2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament

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]

2022 Pac-12 Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, Arizona
Champions	Stanford (1st title)
Winning coach	David Esquer (1st title)
MVP	Garret Forrester (Oregon State)
Attendance	19,363
Television	Pac-12 Network ESPN2
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2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	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

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.

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

	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

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

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

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.