EUGENE, Ore. – Jacob Krieg and Travis Bazzana each homered as No. 6 Oregon State dropped a 9-5 decision to Oregon Tuesday night at PK Park.
Krieg hit a first-inning grand slam to put the Beavers (33-11 overall) up early, and Bazzana went deep for a solo blast in the second to make it a 5-0 OSU lead.
Oregon (30-14), however, scored nine unanswered runs for the comeback win.
Bazzana’s home run was his 21st of the year, tying him with Jim Wilson (1982) for the most in a single-season at Oregon State. The opposite field blast was also the 38th of his career, extending his program record.
Krieg, meanwhile, hit his eighth home run of the season, going deep to left on a 3-1 pitch from Oregon starter Ian Umlandt.
Jaren Hunter started and allowed seven runs – three earned – on seven hits in three innings. He is now 1-1 on the year.
Brock Moore, who struck out eight in three innings, earned the win for Oregon, improving to 2-0.
Next Up
Oregon State visits Washington State and opens a three-game series with the Cougars Friday night at Pullman’s Bailey-Brayton Field. First pitch is slated for 7:05 p.m. PT and the game will air on the Pac-12 Network.
Oregon State Game Notes
• Jacob Krieg’s grand slam in the first inning marked Oregon State’s fifth of the year. Krieg’s is the first by a Beaver not named Gavin Turley.
• Krieg hit his first home run since April 16 at Nevada. Three of his eight home runs on the year have come away from Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
• Travis Bazzana set the Oregon State career record for walks with his 157th when he led off the game with a bases on balls. He surpassed Garret Forrester (2021-23) and Adley Rutschman (2017-19).
• The walk was the 53rd of the year, tying him with Rutschman and Wade Meckler (2022) for sixth.
• Bazzana also equaled KJ Harrison (2015-17) for career RBI at 150.
• Bazzana later singled in the seventh for his 227th career hit. That tied him with Rutschman and Michael Conforto (2012-14) for fifth in a career at Oregon State.
• Oregon State’s pitchers recorded 52 strikeouts against the Ducks over the four-game season series.
• OSU finished the month of April with a 12-7 record, the Beavers’ 13th consecutive winning record in the month dating back to 2011. Oregon State has tallied 12 or more wins in the month nine times over that stretch.
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