Ducks split doubleheader to close series at UW

Sunday, April 15

Seattle, Wash.

10:00 AM

University of Oregon

19-14, 0

Washington

16-15, 0

Oregon

Washington

04/15/18 | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Box Score (Game 1): Oregon 6, Washington 4 (13)Box Score (Game 2) - Washington 4, Oregon 0

By: Derren Iha

SEATTLE – Oregon split a doubleheader with Washington Sunday at Husky Ballpark, winning game one, 6-4, in a dramatic 13-inning marathon before falling in the second game, 4-0, to drop the Pac-12 Conference series

Game 1: Oregon 6, Washington 4 (13)
Braden Stutzman came through with a clutch two-out, two RBI single in the top of the 13th inning to give Oregon a 6-4 win. Kenyon Yovan turned in a great effort on the mound, going 7.1 innings with seven strikeouts while Ryne Nelson picked up the win, throwing three innings with six strikeouts out of the bullpen.

How it Happened Game One: Stutzman came up with the bases loaded in the 13th inning after Kyle Kasser, Gabe Matthews and Daniel Patzlaff all drew walks. He lined a 1-1 pitch to right center to plate Kasser and Matthews and pick up his first career game-winning hit.

Jakob Goldfarb put the Ducks (19-15, 6-9 Pac-12) on the board in the first inning with a two-out RBI single, scoring Kasser who led off the game with a single.

The Huskies (17-15, 8-4 Pac-12) immediately answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the first off Yovan. Joe Wainhouse looped a one-out single into left field to plate the run and tie the game before Yovan struck out the next two to limit the damage.

Jonny DeLuca came through with another two-out run-scoring single in the second inning, driving in Ryne Nelson from second to give the Ducks a 2-1 lead. Gabe Matthews launched his second home run of the series with a solo shot to right field to lead off the fifth inning and add to the Oregon lead.

Levi Jordan tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with an opposite-field two-run bomb to right field to chase Yovan. Jordan nearly went yard again in the bottom of the 10th, but Oregon left fielder Evan Williams robbed the potential walk-off home run with a leaping catch at the wall in left field.

DeLuca put the Ducks in front again in the 11th inning, smashing a go-ahead solo home run to right-center field to make it 4-3.

Washington came back and tied it in the bottom of the 11th off Nelson (1-1). A trio of walks loaded the bases with one out before a sacrifice fly by Jordan knotted it up at four. Nelson got a strikeout to end the inning and strand the potential winning run at third. The Ducks' closer settled in over the next two innings, retiring six in a row with five strikeouts.

Game One Notes: Yovan set a career-high for innings pitched for his fourth consecutive outing, going 7.1 innings … He gave up a home run for the first time in his career after going 73.2 innings without allowing a long ball … Nelson matched a career-high for strikeouts with six, tying his effort against Oregon State on May 12, 2017 … He extended his reached base streak to 13 games … Williams turned in his first career multi-hit game, finishing 2-for-6 … It was the longest game Oregon has played since going 14 innings against UC Santa Barbara on March 5, 2016.

Game 2: Washington 4, Oregon 0
A pair of Washington pitchers combined to shutout Oregon in a 4-0 loss in the series finale. Spencer Steer bounced back from a rocky first half of the doubleheader to finish 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.

How it Happened Game Two: Washington starter Jordan Jones (4-3) kept the Ducks' bats at bay in 5.1 innings of work with seven strikeouts and no walks. Josh Burgmann went the remaining 3.2, fanning four to earn the save.

The Huskies drew first blood, scoring a run on three consecutive two-out hits. Christian Jones doubled to left center, Kaiser Weiss reached on an infield single and Braiden Ward drove in Jones with an RBI single. An RBI infield single in the bottom of the fifth chased UO starter Kolby Somers (1-5) and made it a 2-0 game.

Wainhouse added to the lead with a long home run to straight away center field to lead off the bottom of the sixth off Ducks' reliever James Acuna. A two-out single in the eighth plated another insurance run and made it 4-0.

Game Two Notes: Somers struck out a career-high seven while walking none in 4.1 innings … Steer recorded his seventh multi-hit game of the season … The Ducks have now been shut out in their last three series finales and are 0-5 this season in Pac-12 series finales.

Doubleheader Notes: Matthews is 10-for-24 (.417) with seven doubles, two home runs and seven RBI in his career against Washington … Kasser is now ninth in program history with 517 at bats ... Oregon is now 7-1 in doubleheaders this season … The Ducks went just 3-for-29 (.103) with runners in scoring position in the two games.

On Deck: The Ducks will open the Civil War Series at Oregon State beginning Thursday at 6 p.m. All three games will be televised on Pac-12 Network.