CORVALLIS, Ore. – Freshman Tristan Beck shut down No. 10 Oregon State through seven innings, but the Beavers scored two in the ninth to walk off with a 3-2 victory over Stanford baseball at Goss Stadium on Friday night.
Beck allowed just one run and struck out five in seven innings of work, while sophomore Matt Winaker, junior Jack Klein and freshman Brandon Wulff each had two hits for the Cardinal, who suffered its third walk off loss of the year.
Stanford (19-17, 7-9 Pac-12) led 2-1 entering the final frame. The Beavers led off with a single and then bunted. It was fielded cleanly, but Mikey Diekroeger tried to get the runner at second and the ball hopped into centerfield to put runners at the corners. The next hitter laid down a safety squeeze bunt that Stanford waited to trickle foul, but it stopped on the line to tie the game. Three batters later, a bases loaded walk brought home the winning run.
Winaker, who hit leadoff for the first time in his career, drew a walk on a full count to start the game. He went to third when Tommy Edman followed with a single. Two batters later, he scored on Quinn Brodey's RBI groundout.
Winaker also extended his hitting streak to six games. In the second inning, he singled up the middle with runners at first and second and two outs, but Brandon Wulff, who singled to start the frame, was thrown out at home.
Both teams scored in the fourth. Junior Jack Klein doubled down the left field line and moved Wulff to third, where he scored on a sacrifice fly by sophomore catcher Bryce Carter. However, Oregon State's KJ Harrison led off the bottom of the inning with a solo shot to cut Stanford's lead to 2-1.
NOTABLES: Stanford scored first for the first time since a 10-0 win over San Jose State on April 12 -- snapped a streak of eight straight games (1-7) ... Dunlap walked in his second at-bat and has reached base in 11 straight games, the longest active streak for Stanford.
NEXT UP: Two more games in Corvallis wrap up a stretch of 11 of 15 games away from Sunken Diamond. The Cardinal and Beavers are scheduled for a 1:35 p.m. start on Saturday and will matchup at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday.
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B2: Holy curveball ??, @t_beck07. Two more strikeouts and Stanford still leads at No. 10 Oregon State, 1-0. pic.twitter.com/qLuFvZ0XbW
— Stanford Baseball (@StanfordBSB) April 30, 2016