University of Oregon
20-9, 7-5
Oregon State
20-11, 7-8
Ducks Drop Rivalry Series Finale
04/09/23 | Baseball
Oregon is back in action at home against San Francisco on Tuesday after losing Sunday to Oregon State.
The Ducks (20-9, 7-5 Pac-12) lost back-to-back games for the first time since mid-March, after OSU ended their 11-game winning streak Saturday. The Beavers led 7-0 through three innings Sunday and 9-0 before Oregon broke up the no-hitter and the shutout in the eighth.
"They out-pitched us today, considerably," UO coach Mark Wasikowski said. "And that was the story of the day."
How It Happened: Three walks and a single helped Oregon State take a 1-0 lead while loading the bases in the top of the first, and a grand slam made it 5-0 off UO starter Leo Uelmen (2-3). The Beavers made it 6-0 in the second off reliever Turner Spoljaric, and added a solo homer in the third.
Matt Dallas took over in the fourth for Oregon and struck out the side. He retired the Beavers in order in the fifth as well, and held them scoreless again in the sixth while stranding two runners.
"He did a really nice job," Wasikowski said. "We were asking him to go out there and try to hold it down to where we could have a chance to score some runs and string some at-bats together. And I thought Matt did a really nice job with what he had to work with today."
Unfortunately, Oregon's bats didn't get going until it was 9-0 in the eighth. With two out in the bottom of the inning, Gavin Grant walked and then took second on a wild pitch, becoming the first UO baserunner of the day to reach scoring position. Rikuu Nishida followed with a shot back through the box that deflected off the pitcher, allowing Nishida to reach first with Oregon's first hit of the game.
The Ducks broke up the shutout in unusual fashion: A pitch bounced in front of the OSU catcher and lodged behind his chest protector, becoming a dead ball. By rule both runners advanced, and Grant crossed with Oregon's first run. After OSU made it 12-1 in the night, the Ducks scored again with back-to-back, two-out doubles from Tanner Smith and Jacob Walsh.
Up Next: The Ducks open a two-game series against San Francisco at PK Park on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lattery, AJ (3-0)
L: Uelmen, Leo (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Macias, Dallas 1
HR: Forrester, Garret 1 ; Kasper, Brady 1 ; Weber, Wilson 1
RBI: Forrester, Garret 2 ; McDowell, Micah 1 ; Guerra, Mason 1 ; Kasper, Brady 1 ; Macias, Dallas 1 ; Weber, Wilson 4 ; Talt, Easton 1
SH: McDowell, Micah 2
SF: Talt, Easton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bazzana, Travis 2 ; Forrester, Garret 1 ; Guerra, Mason 2 ; Kasper, Brady 3 ; Macias, Dallas 2 ; Weber, Wilson 1 ; Dernedde, Kyle 1
SB: Macias, Dallas 1
CS: Talt, Easton 1
HBP: Dernedde, Kyle 1
Batting:
2B: Smith, Tanner 1 ; Walsh, Jacob 1
RBI: Walsh, Jacob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Tanner 1 ; Grant, Gavin 1
