The Stanford Cardinal bashed its way to the first-ever Pac-12 tournament title. (Shotgun Spratling)

Stanford Continues Season Turnaround Winning Inaugural Pac-12 Tournament

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Stanford Cardinal is the inaugural Pac-12 baseball tournament champion. It defeated Oregon State, 9-5, Sunday night at Scottsdale Stadium after rolling through its four-team division of the tournament the first four days.

The Beavers fought valiantly after spending a marathon afternoon into evening at the ballpark Saturday to earn their spot in the first-ever Pac-12 tournament finale, They fought and clawed their way back from a first-inning three-run deficit to tie the game in the seventh inning.

But that’s when Stanford flexed its muscle, figuratively and literally. 

Drew Bowser led off the bottom half of the inning with a[…]