Tag: Mason Neville

Ducks sweep Cougars to end baseball regular season

Oregon has a shot at the 2-seed in the Pac-12 tournament with a three-game sweep over WSU at PK Park.

Every college baseball team wants to be peaking around post-season time and like last season, Oregon Ducks baseball seems to be doing just that.

The Ducks ended the regular season on a high not as they swept Washington State in a three-game weekend series at PK Park. In the finale, Mason Neville crushed two home runs to lead Oregon to the 10-4 victory.

Starting pitcher Kevin Seitter threw 5 1/3 innings, and allowed four earned runs and six hits while striking out four. The bullpen consisting of Ryan Featherston and Bradley Mullan went the rest of the way.

Oregon broke through in the third inning on Neville’s big fly to right field to make it 2-0. But the Cougars took the lead right back in the top of the fourth with three runs to take a brief 3-2 lead.

It was brief because the Duck struck back right away in the bottom half of the fame on Maddox Molony’s home run to left and it was 4-3. Oregon wouldn’t relinquish the lead the rest of the way.

The Ducks added two in the fifth, one in the sixth and two more in the eighth to end the scoring.

Home runs was the name of the game for the entire series. Neville hot two  bombs in the first game to lead the Ducks to a 9-2 win and in Game 2, Bryce Boettcher’s three-run homer ended a seven-run eighth inning to rally the Ducks past WSU 8-4.

Now Oregon will prepare to go down to Scottsdale, Ariz. to play in the Pac-12 tournament where it will be the defending champs. The Ducks will be the 2-seed if Oregon State defeats Arizona Saturday night. But if the Wildcats beat the Beavers, the Ducks will be the 3-seed.

The nine-team tourney begins on Tuesday, May 21.

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.

RJ Gordon and the Ducks easily take down Seattle 10-2

Oregon takes care of business with a 10-2 win over Seattle in Game 2 of the four-game set.

That was much more like it.

A night after the Ducks had to score four runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to take down Seattle, Oregon got down to business early and often en route to a 10-2 victory over the Redhawks.

The Ducks improved to 17-7 overall, while Seattle’s struggles continue as the Redhawks fell to just 7-18.

Oregon scored three runs in the first inning and as it turned out, that was enough for starter RJ Gordon on the mound. In a rare Thursday start, Gordon went five innings, giving up one run on five hits and struck out five to earn his third win of the season.

Jeffrey Heard got the offense going with a two-run single that scored Bryce Boettcher and Chase Meggers. Later on in the frame, Mason Neville drove in his first run of the night to make it 3-0.

Heard drove in his second run as in many innings with an infield single to score Maddox Molony. The Oregon right fielder went 4-for-4 on the night with three singles and a double.

Down 4-0, Seattle finally cracked the scoreboard in the fourth when Sam Kane nailed a solo home run over the left field wall. In the next inning, the Redhawks threatened to rally by loading the bases, but Gordon managed to strike out Mateo Zeppieri and the Ducks held on to the three-run advantage.

The Ducks answered with a run in the sixth, two in the seventh and three more in the eighth on Neville’s three-run blast to right-center field that ended up in the PK Park parking lot.

While the Ducks’ offense was humming, the bullpen was doing their job. The combination of Ian Umlandt, Cole Stokes, Brock Moore and Collin Clarke held Seattle to just one run on two hits. Moore only pitched to two batters, however, as he had to come out of the game due to an apparent arm injury.

Moore wasn’t the only Duck to go down with an injury as left fielder Justin Cassella went down with a leg injury after beating out an infield single. Hopefully both injuries are minor and both players will be back on the field soon for the Ducks.

Oregon and Seattle will get back at it Friday night at PK Park for Game 3 of the four-game set. First pitch is scheduled for 5:05 pm PST.

Ducks able to get some revenge on Gauchos with series finale rout

Oregon salvages a game of the three-game series with Santa Barbara with a 16-9 victory Sunday afternoon.

The Oregon Ducks baseball team needed this.

After falling in the series’ first two games and down 5-0 on Sunday, the Ducks got some revenge on Santa Barbara with a 16-9 pounding to end the weekend.

Oregon improved to 7-3 for the season and the Gauchos returned to .500 at 5-5.

The Ducks were definitely on the precipice of being the victims of a series sweep as they were down big early to UCSB. But Mason Neville’s big three-run homer in the fourth inning got Oregon on the board and the Ducks never stopped scoring.

They scored a run in the fifth to cut the deficit to 5-4 and then exploded in the sixth with nine runs to take complete control of the game 13-5. In that big inning, the Ducks sent 14 to the plate but just got three hits. Santa Barbara’s bullpen had a tough time finding the strike zone. The Gauchos walked six batters and hit another.

On the day, UCSB walked 12 batters. Oregon’s pitchers weren’t exactly pounding the strike zone either as the Duck hurlers walked nine batters and hit two other Gauchos. It was 16-5 heading into the ninth, but UCSB made things a bit interesting as four runs crossed the plate. Reliever Michael Freund came on for the final out and send everyone home happy.

Neville ended the game with four RBIs and Anson Aroz led the lineup going 4-for-6 with a double and 2 runs batted in.

Now the Ducks go on the road for a short midweek series in Phoenix to take on Grand Canyon where the weather should be better than it was in rainy Eugene. The Lopes are 6-5 overall and just lost two of three at Texas-San Antonio.

Game 1 is scheduled to begin on Tuesday at 6 pm and will be televised on ESPN+. The second and last game of the series will be on Wednesday at 2 pm and will also be on ESPN+.

Former outfielder Neville announces transfer destination

Former Arkansas outfielder Mason Neville has decided to transfer to Oregon, he announced on his Twitter page.

Arkansas has a lot of talented outfielders, and Mason Neville knew that fact.

Therefore, the freshman put himself in the portal a week and a half ago. A team has already come beckoning for his services.

The former top-100 recruit played in 19 games with Arkansas as a freshman, starting seven. He batted .111 with 20 strikeouts in 27 at-bats, but did record two RBI and drew four walks.

Oregon is a program coming off a Super Regional appearance, and the Ducks came within one win of going to Omaha before being eliminated by Oral Roberts at home.