The Oregon State Beavers play the New Mexico Lobos Friday in a season-opening college baseball matchup at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Arizona.
It’s the first game of the Sanderson Ford College Baseball Classic, a four-team tournament hosted by the Beavers. Minnesota and UC Santa Barbara also are in the field.
Here are details about tonight’s game:
Oregon State Beavers (0-0) vs. New Mexico Lobos (0-0)
When: 11 a.m., PT Friday, Feb. 17
Where: Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona
TV channel: The game is not televised.
How to watch live stream online: The game will be streamed live by FloSports. Visit osubeavers.com and click on the baseball schedule for a direct link to the game. For subscription information, visit FloSports.TV.
Radio: All games air on the Beaver Sports Network. Pregame starts 30 minutes before the first pitch. Affiliates include KEJO 93.7-FM & 1240-AM (Corvallis), KKNX 1051.-FM & 840-AM (Eugene), KCFM 104.1-FM & 1250-AM & 104.1-FM (Florence), KLAD 104.3-FM & 960-AM (Klamath Falls), KCFM 103.1-FM (Mapleton), KTMT 96.1-FM & 580-AM (Medford), KCMX 880-AM (Medford), KCMX 99.5-FM (Phoenix), KEX 1190-AM (Portland), KSKR 1490-AM (Roseburg) and KBZY 1490-AM (Salem).
Probable starters: RHP Trent Sellers (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Riley Egloff (0-0, 0.00)
This and that: Sellers transferred from Lewis-Clark State College in the offseason and is making his first career start for the Beavers. The 6-foot-2 right-hander went 14-0 with a 1.98 ERA and 140 strikeouts in 109 innings last season, when he led the NAIA in wins and set a single-season school record in strikeouts. … The Beavers return just three players who started in the final game of the 2022 season: Garret Forrester (first base), Travis Bazzana (second base) and Kyle Dernedde (shortstop). … Preseason All-American pitcher Ben Ferrer, a versatile right-hander who is expected to play an important role, is out indefinitely with mononucleosis. He did not make the trip to Arizona. … Oregon State boasts a 16-4 all-time record vs. New Mexico, including a 5-0 mark under coach coach Mitch Canham. The Beavers have outscored the Lobos 64-11 in the five wins. … Canham needs 10 victories to reach 100 at Oregon State. … The Beavers are 82-31 all-time on opening day and have won 12 of their last 13 openers. The only loss came in a 3-2 defeat to Kansas State in 2021. … This is the ninth consecutive season Oregon State has opened with a tournament in Surprise. They are 57-15 in those games.
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