Charles Fischer

Ducks win 6-4. Blake Crawford was brought into the most intense situation...and this was his first college appearance? He walked a batter, as did Luke Morgan before him. Devin Bell, who had horrible control issues yesterday comes in, and I'm rummaging through drawers looking for stronger blood-pressure medication. He walked a batter to load the bases....three walks by three different pitchers, but Bell, this time, got the save with fly-balls generated. Wow!

6-4 Ducks after eight innings. I wrote too soon about relievers being OK, as Toby Twist gave up a HR, and then another that scored two runs. But wait! There's more as Luke Morgan comes in and gives up an HR before finishing the inning. Oregon strands two on base...

6-0 Ducks after seven innings. After the disaster with relievers yesterday...I was holding my breath when Oregon's reliever Toby Twist came in, but he did fine and kept them scoreless. Aaarg! Ducks had bases loaded and left them stranded.

6-0 Ducks after six innings. Cal Scolari returned and put them down! Dominic Hellman hammered a homer so hard that it hit the scoreboard, and then Gabe Miranda is getting his confidence back with a RF home run!

4-0 Ducks after five innings. Cal Scolari has 75 pitches, not what I reported before, and he may yield to a reliever.

4-0 Ducks after four innings. Cal Scolari has given up some hits, but kept them scoreless! (41 pitches after four innings) Burke-Lee Mabeus hit to the opposite side...for a homer!

3-0 Ducks after three innings. Cal Scolari discards the Vanderbilt batters 1-2-3 again! Angel Laya zings it to RF for a hit, and moved to second on a ground-out. Ryan Cooney hit deep into the RF corner to score Laya and got his double. Maddox Molony got a double, and Jax Gimenez gets a base hit up the middle to score Cooney!

1-0 Ducks after two innings. Cal Scolari has five KOs in just six outs? Whew! Maddox Molony got the scoring going with a homer over the LF fence!

0-0 after one inning, as both pitchers look great. Cal Scolari threw a number of 98 mph pitches, and mixed them with a nasty drop-curve? Whew! The 'doors went down 1-2-3...

Oregon loses 8-6. Owen Morgan got a double on a dropped fly, (the sun has been very difficult for both teams today) and Ryan Cooney put down a perfect bunt which generated an error throw to first in desperation which scored Morgan from second. Our relief pitchers have some growing up to do...and this is the time to do it and get seasoned for the next couple of months.

8-5 Irvine after eight innings. The Irvine reliever is not as good as that starter, as he gave up a four-pitch walk. The Dominic Hellman comes up and blasts a changeup off the foul pole and over the fence for a two-run homer! Waz may have a talk with him later as he SPIKED the bat in exultation after it bounced high off the pole.... Maddox Molony singles, and then get to second on a pick-off error. Drew Smith hits deep to LF to score Molony! Then...our relievers melted down. Miles Gosztola gave up hits, Devin Bell loads the bases and walks in a run...and then plinks a batter for another free run. Not to be outdone...Ryder Edwards comes in does the same thing. That isn't all the scoring against us, but I am trying to forget a bunch of it too. Gave up hits, walked in runs, plinked in runs! 🤮 We will get better!

3-2 Irvine after seven innings. Drew Smith hit a liner HR over the LF corner fence to pull us within one. Miles Gosztola has a wicked fastball with his left-handed whipping action to close them out.

3-1 Irvine after six innings. Miles Gosztola has come in to pitch, but Michael Meckna generated a great double-play.

3-1 Irvine after five innings. The Anteater pitcher is tough. (With a low pitch count) Clarke got a high pitch count and gave up some hits, so Michael Meckna finished off the inning in relief.

2-1 Irvine after four innings. The Ducks had bases loaded with one out...but blew it. Collin Clarke put three down, and has a low pitch count in the 50s after four innings.