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Tuesday games in college ball are somewhat "throwaway" as you typically won't see the weekend starting pitchers.

Special thanks to @Axel for stepping up to the plate and hitting two home runs!

Game time = 6PM = First pitch ~6:05 PK Park Game is televised live on Pac12 Insider(whatever the hell that is!) but go here Go Ducks Baseball Schedule and scroll down to April 26th, and on the right click on "WATCH". Radio on the Oregon Sports Network. Or attend in person! Tickets range from $7 for General Admission - $10 for Reserved Seats(maybe more if you want to sit behind the OSU dugout?) Can the Ducks bounce back from the disappointment of the WSU series? Hey @Axel what kind of dirt(not the artificial pebbles in the infield) have you got on those braggadocio beavers? GO DUCKS!

My observation on the pitching by our Ducks. If you are consistently behind in the count to batters, they know you will have to serve up a fat pitch that they can get the bat on, or a walk. Even when the pitcher is ahead in the count, too many times they will dink around and fall behind in the count. They need to aggressively go after the batters!

Camden Lewis was inconsistent on his PAT kicks the first year. Right, left, down the middle.............you never knew which way it would go. Last year he was mostly straight down the middle. This year in the spring game it looked like his first year. PAT's are what I judge by. If they are consistently right up the middle between the uprights you know what it is going to be. Hopefully he will get better this year as it progresses.

Those are "slap on the wrist" offenses in the south.

10th inning; Logan Mercado will pitch for Oregon. A single back up the middle puts the leadoff batter on base. A popup out that Gavin Grant catches near first base for out number one. Mercado hit the Coug batter to put runners at second and first. Andrew Mosiello relieves Mercado. I hesitate to say this but WSU has the momentum in this game, scoring their seven runs in the last four innings after Oregon had a six run lead. And Mosiello walks his first batter faced to load the bases with one out. The second out has been recorded on a swinging strikeout. And on a 3-2 count Mosiello walks in the go ahead run. A fly ball to shallow center takes us to the bottom of the tenth inning, but the Cougs have taken a one run lead. 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 3 LOB Ducks will face WSU's closer in the bottom of the tenth inning. Tyler Gannus pinch hits for Bryce Boettcher. Gannus groundsout to second base. Colby Shade strikes out swinging for the second out. Sam Novitske at the plate, pinch hitting for Jack Scanlon. Novitske flies out to centerfield. WSU 8 - Oregon 7 is the final score.

9th inning; To no ones surprise Kolby Somers in to pitch for Oregon. Strikeout swinging brings WSU to their last two outs. A single to right field keeps the Cougs alive. How about a double play? And Somers walks the next batter to put the tying runners on base. A single to center right scores a run and puts runners at the corners with only one out. The batter for WSU is 3 for 4 today with a double, two singles, and a strikeout. A sacrifice fly to center left field ties the game. Kolby gets a swinging strikeout to send the game to the bottom of the ninth tied 7-7. 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Ducks will have the middle of their batting order and Brennan Milone grounds out to third base for out number one. Jacob Walsh hits next and puts the ball to deep right for a long out. Josh Kasevich gets on base with a ground ball between third and second. Bryce Boettcher hits next and Kasevich is out trying to steal second base. 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Tied at the end of nine innings 7-7

8th inning; Bryce Boettcher replaces Anthony Hall in right field, and Jack Scanlon comes in at catcher for Josiah Cromwick. Leadoff batter hit a first pitch double to the left field corner. A first pitch two run homer to center field comes next. A flyout to left field is the first out for WSU. Britton records the second out on a swinging strike. A long fly ball is caught by Colby Shade in the middle of the warning track in deep center field. 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Ducks need to get some insurance runs here! Gavin Grant is punched out looking at a called third strike. Tanner Smith hit a ground ball to the first baseman who underhands to the covering pitcher for the second out. An "excuse me" popout to the third baseman by Drew Cowley ends the eighth inning. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB WSU 5 - Oregon 7

Rio Britton comes on in relief of Starter Isaac Ayon to start the seventh inning. A ground out is followed by a walk. A flyout to center right yields out number two. And the Cougars are set down on a hopper to Jacob Walsh who steps on first base for the out. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB WSU will bring in their fifth pitcher in the bottom of the seventh inning. Anthony Hall strikes out swinging. Colby shade popped out to second base. And the Ducks go down in order on a ground out to second base by Josiah Cromwick. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Oregon still up 7-3 going to the eighth inning.

