Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted 16 hours ago Final stats are at the end of the thread...and there a ton of them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0-0 after one inning, as both starting pitchers look good. Grayson Grinsell had a rough start to the season, but has recovered and brought his ERA down to 3.46 and we need great pitching today. I know...I am a glutton for punishment, or... I Might as Well Face it....I'm Addicted to DUCKS! 1 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 2 Share Posted 16 hours ago 5-0 Ducks after three innings. Boy it was a pitchers duel to start, and Grayson Grinsell has continued to keep the Wolverines scoreless, but the warmer 65 degree air warmed up the Oregon bats. Two home runs in the third inning, as Anson Aroz has hit dingers in five games straight now. Whew! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 3 Share Posted 15 hours ago The Pride of Portland, Ryan Cooney got it going... Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 4 Share Posted 15 hours ago OMIGOSH! 8-0 Ducks after four innings! The Michigan pitcher had a good ERA of 3.74 coming into this game, but Our Beloved Ducks have been hammering him. So sweet, as this team NEEDS it! You don't hit the foul pole every day... 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 5 Share Posted 15 hours ago 14-2 Oregon after five innings! Grinsell gave up two runs to Michigan, so Our Beloved Ducks come out and score six in the inning. Dominic Hellman hits a GRAND SLAM that clears the visiting team bullpen area and goes into the parking lot! Whew! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 6 Share Posted 14 hours ago 15-2 Ducks after six innings, and Grayson Grinsell should be proud of a superb six innings of work. I am a HAPPY CAT Again! 1 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 7 Share Posted 14 hours ago 15-2 Oregon, is the final, as the Run-Rule comes into play after Michigan batted the seventh inning--to no runs with freshman Kellan Knox pitching for Our Beloved Ducks. 1 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 8 Share Posted 12 hours ago All Phases Shine in Bounceback Win EUGENE, Ore. — It took into April for the 2025 Oregon baseball team to swallow defeat on consecutive gamedays. The Ducks didn’t let the losing streak linger long. No. 15 Oregon (21-8, 9-4 Big Ten) bounced back in a big way Friday, opening a three-game series with visiting Michigan by dominating, 15-2, in a game shortened to seven innings by run rule. The Ducks returned to conference play for the first time since suffering a doubleheader sweep at Ohio State the previous Saturday — Oregon’s first consecutive losses of the season — and after dropping a midweek game at Portland on Wednesday. “Hungry,” UO starting pitcher Grayson Grinsell (5-1) said of the team’s mindset, after allowing two runs across six innings Friday. “Practice yesterday was great. Showed up today, same thing pregame — BP, infield-outfield, everything, guys were hungry. We wanted to get out there and play again.” Along with Grinsell’s superb start, the Ducks played defense behind him that was at times spectacular. And the offense bashed five home runs, including Anson Aroz homering in his fifth straight game and Dominic Hellman hitting his UO record third grand slam of the season. “I'm especially proud of the guys in the mental aspect,” Aroz said. “Obviously the performance is great; the bats were there, the pitching was there. But just how we're spending time at the field, the smiles, the fun — guys aren't stressed. We know we're a good club and what we're capable of when we act the way we need to act.” Grayson Grinsell Mason Neville also homered as part of a 3-for-5 day with three RBIs. He and Hellman each had a homer and a double, with Hellman knocking in five runs on the day. At the bottom of the order, Carter Garate reached base in four straight innings beginning with the third, and came around to score all four times. How It Happened: Oregon’s ace Grinsell took the ball looking to end his team’s losing streak, allowing only a two-run fifth inning that included a solo homer and the only two walks he surrendered. By that point the Ducks had an 8-0 lead already, thanks to Grinsell and his defense. “I mean, he's tremendous,” UO coach Mark Wasikowski said. “He's a great competitor. That's why he gets the accolades, and he pitched well again tonight — Friday night win. Grayson's been a rock for us.” The Ducks managed only Hellman’s first-inning double through two innings. Then, the dam broke. Ryan Cooney led off the third with a home run, Garate walked and advanced to third on a Neville single, and Hellman made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly. Jacob Walsh then doubled in Neville, the 158th RBI of Walsh’s career to tie Tanner Smith for the UO record. Smith saw another of his records matched moments later, when Aroz homered in his fifth straight game to make it a five-run inning. “It's definitely enjoyable, the fun of that kind of stuff,” Aroz said of his streak. “Celebrating with the team is one of the best feelings in the world. But a lot of the focus on the day leading up is just like, how can I stay in a grove? Once you're in it and you find it, you’ve got to keep doing what you're doing before a game, and kind of priming a swing, just so you can kind of maintain that.” Grinsell nearly found trouble in the fourth after allowing consecutive one-out singles. But the next batter hit a ball to third that Garate fielded before diving to tag the runner from second just before he reached third – which survived a replay challenge. Grinsell got the next hitter, and the threat was ended. “That was an absolute critical play in the game,” Wasikowski said. Oregon continued to bash the baseball in the bottom of the fourth. Parker Stinson led off with his first homer as a member of the program, Garate hit a one-out single and Neville followed with a high fly ball that hit the foul pole in right field to make it 8-0. Dominic Hellman's Grand Slam... The UO offense had Grinsell’s back after Michigan scored twice in the fifth. The first five batters of the inning reached, with Cooney walking to force in one run and Garate taking a pitch off his back side to force in another. Then, with the bases still loaded, Hellman hit a one-out grand slam, Oregon’s fifth of this spring to tie the UO single-season record. Hellman not only now holds the UO single-season record with three himself, that also matches the school’s career record. “If I'm ever in the box and thinking too much about a situation and thinking too much about a swing I want to put on a ball, I just want to make sure I go back to my training,” Hellman said. “Kind of fall back to my training, not rising to the occasion type of thing. Just put a good swing on the ball and free myself up.” The grand slam made it 14-2 through five, and Neville doubled in Garate in the sixth. That gave the Ducks a big enough lead that the conference’s run rule was enforced after Michigan couldn’t score off UO reliever Kellan Knox in the top of the seventh. The Ducks secured their bounceback win after a three-game skid. Now, they’re looking to start a different kind of streak. “You can't get ahead of yourself, think that you're out of it just because you won a game,” Grinsell said. “Gotta come out tomorrow with the same intensity and focus.” On Deck: The Ducks host the Wolverines again Saturday (2 p.m., B1G+). Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Waddler Moderator No. 9 Share Posted 12 hours ago Nothing like a little home cooking to get things back on track. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Duck No. 10 Share Posted 11 hours ago Thanks, Charles, for the thorough article! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 11 Share Posted 10 hours ago I cannot take credit, as it was the press release. But I do add the pictures, and I do add the formatting in italics and bolding. Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
