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Oregon blasts its way to a series win over the Trojans

Josiah Cromwick’s eighth-inning homer tied it and Tanner Smith’s home run won it as the Ducks stun the Trojans 7-6.

Oregon figured out the USC bullpen just in time.

The Trojans relievers dominated the entire weekend, but Josiah’s Cromwick’s three-run home run in the eighth inning tied the game at 6-6 and Tanner Smith’s solo shot gave the Ducks the 7-6 lead and eventual win to take the series from USC.

Kolby Somers pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save of the season.

With the victory, the Ducks move to 16-7 overall and 7-2 in Pac-12 play. They also hold on to first place with a third of the conference season in the books. USC falls to 14-8 overall and 4-5 in league action.

This game was all Trojans going into the seventh inning. USC scored five first-inning runs off of Oregon starter Caleb Sloan. It was 6-1 after two innings. USC starter Charlie Hurley pitched a great game as he went 5 2/3 innings, allowing just one run on six hits and four strikeouts.

USC then went to its bullpen, which has been the right move all weekend long. Before today, the Trojans relievers had only given up one run in nine innings of work. But it wouldn’t be their day on Sunday.

Toby Spach gave up a two-run homer to Colby Shade in the seventh to cut into a 6-1 deficit. Still up 6-3 heading into the eighth, the Trojans were still in relatively good shape.

However, Carson Lambert, who threw 44 pitches the day before, might have been a little tired as his fastball didn’t quite have the mustard on it that it did 24 hours earlier and the Ducks took full advantage.

Cromwick’s game-tying homer sailed over the visitors bullpen and Smith’s home run, his eighth on the year, went even further. It was also Oregon’s eighth consecutive game where it hit multiple round-trippers.

Next for the Ducks will be welcoming in San Francisco (15-11) for a mid-week game on Tuesday before going down to Los Angeles to take on UCLA next weekend.

Around the horn: Oregon splits a doubleheader and sees winning streak end

Oregon split a doubleheader with UCSB and saw its seven-game winning streak go away with a 5-4 loss in the nightcap.

It’s so difficult to defeat a team seven straight times, but that’s what Oregon was going for as the Ducks attempted to sweep a doubleheader from UC-Santa Barbara.

Oregon went down to UCSB last season and won four straight and won the first two games of this current series with the Gauchos. Even with Josiah Cromwick’s second-inning grand slam, Oregon saw its current seven-game winning streak go away with the Gauchos’ 5-4 win in the nightcap.

The Ducks are now 7-4 on the season, but will attempt to win the series over the Gauchos tomorrow afternoon.

UCSB took the 5-4 lead in the sixth when Oregon centerfielder Colby Shade made a rare error and allowed two runs to score. From there, the Gauchos bullpen held an incredibly hot Duck offense down for 5 2/3 innings. Oregon had a small rally in the ninth with Shade walking to start off, but Cromwick struck out, and last night’s hero, Gavin Grant, grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to end the contest.

In Game 1, Oregon starter Isaac Ayon pitched a great game. He went the entire seven innings, allowing one earned run and five hits with seven strikeouts in the 4-3 Duck win. Drew Cowley drove in three, including a two-run homer.

Around the horn: Oregon sweeps away the Red Storm with 6-0 shutout

The Ducks complete the series sweep of St. John’s and have won five straight.

The Oregon pitching staff didn’t want to be forgotten in the past couple of days with all of the runs that were being scored.

Tommy Brandenberg dominated for five innings and he was supported by Josiah Cromwick’s three-run homer in the second as the Ducks completed the four-game sweep of St. John’s 6-0.

Josh Kasevich added a two-run single in the fifth and Jacob Walsh belted his second homer on the season in the seventh.

Oregon won its fifth straight game, but the schedule will get tougher this coming weekend with UC-Santa Barbara coming to PK Park for a four-game series that includes a doubleheader on Saturday.

Around the horn: Cromwick’s grand slam lifts Oregon past San Diego 21-11

Josiah Cromwick’s grand slam sparked a 12-run eighth inning to help Oregon capture its first win of the year 21-11.

Josiah Cromwick must be a fan of his grandma’s salami sandwiches on rye bread with mustard.

The Oregon Ducks catcher belted a grand slam in the eighth inning to give the Ducks a 14-10 lead and eventually Oregon went on to win 21-11 over San Diego to salvage one win in the four-game wraparound series.

Oregon had been struggling to score this entire weekend against Toreros pitching, but the offense broke out in a big way with 20 hits.

Jacob Walsh also added a two-run homer in the 12-run eighth inning. It was the first of what could be many round-trippers in the careers of both Cromwick and Walsh.

Getting this win in the series finale was very important as the Ducks didn’t want to come home 0-4 to start out the season. While the offense finally broke out, Oregon has to be concerned about the pitching and defense. San Diego scored in double figures in three of the four games and they committed eight errors.

The Ducks will try to figure a few things out before St. John’s comes all the way from New York to Eugene to begin another four-game series that runs from Friday to Monday (Feb. 25-28).

Around the horn: Oregon is its own worst enemy in 10-4 loss to USD

Oregon dug itself a huge hole in the early innings and couldn’t rally late as San Diego took Game 2 of the series.

Before the game, Oregon knew runs would be at a premium as the Ducks were going to face one of the best left-handed pitchers in the country.

Over 20 scouts were in the stands to watch San Diego starter Brycen Mautz work and he didn’t disappoint. The southpaw went

But the Ducks really didn’t give themselves much of a chance as they were their own worst enemy a lot of the time with walks, errors and wild pitches. At one point, the Toreros had nine runs on just three hits.

Oregon starting pitcher Andrew Mosiello had a rough time finding his control as he lasted just 2.2 innings, allowing eight runs, six earned, four walks, and two hit batsmen.

One bright spot is that the Oregon offense found some rhythm and scored a few runs. The Ducks scored two in the fifth and two in the sixth. But it was too little, too late. They will need to use that offensive momentum for Game 3 of the series Sunday afternoon.