Comeback Bid Comes Up Short

Sunday, March 12

Seattle, WA

12:00 PM

University of Oregon

17-6, 1-2

Washington

20-4, 2-1

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

03/12/23 | Softball

Box Score Oregon-Washington Box Score G3

SEATTLE – No. 21 Oregon jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, fell behind in the middle innings and then rallied late, but couldn't quite catch Washington as the 10^th-ranked Huskies held off the Ducks, 9-7, Sunday at Husky Softball Stadium.

The two teams combined to score 51 runs in the three-game series.

How it Happened: Oregon (17-6, 1-2) scored three times in the top of the first. KK Humphreys led off the game with a single and scored on Terra McGowan's double to left. Alyssa Daniell singled to advance McGowan to third and then McGowan scored on a wild pitch for a 2-0 lead. Daniell went to third on a ground out then Hanna Delgado beat out an infield single to score Daniell with the third run of the inning.

The Ducks added another run in the second. Kai Luschar pinch-ran for Tehya Bird, who singled. Luschar went all the way to third on Paige Sinicki's sacrifice bunt and scored on Humphrey's sacrifice fly to center.

Oregon's 4-0 lead didn't last. Washington (20-4, 2-1) took advantage of two Oregon errors in the bottom of the second to score five runs, four of which were unearned, to take a 5-4 lead. The Huskies added four more runs in the bottom of the third for a 9-4 advantage.

Stevie Hansen came on in relief in the third inning and gave her teammates a fighting chance by allowing just one run in 3.2 innings.

Terra McGowan

The Ducks closed the gap to three in the fifth. Bunker led off with a double and McGowan plated her with a double of her own. McGowan advanced to third on a passed ball and then came home on Daniell's sacrifice fly to make it 9-6. Oregon tried to add more in the inning, but Vallery Wong was thrown out at the plate trying to score from second on Delgado's single into right field.

Oregon crept closer with another run in the sixth. Humphreys was hit by a pitch and went around to third on an error. McGowan then singled into the hole at short to score Humphreys and make it 9-7.

In the seventh, Wong led off with a double to bring the tying run to the plate. Two outs later, Bird singled and Sinicki was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but Humphreys stuck out to end the game.

Team Bunker

Noteworthy: Bunker's double in the fifth was the 42nd of her career, tying her for second all-time at Oregon with Olympian Janie (Takeda) Reed (2012-15). Bunker also tied current UO assistant coach Nikki (Udria) Ragin for third in UO career hits with 247. Bunker's one run moved her into a tie for ninth on the UO career list with Kaylan Howard (2010-13) with 146 … Humphreys hit in the leadoff spot for the first time in her Oregon career and went 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI … Both Bunker and McGowan hit .500 for the series (6-for-12) … McGowan had seven RBI in the series … Delgado was 3-for-4 on Sunday.

On Deck: Oregon is scheduled to play a nonconference game Monday at Seattle at 3 p.m. (ESPN+).

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