2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament

2024 Pac-12 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	9
Format	See below
Finals site	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona
Champions	Arizona (1st title)
Winning coach	Chip Hale (1st title)
MVP	Mason White (Arizona)
Attendance	12,438
Television	Pac-12 Network ESPN2

2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 25 Arizona ‍†‍‡‍^y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			36	–	23	–	0		.610
No. 10 Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	19	–	10	–	0		.655			42	–	14	–	0		.750
No. 12 Oregon ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			37	–	18	–	0		.673
USC ‍‍‍	17	–	12	–	0		.586			31	–	28	–	0		.525
California ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			36	–	19	–	0		.655
Arizona State ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Utah ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Stanford ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			22	–	32	–	0		.407
Washington ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			19	–	31	–	1		.382
Washington State ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			21	–	32	–	0		.396
UCLA ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			19	–	33	–	0		.365
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 25, 2024[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 25 at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was the third and final postseason championship event sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference since 1978. It was also the final Pac-12 Conference event.

The Arizona Wildcats won the tournament and will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4]

Seeds

This tournament will feature 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	Arizona	20–10	32–20
#2	Oregon State	19–10	41–13
#3	Oregon	19–11	37–16
#4	USC	17–12	28–27
#5	Arizona State	17–13	31–24	3–0 Vs California
#6	California	17–13	34–18	0–3 Vs Arizona State
#7	Utah	16–14	32–21
#8	Stanford	11–19	20–32
#9	Washington	10–20	19–29–1

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 2024 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 Arizona Wildcats	#2 Oregon State Beavers	#3 Oregon Ducks
#6 California Golden Bears	#5 Arizona State Sun Devils	#4 USC Trojans
#9 Washington Huskies	#8 Stanford Cardinal	#7 Utah Utes

Pool A

	Pool A	ARIZ	CAL	WASH
1	Arizona		5−7	6−5
6	California	7−5		12−0
9	Washington	5−6	0−12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(6) California	2	2	0	19	5	+14	1.000	Advanced to Semifinals
2	(1) Arizona	2	1	1	11	12	−1	.500
3	(9) Washington	2	0	2	5	18	−13	.000	Eliminated

Source: [1]

May 21 7:00 p.m. Game 3	(9) Washington	0–12 (F/7)	(6) California	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 1,738 Umpires: HP: Angel Campos 1B: Kellen Levy 2B: Scott Letendre 3B: Billy Van Raaphorst
	LP: C. Kirchoff (4−5)	Box Score	WP: A. Galen (5−2)
	HR: None		HR: Advincula (5)

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May 22 7:00 p.m. Game 6	(1) Arizona	6–5	(9) Washington	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 2,246 Umpires: HP: Pat Riley 1B: Ramon Armendariz 2B: Darren Hyman 3B: Mike Fichter
	WP: T. Pluta 2–1 Sv: A. Susac (3)	Box Score	LP: J. Engman (0–8)
	HR: Caufield (18), White (5)		HR: Guerrero (15)

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May 23 7:00 p.m. Game 9	(6) California	7–5	(1) Arizona	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 2,544 Umpires: HP: Mike Lusky 1B: Joe Burleson 2B: Nate White 3B: Steve Mattingly
	WP: L. Short (6–2) Sv: C. Beccerra (4)	Box Score	LP: J. Kent (3–4)
	HR: White (19), Mihalakis (3)		HR: Schulze (10)

Pool B

	Pool B	OSU	ASU	STAN
2	Oregon State		3−2	1−2
5	Arizona State	2−3		7−8
8	Stanford	2−1	8−7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(8) Stanford	2	2	0	10	8	+2	1.000	Advanced to Semifinals
2	(2) Oregon State	2	1	1	4	4	0	.500	Eliminated
3	(5) Arizona State	2	0	2	9	11	−2	.000

Source: [2]

May 21 10:00 a.m. Game 1	(8) Stanford	8–7	(5) Arizona State	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 1,738 Umpires: HP: Mike Fichter 1B: Pat Riley 2B: Ramon Armendariz 3B: Darren Hyman
	WP: T. O'Harran (2−4) Sv: N. Dugan (3)	Box Score	LP: C. Markl (6−4)
	HR: Moore (17)		HR: Lance (8)

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May 22 10:00 a.m. Game 4	(2) Oregon State	1–2	(8) Stanford	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 2,246 Umpires: HP: Steve Mattingly 1B: Mike Lusky 2B: Joe Burleson 3B: Nate White
	LP: J. Hunter (1−1)	Box Score	WP: J. Volchko (2−1) Sv: T. O'Harran (7)
	HR: None		HR: Moore (18)

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May 23 10:00 a.m. Game 7	(5) Arizona State	2–3	(2) Oregon State	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 2,544 Umpires: HP: Scott Letendre 1B: Bill Van Raaphorst 2B: Angel Campos 3B: Kellen Levy
	WP: B. Jacobs (4−0) Sv: B. Holmes (12)	Box Score	WP: N. Keljo (3−0)
	HR: None		HR: None

