Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted 4 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 4 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 4 hours ago The chat with Lurch was better, but please just announce the game, and, enough with Oregon being Co- Champion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 4 Share Posted 4 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 4 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 2 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 2 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 2 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. Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 12 Share Posted 2 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 1 hour ago YES! Now, Husk the Huskers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
