Caden Kaelber
6
Winner Washington State WSU 12-2, 1-1 Pac-12
3
Oregon State OSU 11-3, 1-1 Pac-12
Winner
Washington State WSU
12-2, 1-1 Pac-12
6
Final
3
Oregon State OSU
11-3, 1-1 Pac-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washington State WSU 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 9 2
Oregon State OSU 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 2

W: Kaelber, Caden (3-0) L: Kmatz, Jacob (1-2) S: Grillo, Chase (4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Washington State Athletic Communications

Kaelber Fires Seven Innings, Fuchs Homers as WSU evens series at No. 15 Oregon State

CORVALLIS, Ore. (March 11, 2023) – Starting pitcher Caden Kaelber worked a career-high seven innings and Greg Fuchs hit a go-ahead home run as Washington State evened the series at No. 15 Oregon State with a 6-3 victory Saturday afternoon.
 
The Cougars (12-2, 1-1 Pac-12) collected nine hits to back Kaelber who allowed just two runs in the second inning and matched a career high with eight strikeouts over seven frames to earn the win. Relievers Cam Liss, Andrew Baughn and Chase Grillo sealed things up as Grillo picked up his fourth save with a scoreless ninth.
 
Jonah Advincula tallied three hits, stole a base and scored twice, Sam Brown drove in two runs and Fuchs, a transfer from Oregon State, clubbed a towering two-run fourth-inning home run for the Cougars who go into Sunday looking for their first series win in Corvallis since 2009.
 
Oregon State dropped to 11-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play.
 
KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
In the first, Advincula led off the game with an infield single to second base, Cam Magee followed with a single into left-centerfield, Brown worked a walk and Jacob Morrow later delivered a run-scoring sacrifice fly to centerfield for a 1-0 lead. An inning later, OSU used a two-out two-run double just inside the left field foul line to take a 2-1 advantage.
 
The Cougars evened things up in the third inning as Brown doubled off the right-centerfield wall to score McKeon. An inning later, Elijah Hainline was hit by a pitch and Fuchs launched a 1-0 pitch over the stands in right field for a two-run shot and a 4-2 WSU lead.
 
Kaelber settled in and kept the Beavers off balance throughout afternoon, working through a career-high seven innings. WSU picked up a couple insurance runs in the eighth, loading the bases before Jacob McKeon was hit by a pitch to bring in a run and Brown followed with a run-scoring sacrifice fly to centerfield for a four-run lead.
 
OSU added a run with a two-out RBI-single through the right side to make it a three-run game but reliever Andrew Baughn ended the threat after snagging a one-hop comebacker and tossing to first for the third out. Grillo worked around a leadoff walk but retired the next three batters including the final two on strikeouts for the save.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Advincula led off the game with an infield single to second, has reached base in all 14 games, hit safely in last 13 games
Sam Brown walked in the 1st, has reached base in all 14 games
Brown doubled in the 3rd, has hit safely in the last 12 games
Jacob McKeon singled to right field in the 3rd, has reached base in 13 straight

NEXT UP
WSU goes for the series win Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
 
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