Charles Fischer

Ducks Down Huskies, Win Series in Seattle SEATTLE — The No. 23 Oregon baseball team used 10 hits to score five runs in a 5-3 victory over rival Washington on Sunday afternoon to claim its seventh Pac-12 series this season. The Ducks (34-16, 16-11 Pac-12) opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the top of the second, but the Huskies (19-25-1, 10-17 Pac-12) scored three of their own in the bottom half of the inning to take the lead. After Bennett Thompson knocked in a run to even things up in the third, starter Kevin Seitter (6-4) locked in to strike out seven batters across his final 4.1 innings to shut Washington down. In the top of the fifth, Justin Cassella knocked a RBI single through the right side to give the Ducks the lead, and in the seventh Jacob Walsh hit a sacrifice fly to add some insurance. Bradley Mullan and Logan Mercado combined to allow just one hit in 2.2 innings of relief, holding the Huskies scoreless and securing the series victory. How It Happened: After each pitcher retired the first three batters they faced, Thompson got things going with a double to left field to represent the first base runner of the day for Oregon. After Maddox Molony earned a walk, Chase Meggers singled to right field and loaded bases for the Ducks. Bryce Boettcher stepped up to the plate and hit a sacrifice fly to score the first run of the day, and Carter Garate followed up with a double to score Molony and put UO in front by two. Seitter forced ground outs from the first two Husky hitters in the bottom half of the inning but surrendered back-to-back singles which set up runners on first and third. Washington stepped up to the plate and hit a two-run double to tie the game, followed by another double that gave the home side the lead. Mason Neville knocked a single through the right side of the field to begin the third inning and stole second base to move into scoring position with no outs on the board. Walsh worked a walk to set up runners on first and second for Thompson, who hit a single up the gap and scored Neville to tie the game. With the score back to even, Seitter found a second gear and retired the next nine batters thanks to double plays in the third and fifth innings. In the top of the fifth inning, Neville stole second once again after reaching on a walk before scoring on a single down the right side from Cassella to reclaim the lead. Seitter was sensational in the sixth inning, striking out three Huskies and stranding a runner on base. Neville was once again the offensive catalyst in the seventh inning for Oregon as he hit a single that advanced Ryan Cooney to third, setting up a sacrifice fly from Walsh which added some cushion to the lead entering the late stages of the game. After Washington put a runner on base with a one-out double in the bottom of the seventh, Mullan took the mound and struck out back-to-back hitters to work his way out of the jam. The senior lefty kept the board clean in the eighth, and in the ninth inning the Ducks turned to Mercado to close out the game. After striking out the first batter he faced, Mercado gave up a single to the Huskies who moved the runner into scoring position following a ground ball from the next batter. With two outs and the tying run at the plate, Mercado showed poise and struck out the final batter to put a stamp on the victory. Notables: Garate recorded his 20th RBI this season and became the 11th Duck to reach that mark … Oregon is one of three teams (Dayton, Oakland) to have 11 players record 20-or-more RBI this season. Up Next: The Ducks return home to close out the regular season with a three-game series against Washington State, beginning with a 6:05 p.m. PT first pitch on Thursday, May 16.

If the Big-2 conferences thin the herd as suggested above, then a great team could be 7-5 with what is left, and that won't fly. No, we need the bottom half of the conferences for cannon fodder....well that, and an occasional B-12 team! If we are making incredible money...why would we mess it up?

Ducks win 5-3 with Logan Mercado finishing up the ninth inning. Whew! From an earlier inning...

5-3 Good guys after eight innings. C'mon Our Beloved Ducks...get it done! From a prior inning...great to see Justin Cassella hitting the ball again!

After one out in the seventh, Bradley Mullan came in to strike the remaining two Husky batters, and the Ducks added to their lead to 5-3 after seven innings!

After six innings, the good guys lead 4-3... Starter Kevin Seitter got in trouble in the second inning, but pulled it together and has gone six full innings. Oregon has a ton of arms who can come in, and first ace is Ryan Featherston, who only pitched one inning this weekend thus far.

I hope Our Beloved Ducks did well in their equestrian competition recently...

SIDEARM Integrations GODUCKS.COM The teams play the rubber match Sunday at 12:05 p.m.

Stellar contributions throughout the lineup and Moore’s career day help Oregon tie series vs Washington 247SPORTS.COM Oregon baseball delivers victory at Washington.

Years ago yes... but now? He is not the definition of SWAGGER... Wait...should I call another time-out?

Why would anyone in Red China, Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan and India want to penetrate an Oregon Football site for Our Beloved Ducks? Boy, they do and the FishDuck funds spent on a new, more thorough registration process saved my tailfeathers recently. Of the last 25 signups in the registration? 20 of them were spammers! Now they tried to sign up, but they were foiled by all my questions. Yet AI is already getting better; in just a month I've noticed the answers given in registration went from laughable to almost plausible. In fact one recently from London was impressive. The good news is that I have SO MANY questions to qualify people, that AI is quite a ways from scoring on them all. But I am impressed with the progress in such a short time... Don't Worry...We'll Keep it Shut!

Meggers gets a huge hit with three RBIs!

Chase Meggers is another young Duck who has really emerged...

Oregon native Maddox Molony is killing it as a freshman. Every new homer for him is a freshman record, including this two-run bomb.

Damn...Brock has a fastball in the mid-to-high 90s, a slider that moves nasty, and a changeup? Whew!

Grayson Grinsell had the best ERA of all our starting pitchers, but he had a bad day. Fortunately Big-Brock Moore came in and pitched FIVE scoreless innings to hold down the Huskies while the Oregon bats got to work. Chase Meggers and Carter Garate had big days at the plate, and more will be shown in some highlights below in the thread. Box Score is here. The deciding game is at noon tomorrow! Brock Moore

The Pig-2, Beavis and Butthead will be fine...

And Seattle University is joining the WCC! Thank our lucky stars that we are not stuck outside of the super two conferences, because even the other two power conferences feel they are in a runner-up status. And the G5 teams… Yikes.

7-6 ends it. I gotta go hurl.,,

Same after eight innings.

7-6, bad guys after seven innings.

6-6 after six.

No change after five, but this points to how difficult it is for the pitching coach. Seems reasonable to pull Gordon...right? Nope. They went with him in the fifth and all three Husky batters bit the dust. It is SO HARD to know, because had RJ Gordon come in and given up three runs...we would all say the pitching coach is an idiot. Right? These calls are harder than they look... Oregon Pitching Coach Blake Hawksworth

It was 6-0 going into the bottom half of the fourth inning, but Gordon got into trouble. Ducks lead 6-4 after four...