6th inning; Coach Wasikowski will ride with starting pitcher Isaac Ayon in the sixth inning. A single into short right field puts the leadoff runner on base. Ayon rings up the next batter on a swinging strikeout. Ground ball past a diving Josh Kasevich into center. Anthony Hall makes the catch of a long flyout to the warning track in right field, with the runner at second advancing. A base hit to left field brings in the first run of the game for WSU. Runners at second and first with two outs. A two out double into the gap in center right brings in two more runs. A one bouncer back to Ayon ends the WSU 6th inning, but they have cut the lead in half. 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Ducks need to get back to hitting and answer the WSU rally. Gavin Grant draws a leadoff walk for our Ducks. Tanner Smith drops a single down the right field line to put runners at third and first and nobody out. Drew Cowley with a chance for an RBI or two or three. Cowley with a high popout to centerfield. WSU wants a new pitcher to face the dangerous hitter Brennan Milone who has an RBI double this afternoon. And Brennan almost hit a home run as the hit ball bounces off the left field wall for a long single and his second RBI. The runners had to hold waiting to see if the ball might be caught. Jacob Walsh hit a groundout to second that advances the runners to third and second base. Josh Kasevich ends Oregon's threat for more runs with a groundout to shortstop. 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB WSU 3 - Oregon 7

5th inning; Isaac Ayon sails through five innings of work with two groundout balls to third base sandwiched between a swinging strikeout on just ten pitches! 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Anthony Hall flied out to center field. Colby Shade duplicates the flyout to center. Josiah Cromwick strikes out swinging to end the fifth inning. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB WSU 0 - Oregon 6 at the end of five innings

4th inning; Isaac Ayon pitching into the fourth inning. Swinging strikeout. Groundout to third base. Single past a diving Gavin Grant into right field. Flyout to center fielder Colby Shade ends the Cougars fourth. 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Drew Cowley to leadoff for Oregon, and draws a walk. Brennan Milone flied out to center field for the first out. Jacob Walsh caught looking at a called third strike for out number two. Josh Kasevich hit a shallow fly ball that is caught by the left fielder for the third out. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB WSU 0 - Oregon 6 after four innings

3rd inning; Popout caught by Gavin Grant near first base. Groundout to second base. Swinging strikeout by Isaac Ayon ends the top half of the third inning. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Anthony Hall up first for Oregon. Hall is the first out on a slicing fly ball to left field. Colby Shade beat out an infield hopper to shortstop. Shade steals second base to put him in scoring position with one out. Josiah Cromwick with the chance to put up another run for Oregon. Cromwick strikes out swinging. Gavin Grant works an 0-2 count into a free pass to first base on an 8 pitch walk. And WSU goes to the bullpen for their third pitcher in three innings to face Tanner Smith. Tanner will bat with Oregon runners at second and first with two outs. A wild pitch moves Shade and Grant to third and second respectively. Tanner Smith hit a groundball out to the second baseman to end the inning. 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 2 LOB WSU 0 - Oregon 6

