Hjerpe, Oregon St. beat Cal 3-1 in Pac-12 Tournament
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Cooper Hjerpe scattered 5 hits with 5 strikeouts and allowed only one run over 5 innings and No. 2 seed Oregon State beat California 3-1 on Thursday evening on the Pac-12 Match.
Sixth-seeded Cal, which had its seven-game win streak snapped, performs No. 3 seed UCLA in a loser-out sport Friday and the winner performs Oregon State (43-13) in Saturday’s semifinals.
Justin Boyd hit a two-out double excessive off the wall in left middle and Wade Meckler adopted with a triple after which scored when Garret Forrester lined a single up the center to provide Oregon State a 3-1 lead within the high of the fifth inning.
Forrester led off the highest of the fourth inning with a stroll and later scored for the Beavers on a sacrifice fly by Greg Fuchs to make it 1-0. Cal’s Caleb Lomavita answered with a lead-off homer within the backside half to tie the rating.
Reid Sebby threw simply 42 pitches and allowed only one hit with 5 strikeouts over 4 innings of scoreless reduction for Oregon State.
Hance Smith had two hits for the Golden Bears. Rodney Inexperienced Jr. and Cole Elvis every added a double.
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