Pool C

	Pool C	ORE	USC	UTAH
3	Oregon		2−4	2−4
4	USC	4−2		7−6
7	Utah	4−2	6−7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	(4) USC	2	2	0	11	8	+3	1.000	Advanced to Semifinals
2	(7) Utah	2	1	1	10	9	+1	.500	Eliminated
3	(3) Oregon	2	0	2	4	8	−4	.000

Source: [3]

May 21 2:30 p.m. Game 2	(7) Utah	6–7	(4) USC	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 1,738 Umpires: HP: Nate White 1B: Steve Mattingly 2B: Mike Lusky 3B: Joe Burleson
	LP: M. Ashman (1−4)	Box Score	WP: X. Martinez (4−0) Sv: J. Blum (8)
	HR: K. Carpenter (7)		HR: C. Wells (4)

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May 22 2:30 p.m. Game 5	(3) Oregon	2–4	(7) Utah	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 2,246 Umpires: HP: Kellen Levy 1B: Scott Letendre 2B: Billy Van Raaphorst 3B: Angel Campos
	LP: B. Mullan (4−1)	Box Score	WP: B. Van Sickle (5−1) Sv: M. Jones (1)
	HR: None		HR: None

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May 23 2:30 p.m. Game 8	(4) USC	4–2	(3) Oregon	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 2,544 Umpires: HP: Ramon Armendariz 1B: Darren Hyman 2B: Mike Fichter 3B: Pat Riley
	WP: W. Watson (5−2) Sv: J. Blum (9)	Box Score	LP: RJ Gordon (7−5)
	HR: Jackson (4)		HR: None

Finals

	Semifinals May 24					Final May 25
	4	USC	7
	6	California	4
						4	USC	3
						1	Arizona	4
	1	Arizona	6
	8	Stanford	3

May 24 2:30 p.m. Game 10	No. 6 California	4–7	No. 4 USC	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Umpires: HP: Bill Van Raaphorst 1B: Mike Fichter 2B: Steve Mattingly 3B: Scott Letendre
	LP: T. Newman (4−6)	Box Score	WP: M. Edwards (1−3) Sv: J. Blum (10)
	HR: Lomavita (15)		HR: Dowd (1)

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May 24 7:00 p.m. Game 11	No. 8 Stanford	3–6	No. 1 Arizona	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Umpires: HP: Joe Burleson 1B: Angel Campos 2B: Ramon Armendariz 3B: Mike Lusky
	LP: M. Scott (4−10)	Box Score	WP: C. Candiotti (7−3) Sv: C. Hintz (3)
	HR: None		HR: Summerhill (8)

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May 25 7:00 p.m. Game 12	No. 4 USC	3–4	No. 1 Arizona	Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Attendance: 3,813 Umpires: HP: Darren Hyman 1B: Kellen Levy 2B: Joe Burleson 3B: Bill Van Raaphorst
	LP: J. Blum (2−1)	Box Score	WP: A. Susac (2−2)
	HR: None		HR: None

Schedule

2024 Bracket, home teams listed last.[5]

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance
Pool Play – Tuesday, May 21
1	10:00 a.m.	No. 8 Stanford vs No. 5 Arizona State (Pool B)	8–7	Pac-12 Network	1,738
2	2:30 p.m.	No. 7 Utah vs No. 4 USC (Pool C)	6–7
3	7:00 p.m.	No. 9 Washington vs No. 6 California (Pool A)	0–12^(7 inn.)
Pool Play – Wednesday, May 22
4	10:00 a.m.	No. 2 Oregon State vs No. 8 Stanford (Pool B)	1–2	Pac-12 Network	2,246
5	2:30 p.m.	No. 3 Oregon vs No. 7 Utah (Pool C)	2–4
6	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Arizona vs No. 9 Washington (Pool A)	6–5
Pool Play – Thursday, May 23
7	10:00 a.m.	No. 5 Arizona State vs No. 2 Oregon State (Pool B)	2–3	Pac-12 Network	2,544
8	2:30 p.m.	No. 4 USC vs No. 3 Oregon (Pool C)	4–2
9	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 California vs No. 1 Arizona (Pool A)	7–5
Semifinals – Friday, May 24
10	2:30 p.m.	No. 6 California vs No. 4 USC	4–7	Pac-12 Network	2,097
11	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Stanford vs No. 1 Arizona	3–6
Championship – Saturday, May 25
12	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 USC vs No. 1 Arizona	3–4	ESPN2	3,813
*Game times in MST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the 2024 Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team. Player in Bold selected as Tournament MVP.[6]

Position	Player	School
C	Malcolm Moore	Stanford
1B	Peyton Schulze	California
2B	Ryan Jackson	USC
3B	Max Handron	California
SS	Mason White (MVP)	Arizona
DH	Kevin Takeuchi	USC
OF	Brayden Dowd	USC
	Brendan Summerhill	Arizona
	Rodney Greene Jr.	California
P	Caden Aoki	USC
	Clark Candiotti	Arizona

References

1. "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
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. "Pac-12 announces change to Pac-12 Baseball Tournament format". Archived from the original on October 20, 2022.
5. "2024 PAC-12 Baseball Tournament" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2024.
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.