The view stinks, but the beer is free and the Beavers are Omaha-bound | Bill Oram

CORVALLIS – Gavin Turley hit it hard to break the game wide open in the third inning, but not so hard that the ball traveled faster than sound.

So first came the crack of the bat, then the rising tide of cheers in the 92-degree heat. And then that tiny meteor, nothing but a pale speck, appeared from behind the peaked tents in right field and carried up, up and away beyond the centerfield wall.

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