{"id":309813,"date":"2026-05-11T04:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/309813\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T04:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:19:07","slug":"dirtbags-honor-seniors-but-fall-8-4-to-no-10-oregon-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/309813\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirtbags Honor Seniors but Fall 8-4 to No. 10 Oregon State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/long-beach-state-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach State Dirtbags<\/a> honored 13 seniors before their game but ultimately fell to No. 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/ncaa\/oregon-state-beavers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oregon State<\/a>, 8-4, in the series finale at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. After an early lead from the Dirtbags, the Beavers responded with key plays and capitalized on defensive errors to pull away late in the game. Justin Roulston stood out with a two-run homer and a total of three hits for Long Beach State.<\/p>\n<p> By the NumbersJustin Roulston recorded three hits, including a two-run homer and two RBIs.Oregon State scored 8 runs on 11 hits, while Long Beach State managed 4 runs on 7 hits. State of PlayLong Beach State was competitive, taking the lead in the second inning before losing it in the third.The Beavers extended their lead in the sixth, taking advantage of defensive miscues by the Dirtbags. What&#8217;s Next<\/p>\n<p>The Dirtbags will shift focus to Big West action with a crucial three-game series against the first-place Cal Poly Mustangs next weekend.<\/p>\n<p> Bottom Line<\/p>\n<p>Despite a strong start and impressive individual performances, Long Beach State must address defensive weaknesses as they head into an important conference matchup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Long Beach State Dirtbags honored 13 seniors before their game but ultimately fell to No. 10 Oregon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-309813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}