Charles Fischer

2-0 Ducks after one inning. Collin Clarke has a cutter that along with the drop-curve tied up the Northwestern batters...1-2-3! The Wildcat pitcher is Garret Shearer, who had a 3.60 ERA coming into this game. After a couple of fly-outs, Dominic Hellman walked, and the Drew Smith blasted a pitch over the LF wall for a two-run homer!

For those who have watched baseball for long....we know today is a new day, and Our Beloved Ducks face a new pitcher. The pitcher for Northwestern yesterday was their worst in Ryan Weaver, whose ERA was 8.86, and I am sure has ballooned up. Today we face one below with great-to-decent ERAs... Matt Kouser, ERA of 2.57 Garrett Shearer, ERA of 3.60 Jake Rifenburg, ERA of 5.63 Oregon counters with Collin Clarke, whose ERA is 2.27 and a different thrower than the hard-throwing Sanford. I expect a battle! Go Ducks!

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2026 BASEBALL | @OregonBaseball Ducks Roll to Win in Series Opener vs. Northwestern EUGENE, Ore. — Will Sanford allowed just one hit over five innings while No. 21 Oregon’s offense had eight extra-base hits including four home runs in a dominant 20-6, 7-inning, win over Northwestern in Big Ten Conference action on Friday at PK Park. Sanford moved to 4-0 on the season after allowing just a second-inning solo home run while fanning eight over five innings of work. Dominic Hellman slugged two of Oregon’s four home runs, while Jack Brooks and Angel Laya each added one. Laya finished 3-for-3, adding a double and a career-high five RBI. Brooks went 2-for-3 with four RBI, also a career best. How It Happened: Oregon (18-3, 6-1 B1G) made an early statement sending 15 batters to the plate while putting 10 runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning. Drew Smith, the nation’s 10th leading hitter going into the game, delivered a one-out, RBI single scoring Ryan Cooney while putting runners at the corners. Laya followed with a hard-hit ball at the center fielder who misjudged the ball resulting in a run-scoring double. Maddox Molony picked up a pair of RBI scoring Smith and Laya with a base hit into left-center field for a 4-0 lead. Burke-Lee Mabeus reached on a hit-by-pitch putting runners at first and second, which led to a Gabe Miranda RBI single through the left side scoring Molony. Brooks made it 8-0 when he slugged his second career home run in his first start since the Purdue finale when he left the game after running into the outfield wall. Angel Laya The Ducks were not done scoring, loading the bases with two outs for Laya, who lined a single sharply into right center scoring two more runs. After Northwestern (7-10-1, 1-3 B1G) cut the lead with a solo home run in the top of the second, the Ducks answered with two homers and three runs in the bottom of the third. Helman belted a two-out solo shot 411 feet over the center-field wall, before Laya added two-more RBI with a homer to right field. Oregon tacked on two more runs in the fourth inning. After a Mabeus single and Miranda walk, Brooks added RBI number four on the day with a run-scoring double to left center scoring Mabeus. Cooney added a sacrifice fly scoring Miranda for a 15-1 lead. Hellman added home run No. 2 on the night to lead off the fifth, this one going over 425 feet. The Ducks then capped their scoring with a four-run inning in the sixth getting production from their bench. Freshman pinch hitter Naulivou Lauaki Jr. drove in a run with a bases-loaded ground out. Tyler Holley added a two-run double off the wall in right field before Josh Schleichardt drove in the final run with a single up the middle. Malosi Mata’afa-Alferos capped the inning with his first career hit. Box Score Notes: Cooney made his 100th career start, joining Smith and Molony in the 100-start club … Oregon’s 10-run first inning marked the first time the Ducks scored double-digit runs in an inning since putting 10 on the board in the first inning vs. San Francisco on March 29, 2022 … Hellman homered twice in a game for the third time in his career … Hellman moved into a tie for eighth in career home runs at Oregon with Anson Aroz (2022-25) and Kenyon Yovan (2017-21) … Laya was the last Duck to homer twice in a game (3/8/26). On Deck: The Ducks and Wildcats meet in game two of the series on Saturday at 2:05 p.m. (B1G+). Quotes: Head Coach Mark Wasikowski On takeaways from today... “Well, what can you take away? Take away a win. You can take away, you know, all the positives and all the things that you need to correct, and it’s another good day to be with the team. I mean, just being around the guys. You know, every single day, sometimes games are close, and sometimes it's like that. But the bottom line is, we were able to get some really talented people in the game and, you know, and get people experience. This is a young group that's got a lot of talent, and they need