Oregon State allowed a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and the 15th-ranked Beavers fell to eighth-ranked Arizona 7-6 in Pacific-10 baseball Sunday afternoon at Tucson's Kindall Field at Sancet Stadium.

OSU (27-7 overall, 6-3 Pac-10), which had rallied from a 4-1 deficit to a 6-4 lead, was within an inning of its second straight series win on the road against a nationally-ranked team.

The Beavers now return home for series the next two weekends against Washington State and Arizona State and then a non-conference game against Portland on May 3. All games can be heard on KEJO-AM (1240).

A pair of Beavers extended their hitting streaks, Jacoby Ellsbury to 16 games and Shea McFeely to 10. Ellsbury's streak matches the longest of his career, while McFeely's is now the longest of his career.

In the finale against Arizona (26-11, 10-2), Jason Donald slapped a two-out single through the left side of the infield against OSU reliever Kevin Gunderson to drive in the winning run. A hit batter, a balk and a single had put runners at the corners with none out; Nate Fogle then replaced Gunderson on the mound and got a groundout from Jeff Van Houten that scored the tying run.

Ellsbury was 3 for 5 for OSU, the 12th time he has had at least three hits. McFeely was also 3 for 5 with a double and finished the series 9 for 15 with six RBIs.

ARIZONA 7, OREGON STATE 6

OSU 100 010 400 - 6 13 2

Arizona 013 000 102 - 7 9 1

Nickerson, Gunderson (6), Fogle (9), Gunderson (9) and Jenkins. Coulon, Melancon (6) and Hundley. W-Melancon, 3-2. L-Gunderson, 2-2. 2B-OSU, McFeely; UA, Van Houten 2. HR-OSU, Kunda.