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.
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. SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker#1Stanford23–737–14#2Oregon State18–1239–16#3Washington17–1233–16#4USC17–1333–22–1#5Arizona State16–1331–22#6Oregon16–1433–20#7UCLA12–16–127–23–1#8Arizona12–1830–233–0 Vs California#9California12–1824–260–3 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 APool BPool 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 B
Pool C
Finals
Schedule 2023 Bracket, home teams listed last. GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision 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 Network2,032 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.) 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. 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 Bradon Zastrow Arizona
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