2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament

2022 Pac-12 Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsStanford (1st title)
Winning coachDavid Esquer (1st title)
MVPGarret Forrester (Oregon State)
Attendance19,363
TelevisionPac-12 Network
ESPN2
2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Stanford ‍y 21 9 0   .700 47 16 0   .746
No. 3 Oregon State ‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 48 18 0   .727
No. 19 UCLA ‍‍‍y 19 11 0   .633 40 24 0   .625
Oregon ‍‍‍y 18 12 0   .600 36 25 0   .590
Arizona ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 39 25 0   .609
Washington ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 30 26 0   .536
California ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 29 27 0   .518
Arizona State ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 26 31 0   .456
Washington State ‍‍‍ 12 18 0   .400 27 26 0   .509
Utah ‍‍‍ 10 20 0   .333 26 27 1   .491
USC ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 25 28 0   .472
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 13, 2022[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 29 at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona. This was the first postseason championship event sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference since 1978, the first such event to be held at a neutral site, and the first to feature more than two teams. The eight team, double-elimination tournament winner earned the league's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeds

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This tournament featured 8 out of 11 teams in this conference. They played a double elimination tournament. The seedings were determined upon completion of regular season play. The winning percentage of the teams in conference play determined the tournament seedings. There were tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
#1 Stanford 21–9 37–14
#2 Oregon State 20–10 41–13
#3 UCLA 19–11 35–20
#4 Oregon 18–12 35–21
#5 Arizona 16–14 35–21
#6 California 14–16 28–25 2–1 vs Washington
#7 Washington 14–16 30–24 1–2 vs California
#8 Arizona State 13–17 25–30

Bracket

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First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
5 Arizona 8
4 Oregon 6
5 Arizona 8
1 Stanford 15
8 Arizona State 3
1 Stanford 6
1 Stanford 5 -
5 Arizona 4 -
4 Oregon 2
8 Arizona State 4
8 Arizona State 6
5 Arizona 8
1 Stanford  9
2 Oregon State  5
7 Washington 8
2 Oregon State 13
2 Oregon State 3
6 California 1
6 California 4
3 UCLA 1
2 Oregon State 22 8
3 UCLA 25(10) 7
7 Washington 8
3 UCLA 14
3 UCLA 9(10)
6 California 7

Schedule

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2022 Bracket[4]

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
Wednesday, May 25
1 9:00 a.m. No. 5 Arizona vs. No. 4 Oregon 8–6 Pac-12 Network 2,044
2 12:55 p.m. No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 1 Stanford 3–6
3 4:45 p.m. No. 7 Washington vs. No. 2 Oregon State 8–13 2,019
4 10:15 p.m. No. 6 California vs. No. 3 UCLA 4–1
Thursday, May 26
5 9:00 a.m. No. 4 Oregon vs. No. 8 Arizona State 2–4 Pac-12 Network 1,682
6 12:57 p.m. No. 7 Washington vs. No. 3 UCLA 8–14
7 5:15 p.m. No. 5 Arizona vs. No. 1 Stanford 8–15 3,174
8 10:15 p.m. No. 2 Oregon State vs. No. 6 California 3–1
Friday, May 27
9 3:00 p.m. No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 5 Arizona 6–8 Pac-12 Network 3,099
10 6:35 p.m. No. 6 California vs. No. 3 UCLA 7–9 (10)
Semifinals – Saturday, May 28
11 9:00 a.m. No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 5 Arizona 5–4 Pac-12 Network 3,321
12 12:56 p.m. No. 2 Oregon State vs. No. 3 UCLA 22–25 (10)
13 7:40 p.m. No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 2 Oregon State 7–8
Championship – Sunday, May 29
14 7:00 p.m. No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 2 Oregon State 9–5 ESPN2 4,024
*Game times in MST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-tournament Team

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The following players were members of the 2022 Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP.[5]

Position Player School
C Gavin Logan Oregon State
1B Garret Forrester Oregon State
2B Garen Caulfield Arizona
3B Drew Bowser Stanford
SS Ethan Gourson UCLA
Adam Crampton Stanford
DH Daniel Susac Arizona
OF Justin Boyd Oregon State
Jacob Melton Oregon State
Michael Curialle UCLA
P Josh White California
Kyle Luckham Arizona State

References

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  1. ^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  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.
  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. ^ "2022 PAC-12 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT". Archived from the original on April 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "Stanford outslugs Oregon State to win inaugural 2022 Pac-12 Baseball Tournament Championship". Archived from the original on May 30, 2022.