2011 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

The 2011 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team participated in the Pacific-10 Conference. They were coached by Pat Casey and assistant coaches Marty Lees, Pat Bailey, and Nate Yeskie. They played their home games in Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. The Beavers finished the season with a 41–19 overall record, and came in third in the Pacific-10 Conference Championship with 17 wins and 10 losses.

2011 Oregon State Beavers baseball
Corvallis Regional champions
Nashville Super Regional, 0–2
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
CB	No. 10
Record	41–19 (17–10 Pac-10)
Head coach	Pat Casey (17th season)
Assistant coaches	Marty Lees (10th season) Pat Bailey (4th season)
Home stadium	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field

2011 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	18	–	9		.667			35	–	24		.593
No. 11 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	10		.630			42	–	16		.724
No. 16 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	10		.630			41	–	17		.707
Arizona  ‍‍‍y	15	–	12		.556			39	–	21		.650
No. 21 Stanford  ‍‍‍y	14	–	12		.538			35	–	20		.636
California  ‍‍‍y	13	–	13		.500			35	–	21		.625
USC  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			25	–	31		.446
Oregon  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			33	–	26		.559
Washington State  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			26	–	28		.481
Washington  ‍‍‍	6	–	21		.222			17	–	37		.315
† – Conference champion ‡ – Pac-10 Conference champion y – Invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 8, 2011 Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The team was selected to host a Regional in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and as such were seeded #1 in the Corvallis Regional. The Beavers won all three of their games in the Corvallis Regional and went on to play the #6 national seed Vanderbilt in the Nashville Super Regional, where they lost in 2 games.

Previous season

Oregon State finished the 2010 regular season as the #8 team in the Pacific-10 Conference, and lost to the Florida Gators in the Gainesville Regional. Many players returned from last year's team to play for the 2011 team.

Highlights

• The pitching staff finished the season with a team ERA of 3.14 in 2011, which is the lowest since 2005 and the second-lowest since 1979.
• Six pitchers were selected in the first nine rounds of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, the most ever in Beavers' history.

