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Photo by: Paul Ulloa
DeLuca grand slam leads Ducks to win
04/28/19 | Baseball
BERKELEY, Calif. – Jonny DeLuca hit a grand slam and Cullen Kafka gave Oregon a strong start in a 12-4 Pac-12 Conference win at Evans Diamond on Sunday afternoon.
How it happened: Kafka gave Oregon the start it needed throwing five scoreless inning and the Ducks offense put up big numbers in the middle innings. The Ducks' starter moved to 5-3 on the season while allowing just three hits.
DeLuca unloaded a two-out grand slam to cap a seven-run fifth inning to put Oregon in charge. The inning started when Aaron Zavala was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. He moved to third on a Jakob Goldfarb single and scored on a Cameron Campbell squeeze bunt to make it 1-0.
After Cal got the second out, Tanner Smith walked to load the bases. Spencer Steer made the Golden Bears pay with a two-out, two-RBI single to give Oregon a 3-0 lead. Gabe Matthews loaded the bases when he was hit by a pitch, setting up DeLuca's big blast.
Oregon (23-18, 8-10 Pac-12) added a pair of runs in the top of the sixth to make it 9-0. The Ducks loaded the bases and scored on a Matthews' hit by pitch and a DeLuca walk.
Cal got the two back in its half of the inning, but Oregon answered with three runs in the top of the seventh. After Goldfarb (HBP) and Campbell (BB) reached, both scored on a Tanner Smith infield single. Steer picked up his third RBI of the day with a single scoring Smith, who had advanced to second on a throwing error on the infield hit.
Cal (23-15, 10-8) added single runs in the seventh and eighth.
Box score notes: DeLuca's grand slam was Oregon's fifth of the season … DeLuca finished with a career-high five RBI … DeLuca has multiple RBI in seven games this season, the second most on the team … Steer had has 33rd career multi-RBI game, passing Mitchell Tolman (2013-15) for the most all-time at Oregon … Steer finished 2-for-5 with three RBI … It was his 40th career multi-hit game, the ninth most in Oregon history … Steer's three RBI gave him 111 for his career, moving him into sole possession of third all time … Steer also collected his 12th multi-RBI game of the season, tying Marcus Piazzisi (2010) for the fifth most in a season … Smith went 3-for-4 and reached base a total of five times with two walks … It was Smith's ninth multi-hit game of the season … Evan Williams, Goldfarb and Campbell all had two hits for the Ducks … Matthews started his 129th consecutive game, passing Tolman for the most consecutive starts in program history.
On deck: Oregon stays in the Bay Area for a game at San Jose State on Monday. Game time is 1:30 p.m.
How it happened: Kafka gave Oregon the start it needed throwing five scoreless inning and the Ducks offense put up big numbers in the middle innings. The Ducks' starter moved to 5-3 on the season while allowing just three hits.
DeLuca unloaded a two-out grand slam to cap a seven-run fifth inning to put Oregon in charge. The inning started when Aaron Zavala was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. He moved to third on a Jakob Goldfarb single and scored on a Cameron Campbell squeeze bunt to make it 1-0.
After Cal got the second out, Tanner Smith walked to load the bases. Spencer Steer made the Golden Bears pay with a two-out, two-RBI single to give Oregon a 3-0 lead. Gabe Matthews loaded the bases when he was hit by a pitch, setting up DeLuca's big blast.
Oregon (23-18, 8-10 Pac-12) added a pair of runs in the top of the sixth to make it 9-0. The Ducks loaded the bases and scored on a Matthews' hit by pitch and a DeLuca walk.
Cal got the two back in its half of the inning, but Oregon answered with three runs in the top of the seventh. After Goldfarb (HBP) and Campbell (BB) reached, both scored on a Tanner Smith infield single. Steer picked up his third RBI of the day with a single scoring Smith, who had advanced to second on a throwing error on the infield hit.
Cal (23-15, 10-8) added single runs in the seventh and eighth.
Box score notes: DeLuca's grand slam was Oregon's fifth of the season … DeLuca finished with a career-high five RBI … DeLuca has multiple RBI in seven games this season, the second most on the team … Steer had has 33rd career multi-RBI game, passing Mitchell Tolman (2013-15) for the most all-time at Oregon … Steer finished 2-for-5 with three RBI … It was his 40th career multi-hit game, the ninth most in Oregon history … Steer's three RBI gave him 111 for his career, moving him into sole possession of third all time … Steer also collected his 12th multi-RBI game of the season, tying Marcus Piazzisi (2010) for the fifth most in a season … Smith went 3-for-4 and reached base a total of five times with two walks … It was Smith's ninth multi-hit game of the season … Evan Williams, Goldfarb and Campbell all had two hits for the Ducks … Matthews started his 129th consecutive game, passing Tolman for the most consecutive starts in program history.
On deck: Oregon stays in the Bay Area for a game at San Jose State on Monday. Game time is 1:30 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kafka, Cullen (5-3)
L: Holman, Grant (2-3)
Batting:
HR: DeLuca, Jonny 1
RBI: Smith, Tanner 1 ; Steer, Spencer 3 ; Matthews, Gabe 1 ; DeLuca, Jonny 5 ; Campbell, Cameron 1
SH: Campbell, Cameron 1 ; Foxcroft, Max 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Tanner 3 ; Steer, Spencer 1 ; Matthews, Gabe 1 ; DeLuca, Jonny 1 ; Zavala, Aaron 1 ; Goldfarb, Jakob 2 ; Campbell, Cameron 3
SB: Smith, Tanner 1
HBP: Steer, Spencer 1 ; Matthews, Gabe 2 ; Zavala, Aaron 1 ; Goldfarb, Jakob 1
Batting:
2B: Flower, Max 1
HR: Selma, Quentin 1 ; Lagattuta, John 1
RBI: Selma, Quentin 1 ; Lee, Korey 1 ; Flower, Max 1 ; Lagattuta, John 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Selma, Quentin 2 ; Lee, Korey 1 ; Lagattuta, John 1
HBP: Vaughn, Andrew 1
PO: Eden, Cameron 1
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