Charles Fischer

True, but I've never been known go over-the-top before! Right?

All three B1G Baseball teams were bounced out of the tournament, and only future B1G member, Oregon, made the Super-Regionals this year. It is the first time in the Ducks history to ever have back-back Super Regional teams, and thus the Ducks are poised to rule the conference they are headed to in the 2025 Baseball season. I was not happy with the lack of respect given to Pac-12 teams by the tournament committee, as I am quite certain that Cal, USC and Utah could have made some noise in the brackets. Oregon moves to 40-18 on the season, reaching the 40-win mark for just the sixth time since the program returned in 2009. The Ducks now make their way to College Station, Texas, where the No. 3 overall seed Texas A&M Aggies (47-13, 19-11) await them after sweeping the College Station Regional. Oregon hopes to make Omaha for the first time since 1954. The TV sportscaster was a former Texas pitcher, and he called the large crowd at Texas A&M...."vicious." Quite a series coming up! The team is peaking at the perfect time, with one of the best series of pitching that I have witnessed at Oregon. If the Ducks can continue it--they can take on anyone...

Ducks are Super, in Back-to-Back Seasons GOLETA, Calif. — Feeling super might be becoming routine for the Oregon baseball team. But that doesn’t make it feel any less special. The Ducks are headed to Super Regionals in consecutive seasons for the first time ever, after sweeping through their NCAA Regional for the second year in a row. Oregon will play at Texas A&M in a best-of-three matchup for a spot in the College World Series, after clinching the Santa Barbara Regional with a 3-0 win Sunday over host UCSB. Oregon is in the Super Regionals for the second year in a row, after coming up painfully short at home against Oral Roberts in 2023. The Ducks bounced back from a winless Pac-12 Tournament appearance by grinding out three wins at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium by a combined five runs. “We knew that we had our hands full, and we had our hands full all weekend,” UO coach Mark Wasikowski said. “And we were blessed enough to come out on top. I’m just proud of the guys that I get a chance to represent, and their grit and determination. We got a few breaks, and we had a lot of really quality play.” Kevin Seitter pitched a four-hit shutout Sunday, as the Ducks got extended efforts on the mound in all three games to sweep their way through the regional. Seitter, Grinsell and RJ Gordon combined to go 23 innings while allowing just three earned runs across wins over San Diego on Friday, UCSB on Saturday and the Gauchos again on Sunday. “From the first inning on, my guys were making plays behind me left and right,” said Seitter, a senior transfer from Quinnipiac. “It was really fun to watch, and just to be a part of something like that is really special. Pitch-wise my fastball was working pretty well, and I had my breaking stuff, which was great. But I don’t want to take away from the team effort at all. That was one of the best things I’ve ever seen, and it was so fun to be a part of.” Offensively the Ducks gave Seitter a 1-0 lead in the first inning, and they added another run in the fifth. In the seventh, Jacob Walsh tied the UO single-season record with his 18th home run of the year, as Oregon’s bats bounced back from a relatively quiet Pac-12 Tournament the previous week. “We definitely didn’t do what we wanted to do in the Pac-12 Tournament offensively, but we were definitely sticking with the plan that (assistant coach Jack) Marder gave us,” said second baseman Drew Smith, whose RBI single in the first inning gave Oregon the early lead Sunday. “He works tirelessly to get us right and have a really good plan for us going into the games, and I think that’s what we did all weekend — really stuck to the plan and really just got after it with good at-bats.” How It Happened: Seitter didn’t allow a runner in scoring position until there were two outs in the ninth inning, and he allowed only one hit through the first seven frames. He ended up allowing four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts, throwing 128 pitches in the first complete-game shutout by a UO starter this season. He got support right off the bat. Oregon was the designated home team Sunday, and after Mason Neville walked to lead off the bottom of the first, he took second on an out and scored on Smith’s RBI single. The Ducks didn’t get another hit until the fifth, but again it produced a run. Bryce Boettcher walked with two outs, stole second and scored on a base hit by Neville that made it 2-0. Walsh provided Oregon’s third hit of the game — and the third to produce a run — with his leadoff homer in the seventh. He extended his UO career record to 40 home runs with his 18th of the season, which tied the school single-season record set last season by Sabin Ceballos. The homer came off UCSB reliever Reed Moring, who struck Walsh out in Oregon’s 2-1 victory over the Gauchos on Saturday. A day later, Walsh got the better of the matchup. “Last night he came at me with the same pitch,” Walsh said. “And I told myself I wasn't gonna miss it again tonight.” That insurance run helped ease some of the tension in the ninth inning. With two outs, UCSB put together consecutive singles that put runners at the corners — including the first runner of the game for the Gauchos to reach scoring position. But Seitter struck out the final hitter, capping Oregon’s second straight scoreless start after Grinsell threw seven shutout innings Saturday — a week after neither Seitter nor Grinsell appeared in the team’s two Pac-12 Tournament losses. “Maybe that rest helped them,” Wasikowski said. “They’ve both been outstanding here down the stretch, and so I don't know if that was the full key — but I don't think it hurt. And for the strength of Kevin to finish that game off in the ninth inning, you know, he would have punched us if we'd tried to come and take the ball away from him. He deserved the opportunity to win that game on his own.” All-Tournament Team: Carter Garate had a single Sunday to finish the weekend 5-for-10 with four RBIs along with stellar defense at third base, earning him regional MVP honors. Grinsell and Seitter were the two starting pitchers on the all-region team, and Smith and Boettcher made the team as well. Smith went 4-for-9 with two RBIs on the weekend, while Boettcher had the home run that beat San Diego in the 11th inning on Friday. On Deck: The Ducks play at Texas A&M in the Super Regionals beginning Friday or Saturday.

