Ducks Continue Perfect Start with Run-Rule Win

Sunday, February 16

Houston, TX

7:30 AM

University of Oregon

9-0

Dayton

2-8

Dayton

Oregon

02/16/20 | Softball

Box Score Box Score - Oregon 9, Dayton 0 (6)

By: Derren Iha

HOUSTON – Samaria Diaz continued her strong weekend in the circle with a dominant shutout win while No. 21 Oregon got steady production offensively, capped off by Rachel Cid's walk-off three-run home run in the sixth inning in a 9-0 win over Dayton Sunday.

How it Happened: Oregon got on the board in the bottom of the second, getting a couple of runs on three hits to take a 2-0 advantage. Vallery Wong accounted for both runs, driving in Mya Felder with an RBI single for the first, then coming across to score from third when Jasmine Sievers got caught in a rundown between first and second.

The Ducks extended the lead with a pair of runs each in the fourth and fifth innings. Sievers made it 3-0 with an RBI double in the fourth to score Wong, before she came around to score on an error by the Flyers' catcher on a squeeze bunt attempt. Ariel Carlson stretched the lead to 6-0 with her second homer of the weekend – a two-run bomb down the left field line that scored Terra McGowan.

Cid came up with runners on first and second with two outs in the bottom of the sixth and ripped a three-run opposite field bomb to end it, scoring Maddie Hopper and Haley Cruse.

Diaz got off to a bit of a rocky start giving up a leadoff single and only getting out of the first inning unscathed when Lexi Wagner, Jasmine Sievers and Terra McGowan combined to cut down a runner at the plate on a double. From there, though, the senior dominated allowing just two hits over the final five innings while picking up seven of her eight strikeouts over that span.

Box Score Notes: Diaz threw six shutout innings with eight strikeouts and no walks while giving up just four hits … Cid went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored with a home run … Sievers finished 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and a run scored … McGowan turned in a 2-for-4 day with a run scored … Wong went 1-for-2 with a run scored and made a great defensive play on a pop up in shallow right field to save a run in the third inning … Carlson was 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs … The Ducks committed their first error of the season after going the first eight games without one.

Weekend Notables: Diaz ended the weekend 3-0 and gave up no runs over 15 innings pitched with 18 strikeouts and just two walks … Cid went 7-for-15 (.467) and drove in eight runs while hitting two home runs and scoring seven runs in the four games … As a team, six different Oregon players combined to hit nine home runs, with Cid, Carlson and Mya Felder hitting two … The Ducks outscored their opponents 40-9 (10.0-2.3 per game) … McGowan went 6-for-12 with a home run, double, three RBIs and five runs scored … On the season, the redshirt freshman is hitting .452 with four doubles, two home runs and 13 RBIs … Felder hit .500 over the four games with a pair of bombs and four RBIs.

On Deck: Oregon will return to Eugene before going down to Cathedral City, Calif. to play five games over three days at the Mary Nutter College Classic Feb. 20-22.