Preview: Oregon State Baseball Will Host Florida in Super Area

Preview: Oregon State Baseball Will Host Florida in Super Area

Who, what, when, where

No. 9 Florida (41-14) vs. No. 8 Oregon (45-13-1)

Gos Stadium at Corvallis Coleman Stadium, Oregon

Friday - 3 pm

Expected pitching showdown: Dax Whitney (6-3, 3, 78 ERA) vs. Joey Volini (8-5, 3, 68 ERA)

Saturday - 6 pm

TBD vs TBD

Sunday (if NEC.TBD)

TBD vs TBD

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- Oregon and Florida have their first ever meeting.

-These teams appeared in the same university world competition once in 2017 and were on the same side of brackets, but did not meet.

- Beaver has only played one ACC opponent this season, beating the opponent at that time. February 21 in 7-2 Virginia, Round Rock, Texas.

- Oregon State University's 10th NCAA Super Regional History, ranked eighth in Corvallis. Mitch Canham coaches at Corvallis and in 2024 at Lexington. As a player, Cannum was 3-0 in Corvallis Super Enageals in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

- Oregon State outstripped its opponent 50-6 in the last four games in the Corvallis area. These included a 20-3 win over St. Mary, breaking the program's previous run record, 19 games against St. John in 2005.

-Trent Caraway hit home runs in five straight games. He is just the third beaver to do it, joining Tyler Malone (2018) and Travis Bazzana (2024). In six games, none of Beaver has never played a single game.

- Callaway's five home runs were the most ever in the playoffs. He surpassed Jordan Lennerton (2007), KJ Harrison (2017) and Gavin Turley (2023).

- Turley took over plan record holders in the playoffs of his career. He won three of his career in the region.

- OSU's closing against USC on Monday was the first playoffs since defeating Arkansas 5-0 in the 2018 championship game.

- This is the tenth closing ceremony of the Beaver in the NCAA playoffs.

- Oregon State broke Goss Stadium record with 4,383 fans in Monday's game. This brings Beavers to 92,339 in total attendance in 24 games, with an average of 3,847 per date. Ranked 20th in the country, while Alabama ranked 19th in 10th.

- The Beavers tied for five doubles in Monday's win in the fifth largest game in the country. OSU is 48 years old this year and tied for 23rd.

- Oregon State tied for 20th in 98 home runs this season and hopes to reach 100 for the second straight season.

- Easton Talt ranked fourth in the country with 62 walks, fourth ahead of U.S. leader Miggy Echazarreta (High Point). Talt is the only player and still has over 60 actions.

- Oregon State ranked seventh in the .982 field percentage and made the program's single-season record successful.

Statistical comparison

Florida hits fast

Last Out: Regional Seats – The Seminoles won the Tallahassee area at Dick Howser Stadium 3-0, the team's second regional seat in years. FSU had only seven runs in three games, and there were no four rescuers allowed to run in the Common 9.0 innings. Florida State has won eight playoffs in Tallahassee in six consecutive NCAA regional games. The team chairs its 37th NCAA Region.

Left-handed beginner Jamie Arnold, junior second baseman Drew Fahot, sophomore third baseman Cal Fisher, sophomore left-handed starter Wes Mendes and freshman first baseman Myles Bailey were appointed to the full zone. Arnold is considered the region's most outstanding player for the second consecutive year.

In Bethune-Cookman, who beat the fourth seed 6-2 on May 30, FSU immediately broke the 2-2 field in the third inning with a 2-2 score after a 2:19 weather delay. Bailey scored two hits and two RBIs in the NCAA debut and was one of three players with home runs. All three doubles at Florida State were lined up to beat the runners of base racers.

The Seminoles reached the regional finals on May 31 by defeating the third-seeded Mississippi State University 10-3. Bailey beat his first professional grand slam, playing with home run for the fifth straight time while Faurot made two shots. Arnold hit a season-high 13 batsmen in 7.0 innings to win.

FSU made two runs in the seventh inning, on its eighth run, defeating Mississippi State 5-2 in Sunday's dramatic finale to win the area. Florida trailed 2-0 after five innings, then Fisher tied it with a home run in the seventh. Williams was followed by the eighth two opposition singles, giving the Seminoles the first lead of the day. Mendes spent a career day in the win, winning nine games in the career-best 8.0 innings and allowing two runs.

Noel Numbers

FSU scored 433 runs on 588 hits, with an average of .311, 100 home runs, 255 walks and 68 stolen bases. The pitcher has 4.65 ERA, allowing 243 runs, 401 hits, 569 strikeouts and 243 walks in 470.2 innings.

Junior infielder Alex Lodise leads the team with an average of 0.405, 92 hits, 67 hits, 18 doubles, 3 3s and 167 bases, and ties for second with 17 home runs. Junior outfielder Max Williams has 18 home runs and sophomore outfielder Chase Williams has 18 stolen bases. Junior outfielder Gage Harrelson ranked second with an average score of .335, hitting 75 and 15 stolen bases, while junior infielder Drew Faurot has 51 hits.

On the mound, junior middle school left-hander Jamie Arnold strikes out with 110 strikeouts in 78.0 innings with 8-2 ​​with a 3.12 ERA. Redshirt junior left-hander Joey Volini was 8-5, with 3.68 ERA in 80.2 innings, 97 strikeouts and 25 walks. Among the Reliefs, Redshirt Senior Righty Joe Charles had a 3.82 ERA in 33.0 innings, strikeout, a 2-0 record and 4 saves.