Ducks Drop Game Two of Series

Saturday, March 4

Eugene, Ore.

2:00 PM

University of Oregon

5-4

Mississippi State

7-4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Mississippi State	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	5	12	0
Oregon	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	2

Photo by: Deborah Mundorff

03/04/17 | Baseball

Box Score

By: Derren Iha

EUGENE, Ore. – Mississippi State plated a pair of runs in the eighth inning to rally for a 5-4 victory to even the series with Oregon Saturday afternoon at PK Park.

How it Happened: The Bulldogs (7-4) scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on an RBI single by Cole Gordon off Ducks' reliever Connor Zwetsch (0-1). Brac Warren then came in for Zwetsch and recorded a strikeout before surrendering a bases loaded walk to give Mississippi State a 5-3 lead.

The Ducks (5-4) made things interesting in the ninth with a Jake Bennett RBI single to score Morgan McCullough cutting the lead to one. Braden Stutzman reached on a fielder's choice and A.J. Balta drew a walk to put the tying run at second base, but the Ducks couldn't cash in as Matthew Dyer struck out to end the game.

The Ducks got on the board in the second inning after Dyer lined a one-out double to left field and Tim Susnara drove him home with a double down the right field line. Daniel Patzlaff then followed with an RBI single to score Susnara and make it 2-0.

Mississippi State got one back in the top half of the third on an RBI double by Jason Alexander off Oregon starter Matt Mercer to cut the lead to 2-1.

Oregon tacked on another run in the third with a Dyer RBI single that scored Balta from second.

The Bulldogs came back in the sixth inning with two runs on a big two-out Josh Lovelady two-RBI single to tie the game at three.

Who Stood Out: Dyer had another solid day offensively, going 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and a run scored … Susnara finished the day 2-for-4 with an RBI double and a run scored … Mercer gave the Ducks another quality start pitching six innings and striking out four while giving up two earned runs on six hits … After recording three hits and hitting the eventual game-winning home run last night, Kyle Kasser turned in another multi-hit performance going 2-for-3 with a walk.

On Deck: The Ducks and Bulldogs will finish the series tomorrow afternoon at 12 p.m with Cole Stringer scheduled to pitch for Oregon.