2nd inning; Long ball flyout to right field. Groundout to shortstop. Flyout to right field. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Anthony Hall leading off for our Ducks. Hall draws a walk on a full count. Pitcher hit Colby Shade to put runners at second and first with no outs. The home plate umpire likes to call strikes on the outside of the plate to right hand hitters. Josiah Cromwick with a flyout to center left field. Gavin Grant is the second Duck to be hit by a pitch in the inning. Bases loaded with one out. Tanner Smith with an opportunity to score more runs. And Tanner is hit by another pitch to score Anthony Hall. Bases still loaded with one out for Drew Cowley. And Cowley hit a long ball off the center right wall for a bases clearing triple. The starting pitcher for WSU is done for the game. New thrower for Cougs will face Brennan Milone with Drew Cowley at third and still just one out. Milone hit a groundout to shortstop scoring Drew Cowley! Jacob Walsh keeps the inning going as the Cougs first baseman cannot handle a hard shot directly to him. Josh Kasevich at bat. A wild pitch advances Walsh to second base. Kasevich with a flyout to right field. Oregon has batted around and scored five runs. WSU 0 - Oregon 6 after two innings.

Pitching for Oregon today is Isaac Ayon. 1st inning; Pop out to Jacob Walsh in foul territory off first base. Single to left field. Another single to left field. Swinging strikeout. Groundout to second base. 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB Tanner Smith leads off for the Ducks. Ground ball out to first base. Drew Cowley at bat. Walk for Cowley. Brennan Milone hit a double to left field. B runners in scoring position. Jacob Walsh with an infield single up the middle plates Cowley. Josh Kasevich hit into a double play, second-to short-to first . 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB WSU 0 - Oregon 1

Game time = Noon = First pitch ~12:05 PK Park Game is streamed live. Click on hyperlink Live Stream of Game and scroll down to April 24. The live stream link will be on the right of your screen titled "Watch". Radio on the Oregon Sports Network. Or attend in person! Tickets range from $7 for General Admission - $10 for Reserved Seats GO DUCKS! And stop giving up the homerun

Interesting stat, 7 of WSU's runs came via their 4 homeruns! Got to stop giving up the long ball on Sunday. This makes 7 homers hit by WSU in the first two games.

9th inning; Caleb Sloan still on the mound for the Ducks. A leadoff single puts a runner on first. Cougars are trying to bunt the runner over to second base. Jacob Walsh fields a bunt between the pitcher and first base line and throws out the baserunner at second. A single through the right side of the infield puts Cougs at second and first base with one out. Rio Britton will now pitch against WSU. And Britton gets a swinging strikeout on three pitches. And the top of the ninth inning ends with Britton picking off the runner at second base who had too large of a lead. 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB A ground ball to shortstop by Josh Kasevich results in out number one. Anthony Hall hit a groundout to second base. Oregon is down to their last out. Colby Shade pops out to shortstop to end the game. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Cougars tie the series at one game each with a 10-8 win. Game scheduled to start at noon on Sunday.

8th inning; Caleb Sloan now pitching for Oregon. And Sloan strikes out the side! 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Ducks need to bring their magic to the bats! Gavin Grant starts the Ducks out in the 8th and he fights off three foul balls to reach first on a walk. A fly ball to center right by Tanner Smith is caught on a diving catch for the first out. Drew Cowley hits a deep fly to center that is caught for the second out, but on a lazy throw back to the infield Gavin Grant takes advantage of by moving to second base. Another pitching change for WSU and he will face Brennan Milone. Milone gets plunked in the back on the second pitch. Runners on second and first with two out. Tyler Ganus with his speed in to run for Milone. Jacob Walsh strikes out swinging. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB Washington State 10 - Oregon 8 after eight innings.

7th inning; Dylan Sabia continues to pitch for Oregon. The first out comes on a flyball to right field. A flyout to the opposite field is gloved by Tanner Smith in left field. And another home run clears the fence in left field. Duck pitchers have given up four long balls so far today, after allowing three last night. WSU is retired on a flyball to left field. 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Jacob Walsh hit a grounder that is fielded by the second baseman and gets thrown out at first. Josh Kasevich hit a shot off the pitchers foot and the ball bounds into right field for a single. Anthony Hall got all of a pitch and drives it over the wall in center right field. Colby Shade grounds out to shortstop. Jack Scanlon grounds out to the second baseman, but two runs are in for the Ducks. Oregon continues to claw back with two runs. 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Ducks within two runs to trail 10-8 after seven innings.

