Oregon State baseball vs. TCU highlights: Beavers keep season alive with regional win

CORVALLIS — Oregon State baseball will live to fight another day.

In a win-or-go-home matchup between the two highest-seeded teams in the Corvallis Regional, the Beavers staved off elimination by beating TCU, 7-2, at Goss Stadium. With the loss, the Horned Frog's season is over.

Oregon State will move on to face either USC or St. Mary's at 3 p.m. Sunday. The opponent in that game will be decided when the Trojans and Gaels face off later this evening.

In his first postseason appearance, Beavers' freshman Dax Whitney gave OSU one of the best outings of his career. The right-hander tossed six innings, limited TCU to two earned runs and struck out a career-high 12 batters.

OSU tallied just seven hits, but provided plenty of power in the early innings. Wilson Weber, AJ Singer, Trent Caraway and Tyce Peterson all hit home runs for the Beavers.

Weber, who was one of the hottest hitters in the nation in the month of May, got Oregon State rolling with a massive three-run homer in the first inning.

Oregon State is expected to turn to sophomore lefty Ethan Kleinschmit, its usual Sunday starter, in its third game of the regional. The former Kennedy High star owns a 7-3 record and 3.84 earned run average in 14 starts this season.

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Final: Oregon State 7, TCU 2

Top of the 9th inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 2

Nelson Keljo stayed on for his third inning of work for the Beavers.

Keljo issued a one-out walk to Nolan Traeger, then a single to Anthony Silva. He got the second out by striking out Isaac Cadena.

With TCU's season on the line, Jack Arthur came on to pinch-hit with two outs. Keljo struck him out looking to end the game.

Bottom of the 8th inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 2

Trent Caraway drew a leadoff walk. Then, Dallas Macias tried to check his swing on a high fastball and accidentally blooped a single through the left side off the knob of his bat.

That's all the Beavers got in the inning, though.

Top of the 8th inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 2

OSU reliever Nelson Keljo got a strikeout and then scattered a pair of groundouts around a one-out walk to produce a scoreless inning.

Bottom of the 7th inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 2

Wilson Weber and AJ Singer — who have each already homered today — barreled up line drives to the warning track. But both resulted in outs as OSU went down in order.

Top of the 7th inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 2

Nelson Keljo replaced Dax Whitney on the hill for OSU to begin the seventh.

Whitney's final line was as follows: four hits, two earned runs, one walk and 13 strikeouts in six innings of work. He threw 104 pitches, including 69 strikes.

Keljo issued a leadoff walk to Nolan Traeger, which prompted a mound visit from OSU catcher Wilson Weber. Anthony Silva followed with a single to center.

Keljo bounced back with a strikeout for the first out of the frame. Then, he rolled a 5-3 double play to escape the jam.

Bottom of the 6th inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 2

Tyce Peterson pushed a bunt down the first baseline and legged it out for a single, as the throw pulled first baseman Brody Green off the bag. After an official review, though, Peterson was ruled out.

Top of the 6th inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 2

Dax Whitney stayed on for the sixth and worked another 1-2-3 frame. He capped it off with his 12th strikeout of the day.

Whitney is at 99 pitches on the day.

Bottom of the 5th inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 2

Trent Caraway nearly had a double down the left field line, but it was ruled foul, prompting a protest from OSU head coach Mitch Canham. Caraway eventually worked a walk, then exchanged words with TCU pitcher Braeden Sloan as he jogged to first base.

Sloan struck out Jacob Krieg to end the inning, then turned around and chirped at Caraway as the Horned Frogs returned to their dugouts. The umpires met with TCU head coach Kirk Saarloos between innings as cooler heads prevailed.

Top of the 5th inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 2

Anthony Silva led off with a single and moved up to third when OSU left fielder Gavin Turley misplayed the ball in left. Isaac Cadena followed with a two-run homer over the right field scoreboard to trim the Beavers' lead to 7-2.

Dax Whitney eventually got out of the inning with his 11th strikeout of the day. He has thrown 91 pitches.

Bottom of the 4th inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 0

For the first time today, Oregon State went down in order as Braeden Sloan worked a 1-2-3 inning for TCU.

Top of the 4th inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 0

Dax Whitney got his ninth strikeout of the day to end the inning. The Beavers' freshman starter is at 68 pitches through four innings.

Bottom of the 3rd inning — Oregon State 7, TCU 0

AJ Singer clobbered another home run — OSU's third of the day — to lead off the third. Canon Reeder followed with a walk.

Two batters later, Tyce Peterson hit a two-run homer to the opposite field to make it 7-0.

Top of the 3rd inning — Oregon State 4, TCU 0

Sawyer Strosnider crushed a two-out double off the top of the left field wall for TCU.

But Dax Whitney answered back once again. The Beavers' freshman starter struck out TCU No. 3 hitter Cole Cramer swinging to end the inning.

Whitney is up to eight strikeouts on the day already.

Bottom of the 2nd inning — Oregon State 4, TCU 0

Trent Caraway demolished a solo homer to lead off the inning for Oregon State. Jacob Krieg followed with a walk. That spelled the end of the day for TCU starter Mason Brassfield. The Horned Frogs replaced him with lefty Braeden Sloan.

Sloan worked two quick outs, then hit Aiva Arquette with a pitch. Gavin Turley followed with a four-pitch walk to load the bases.

Wilson Weber worked his way into a 2-0 count, but Sloan battled back and struck him out to end the threat.

Top of the 2nd inning — Oregon State 3, TCU 0

Chase Brunson lined a one-out double to left to get TCU its first hit of the day, and Nolan Traeger followed with a walk.

Beavers' starter Dax Whitney bounced back by striking out Anthony Silva. He finished off the frame with a swinging strike out of Isaac Cadena to escape the jam.

Bottom of the 1st inning — Oregon State 3, TCU 0

Aiva Arquette got Oregon State's offense going immediately with a double on the second pitch he saw. Gavin Turley followed with a walk.

The next batter, Wilson Weber, clobbered a three-run homer to give the Beavers a much-needed early lead.

Top of the 1st inning — Oregon State 0, TCU 0

Oregon State freshman starter Dax Whitney struck out the side in the first inning of his first-ever regional appearance.

Oregon State starting lineup

1. Easton Talt — RF
2. Aiva Arquette — SS
3. Gavin Turley — LF
4. Wilsin Wbeer — C
5. AJ Singer — 2B
6. Canon Reeder — CF
7. Trent Caraway — 3B
8. Jacob Krieg — DH
9. Tyce Peterson — 1B

RHP Dax Whitney (5-3, 3.86 ERA)

TCU starting lineup

1. Jack Bell — 3B
2. Sawyer Strosnider — DH
3. Cole Cramer — 2B
4. Noah Franco — RF
5. Chase Brunson — CF
6. Nolan Traeger — C
7. Anthony Silva — SS
8. Isaac Cadena — LF
9. Brody Green — 1B

LHP Mason Brassfield (5-1, 3.56)

How to watch No. 8 Oregon State Beavers vs. TCU Horned Frogs in Game 2 of Corvallis Regional

Date: May 31

Time: Noon

Watch: ESPN+

Radio: KKNX 840 AM/105.1 FM (Eugene); KEJO 1240 AM (Corvallis); KBZY 1490 AM (Salem)

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