Charles Fischer

Ducks lose 10-6. So many gifts by the pitchers...seven walks and four plinked batters. Eleven bases given without even hitting the ball?

10-6 Beavis after eight innings. I admit...I was not watching closely at all--I have a hard time when we're getting our butts kicked. But we got some runners and a grounder scored one, and Angel Laya hit a triple off the wall to score another. That guy is quite the athlete...fast!

10-3 Beavis after seven innings. So we gave freshman pitcher Shane Johnson a shot. Whoops! This must be like how Beavis feels in football Civil Wars?

7-3 Beavis after six innings. We change pitchers to freshman Josh Hollis, but not much changed for Oregon. Drew Smith walked and the Angel Laya nailed a low pitch and put it over the CF fense to score two!

5-1 Beavis after five innings. Michael Meckna just gave up his first earned runs of the year. Too many of them... Oregon offense is stagnant.

2-1 Beavis after four innings. Oregon brings in Michael Meckna, another improved sophomore pitcher. He looked good for two batters, then got shaky with a walk and a plinked batter, and then struck out one of OSU's better batters. Oregon strands two...again.

2-1 Beavis after three innings. Miles Gosztola gave up a HR, and a double that scored a runner. I cannot help but think about how much of the 30 million Oregon State stole from Oregon is funding the program we are playing?

1-0 Ducks after two innings. Miles Gosztola gave up a double, but created ground-outs to keep them scoreless. Drew Smith made and incredible scoop at 3rd base to prevent a run!

1-0 Ducks after one inning. I was surprised to see Miles Gosztola starting, and he got three outs in three batters. He plinked one, but then picked him off in a hot-box between first and second. Ryan Cooney smashed one to the mound, and it bounced forward into CF for a hit. Dominic Hellman was plinked, and then Maddox Molony hit one deep to LF to score Cooney. (Stranded two on base)

We have gone from five Civil War games a year to three. One at each home location, and one in Portland which I think is great for fans of both schools in the Portland Metro area. It is a touch harder to refer to Oregon State Baseball as Beavis, since they have earned my respect in that sport. Last year they finished No. 4 in the nation, but lost a ton of players off that team and are in a getting-it-together mode this season with a 6-4 record. They are ranked No. 18 in the nation on D1 Baseball, and Oregon is yet unranked with them. Oregon State has not beaten anyone ranked, and lost to No. 11 Southern Miss, and the other three losses were to unranked teams. But their schedule to date is harder than ours, so we cannot use records as any indicator. They split games with Michigan, beat Iowa, and lost a game to Purdue? (Who we play a series at on Friday) I was wondering why Ryan Featherston was only used for one inning in the first game of the series, when he has an ERA of 0.00 between his start and relief innings? Then I saw the schedule and realized that he is probably the starter today vs. Oregon State. (We sure could have used him in the Irvine game we lost!) Ryan Featherston

Yes, Jon, you are. And I'm right next to you waving mine!

I'm with you Darren...I never could have imagined the program declining like this. I was encouraged to see the Women get 20 wins, and then I see that they are the No. 11 Seed in the B1G tournament? Wow. How far we have fallen...

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2026 BASEBALL | @OregonBaseball Ducks Finish Las Vegas tournament With a Win over Vanderbilt LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Devin Bell bounced back from a tough outing on Saturday getting the final two outs with the bases loaded to help Oregon clinch a 6-4 win over Vanderbilt at the Live Like Lou Las Vegas Classic on Sunday at Las Vegas Ballpark. The Ducks (10-1) went 2-1 in the tournament, while Vanderbilt (7-5) finished 0-3. Cal Scolari (2-0) picked up the win after giving Oregon a quality start. He did not allow a run while surrendering just two hits with two walks and eight strikeouts. Five Oregon pitchers combined to strike out 14 Commodores. How It Happened: Maddox Molony gave Oregon an early lead belting his third home run of the season, a solo shot in the second inning. The Ducks added to the lead, scoring a pair of runs in the third inning. Angel Laya led off the inning with a base hit before moving to second on a sacrifice bunt and scoring on a Ryan Cooney double. Jax Gimenez followed with a run-scoring single plating Cooney for a 3-0 lead. Oregon tacked on another urn in the fourth with another long ball. Burke-Lee Mabeus went the opposite way lofting a ball over the left-field wall for a 4-0 lead. Gabe Miranda Oregon pushed the lead to 6-0 in the sixth inning with back-to-back home runs. Dominic Hellman pulled one to left field 396 feet for a five-run lead. Gabe Miranda followed with a 398-foot shot to right-center field. Vanderbilt cut the lead to 6-4 in the eighth behind three home runs. Box Score Notes: Molony moved into solo possession of fourth on Oregon’s career home run list with his 28th … He needs two more to tie Tom Dodd (1977-79) for fourth … Oregon’s last back-to-back home runs came at Texas A&M on June 9, 2024 … Hellman’s homers in consecutive game marked the first time a Ducks’ hitter homered in consecutive games since Anson Aroz did it on June 8-9, 2014 at Texas A&M. On Deck: Oregon returns home for its first of three games against in-state rival Oregon State on Tuesday (3:05 p.m./B1G+) before hitting the road again for a three-game series at Purdue in the Ducks’ Big Ten Conference opener.

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.