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Live updates: Oregon State baseball vs. Kentucky in Game 2 of Lexington Super Regional

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Live updates: Oregon State baseball vs. Kentucky in Game 2 of Lexington Super Regional

The Oregon State Beavers will be fighting for their postseason lives in Lexington this evening.

No. 15 OSU (45-15, 19-10 Pac-12) is looking to bounce back quickly against No. 2 Kentucky (41-14, 22-8 SEC) after suffering a blowout loss to the Wildcats in Saturday’s super regional opener. With a win, the Beavers will force a decisive third game on Monday.

With a loss, Oregon State’s season will be over.

“Until it was a 10-0 ballgame I thought we were still in it,” Oregon State coach Mitch Canham said. “We always feel that way. It’s a habit. You look at the lineup, the lineup card posted in the dugout, and you just visualize success from each of those guys and how they’re going to get on and do it. It makes it easy. When you see their name and you know how hard these kids work, when you look at that lineup, you’re like, ‘Man, we got this.’ You look at the guys down the bullpen, you’re always filled with confidence.

“That’s just a choice that I personally make, to see the best in those guys, because they work their butts off.”

Oregon State is 6-3 in elimination games under Canham during his five seasons leading the program.

Jacob Kmatz (7-2, 3.29 ERA) is slated to get the starting nod for Oregon State. Follow along for live updates throughout the evening.

Top of the 7th inning — Kentucky 2, Oregon 2

Bottom of the 6th inning — Kentucky 2, Oregon 2

Dallas Macias, Elijah Hainline, and Wilson Weber went down in order.

The Beavers still do not have a hit.

Top of the 6th inning — Kentucky 2, Oregon State 2

Jacob Kmatz stayed in the game and worked three more quick outs on just nine pitches. His pitch count is now sitting at 99.

Beavers’ lefty reliever Nelson Keljo began warming up in the bullpen midway through the inning.

Bottom of the 5th inning — Kentucky 2, Oregon State 2

Kentucky reliever Cameron O’Brien stayed on and blanked Oregon State’s 1-2-3 hitters to retire the side in order. He struck out Travis Bazzana and Micah McDowell.

Top of the 5th inning — Kentucky 2, Oregon State 2

Jacob Kmatz retired the top of the Kentucky lineup in order. He’s at 90 pitches on the night.

Bottom of the 4th inning — Kentucky 2, Oregon State 2

Micah McDowell and Gavin Turley drew back-to-back walks to lead off the inning. Then, Dallas Macias popped up to shallow center field but Kentucky’s shortstop dropped the ball to load the bases.

Kentucky starter Mason Moore struck out Elijah Hainline with a curveball in the dirt for the first out of the inning. But then Wilson Weber and and Brady Kasper drew back-to-back bases-loaded walks to tie the game.

Kentucky reliever Cameron O’Brien came on after that and stopped the bleeding. The right-hander struck out Trent Caraway and Mason Guerra — both looking — to escape the jam.

Top of the 4th inning — Kentucky 2, Oregon State 0

Mitchell Daly smashed a one-out double off the left-field wall to spark the Wildcats. He later advanced to third on a wild pitch. Ryan Nicholson followed with a walk to put runners in the corners, and then Nolan McCarthy laid down a perfect safety squeeze to drive home a run.

Trent Caraway made a nice play at third on a hard-hit ball to record the final out of the inning.

Bottom of the 3rd inning — Kentucky 1, Oregon State 0

Oregon State No. 9 hitter Mason Guerra drew a one-out walk to set the stage for Travis Bazzana. But the Beavers’ star leadoff man hit a hard grounder to first that resulted in an inning-ending double play.

Top of the 3rd inning — Kentucky 1, Oregon State 0

Kmatz worked a 1-2-3 inning on just 11 pitches.

Bottom of the 2nd inning — Kentucky 1, Oregon State

Elijah Hainline, Wilson Weber, and Brady Kasper were retired in order.

Top of the 2nd inning — Kentucky 1, Oregon State

Nolan McCarthy smashed a two-out RBI double to score Ryan Nicholson from first and put Kentucky on the board early.

Bottom of the 1st inning — Oregon State 0, Kentucky 0

Travis Bazzana led off the inning by drawing his 76th walk of the season, which ties him with Adley Rutschman (2019) for the Oregon State single-season record. But Mason Moore responded by striking out Micah McDowell and Gavin Turley, and then forcing Dallas Macias to line out to end the inning.

Top of the 1st inning — Oregon State 0, Kentucky 0

Jacob Kmatz mowed down the top of the Kentucky lineup in order. He ended the inning with a swinging strikeout of Wildcats’ catcher Devin Burkes.

Oregon State Beavers starting lineup vs. Kentucky Wildcats

  • 1. Travis Bazzana 2B
  • 2. Micah McDowell CF
  • 3. Gavin Turley DH
  • 4. Dallas Macias LF
  • 5. Elijah Hainline SS
  • 6. Wilson Weber C
  • 7. Brady Kasper RF
  • 8. Trent Caraway 3B
  • 9. Mason Guerra 1B
  • RHP Jacob Kmatz

Kentucky Wildcats starting lineup vs. Oregon State Beavers

  • 1. Ryan Waldschmidt LF
  • 2. Emilien Pitre 2B
  • 3. Devin Burkes C
  • 4. Nick Lopez DH
  • 5. Mitchell Daly 3B
  • 6. Ryan Nicholson 1B
  • 7. Nolan McCarthy CF
  • 8. James McCoy RF
  • 9. Grant Smith SS
  • RHP Mason Moore

What channel is Oregon State baseball’s Lexington Super Regional game against Kentucky on?

  • TV Channel: ESPNU
  • Streaming: Fubo

Who are the announcers for Oregon State baseball’s Lexington Super Regional game against Kentucky?

  • Broadcast team: Roxy Bernstein and Xavier Scruggs

What time is Oregon State baseball’s Lexington Super Regional game against Kentucky?

  • Date: Saturday, June 9
  • Start time: 6:06 p.m. PT

Jarrid Denney covers high school sports and Oregon State for the Statesman Journal. He can be reached at JDenney@salem.gannett.com or on X @jarrid_denney

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