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The big hit eludes Ducks in 4-2 loss to rival Oregon State

Oregon falls to No. 2 Oregon State 4-2 in the first of five meetings between the two rivals.

On every schedule, there are some games that are circled. For the Oregon Ducks baseball team, those circles go around Oregon State.

In the first of five meetings with the Beavers this season, Oregon just couldn’t get that one big hit and OSU was able to come out of PK Park with a 4-2 non-conference win over the Ducks.

Oregon falls to 26-14 overall, while the No. 2 ranked Beavers improved to 33-8. The Ducks will now go back into Pac-12 play as they will host California (20-20, 10-11) for a three-game weekend series.

It’s just one loss, but when it comes against the Beavers, win or lose, it seems to have a little extra meaning. The Ducks had more than a few chances to get on the scoreboard earlier than they were able to. Oregon hit into a couple of double plays and left two runners on in the fifth.

It looked like Jack Scanlon had pulled the Ducks to within 3-2 in the fifth, but Oregon State right fielder Justin Boyd was able to rob Scanlon of a homer.

Oregon finally broke through in the sixth with run-scoring singles from Anthony Hall and Colby Shade. The Ducks had the tieing run on second, but Scanlon flew out to deep center to end the inning.

That was the last time Oregon was able to get a runner in scoring position.

The Ducks and Beavers will meet again May 3 at PK Park for another non-conference game. The two rivals will then play a three-game Pac-12 series that very weekend May 6-8 in Corvallis.

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Flared up tempers spark Ducks to rally past the Huskies

Oregon rallied late with 5 runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Huskies 8-6.

We saw a lot of this blueprint early this season, but not so much of late.

Oregon’s ability to rally late came back just in time today in Seattle as the Ducks scored five runs in the eighth inning to defeat Washington.

With the win, not only do the Ducks win the series over the Huskies, they’ll now go for the series sweep up on Montlake. Oregon improved to 23-11 overall, winners of four straight and 9-5 in Pac-12 play. Washington falls to 16-17 overall and just 6-11 in conference action.

Washington was able to grab a 5-1 at the end of the fourth inning and that’s when the Ducks woke the bats up. Colby Shade got Oregon back in the game with a two-run homer to left in the fifth.

Washington came up to bat in the bottom of the fifth and this is when tempers got hot. Oregon starter Isaac Ayon, who wasn’t having the best of days, plunked leadoff batter, Johnny Tincher, in the back. He wasn’t thrilled and home plate umpire Brett Terry felt that was enough to eject Ayon out of the game.

The Huskies scored one in the sixth to make it 6-3 and it stayed that way until the eighth. Anthony Hall got the rally started with a triple down the right field line. Sam Novitske singled Hall home and it was 6-4.

Josiah Cromwick continued the rally with a single of his own and then the Huskies gifted Oregon a run when they threw away Gavin Grant sacrifice bunt attempt that saw Novitske score and Cromwick and Grant advance to second and third.

Colby Shade tied the game with a single and moved up to second when the Huskies’ defense wasn’t paying attention. Brennan Milone gave the Ducks the 8-6 lead with a liner to left field that scored two runs.

Logan Mercado, who came in the game when Ayon was ejected, earned the win with his four innings on the mound. He allowed just one unearned run on two hits.

Kolby Somers came on in the ninth and earned his sixth save of the season, his second in less than 24 hours.

Oregon will go for the sweep when the Ducks and Dawgs meet for Game 3 at 2 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network. Jace Stoffal (0-0, 27.00 ERA) will take the mound for the Ducks and he will battle Washington’s Case Matter (0-2, 5.73 ERA).

Around the horn: Ducks prepare for Pac-12 play with win over Portland

Oregon hit three more home runs at home and that was more than enough to hand Portland an 18-2 loss Tuesday.

Midweek games during the college baseball season can be taken for granted at times. Teams sometimes give their regulars a rest to give players on the bench much-needed at-bats.

Oregon isn’t doing that.

The Ducks (8-5) sent out the regulars in a huge 18-2 win over the Portland Pilots Tuesday afternoon at PK Park. Perhaps that plan will change later this season, but Oregon wanted to keep its starters in rhythm with No. 2 Stanford next on the docket.

Tanner Smith, Jack Scanlon, Colby Shade, and Tyler Ganus all homered for the Ducks, who are continuing to build a case that their home ballpark is no longer a pitcher’s paradise. Oregon has hit 14 home runs in its first nine games at home so far.

Around the horn: Early inning offense carries Ducks past Red Storm

Oregon jumped on St. John’s early and often to cruise to a win, the Ducks’ third straight.

In the last two games, the Oregon Ducks baseball team has exploded in the eighth inning for double-digit runs.

They didn’t wait so long today.

Oregon scored five in the first and six more in the second and that was more than enough as the Ducks downed St. John’s 16-3 for their third straight win.

Brennan Milone and Colby Shade each homered in the initial frame and then Milone continued his big day with a two-run single in the second.

With that kind of run support, Oregon starting pitcher Andrew Mosiello could settle in and pitch his game. The sophomore went five innings, allowing just one run on three hits and three strikeouts. The only blemish on Mosiello’s day was that he walked five Red Storm batters.

Now at 3-3, the Ducks’ three-game losing streak to begin the season seems like a while ago. Oregon has scored an incredible 60 runs in the last three contests.