Diamond Ducks Beat Bears 7-2

[ICamel]

No, not the entire state, just the University of California at Berkley Baseball Team.

 

The Ducks need to get off their 3 game losing skid.

 

They are at home in PK Park.

 

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First pitch will tentatively be at 6:05PM

[30Duck]

Just Do It, Ducks!

 

[ICamel]

Top of the 1st;

RJ Gordon on the mound for Oregon tonight.

Swinging strikeout against the leadoff hitter. Fly ball out to centerfield. Ground ball out to third.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

[ICamel]

Tanner Smith leads off for Oregon, and hit a ground ball out to third base. Drew Cowley hit a line drive single into center field. Cowley tried to advance to second on a mishandled pitch and is thrown out at second. Brennan Milone hit a ball back up the middle for an infield single. Jacob Walsh hit a long fly ball that is caught at the warning track in right/center for out number three. Ducks are hitting the pitches tonight, which is a good sign.

0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

 

Cal 0 - Oregon 0 after one inning

[ICamel]

2nd inning;

Gordon gets a strike out on a 0-2 pitch. A fly ball out to center field yields out number two. And RJ Gordon gets his second three up, three down inning on a fly ball out to right field.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

[ICamel]

In the bottom of the second inning Josh Kasevich hit a fly ball out directly to the Cal right fielder. Anthony Hall is out on a ground ball to second base. Colby Shade draws a full count walk. Jack Scanlon ends the bottom half of the inning watching a called third strike.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

 

Still no score after two innings.

[ICamel]

Top of the 3rd inning;

First hitter for Cal grounds out to second base for the initial out. Another ground out ball to second. RJ Gordon fell behind 3-0 to the next batter and got two strikes for a full count when he fields a come back hit for the third out. Another three up, three down inning for Gordon.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

[ICamel]

Gavin Grant leading off for Oregon in the third inning and he gets punched out looking at a 2-2 pitch. Tanner Smith doubles into the right field corner. Drew Cowley can drive in a run here, but he can't capitalize as he pops out to third base. Another runner stranded as Brennan Milone hit a ground ball out to the third baseman.

0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

 

California 0 - Oregon 0 at the end of three innings.

[ICamel]

4th inning;

RJ Gordon yields his first hit on a ball just past a diving Gavin Grant into right field. Next hitter flied out to center field. A ball hit to left field gets by Tanner Smith for a double scoring the runner from first base. The next batter gets on base via an error on a hit ball at third base, with the runner advancing to second. A wild pitch ball moves the runners to third and second base. Gordon strikes out the batter for out number two. Another wild pitch scores a second Cal run with the runner at second moving to third. Gordon walks the next batter for Cal. A pop up to shortstop ends the top of the fourth, but California has struck first in the scoring column.

2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors, 2 LOB

[ICamel]

Bottom of the 4th;

Jacob Walsh is the first out on a ball hit to the second baseman. Josh Kasevich is thrown out on a grounder to shortstop. Ducks can't answer in the 4th inning as Anthony Hall is the third out on a fly ball to short center/right field.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

Cal 2 - Oregon 0

[ICamel]

In the top of the 5th inning;

RJ Gordon continues to pitch for our Ducks, and he retires the leadoff batter on a line drive to shortstop. RJ gets the second out on a swinging strike out. And the top half of the 5th inning ends with a ground ball out to second base.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

[ICamel]

Last half of the 5th inning;

Colby Shade swings at the first pitch, but it is caught in right field for the first out. Jack Scanlon hit a high fly ball out to right field. Gavin Grant is caught looking at a called third strike to end the 5th inning.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

Bears 2 - Ducks 0 after 5 innings

[ICamel]

6th inning;

RJ Gordon pitching into the 6th inning;

Leadoff hitter is gifted Gordon's second walk of the game. A high hopper to third base yields the first out with the runner moving to second base. A ground ball to shortstop is the second out, but the runner at second advances to third base.

