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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.

Oregon Baseball scrapes by Santa Barbara to advance to Regional Final

The Oregon Ducks baseball team beat the Santa Barbara Gauchos 2-1 to advance to the Regional Final.

The Oregon Ducks baseball team defeated the Santa Barbara Gauchos 2-1 on Saturday night to move to 2-0 in the NCAA baseball tournament. With their win on Saturday, the Ducks have punched their ticket to the Regional Final, where they will play the winner of Santa Barbara vs. San Diego. The Final will take place on Monday.

For a 2-1 ball game, there was no shortage of excitement in Oregon’s Saturday night victory. The game was scoreless for the first six innings, with each team’s starting pitcher playing near-perfect baseball, but in the final three, the offense picked up.

The Ducks starter Grayson Grinsell, pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and four walks, while punching out nine Gaucho batters. Tyler Bremner, UCSB’s starter pitched six scoreless innings, but he allowed the Ducks to break the deadlock in the seventh inning.

Oregon finally scratched their first run across the board in exciting fashion. After a one-out single, designated hitter Justin Cassela stole second base, where he was initially called out. After an Oregon challenge, the call was overturned, and on the next at-bat, third-baseman Carter Garate drove Cassela home with a single up the middle, giving the Ducks the lead.

Oregon manufactured their second run in the eighth inning, beginning with a Chase Meggers double. Jack Brooks was subbed in as a pinch-runner for Meggers, and after a wild pitch moved him to third, Brooks scored on an RBI groundout from Drew Smith.

Things got spicy for Oregon and relief pitcher Ryan Featherston in the ninth inning. After a dominant eighth inning, Featherston began the ninth by plunking the Gauchos’ leadoff hitter and conceding a double to their next batter after a long at-bat.

Soon, the bases were loaded, and Santa Barbara scored a run on an RBI hit-by-pitch with two outs. But on the very next pitch, Featherston forced a groundball to third, where Garate stepped on the base for a force out to win.

Oregon baseball given a decent chance at advancing in the NCAA tournament

Oregon baseball has a fighting chance of advancing in the NCAA tournament, according to Parker Fleming.

If there’s one thing everyone learned last season is that the Oregon Ducks baseball team knows how to win on the road.

The Ducks were the 2-seed in the Vanderbilt Regional in 2023 and upset the Commodores to advance to the Super Regionals.

Oregon is in a similar position this season as the NCAA tournament committee put the Ducks in the Santa Barbara Regional as the 3-seed alongside the host Gauchos, Fresno State and their opening opponent, the 2-seeded San Diego Toreros.

According to Parker Fleming, an odds expert, he says the Ducks have a decent chance of coming out on top and advancing to the Super Regionals, just like they did a year ago.

“Oregon baseball has a fighting chance to get out of the Santa Barbara Regional,” he said.

Fleming gives the Ducks a 21.6 percent chance of winning the bracket. Of course, the host Gauchos have the best chance at 42.5 percent and San Diego is given a 29.7 percent chance. It would be a huge upset if the Fresno State Bulldogs advance as they have just a 6.2 percent chance.

Oregon and San Diego opens up the regional on Friday with the first pitch scheduled for 12 pm PST on ESPNU.

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Oregon goes to the Santa Barbara Regional in NCAA tournament

Oregon baseball stays on the West Coast and will head to sunny Santa Barbara to play in the NCAA tournament this weekend.

This is why being on the bubble is so difficult. You have to wait to see when your name is called, if your name is called.

The Oregon Ducks baseball team had to wait nearly the entire selection process until their name finally showed up on a four-team regional bracket on the ESPN2 telecast.

But their name was called and the Ducks will stay on the West Coast as they will head down to play in the Santa Barbara Regional this weekend. Oregon (37-18) will open up with the San Diego Toreros (40-13), the champions of the West Coast Conference, on Friday.

This is Oregon’s fourth straight tournament appearance. The Ducks were able to host a Super Regional last season after winning the Vanderbilt Regional, but lost to Oral Roberts.

Also in the UCSB Regional along with the Gauchos (42-12) is Fresno State. The Bulldogs (33-27) won the Mountain West tournament and became that league’s automatic qualifier.

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+.

Duck baseball lose their first series of the season to Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara takes the series from Oregon with a 7-3 victory Saturday afternoon at PK Park.

The next time Santa Barbara wants to play a three-game series at PK Park, the Ducks should probably say no.

Oregon is on the verge of being swept on its home field by the Gauchos after the 7-3 defeat on Saturday.

The Duck offense was stifled for the second straight game as pitchers Mike Gutierrez, Tyler Bremner and Jackson Flora held Oregon to just three runs. This came after Matt Ager and Cole Tryba held the Ducks to just one run on Friday night.

Down 5-2 in the eighth, the Ducks did their best to rally as Drew Smith drove in Justin Cassella to make it 5-3. But with runners on first and second with two out, Bremner was able to fan Jacob Walsh on a high 96 miles per hour fastball.

After Santa Barbara scored two insurance runs in the top of the ninth, the Ducks gave themselves a chance in the bottom half of the inning. They were able to load the bases off of Flora, but with two out, he was able to whiff Dominic Hellman for the third out to close out the contest.

It’s the first losing streak of the year for Oregon as it fell to 6-3. The Gauchos improved to 5-4.

Oregon will send out starting pitcher Kevin Seitter Sunday afternoon in order to try and salvage one game of the series. Santa Barbara coach Andrew Checketts has yet to name a starter as they go for the road sweep.

Game 3 is scheduled for a noon first pitch.

Oregon can’t match Santa Barbara’s early offense on Friday afternoon

The Oregon Ducks lose to the Santa Barbara Gauchos 6-1 on Friday afternoon.

The Oregon Ducks baseball team’s win streak came to a close on Friday afternoon with a 6-1 loss to the Santa Barbara Gauchos. This was the first game of a three-game series against the Gauchos that will continue this weekend. Throughout most of the game, there was steady wind and rain, which probably contributed to Oregon’s lack of offense.

In the top of the first inning, the Ducks gave up three runs, after Santa Barbara’s first three batters picked up base hits. After that shaky first inning, Oregon starting pitcher RJ Gordon cleaned up his pitching, allowing only one hit after the first three batters he faced got knocks. In 4.2 innings pitched Gordon struck out 6 batters as well.

Through all nine innings, Santa Barbara had dominant pitching. The Gauchos’ starter Matt Ager pitched 6.1 innings, allowing just 4 hits, 2 walks, and 0 earned runs, striking out 8 Ducks along the way. Ager’s replacement from the bullpen, Cole Tryba, was equally dominant, giving up no earned runs, 3 baserunners, and striking out 5 batters to close the game for the Gauchos.

Oregon tried to make things interesting with a rally in the ninth inning. Things kicked off with a leadoff single from Oregon’s third-baseman Drew Smith, and then two more batters reached base to load the bases. But with two outs, Ducks centerfielder Bryce Boettcher came to the plate and grounded out to the Gauchos shortstop to end the game.

The Ducks will have their next games against Santa Barbara on Saturday and Sunday, and hopefully, they’ll be able to bring more offense to the field. Oregon finished Friday’s game with just 6 hits (all singles) and 3 bases on balls, and the Ducks’ only run came off of a sacrifice fly in the 5th inning. To start the season, Oregon’s bats have been hot, so hopefully they can swing back into form for the next two games of the series.

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