Charles Fischer

Pilots win 3-0 as Michael Meckna comes in and gives up a walk, and a two-run homer. Gotta salute our foe.

1-0 Pilots after eight innings. Luke Morgan kept us in it--thanks to a back pick-off by catcher Burke-Lee Mabeus to first base to catch the runner. Ducks strand two...

1-0 Pilots after seven innings. Miles Gosztola got a first out, but was in the 90s in his pitch count. Luke Morgan relieved him and took care of the other outs. It is a good thing Oregon is pitching so well, because our hitters have been stymied.

1-0 Pilots after six innings. Miles Gosztola went 1-2-3 again! Ducks cannot make good contact on the pitches...and flailed.

1-0 Pilots after five innings. Miles Gosztola has so superb, and kept us in this game. Ducks strand bases-loaded...yikes.

1-0 Pilots after four innings. Miles Gosztola is looking sharp with a 1-2-3 inning. Ducks strand a runner on second...great pitching from our opponent.

1-0 Portland after three innings. Miles Gosztola gave up a solo homer, but closed out the rest. Nothing on offense yet for Our Beloved Ducks.

0-0 after two innings. Featherston only pitched the first--getting back into shape and was relieved by Mile Gosztola. One hit and disposed the rest... Nothing on offense.

0-0 after one inning. The surprise was seeing Ryan Featherston back and starting at pitcher! He has not pitched in 20 days, and he gave up a hit, but dispensed with the rest for a scoreless first inning. Portland surprised us as well; they went with their Saturday starter, (who only pitched two innings) so I guess they really want to win? Ducks stranded on runner on second...

The Athletic just put out a "Power Rankings" for College Baseball and Softball, and below are the top four teams in those sports in the Big-10... Baseball UCLA USC Oregon Nebraska Softball UCLA Nebraska Washington Oregon Good thing the Big-10 added the west coast teams!

You never saw this type of article five years ago--but you are now! Big Ten Has Stolen SEC Mojo, and Isn't About to Give it Back "Better teams, better players, better stories. Better present — and more potentially damning — better future."

Lookout! The Pilots have a team that has surged, winning nine of their last ten games to be at 17-8, and 5-1 in WCC conference play. They can hit multiple homers in a game, and they have the 8th best ERA staff in the country! They have wins over two Big-10 teams in Purdue and last Tuesday vs. Northwestern. They also beat Oregon State 3-1 and the pitcher to who beat No. 9 Beavis and last Tuesday vs. Northwestern is Carter Gaston, who I expect to pitch against us tonight. He has an ERA of 0.81...and this is not someone who has pitched five innings this season...this is over 22 innings, and against good teams. They have come on strong, and LOVE beating Oregon, as they did last year, 10-9 when our pitchers melted down. Let's Go Ducks!

I agree with both of you; as Jon noted...the schedule is not easy, and any number of teams could beat us if we don't play our best. Yet I think eleven wins is attainable...

The pictures in this article from FishDuck Photographers were awesome. Superb quality…

Miles Gosztola is another example of a pitcher, (transfer this time) who started out very hit-and-miss this season, but given enough playing time--built his confidence to come back, and deliver a superb performance. It is hard to have good mid-week pitchers available, as you need them to win the weekend series. And I assume that since he was not used this last weekend...that he will be the starter against Portland Tuesday night at 5:00 PM PST on B1G+.