This was the best series by our starting pitchers all season. All were fantastic, and went deep into their games...what a time to do it!

Oregon wins 3-0 with starter Kevin Seitter pitching the entire nine innings for a scoreless game. Stunned.

3-0 after eight innings...and I echo what woundedknees wrote!

Feeling a little better with Our Beloved Ducks up 3-0 after seven innings!

2-0 Oregon after six innings. I am nervous…

2-0 Ducks after five innings!

No change after four innings.

Still 1-0 Ducks after three innings.

1-0 Ducks after two innings.

1-0 Ducks after the first inning!

See more at the end of this thread. ------------------------------------------------------------------ If we win this...we go to the Super Regionals. If we lose, we play Monday night for a final crack at it with Santa Barbara. (Double Elimination) Updates throughout as best I can... (On ESPNU)

Fantastic stuff, and thank you for that! Do jump in with the stats anytime! A massive difference for Oregon that is obvious, but cannot be overstated, is how well the starting pictures have done in this regional. They have been beyond lights out, and when you’re facing elite pitchers on the other team, it is the only way to stay in the game. Now, can Kevin Seitter continue that? Will he get bombed as he has before, or will he give us a lights out game like against Oregon State? The Regional will depend upon it tonight…

Santa Barbara was 25-0 at home!

SIDEARM Integrations GODUCKS.COM Oregon beat host UCSB on Saturday, 2-1, to advance to the regional final Sunday evening. Out at Home! A run saved!

Please look at the Twitter videos of plays I filled in with above, and the link for the tournament, brackets and scores are right here for reference. One more win from a Super-Regional!

Well, he didn't post here, and this group is pretty good as skewering him!

Oregon wins 2-1 with Ryan Featherston holding off UCSB with bases loaded! Whew! Such a great performance by Grayson Grinsell to go seven innings and holding the Gauchos scoreless, and the Ducks got some timely hits. We play tomorrow at 6:00 PM versus the winner of the San Diego-Santa Barbara winner, and their game is at noon. What a game! Oregon only used two pitchers in each of their games, so we have more to turn to on Sunday. If we win tomorrow night's game--we win the Regional. If we lose, (double-elimination) then we play on Monday for the Regional Championship and the right to advance to the Super-Regional. Both teams we played are GOOD TEAMS, and we were fortunate to win. But Our Beloved Ducks are a good team too!

I’m in the middle of the game. I provided a link in another thread, and you can always do a Google search for NCAA baseball tournament!

2-0 Ducks at the end of eight! Chase Meggers hit into the left field corner for a double, Jack Brooks comes in to pinch run, and takes third on a wild pitch. Drew Smith hits a chopper up the middle and over the pitcher, and gets thrown out at first, but Brooks from third scores!

1-0 Ducks! The end of seven innings.

Grinsell gutted out the seventh inning with 114 pitches, and with the Ducks at the plate....Justin Cassella got a hit! Then stole second! Then Carter Garate got ANOTHER big hit to score Cassella. 1-0 with an out to go...

0-0 after six innings, and Grinsell has pitched 110 pitches thus far!