No. 7 Oregon State baseball vs. Minnesota: Preview, starting lineup, how to watch

In a college baseball game on Sunday, the No. 7 Oregon State Beavers take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas.

Ten a.m. is the scheduled time for the first pitch.

In the Round Rock Classic, a round robin competition with three teams, including No. 2 Virginia and Oklahoma, it’s the Beavers’ final.

Oregon State needs a victory on Sunday to salvage the weekend after losing to the Sooners after starting with a convincing victory over the Cavaliers.

Ethan Kleinschmit, a 6-foot-3 transfer from Linn-Benton Community College, is starting for the Beavers for the second time in his career. His debut was noteworthy. In a victory over Indiana, Kleinschmit pitched six innings without allowing any hits.

Beavers supporters will recognize Justin Thorsteinson as Minnesota’s starter. Between 2021 and 2023, the 6-4 left-hander threw in 19 games for OSU, starting four of them and finishing with a 1-0 record.

Read this for a recap of Game 1 and this for a breakdown of Game 2 if you missed the first two Round Rock Classic games.

The following information relates to today’s game:

Minnesota Golden Gophers (1-4) vs. No. 7 Oregon State Beavers (5-1)

At 10 a.m., PT February 23, Sunday

Where: Round Rock, Texas’ Dell Diamond

TV channel: There is no broadcast of the game.

How to watch the live stream online: D1Baseball will broadcast the game live through Peak Events. For a direct access to the game, go to osubeavers.com and click on the baseball schedule. For more information about subscriptions, visit D1baseball.

Radio: Beaver Sports Network broadcasts every game. The Varsity Radio Network broadcasts the pregame live from any location thirty minutes prior to the first pitch. KLAD 104.3-FM & 960-AM (Klamath Falls), KCFM 103.1-FM (Mapleton), KEJO 93.7-FM & 1240-AM (Corvallis), KKNX 105.1-FM & 840-AM (Eugene), KCFM 104.1-FM & 1250-AM & 104.1-FM (Florence), KTMT 96.1-FM & 580-AM (Medford), KCMX 880-AM (Medford), KCMX 99.5-FM (Phoenix), KEX 1190-AM (Portland), KSKR 1490-AM (Roseburg), and KBZY 1490-AM (Salem) are local affiliates.

LHP Justin Thorsteinson (0-0, 10.80) vs. OSU LHP Ethan Kleinschmit (1-0, 0.00) are the likely starters.

That and this:Oregon State has a 12-3 record in the series thus far, including 11 straight wins, and this is the 16th meeting between the two teams. The Mitch Canham period has seen three. The only Beavers to hit safely in all six games this season are shortstop Aiva Arquette and third baseman Trent Caraway. Each has ten hits. Arquette finished 2 for 3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Saturday night’s loss, continuing his impressive early-season showing. AJ Singer, the ninth hitter, enters Sunday with a.350 batting average and a five-game hitting streak. In the defeat to Oklahoma, he singled two runs and went 1 for 4. With nine RBIs to start the day, the transfer second baseman is one run behind team leader Jacob Krieg (10). … In two games, the Beavers have a.179 batting average (5 for 28), demonstrating their difficulty with runners in scoring position at Round Rock. In Saturday’s loss, OSU only managed to go 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position. … This season, the Golden Gophers have dropped three of their five games by a total margin of six runs. They have already lost to Virginia 4-2 at Round Rock and to Oklahoma 3-2. The Beavers are on the seventh game of a 10-game journey that begins the season. An 11-game trip was initially planned, but bad weather forced the cancellation of a midweek game against Houston.

OSU S LINEUP

Trent Caraway, third base

2. Arquette, Aiva, SS

3. LF Gavin Turley

4. The DH, Tyce Peterson

5. 1B Jacob Krieg

6. Wilson Weber, C.

7. RF Easton Talt

8. 2B AJ Singer

9. Canon Reeder, CF

The lineup for Minnesota

1. Parker Knoll, CF