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Super Regional Gameday: Florida State vs Oregon State - Preview + Updates

Oregon State (46-13-1) vs Florida State (41-15)

6:06 p.m. PT - Beavers are designated road team

Corvallis, Ore. - Goss Stadium at Coleman Field

MATCHUP - LHP Ethan Kleinschmit (8-3, 3.70) vs. LHP Jamie Arnold (8-2, 3.12)

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- Friday's game was not only the first for the Beavers against Florida State, but a first against an Atlantic Coast Conference at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. That is, excluding California and Stanford as their appearances came while members of the Pac-12.

- Oregon State is 6-4 in Super Regional openers after Friday's win over Florida State.

- Oregon State's pitching staff has 72 strikeouts to 22 walks and 46 hits allowed in 55 games in the postseason. The Beavers also sport a 2.62 earned run average while holding opponents to a .235 batting average.

- Conversely, OSU is batting .342 in the postseason and has 32 extra-bases hits in the six games for a slugging percentage of .626. Sixteen of the 32 extra-base hits have been doubles with 15 as home runs.

- Friday's game marked a streak of eight straight with at least one home run for the Beavers.

- Oregon State is now 1-12 when trailing entering the ninth inning this season.

- The Beavers are 21-0 when holding opponents to five runs or less at home.

- Ethan Kleinschmit, Saturday's probable starter, is 5-0 with a 1.76 ERA in five starts at Goss this season. He has scattered 16 hits and seven walks in 30 2/3 innings, striking out 36.

- Kleinschmit has given up just four runs over his last 18 1/3 innings.

- Speaking of strikeouts, the Beavers are six shy of breaking the program's single-season record of 628 set in 2022.

- Wilson Weber carries a seven-game hit streak into Saturday's matchup, equaling his longest of the season. He has 11 RBI, five doubles and three home runs during the streak.

- The crowd of 4,378 Friday was the 12th of more than 4,000 at home for the Beavers this season.

- Oregon State has now totaled 96,717 fans at home over 25 dates, an average of 3,869 per game. That ranks 19th nationally and No. 1 on the West Coast.

- OSU improved to 50-5 at home since the start of the 2024 season.

- OSU is 7-3 in one-run games and 13-5 in contests decided by two runs or less.

- The walkoff marked the third of the year for the Beavers, who did so twice thanks to Easton Talt: a 2-0 win over San Diego on March 8 and 4-3 over Gonzaga in the 12th inning on April 21.

- OSU is 13-6-1 when opponents start a left-hander this season.

- OSU is also 38-6 when scoring first.

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