Oregon State’s Jonah Nickerson allowed only two hits in 7 2/3 innings as the Beavers (48-15 overall) beat Rice 2-0 in Thursday’s game at Rosenblatt Stadium, advancing to the championship series of the College World Series.
Oregon State will play No. 9 North Carolina in a best-of-three series for the national championship series that begins Saturday at 4 pm. The championship continues Sunday at 4 pm, and if a third game is necessary will conclude Monday.
Jonah Nickerson allowed only 2 hits during 7 2/3 innings in Thursday's game against Rice.
OSU head coach Pat Casey said Nickerson, the right-handed pitcher from Oregon City, did an outstanding job considering Nickerson had pitched 7 innings on Monday.
The first and third games will be televised on cable’s ESPN, and the second game will be shown on ESPN2.
Score by Innings R H E
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Rice................ 000 000 000 - 0 2 0
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DP -
Graham. SF - Canham. SB - Luna.
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Nickerson, Jonah W,13-4... 7.2 2 0 0 3 9
Gunderson, Kevin S,19..... 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Rice IP H R ER BB SO
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Eddie Degerman L,13-2..... 4.2 3 2 2 3 5
Bryce Cox ................. 4.1 0 0 0 0 6
WP - Degerman. HBP - by Cox (Rowe).
Umpires - HP: Randy Harvey 1B: Joe Burleson 2B: Perry Costello 3B: John Kleis
Start: 7:08 pm Time: 2:29 Attendance: 19161