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Oregon uses a 10-run first inning to cruise past San Francisco

Oregon exploded for 10 runs in the first innings and went on to win 15-5 over San Francisco.

Oregon Ducks baseball coach Mark Wasikowski’s arm might have been tired of waving runners home in the first inning.

A total of 10 Ducks scored in that initial frame as Oregon went on to cruise past San Francisco 15-5 in the first game of a brief two-game midweek series with the Dons.

With the win, Oregon moves to 17-7 overall, while USF out of the West Coast Conference fell to 14-13.

In the previous series with USC, the Ducks fell victim to a lot of hard-hit outs. But in baseball, things tend to even themselves out a bit. Oregon didn’t exactly pound the ball off of USF starting pitcher Weston Lombard. The Ducks had eight hits, all singles, in the first inning.

Brennan Milone had two hits and drove in four in the first where Oregon led 10-1. But unfortunately, Duck starting pitcher Jacob Hughes couldn’t stand the prosperity as he gave up three runs in the second and was pulled from the game.

The bullpen restored some order and the combination of Stone Churby, RJ Gordon, Christian Ciuffetelli and Rio Britton allowed just one run in their 7 2/3 innings.

Meanwhile, Josh Kasevich belted his third home run of the season, a two-run shot in the third to make it 12-4. Oregon scored three more in the fourth with the big blow coming from Sam Novitske’s double into the left-center field gap.

These two teams will finish out the series Wednesday afternoon with a 1 p.m. scheduled first pitch at PK Park. Neither Oregon nor USF has announced a starting pitcher.

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.

Trojans bullpen halts Oregon winning streak and knots the series up with 6-5 win

USC scratches out a late run and ties the weekend series with a 6-5 win over the Ducks at PK Park.

Oregon finally ran into a bullpen that might be just a little better than its own.

The USC relievers threw four scoreless innings against the best offense of the Pac-12 in the Ducks, which allowed the Trojans to scratch an eighth-inning run to win the game 6-5 Saturday afternoon at PK Park.

With the loss, Oregon falls to 15-7 overall and 6-2 in conference action. It also ended the Ducks’ winning streak at five. USC managed to improve its record to 14-7 overall and 4-4 in league play.

Although the Trojans lost the series opener, their relievers threw five scoreless and were able to back that performance up today with the combination of Carson Lambert and Matt Keating.

Lambert threw three innings and got the win and Keating earned his third save of the season by getting the final five outs of the game.

It was 5-5 in the eighth when the Trojans used two walks and a single off of Oregon reliever Matt Dallas to load the bases with just one out. The Ducks almost squirmed out of the jam after a failed safety squeeze. But Dallas plunked D’Andre Smith to force home Nick Lopez.

USC was up 3-1 in the fourth inning thanks to a home run from designated hitter Tyler Lozano. Ironically, however, the fireworks occurred after the homer. Lozano stomped on home plate, said something to the Oregon dugout and that prompted umpire Mark Buchanan to throw out the Trojan DH.

Obviously fired up, the Ducks didn’t wait long to answer.

In the very next half-inning, catcher Jack Scanlon belted a three-run homer to right field to give the Ducks the 4-3 lead. USC tied the game up on Adrian Colon-Rosado’s home run and then managed to take the lead back later in the sixth to go up 5-4.

Colby Shade’s double to left-center scored Sam Novitske to tie the contest up once again 5-5 in the sixth. But Oregon wasn’t able to score after that.

These two teams will go at it one more time on Sunday with the weekend series on the line. Oregon will call upon Caleb Sloan (0-1, 3.48 ERA) to start on the mound and the Trojans will counter with Charlie Hurley (3-1, 2.19 ERA).

First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m. and will be streamed on goducks.com.

Oregon baseball holds off USC 9-7 for its fifth straight win to maintain first place in Pac-12

Oregon scores early, take a big lead and then holds off a late USC rally to take Game 1 over the Trojans 9-7 at PK Park.

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USC pitcher Jaden Agassi isn’t the first Friday night starter the Oregon Duck offense has hit hard and he won’t be the last.

But that fact probably doesn’t make the Trojan hurler feel any better as he was knocked out in the fourth inning. Agassi gave up nine runs, six earned, and 10 hits before the Ducks held off a late USC rally to win it 9-7 at PK Park.

Oregon (15-6, 6-1) has now won four straight conference games and five straight overall. USC fell to 13-7 overall and 3-4 in Pac-12 action.

