Washington baseball scores 7 unanswered runs to upset No. 23 Oregon

The Washington Huskies pulled off an impressive upset of the No. 23 Oregon Ducks on Friday.

The Washington Huskies got off to a rough start against the Oregon Ducks on Friday night, falling behind 6-0 in the fourth inning. The Ducks saw three home runs across the third and fourth innings from shortstop Maddox Molony, left fielder Mason Neville, and second baseman Drew Smith before the Huskies could get on the board.

Then, coach Jason Kelly’s team started to rally in the bottom of the fourth inning, as first baseman Jeter Ybarra hit a two-run home run before catcher Colin Blanchard and third baseman Sam DeCarlo hit back-to-back RBI singles to cut Oregon’s lead to 6-4.

Center fielder Cooper Whitton tied the game in the sixth inning with a two-run home run, before left fielder AJ Guerrero put the Huskies ahead for good with an RBI single in the seventh.

Guerrero continued his hot streak after a strong weekend against the Arizona State Sun Devils, going 3 for 4 with a run batted in and a run scored.

Gianluca Shinn earned his second win of the season after working 1 1/3 perfect innings in relief, while Ryan Featherston took his second loss of the year, letting up 3 hits and 1 earned run over 1 inning.

The win moves the Huskies to 19-23-1 on the season and 10-15 in Pac-12 play, while the Ducks fell to 32-16 overall and 14-11 against conference opponents. The two teams will meet for the second installment of their three-game series on Saturday evening at 5:05.