CORVALLIS, Ore. – Alex McGarry hit a home run for the third consecutive game but Oregon State lost 3-2 to California in the opener of a three-game series at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
McGarry drilled an offering from Sam Stoutenborough over the right field fence to tie the game in the seventh, but the Golden Bears scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the top half of the eighth.
Oregon State (14-4-1 overall, 1-3 Pac-12 Conference) proceeded to load the bases with one down in the bottom half of the eighth but Cal reliever Arman Sabouri was able to get out of the jam unscathed.