Schedule

2005 Oregon State Beavers baseball game log (41–19)
Regular season (38–17)
February (5–3) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 1 February 19 vs. Gonzaga Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California W 4–3 (11) 1–0 – 2 February 20 vs. Gonzaga Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California W 4–2 2–0 – 3 February 20 at No. 29 Fresno State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California L 1–2 2–1 – 4 February 21 at No. 29 Fresno State Pete Beiden Field • Fresno, California L 4–5 2–2 – Kleberg Bank Classic 5 February 25 vs. No. 25 Connecticut Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas W 2–0 3–2 – 6 February 26 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas L 7–8 3–3 – 7 February 27 vs. Indiana Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas W 7–5 4–3 – 8 February 28 vs. UTSA Wolff Municipal Stadium • San Antonio, Texas W 10–7 (10) 5–3 –
March (13–3) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 9 March 5 Hartford Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 14–3 (7) 6–3 – 10 March 5 Hartford Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 16–1 7–3 – 11 March 6 Hartford Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 9–1 8–3 – 12 March 6 Hartford Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 13–2 9–3 – 13 March 8 Oregon Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 4–1 10–3 – 14 March 11 New Mexico State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 7–0 11–3 – 15 March 12 VMI Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 13–3 12–3 – 16 March 13 VMI Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 5–1 13–3 – 17 March 18 at Long Beach State No. 23 Blair Field • Long Beach, California W 4–0 14–3 – 18 March 19 at Long Beach State No. 23 Blair Field • Long Beach, California W 9–6 15–3 – 19 March 19 at Long Beach State No. 23 Blair Field • Long Beach, California L 1–2 (11) 15–4 – 20 March 22 Seattle No. 26 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 4–5 15–5 – 21 March 23 Seattle No. 26 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 4–2 16–5 – 22 March 25 UC Santa Barbara No. 26 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 6–3 17–5 – 23 March 26 UC Santa Barbara No. 26 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 11–5 18–5 – 24 March 27 UC Santa Barbara No. 26 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 3–8 18–6 –
April (14–2) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 25 April 1 at No. 17 Arizona No. 29 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona L 0–18 18–7 0–1 26 April 2 at No. 17 Arizona No. 29 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona W 10–4 19–7 1–1 27 April 3 at No. 17 Arizona No. 29 Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona W 8–4 20–7 2–1 28 April 5 at Portland No. 20 Joe Etzel Field • Portland, Oregon W 11–1 21–7 – 29 April 8 No. 5 Arizona State No. 20 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 5–3 22–7 3–1 30 April 9 No. 5 Arizona State No. 20 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 7–6 23–7 4–1 31 April 10 No. 5 Arizona State No. 20 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 9–6 24–7 5–1 32 April 15 at No. 21 Stanford No. 10 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California W 1–0 25–7 6–1 33 April 16 at No. 21 Stanford No. 10 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California W 8–1 26–7 7–1 34 April 17 at No. 21 Stanford No. 10 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California W 6–4 27–7 8–1 35 April 21 Washington State No. 7 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 4–2 28–7 9–1 36 April 22 Washington State No. 7 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 7–6 29–7 10–1 37 April 23 Washington State No. 7 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 0–2 29–8 10–2 38 April 26 at Portland No. 6 Joe Etzel Field • Portland, Oregon W 6–1 30–8 – 39 April 29 at No. 13 UCLA No. 6 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 7–5 31–8 11–2 40 April 30 at No. 13 UCLA No. 6 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 2–0 32–8 12–2
May (6–8) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 41 May 1 at No. 13 UCLA No. 6 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 2–5 32–9 12–3 42 May 3 Oregon No. 4 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 2–7 32–10 – 43 May 7 No. 24 California No. 4 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 3–0 33–10 13–3 44 May 7 No. 24 California No. 4 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 2–6 33–11 13–4 45 May 8 No. 24 California No. 4 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 4–2 34–11 14–4 46 May 10 Portland No. 3 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 13–3 35–11 – 47 May 13 vs. Washington No. 3 Safeco Field • Seattle, Washington W 6–4 36–11 15–4 48 May 14 at Washington No. 3 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington W 9–3 37–11 16–4 49 May 14 at Washington No. 3 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington L 6–7 37–12 16–5 50 May 20 USC No. 2 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 7–2 38–12 17–5 51 May 21 USC No. 2 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 3–8 38–13 17–6 52 May 22 USC No. 2 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon L 3–4 38–14 17–7 53 May 27 at Oregon No. 6 PK Park • Eugene, Oregon L 1–4 38–15 17–8 54 May 28 at Oregon No. 6 PK Park • Eugene, Oregon L 1–4 38–16 17–9 55 May 29 at Oregon No. 6 PK Park • Eugene, Oregon L 0–6 38–17 17–10
Postseason (3–2)
NCAA tournament: Corvallis Regional (3–0) # Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record 56 June 3 (4) Arkansas–Little Rock (1) No. 13 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 7–4 39–17 1–0 57 June 4 (2) No. 25 Creighton (1) No. 13 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 5–1 40–17 2–0 58 June 5 (3) Georgia (1) No. 13 Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, Oregon W 6–4 41–17 3–0
NCAA tournament: Nashville Super Regional (0–2) # Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record 59 June 10 at (6) No. 3 Vanderbilt No. 9 Hawkins Field • Nashville, Tennessee L 1–11 41–18 3–1 60 June 11 at (6) No. 3 Vanderbilt No. 9 Hawkins Field • Nashville, Tennessee L 3–9 41–19 3–2

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	RV	RV*	RV	RV	RV	22	20	19	15	8	9	7	7	7	10	16	16*	16*	11
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	23	23	19	9	3	3	3	2	2	6	15	15*	15*	10
Collegiate Baseball^	RV	—	—	—	23	26	29	20	10	7	6	4	3	2	6	13	9	10	10
NCBWA†	RV	RV	RV	RV	30	26	27	27	17	15	12	8	10	10	13	18	18*	12	12

^ 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.

See also

• Oregon State Beavers baseball
• 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season

External links

• Oregon State Beavers baseball team
• Pac-10 baseball