#21 Ducks Blank #13 Bears, 1-0

Saturday, April 10

Eugene, Ore.

1:00 PM

University of Oregon

28-6, 4-1

California

30-10, 1-4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
California	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Oregon	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	1	2	0

04/10/10 | Softball

Box Score

By: GoDucks.com

* A boxscore and play-by-play is located in the LINKS box to the right, and updated season and career statistics are available via the link above.

EUGENE - Junior catcher Kaitlin Vitek crushed her first homer of the season and provided all the offense the No. 21 University of Oregon softball team (28-6, 4-1) needed to beat No. 13 California (30-10, 1-4) by a 1-0 count Saturday afternoon at Howe Field.

Vitek's third career homer Saturday made her the 13th Duck to homer this season, and UO has combined for 36 home runs in the team's 34 games - only three shy of last year's tally (39) that came from nine players in 51 contests.

The Valencia, Calif., native Vitek almost achieved the honor last week at Oregon State, but had a round-tripper stolen by a leaping grab over the fence by the centerfielder.

Oregon's other hit in the game Saturday came from freshman second baseman Kaylan Howard who singled with two outs in the fifth inning. Fellow frosh and left fielder Allie Burger also reached base via a walk to open the sixth inning.

Duck sophomore Samantha Skillingstad (9-4) pitched 6 1/3 innings, walked two and scattered three hits.

After the opening Golden Bear batter doubled in the seventh, freshman Jessica Moore came in and retired the next three batters for her Pac-10 leading third save of the season.

The duo combined on UO's 12th shutout of the season (compared with only one for Duck opponents). Moore had authored four prior solo shutouts, and Saturday marked her third combined blanking, while Skillingstad now has one and four solo/combined shutouts, respectively, in 2010.

Moore added a strikeout Saturday to raise her a team-leading tally to 151 - still ninth-all-time for UO in a season - and only two behind the eighth-best mark (153, Connie McMurren, 2000).

Skillingstad's seven K's Saturday gives her 262 in her career - ninth-most all-time for UO - and 38 behind the eighth-best mark held by former teammate Melissa Rice (316).

UO entered the weekend hitting a league-leading .346, but was primarily held in check by Cal starter Jolene Henderson (13-5) who struck out five, walked one, and allowed an earned run in her 11th complete game of 2010.

Reaching base for Cal, Shannon Thomas and Jace Williams each went 1-for-3, Elia Reid went 1-for-2, and Valerie Arioto drew two walks.

Saturday's pitcher's dual ended four hitting streaks of five games or longer for Burger (7), freshman right fielder Samantha Pappas (6), junior first baseman Monique Fuiava (5) and senior center fielder Neena Bryant (5).

Pappas entered the weekend atop the Pac-10 in batting (.500) and went hitless in a game for only the fifth time in 34 games this season.

She boosted the team defensively, however, by recording the final out by gunning out a potential single through the right side with two outs in the seventh inning, with the tying run on second base potentially trying to come around to score.

UO remained in a three-way tie for first place in the Pac-10 with No. 1 Washington and No. 8 Stanford Saturday with their 4-1 records. UW beat No. 2 Arizona for the second straight day as did Stanford vs. Oregon State with their 7-0 and 1-0 wins, respectively, Saturday in Seattle and Corvallis.

After a 7-6, nine-inning win Friday night, Saturday's victory meant UO will win the three-game season series for the first time since 2007 (when UO went 2-1) and for only the second time since 1995 (when it went 3-1). In that same span, the two teams split four-game series (2-2) in 2000 and 1998.

Looking ahead, the two teams play the final game of the series Sunday afternoon at noon, with a "Scout Day" free admission promotion for youth that wear their scout uniform.

LINESCORE

Oregon 1, California 0 (Apr 10, 2010 at Eugene, Ore.)
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California.......... 000 000 0 - 0 3 1 (30-10, 1-4 Pac-10)
Oregon.............. 010 000 X - 1 2 0 (28-6, 4-1 Pac-10)
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Pitchers: California - Henderson,J. and Ziegenhirt,L. Oregon - Skillingstad, Sam;
Moore, Jessica(7) and Vitek, Kaitlin. Win-Skillingstad, Sam(9-4) Save-Moore, Jessica(3) Loss-Henderson,J.(13-5) T-1:25 A-355
HR ORE - Vitek, Kaitlin. Weather: 55, partly cloudy, wind 0-5mph. Skillingstad faced 1 batter in the 7th.

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