Beavs begin Super Regional play on Friday

OREGON STATE TAKES on Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. on Friday at 5 p.m. PT. The game, the opener of the best-of-three-series, will be televised on ESPNU.

OSU then meets Vanderbilt on Saturday at 6 pm. That game is set for broadcast on ESPN2.

A Sunday game, if necessary, is scheduled for Sunday with the time to be determined.

Friday and Saturday's games are also scheduled to be available online at ESPN3.com.

Vanderbilt(50-10) will be a tough opponent for Oregon State (41-17). The sixth overall seed in the tourney, they had 11 players drafted during the first two days of the MLB Draft. Eight of them were pitchers.

Meanwhile, OSU’s ERA heading into the Super Regional is 2.93, down nearly a run and a half from last season’s 4.19. OSU’s bullpen alone has improved dramatically, posting a 2.65 ERA, down from 4.08 a year ago.

Oregon State had eight players selected in the MLB Draft this week -- C Andrew Susac – 2nd round, 86th overall, San Francisco; RHP Sam Gaviglio – 5th round, 170th overall, St. Louis; LHP Josh Osich – 6th round, 207th overall, San Francisco; OF Brian Stamps – 24th round, 746th overall, Atlanta; C/1B Parker Berberet – 25th round, 761st overall, Milwaukee; 3B Carter Bell – 29th round, 874th overall, Arizona; RHP James Nygren – 33rd round, 1003rd overall, Florida and RHP Taylor Starr – 37th round, 1,118th overall, Cleveland.