2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:Pac-12 Conference
Shortconference:Pac-12
Teams:8
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Scottsdale Stadium
City:Scottsdale, Arizona
Champions:Stanford
Titlecount:1st
Coach:David Esquer
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Garret Forrester
Mvpteam:Oregon State
Attendance:19,363
Television:Pac-12 Network
ESPN2
Firsttournamentever:yes

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.[1] [2]

Seeds

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.

SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
  1. 1
Stanford21–937–14
  1. 2
Oregon State20–1041–13
  1. 3
UCLA19–1135–20
  1. 4
Oregon18–1235–21
  1. 5
Arizona16–1435–21
  1. 6
California14–1628–252–1 vs Washington
  1. 7
Washington14–1630–241–2 vs California
  1. 8
Arizona State13–1725–30

Schedule

2022 Bracket[3]

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
Wednesday, May 25
19:00 a.m.No. 5 Arizona vs. No. 4 Oregon8–6Pac-12 Network2,044
212:55 p.m.No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 1 Stanford3–6
34:45 p.m.No. 7 Washington vs. No. 2 Oregon State8–132,019
410:15 p.m.No. 6 California vs. No. 3 UCLA4–1
Thursday, May 26
59:00 a.m.No. 4 Oregon vs. No. 8 Arizona State2–4Pac-12 Network1,682
612:57 p.m.No. 7 Washington vs. No. 3 UCLA8–14
75:15 p.m.No. 5 Arizona vs. No. 1 Stanford8–153,174
810:15 p.m.No. 2 Oregon State vs. No. 6 California3–1
Friday, May 27
93:00 p.m.No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 5 Arizona6–8Pac-12 Network3,099
106:35 p.m.No. 6 California vs. No. 3 UCLA7–9 (10)
Semifinals – Saturday, May 28
119:00 a.m.No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 5 Arizona5–4Pac-12 Network3,321
1212:56 p.m.No. 2 Oregon State vs. No. 3 UCLA22–25 (10)
137:40 p.m.No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 2 Oregon State7–8
Championship – Sunday, May 29
147:00 p.m.No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 2 Oregon State9–5ESPN24,024
  • Game times in MST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the 2022 Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP.[4]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pac-12 announces creation of Pac-12 Baseball Tournament in partnership with the City of Scottsdale and The Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220129/https://pac-12.com/article/2021/08/25/pac-12-announces-creation-pac-12-baseball-tournament-partnership-city-scottsdale . 2022-01-29 . live. Pac-12 Conference. August 25, 2021. January 29, 2022.
  2. Web site: Pac-12 baseball tournament created with city of Scottsdale and The Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission. NCAA. August 25, 2021. January 29, 2022.
  3. Web site: 2022 PAC-12 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT . https://web.archive.org/web/20220424122512/https://pac-12.com/baseball/tournament. dead. April 24, 2022.
  4. Web site: Stanford outslugs Oregon State to win inaugural 2022 Pac-12 Baseball Tournament Championship . https://web.archive.org/web/20220530113919/https://pac-12.com/article/2022/05/29/stanford-outslugs-oregon-state-win-inaugural-2022-pac-12-baseball-tournament. dead. May 30, 2022.