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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