Ducks Drop Pac-12 Opener

Friday, March 15

Eugene, Ore.

6:00 PM

University of Oregon

10-6, 0-1

Washington

10-4, 1-0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Washington	0	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	9	14	1
Oregon	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2

Photo by: Deborah Mundorff, Well, Shoot! P

03/15/19 | Baseball

Box Score Box Score: Washington 9, Oregon 3

EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon took an early lead, but Washington rallied with seven unanswered runs to win the Pac-12 Conference opener for both teams 9-3 at PK Park on Friday night.

How it Happened: The Ducks (10-6, 0-1 Pac-12) managed just four hits during the game, while the Huskies (10-4, 1-0 Pac-12) scored their nine runs behind a 14-hit attack with the help of two Oregon errors and five base on balls.

After falling behind 2-0 in the second inning, the Ducks cut the lead in half in the bottom half of the inning. Gabe Matthews, the Pac-12's leading hitter entering the game, doubled down the left field line to open the inning and came around to score on an Aaron Zavala RBI ground out.

UO took the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning on back-to-back Jakob Goldfarb and Aaron Zavala RBI singles. Goldfarb plated Spencer Steer who reached on a one-out double to centerfield. Zavala picked up his second RBI scoring Matthews after he was intentionally walked.

Washington scored five runs in the top of the fifth on five hits and two Ducks' errors. They added two runs in the sixth.

Box Score Notes: Steer's reached base twice on Friday running his streak to 16 consecutive games ... Matthews extended his hitting streak to 12 straight games with his second-inning double … Freshman leadoff hitter Sam Novitske failed to reach base for the first time this season … Oregon started five true freshmen for the third time this season with eight true freshmen seeing playing time … Freshman James Bell made his career debut entering the game at catcher in the top of the eighth inning … Oregon entered the series without pitchers Kenyon Yovan and Cole Stringer, catcher Cameron Campbell and outfielder Marco Young on the active roster because of injuries … Oregon starter Cullen Kafka was charged with the loss after allowing seven runs, four earned, on 11 hits in 4.2 innings … The top two batters in Oregon's order combined to go 0-for-8, while the bottom three were 0-for-9.

On Deck: Oregon and Washington will play game two of the series Saturday at 4 p.m. Sophomore left-handed pitcher Robert Ahlstrom (3-1, 3.60) will pitch for the Ducks while right-hander Jordan Jones (1-2, 2.92) will be on the hill for Washington.