Oregon State’s Dax Whitney strikes out 17 in best outing of the college baseball season ...

Dax Whitney threw the best outing of his career and Easton Talt robbed a home run and supplied the game-winning hit for Oregon State in its opening game at the Round Rock Classic. Whitney tied a program record with 17 strikeouts over a career-high 7.0 innings pitched, leaving with the lead thanks to Talt’s over-the-wall grab in the seventh. Though Baylor tied the game in the eighth, Talt delivered a two-run single in the ninth to send the No. 11 Beavers on to a 3-1 win Friday night at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas. “The key right now is these tight ballgames and you’re seeing what kind of character the club really has,” Oregon State coach Mitch Canham said. “I think our offense is...