SCHEDULE: Oregon State at Tennessee, 1 p.m. today, 11 a.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. Sunday
WHERE: Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Knoxville, Tenn.
RECORDS: Season-opener for both teams
SERIES: It's the first game between the teams.
RADIO/TV: KEJO (1240 AM)/none.
PROBABLE STARTERS: Today, OSU so. LH Tanner Robles vs. UT LH Nick Hernandez; Saturday, OSU so. RH Tyler Waldron vs. UT LH Bryan Morgado; Sunday, OSU so. RH Greg Peavey vs. UT RH Stephen McCray.
UPDATE: It's the 100th season-opener for the Beavers, who are 70-29 all-time in the first game of the season. -. OSU is 6-2 vs. Southeastern Conference teams the past four seasons; 6-1 vs. Georgia and 0-1 vs. Vanderbilt. -. Today's OSU starter, Tanner Robles, was 3-2, with a 6.31 ERA as a freshman in 2008, and is the first lefty to start an opener since Jake Postlewaite in 2004. Saturday's starter, Tyler Waldron, a transfer from University of the Pacific, was 3-7, 5.20 with the Tigers. Sunday's starter, Greg Peavy, was 2-3, 4.96. -. OSU junior SS Joey Wong started all 52 games in 2008 and has started 107 of 119 games in his two-year career. He is one of three returning regulars for the Beavers; the others are junior C Ryan Ortiz and senior OF John Wallace.
- Brooks Hatch
Posted in Beavers-sports on Friday, February 20, 2009 12:00 am Updated: 11:01 pm.
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