Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted March 1 Game summaries of both games will be at the bottom of thread. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0 Ducks, after two innings. Collin Clarke has the hill, and is off to a great start! Alaskan Freshman Coen Niclai hit his first collegiate home run! The talent at catcher... 1 1 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 2 Share Posted March 2 5-0, Ducks after five innings. Collin Clarke has been awesome with five scoreless innings in this game to make 17 scoreless innings for the year! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 3 Share Posted March 2 7-3 Ducks after seven innings. What a shame...as Collin Clarke wore down in the seventh and gave up three runs. The pride of West Linn, freshman Gabe Howard came in and finished the third out. Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 4 Share Posted March 2 Big 6'6" Cole Stokes came in finished off the Lion batters with his first pitch at 97 mph, and later throwing 99 mph. Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave23 No. 5 Share Posted March 2 Is just me or are these guy crushing the Home Runs? Seems like they have to be a fair amount ahead of last year on a per game average. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 6 Share Posted March 2 March Came in Like a Lion for the Oregon Baseball Team EUGENE, Ore. — The No. 11 Oregon Ducks put together a pair of dominating efforts against Columbia in a doubleheader sweep on Saturday at PK Park, winning game one 35-1 and game two 8-3. The Ducks scored a school-record 35 runs in the opener, besting the program’s previous most runs scored of 23 set against Portland on May 6, 1974, and matched against St. John’s on Feb. 25, 2022. Oregon (9-2) got dominant pitching in the two games allowing just one run in the first 15 innings before the Lions (1-5) scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning of game two. Game 1: Oregon 35, Columbia 1 Oregon scored multiple runs in seven of the eight innings where they batted, including a nine-run inning, an eight-run frame and a six-run innings. Oregon collected 25 hits in the game, including nine extra-base hits (4 HR, 5 2B). Eight Ducks finished with multiple hits in the game while 12 different players and at least one base knock. Seven Ducks had multiple-RBI in game one with a total of 10 players driving in at least one run. Eleven different Ducks scored multiple runs 12 scoring overall. Ryan Cooney went 4-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, five runs scored, a double and a base on balls. Maddox Molony slugged a pair of home runs and had a double, while going 3-for-4 with six RBI and three runs scored. Dominic Hellman, who hit two grand slams yesterday, went 3-for-4 with four RBI and four runs scored. How it Happened: Oregon jumped out early scoring a pair of runs in the first inning. Mason Neville led off with a double into the right-center field gap and came around to score on a Jacob Walsh single. After an Anson Aroz walk loaded the bases, Molony drove in Hellman with a sacrifice fly. Anson Aroz is SAFE! Columbia cut the lead in half with a run in the top of the second, but Oregon answered with four more runs in its half of the inning. Cooney led off the inning with a single, before moving to third on a pair of hit-by-pitches. Walsh picked up his second RBI of the day with a bases-loaded walk with Aroz also drawing a walk to scored Carter Garate for a 4-1 Oregon lead. Freshman Burke-Lee Mabeus continued his stellar early season play. The Ducks’ catcher delivered a two-out, two-run single scoring Hellman and Walsh for a 6-1 lead. The Ducks broke it open in the third scoring nine runs while sending 12 batters to the plate. Cooney did most of the damage belting a three-run home run to cap the inning, but Aroz, Molony, Mabeus and Jeffery Heard had consecutive hits that drove in runs. Oregon tacked on three runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to push the lead to 21-1. Molony had homers in both innings, a two-run shot in the fourth and a three-run blast in the fifth. Oregon put eight runs on the board in the sixth inning to make it a 29-1 lead. Walsh hit his 44th career homer, a three-run bomb, in the inning while Cooney had a two run double followed by a Carter Garate run-scoring two bagger. Oregon capped its game one scoring with a six-run eighth inning. Garate had a two-run double, while Hellman added a two-RBI single. Game 2: Oregon 8, Columbia 3 Oregon got a quality start from Collin Clarke and the Ducks hit four more home runs in the nightcap to sweep the doubleheader. Clarke threw six scoreless inning before finally giving up three runs in the seventh inning, but by then Oregon already led 7-0. Freshman catcher Coen Niclai hit is first career home run while Neville, Helman and Aroz all added to their home run totals. Alaskan Freshman Coen Niclai after his first collegiate homer How it Happened: Oregon jumped out early with a three-run second inning. Molony singled and came around to score on Niclai’s two-run home run over the center-field wall. Garate picked up a RBI with a single later in the inning. Aroz made it a 4-0 game in the third with a solo home run, his fifth of the season. The Ducks manufactured a run in the fifth. Aroz reached on a