May 12, 2001

Box Score

CORVALLIS, OR

- The No. 6 California Golden Bears dropped game one of a doubleheader, 1-0, and came back in the night cap to fall in another 1-0 affair, this time in nine innings. The two losses drop the Bears to 49-15 overall and 6-14 in the Pac-10, while the wins move the Beavers to 43-22-1, 10-10 in the conference.

After a scoreless tie through six and a half innings in game one, the Beavers finally broke the tie in the bottom of the sixth. Leadoff hitter Brooke Rutschman reached first on an error by sophomore Veronica Nelson at first and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Michelle Chariton. Rutschman then scored the lone run in the game for OSU on a double to straight away center by Shawna Fledt. The double was Fledt's third hit on the day, tops in the game.

Senior Nicole DiSalvio started and went the distance for the Bears, allowing just the unearned run in the sixth on six hits. She falls to 18-7 on the year.

Monica Hoffman earned the win for OSU, improving to 12-12. She squandered six Cal hits in the game.

Game two began similar to its predecessor, 8.5 scoreless innings to begin the game. A one-out double in the top of the fifth by OSU's Steph Adams broke up Cal junior Jocelyn Forest's no hitter, while the Bears did not snap Beaver pitcher Crystal Draper's no hitter until the top of the seventh with two outs when sophomore Eryn Manahan singled to shortstop. Cal ended with just two hits in the game, with sophomore Jen Deering's infield single the only other hit for the Bears

Since neither team wanted to score in regulation, the game moved into extra frames. Cal attempted to rally in ninth. With one out, junior Candace Harper drew a walk. Sophomore Veronica Nelson then got hit by a pitch, moving Harper to second and giving Cal a runner in scoring position with one out. The next batter popped out followed by a strikeout to end the threat and give the Beavers an opportunity in their half of the ninth.

This is what OSU finally did. Shelly Rutschamn singled home Shawna Feldt who doubled to center to leadoff the inning for the only run in the game.

Forest took the loss and falls to 25-7 after pitching a great game in which she gave up the one run on three hits with a game-high 10 strikeouts.

Draper earned her 28th win on the year with only 10 losses.

The Bears now await word to hear where they are headed for the post-season regional. A live selection show airs tomorrow at 5:30 PDT on Fox Sports Net West, Fox Sports Net Northwest and Fox Sports Arizona.

Game 1
OSU Sports Complex, Corvallis, OR

                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7   R   H  E
No. 6 California    0  0  0   0  0  0   0   0   6  1
No. 14 Oregon State 0  0  0   0  0  1   X   1   7  0

Pitching:

Cal: DiSalvio and Scott, Oregon: Hoffman and T. Fledt
2B: Feldt (OSU)
WP: Hoffman (12-12) LP: DiSalvio (18-7) Save: None

Game 2

OSU Sports Complex, Corvallis, OR

                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9   R   H  E
No. 6 California    0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0   2  1
No. 14 Oregon State 0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  1   1   3  0

Pitching:

Cal: Forest and Scott, Oregon: Draper and T. Fledt
2B: Adams, S. Feldt (OSU)
WP: Draper (28-10) LP: Forest (25-7) Save: None
Cal: (49-15, 6-14) Oregon: (43-22, 10-10)