experience. And the way you can get experience is by playing in games and playing in games against somebody else, in front of people that have beer and hot dogs and popcorn and all that kind of stuff. It's just a lot different than it is when you come out here on a Tuesday, and you play a scrimmage, and you see that with each one of your players. And so, the biggest takeaway is the fact that we get a chance to be around each other again for another day. We win the ball game, that was the objective of the day. And those guys got experience, which is great.” On later pitch hitters and relievers... “Well, I mean, [Tyler] Holley and Malosi [Mata’afa-Alferos], those two kids worked their tail off, right? And both of them got hits today, their first hits in Duck uniforms, I think, which was awesome, you know? And they flat out are grinders, whether it's in the weight room or whether it's in the practice field. And so, everything that they are getting, they deserve. When the success happens, they deserve it. They're really good players. And so, it's, it's really happy. I'm really happy to see those guys succeed, because they succeed every day in our work.” Will Sanford On Will Sanford... “Yeah, I mean, we saw it coming. Last year in scrimmages, he was the most dominant guy we had as a freshman in scrimmages. And then he got out there in game, and he wasn't the same guy that we saw when nobody was here, you know. And then the band showed up, and it was different, a little bit for him. He's settling in now. He's still on Friday nights. He's been successful for us. You'll see the same thing with Hudson Carvalho and Cooper Markham and Shane Johnson, and all those freshmen. You're going to see the same type of thing as soon as they settle down. Those guys have tremendous ability, once they settle down, to do the same things we watched them do in every scrimmage that we play. I mean, once they do that, they're going to be lights out, you know. I mean, guys like Carvalho, are going five innings against our hitters, and giving up no runs. And today, you’d go, ‘Whoa, that doesn’t seem like that would be accurate based off what I see today,’ but it’s just an experienced thing. And they got to get out there and get comfortable.” No. 6 Jack Brooks On his first at bat... “Hitting is contagious. I mean, you see everyone else doing it. I mean, [Ryan] Cooney leads us off with a single up the middle, and then everyone else is just kind of teeing off. So, after that, you're pretty loose, going up there knowing you can't fail. Just got to keep doing your thing.” On contributions off the bench... “You see the work they put in day in and day out. I mean, they're coming to the field every day, fighting to play. I mean, they're fighting to get their time or their spot, and it's really special to see those guys getting hit stuff like that or just being on the field. Like seeing Malosi [Mata’afa-Alferos] go get his first hit today. I mean, that was amazing. Seeing [Tyler] Holley do the same exact thing. I love cheering those guys on, because, those guys are putting in the work, and they deserve it, and they deserve every, every moment of it.” No. 28 Will Sanford On freshman pitchers’ performances... “I just kind of relate it to myself last year, and I was in those shoes where it is hard to pitch at this level. And like, we have a really good freshman class, and like, all those guys dominated in high school, and that's why they're here. But it's more so just trying to get them in that mode. They dominated our hitters in the fall. Just because you're in a game now doesn't mean you need to change anything. And it's all a mental thing where it is hard to work at, and it took me a while to get to that, like, freeness, but it's something where a guy like Hudson [Carvalho], where he has all the talent like that, I'm just trying to help him mentally, where he can feel free on the mound.” On having a 10-run lead... “It does make it easier, but at the same time, it's hard to stay competitive in that state when you're up so much. But that's why I like to take it inning by inning. And you know, I'm trying to win innings. It's my job. So, the more innings I win, the more chance we have a winning so that's all I have to do mentally to keep myself going.”

Ducks win 20-6 in a run-ruled seventh inning. Oregon ran a bunch of freshmen pitcher through who gave up a lot, but they got experience, and we all got the win! (Hudson Carvalho, Shane Johnson, etc.)

20-1 Ducks after six innings as Leo Ulemen comes in for relief, and was a little nervous at first, but settled in to generate a double-play to finish off the inning! Jack Brooks is plinked, and Ryan Cooney walks while Jax Gimenez beats out an infield single. Nauvata Lauaki hits to score Brooks, and Tyler Holley hits off the wall to score two runs! Josh Schleichardt hits up the middle to score the speedy Holley from second!

