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OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2026 BASEBALL | @OregonBaseball Ducks Dominate Arizona in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Oregon belted three home runs and three Ducks’ pitchers combined to strike out 19 hitters in a 7-2 win over Arizona in the first day of the Live Like Lou College Baseball Classic at Las Vegas Ballpark on Friday night. Jax Gimenez, Ryan Cooney and Angel Laya all slugged home runs, while starter Will Sanford and relievers Tanner Bradley and Ryan Featherston were dominant against the Wildcats (1-8). Sanford matched a career-high with seven strikeouts in just 3.2 innings before being relieved after a dropped fly ball allowed a pair of runners to score with the bases loaded in the fourth inning. Bradley (1-0) came out of the bullpen to get the final out of the inning, the first of his career-high nine strikeouts in a career-high 4.1 innings of work. Bradley struck out the first three batters he faced before finishing his outing striking out nine of the 17 batters he faced. Featherston polished off the Wildcats striking out the side in the ninth inning on just 13 pitches. How It Happened: Oregon (9-0) wasted little time taking control of the game. Gimenez hit a solo homer on Owen Kramkowski’s fourth pitch of the game for a 1-0 lead. The Ducks tacked on three more in the bottom of the second. Drew Smith led off the inning with a triple before scoring on a Burke-Lee Mabeus RBI single. Cooney then pulled a 1-1 pitch 390 feet over the left-field wall for a two-run home run and a 4-0 lead. Arizona cut the lead to two with a pair of runs in the fourth. The Wildcats loaded the bases with two walks sandwiched around a base hit. It looked like Sanford would get out of the inning unscathed when he enticed a pop fly into shallow left field with two outs, but Gimenez dropped the ball allowing two unearned runs. Laya continued his impressive start to the season allowing Oregon to regain control in the fifth. After Maddox Molony singled and moved to third on a Mabeus two-bagger, Laya lifted a ball into the bullpen beyond the right-field wall to push the lead to five. Box Score Notes: Oregon’s nine wins to start the season is the second longest stretch in program history … The 1963 won its first 12 games … The 19 strikeouts were the most by an Oregon pitching staff since the Ducks fanned 20 vs. New Mexico State on April 3, 2021 ... Bradley entered the game with 10 career strikeouts before fanning nine on Friday night … The win was the first of his career … He also gave up his first career hit after tossing 11.0 innings of hitless ball between his freshman and sophomore campaigns … Gimenez’s homer was the first of his career … Sanford has yet to surrender an earned run through 14.2 innings of work … Featherston has not allowed a run in 9.0 innings this season while fanning 12 and walking none with just two hits allowed … His batting average against is .071. On Deck: Oregon faces UC Irvine on Saturday with a noon PST first pitch.

Just a reminder: End of Feb is last day to enter the contest - but we will give you till the end of the entire weekend. Make your prediction and indicate whether you are in the for the money - losers send in 10 bucks to winner at end of upcoming season. I'll try to read what is in here and make a final post w/ predictions by person on Sun or Mon so it is easy to read. See first post for contest rules and tie breakers. You can change your original guess if you do it by this weekend. You can enter also if you do it by this weekend. Have Fun.

John interviewed a top recruit and his parents, and the most mentioned item by the recruit in the hour interview was about Lanning, who,...was going to be here...develops players....is great to play for...and has a great connection with him. "It's a relationship business."

I am well aware that many here are not fans of sportswriter John Canzano. Regardless, if you want to gain a better appreciation of Dan Lanning as a recruiter, read Canzano’s column issued today shortly after noon.

Ducks win 7-2, as Ryan Featherston came in and went 1-2-3 with all strikeouts! Oregon pitchers got 19...NINETEEN strikeouts tonight. My Duck-Buddies...THAT is pitching! (P.S. I've installed a couple of highlight videos in the posts above!)

The head coach would be prohibited from all football (recruiting and on-field coaching) and administrative duties (team meetings) for six contests of the season. The school would be fined 20% of its football budget. The school would be required to reduce the number of roster spots by five for the next season, regardless of head coach's employment status at the school NCAA's proposed tampering penalties could mean major trouble for Pete Golding This would sure lead to burner phones if not already in use, plus a lot of dimes to be dropped on offenders.

7-2 Ducks after eight innings. Wow...Tanner Bradley had NINE strikeouts in four and a third innings. He is a new relieving STAR who came from nowhere on the roster after hardly playing last year. Talk about player development! I enjoyed one comment by the Sportscaster as he was marveling about the size of Oregon players...."this is what an Omaha team looks like."

7-2 Ducks after seven innings. Good-gosh Tanner Bradley throws a filthy ball...he's up to six KOs and holding the Wildcats down!

7-2 Ducks after six innings. Tanner Bradley threw 93 mph with nasty-action. Whew! Kept them scoreless with creating a ground ball that turns into a DOUBLE PLAY!

"The gift that keeps on giving..."

7-2 Ducks after five innings. Tanner Bradley has three KOs in just one and a third innings, and kept UA scoreless this inning. You won't believe this...but my cell phone is malfunctioning trying to make posts--so I'm running to the Desktop whenever I get a chance. Pitcher changes helps! Maddox Molony singles down the 3rd baseline, and Burke-Lee Mabeus hits a double with Molony on third. Holy Toledo...Angel Laya SKIES over the fence with his sweet swing for a 3-Run Homer!

4-2 Ducks after four innings. Sanford lost control and a Gimenez fielding error gave up two runs. Tanner Bradley takes over on the hill gets the third out by strikeout, and leaves two stranded for Arizona. Oregon has bases loaded...and left them stranded.