Gordon has been replaced by Rio Britton with two outs. A ground ball to second base gets Oregon out of the inning without the runner at third scoring.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

[ICamel]

Bottom half of the 6th;

A swinging strike out by Tanner Smith takes us to Drew Cowley to hit. Drew hits an opposite field liner into the left field corner for a double. Cal's coach with a quick hook on his starting pitcher. Oregon has four hits in the game to only two hits for California, but the Ducks trail by two runs. Brennan Milone draws a walk on four straight pitches. Jacob Walsh hitting with two on base and one out. Jacob falls behind in the count 0-2 and strikes out swinging. Josh Kasevich needs to do something with runners at second and first. And he comes through with a double into center left scoring Cowley.

 

 

Anthony Hall at bat with runners at third and second. The third double of the inning by Hall plates Milone and Kasevich. That hit by Hall hit the base of the outfield wall in left/center.

 

 

Connor Shade ends the inning with a ground ball out to second base, but Oregon has scored three runs to take the lead after six innings.

3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

 

Cal 2 - Oregon 3

[ICamel]

Top of the 7th;

Rio Britton gets the first out on a ground ball to third base. Rio walks the next batter on a full count. And Oregon will bring on Christian Ciuffetelli in relief of Britton. I get the impression that Coach Wasikowski now has a short leash on walks. Ciuffetelli gets behind in the count 3-0 but after two strikes gets a fly ball out to center field and a fly ball out to left field to end the Cal portion of the 7th inning.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

[ICamel]

Bottom half of the 7th inning;

Jack Scanlon is the first out on a ground ball to second base. Gavin Grant also grounds out to the second baseman for the second out. Tanner Smith at bat for Oregon and he strikes out swinging.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

Cal 2 - Oregon 3 headed to the 8th inning

[ICamel]

In the top of the 8th inning;

It has been raining for several innings, but Christian Ciuffetelli continues pitching for Oregon. The first batter for Cal swings and misses on a 3-2 pitch. New pitcher Matt Dallas is called out of the bullpen with one out and no base runners. Dallas gets the batter to ground out to third base for the second out. A single to centerfield puts a runner at first base. A second single into centerfield has two runners on base. Dallas comes out and Kolby Somers will try to get out Oregon out of the 8th inning. Kolby is leading the Pac12 with seven saves. And Somers gets Oregon out of the jamb on a swinging strikeout.

 

 

0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB

[ICamel]

Bottom of the 8th with Oregon batting;

Drew Cowley leading off for the Ducks. Drew strikes out swinging. Next up is Brennan Milone, and he works a walk off a full count. Jacob Walsh at bat with one on and one out. The second straight free pass puts Duck runners on second and first with only one out. Josh Kasevich will attempt to bring in an insurance run (or two). The third walk in a row loads the bases for Oregon with only one out. Anthony Hall batting and he hits a ball to deep center field for a three run triple.

 

 

Those three walks have come back to haunt the Bears. California with a pitching change. Colby Shade will face the new Cal pitcher with Hall perched at third base and still only one out. Shade hit a ground ball out to shortstop but Anthony Hall scampers home with Oregon's fourth run of the inning. Jack Scanlon strikes out swinging, but Oregon has extended the lead heading to the 9th inning.

4 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

 

California 2 - Oregon 7

 

 

[ICamel]

9th inning;

Leadoff hitter for Cal is at first base on a throwing error by Kasevich that is wide of first. Somers got ahead of the count 0-2 but four straight balls walks the second batter to put runners at second and first with no outs. A fly out to right field allows the runner at second to advance to third. Runners at the corners with one out. Somers retires the second out on a swinging strike. And Kolby bears down to strike out the hard hitting top of the order for California.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 2 LOB

 

Oregon wins 7-2

[EastBayDuckDad]

ICamel, Thanks for the play by play. Much needed win for Oregon. 

On 4/29/2022 at 9:13 PM, ICamel said:

9th inning;

Leadoff hitter for Cal is at first base on a throwing error by Kasevich that is wide of first. Somers got ahead of the count 0-2 but four straight balls walks the second batter to put runners at second and first with no outs. A fly out to right field allows the runner at second to advance to third. Runners at the corners with one out. Somers retires the second out on a swinging strike. And Kolby bears down to strike out the hard hitting top of the order for California.

0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 2 LOB

 

Oregon wins 7-2