University of Oregon
15-7, 0
Arizona
10-12, 0
Series Sweep Eludes Ducks
03/24/24 | Baseball
How It Happened: Oregon jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second. Anson Aroz put the Ducks on the board with a one-out solo home run over the right field wall. Later in the inning, Bryce Boettcher reached on a throwing error before stealing second. Justin Cassella then singled to left center to make it a two-run game.
Arizona tied it with a pair of runs in the fourth, before taking the lead with a run in the sixth and four more in the seventh.
The Ducks got back within three in their half of the seventh. Carter Garate reached to lead off the inning on a hit-by-pitch. He came around to score on a Cassella single that was misplayed by Arizona center fielder Brendan Summerhill. Drew Smith plated Cassella, who ended up on third after the error, with a base hit to left field.
Arizona put the game away in the eighth scoring six more runs before adding two more in the ninth.
Box Score Notes: Jacob Walsh doubled in the sixth to move into sole possession of eighth on Oregon's career doubles list with 35 … Starting pitcher Kevin Seitter struck out six straight Arizona batters in the first and second innings … Arizona's win snapped Oregon's six-game winning streak in the series.
On Deck: Oregon steps out of conference for a four game series with Seattle at PK Park that starts Wednesday and wraps up on Saturday.
Quotes:
Head Coach Mark Wasikowski
On Overall weekend performance…
"Well, we haven't been able to sweep a series yet, which is disappointing. We have been able to win two out of three every weekend, which is good. We just need to continue having a two-out-of-three type scenario and winning that is good. We're disappointed that we weren't able to pull off the sweep today, but credit to them, they played better than we did."
On if lineup is headed in the right direction…
"Time will tell. Overall, we'll see, we got a little sloppy defensively today, didn't help out. I thought that probably is how we gave them a little bit of momentum as we lost it on the defensive end. Lineup wise, we'll just analyze it a little bit more and try to figure that out. But yeah, we ran the same one out there three games in a row, won a series, and hopefully we can continue to build off this."
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Walty, Cam (4-1)
L: Seitter, Kevin (2-1)
Batting:
2B: White, Mason 1 ; Breyfogle, Easton 1 ; Splaine, Tommy 1
HR: Summerhill, Brendan 1
RBI: Morales, Richie 2 ; White, Mason 1 ; Summerhill, Brendan 7 ; Breyfogle, Easton 2 ; Guzman, Adonys 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Morales, Richie 2 ; White, Mason 2 ; Caulfield, Garen 1 ; Summerhill, Brendan 2 ; Corona, Emilio 1 ; Breyfogle, Easton 2 ; Guzman, Adonys 2 ; Adams, TJ 1 ; Splaine, Tommy 2
SB: Morales, Richie 1 ; Breyfogle, Easton 1
HBP: Caulfield, Garen 1
Batting:
2B: Walsh, Jacob 1
HR: Aroz, Anson 1
RBI: Cassella, Justin 1 ; Smith, Drew 1 ; Aroz, Anson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cassella, Justin 1 ; Aroz, Anson 1 ; Boettcher, Bryce 1 ; Garate, Carter 1
SB: Boettcher, Bryce 1
HBP: Heard, Jeffery 1 ; Garate, Carter 1
