Bats go cold for No. 2 Oregon State in a 5-2 loss to Arizona, Beavers’ first-place lead shrinks to 2 games

Noah Turley hit a tie-breaking two-run homer within the seventh inning, and two Arizona pitchers mixed to scatter six hits because the Wildcats beat No. 2 Oregon State 5-2 Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.

The Beavers (40-10, 18-7) had little success towards Arizona lefthander Garrett Irvin, who gave up three hits and struck out 9 throughout a seven-inning stint. Turley offered the offense, as his towering two-run blast snapped a 1-1 tie within the seventh inning.

Oregon State retained its first-place lead within the Pac-12, however didn’t make any progress in decreasing the championship-clinching magic quantity. With 4 video games remaining, the Beavers have a two-game lead over Stanford, an 8-2 winner over Utah.

Any mixture of three Oregon State wins or Stanford losses clinches the convention title and the Pac-12 event’s No. 1 seed for the Beavers.

Oregon State goals for its eighth convention sequence win of the season Sunday when the Beavers and Arizona (33-18, 14-11) play at midday Sunday at Hello Corbett Area.

Travis Bazzana was the one Beaver with a number of hits, as he went 2-for-2 with a triple. OSU beginning pitcher Jacob Kmatz had considered one of his longest stints of the season, pitching to a few batters within the seventh earlier than leaving. Kmatz (8-1) gave up six hits and struck out 4.

The Beavers produced two hits and a run within the first and ninth innings, however little in between. For many of the recreation, Oregon State freshman Jacob Kmatz was capable of preserve the Beavers within the recreation, as Arizona managed only a run by six innings.

The Wildcats broke it open with a four-run seventh inning. Garen Caulfield produced a leadoff single, and didn’t keep on base lengthy, as Turley, the next batter, launched a 441-foot shot over the left subject fence. Arizona later made it 5-1 on a two-run single by Daniel Susac.

Oregon State mildly threatened within the ninth, when Bazzana and Greg Fuchs hit triples.

Oregon State acquired some excellent news on a hand harm to proper fielder Justin Boyd. Hit by a pitch throughout Friday’s recreation, x-rays got here again unfavorable. Boyd, who hits second in OSU’s lineup, didn’t play Saturday.

–Nick Daschel | ndaschel@oregonian.com | @nickdaschel