Diamond Ducks Fall to Washington State 10-8

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Game time = 3PM

 

PK Park

 

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Radio on the Oregon Sports Network.

 

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GO DUCKS!

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First pitch scheduled for 3:05PM.

 

Let's hope the Duck bats get hot earlier in the game than last night and stay hot all game today.

 

Jace Stoffal on the mound to face the Cougars.

 

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Stoffal gets two outs but yields a double down the right field line, and then a homerun to straight away centerfield. Final out comes on a popup to Drew Cowley at third base.

2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

Tanner Smith hit a weak popup that is caught near second base for the first out. Next Duck batter is Drew Cowley and he hits a flyball that is caught in left center for out number two. Brennan Milone hitting in the three spot legs out an infield single to shortstop. Jacob Walsh with a swinging third strike, ends the Oregon bottom of the first.

0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

 

WSU 2 - Ducks 0 after one inning

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In the top of the second Stoffal gets an infield groundout, gives up a walk, and shades of last nights game gives up a two run shot over the right field wall. A line out to shortstop and strike out ends the Cougars top half of the second. But they have added to their lead.

2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

Josh Kasevich hit a one hopper to the second baseman and is thrown out at first. Anthony Hall gets on board with a single into left field. Colby Shade hit a shot back up the middle that caroms off the second baseman's glove into center field. Duck runners at third and first with one out. Jack Scanlon got all of a pitch and drove it to right field, but it was just foul, then strikes out swinging on the next pitch for the second out. Gavin Grant can't bring the runner home from third base as he looks at a called third strike.

0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB

 

Cougars 4 - Ducks 0  

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3rd inning;

Stoffal continues on the mound for Oregon. Gavin Grant made a leaping circus catch of a line drive to

record the first out.

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A one out walk puts a Cougar on first base. The next batter for WSU hit a one bounce

ground rule double int

 

A walk and ground rule double into the right field corner puts runners at third and second base. Stoffal is done for the game but the runners at third and second are his responsibility. Matt Dallas will face the WSU hitters and try to keep any runs from scoring. And Dallas loads the bases by hitting the batter. Maybe they can get a double play? An infield grounder forces an out at second, but a run scores and leaves runners at the corners. A swinging strike out ends the threat of further runs.

1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 2 LOB

 

Tanner Smith leading off for Oregon in the top of the third inning. Tanner hit a weak grounder to the second baseman for out number one. Drew Cowley walks on four straight off the plate pitches. Runner on base for Brennan Milone. Brennan hit a groundball that skips into centerfield moving Cowley to third base. A wild pitch scores Cowley and advances Milone to second base. Jacob Walsh hit a ground ball to the first baseman for the second out, with Milone moving to third base. Josh Kasevich grounds out to third base, but Oregon has clawed back a run in the third inning.

1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

 

Washington State 5 - Oregon 1

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4th inning;

Matt Dallas gets two outs, gives up a walk and a homerun, a single and a passed ball moves the runner to second. Another single scores the eighth run of the game for WSU. Dallas records a swinging strikeout but more damage has been done.

3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

 

Back to back doubles to left field by Anthony Hall and Colby Shade bringing the second run home in the game for Oregon. The Cougar pitcher plunks Jack Scanlon to put runners at second and first. Gavin Grant singled up the middle to score Colby Shade with another run. And Oregon has driven the WSU starting pitcher from the game. Scanlon advances to third putting Duck runners at the corners with nobody out. Tanner Smith hit into a double play, second to short to first, with Jack Scanlon scoring Oregon's third run of the inning. Drew Cowley grounds out to the second baseman, but Oregon has matched WSU in runs scored this inning.

3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

 

Cougars 8 - Ducks 4

 

More importantly, Oregon has gotten into the weak WSU bullpen.

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5th inning;

Matt Dallas gets a swinging strikeout for out number one. And Dallas gets a second swinging strikeout! The streak ends with a single up the middle. Cougars smartly steal second base on a 2-1 pitch. The third out is recorded on a flyout caught by Colby Shade in center right field. This is the first inning in the game that WSU does not score a run.

0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

 

Brennan Milone with a groundout to the shortstop. Jacob Walsh watches four straight outside the zone pitches and walks to first base. Josh Kasevich puts Ducks on second and first base with a single to left field. A second walk loads the bases with one out for Colby Shade. Cougs elect for another pitcher to face Shade. And Colby gets hit by the pitch to score Jacob Walsh from third base. WSU brings in their fourth pitcher and third of the inning to pitch to Jack Scanlon with one out and the bases still loaded. Scanlon hits a hard shot to first base for out number two, with Josh Kasevich scoring from third. Gavin Grant can bring more runners in, but he flies out to center field. Oregon scores two more runs in the fifth.

