The college baseball season isn’t a marathon, but it’s not a sprint either. So losing on opening night isn’t the worst thing that will happen to the Oregon baseball team this season.
But lose they did as Friday night starter Adam Maier showed some butterflies on the mound, allowing a two-run homer to the second hitter of the game and San Diego cruised from there to win 11-1.
Maier settled down to get through the fifth inning, but the Toreros blew the game wide open with seven insurance runs in the seventh.
Thankfully for Oregon, it’s just one game, and the Ducks can come right back tomorrow and try for their first victory of the season.