Oregon State beats Air Force 7-4

No. 7 Oregon State opened its final regular-season series with a 7-4 win over Air Force on Thursday, May 14, at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field in Corvallis, according to Oregon State’s official game recap and box score. The Beavers improved to 42-11, while Air Force fell to 24-25, Oregon State said. Sports Illustrated reported the same score, while Oregon State’s official box score lists the game time as 5:36 p.m. at Goss Stadium. The official records resolve a discrepancy in early outside reports. Oregon State’s athletics site and box score both list a 7-4 final from Thursday, May 14, while a separate Air Force box score for Friday, May 15, shows a different game — a 9-6 Air Force win in the second contest of the series. ### How did Oregon State build the lead? (osubeavers.com) Oregon State scored seven runs on seven hits and did its biggest damage in a four-run third inning, according to the official box score. The Beavers also scored twice in the first and added one run in the fifth. Air Force scored two runs in the first inning and two more in the ninth. Oregon State’s Friday game notes said Paul Vazquez hit a first-inning home run, while Josh Proctor and Ethan Porter drove in two runs each in the win. (osubeavers.com) The same notes said the four-run third inning helped decide the opener. ### What did Oregon State get from its pitchers? Ethan Kleinschmit earned the win to move to 9-2 after working five innings, Oregon State said in its recap. (osubeavers.com) The junior left-hander allowed three hits and two runs — one earned — with six strikeouts and three walks. Wyatt Queen finished the final four innings for his second save, according to Oregon State’s recap and box score. (osubeavers.com) Oregon State said Queen struck out seven batters, and the two Beavers pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts. ### What did Air Force do at the plate? Air Force finished with five hits and no errors in Thursday’s opener, according to the Oregon State box score. (osubeavers.com) The Falcons drew five walks and struck out 13 times. The Oregon State box score credits Tripp Garrish with a home run and two runs batted in for Air Force, and Walker Zapp with a double and one RBI. (osubeavers.com) Ben Niednagel scored twice for the Falcons. ### Why was the score confusion showing up in some reports? Thursday, May 14, is the date attached to Oregon State’s official recap and box score for the 7-4 opener. (osubeavers.com) Friday, May 15, is the date attached to Air Force’s official box score for a separate 9-6 Air Force victory at the same ballpark, which appears to have caused some confusion in aggregated or secondary reports. That is an inference based on the dated box scores from both schools. Sports Illustrated’s Oregon State report also described Thursday’s opener as a 7-4 Oregon State win at Goss Stadium. Its report matched Oregon State’s official accounting of the opener rather than the later Friday result. ### What came next in the series? Friday, May 15, was scheduled as game two of the series at 5:35 p.m. (osubeavers.com) Pacific time in Corvallis, according to Oregon State’s game-day page. Oregon State listed right-hander Eric Segura against Air Force right-hander Jordan Watkins as the probable starters. Oregon State’s Friday game-day page said the regular-season series would continue at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, with coverage on the Beaver Sports Network, Portland’s CW and Pac-12 Insider. (si.com) (osubeavers.com)