As usual, the Ducks used the long ball to take the lead on two separate occasions. Josh Kasevich put Oregon on the scoreboard in the first with a three-run homer to left-center that bounced off the top of the wall before going over.

After the Trojans Johnny Olmstead tied the game with a three-run homer of his own in the second, USC took a brief 4-3 lead in the third on a sacrifice fly. But as per usual, the Duck offense immediately answered with Brennan Milone’s two-run bomb to left to give Oregon the lead for good at 5-4.

The Ducks added two more runs in that four-run third and two more insurance runs for a commanding 9-4 advantage.

It was a commanding advantage for long, however.

The Trojans scored one in the fourth and put two runners on base off of Oregon starter RJ Gordon. Oregon went to the bullpen, but USC managed to put two runs across in the sixth to make it 9-7.

It turned into the battle of the bullpens where both teams’ relievers did yeoman’s work. Oregon’s relievers threw four scoreless innings and USC’s bullpen shut down the conference’s most potent offense for five innings.

Kolby Somers pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his third save of the season.

Jacob Walsh went 3-for-5 with a double and Kasevich drove in four runs for the Ducks. Olmstead also drove in four runs for the Trojans.

These two teams will get together for Game 2 of the weekend series with a first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m. Isaac Ayon (2-0, 5.33 ERA) will start on the mound for the Ducks and he will face USC’s Tyler Stromsborg (1-1, 2.88 ERA). The contest will be streamed on goducks.com.

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Oregon defeats No. 19 Gonzaga 9-5 to keep winning streak alive

The Ducks ruined Gonzaga’s home opener on the diamond with a 9-5 win over the No. 19-ranked Bulldogs.

Oregon baseball is going to have to be ranked soon.

The Ducks, coming off a weekend series sweep over Utah, spoiled No. 19 Gonzaga’s home opener with a 9-5 victory over the Bulldogs.

With the win, the Ducks move to 14-6 overall and have won four straight. Gonzaga, which has a road sweep over No. 4 Oklahoma State under its belt, fell to 14-5 overall.

Tanner Smith hit his seventh home run of the season and Jacob Smith belted his fourth homer to lead an explosive offense. Walsh also drove in three and added a double.

It was also a bullpen-by-committee game for the Ducks as they used eight pitchers to hold down the Zags. Closer Kolby Somers, not eligible for the save, played with fire in the ninth as he found himself with the bases loaded and no one out.

But Somers was able to get Enzo Apodaca to line out to shortstop Josh Kasevich and then coaxed Stephen Lund into a 6-4-3 double play to end the threat and the game.

Oregon comes back home to PK Park as the Ducks return to Pac-12 action with a three-game weekend series against USC. The Trojans are 3-3 in conference play and 12-6 overall.

Oregon scores five in the eighth to win 8-6 and series over Utah

The Ducks score five in the eighth inning to rally past Utah 8-6 to claim the weekend series over the Utes.

Pac-12 baseball teams are quickly learning that the Ducks are never out of a game.

Oregon rallied from a 6-3 deficit in the eighth inning with five runs to stun Utah 8-6 and take the weekend series over the Utes. The Ducks improve to 12-6 overall, 4-1 in conference play, and will now go for the sweep tomorrow morning at PK Park.

The late-inning rally got started after an out was recorded, but then two walks and a hit batter set the table for Gavin Grant’s single to left to make it 6-4 Utes. Tanner Smith, who earlier homered, laced a single to right that scored both Sam Novitske and Josiah Cromwick.

With the scored tied 6-6 and still just one out, Oregon saw the runners move to second and third thanks to a wild pitch. Colby Shade hit a sacrifice fly to right to give the Ducks the 7-6 lead and Brennan Milone, who also homered during this game, drove in Smith for some insurance.

Closer Kolby Somers came into the ninth and earned his second save of the season.

Oregon starting pitcher Isaac Ayon kept his team in the game with his six innings of work where he gave up four runs, one earned, seven hits, and three strikeouts. It could have been worse for Ayon as he buckled down in the sixth. After giving up the go-ahead run, he found himself in deeper trouble with runners on second and third with just one out. Ayon managed to whiff Dakota Duffalo and get Carter Booth to ground out.

In the series finale, Oregon will send out Caleb Sloan (0-1, 2.70 ERA) to go up against Cam Day (1-1, 4.42 ERA) for Utah. The game is scheduled to be televised on Pac-12 Oregon/Mountain at 11 a.m. PT.

