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PORTLAND PILOTS (16-29)
vs. #17 OREGON STATE BEAVERS (29-15)
Dates: Tuesday, May 10, 2016
First Pitch: 5:35 p.m.
Location: Keizer, Ore.
Ballpark: Volcanoes Stadium
Live Video: N/A
Live Audio/Stats: OSUBeavers.com
Series: OSU leads 151-56-1
2016: OSU 13, POR 6 (March 22 @ Joe Etzel Field)
 
PROBABLE STARTERS (W-L, ERA)
Tuesday • May 10 • 5:35 PM
POR: TBA
OSU: TBA
 
THIS WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots make the short trek south to Keizer, Ore., on Tuesday to face the No. 17 Oregon State Beavers at Volcanoes Stadium.
• First pitch for the two in-state rivals is set for 5:35 p.m.
• The Pilots then travel to Santa Clara, Calif., for their final West Coast Conference road trip of the season.
• While in California, the Pilots will battle the Santa Clara Broncos for a three-game set, beginning with the opener at 6 p.m. on Friday night.
• First pitch on Saturday is also scheduled for 6 p.m., while Sunday's series finale will begin at 1 p.m.
LAST WEEK IN PILOTS BASEBALL
• The Pilots took one of three against the San Francisco Dons at Joe Etzel Field.
• After the Dons won the opener on Friday night, Portland recovered to defeat the Dons 5-2 on Saturday, behind a stellar performance on the mound by starter Davis Tominaga.
• The junior righty struck out eight in 8.0 innings, allowed just five hits and yielded only one earned run.
• Brian Pozos and Brady Kerr each had four hits during the win.
• USF then claimed the finale on Sunday to win the series.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS
• On Thursday, March 31 the Pilots played the 600th game ever at Joe Etzel Field, which opened in 1989.
• The crowd of 1,092 for Portland's game with No. 3 Oregon State on Tuesday, March 22 was the largest in Joe Etzel Field history; the attendance surpassed the previous best of 1,002, which was also against Oregon State back in 2007.
• The Pilots, who only stole 21 bases all of last season, currently have 65 stolen bases, which leads the WCC.
• On March 5 the Pilots stole 10 bases against UC Riverside, which is a single-game high in the WCC this season.
• Michael Forgione is second in the league with 20 stolen bases and ranks 36th nationally in stolen bases per game (0.5); Cody Hawken is a perfect 10-for-10 in steals.
• Portland has already surpassed last year's win total of 12.
• Caleb Whalen, who returned last weekend from an injury is tied for the most career triples in program history with 14 after claiming a three-bagger at UC Davis on Feb. 20; Whalen is tied with Larry Farrell (1958-61) and needs just one more triple to become the program leader.
• Whalen was named the WCC Position Player of the Week (Mar. 7) after hitting .462 to help lead the Pilots to a series win over UC Riverside; he also had three doubles, a home run, four runs scored and five RBI's.
• Whalen returned from injury on Friday, going 2-for-3 with a run scored and a walk in his first action since April 1.
• Cooper Hummel had a day on March 26 when the junior catcher went 4-for-4 with three doubles, three RBI's and three runs scored during a 7-3 win over CSUN at Joe Etzel Field; the three doubles match the program's single-game record, and he becomes the first Pilot since Rocky Gale in 2010 to accomplish the feat.
• Hummel has reached base safely during 42 of UP's 45 games; he walked four times during a game earlier this season (at Utah Valley, March 12).
• Hummel, a career .168 hitter entering the season, got off to a stellar start to his junior campaign, hitting .500 during the month of February; he's currently second on the team with a .333 batting average.
• Freshman Cody Hawken joined the list of Portland baseball players to hit two home runs in a game when he left the yard during his first two at-bats at Joe Etzel Field vs. Oakland on Feb. 26; Hawken became the first Pilot to accomplish the feat since Cody Lenahan last May, and no Portland player has ever hit three home runs in a game.
• Freshman Grant Sutton, who had missed the entire season recovering from an injury, homered in his first collegiate at-bat at Oregon on Wednesday, April 6.
• Portland's game against the Oregon Ducks on April 13 at Ron Tonkin Field in Hillsboro was suspended after eight innings by rain with the Ducks leading 3-1; the game will be concluded on May 17 in Eugene before a previously scheduled game between the two in-state rivals.
• UP Athletics Hall of Famer Geoff Loomis is in his first season as head coach of the Pilots.
• Loomis spent the past 13 seasons at the helm of the Pacific Lutheran Lutes, where he compiled an impressive 327-197-2 (.624) record; he led the Lutes to 11 winning seasons during his tenure, including NCAA Regional appearances in 2007 and 2015 and Northwest Conference Championships in 2007, 2009 and 2015.
• Loomis (1990-92) still holds the program career record for batting average (.376) and he earned Pacific-10 North Division Player of the Year honors in 1992.
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• The Oregon State Beavers are ranked No. 17 in the country and are coming off three straight losses at Arizona last weekend.
• The Beavers are batting .289 as a team, are holding the opposition to a .240 batting average and boast a staff ERA of 3.68.
• Sophomore Christian Donahue is batting a team-best .366, while junior Logan Ice is hitting .355 and is tied for the team-high with seven home runs and 38 RBI's.
• University of Portland Athletics Hall of Famer Pat Casey is in his 21st season as head coach at Oregon State and he's led the Beavers to two NCAA National Championships.