#3 Oregon State (16-4, 3-2) found itself on the other side of a series sweep as #20 California (13-6, 3-2) defeats OSU 5 to 3 in the third game of the series.
Oregon State was coming into the game off two completely zombie like performances against the Cal Golden Bears; OSU's hitting, beyond a couple home runs had been nonexistent with the pitching and defense not far behind in terms of being in sleepwalking mode through the first two games. As such the Beavs were looking to being much more awake in this extremely important Pac-12 series ending game.