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BSB: Zags Fall at #20 Oregon State
4/5/2021 9:35:00 PM | Baseball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Gonzaga baseball team fell 11-3 at No. 20 Oregon State Monday evening at Goss Stadium and Coleman Field in Corvallis, Ore. The loss snapped a four-game win streak for the Bulldogs.
Oregon State (21-6) opened the game with a two-run first inning to take the early lead, but Gonzaga responded in the top of the second with three runs of its own. Tyler Rando reached with a single to center and advanced to second after Jack Machtolf was hit by a pitch. Both Rando and Machtolf advanced following a wild pitch from OSU's RHP Will Frisch. Mason Marenco loaded the bases off a walk.
Ryan Sullivan, the next Zag to bat, struck out swinging but reached on a passed ball while Rando went home for the first Zag score. Then, Ernie Yake singled to right field, sending both Marenco and Machtolf home for two RBI and the early 3-2 lead.
OSU tied things up with a run in the bottom of the second, and took the lead with a sacrifice fly from Andy Armstrong to send Ryan Ober home after Ober reached on a double to center field and advance to third off a single from Jacob Melton.
The Zags were scoreless the next six innings while OSU drove in runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to cement the 11-3 victory.
"Not the effort we were looking for tonight," Head Coach Mark Machtolf said. "We weren't very competitive on the mound, and I thought we gave away too many bats offensively. I look forward to our group's response tomorrow. We will come out ready to battle."
Gonzaga concludes the two-game series Tuesday, April 6. RHP Nico Zeglin (2-1, 7.36 ERA, 19 K's) will get the start for the Zags while RHP Jack Washburn (3-0, 2.16 ERA, 24 K's) will be on the mound for the Beavers. Check GoZags.com for up-to-date game time information.
Oregon State (21-6) opened the game with a two-run first inning to take the early lead, but Gonzaga responded in the top of the second with three runs of its own. Tyler Rando reached with a single to center and advanced to second after Jack Machtolf was hit by a pitch. Both Rando and Machtolf advanced following a wild pitch from OSU's RHP Will Frisch. Mason Marenco loaded the bases off a walk.
Ryan Sullivan, the next Zag to bat, struck out swinging but reached on a passed ball while Rando went home for the first Zag score. Then, Ernie Yake singled to right field, sending both Marenco and Machtolf home for two RBI and the early 3-2 lead.
OSU tied things up with a run in the bottom of the second, and took the lead with a sacrifice fly from Andy Armstrong to send Ryan Ober home after Ober reached on a double to center field and advance to third off a single from Jacob Melton.
The Zags were scoreless the next six innings while OSU drove in runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to cement the 11-3 victory.
"Not the effort we were looking for tonight," Head Coach Mark Machtolf said. "We weren't very competitive on the mound, and I thought we gave away too many bats offensively. I look forward to our group's response tomorrow. We will come out ready to battle."
Gonzaga concludes the two-game series Tuesday, April 6. RHP Nico Zeglin (2-1, 7.36 ERA, 19 K's) will get the start for the Zags while RHP Jack Washburn (3-0, 2.16 ERA, 24 K's) will be on the mound for the Beavers. Check GoZags.com for up-to-date game time information.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Townsend, Brock (2-0)
L: Gomez, Alec (3-1)

Batting:
RBI: Yake, Ernie 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Rando, Tyler 1 ; Machtolf, Jack 1 ; Marenco, Mason 1
HBP: Kobayashi, Kanta 1 ; Machtolf, Jack 1

Batting:
2B: Ober, Ryan 1 ; Armstrong, Andy 1 ; Jones, Preston 1
3B: McMahan, Kyler 1
RBI: Melton, Jacob 1 ; Armstrong, Andy 6 ; McMahan, Kyler 2 ; Jones, Preston 1
SF: Melton, Jacob 1 ; Armstrong, Andy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dukart, Jake 1 ; Forrester, Garret 2 ; Ober, Ryan 2 ; Melton, Jacob 2 ; Armstrong, Andy 1 ; Hamilton, Cole 1 ; McMahan, Kyler 2
SB: Forrester, Garret 1 ; Melton, Jacob 2 ; McMahan, Kyler 1
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