16-1 Ducks after five innings. Will Sanford walked two, but no problem as he disposes of the rest. Dominic Hellman got his second homer in the game!

15-1 Ducks after four innings. We've got Super-Sanford running batter out--so sweet! Burke-Lee Mabeus hits to a gap in CF, and Gabe Miranda walks. Jack Brooks hits to his opposite field (LF) to the wall to score Mabeus. Ryan Cooney sac-flies to score Miranda. The next hour is dicey for my reporting as I'm entering my Intermittent Fasting window...and I gotta eat!

13-1 Ducks after three innings. Boy...when it goes your way--enjoy it! Will Sanford is dialed in, and so impressive as he takes care of business 1-2-3. Dominic Hellman got the timing down on a low pitch and drove a line-drive over the CF wall for a solo homer! Then Drew Smith hits to a hole in mid-LF to get on base. Then Angel Laya hits a two-run homer over the RF wall!

10-1 Ducks after two innings. Will Sanford gave up a solo homer and dispensed the rest. He's got a 94 mph fastball with his big-dropping curve today!

10-0 Ducks after the first inning. Sorry for the delay, but an appointment went long....like this first inning. Oregon was killing the starting Wildcat pitcher... Will Sanford looks really sharp to start the game and keep Northwestern off the scoreboard. Ryan Cooney got it started with a lead-off hit up the middle, and Jax Gimenez got plinked. Drew Smith hits to deep LF to score Cooney, and it all begins. Angel Laya hits deep, but a fielding error allows him on base and to score Gimenez. Maddox Molony hits to shallow LF and delays the fielders long enough for Smith and Laya to score! Burke-Lee Mabeus gets plinked, and Gabe Miranda hits opposite field (LF) for him, and scores Maddox. Then Jack Brooks gives the crowd a big welcome back with a three run homer! Ryan Cooney hits opposite field (RF) and a pitching change for the Wildcats was necessary. Jax Gimenez was plinked again, and Dominic Hellman walks. Angel Laya comes up and knocks to shallow CF to score Cooney and Gimenez. These Ducks are SO FAST running the bases!

Thus far, the Big-10 baseball feels like Oregon may have the better team, but we will have to fight and scratch to win the games. (Which is what you want to build your team's resolve) The Wildcats strike as another team like Indiana or Purdue where it is evident they can beat us, but we will prevail if we give our best. (Taking account that the occasional game of not hitting well does happen like the 2-1 Purdue loss) Looking at the Northwestern pitchers--I see some good ERAs with the first two, and this is from those who have pitched the most, and I assume the starters. Today's starters on both sides were not announced yet. The Wildcats have a couple of relievers with good ERAs, along with some poor ones. (It was in the snow, but they did give USC their only loss!) Matt Kouser, ERA of 2.57 Garrett Shearer, ERA of 3.60 Jake Rifenburg, ERA of 5.63 Ryan Weaver, ERA of 8.76 (The pitcher who started today, and got shelled in the first inning) Sam Hliboki, ERA of 11.34 And we know that the ERA is only showing their best day. Last week--Indiana's best pitcher against us had an ERA of over 13 coming into the game! And their relievers who had an ERA below 2.00 is who we were able to score on. It all depends upon that day--as we know. It is possible that the reason for Northwestern being 7-9 is because of their hitting? The Wildcats only have one player hitting over .300, while the Ducks have six over .300 with another at .299 and Maddox Molony at .250 who will be back over .300 before long. The weather will be cloudy with super-low chance of rain...which is the forecast for all three games this weekend. Jack Brooks is projected back in the lineup today!

Great article Don! I so welcome guest articles like this to remind us of the "good" happening with our football team. So brave of Dante, and it is inspiring other athletes to come forward as well.

So are they REALLY going to steal all that money they did not earn?

USC’s only loss was to the Wildcats, but in a snowstorm. Great information, and thank you!

Thank you Jordan, as it is so cool to see Akili Smith's son at Oregon! His father brought us some great memories...

