, who missed the entire 2018 season due to undergoing his second Tommy John surgery, was originally selected 31st overall in the 2017 MLB draft by the Tampa Bay Rays but was unable to come to terms with the team before the July 7th deadline. He was later denied free agency by Major League Baseball.[15]

Two-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year, Luke Heimlich, went undrafted for the second straight year. The Texas Rangers announced a month before the draft that they would not select the winningest pitcher in Oregon State history after it was revealed Heimlich plead guilty to sexually molesting a family member when he was 15.[16] Heimlich has since denied the allegations to which he plead guilty as a juvenile saying the guilty plea was "a decision me and my parents thought was the best option to move forward as a family."[17]

2018 MLB Draft results
Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Nick Madrigal 2B 1st 4th Chicago White Sox
Trevor Larnach RF 1st 20th Minnesota Twins
Cadyn Grenier SS CBA 37th Baltimore Orioles
Steven Kwan OF 5th 163rd Cleveland Indians
Drew Rasmussen RHP 6th 185th Milwaukee Brewers
Michael Gretler 3B 10th 294th Pittsburgh Pirates

References

  1. ^ "Preseason College Baseball Rankings Top 25 2018". Baseball America. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Oregon State Beavers baseball unanimous pick by coaches to win Pac-12". Oregonlive.com. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. ^ "NCAA suspends Oregon State baseball coach Pat Casey for 4 games". Oregonlive.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Kyle Nobach, Bryce Fehmel help No. 2 Oregon State baseball clinch series win over No. 16 UCLA". Oregonlive.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Oregon State baseball loses finale to UCLA, now awaits NCAA tournament fate". Oregonlive.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Oregon State Beavers earn No. 3 national seed for NCAA baseball tournament". Oregonlive.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  7. ^ "2018 Baseball Roster". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  8. ^ "2018 Baseball Schedule". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  9. ^ USA Today Coaches Poll
  10. ^ Baseball America Poll
  11. ^ Collegiate Baseball Poll
  12. ^ NCBWA Poll
  13. ^ "Pac-12 announces baseball All-Conference honors". Pac-12.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  14. ^ "MLB draft: Oregon State's Nick Madrigal selected No. 4 overall by Chicago White Sox". Oregonlive.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  15. ^ "MLB draft: Oregon State's Drew Rasmussen selected by Milwaukee Brewers in 6th round". Oregonlive.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Oregon State pitcher Luke Heimlich not selected in 2018 MLB draft". Oregonlive.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  17. ^ "He Was Convicted of Molesting a 6-Year Old. Should He Have a Future in Baseball?". New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2018.