CORVALLIS, Ore. — A trio of late-game runs headlined San Diego baseball's efforts on Friday evening as it opened its three-game series at Goss Stadium with a 11-3 loss to No. 8 Oregon State.
With OSU (8-3) in front by a 6-0 margin,
Connor Meidroth got the Toreros (2-11, 0-0 WCC) on the board with an RBI single in the top of the seventh.
Aden Howard followed with a sacrifice fly, and USD had cut the deficit to 6-2.
After the Beavers responded with a run in the bottom half of the frame, USD scored one last time on an opposite-field RBI single from
Jayden Lobliner to make it 7-3, but got no closer.
Redshirt freshman right-hander
Cal Scolari (1-2) was saddled with the loss after surrendering four runs, walking four, and striking out four across 3.2 innings. Graduate transfer
Hayden Cody turned in the Toreros' best appearance out of the bullpen, tossing 1.1 perfect frames as he stranded a pair of runners to close the book on Scolari's outing.
His ensuing 1-2-3 fifth joined Scolari's 1-2-3 opening frame as the only two innings in which Oregon State did not score in game one.
NOTABLE
- Nico Libed was 1-for-3 with a run scored and drew his team-leading seventh and eighth walks of 2025.
- Isaiah Lane led off the game with an infield single.
- Tristan LaMaison struck out three across an inning-long relief appearance.
- Torero head coach Brock Ungricht challenged two calls on Friday. Both challenges were successful and resulted in the call on the field being overturned.
- Five of USD's first 13 games in 2025 have been played against ranked opponents. San Diego took on a Top-25 opponent nine times across 56 total contests in 2024.
- Friday marked OSU's 2025 home opener. Attendance was announced as 3,754.
UP NEXT
The Toreros will continue their series with No. 8 Oregon State tomorrow afternoon in what will mark the first of two day games to conclude the series. First pitch at Goss Stadium is set for 1:35 p.m.
