SCHEDULE: At Coca-Cola Classic; today, vs. Gonzaga, 2 p.m.; Saturday, vs. Arizona State, 2 p.m.; Sunday, vs. Missouri, 8:45 a.m.
WHERE: Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Ariz.
RECORDS: OSU 7-0; Gonzaga 1-5; Arizona State 5-1; Missouri 3-0
SERIES: Oregon State leads Gonzaga 59-30; trails ASU 31-18; leads Missouri 1-0
RADIO: KUIK (1360 AM)
PROBABLE STARTERS: Friday, OSU jr. RHP Mike Stutes (1-0, 3.48) vs. TBA; Saturday, OSU jr. LHP Joe Paterson (1-0, 0.82) vs. TBA; Sunday, OSU jr. RHP Daniel Turpen (1-0, 2.70) vs. TBA.
UPDATE: The Beavers are ranked ninth in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers poll, 12th in the Collegiate Baseball Poll and 10th in the Baseball America poll. ... Coach Pat Casey can win his 400th game at OSU this weekend; he’s 398-253-4 in 12-plus seasons. ... The Beavers have won nine consecutive games over the past two seasons; their 7-0 start matches the best since 1962. ... C Mitch Canham is batting .550 with a homer and eight RBIs; CF Koa Kahalehoe is hitting .417 with five RBIs and has a five-game hitting streak; OF Mike Lissman is batting .308 with a homer and nine RBIs and SS Darwin Barney is at .308 with nine RBIs. ... OSU pitchers have 63 strikeouts and 19 walks; opposing pitchers have 36 strikeouts and 51 walks. ... Seven different pitchers have wins for OSU. P Jake McCormick got his first career win at Georgia on Feb. 9 by retiring the final batter in the eighth inning. OSU then went ahead in the top of the ninth and won 10-8. ... Gonzaga was 1-2 at UC Riverside last weekend; 1B Ryan Wiegland is hitting .340 (0-7) and SS Aaron McGuiness is hitting .500 (0-1). ASU was 2-1 at the Houston College Classic, defeating Texas A&M and Houston and losing to Vanderbilt. OF Matt Spencer is hitting .619 (4-18), C Petey Paramorer (.600, 0-5), OF Ike Davis (.545, 0-11) and 1B Brett Wallace (.519, 0-5) are other mainstays. Missouri swept at Florida International; OF Aaron Senne is hitting .417 (0-4), C Dan Pietroburgo is at .600 (0-1) and OF Brock Bond is at .500 (0-3).
— Brooks Hatch