2023 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament

2023 Pac-12 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	9
Format	See below
Finals site	Scottsdale Stadium; Scottsdale, Arizona;
Champions	Oregon (1st title)
Winning coach	Mark Wasikowski (1st title)
MVP	Chase Davis (Arizona)
Attendance	11,010
Television	Pac-12 Network; ESPN2
	← 2022; Pac-12 baseball tournament; 2024 →;

2023 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 4 Stanford ‍†‍‍^y	23	–	7	–	0	.767	38	–	16	–	0	.704
No. 23 Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	39	–	18	–	0	.684
Washington ‍‍‍^y	17	–	12	–	0	.586	35	–	18	–	0	.660
USC ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0	.567	34	–	23	–	1	.595
Arizona State ‍‍‍	16	–	13	–	0	.552	32	–	23	–	0	.582
No. 12 Oregon ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	38	–	20	–	0	.655
UCLA ‍‍‍	12	–	16	–	1	.431	28	–	24	–	1	.538
Arizona ‍‍‍^y	12	–	18	–	0	.400	33	–	24	–	0	.579
California ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0	.400	24	–	28	–	0	.462
Washington State ‍‍‍	10	–	19	–	0	.345	29	–	23	–	0	.558
Utah ‍‍‍	9	–	20	–	1	.317	22	–	32	–	1	.409

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of May 30, 2023^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 27 at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was the second postseason championship event sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference since 1978.

Oregon won the tournament and the league's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Seeds

This tournament featured 9 out of 11 teams in this conference (Colorado does not field a baseball team) . Matchups composed of three teams in each pool, with each team playing two games in pool play, with the three pool winners & one wild card team advancing to the single elimination finals. The winning percentage of the teams in conference play determined the tournament seedings. There are tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
#1	Stanford	23–7	37–14
#2	Oregon State	18–12	39–16
#3	Washington	17–12	33–16
#4	USC	17–13	33–22–1
#5	Arizona State	16–13	31–22
#6	Oregon	16–14	33–20
#7	UCLA	12–16–1	27–23–1
#8	Arizona	12–18	30–23	3–0 Vs California
#9	California	12–18	24–26	0–3 Vs Arizona

Pools composition

There will be three teams in each pool, with each team playing two games in pool play. Teams selected for pool play will be based on final standings in the 2023 Pac-12 Regular Season. The Number 1, 6 & 9 seeds will be placed in pool A. The Number 2, 5 & 8 seeds will be placed in pool B. The Number 3, 4 & 7 seeds will be placed in pool C. The three pools will play a round-robin style tournament with the winners advancing to the Friday single-elimination semifinals along with one Wild Card team. The Wild Card will be determined by the best record of the non-advancing teams. Any tiebreaker will be awarded to the highest seeded team.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
#1 Stanford Cardinal	#2 Oregon State Beavers	#3 Washington Huskies
#6 Oregon Ducks	#5 Arizona State Sun Devils	#4 USC Trojans
#9 California Golden Bears	#8 Arizona Wildcats	#7 UCLA Bruins

Pool A

	Pool A	STAN	ORE	CAL
1	Stanford		6−8	18−10
6	Oregon	8−6		3−2
9	California	10−18	2−3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(6) Oregon	2	2	0	11	8	+3	1.000	Advanced to Semifinals
2	(1) Stanford	2	1	1	24	18	+6	.500	Advanced to Semifinals
3	(9) California	2	0	2	12	21	−9	.000	Eliminated

Source: [1]

May 23 7:00 p.m. Game 3	(9) California	2–3	(6) Oregon	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 2,032 Umpires: Joe Maiden, Steve Mattingly, Travis Reininger, Patrick Riley
	LP: T. Stasiowsk (0–2)	[2]	WP: L. Mercado (5–1) Sv: J. Mollerus (9)
	HR: none		HR: none

May 24 7:00 p.m. Game 6	(1) Stanford	18–10	(9) California	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 2,012 Umpires: Randy Sutton, Mark Buchanan, Joe Burleson, Kellen Levy
	WP: B. Pancer (2–0)	[3]^{[dead link]}	LP: R. Aivazian (0–4)
	HR: Montgomery (16), Rios (18)		HR: Lomavita (17)

