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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 21, 2023 14:54:18 GMT -8
Best 55-game starts in program history:
51-4 2017 (lost in College World Series Semifinal to LSU).
45-10 2005 (0-2 in College World Series) and 2013 (lost in College World Series Semifinal to Mississippi State).
44-10-1 2018 (National Champions).
43-12 2014 (lost Corvallis Regional Championship Game).
42-13 2022 (lost Corvallis Super Regional).
41-14 2006 (National Champions).
39-16 2023 (?)
38-16-1 2015 (lost Dallas Regional).
38-17 2007 (National Champions) and 2011 (lost Nashville Super Regional).
2023 is the 8th-best start in Oregon State history.
2023 Oregon State passed both 2007 Oregon State and 2011 Oregon State with the win yesterday. 2007 and 2011 each finished with a regular season record of 38-17. 2011 Oregon State was the Beaver team with the lowest winning percentage to host and probably would not have had hosted. But Oregon State's final loss occurred after the Committee announced the regional hosts.
The last time that Oregon State finished the regular season with 39 wins was in 2006. 39-14 in 2006 and 39-16 in 2023.
2023 Oregon State can catch 2022 with seven straight wins. 2022 Oregon State finished 41-13 in the regular season. 2022 Oregon State then went 3-2 in the Pac-12 Tournament, finishing the Tournament with a 44-15 overall record. 2022 Oregon State started 2-1 in the Corvallis Regional. 2023 Oregon State would have to win the Pac-12 Tournament Championship and win the Regional in order to catch 2022 Oregon State.
2023 Oregon State can catch 2006 with nine straight wins. 2006 Oregon State finished 39-14 in the regular season. 2006 Oregon State then went 9-1 to get into the Championship Series and then dropped game one to North Carolina. 2023 Oregon State would have to win the Pac-12 Tournament Championship and win the Regional and Super Regional in order to catch 2006 Oregon State. This is 2023 Oregon State's final opportunity to catch 2006 Oregon State, as 2006 Oregon State finished with 16 losses.
2005, 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2018 cannot be caught. Oregon State would have to play 59, 66, 60, 63, and 69 games total, respectively, to pass the five seasons' records.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 21, 2023 16:15:23 GMT -8
2017 record will be there for quite some time... No team will ever get to 56-4, which is where we were when Kwan's game-changing, 2-run double was called foul. |
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Post by treasurevalleybeav on May 21, 2023 16:31:06 GMT -8
Was that the same LSU game or games where the ump basically cheated on every strike call 100 feet outside?
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 21, 2023 17:41:45 GMT -8
Was that the same LSU game or games where the ump basically cheated on every strike call 100 feet outside? That was the third game. The Street game. Oregon State killed LSU 13-1 in the first game at night. In game two against LSU, during the heat of the day, Kwanny hit that ball into the corner and it was called foul but hit the yellow foul padding down the line and was fair. Casey asked the third-base coach if it was fair or foul, and the third-base coach said it was foul, so Casey did not challenge it. Kwanny hit an infield fly, so instead of second and third with one out and a 2-1 ballgame, it was first and second with two outs and a 2-0 ballgame. Madrigal and Larnach walked to bring in Gretler to score him, but Harrison struck out to end the inning. Game three was the Street game. It was during the heat of the day again. The strike zone was wildly inconsistent, especially the outside corner. And it seemed like it was inconsistent to Oregon State's detriment. Fehmel was the starter but could not manage to throw strikes in an inconsistent zone. Eisert came in and threw better but still bad. Rasmussen came in in a 5-0 hole in the fourth and steadied the ship through the rest of the game. But it was too late for it to matter. This was Rasmussen's last game as a Beaver. Harrison's, too. Anderson ended Oregon State's season with a ground ball to second that forced out Madrigal. No one hit well. Gretler scored the only run by himself on a solo shot to left with one out in the eighth. |
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on May 21, 2023 19:24:07 GMT -8
The 1986 Beavs actually had a higher win percentage... but it was only a 54 game season at 39 and 15.
