Series evened up now

By Lindsay Schnell - April 06, 2007

Well, despite good hitting from Mitch Canham and Darwin Barney (both went 2-for-4) the Beavs couldn't pull it out. They didn't necessarily hit poorly, USC just hit when they had more people on base. Green and Duda went 2-for-4 for the Trojans and Boxberger pitched a good game, striking out five in seven innings. Paterson, in contrast, struck out four in 7.1 innings.

OSU coach Pat Casey said in regards to it being a well pitched game, "it must have been, because we didn't put much up offensively."

"I think he had good command, I thought he really only had one pitch, but he threw it pretty well. We had opportunities and didn't take advantage of them," added Barney. "Paterson threw his ass off today and it's a shame we couldn't put some runs up for him ... We've gotta find someone to drive [runners] in."

In my humble opinion (which, as we've previously established, doesn't really mean crap) Paterson should have been pulled earlier. The eighth inning was kinda a disaster and I was surprised they didn't put Maxwell in earlier. But, these coaches know a lot more than I do, and Barney was right -- OSU HAS to hit the ball and get runners home if they want to win.

That's all for tonight. First pitch is supposed to be thrown tomorrow at noon. Turpen will start for the Beavs on the mound, so we'll see how that goes.

Adios!