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No. 10 Oregon State baseball vs. Iowa Hawkeyes: Preview, starting lineup, how to watch Game 2 of series
The No. 10 Oregon State Beavers visit the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday in a college baseball game at Principal Park in Des Moines, Iowa.
First pitch is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
It’s the encore in a three-game series that opened Friday night at the home of the Triple-A Iowa Cubs. The Beavers outlasted a Hawkeyes comeback in the opener, using another prodigious performance by Wilson Weber and solid late-inning pitching from Kellan Oakes to win 9-6.
Wilson went 4 for 5 with a home run and four RBIs, and he delivered the go-ahead hit in the eighth inning on a wild sequence that sealed the win for the Beavers.
With two outs and the bases loaded in a tie game, Weber smacked a chopper to the left side of the pitcher’s mound. Iowa right-hander Anthony Watts fielded the ball, looked toward third base, then twisted around and fired to first base.
Weber not only beat the throw — sending Talt home with the go-ahead run — but the ball also eluded Hawkeyes first baseman Caleb Wulf and rolled into right field, allowing Tyce Peterson and Gavin Turley to score, too.
And just like that, OSU led 9-6.
Oakes (2-0) followed with a 1-2-3 ninth to polish off the win. The junior right-hander, who entered the game with one out and a runner on first base in the sixth inning, had a rough start, coughing up a game-tying two-run homer on his fifth pitch and giving up up a two-out double later in the inning.
But he retired the final seven batters he faced in order, tossing the final 2 2/3 innings to earn the win.
Will Game 2 feature similar late-game drama?
Here are details about Saturday’s matchup:
No. 10 Oregon State Beavers (36-12) vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (32-16)
When: 1:30 p.m. PT, Saturday, May 10
Where: Principal Park in Des Moines, Iowa.
TV channel: The game is not televised, but will be streaming live on Big Ten Plus.
How to watch live stream online: The series will be streamed live on Big Ten Plus, which is available via a subscription. Visit osubeavers.com and click on the baseball schedule for a direct link to the game or visit bigtenlplus.com for subscription information.
Radio: All games air on the Beaver Sports Network. Pregame starts 30 minutes before the first pitch and you can listen live anywhere via the Varsity Radio Network. Local affiliates include KEJO 93.7-FM & 1240-AM (Corvallis), KKNX 105.1-FM & 840-AM (Eugene), KCFM 104.1-FM & 1250-AM & 104.1-FM (Florence), KLAD 104.3-FM & 960-AM (Klamath Falls), KCFM 103.1-FM (Mapleton), KTMT 96.1-FM & 580-AM (Medford), KCMX 880-AM (Medford), KCMX 99.5-FM (Phoenix), KEX 1190-AM (Portland), KSKR 1490-AM (Roseburg) and KBZY 1490-AM (Salem).
Probable starters: OSU RHP Dax Whitney (3-3, 4.56) vs. RHP Aaron Savary (7-0, 3.36)
This and that: Whitney is making his 13th start of the season, including the 10th away from Goss Stadium. The 6-foot-5 freshman, who has not earned a win since March 29 at Nebraska, has struggled in recent weeks, going 0-1 over his last five starts. The previous three, during which Whitney surrendered 12 runs in 8 2/3 innings, have been especially rough, sending his ERA soaring from 2.88 to 4.56. But the talented freshman, who has produced 72 strikeouts in 49 1/3 innings this season, is capable of dominance and seems due for a difference-making performance. … Weber is 9 for 20 with four homers, three doubles and 14 RBIs over his last five games, during which he’s produced a pair of crucial go-ahead late-game hits. The hot streak has sent Weber’s batting average (.333) and RBI total (41) surging to third-highest and second-highest on the team, respectively. … Junior outfielder Gavin Turley doubled home a run in the fourth inning of Friday’s win. The RBI was the 175th of his career, moving him past Adley Rutschman (174) into sole possession of second place on Oregon State’s all-time list. He needs five more to pass Michael Conforto (179) and become the Beavers’ all-time RBI leader. … Junior outfielder Easton Talt entered Friday night’s game as a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning and finished 0-1 with two walks. He now has 58 walks this season and sits one shy of tying Travis Bazzana and Garret Forrester (2023) for fourth-most in a season at OSU. … Savary has surrendered more than two runs just three times in 12 starts this season. The 6-3 junior has won three of his last five starts and is coming off a hard-luck no-decision against the Washington Huskies, against whom he allowed three hits, one run and recorded 10 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
OSU’s starting lineup
1. Aiva Arquette, SS
2. Gavin Turley, DH
3. Wilson Weber, C
4. AJ Singer, 2B
5. Canon Reeder, CF
6. Easton Talt, RF
7. Jacob Krieg, 1B
8. Dallas Macias, RF
9. Trent Caraway, 3B
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Not long after Matt Campbell settled in as Iowa State’s football coach, the victories began to accumulate.
Campbell’s 2016 ISU team, his first one, won three games.
