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Oregon Coach George Horton said Sunday his UO baseball program would cross their “fingers, legs and everything that we can cross” in hopes of making the postseason field, which was announced Monday. It worked. That, and a scorching hot streak to end the regular season. Fresh off taking two of three at home against Pac-12 champion UCLA, the Ducks were announced Monday morning as the No. 3 seed in an NCAA Regional at Springfield, Mo. Oregon will play Friday against second-seeded Iowa (10 a.m. PT, ESPN3), to be followed by host Missouri State against Canisius. The Ducks (37-23) won their final five series in Pac-12 play and nine of their last 10 games to fight their way onto the postseason bubble, following a midseason lull. They posted walk-off wins Saturday and Sunday over the Bruins, who were named the No. 1 overall seed into the postseason field Monday.
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The Oregon State baseball team will be making its school-record seventh consecutive postseason appearance as the Beavers have been selected to participate in the Dallas Regional. The entire 64-team field was announced Monday morning, and the Beavers will be playing in a regional hosted by Dallas Baptist. OSU is the No. 2 seed, followed by No. 3 Texas and No. 4 VCU. Third-seed Texas will be Oregon State’s postseason opening foe when the tournament starts Friday. The postseason appearance is the team’s 10th in its last 11 seasons, all under head coach Pat Casey. All-time, the Beavers will be making their 16th NCAA postseason appearance. The Beavers are making their seventh consecutive postseason appearance after finishing the regular season 38-16-1. OSU finished second in the Pac-12 with a 19-10-1 record, coming to within just 2 ½ games of league champion UCLA despite starting one of the nation’s youngest lineups. The Beavers regularly started eight or nine underclassmen.