4-0 Ducks after three innings. Sanford has six KOs in just three innings.

4-0 Ducks after two innings. Will Sanford is getting into a groove, and has four strikeouts in just two innings. Drew Smith hit a MONSTER off the wall in the gap, and flew to third SO FAST! Burke-Lee Mabeus got a hit in the SS-2nd gap to score Smith! Ryan Cooney hit a homer that cleared the fence by 15 feet…and brought in Mabeus too! A two run dinger!

1-0 Ducks after one inning. Jax Gimenez got his first home run of the year over the RF fence! Will Sanford gave up a hit and a walk, but struck out two, and kept the Wildcats scoreless. He threw most in the 94 mph range.

The first game went long...so Oregon's game does not begin until 6:40, and will be a touch later I assume. Cool. So on a Friday night I get to bask in Our Beloved Diamond Ducks...what could be better?

Previewing Oregon Ducks' Las Vegas College Baseball Classic MatchupsThe Oregon Ducks are off to a strong start to the season with an 8-0 overall record heading into the 2026 Las Vegas College Baseball Classic. Here is a preview of Oregon's three matchups in the classic. Oregon Ducks On SIPreviewing Oregon Ducks' Las Vegas College Baseball Class...The Oregon baseball team is off to a hot start to the season. Following series sweeps over the George Mason Patriots and the Youngstown State Penguins, the Oreg

Ducks hope to have second-leading scorer Mia Jacobs back for Senior Day against WashingtonDucks hope to have second-leading scorer Mia Jacobs back for Senior Day against Washington https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/ducks-hope-to-have-second-leading-scorer-mia-jacobs-back-for-senior-day-against-washington-275880758/

"I am not looking for an offensive coordinator," he said. "I've run the offense the last six years, I'll continue to do that, I'll continue to call the plays...play calling's not going to change, game planning's not going to change." My take . . . HALLE FRICKIN LUJAH

Arizona will be a step-up in competition, but not as much as we thought it would be. Last year Arizona won our Regional, won the Super-Regional and was in the CWS. This year they are 1-7...and reeling. The word is--they have good-to-great pitching, but can't hit a lick. We will be facing a good pitcher tonight at 6:00 PM PST. He is one of those guys that has a first-and-last name that are interchangeable, as righthander Smith Bailey was a Freshman All-American in 2025 and his stuff ticked up this fall. The 6-foot-4 sophomore shows uncanny pitching for a young arm and his fastball has been up to 96.3 mph this spring. His slider strike percentage (66.7%) is in the 90th percentile, and the changeup has an outrageous whiff rate of 76.9% through two starts. (3.27 ERA is all!) Velocity plus secondary out pitches plus command equals a hitter’s worst nightmare. I assume we will counter with emerging star pitcher, Will Sanford, who has an ERA of 0.00 after two starting appearances. Pretty darn good! I assume he will start because I don't think the coaches want to change the rest days schedule for the pitchers. The number of Oregon fans watching online will be sparse; the stream is through D1 Baseball, and they charge $30.00 for four tournaments...of which three I have no interest in. So I am paying through the nose for my devotion to Our Beloved Diamond Ducks, and will report to you the action, but... The bastards who run this streaming do NOT have a fast-forward feature. They have a ten second rewind, (good) but not a fast-forward. This is important because in between innings I would go write up the last inning and come back way behind on the stream. But I would catch up as I would hit the ten-second fast forward between pitches, mound conferences, etc. and get caught up. This means I HAVE to watch it live and not leave it. I can post scores after innings from my cell phone, but no game-action and descriptions this weekend. After the games--I will put up the press release about the games with more information. Let's Go Ducks!

🤔Hmm... Washington head coach Jedd Fisch announces he will not hire new OC After offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Jimmie Dougherty parted ways with the Huskies on February 17, some had theorized that Washington would elevate an assistant already on staff to the position to give them a raise. Former New York Jets assistant Matt Cavanaugh also reportedly discussed a role on Washington's staff around the same time, leading some to believe that he might be the choice for offensive coordinator for the 2026 season. Fisch was always going to call plays anyway, but he made it official that no staff member will hold the offensive coordinator title during a podcast appearance on Andy & Ari on On3 on Wednesday. "I am not looking for an offensive coordinator," he said. "I've run the offense the last six years, I'll continue to do that, I'll continue to call the plays...play calling's not going to change, game planning's not going to change." https://uwhuskieswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/huskies/football/2026/02/26/uw-huskies-football-jedd-fisch-jimmie-dougherty-offensive-coordinator/88868889007/

West Coast Arms Race: Five recruiting battles that could make or break Oregon's 2027 classOn3West Coast Arms Race: Five recruiting battles that could...There isn’t a better rivalry out West, from a recruiting standpoint, than Oregon and USC. The two power programs are both recruiting at a high level and are going head-to-head for multiple key targets

Oregon's 2026 women's basketball recruiting class among the best in the country, per ESPNOregon's 2026 women's basketball recruiting class among the best in the country, per ESPN. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregons-2026-womens-basketball-recruiting-class-among-the-best-in-the-country-per-espn-275865159/

You B1G, and SEC, Meanies! How dare you, self-interested 🤬, focus on the bottom line! ESPN.comSEC, Big Ten study: Pooling TV rights 'dangerously unwork...A study commissioned by the SEC and the Big Ten concluded that allowing conferences to pool their media rights would generate less revenue than if the leagues continue the decades-old practice of sell

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