2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 2 LOB

 

Cougars 8 - Ducks 6 after five innings.

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6th inning;

Dylan Sabia in to pitch and gives up a leadoff single. A groundout to Jacob Walsh at first base moves the runner to second base. Back to back singles have runners at second and first with one out and a run scored. A popup to shortstop gets the second out. A groundout to thirdbaseman Drew Cowley ends the inning, but the Cougars get a run back to lead by three.

1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB

 

Top of the order for Our Beloved Ducks in the bottom of the sixth inning. Tanner Smith goes down swinging for the first out. Drew Cowley ground out to the second baseman. Brennan Milone hit a ground ball to shortstop and the throw beats him to first base for the third out.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

WSU 9 - Ducks 6

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7th inning;

Dylan Sabia continues to pitch for Oregon. The first out comes on a flyball to right field. A flyout to the opposite field is gloved by Tanner Smith in left field. And another home run clears the fence in left field. Duck pitchers have given up four long balls so far today, after allowing three last night. WSU is retired on a flyball to left field.

1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

Jacob Walsh hit a grounder that is fielded by the second baseman and gets thrown out at first. Josh Kasevich hit a shot off the pitchers foot and the ball bounds into right field for a single. Anthony Hall got all of a pitch and drives it over the wall in center right field.

 

 

Colby Shade grounds out to shortstop. Jack Scanlon grounds out to the second baseman, but two runs are in for the Ducks. Oregon continues to claw back with two runs.

2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

Ducks within two runs to trail 10-8 after seven innings.

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8th inning;

Caleb Sloan now pitching for Oregon. And Sloan strikes out the side!

 

 

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

Ducks need to bring their magic to the bats! Gavin Grant starts the Ducks out in the 8th and he fights off three foul balls to reach first on a walk. A fly ball to center right by Tanner Smith is caught on a diving catch for the first out. Drew Cowley hits a deep fly to center that is caught for the second out, but on a lazy throw back to the infield Gavin Grant takes advantage of by moving to second base. Another pitching change for WSU and he will face Brennan Milone. Milone gets plunked in the back on the second pitch. Runners on second and first with two out. Tyler Ganus with his speed in to run for Milone. Jacob Walsh strikes out swinging.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB

 

Washington State 10 - Oregon 8 after eight innings.

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9th inning;

Caleb Sloan still on the mound for the Ducks. A leadoff single puts a runner on first. Cougars are trying to bunt the runner over to second base. Jacob Walsh fields a bunt between the pitcher and first base line and throws out the baserunner at second. A single through the right side of the infield puts Cougs at second and first base with one out. Rio Britton will now pitch against WSU. And Britton gets a swinging strikeout on three pitches. And the top of the ninth inning ends with Britton picking off the runner at second base who had too large of a lead.

0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

 

A ground ball to shortstop by Josh Kasevich results in out number one. Anthony Hall hit a groundout to second base. Oregon is down to their last out. Colby Shade pops out to shortstop to end the game.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

Cougars tie the series at one game each with a 10-8 win.

 

Game scheduled to start at noon on Sunday.

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Interesting stat, 7 of WSU's runs came via their 4 homeruns!

 

Got to stop giving up the long ball on Sunday.

 

This makes 7 homers hit by WSU in the first two games.

[Charles Fischer]

Our starting pitchers are killing us!

[Guest Axel]

It was very disappointing--maddening is the word--to bail the pitchers out on Friday night with an amazing comeback, and then to have the pitching fail once again on Saturday, the same day as the spring football game. The Ducks valiantly turned an 8-1 deficit into a close game, but we can't expect the offense to score double digits all the time.

 

At this point, it's unrealistic to expect that the Ducks can win the Pac-12 title or go very far in the NCAA tournament with inept pitching. The Ducks will hit, but the pitching must improve and improve quickly.

 

Coach Wasikowski should be able to recruit some strong starters and relievers--many pitchers will want to come to Oregon and receive massive run support. Unfortunately, that will not help the Ducks this season. The guys on the staff now need to step up.

 

It really is unforgivable to score eight runs against a bad team like Washington State and lose to them. And yes, the Cougars are a bad team at 6-14 in the Pac-12.

[Charles Fischer]

Keep in mind that the Cougars took a game off of Oregon State as well...

[30Duck]

Got to win today and take the series.

[Just Ducky]

Reliable Starting Pitchers are hard to come by and it’s hurting the Ducks.