His next four teams won a total of 32, including the Cyclones’ 9-3 finish in 2020.
Prior to Campbell’s arrival at Iowa State, winning in Ames was difficult.
It was hard not to notice.
Campbell, who became Penn State’s coach after a 10-year run at Iowa State, said recently he almost left Ames twice before finally saying yes to Pat Kraft and the Nittany Lions.
Almost.
“I would say there were probably two really close opportunities that I probably kind of accepted,” Campbell said last Monday.
“And then I said, ‘You know what, I can’t do it’. I slept on it, and I walked away from it, during our 10 years (at Iowa State).”
“In fairness to those organizations, I’m not going to talk about it.”
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New Penn State coach Matt Campbell is introduced
Campbell wasn’t sure then.
But he said it was different when Penn State approached him about becoming the permanent replacement for James Franklin.
Two major reasons why are Penn State president Neeli Bendapudi and Kraft, the Lions’ athletic director.
“From Neeli’s standpoint, she’s a wow, and the wow factor of character, integrity, what she was looking for,” Campbell said.
“After getting off that phone call, I was like, this is the type of people you want to associate with.”
“I would say from Pat’s standpoint, (he is) this uber-competitive, want to be a partner, want to be an asset to you in this changing world of college football,” Campbell continued.
“Like, you can’t do it by yourself anymore. You have to be aligned. … Those two things, they were unwavering for me, and they were things that said, you know what, this is really special.”
A huge factor for Campbell was his family – wife Erica, daughters Katie and Izzy and sons Rudy and Rocco.
“Now, the regionality of bringing my family back home,” said Campbell, who is from Massillon, Ohio.
“I mean, being 12 hours away and for my kids to never see their grandparents and never see their cousins, and to have my father and my mother and Erica’s family be able to come and be a part of this experience with us again.
“I can’t lie and tell you that didn’t have a big impact. I think it certainly did, as well.”
Campbell also knew he reached his ceiling at Iowa State, going 72-55 in 10 seasons. The highlight of his run was the Cyclones’ 11-3 finish in 2024.
“Knowing what we’ve done (at ISU), I mean, the last three years at Iowa State have been the greatest three-year run in the history of the school,” Campbell said.
“I don’t know what else we could have done there, and I’m really proud of what we did there.”
Iowa (KCRG) – The Iowa State Patrol said it responded to 206 calls for service after another weekend winter storm Saturday.
From 5:30 am to 5:30 pm, ISP said it covered 88 crashes, with 74 resulting in property damage.
Officials said one person died and 13 others were injured.
The patrol had 118 motorist assists.
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See Iowa DOT snowplow camera capture moment SUV rear ends plow
An Iowa DOT snowplow was hit while clearing snow along Iowa Highway 60 in Sioux County on Nov. 29, 2025. The crash was caught on the plow’s cameras.
A winter storm warning remains in effect until 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, for a large swath of the state, from northwest Iowa to much of central Iowa and southeast Iowa.
Drivers should expect slippery conditions.
Snow fell through the morning with accumulations of 2 to 3 inches across most of Iowa, according to the National Weather Service. The light, fluffy snow will taper off in the afternoon.
The weather service advises that snow-covered roads will make travel slick and more difficult and to use caution.
The counties affected include Pocahontas, Sac, Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Boone, Story, Marshall, Guthrie, Dallas, Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Warren, Marion, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello and Davis.
Where did snow fall the most in Iowa?
Southern Iowa felt the brunt of the snow Saturday morning, with some areas experiencing nearly five inches of accumulation. Here are the highest totals so far in Iowa:
- Milton: 4.5 inches
- Parnell: 4.5 inches
- Norwalk: 3.8 inches
- Badger: 3.5 inches
- Bloomfield: 3.3 inches
- Carroll: 3.2 inches
- Buffalo: 3.2 inches
- North English: 3 inches
- Winterset: 2.6 inches
How much snow has fallen in Des Moines?
The Des Moines International Airport reported 1.2 inches of snow as of 6 a.m. Saturday. Norwalk, just south of Des Moines, reported 3.8 inches of snow by 10:30 a.m. Clive reported 2.7 inches of snow at 10 a.m.
How much snow did Iowa City get?
North Liberty, just north of Iowa City, reported three inches of snow as of 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Tiffin, which is to the northwest of Iowa City, reported 2.7 inches of snow at 10 a.m.
Roads across the state are covered in snow
The Iowa DOT reported that, as of 11 a.m., many of central Iowa’s highways and interstates were completely covered with snow. The organization said travel on I-80 from central Iowa to the Illinois border is not advised.
“Visibility and road conditions are deteriorating rapidly, causing multiple crashes and closing lanes,” the DOT said in a social media post around 11 a.m.
More snow followed by frigid temps
A cold weather advisory is in effect for much of northern, central and southeastern Iowa into Sunday morning. In the Des Moines area, wind chill values could drop to as low as -15. Wind chills across the state are expected between -20 and -30 starting at 6 p.m. Saturday.
(This article has been updated to include new information.)
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