May 25 7:00 p.m. Game 9	(6) Oregon	8–6 (F/10 inn.)	(1) Stanford	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 2,384 Umpires: Ramon Armendariz, Angel Campos, Kellen Levy, Jake Uhlenhopp
	WP: J. Mollerus (2–2)	[4]^{[dead link]}	LP: B. Pancer (2–1)
	HR: Ceballos (16)		HR: Graham (18)

Pool B

	Pool B	OSU	ASU	ARIZ
2	Oregon State		10−14	12−13
5	Arizona State	14−10		3−12
8	Arizona	13−12	12−3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(8) Arizona	2	2	0	24	15	+9	1.000	Advanced to Semifinals
2	(5) Arizona State	2	1	1	17	22	−5	.500	Eliminated
3	(2) Oregon State	2	0	2	22	27	−5	.000	Eliminated

Source: [5]

May 23 10:00 a.m. Game 1	(8) Arizona	12–3	(5) Arizona State	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 2,032 Umpires: Nathan White, Randy Sutton, Mark Buchanan, Joe Burleston
	WP: A. May (5–2)	[6]	LP: J. Hansell (2–1)
	HR: McClaughry (4), Caulfield (5)		HR: none

May 24 10:00 a.m. Game 4	(2) Oregon State	12–13	(8) Arizona	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 2,012 Umpires: Jake Uhlenhopp, Ramon Armendariz, Angel Campos, Nathan White
	LP: R. Brown (4–2)	[7]^{[dead link]}	WP: C. Barraza (5–2)
	HR: none		HR: C. Davis (20), K. Romero (18), T Bullard (11)

May 25 10:00 a.m. Game 7	(5) Arizona State	14–10	(2) Oregon State	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 2,384 Umpires: Travis Reininger, Patrick Riley, Joe Maiden, Steve Mattingly
	WP: B. Pivaroff (3–2)	[8]^{[dead link]}	LP: R. Larson (3–2)
	HR: Keaschall (18)		HR: Guerra (11)

Pool C

	Pool C	WASH	USC	UCLA
3	Washington		8−3	4−17
4	USC	3−8		6−4
7	UCLA	17−4	4−6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(3) Washington	2	1	1	12	20	−8	.500	Advanced to Semifinals
2	(4) USC	2	1	1	9	12	−3	.500	Eliminated
3	(7) UCLA	2	1	1	21	10	+11	.500	Eliminated

Source: [9]

May 23 2:30 p.m. Game 2	(7) UCLA	4–6	(4) USC	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 2,032 Umpires: Kellen Levy, Jake Uhlenhopp, Ramon Armendariz, Angel Campos
	LP: J. Brooks (6–6)	[10]	WP: C. Connolly (3–1) Sv: K. Wisch (7)
	HR: none		HR: Overn (4)

May 24 2:30 p.m. Game 5	(3) Washington	4–17 (F/7 inn.)	(7) UCLA	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 2,012 Umpires: Steve Mattingly, Travis Reininger, Patrick Riley, Joe Maiden
	LP: J. Engman (3–4)	[11]^{[dead link]}	WP: K. Austin (5–4)
	HR: Morales (11)		HR: Holmen (13), Hahn (1)

May 25 2:30 p.m. Game 8	(4) USC	3–8	(3) Washington	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 2,384 Umpires: Mark Buchanan, Joe Burleson, Nathan White, Randy Sutton
	LP: C. Aoki (3–4)	[12]^{[dead link]}	WP: S. Flesland III (7–2) Sv: C. Matter (5)
	HR: none		HR: none

Finals

Semifinals May 26			Final May 27

3	Washington	7

6	Oregon	12
			6	Oregon	5

			8	Arizona	4
1	Stanford	4

8	Arizona	14^{(7 inn.)}

May 26 2:30 p.m. Game 10	No. 6 Oregon	12–7	No. 3 Washington	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 2,563 Umpires: Patrick Riley, Kellen Levy, Jake Uhlenhopp, Mark Buchanan
	WP: G. Grinsell (2–1)	[13]^{[dead link]}	LP: K. Lord (6–5)
	HR: Ceballos (16)		HR: Morales (13)

