Beavers Down LBSU 3-1 To Open Series

CORVALLIS, Ore. – drove in two runs in his first game since Feb. 26 to send No. 3 Oregon State to a 3-1 series-opening win over Long Beach State Thursday night at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.

Wheeler drove in both on a third-inning single off LBSU (15-17 overall) starter Marques Johnson. That highlighted the Beavers' (25-7) three-run frame, which also included a bases-loaded walk by a batter earlier.

The Dirtbags' Chase Luttrell hit a sixth-inning solo home run but Oregon State's bullpen, consisting of , and , was otherwise able to hold LBSU scoreless in 7 1/3 innings of work.

Townsend, who worked 4 1/3 innings in relief, earned his first win of the season. Brown came on to record the game's…