1985, 1987 and 1994 weren't too shabby either, not as good as this year though. The Beavers had more 30+ win seasons with shorter schedules on top of those during the 80s and 90s as well.
Thought I'd mention it since there are people who don't seem to remember the Beavs actually had a good baseball program before Casey showed up. This is not meant to be a knock on the program, I'm amazed that that sport has managed to do fairly consistently well for over 40 years now.
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Post by Judge Smails on May 21, 2023 19:36:20 GMT -8
The 1986 Beavs actually had a higher win percentage... but it was only a 54 game season at 39 and 15. 1985, 1987 and 1994 weren't too shabby either, not as good as this year though. The Beavers had more 30+ win seasons with shorter schedules on top of those during the 80s and 90s as well. Thought I'd mention it since there are people who don't seem to remember the Beavs actually had a good baseball program before Casey showed up. This is not meant to be a knock on the program, I'm amazed that that sport has managed to do fairly consistently well for over 40 years now. Very hard to compare those teams that played in the PAC 10 North. Pretty much like playing in the current Mountain West. “Good” is a bit of a stretch. No comparison to our teams in the current century. |
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Post by rgeorge on May 21, 2023 19:50:44 GMT -8
The 1986 Beavs actually had a higher win percentage... but it was only a 54 game season at 39 and 15. 1985, 1987 and 1994 weren't too shabby either, not as good as this year though. The Beavers had more 30+ win seasons with shorter schedules on top of those during the 80s and 90s as well. Thought I'd mention it since there are people who don't seem to remember the Beavs actually had a good baseball program before Casey showed up. This is not meant to be a knock on the program, I'm amazed that that sport has managed to do fairly consistently well for over 40 years now. Very hard to compare those teams that played in the PAC 10 North. Pretty much like playing in the current Mountain West. “Good” is a bit of a stretch. No comparison to our teams in the current century. Actually don't see a comparison being made other than winning %. And, no matter the year, teams played who was put in front of them. Their winning % was legit. There is no way to tell how those teams would have done as they didn't have the opportunities that current teams do. It's not like every team in the south was juggernaut. The good pre-Casey teams were very good, played solid fundamental baseball, and could have done very well. Different era, equipment, etc... so there is no comparison. And, the OP made none. And, there is also no way to tell how earlier teams would have fared with a different schedule. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 21, 2023 20:04:47 GMT -8
The 1998 team, which was 7-2 vs. the South with sweeps of Arizona and UCLA, would have been a very tough out in a regional with Brody Purcell, Chris Pine and Andrew Checketts as starting pitchers.
We took second in the North to Pac-10 champion Washington, which destroyed Stanford 16-4 and 12-8 in the Pac-10 championship series. OSU and Washington were a combined 14-6 vs. the South that season. We clearly merited a regional.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 21, 2023 21:39:38 GMT -8
The 1998 team, which was 7-2 vs. the South with sweeps of Arizona and UCLA, would have been a very tough out in a regional with Brody Purcell, Chris Pine and Andrew Checketts as starting pitchers. We took second in the North to Pac-10 champion Washington, which destroyed Stanford 16-4 and 12-8 in the Pac-10 championship series. OSU and Washington were a combined 14-6 vs. the South that season. We clearly merited a regional. RPI of 62. Three wins were against Division 2 St. Martin's. Six wins were against Portland State in their last year with a baseball team. Three wins were against Portland. Oregon State lost two of three on the road against USC. The Beavers swept Arizona and UCLA, both finishing in the bottom half of the Pac-10 South. Add to it the fact that the Tournament was still 48 teams back then. I am not even sure that Oregon State would have been eligible, considering the schedule. I am not sure what the tiebreakers would have been, if Oregon State would have defeated Washington one more time. Great team. With a better schedule, Oregon State probably would have merited an invite. But it was what it was. |
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