PAC-12 Baseball Weekend Recap (June 4/Regional Edition)
By Mike Vamosi
Ben Wetzler helped get Oregon State to the Super Regional this weekend they’ll be joined by UCLA. Photo by Rich Heins
Four teams made the NCAA Baseball Regional’s but when the dust cleared over the weekend only two will be moving onto the Super Regional’s this weekend. Oregon, Oregon State and UCLA served as hosts while Arizona State went on the road. The Beavers and Bruins moved on while Ducks plus Sun Devils fell short.
Below are regional scores, recaps and NCAA tournament super regional sites to keep you up to speed on PAC-12 baseball.
Weekend Results May 31-June 3 (Regional Seeding):
Friday – 4 South Dakota State 2 @ 1 Oregon 3, 3 New Mexico 3 v. 2 Arizona State 4, 4 San Diego State 3 @ 1 UCLA 5, 4 UTSA 4 @ 1 Oregon State 5
Saturday – 2 Rice 1 @ 1 Oregon 0, 2 Arizona State 0 @ 1 Cal State Fullerton 0, 2 Cal Poly 4 @ 1 UCLA 6, 3 UC Santa Barbara 2 @ 1 Oregon State 3
Sunday – 3 San Francisco 1 @ 1 Oregon 6, 1 Oregon 11 v. 2 Rice 0, 4 Columbia 5 v. 2 Arizona State 10, 1 Cal State Fullerton 6 v. 2 Arizona State 1, 1 UCLA 6 v. 3 San Diego 0, 1 Oregon State 6 v. 2 Texas A&M 1
Monday – 2 Rice 11 @ 1 Oregon 4
Regional Recap – The conference went 4-0 on Friday with three of the four PAC-12 schools playing at home. Saturday Oregon was shut out by Rice 1-0, Arizona State fell by the same score to Cal State Fullerton while UCLA and Oregon State remained unbeaten. Sunday Oregon battled back eliminating San Francisco and forcing a second game Monday with Rice. Arizona State was beat by Fullerton while UCLA and Oregon State won their regional. The Ducks season came to an end with the Owls putting up too much offense to knock off the number eight national seed.
NCAA Super Regional Sites for PAC-12 schools (National Seeds listed):
Corvallis Super Regional – 3 Oregon State Beavers (48-10) v. Kansas State Wildcats (44-17)/Big XII
Goss Stadium/Game 1 (June 8) 4 pm, Game 2 (June 9) 7 pm, Game 3 (June 10) 4 pm all on ESPNU
Fullerton Super Regional – 5 Cal State Fullerton Titans (51-8)/Big West v. UCLA Bruins (42-17)
Goodwin Field/Game 1 (June 7) 4 pm, Game 2 (June 8) 7 pm, Game 3 (June 9) 7 pm all on ESPN2
NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket