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Photo by: Zoe Rivers
Smith Sparks Ninth Inning Rally
04/12/25 | Baseball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Making his first start since Feb. 22, Drew Smith homered and delivered two key ninth inning plays that helped No. 15 Oregon rally for a 5-4 come-from-behind win over Maryland at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium on Saturday in game one of the Big Ten Conference series.
Smith, who suffered a lower-body injury in game one of a doubleheader on Feb. 22 against Rhode Island and missed the next 16 games, had an RBI single, stole a base and scored the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth.
Anson Aroz led off the final inning with a walk and stole second to get into scoring position. Smith made the steal matter singling through the right side, scoring Aroz to tie the game. Smith, who advanced to second on the throw to the plate, swiped third to set up the winning run. That came when Ryan Cooney lifted a 1-2 pitch deep into left field allowing Smith to tag and score.
Seth Mattox, who got the final out of the eighth inning after coming out of the bullpen, retired to Terrapins in order in the ninth to pick up his first career win at Oregon.
How it Happened: Oregon (23-9, 11-5 Big Ten) took the lead by scoring a pair of runs in the second inning. Mason Neville worked a one-out walk and scored when Dominic Hellman ripped a double into the right-center field gap. Hellman moved to third on a passed ball and then scored on a Jacob Walsh RBI ground out.
Maryland (15-20, 3-10 Big Ten) got one back in its half of the inning, but Oregon answered in the fourth when Smith homered just to the right side of the batter's eye in center field.
The Terrapins took a 4-3 lead, hitting solo home runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to set up Oregon's dramatic ninth inning.
Box Score Notes: Oregon won game one of a series for the sixth straight week, while running the season total to game-one wins to seven in eight weeks … Walsh's eighth-inning double extended his hitting streak to nine games and his reached base streak to 26 games … The double was the 56th of Walsh's career, just two behind Gabe Matthews who ranks second in career doubles at Oregon …Grayson Grinsell battled through 5.2 innings allowing just two runs on three hits despite walking six (none came around to score) … Grinsell's five Ks gave him 222 in his career, tying Jon Wheeler (1967-69) for fifth all-time at UO.
On Deck: The Ducks and Terrapins will play a doubleheader on Sunday to wrap up the series. First pitch is at 9:02 a.m. (PT).
Smith, who suffered a lower-body injury in game one of a doubleheader on Feb. 22 against Rhode Island and missed the next 16 games, had an RBI single, stole a base and scored the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth.
Anson Aroz led off the final inning with a walk and stole second to get into scoring position. Smith made the steal matter singling through the right side, scoring Aroz to tie the game. Smith, who advanced to second on the throw to the plate, swiped third to set up the winning run. That came when Ryan Cooney lifted a 1-2 pitch deep into left field allowing Smith to tag and score.
Seth Mattox, who got the final out of the eighth inning after coming out of the bullpen, retired to Terrapins in order in the ninth to pick up his first career win at Oregon.
How it Happened: Oregon (23-9, 11-5 Big Ten) took the lead by scoring a pair of runs in the second inning. Mason Neville worked a one-out walk and scored when Dominic Hellman ripped a double into the right-center field gap. Hellman moved to third on a passed ball and then scored on a Jacob Walsh RBI ground out.
Maryland (15-20, 3-10 Big Ten) got one back in its half of the inning, but Oregon answered in the fourth when Smith homered just to the right side of the batter's eye in center field.
The Terrapins took a 4-3 lead, hitting solo home runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to set up Oregon's dramatic ninth inning.
Box Score Notes: Oregon won game one of a series for the sixth straight week, while running the season total to game-one wins to seven in eight weeks … Walsh's eighth-inning double extended his hitting streak to nine games and his reached base streak to 26 games … The double was the 56th of Walsh's career, just two behind Gabe Matthews who ranks second in career doubles at Oregon …Grayson Grinsell battled through 5.2 innings allowing just two runs on three hits despite walking six (none came around to score) … Grinsell's five Ks gave him 222 in his career, tying Jon Wheeler (1967-69) for fifth all-time at UO.
On Deck: The Ducks and Terrapins will play a doubleheader on Sunday to wrap up the series. First pitch is at 9:02 a.m. (PT).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mattox, Seth (1-0)
L: Cristofer Cespedes (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Hellman, Dominic 1 ; Walsh, Jacob 1 ; Cooney, Ryan 1
HR: Smith, Drew 1
RBI: Hellman, Dominic 1 ; Walsh, Jacob 1 ; Smith, Drew 2 ; Cooney, Ryan 1
SF: Cooney, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Neville, Mason 1 ; Hellman, Dominic 1 ; Aroz, Anson 1 ; Smith, Drew 2
SB: Aroz, Anson 1 ; Smith, Drew 1
CS: Smith, Drew 1 ; Cooney, Ryan 1
HBP: Niclai, Coen 1
Batting:
2B: Eddie Hacopian 1
HR: Eddie Hacopian 1 ; Jacob Orr 1 ; Aden Hill 1
RBI: Eddie Hacopian 2 ; Jacob Orr 1 ; Aden Hill 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Eddie Hacopian 1 ; Jacob Orr 1 ; Aden Hill 1 ; Liam Willson 1
HBP: Liam Willson 1
PO: Eddie Hacopian 1
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RBI
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