Adley Rutschman’s two-run single in the ninth inning snapped a 3-3 tie and sent the Oregon State baseball team back to Omaha with a 6-3 win over Minnesota Saturday night in front of a record crowd 4,025 at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. Rutschman drilled a 1-2 pitch from Minnesota’s Jackson Rose back up the middle, bringing in Cadyn Grenier and Steven Kwan. OSU (49-10-1 overall) tacked on another run when Kyle Nobach was hit by a pitch for the final tally. Nobach ended the day with two RBI on a 1-for-3 effort after the senior drove in the game-tying run in the eighth on a single to right. It came off Minnesota reliever Max Meyer, and evened the score after the Gophers scored solo runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings. OSU finished the game with 13 hits, led by Kwan, who finished with three. Grenier, Rutschman and Trevor Larnach tallied two apiece. Next Up: Oregon State will play North Carolina in the Beavers’ opening game of the College World Series in Omaha. Days, times and TV information will be announced in the near future.