Since I broke down for the first time after years of lusting--and got a subscription to D1Baseball to see all their extended coverage of College Baseball which is really helpful to learn about opponents, and see some Duck-Love. They broke Oregon into their top-25 this week at No. 21, and I'd to think we'll rise over the season. My goal for the Ducks is to make the top-16 so they host a Regional again. D1Baseball's Top 100 Pitchers of the Week: Collin Clarke of Oregon! Opponents: Santa Barbara has one, and we play them in a week and a half. The bastard Huskies had one, and we play them in Seattle near the end of the season. No. 1 UCLA had two pitchers on this list,--no surprise. But USC had THREE pitchers on this list...in one week?! Damn... D1Baseball's Top 100 Hitters of the Week: None from Oregon this week, but that'll change. Beavis had one. The bastard Huskies had one. Gonzaga had one. UC San Diego had two on the list, and we play them mid-week, next week! I Know...I'm Easily Entertained

We knew it would not take long...for all the ranking services!

There are five different ranking/polling services for College Baseball, but I follow D1Baseball to be consistent in all my references and they provide a ton of information about the sport. (If you buy their subscription as this deranged fan did) Oregon has moved into their ranking at No. 21, while Beavis is at No. 17, the Trojans are at No. 13, and UCLA is still No. 1 in the nation. When I look at the Big-10 standings, it is four teams that have already separated themselves from the rest in the conference. As usual, it is the three west coast teams, (UCLA, USC and Oregon) along with Nebraska, as the Cornhuskers and the Trojans will be coming to PK Park later in the season. UCLA (17-2, 6-0) Nebraska (14-5, 3-0) USC (19-1, 5-1) Oregon (17-3, 5-1) USC pitching has been extraordinary, but they finally lost a game and it was to our upcoming opponent, Northwestern in Evanston in the snow over the weekend. (2-1) Oregon has a good path in front of it with a mixture of teams that can be fodder for wins, and other tough ranked opponents needed for RPI impact to make the highest seed possible at the end of the season. To see how games went for all Big-10 teams, you can check them out right here.

Tourney Bound! Ducks Earn NCAA Tournament Bid EUGENE, Ore. – For the second straight season and the seventh time in the last nine tournaments, the Oregon women’s basketball team is NCAA Tournament bound. Oregon earned its 19th NCAA Tournament bid in school history, and seventh in the last nine tournaments under head coach Kelly Graves, as it received a No. 8 seed in the Fort Worth 3 Region. The Ducks will meet ninth-seeded Virginia Tech on Friday, March 20 at Texas’ Moody Center in Austin, Texas, the NCAA Selection Committee announced on ESPN. “It never gets old hearing your name,” said Graves. “If you’ve never experienced it, it’s pretty special. It really is. They treat you how you should be treated as a collegiate student-athlete.” In last season’s NCAA Tournament, the 10th-seeded Ducks advanced to the second round after upsetting No. 7-seed Vanderbilt before falling to host and two-seed Duke. UO was one of just two double-digit seeds to make it out of the Round of 64 in last year’s postseason. “I’ve coached in a lot of these tournaments, it’s the matchup. It’s not the name or the seeding, or any of that,” Graves added. “Your stars have to perform, but I’ve been in enough of these to know that it’s that X-factor, you never know where you might get it from. But I like our chances.” “We’re super excited, just to hear our name, it’s a special moment,” said junior Sofia Bell. “So it was something we were looking forward to as a team and we’re excited.” “It’s great to be able to be here, be able to play in March Madness,” said senior Mia Jacobs, who will be making her first NCAA Tournament appearance. “It’s something that a lot of people talk about, but not a lot of people get to experience. So, I am excited that I get to be one of those people.” Oregon finished the regular season 22-12 and 8-10 in Big Ten play, reaching the quarterfinals at last week’s Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis. The Ducks boast a NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rating of 24 while picking up six total Quad 1 and 2 victories. Playing in the nation’s second-toughest conference according to NET rankings, UO faced 10 ranked opponents during the regular season and earned victories over then-No. 21 USC and two wins over a ranked Maryland team (Nos. 16 and 14). The Ducks played 11 different teams that are in this year’s field of 68 – picking up five wins against those squads. In 12 seasons at Oregon, Graves has guided the Ducks to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including three Sweet Sixteen berths, two Elite Eights and one Final Four. The Ducks are 13-6 in the NCAA Tournament under Graves. This marks the first time Oregon has received an eight seed in the NCAA Tournament, while the Ducks and Hokies have met just once previously. UO defeated Virginia Tech 73-53 back on Nov. 27, 1999, in Eugene. Graves has guided the Ducks to at least one NCAA Tournament win in five of his previous six appearances in his UO tenure. Graves has led Oregon to 13 of its 18 all-time NCAA Tournament victories and will make his 15th career appearance in the postseason. OREGON IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Seventh tournament bid in last nine tournaments Second consecutive tournament bid (reached second round last season) 19th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance Seventh NCAA Tournament bid under Graves Won at least one game in six of the last seven tournament appearances Reached one Final Four, three Elite Eights and four Sweet Sixteens under Graves Ducks are 13-6 in the NCAA Tournament in Graves’ tenure First time being a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament 18-18 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament Graves earns his 15th career NCAA Tournament bid

