OSU release – FORT WORTH, Texas – Garret Forrester hit a walkoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday to send Oregon State to a 5-4 win over Dallas Baptist at Lupton Stadium, forcing a deciding game seven of the Fort Worth Regional. The teams will meet again Monday at 1 p.m. PT (3 p.m. in Texas) for a berth to an NCAA Super Regional. Broadcast information to be released at the end of competition Sunday night. Forrester drove a 3-2 pitch down the right field line off DBU reliever Kragen Kechely, and the ball just cleared the fence, sending the Beavers to their second win of the day. OSU (37-23 overall) defeated TCU, 3-2, in its first game to send the Beavers’ to the nightcap. The Beavers, down 3-2 after a Dallas Baptist (39-16) home run in the fifth, pushed ahead via two bases-loaded walks in the sixth. OSU held that 5-4 lead until the ninth when the Patriots’ Jackson Glenn singled home a run with two down. Forrester finished the day with four hits, while Andy Armstrong tied a career-high with four against Dallas Baptist. Overall, OSU tallied 14 hits in the nightcap. Ryan Ober tied the game at two with a fourth-inning solo home run.
