The Oregon Ducks baseball team knew they would have a tough road ahead with the absence of ace pitcher Jace Stoffal. USC took advantage and defeated Oregon two games to one down in Los Angeles.
Minus Stoffal, the Ducks’ pitching staff took a beating, giving up a total of 23 runs in the three games. In the one game Oregon was able to win, it had to rally late Saturday night to avoid a possible sweep.
Oregon is now 31-16 overall and 14-10 in conference play, while USC improved to 27-20-1 overall and 13-11 in Pac-12 action.
With just two series remaining in the regular season and the conference tournament around the corner, the Ducks still have hope of hosting an NCAA regional, but they’ll have to play a lot better than they did in LA.
The Ducks welcome in Washington next weekend before closing out the regular season at Utah.