hit-by-pitch, moved to second when Molony walked, and then executed a double steal with Molony to get to third. Niclai then drove in Aroz with a ground out to the shortstop. Oregon pushed the lead to seven with a pair of sixth-inning runs. Neville did the honors slugging a two-run home run onto the roof of the hitting facility beyond the right-field wall. Hellman added his third home run of the series in the eighth inning, a titanic shot over the scoreboard in left field. Doubleheader Notes: Freshman Michael Meckna picked up his second win of the season tossing three scoreless innings in game one … Clarke got the win in game two … He extended his scoreless innings streak to 18.0 innings to start the season before finally giving up a run in the seventh … Six Oregon relievers combined to not allow a run in 7.1 inning of work … Redshirt freshman catcher Zach Justice made his career debut in game one of the doubleheader, while pitchers Tanner Bradley and Isaac Evaniew also made their Ducks’ debuts … Seven Ducks were hit by pitches in game one of the doubleheader, matching Friday’s number that also tied a program record … Garate was hit three times, while Hellman was hit twice … Oregon added two more HBP in game two to run the series total to 16. On Deck: The two teams wrap up their four-game series with a 12:05 p.m. first pitch on Sunday. Quotes: Head Coach Mark Wasikowski On 35 runs scored in one game... “You know, just want to win games, you know. And it was a really good offensive performance, and I thought both teams, the kids, played really well and it was fun to be a part of.” On pitching performance... “We had solid pitching all day, even from the guys who hadn’t gotten a chance to get out there, we had solid pitching. I was excited about the way the guys got after it on the mound. I thought it was a complete effort. We didn’t have but maybe a couple of blemishes, but even in the first game that the score got away, I mean, we just wanted them to play, we just wanted them to play hard and good baseball. And the young guys that got in, they got some really good experience in that game to be able to do that. And it was fun to watch them.” Jeffrey Heard lays down a perfect bunt! On Carter Garate’s performance... “Gritty, you know. I think he had 10 out of his 11 or so at bats, if I’m not mistaken, were really good at bats today, you know. And so, just gritty, team player playing good defense. Everything that you’re, you know, looking for.” On Coen Niclai’s offensive performance... “Well, oddly enough, he’d been, you know, in the fall, in the spring scrimmages for is, he’d been one of our team leaders in RBIs. And so, we’d really seen him hit, and hit very well for us in our scrimmages. And so, you know, it was just early, and he needed to get his feet underneath him. I think as you see him go more and more, you can tell we’ve got a ton of talented players. And Coen’s really, really good. He comes from a wonderful family too. The kid is really a rock star.” Collin Clarke On overall performance… “Did well, could have done better. Guy had a round in the seventh, could have gotten out of it, but I didn’t so.” On mentality going into second game of doubleheader… “I wouldn’t say there was really any change. Keeping the score down is always what you’re really trying to do.” On bullpen performance… “Gabe Howard came out and got my guy out. Cole Stokes and Santi Garcia were both competing in the zone. They did awesome.” Maddox Molony On hitting performance in first game… “I was confident. I felt like I was seeing the ball well and things were working. It was a lot of fun.” On Ryan Cooney’s performance… “It’s awesome. I definitely root for him a lot, but it’s cool to see him succeed with how hard he works, and I know how hard he does work.” Collin Clarke On team’s offensive success… “It’s being there for the next guy, being excited for the guy no matter what he’s doing. You’ve seen guys with success being excited for them. Guys without success are even more excited just being there for other guys.” Ryan Cooney On offensive breakthrough… “Baseball always has a little bit of luck in it, but I think I just wasn’t swinging at the best pitches, or I wasn’t finding what was right for me. I try to put up quality at bats for the team all the time. I think that was showing up in those first two weeks.” On team’s excitement in 35-run performance… “We were excited for dudes. It gets a lot of opportunities for other guys as well; I think that is really important. We’re relentless and I think our offense showed that today.” On approach entering fourth game of the series… “I think taking tomorrow’s game as a separate game. Every day is a new day. Today happened, it was awesome, but tomorrow we need to come out and be as relentless as we were in the first game today.” Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 7 Share Posted March 2 On 3/1/2025 at 7:44 PM, Dave23 said: Is just me or are these guy crushing the Home Runs? Seems like they have to be a fair amount ahead of last year on a per game average. You are right, as many have improved, such as Dominic Hellman below who has three homers, two of which were GRAND SLAMS. Waz has emphasized getting stronger and bigger like Hellman... Geez I love the Green Pinstripe... 1 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
