Oregon State baseball vs. Louisville highlights: Beavers win CWS opener on a walk-off
Jarrid DenneyOMAHA — After a chaotic sequence of late-game events, Oregon State kicked off the 2025 College World Series in walk-off fashion.
The No. 8 Beavers captured a crucial 4-3 win over Louisville at Charles Schwab Stadium. Gavin Turley smashed a walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning to seal the victory and send OSU into the winners' bracket, where it will face Coastal Carolina at 4 p.m. PT June 15.
Turley's big moment became necessary after the Beavers' 3-1 lead evaporated in the top of the ninth. Tague Davis and Kamau Neighbors came through with run-scoring hits during an inning in which OSU made three costly miscues.
Buy Oregon State baseball tickets Watch Oregon State baseball vs. Louisville on Fubo (free trial)Right-hander Dax Whitney gave the Beavers 5⅓ stellar innings. The freshman All-American struck out nine batters and allowed just one walk.
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Bottom of the 9th inning — Oregon State 4, Louisville 3
Aiva Arquette lined a one-out single to get the Beavers going. Then, Gavin Turley stepped to the plate and clubbed a walk-off RBI double to give the Beavers a dramatic 4-3 win.
Top of the 9th inning — Oregon State 3, Louisville 3
Right-hander Kellan Oakes came on in the ninth for Oregon State to try to get the final three outs.
Zion Rose tagged Oakes for a leadoff triple. OSU left fielder Gavin Turley dove head first trying to make the catch, but he missed and the ball caromed all the way to the wall. Tague Davis followed with an RBI single to cut the lead to 3-2. Tanner Shiver came on to pinch run for Davis and was thrown out trying to steal second.
Then, in a bizarre sequence of events, Alex Alicea hit a grounder to OSU shortstop Aiva Arquette and Arquette air-mailed the throw to first. Beavers catcher Wilson Weber had hustled down the line to back up the throw. He tried to fire the ball to second base, but it slipped out of his hand during the throw. Weber couldn't find the ball, and Alicea advanced to third as Weber looked for it.
Kamau Neighbors followed with a first-pitch RBI single to center to tie the game at 3-3.
Oakes got out of the inning with a strikeout and a fly-out.
Bottom of the 8th inning — Oregon State 3, Louisville 1
Canon Reeder drew a one-out walk. Then, Dallas Macias came on to pinch hit for Carson McEntire and popped out to left. Reeder was picked off at first base to end the inning.
Top of the 8th inning — Oregon State 3, Louisville 1
Wyatt Queen worked around a leadoff single to work a scoreless eighth. Queen added two strikeouts to his tally.
Bottom of the 7th inning — Oregon State 3, Louisville 1
Gavin Turley poked a one-out single through the right side. Two batters later, AJ Singer delivered a nice piece of hitting and took a two-strike breaking ball the other way for a single. Turley moved up to third base on the hit.
Louisville first baseman Tague Davis made a stellar catch on a foul ball at the dugout railing to end the inning.
Top of the 7th inning — Oregon State 3, Louisville 1
Right-hander Wyatt Queen took over on the mound for the Beavers in the seventh.
Queen made a nice play on Zion Rose's bunt for the first out of the inning. Tague Davis followed with a walk and Alex Alecia singled to put two on with one out.
Kamau Neighbors grounded out to first, which brought leadoff hitter Lucas Moore to the plate with the tying run on second. But Queen struck out Moore to end the frame.
Bottom of the 6th inning — Oregon State 3, Louisville 1
AJ Singer and Tyce Peterson hit back-to-back one-out singles, and then Jacob Krieg drew a walk to load the bases.
That chased Louisville starter Patrick Forbes from the game. Lefty reliever Justin West took over on the hill. West rolled a ready-made 6-4-3 double play, but shortstop Alex Alicea failed to field the grounder cleanly and Singer scored.
West avoided further damage, though, as he struck out Carson McEntire and Trent Caraway to end the inning.
Top of the 6th inning — Oregon State 2, Louisville 1
Dax Whitney issued his first walk of the day when he lost Kamau Neighbors on a full count. That brought leadoff man Lucas Moore to the dish.
Whitney nearly picked off Neighbors, but first baseman Jacob Krieg dropped the ball on the tag and was issued an error. On the next pitch, Moore drilled a single. Matt Klein followed with a groundout to first that moved both runners up.
