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Beavers open regional with win Saturday Jun 3, 2017 at 12:01 AM The Associated Press CORVALLIS — Jake Thompson allowed one run on four hits while striking out 10 over 7 2/3 innings and Oregon State defeated Holy Cross 8-2 in the Corvallis Regional on Friday night. Oregon State, the No. 1 national seed, goes on to face Yale tonight in the double-elimination tournament. The Bulldogs, the regional's No. 3 seed, beat second-seeded Nebraska 5-1 in the early game. Thompson, treated to a standing ovation by the sellout crowd at Goss Stadium, improved to 13-0 and the Beavers won their 17th straight. Brendan King (5-7) allowed five runs on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings for fourth-seeded Holy Cross (23-27), which advanced to the postseason for the first time since 1978. Nick Madrigal and Jack Anderson each hit RBI singles to put the Beavers up 2-0 in the third inning. Thompson didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning when he gave up three straight, including freshman Chris Rinaldi's RBI single. But Thompson struck out Austin Masel looking to get out of a bases-loaded jam. Adley Rutschman's RBI double padded Oregon State's lead, and after Cadyn Grenier's sacrifice fly made it 4-1, Rutschman scored on a balk. Trevor Larnach hit a run-scoring double before Michael Gretler's solo home run in the seventh put the Beavers up 7-1. Preston Jones added an RBI double in the eighth. Kellen McCormick drove in a run with a single in the ninth for the Crusaders. Oregon State's four losses in the regular season were the fewest since Texas was 53-4 going into the tournament in 1982. The Beavers went 27-3 in Pac-12 play for the league title, surpassing Arizona State's record of 26 league wins set in 1981. Along the way, coach Pat Casey surpassed the 1,000-win milestone. The back-to-back College World Series champions in 2006 and 2007 have made the postseason 17 times with a 52-33 overall record. It is the sixth time they will host a regional, and they're 27-6 in postseason play at home. This season the Crusaders won their first-ever Patriot League title since the school joined the conference in 1986. Holy Cross won the NCAA title in 1952.