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Ducks blanked for the first time this season in 2-0 loss to OSU

Oregon State was able to shut out the Ducks 2-0 at PK Park in a non-conference affair.

Oregon picked a bad time to have the bats go silent.

For the first time all season, the Ducks were shut out as the Beavers won their second game over Oregon by the score of 2-0 at PK Park. With the loss, the Ducks dropped to 28-16 overall.

The loss also comes at a bad time for the Ducks as they were hoping to gain some momentum against their in-state rivals before a huge three-game weekend series with the Beavers in Corvallis.

As of now, Oregon State (35-9, 15-6) holds a two game lead over the Ducks in the conference standings. Oregon will need a sweep over the Beavers if they want any hope of possibly winning the Pac-12.

In this second game in a week, the Ducks and Beavers featured a rare pitchers duel. Oregon used seven pitchers to hold OSU to two runs and four hits. But of those four knocks, three were doubles and the other hit was a home run.

The game was scoreless until the seventh inning when Garret Forrester led the frame off with a walk and advanced to third on Travis Bazzana’s double. Forrester eventually scored on a sacrifice fly.

Oregon had a golden opportunity to either tie the game or take the lead in the bottom half of the seventh as the Ducks loaded the bases with just one out. Oregon State reliever Mitchell Verberg was able to hold the Ducks off the board by whiffing Gavin Grant and getting Tyler Ganus to line out to the shortstop.

The Beavers added an insurance run on Justin Boyd’s home run to make it 2-0. OSU closer Ryan Brown pitched a perfect ninth for his eighth save.

These two teams will meet up at Goss Stadium this weekend beginning on Friday at 7 p.m. at Goss Stadium. Each of the three contests will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.

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Oregon walks it off in the raindrops to take series from Ball State

The Ducks played through the rain and managed to beat Ball State 7-6 thanks to Tyler Ganus’ walk-off single.

It wasn’t the best of conditions with the rain coming down, but it didn’t affect Tyler Ganus.

The pinch-hit specialist came up in the bottom of the ninth with a chance to win the game and Ganus didn’t waste any time. He lined the first pitch he saw off of Ball State reliever Sam Klein down the left field line for a hit and Oregon walked off with the 7-6 win over the Cardinals.

With the victory, not only did the Ducks take three-of-four from the visitors from the Mid-American Conference, but they improved to 21-11 overall.

This game went back-and-forth and today was a good reason why hitting last can be a huge advantage. Oregon scored three in the second, but Ball State scored four runs in the fifth inning to take the 4-3 lead.

The Ducks tied it at 4-4 in the bottom half of the inning and then Gavin Grant gave Oregon the 5-4 lead with an opposite-field home run through the raindrops.

Oregon eventually took a 6-4 lead, but just like the entire weekend, the Cardinals wouldn’t go down without a fight. Ball State’s Adam Christianson and Ryan Peltier belted back-to-back homers to tie the game once again at 6-6 in the eighth.

It stayed that way until the bottom of the ninth.

Brennan Milone led the frame off with a walk and he was replaced with pinch-runner Taylor Holder. He went to second on a wild pitch. Slugger Jacob Walsh, who is capable of hitting balls 400 feet, instead hit a little dribbler down the first base line that stopped directly on that line about 40 feet from home plate.

With runners on the corners, Ball State intentionally walked Josh Kasevich to load the bases and set up a force play at home. It worked for one hitter as Bryce Boettcher grounded to third. But Ganus ended the game with his hit down the left field line to send everyone home happy. They were drenched, but they were happy.

Now the Ducks go back into conference action when they go up to Seattle to take on Washington for a three-game weekend series. The Huskies are 15-15 overall and 6-9 in Pac-12 play.