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.[3] They played home games in Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. The Beavers finished the season with a 41–17 overall record, and came in third in the Pacific-10 Conference Championship with 17 wins and 10 losses.
| 2011 Oregon State Beavers baseball | |
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Corvallis Regional Champions | |
Nashville Super Regional vs. Vanderbilt, L 1–11 | |
| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| 2011 record | 41–17 (17–10 Pac-10) |
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| Pitching coach | Nate Yeskie (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field |
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| 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[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 1–11.
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.[4]
- Six pitchers were selected in the first nine rounds of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, the most ever in Beavers' history.[5]
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| Coaches' | RV | RV* | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 16 | ||
| Baseball America | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Collegiate Baseball^ | RV | — | — | — | 23 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | ||
| NCBWA† | RV | RV | RV | RV | 30 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 18 | ||
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
References
- "Baseball standings". Pac-10. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
- "USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll". USA Today. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
- "Archived copy". www.osubeavers.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Player Bio: Nate Yeskie - OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- "Player Bio: Nate Yeskie - OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-04.