We have gone from five Civil War games a year to three. One at each home location, and one in Portland which I think is great for fans of both schools in the Portland Metro area.

It is a touch harder to refer to Oregon State Baseball as Beavis, since they have earned my respect in that sport. Last year they finished No. 4 in the nation, but lost a ton of players off that team and are in a getting-it-together mode this season with a 6-4 record.

They are ranked No. 18 in the nation on D1 Baseball, and Oregon is yet unranked with them. Oregon State has not beaten anyone ranked, and lost to No. 11 Southern Miss, and the other three losses were to unranked teams. But their schedule to date is harder than ours, so we cannot use records as any indicator.

They split games with Michigan, beat Iowa, and lost a game to Purdue? (Who we play a series at on Friday)

I was wondering why Ryan Featherston was only used for one inning in the first game of the series, when he has an ERA of 0.00 between his start and relief innings? Then I saw the schedule and realized that he is probably the starter today vs. Oregon State. (We sure could have used him in the Irvine game we lost!)

Ryan Featherston

It won't be on a football field, but this Civil War should be a diamond 😁of a game.

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The Oregon Ducks Baseball team is off to a hot start for their 2026 season, with an 10-1 record, two sweeps over George Mason and Youngstown State and a Live Li

1-0 Ducks after one inning. I was surprised to see Miles Gosztola starting, and he got three outs in three batters. He plinked one, but then picked him off in a hot-box between first and second.

Ryan Cooney smashed one to the mound, and it bounced forward into CF for a hit. Dominic Hellman was plinked, and then Maddox Molony hit one deep to LF to score Cooney. (Stranded two on base)

1-0 Ducks after two innings. Miles Gosztola gave up a double, but created ground-outs to keep them scoreless. Drew Smith made and incredible scoop at 3rd base to prevent a run!

2-1 Beavis after three innings. Miles Gosztola gave up a HR, and a double that scored a runner.

I cannot help but think about how much of the 30 million Oregon State stole from Oregon is funding the program we are playing?

2-1 Beavis after four innings. Oregon brings in Michael Meckna, another improved sophomore pitcher. He looked good for two batters, then got shaky with a walk and a plinked batter, and then struck out one of OSU's better batters.

Oregon strands two...again.

5-1 Beavis after five innings. Michael Meckna just gave up his first earned runs of the year. Too many of them...

Oregon offense is stagnant.