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2026 BASEBALL | @OregonBaseball Laya Delivers Walk-off to Clinch Series Sweep EUGENE, Ore. — Freshman Angel Laya delivered a one-out walk-off single to score Maddox Molony in the bottom of the ninth inning to complete a come-from-behind 7-6 win over Indiana in Big Ten Conference action on Sunday at PK Park. The win completed a series sweep for the Ducks. The Ducks trailed 6-1 before rallying for six runs over the final four innings. Molony started the ninth inning rally with a leadoff base on balls before Smith doubled inside the third-base bag to put runners at second and third. Indiana (7-12, 1-5 Big Ten) elected to pitch to Laya with first base open and the Ducks’ seven-hole hitter made the Hoosiers pay lacing a hard-hit ball between first and second scoring Molony with the winning run. How It Happened: Indiana touched up Oregon fill-in starter Josh Hollis for four runs in 1.1 innings to start the game. Tanner Bradley relieved Hollis with the bases loaded and one out while trailing 3-0. Bradley only allowed one of the inherited runners to score before getting out of the jam. The Ducks (17-3, 5-1 Big Ten) nearly got all four back in the bottom of the second. The Ducks loaded the bases with no outs but a near grand slam turned into a single scoring one run with a second runner thrown out at the plate. Burke-Lee Mabeus lined a shot off the top of the wall that immediately ricocheted to the right fielder who hit the first baseman for a relay throw that got Smith out trying to score from second. Indiana added two more runs in the third thanks to a pair of Oregon throwing errors on the same play. Bradley fielded a sacrifice bunt attempt and threw wild to first allowing the first run to score. Ryan Cooney tracked down the ball and then also threw wildly to first trying to get the batter who rounded the bag widely allowing the second run to score. Angel Laya after the celebration... After stranding a pair of runners in the third and fifth innings, Oregon finally got much-needed hits with runners in scoring position in the bottom of the sixth. Cooney lined a bases-clearing double into the right-field gap to score three and cut the lead to two. One out later, Dominic Hellman doubled to center field to score Cooney and make it a one-run game. Oregon tied it with a run in the bottom of the eighth. Josh Schleichardt started the rally with a five-pitch walk before being replaced by pinch runner Jack Brooks. Cooney moved Brooks to second with a base hit through the left side. Hellman followed with a clutch two-out chopper through the middle scoring Brooks from second. Box Score Notes: Cal Scolari, Oregon’s normal Sunday starter on the mound, missed the game with the flu … Smith extended his reached base streak to 20 games this season and 22 games dating back to 2025 … Oregon’s last walk-off to win a game came on March 21, 2025, when Parker Stinson delivered a game-winning sacrifice fly. On Deck: The Ducks host Northwestern on Friday to open a three-game series. First pitch is at 4:05 p.m. on B1G+. Quotes: Head Coach Mark Wasikowski On Angel Layas performance as a freshman… “He doesn’t act like a freshman. He’s a goliath, acted like an old guy. He looks like a pro, and it looks like if he continues his development he will be a really good pro. It’s a little early still on all that but he’s played very well and he went for it at the end. Lots of times a young guy might doubt himself or back down, he wasn’t scared at all.” On Drew Smith leading the team in RBI and home runs… “He’s a complete player. The bullpen was obviously a real story for us; the other real story was Drew Smith. You know there were offensive heroes. Dominic Hellman overcoming stuff to be able to have two really good at-bats, that’s mental toughness. He wasn’t having a great stretch, and yet when we needed him, he came through twice in the end. That’s leadership. Ryan Cooney, clutch, basis loaded, doubling the gap, that’s leadership. His best three at-bats were the last three at-bats. Drew Smith though, I think it was the third inning where he struck out in a big at-bat, and I think he got run up on a 3-2 count. The only thing that happened next was the next eight hitters came up to the plate for them, five of them shot rockets or balls right to Drews direction. He made every one of those plays, turned a double play, put-out on a double play, which was a rocket ship. Then, he made all the other challenging plays that were hit at him after his most negative part of the game. That’s mental toughness and leadership. That’s something