Beavers Strike Early, Hand No. 12 USC Its First Loss At New Dedeaux Field

Tuesday, March 24

Los Angeles, Calif.

1:00 PM

Oregon State

18-5

USC

24-2

Oregon State

USC

Photo by: Hank Hager

Beavers Strike Early, Hand No. 12 USC Its First Loss At New Dedeaux Field

March 24, 2026 | Baseball

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By: Athletic Communications

LOS ANGELES – Bryce Hubbard hit a first-inning home run, Paul Vazquez went deep in the ninth and Easton Talt drove in three runs to send No. 16 Oregon State to a 12-4 win over No. 12 USC Tuesday afternoon at Dedeaux Field.

The Beavers, who improved to 18-5 on the year, struck early and often, jumping out to a 9-0 lead after 3 1/2 innings. USC (24-2) plated four in the fourth but Oregon State held the Trojans in check the rest of the way.

The win was the first in 19 games by a visiting club at the new Dedeaux Field on the USC campus.

Hubbard put OSU up with a two-run blast in the first, which scored Talt, who had opened the game with a walk.

The Beavers scored twice in the second, first on a wild pitch, then on Talt's first RBI of the game, a sacrifice fly.

Talt and AJ Singer put the Beavers ahead 7-0 after three with three runs in the frame. Talt drove in two on a single and Singer singled to singled up the middle.

Oregon State kept on scoring in the fourth. Hubbard and Josh Proctor each doubled to open the inning. Singer then blooped a single to right to get Proctor in from third.

Vazquez provided the game's punctuation mark with a three-run blast off the batter's eye in the ninth for his third long ball of the season.

Connor Mendez worked three innings in relief, allowing two hits and three runs while striking out three. He got the win to improve to 1-1.

Chase Herrell started for USC and took the loss to drop to 2-1. He gave up three runs on a hit and three walks in an inning of work.

Talt, Hubbard, Proctor, Vazquez and Singer all recorded two hits for the Beavers, who finished with 11 as a team.

Oregon State capped its eight-game trip with a 7-1 record.

Oregon State returns to Corvallis to play four consecutive home games starting Friday in the first of three against Mercer. First pitch is slated for 5:35 p.m. PT and tickets can be purchased by visiting BeaverTickets.com.

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