Spring Break
Ogata leads Beavers at the dish
With questions buzzing, holes to be filled, Jason Ogata stepped up big for OSU last weekend at PGE Park in Portland against UG
Kacy Hochstatter
Issue date: 3/4/08 Section: Sports
With Joey Wong at second, Georgia leading 4-3, a 3-2 count and two outs, Ogata delivered. He fought off a tough pitch and tied the game up with a single through the gap between the first and second baseman into right field.
"I was just trying to get a good at bat," Ogata said. "He threw me a curve ball and he kind of fooled me a little bit. I stayed back just enough to drive it into right. It was a great feeling."
Said Pat Casey of Ogata's game tying at bat, "It was a great piece of two strike hitting."
That has become the mark of Oregon State baseball during the past three years. Someone new steps up every year. The Beavers struggled a little in the first three games, but the season is young, just like many of the new players on this team. Winning the series against a quality team like Georgia is a big step in the right direction.
"We're going to get better. We're going to be at our best at the end of the season," Ogata said. "This game showed that we are going to get clutch hits and we are going to have heart at the plate. We're going to do whatever it takes to win."
The Beavers' comeback win could not have come at a better time at this point in the season. After a blowout loss on Saturday in front of close to 11,000 fans, OSU sent the even larger Sunday crowd home with that distinctive feeling and excitement of Beaver baseball. The energy went both ways as the fans were enthusiastic and the players were as well.
"This was great," Ogata said. "There were so many fans here supporting us and we fed off their energy a lot this weekend."
Kacy Hochstatter, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
"I was just trying to get a good at bat," Ogata said. "He threw me a curve ball and he kind of fooled me a little bit. I stayed back just enough to drive it into right. It was a great feeling."
Said Pat Casey of Ogata's game tying at bat, "It was a great piece of two strike hitting."
That has become the mark of Oregon State baseball during the past three years. Someone new steps up every year. The Beavers struggled a little in the first three games, but the season is young, just like many of the new players on this team. Winning the series against a quality team like Georgia is a big step in the right direction.
"We're going to get better. We're going to be at our best at the end of the season," Ogata said. "This game showed that we are going to get clutch hits and we are going to have heart at the plate. We're going to do whatever it takes to win."
The Beavers' comeback win could not have come at a better time at this point in the season. After a blowout loss on Saturday in front of close to 11,000 fans, OSU sent the even larger Sunday crowd home with that distinctive feeling and excitement of Beaver baseball. The energy went both ways as the fans were enthusiastic and the players were as well.
"This was great," Ogata said. "There were so many fans here supporting us and we fed off their energy a lot this weekend."
Kacy Hochstatter, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
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