May 26 7:00 p.m. Game 11	No. 8 Arizona	14–4 (F/7 inn.)	No. 1 Stanford	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 2,563 Umpires: Joe Burleson, Steve Mattingly, Nathan White, Ramon Armendariz
	WP: B. Zastrow (6–5)	[14]^{[dead link]}	LP: Q. Mathews (7–4)
	HR: C. Davis (21), M. White (8)		HR: T. Troy (16)

May 27 7:00 p.m. Game 12	No. 8 Arizona	4–5	No. 6 Oregon	Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 4,051 Umpires: Angel Campos, Travis Reininger, Ramon Armendariz, Joe Burleson
	LP: C. Hintz (0–3)	[15]^{[dead link]}	WP: T. Spoljaric (6–0) Sv: M. Dallas (3)
	HR: K. Romero (19), T. Bullard (12)		HR: T. Walsh (14)

Schedule

2023 Bracket, home teams listed last.^[5]

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance
Pool Play – Tuesday, May 23
1	10:00 a.m.	No. 8 Arizona vs No. 5 Arizona State (Pool B)	12–3	Pac-12 Network	2,032
2	2:30 p.m.	No. 7 UCLA vs No. 4 USC (Pool C)	4–6
3	7:00 p.m.	No. 9 California vs No. 6 Oregon (Pool A)	2–3
Pool Play – Wednesday, May 24
4	10:00 a.m.	No. 2 Oregon State vs No. 8 Arizona (Pool B)	12–13	Pac-12 Network	2,012
5	2:30 p.m.	No. 3 Washington vs No. 7 UCLA (Pool C)	4–17 ^{(7 inn.)}
6	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Stanford vs No. 9 California (Pool A)	18–10
Pool Play – Thursday, May 25
7	10:00 a.m.	No. 5 Arizona State vs No. 2 Oregon State (Pool B)	14–10	Pac-12 Network	2,384
8	2:30 p.m.	No. 4 USC vs No. 3 Washington (Pool C)	3–8
9	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Oregon vs No. 1 Stanford (Pool A)	8–6^{(10 inn.)}
Semifinals – Friday, May 26
10	2:30 p.m.	No. 6 Oregon vs No. 3 Washington	12–7	Pac-12 Network	2,563
11	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Arizona vs No. 1 Stanford	14–4^{(7 inn.)}	Pac-12 Network	2,563
Championship – Saturday, May 27
12	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Arizona vs No. 6 Oregon	4–6	ESPN2	4,051
*Game times in MST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the 2023 Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP.^[6]

Position	Player	School
C	Bennett Thompson	Oregon
1B	Carter Graham	Stanford
2B	Travis Bazzana	Oregon State
3B	Sabin Ceballos	Oregon
SS	Nik McClaughry	Arizona
DH	Tony Bullard	Arizona
OF	Chase Davis	Arizona
	Alberto Rios	Stanford
	Colby Shade	Oregon
P	Grayson Grinsell	Oregon
P	Bradon Zastrow	Arizona

References

^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
^ "Pac-12 announces creation of Pac-12 Baseball Tournament in partnership with the City of Scottsdale and The Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission". Pac-12 Conference. August 25, 2021. Archived from the original on January 29, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
^ "Pac-12 baseball tournament created with city of Scottsdale and The Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission". NCAA. August 25, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
^ "Pac-12 announces change to Pac-12 Baseball Tournament format".^{[dead link]}
^ "2023 PAC-12 Baseball Tournament" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2023.
^ "Oregon claims 2023 Pac-12 Baseball Tournament title, Arizona's Chase Davis Named Most Outstanding Player". Archived from the original on May 29, 2023.

[1] "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

[2] "Pac-12 announces creation of Pac-12 Baseball Tournament in partnership with the City of Scottsdale and The Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission". Pac-12 Conference. August 25, 2021. Archived from the original on January 29, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.

[ncaa-3] "Pac-12 baseball tournament created with city of Scottsdale and The Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission". NCAA. August 25, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2022.

[4] "Pac-12 announces change to Pac-12 Baseball Tournament format".^{[dead link]}

[5] "2023 PAC-12 Baseball Tournament" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2023.

[6] "Oregon claims 2023 Pac-12 Baseball Tournament title, Arizona's Chase Davis Named Most Outstanding Player". Archived from the original on May 29, 2023.

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