ICamel No. 1 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Win or go home! Issac Ayon scheduled to pitch for our Ducks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICamel Author No. 2 Share Posted May 26, 2022 I'm going to have to leave mid-game, so if someone wants to take over.................thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axel No. 3 Share Posted May 26, 2022 I'm not sure why the higher-seeded Ducks aren't the home team in game 2 of this goofy tournament. I guess we should be thankful that this game wasn't scheduled for 5 or 6 a.m. UCLA and Cal were out on this same field screwing around well past 1 a.m. this morning. A more sensible solution would have been to secure two different venues for this mishmash of games. Baseball fields are nearly as numerous as swimming pools in the Valley of the Sun. Heck, the Arizona Diamondbacks even have a pool in their stadium. When Dback fans get tired of watching their team play crappy baseball, they can just jump in the pool and literally drown their sorrows away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICamel Author No. 4 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Ducks had runners at the corners with two out in the top of the 1st inning, but couldn't score. Sun Devils also strand two runners. No score after one inning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axel No. 5 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Is Coach Wasikowski channeling his inner George Horton? Why have Sam Novitske, who's batting .300, lay down a sacrifice bunt in the second inning? Playing for a single run early on is a losing strategy. And not surprisingly, the bunting tactic didn't work--the Ducks failed to score at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICamel Author No. 6 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Jacob Walsh with a lead off single advances to third base on two out plays, but again Ducks can't plate the run. ASU gets a two out single but a weak popup to second base ends the inning. Ayon only needed eight pitches in the frame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICamel Author No. 7 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Oregon strands two more runners in the top of the 3rd inning. Sun Devils score first with a run in the 3rd inning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axel No. 8 Share Posted May 26, 2022 The Ducks are stranding so many guys in this battle that I don't know if I'm watching a baseball game or Dunkirk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICamel Author No. 9 Share Posted May 26, 2022 A walk, two singles, and a sacrifice fly plates two Ducks in the top of the fourth inning. ASU gets a two out single, but that was it. Oregon 2 - Sun Devils 1 after four innings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICamel Author No. 10 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Ducks strand two more runners in the top of the 5th inning. That is a total of nine runners left on base so far! I'm outta here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axel No. 11 Share Posted May 26, 2022 A really boneheaded mistake by Colby Shade trying to take an extra base in the top of the 6th inning. Errors are magnified in postseason baseball. Shade's dopey attempt could end up costing the Ducks the game. Poor analysis by the Pac-12 announcers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axel No. 12 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Diamond Ducks lead 2-1 in the bottom of the 6th. Arizona State is batting with a man on first and one out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axel No. 13 Share Posted May 26, 2022 And there goes a 2-run home run by Arizona State, landing somewhere out in the desert. Diamond Ducks now trail 3-2. ASU still batting in the last of the 6th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axel No. 14 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Relief pitcher Rio Britton now replaces Isaac Ayon on the mound. Britton retires two batters on fly balls. At the end of 6, Arizona State leads 3-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axel No. 15 Share Posted May 26, 2022 In the top of the 7th inning, the Ducks go quickly. A double play and a strikeout nullify any chance for a rally. ASU 3, Ducks 2 at 7th-inning stretch time. Rio Britton still on the mound to face the Sun Devils in the home half of the 7th. ASU gets a two-out walk and nothing more. Here come the Ducks, trailing 3-2 in the top of the 8th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axel No. 16 Share Posted May 26, 2022 The Ducks got a man to second base with one out in the top of the 8th, and of course, he was stranded. Caleb Sloan is on to pitch for the Ducks, still trailing 3-2 in the last of the 8th. The Ducks will have to rally in the top of the 9th, losing by two runs. The Sun Devils scored a run on a sacrifice fly and now lead 4-2. That sound you hear may be Coach Waz firing up the Winnebago and pointing it north. If the Ducks don't tally at least two runs, they are coming home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Axel No. 17 Share Posted May 26, 2022 In the 9th, the Ducks go down like ducklings. Final score: Arizona State 4, Oregon 2. That Winnebago will be rolling north, air conditioner on full blast, tunes on full blast after a disastrous two days in the desert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 18 Share Posted May 26, 2022 It was like a flashback to the Horton era. Did score 6 in the first game, but in both the Ducks, who had done so well during the season, looked completely overmatched offensively. Other teams could lose, but for now, the No.4 Ducks are 0-2, losing to No's 5 and 8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