Around the horn: Duck bats stay hot with easy win over Utah in series opener

The Oregon Ducks baseball team is still looking for a reliable Friday night starter. But what has been more than reliable has been the bats and those aluminum sticks didn’t let Oregon down tonight.

Powered by three home runs, the Ducks overcame an early 3-0 deficit and defeated Utah 11-4 at PK Park in the opener of a three-game weekend series.

Brennan Milone, Anthony Hall and Gavin Grant all crushed homers. Milone’s third-inning clout would have easily left the yard before the renovations of Oregon’s home stadium. It also erased Utah’s lead.

While the bats stayed hot, Oregon is still looking for a pitcher to put on the mound on a regular basis on Fridays. RJ Gordon got the start this time around and unfortunately, he didn’t make it out of the fourth inning.

The Ducks bullpen backed Gordon up, however. The combination of Dylan Sabia, Logan Mercado, Jacob Hughes and Scott Ellis went 5 2/3 innings, giving up one run and just one hit.

Around the horn: Stanford avoids the weekend sweep with win over Oregon

Despite Sunday’s loss, Oregon’s series win at Stanford is a huge resume builder come NCAA tourney selection time.

The bats couldn’t bail out Oregon for the second straight day.

No. 2 Stanford was able to salvage one game of the three-game weekend set by jumping on the Ducks early and eventually cruising to a 10-6 win.

It was Oregon’s first conference loss as the Ducks fall to 10-6 overall and 2-1 in Pac-12 action.

Starting pitcher Tommy Brandenberg couldn’t get out of the second inning as he walked four and gave up a grand slam to Brett Barrera. Oregon was able to rally from a 9-3 deficit on Saturday, but to come back yet again was too much of an ask.

Despite today’s loss, earning a series win on the road over the No. 2 team in the country is definitely a feather in the cap and quite the resume builder when the tournament teams are announced in June.

Around the horn: Ducks rally late to stun No. 2 Stanford 16-13

Oregon rallies and shocks No. 2 Stanford 16-12 to take the weekend series over the Cardinal.

Stanford and the rest of the Pac-12 and the entire country are now seeing this Oregon baseball team is for real.

The Ducks were down 9-3 after three innings of play, but then the bats went to work as they scored 13 unanswered runs to shock the No. 2 Cardinal 16-13. Oregon moves to 2-0 in conference action and 10-5 overall, while Stanford falls to 0-2 in Pac-12 play and 8-5 overall.

Oregon also claimed the weekend series and will go for the surprising road sweep tomorrow afternoon.

The day didn’t go so well for starting pitcher Isaac Ayon, who turned in his first clunker of the season. Ayon lasted just 1.1 innings and gave up eight earned runs.

But the offense, which is turning out to be one of the more explosive in the country, let Ayon off the hook. Oregon scored one in the fourth, four in the fifth, and six huge runs in the eighth.

Now the Ducks will get the brooms out in hopes of the sweep and the Cardinal will try to salvage one of the three in this weekend set. Game 3 is scheduled for 12:05 p.m.

Around the horn: Oregon upsets No. 2 Stanford to open weekend series

Oregon baseball starts the Pac-12 season off with a bang with a 4-3 upset win over No. 2 Stanford.

If Oregon Ducks coach Mark Wasikowski had fingernails before the game tonight, he probably doesn’t have many left now.

Closer Kolby Somers flirted with disaster in the ninth by walking two batters, but he eventually earned his first save of the season and the Ducks upset No. 2 Stanford 4-3 in the opening game of a three-game weekend series down on The Farm.

Oregon moves to 9-5 overall and 1-0 in conference action. Stanford fell to 8-4 and 0-1.

The Cardinal jumped on the Ducks early with two runs in the first due to a couple of fielding errors. But Oregon settled down and starter Caleb Slaon, who was filling in for injured Adam Maier, pitched two innings before giving way for RJ Gordon. He pitched 4 and 2/3 innings, allowing no runs on three hits and 5 strikeouts. But more importantly, he kept Oregon in the game in order to let the offense get on track.

They got on that rack in the fifth with two runs in the fifth. It stayed 2-2 until the eighth when Colby Shade’s bases-loaded walk gave the Ducks a brief 3-2 lead. Stanford managed to tie the game in the bottom half on the inning, but Tanner Smith’s lead-off homer in the ninth gave Oregon the 4-3 lead and eventual win.