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Kevin Seitter pitches the Ducks into the Super Regionals

Oregon starter Kevin Seitter pitches an absolute gem to send the Ducks into the Super Regionals.

It took a grand total of 128 pitches, but Oregon’s Kevin Seitter pitched the game of his life to send the Oregon Ducks to the Super Regionals with a 3-0 win over Santa Barbara.

Oregon will now go to College Station, Texas to face Texas A&M with a trip to the College World Series in Omaha on the line.

The Ducks went a perfect 3-0 in the Santa Barbara Regional with a win over San Diego and two straight wins over the host Gauchos. These two losses were the only losses UCSB suffered at home this season.

Oregon gave Seitter a run right away in the first when Drew Smith singled to left to score Mason Neville from second base for the early 1-0 lead. It stayed that way until the fifth as Neville singled to center to chase home Bryce Boettcher and it was 2-0 Ducks.

As it turned out, that was more than enough for Seitter on the mound. He went the entire way for the complete game shut out. He gave up just four hits and struck out seven. Two of those hits came in the ninth inning. Before that last frame, the Gauchos didn’t have a runner reach second base. That’s how dominant Seitter was.

Just for good measure, Jacob Walsh tied the single-season home run record in the seventh inning with his 18th blast of the year. He equals Sabin Ceballos’ mark from last season with a bomb to right-center.

Things got a bit tense in the ninth after Seitter got the first two batters out. Aaron Parker and Zander Darby singled to put runners on the corners. But Seitter bore down and struck out Jonah Sebring to end the game and to let the celebration begin.

Ducks make it a nice Mother’s Day with series win over Washington

Kevin Seitter pitches into the seventh inning and the Duck offense does just enough to down the Dawgs 5-3 in series finale.

Every Oregon Duck baseball player would have wanted to be home with their mothers on this Mother’s Day, but winning a weekend series at Washington wasn’t a bad consolation prize.

Oregon’s Kevin Seitter pitched into the seven inning and the Duck offense did just enough to defeat the Huskies 5-3 and take the weekend series two game to one on Sunday afternoon in Seattle.

Seitter went 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs in the second, on six hits and striking out nine to earn his sixth victory of the season.

After the Ducks took a 2-0 lead in the second, Washington grabbed the lead back with three runs in the bottom half of the frame. Fortunately for Seitter and the Ducks, that would be the only runs the Dawgs could muster. It gave the Oregon offense plenty of time to overtake the home team.

They tied the game quickly in the third on Bennett Thompson’s single to center that scored Mason Neville. The game remained knotted at three apiece until the fifth when Justin Cassella singled home Neville to take the 4-3 lead.

Oregon added a much-needed insurance run in the seventh on Jacob Walsh’s sacrifice fly to center that scored Ryan Cooney.

Seitter and the bullpen took it from there.

Bradley Mullan finished off the seventh and the eighth and then closer Logan Mercado pitched a scoreless ninth to earn save No. 8 on the season.

Oregon will now come back to PK Park for the last three regular season games, a weekend set with Washington State beginning on Friday night.

Ducks use the long ball to capture one game in Corvallis

Mason Neville hit two home runs and Kevin Seitter shut down the Beavers offense to salvage one game in Corvallis 7-1.

After the offense was shut down in Games 1 and 2, the Ducks got their bats going in the series finale to defeat the Beavers in Corvallis 7-1.

Mason Neville crushed two homers and Bryce Boettcher added another solo shot.

Those long balls were more than enough for starting pitcher Kevin Seitter, who had a no-hitter going into the seventh inning. But Oregon State broke it up in the biggest way possible, a deep homer to center from Brady Kasper.

Despite that bomb, Seitter was dominating, going seven innings of one-run, one-hit ball, striking out nine while walking four.

Oregon jumped on Beaver starter Eric Segura with two runs in the top of the first inning on a run-scoring single from Jacob Walsh and then a fielding error. It was then 3-0 after two innings off of Neville’s first homer that went over the scoreboard in right-center field.

That was all Seitter needed as he cruised through the Beaver lineup.

It was then 6-0 Ducks after four with three more runs. Chase Meggers hit a sacrifice fly before Neville hit a ball that sailed over the right field bleachers.

Oregon is now 29-14 overall and 12-9 in Pac-12 action. The Ducks will now host the Beavers at PK Park for a non-conference game on Tuesday before Utah comes to town for a three-game Pac-12 weekend series beginning Friday.

Oregon Baseball comes alive in the middle innings to close out four-game series

The Oregon Ducks beat the Seattle Redhawks 14-7 in the final matchup of a four-game series.

The Oregon Ducks baseball team beat the Seattle Redhawks 14-7 at PK Park, closing out a four-game sweep for the Ducks. After trailing through the first four innings, Oregon’s bats came alive in the 5th and 6th innings to bring the Ducks ahead.

Although he conceded four runs, Oregon got good innings out of starting pitcher Kevin Seitter. In six and two-thirds innings, Seitter struck out eight batters and gave up nine hits. Seattle’s starter, Luke Alwood, lasted just 4.2 innings, allowing six hits and earning four runs.

In the top of the 8th inning, it looked like Seattle might make a comeback, scoring three runs to make the score 7-8. But in the bottom of the inning, the Redhawks’ pitchers struggled to find the zone, walking three batters and hitting two in the eighth inning, helping the Ducks increase their lead. In the 9th, Oregon’s Bradley Mullan closed out the Redhawks, giving the Ducks the win.

Offensively, the entire Oregon batting order was firing. Every Ducks hitter reached base at least once, and eight of the nine picked up base hits. Oregon was led by left fielder Mason Neville, who finished with four RBIs and a homer, as well as catcher Chase Meggers and shortstop Maddox Molony who each drove in three.

Oregon’s next matchup is on Tuesday, April 2nd, against Portland for a one-off game. Earlier this season, Portland walloped the Ducks 15-5 at PK Park, so Oregon will be looking to do some damage when they head up to Portland.