Whitney's early-inning struggles were enough to prompt a pitching change from OSU. Eric Segura took over for Whitney on the hill.
Jake Munroe laced a hard-hit grounder right at Aiva Arquette, but it ate Arquette up and he couldn't field it. A run scored and the play was ruled a single.
Segura bounced back and struck out cleanup man Eddie King Jr. for the second out.
Then, Segura got out of the inning when he induced a pop-up to Wilson Weber.
Bottom of the 5th inning — Oregon State 2, Louisville 0
Canon Reeder was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. Two batters later, Aiva Arquette reached on an infield single. But Gavin Turley struck out to end the inning.
Top of the 5th inning — Oregon State 2, Louisville 0
Dax Whitney worked another 1-2-3 inning on just eight pitches. His pitch count now sits at 70.
Bottom of the 4th inning — Oregon State 2, Louisville 0
Trent Caraway broke up Patrick Forbes' no-hitter with a single to left field. Aiva Arquette followed by legging out an infield single. Then, both moved up on a wild pitch.
Then, Gavin Turley opened the scoring with a 4-3 ground out that sent Caraway home. Wilson Weber followed with an RBI single to make it 2-0.
Two batters later, Tyce Peterson got in on the action with a hard-hit single to right.
Top of the 4th inning — Oregon State 0, Louisville 0
Jake Munroe roped a single through the right side to give Louisville its first baserunner of the day. Eddie King Jr. followed with a single through the left side.
But Dax Whitney bounced back and struck out Garret Pike swinging to end the threat. Whitney's pitch count sits at 62.
Bottom of the 3rd inning — Oregon State 0, Louisville 0
Oregon State got its first baserunner of the day when Jacob Krieg was hit by a pitch on a full count. But Canon Reeder followed by grounding into a 4-6-3 double play.
Then, Patrick Forbes struck out Easton Talt to end the frame.
Top of the 3rd inning — Oregon State 0, Louisville 0
Dax Whitney got his sixth strikeout of the day at the expense of Tague Davis.
Alex Alicea grounded out. Mamau Neighbors blooped a fly ball to left that Gavin Turley nearly lost in the sun. But Turley recovered in time to record the final out of the inning.
Bottom of the 2nd inning — Oregon State 0, Louisville 0
Cardinal's starter Patrick Forbes has matched Dax Whitney pitch for pitch so far. Forbes worked another 1-2-3 inning and tacked two punchouts onto his total.
Forbes has four strikeouts through two innings on just 29 pitches.
Top of the 2nd inning — Oregon State 0, Louisville 0
Dax Whitney struck out the side against Louisville's 4-5-6 hitters.
OSU's star freshman is already up to five strikeouts through two innings. He has thrown just 29 pitches.
Bottom of the 1st inning — Oregon State 0, Louisville 0
Louisville starter Patrick Forbes struck out Trent Caraway and Aiva Arquette, both swinging, and then got Gavin Turley to fly out to left. Forbes touched 97 mph with his fastball and blew multiple heaters past OSU hitters.
Top of the 1st inning — Oregon State 0, Louisville 0
Oregon State freshman starter Dax Whitney worked a three-up, three-down inning that included a pair of strikeouts.
Whitney struck out Matt Klein swinging with a knee-buckling 72-mile-per-hour curveball.
Oregon State starting lineup
- Trent Caraway — 3B
- Aiva Arquette — SS
- Gavin Turley — LF
- Wilson Weber — C
- AJ Singer — 2B
- Tyce Peterson — DH
- Jacob Krieg — 1B
- Canon Reeder — CF
- Easton Talt — RF
RHP Dax Whitney
Louisville starting lineup
- Lucas Moore — CF
- Matt Klein — C
- Jake Munroe — 3B
- Eddie King Jr. — DH
- Garret Pike — RF
- Zion Rose — LF
- Tague Davis — 1B
- Alex Alicea — SS
- Kamau Neighbors — 2B
RHP Patrick Forbes
What time does Oregon State baseball vs. Louisville start?
- Date: June 13
- Time: 4 p.m. PT
- Where: Charles Schwab Field, Omaha, Nebraska
What TV channel is Oregon State baseball vs. Louisville on today?
- TV: ESPN
- Streaming: ESPN+, Fubo (free trial)
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Jarrid Denney covers high school sports and Oregon State for the Statesman Journal. He can be reached at JDenney@salem.gannett.com or on X @jarrid_denney.
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