Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted 16 hours ago Game summary will be at the end of the thread later! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1 Ducks after one inning, and you need to be aware that the fields in this stadium are HUGE. It looks like twice as much distance for fielders to cover, and should open it up for more hits, which can lean things in a direction of a good hitting team....like Oregon. Another element? My guesses about using freshman pitchers and taking it as a "throwaway game," was a wrong take. Coach Waz explained in the pregame interview that he wants to WIN all four games in order to be a National Seed, and be able to host both the Regionals and Super-Regionals. So, my opinion was worth what you paid for...nothing! With that...Waz pulled a great reliever, Ian Umlandt, and made him today's starter. The Spartans got a good hit that went for a double, (which is MUCH easier in this ballpark) and then sacrificed him in for their run. Dominic Hellman walked, and Drew Smith bunted to first to put runners on first and second. Then Anson Aroz batting left-handed, had the shift to cover his right-field tendency...and then he hits a screamer into deep extreme left field to give him a double, score Hellman, and even score the swift Smith from first. 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 2 Share Posted 16 hours ago 2-1 Ducks after two innings, as Ian Umlandt generated a sweet double play to end the inning as Ryan Cooney fielded the grounder, stepped on second, and fired to first! Oregon left a runner stranded on second, as Michigan State is replacing their starting pitcher. 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 3 Share Posted 16 hours ago The chat with Lurch was better, but please just announce the game, and, enough with Oregon being Co- Champion. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 4 Share Posted 16 hours ago 2-1 Ducks after three innings, as damn...Oregon stranded two runners. Michigan State is getting hits and on base with a plink, but Umlandt comes through to keep the Spartans scoreless for the inning. Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDuck No. 5 Share Posted 16 hours ago Oregon is currently playing its first game of the Big Tournament vs Michigan St. And, its second game on Friday will be vs Nebraska. Due to the combos of W-L, and how the games were scheduled, we already know 3 semi-finalist teams for Saturday games. Penn State will face Oregon/Nebraska UCLA will face Iowa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 6 Share Posted 15 hours ago 2-1 Ducks after four innings, as Oregon left bases-loaded stranded! Ian Umlandt is getting his groove as he put down the Michigan State hitters 1-2-3. Great catch by Drew Smith! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 7 Share Posted 15 hours ago 2-1 Ducks after five innings. Good thing Umlandt has had a good game thus far, as Oregon is having trouble getting the bats going at timely moments. Ian has 74 pitches after five innings, so perhaps he can go two more innings? Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 8 Share Posted 15 hours ago 2-1 Ducks after six innings. I getting nervous as we are wasting innings where we don't score, and Umlandt is keeping us alive. Ian gave up a hit, but kept the inning scoreless again. Michigan State can play loose, go all-out, and play everyone as their season is done in an hour. I don't like this... Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 9 Share Posted 14 hours ago 4-2 Ducks after seven innings as Umlandt gave up a run, and was replaced by Santiago Garcia to get the last out of the side. Dominic Hellman hits to short center field for a single, as it replaced by Jax Gimenez as a pinch runner. Jacob Walsh walks, and then Drew Smith scooped a curve ball out, and knocked it into left field to score the speedy Gimenez from second base. Anson Aroz hits a grounder to right field to score Walsh from second, but Our Beloved Ducks stranded two to end the inning again that could have sealed this game! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 10 Share Posted 14 hours ago 4-2 Ducks after eight innings. Santiago Garcia puts them down 1-2-3, but we are using our best relievers for a non-counting game. I have no idea who we will turn to in the clutch in a few days... THREE MORE OUTS! 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 11 Share Posted 14 hours ago Ducks win 4-2 as Seth Mattox comes in and closes them out 1-2-3. I should not fret so much, as Garcia only had 15 pitches in his 1.3 innings, and Mattox only had 11 pitches in his inning. Yes, this win helps the national appearance, but the next three games are the money games. The good news is that we won without any one of our three starters, and our relievers did not pitch much. 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 12 Share Posted 14 hours ago Good workman like win for OBD, Aroz went 3-4, including a double, finished with 3 RBI, Player of the Game. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 13 Share Posted 13 hours ago YES! Now, Husk the Huskers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 14 Share Posted 11 hours ago Ducks Open B1G Tournament With a Win OMAHA, Neb. — Three Oregon pitchers combined to toss a four-hitter while Anson Aroz went 3-for-4 with three RBI to lead the No. 4 Ducks to a 4-2 win over Michigan State in Oregon’s first game of pool play at the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday at Charles Schwab Stadium. Junior Ian Umlandt got the start for Oregon and turned in a stellar performance on the mound. The Ducks’ lefty allowed just one earned run on four hits in 6.2 innings on work before giving way to relievers Santiago Garcia and Seth Mattox, who combined to retire all seven batters they faced with three strikeouts. Garcia got the win, moving to 3-0 on the season, while Mattox picked up his eighth save tossing a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts to end the game. How It Happened: After Michigan State took an early lead with a run in the top of the first on a leadoff double and a pair of fly balls that advanced the runner, The Ducks answered with a pair of runs in their half of the first. Aroz delivered a two-out, two-run double into the left-field corner for a 2-1 lead. Anson Aroz celebrates a two-RBI hit... The teams exchanged zeros until the seventh inning when Michigan State (28-27) tied the game with an unearned run. Oregon (42-13) immediately answered, scoring two runs in its half of the inning. Dominic Hellman, who reached base four times (2-for-2, 2 BB) started the rally with a hit before being removed for pinch-runner Jax Gimenez. Jacob Walsh drew a 10-pitch walk, after falling behind 0-2 to start the at-bat, moving Gimenez to second. Drew Smith gave the Ducks the lead back driving in Gimenez with a base hit to left field and Aroz followed with an RBI single through the right side, scoring Walsh from second. Box Score Notes: The win was Oregon’s 11th in a row, matching its longest winning streak of the season (Feb. 22 – March 9) … Oregon can tie the longest winning streak in program history with a win on Friday … Umlandt’s quality start was his third in five starts this season … Mattox moved into a tie for 10th all-time in single-season saves at Oregon … Oregon moved its record in conference tournament games to 5-4 all-time … The Ducks are 11-1 in the month of May with their last loss coming at Michigan State on May 2. On Deck: Oregon will square off with Nebraska on Friday in a must-win game to advance to Saturday’s semifinals. Both teams are 1-0 in “Pool A” with only the pool winner advancing. First pitch is at 4:03 p.m. (PT) on the Big Ten Network. 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDuck No. 15 Share Posted 11 hours ago "I'm going to emphasize to our guys that we will play hard, and we will play to win...you've got to respect the game and try to win." – Coach Rick Heller prior to Iowa's pool play finale against Indiana. Based on the Pod, Iowa has already locked up a semi-final regardless of outcome. Seventh inning update in front of a nearly empty stadium: Indiana 5, Iowa 0 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