I’m really lucky to be a part of, and I credit Drew Smith and the assistant coaches for helping him get to that mental state, that was special. That was one of the more mentally tough and special performances I’ve ever seen in my coaching career.” Toby Twists and overall team performance… “I thought Toby was really good. I thought Tanner (Bradley) limited the damage when he got in there, and he did a nice job. I thought the entire bullpen did a nice job. Tanner comes in and limits the damage and he extends it a bit, holds it. That was the mound visit that we took, and I don’t take very many mound visits, but when we’re stinking it up at home and we are trying to sweep somebody, and we didn’t get a quality start. We go out there and we are throwing the ball around the yard, it looks like a really bad, Bad News Bears game. The next thing you know, we had to reign guys in and go, hey let’s get over ourselves. We can’t do anything about how bad we’ve been so far, but if we shut them down from here on out, I think we are going to win this game. And sure enough, the guys believed it and as we went, you saw the productive at-bats and solid defensive plays. Without those defensive plays it could’ve gotten really loose. I’ve been a part of a lot of games where that thing gets really away from us because everybody’s quit already. That didn’t happen for us, and I was really happy with the guys to be able to do that.” Ryan Cooney drove in three runs! Dominic Hellman On having mature at-bats... “It was sweet. It was people setting the table before me that helped turn the lineup around. We had dudes all throughout the lineup that we can plug and play anywhere. That’s the neat thing about our team. There’s also a maturity part. Being in a regional and a super-regional, we’ve been there done that. I felt the place rocking today like it was a typical home regional which was sweet.” On Coach Wasikowski’s mid-game talk with the team... “He’s a temperature gauge for sure. He helps us calm down, and he’s a huge part of our success on and off the field whether that is baseball related or things off the field related. He a huge temp gauge for us in the sense that ‘Hey you guys got this and you guys are a good team. What happened, just flip it and get it done’.” On his double with two outs and two strikes... “The whole weekend they were spinning me and bluffing with heaters. I was reflecting and they weren’t landing their heaters that much, so I thought they were going to go to their go-to and try to get me out. As long as I saw it up, it was fine. I was nice and relaxed and just relaxed to it.” On a tide-changing moment in the game... “After Ryan Cooney’s double, I was like ‘we got this’. That moment solidified it. Even before we were getting momentum on our side by our relief pitchers coming in. They were being dominant and putting up zeros for us and holding them to that six for us to keep scoring.” Angel Laya On his walk-off win... “It means a lot. I’ve been preparing for that moment my whole life and I’m glad I was able to do it and do it for the team.” On his confidence at-bats... “I know I have good bat-to-ball skills. I was swinging at almost every pitch, and I got a good pitch today.” On close-game experiences... “It builds confidence. When you’re down six-to-one it’s all about not giving up and keeping our foot on the gas to keep moving.” Toby Twist On his thoughts of his performance... “I felt good from the start. I was trying to stay warmed up, ready to go, and trying to put my team in the best situation to win that game and I thought we did a good job.” On Drew Smith’s defensive performance... “He’s great. You don’t have to worry about anything because you have those guys behind you.” On Cal Scolari’s scratch and a good performance from the bullpen... “I think the bullpen was ready for today. Once we got the talk that Cal wasn’t going to start we got prepared for whatever was thrown at us.”

Well, you read about the call I made...that was right. We are all right about 50% of the time, but I make sure to crow loudly when I am!

Did you see that above in post number five written about an hour ago?

Ducks win 7-6! Devin Bell gave up a walk, but disposed of the rest as a great closer does! Maddox Molony walked, and Drew Smith showed bunt, but them pulled it back...a slash! He zings it down third base to get a hit and move Molony to third base. Then Angel Laya gets it drive through the right infield for the WALK-OFF win! Oregon never led the entire game until that hit! (Game summary always comes out about two hours after the game at the end of this thread)