Sun Devils silence Beaver bats again.

Byline: The Register-Guard

CORVALLIS - Oregon State could muster only three hits against three Arizona State pitchers, and the seventh-ranked Sun Devils continued the Beavers' recent home woes with a 3-0 Pac-10 baseball victory on Saturday at Goss Stadium.

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The 16th-ranked Beavers (36-15, 8-12 Pac-10), who hadn't lost a home series since 2004 until losing two of three last weekend to Washington State, have now lost two straight home series and are in eighth place in the Pac-10.

Joe Paterson nearly matched the Arizona State hurlers but made a pair of costly mistakes, giving up a two-run home run to Jared Bogany in the fifth inning and a solo shot to Eric Sogard in the ninth.

Paterson struck out five and walked none for the Beavers.

That was more than enough for ASU starter Josh Satow (10-3), who struck out eight in 8 1/3 innings and didn't give up a hit until a sixth-inning single by Oregon State's Mitch Canham

The Beavers had chances, putting the go-ahead run at the plate with one out in the eighth inning before John Wallace hit into a double play. In the ninth, Jordan Lennerton flied out to left with the bases loaded to end the game.

Beavers miss NCAA tourney after regional playoff loss

TEMPE, Ariz. - Oregon State had a spot in the NCAA men's golf tournament in its sights. Then, like that, it was gone.

The Beavers shot a 5-under-par 281 in the third round of the NCAA West Regional tournament on Saturday to move into a three-way tie for ninth place, but they finished third in the three-way playoff with Wake Forest and East Tennessee State for the final two spots in the NCAA Tournament.

The top 10 teams at the regional earn spots in the NCAAs.

The Beavers finished at even-par in the five-hole playoff, one stroke behind Wake Forest and three strokes behind ETSU.

The Beavers' score of 25-under-par 839 at the Karsten Golf Course is the second-best score relative to par in school history.

James Allenby shot a 2-under 70 to finish in 10th place in the medalist race with a total score of 12-under 204, the third best individual mark in school history.

OSU's Diego Velasquez and Alex Williams were tied for 53rd place at 4-under 212.

"It's an unfortunate way to end the season, but we had a great season and a great opportunity to compete at the national championships," Oregon State coach Brian Watts said. "We were one shot away from the chance to compete at nationals and achieve our goals."

Oregon shot a 4-under 284 on Saturday to remain in 19th place for the tournament, four strokes ahead of Nevada. Joey Benedetti was the Ducks' top individual scorer, shooting a 72 on Saturday to finish at 3-under 213. Matt Ma was tied for 81st at 216, and Derek Sipe finished tied for 86th at 217.

South Carolina shot a 10-under 278 to edge UCLA by two strokes for the regional title with a total score of 820.

Arizona State's Benjamin Alvarado shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to win the individual crown at 18-under 198, three strokes ahead of Kevin Chappell of UCLA, Jon Curran of Vanderbilt and Jamie Lovemark of USC.

Twilight champion sets American javelin mark

FORTALEZA, Brazil - Oregon Twilight champion Kim Kreiner tossed the javelin 210 feet, 7 inches to set an American record in the event on Wednesday at a meet in Brazil.

Kreiner's mark easily surpassed her previous American record of 204-10 and is the best mark in the world this year.