6th inning; Dylan Sabia in to pitch and gives up a leadoff single. A groundout to Jacob Walsh at first base moves the runner to second base. Back to back singles have runners at second and first with one out and a run scored. A popup to shortstop gets the second out. A groundout to thirdbaseman Drew Cowley ends the inning, but the Cougars get a run back to lead by three. 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB Top of the order for Our Beloved Ducks in the bottom of the sixth inning. Tanner Smith goes down swinging for the first out. Drew Cowley ground out to the second baseman. Brennan Milone hit a ground ball to shortstop and the throw beats him to first base for the third out. 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB WSU 9 - Ducks 6

5th inning; Matt Dallas gets a swinging strikeout for out number one. And Dallas gets a second swinging strikeout! The streak ends with a single up the middle. Cougars smartly steal second base on a 2-1 pitch. The third out is recorded on a flyout caught by Colby Shade in center right field. This is the first inning in the game that WSU does not score a run. 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Brennan Milone with a groundout to the shortstop. Jacob Walsh watches four straight outside the zone pitches and walks to first base. Josh Kasevich puts Ducks on second and first base with a single to left field. A second walk loads the bases with one out for Colby Shade. Cougs elect for another pitcher to face Shade. And Colby gets hit by the pitch to score Jacob Walsh from third base. WSU brings in their fourth pitcher and third of the inning to pitch to Jack Scanlon with one out and the bases still loaded. Scanlon hits a hard shot to first base for out number two, with Josh Kasevich scoring from third. Gavin Grant can bring more runners in, but he flies out to center field. Oregon scores two more runs in the fifth. 2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 2 LOB Cougars 8 - Ducks 6 after five innings.

4th inning; Matt Dallas gets two outs, gives up a walk and a homerun, a single and a passed ball moves the runner to second. Another single scores the eighth run of the game for WSU. Dallas records a swinging strikeout but more damage has been done. 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Back to back doubles to left field by Anthony Hall and Colby Shade bringing the second run home in the game for Oregon. The Cougar pitcher plunks Jack Scanlon to put runners at second and first. Gavin Grant singled up the middle to score Colby Shade with another run. And Oregon has driven the WSU starting pitcher from the game. Scanlon advances to third putting Duck runners at the corners with nobody out. Tanner Smith hit into a double play, second to short to first, with Jack Scanlon scoring Oregon's third run of the inning. Drew Cowley grounds out to the second baseman, but Oregon has matched WSU in runs scored this inning. 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Cougars 8 - Ducks 4 More importantly, Oregon has gotten into the weak WSU bullpen.

3rd inning; Stoffal continues on the mound for Oregon. Gavin Grant made a leaping circus catch of a line drive to record the first out. . A one out walk puts a Cougar on first base. The next batter for WSU hit a one bounce ground rule double int A walk and ground rule double into the right field corner puts runners at third and second base. Stoffal is done for the game but the runners at third and second are his responsibility. Matt Dallas will face the WSU hitters and try to keep any runs from scoring. And Dallas loads the bases by hitting the batter. Maybe they can get a double play? An infield grounder forces an out at second, but a run scores and leaves runners at the corners. A swinging strike out ends the threat of further runs. 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 2 LOB Tanner Smith leading off for Oregon in the top of the third inning. Tanner hit a weak grounder to the second baseman for out number one. Drew Cowley walks on four straight off the plate pitches. Runner on base for Brennan Milone. Brennan hit a groundball that skips into centerfield moving Cowley to third base. A wild pitch scores Cowley and advances Milone to second base. Jacob Walsh hit a ground ball to the first baseman for the second out, with Milone moving to third base. Josh Kasevich grounds out to third base, but Oregon has clawed back a run in the third inning. 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Washington State 5 - Oregon 1