BEAVERS TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
OSU Wins; Rice and OSU in Winner Take All Game Thursday
By Mark Anderson
The Oregon State Beavers took a walk on the wild side Wednesday night to force a one game,winner take all scenario at Rosenblatt Stadium on Thursday.
Craig Crow did a great Houdini impression in the first two innings, getting out of some pretty tight spots in the first two innings. But the third time was the charm for the Beavers as they scored three runs off of Crow in the third to take the early lead that they would never relinquish. Crow, who normally is a control pitcher, didn’t have his control tonight, as his box score indicated Crow faced fourteen hitters, giving up four hits, three walks, and two hit batters before being relieved by Bobby Bramhall.
Daniel Turpen was the story of the night, though. Turpen had only started one game this year, and was picked to start the most important game of the year. He was simply nothing short of spectacular, giving up only three hits, a walk, and a hit batter over 6 2/3 innings. Oregon State Head Coach Pat Casey said of Turpen afterwards, “We were on the last leg, and we asked (Daniel) Turpen to go out and give us a good start. He pitched a heck of a ball game against a great club.” His pitches were enough to keep the Owls offense—a run-scoring machine—off-stride the whole night. Josh Rodriguez summed it up best when he said, “They threw strikes. We couldn’t get anything going on offense. He (Daniel Turpen) got outs when he needed them.”
Wayne Graham was not down in spite of this loss. After the game, Graham said, “Our best baseball may be ahead of us. It was a fun game to watch. There were four or five great plays out there. . . It has a chance to be a great baseball game. They have pitchers rested and so do we. It should be a great game.”
There has been no announcement of who will take the hill for the Owls as of this writing for the winner-take-all game. I’ve tried to avoid speculation on this, and will do so again. If I get official word beforehand and have opportunity to post it, I will. Look for links to pictures here shortly from tonight’s game as well.
By Mark Anderson
The Oregon State Beavers took a walk on the wild side Wednesday night to force a one game,winner take all scenario at Rosenblatt Stadium on Thursday.
Craig Crow did a great Houdini impression in the first two innings, getting out of some pretty tight spots in the first two innings. But the third time was the charm for the Beavers as they scored three runs off of Crow in the third to take the early lead that they would never relinquish. Crow, who normally is a control pitcher, didn’t have his control tonight, as his box score indicated Crow faced fourteen hitters, giving up four hits, three walks, and two hit batters before being relieved by Bobby Bramhall.
Daniel Turpen was the story of the night, though. Turpen had only started one game this year, and was picked to start the most important game of the year. He was simply nothing short of spectacular, giving up only three hits, a walk, and a hit batter over 6 2/3 innings. Oregon State Head Coach Pat Casey said of Turpen afterwards, “We were on the last leg, and we asked (Daniel) Turpen to go out and give us a good start. He pitched a heck of a ball game against a great club.” His pitches were enough to keep the Owls offense—a run-scoring machine—off-stride the whole night. Josh Rodriguez summed it up best when he said, “They threw strikes. We couldn’t get anything going on offense. He (Daniel Turpen) got outs when he needed them.”
Wayne Graham was not down in spite of this loss. After the game, Graham said, “Our best baseball may be ahead of us. It was a fun game to watch. There were four or five great plays out there. . . It has a chance to be a great baseball game. They have pitchers rested and so do we. It should be a great game.”
There has been no announcement of who will take the hill for the Owls as of this writing for the winner-take-all game. I’ve tried to avoid speculation on this, and will do so again. If I get official word beforehand and have opportunity to post it, I will. Look for links to pictures here shortly from tonight’s game as well.
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