Feb. 24, 2008
TEMPE, Ariz. - The Miami University baseball team fell to the two-time defending national champion Oregon State Beavers, 8-3, on Saturday night at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.
Josh Hula led the RedHawks offensively, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double. Chris Nadeau was 2-for-4, scoring two runs. Blake Chaffee had an RBI, going 1-for-3. Tommy Nurre scored a run in a 1-for-4 performance, while Evan Armitage was 1-for-4 in the contest.
Starter Chase Stewart went five innings, allowing five runs, four earned, on 10 hits with three strike outs and one walk. Steve Antoniotti came on in relief, going 2 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run on two hits with two strike outs. Bobby Oberschlake went the final 1 2/3 innings with two unearned runs on two hits.
The Beavers got on the scoreboard right away with a single, a one-out triple, and a sacrifice fly in the top of the first. After another OSU run in the top of the second, Miami got into the scoring column when Hula singled to second, plating Nurre. Chaffee singled through the right side, scoring Nadeau.
The Beavers eventually expanded their lead to 5-2 with runs in the third and the fifth, but Miami came back to within two runs when Hula doubled down the right field line with one out in the seventh, scoring Nadeau, narrowing the gap to 5-3.
The Beavers, however, took advantage of an error and a passed ball to plate three runs on three hits in the top of the eighth to give themselves some breathing room.
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Miami falls to 0-2 in the loss and will take on Vanderbilt on Sunday at 11 a.m. (MT) at Packard Stadium.
The Commodores (1-1) are ranked third in the nation, and defeated Oregon State 8-1 on Friday before being scorched by the host Sun Devils on Saturday, 18-6.
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