Oregon State baseball vs. Florida State Seminoles in Corvallis Super Regional: Preview, starting lineups, how to watch Game 1

CORVALLIS — The No. 8-seeded

Oregon State Beavers

host the No. 9-seeded

Florida State Seminoles

Friday afternoon in Game 1 of the Corvallis Super Regional at Goss Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 3:06 p.m.

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It’s the opener of a best-of-three series and the first-ever meeting between the college baseball powers.

Oregon State advanced to the super regional by winning four games in five days at the Corvallis Regional, punching its ticket to the next round of the NCAA baseball tournament by defeating USC 9-0 in the final. After suffering an upset in the opener, the Beavers blasted their way through the losers’ bracket, outscoring four opponents 50-6.

The Seminoles, on the other hand, breezed to three consecutive wins at the Tallahassee Regional, sweeping their way to Corvallis. They defeated Mississippi State 5-2 in a testy regional final to earn a date with Oregon State.

Catch up on the Beavers’ march to the super regional with these stories:

• ‘People are pretty scared of me right now’: Oregon State’s Trent Caraway

goes from slump to scorching hot

• Pitching

showdown looms large

in Corvallis Super Regional

•From

spinal screws to acai bowls

: James DeCremer completes Beavers’ improbable journey to super regionals

• Oregon State

bashes way to pair of wins in record-setting double-header

, sets up winner-take-all final vs. USC in Corvallis Regional

•

Dax Whitney’s masterpiece helps Oregon State baseball stay alive

in Corvallis Regional

• Beavers stunned by Saint Mary’s in Corvallis Regional,

vow to fight back and ‘do something special’

• A look at

the “heart” of the Oregon State baseball

team

• ‘Gritty grays’ to ‘creamsicles’:

A look at the secret

behind who picks OSU baseball uniforms

•

Slump-busting finish

: As OSU readies for regionals, a pair of key players rediscover mojo

•

‘Leaving a legacy:’

Gavin Turley is the Oregon State baseball Home Run King

• ‘Big league stuff:

Whitney poised to be next Oregon State star

• A

look at the Seminoles

Here are details about Friday’s Game 1:

Oregon State Beavers (45-13-1) vs. Florida State Seminoles (41-14)

When:

3 p.m. PT, Friday, June 6

Where:

Goss Stadium, Corvallis

TV channel:

The game will air live on ESPN2.

How to watch streaming live on demand:

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watch this AND every CWS game with a subscription to ESPN+

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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 (6-3, 3.78 ERA) vs. Joey Volini (8-5, 3.68)

This and that:

Neither team has announced a starting pitcher. But the Beavers likely will go with Whitney, the electric 6-foot-5 freshman who won their first elimination game in the regional, and the Seminoles are expected to start Volini, who served as their Saturday starter during the regular season. … Whitney has been exceptional over the last month, going 3-0 in four starts, during which he allowed five runs, 12 hits and recorded 29 strikeouts over 22 innings. That includes last week’s impressive performance against TCU in the regional, which saw Whitney strike out 12 and allow just two runs over 6 innings. … Volini is coming off two short stints. He was chased after 3 1/3 innings (and 52 pitches) in a loss to North Carolina in the ACC tournament, then departed after three innings (and 45 pitches) because of a weather delay against Bethune-Cookman in the Tallahassee Regional. Volini has suffered defeats in four of his last five outings. (

UPDATE:

Whitney and Volini have been announced as starters) … Caraway enters the weekend as perhaps the hottest hitter in college baseball, batting .530 with five home runs, one double, 10 RBIs, nine runs scored and seven walks in five postseason games. Caraway belted a home run in each of the Beavers’ five regional games, equaling the school-record for consecutive games with a homer and delivering the most by any Oregon State player in any postseason in school history. … The Beavers 9-0 win over USC in the Corvallis Regional final was their 10th shutout in postseason history and first since 2018, when they defeated Arkansas 5-0 in the championship game of the College World Series. … The series will arguably feature the two best shortstops in college baseball in Aiva Arquette (OSU) and Alex Lodise (FSU). Arquette enters the game hitting .352 with 18 homers, 16 doubles, 65 RBIs and 66 runs scored. Lodise, meanwhile, is one of three finalists for the Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the best amateur baseball player in the United States. He’s hitting .405 with 17 homers, 18 doubles, 67 RBIs and 61 runs scored. … Florida State’s lineup boasts seven regulars hitting .310 or better and four with 16 or more home runs. … OSU junior outfielder Gavin Turley hit three homers in the Corvallis Regional and now holds the program record for postseason home runs with seven. … The Beavers are playing in the 10th super regional in program history, including the eighth in Corvallis. … Florida State is making its 19th super regional appearance, the most by any program since the format was created, and is seeking its 25th trip to the College World Series.

OSU’s projected starting lineup

1. Easton Talt, RF

2. Aiva Arquette, SS

3. Gavin Turley, LF

4. Wilson Weber, C

5. Trent Caraway, 3B

6. AJ Singer, 2B

7. Tyce Peterson, DH

8. Canon Reeder, CF

9. Jacob Krieg, 1B

FSU’s projected starting lineup

1. Gage Harrelson, RF

2. Alex Lodise, SS

3. Max Williams, CF

4. Myles Bailey, 1B

5. Cal Fisher, 3B

6. Drew Faurot, 2B

7. Chase Williams, LF

8. James Hankerson Jr., DH

9. Jaxson West, C

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