Ducks Host Michigan Starting Friday

Michigan at #15 Oregon
Friday – April 4 – 5:05 p.m.
Saturday – April 5 – 2:05 p.m.
Sunday – April 6 – 12:05 p.m.
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Radio: 590 AM - (Eugene), 910 AM (Portland)

Regional Rematch

Oregon and Michigan have met on the diamond just once in the history of the programs, and that came in the 2022 Louisville Regional Tournament.
Michigan won the winner's bracket game 8-6 after breaking a 6-6 tie with a pair of runs in the top of the eighth inning.
Jacob Walsh is the only current Ducks' player to see action in the game.

Winning Out West

Heading into this weekend, Oregon is riding recent success that ranks among the best on the west coast.
Since 2021, the Ducks have the fourth-most wins (176) among teams in the West while boasting the fourth-best winning percentage (.659).
UO trails just Oregon State, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine in wins and winning percentage.

Neville Is Golden

Oregon JR CF Mason Neville is on the Golden Spikes midseason watch list which was released on Thursday by USA Baseball.
Neville is one of just 45 players on the list and he is only the sixth Duck all-time to make the midseason list.
He joins Kenyon Yovan (2021), David Peterson (2017), Stephen Nogosek (2016), Ryon Healy (2013) and Jimmie Sherfy (2013).

Oregon makes move to Big Ten Conference

Oregon is in its first season in the Big Ten Conference where the Ducks will play 10 conference series that include three with former Pac-12 rivals.
Four weeks into the Big Ten schedule, the Ducks' played their first road series against a long-time member of the Big Ten when they traveled to Ohio State last weekend.
The Ducks opened Big Ten play four weeks ago with a sweep over long-time Pac-12 rival USC on the road, while also having home series later in the season against long-time foes UCLA (April 18-20) and Washington (May 9-11).
The Ducks continued their home portion of Big Ten play two weeks ago picking up a series win over Rutgers a week after winning a series at PK Park against Minnesota in the first of seven series against new conference opponents.
The Ducks host Michigan this weekend before traveling to Maryland (April 11-13) in week nine, Michigan State (May 2-4) in week 12 and Iowa (May 15-17) in week 14.
Before this season, Oregon had played 17 games all-time vs. teams from the Big Ten and had a 6-11 record, including 6-9 vs. teams the Ducks play in 2025.

Maryland/Georgetown road trip features a pair of televised games

When Oregon hits the road next weekend for a three-game Big Ten Conference series at Maryland and a nonconference game at Georgetown, the Ducks will have two of the four games televised on television networks.
Saturday's game at Maryland has been moved from 11 a.m. (PT) to 1 p.m. (PT) and will now be carried on the Big Ten Network.
Monday's game, which has an 8 a.m. (PT) first pitch, will be televised on FS1.

Going, Going, Gone

Oregon has continued its impressive run of hitting home runs into the 2025 season.
The Ducks' top five home run seasons have all come since the 2021 season with this year's team moving into fifth place during the Ohio State series.
The Ducks have increased the home run record by 53 long balls during the first four full seasons of the Mark Wasikowski era.
Heading into his first season at the helm in 2020, the Oregon team record for home runs in a season was 48.
After the COVID-19 shortened 2020 campaign, each of his next four clubs made a run at the program's home run record with the 2021, 2022 and 2023 teams all managing to increase the mark.
Last year's team fell just three home runs shy of matching the record set by the 2023 squad.
In 2023, Oregon broke the school record of 75 home runs set during the 2022 season, which came a year after hitting 56 to break the old record of 48 that was set in 1974.
With 51 home runs in 28 games (1.82 HR/Game), the Ducks are on pace to belt 98 homers in the 2025 regular season.

Another assault on record books?

During head coach Mark Wasikowski's four full seasons at Oregon, the Ducks have rewritten the program's record book on offense.
Oregon's record-breaking offensive season ended in 2022 with the Ducks setting records in eight major statistical categories.
In 2022, UO set school bests in average, hits, runs, home runs, RBI, doubles, total bases and at-bats.
Of the eight new records, three broke school records set in 2021 when the team broke long-time records for runs (376 in 2010), home runs (48 in 1974) and RBI (332 in 2010).
In 2023, Oregon re-set four of the records with 101 HR, 142 doubles, 1,057 total bases and 2,167 at-bats.
Oregon had also cracked the top 10 in RBI (2nd), runs (2nd), stolen bases (2nd) and hits (2nd).
Oregon had a .298 team batting average, which ranked fourth all-time.
While the 2024 team did not break any of the previous teams' records, the Ducks did finish second in home runs (98), third in runs (420), RBI (383) and total bases (996), fourth in hits (575) and sixth in doubles (107).
While increasing the home run record by 53 during the Wasikowski era, the Ducks have increased the runs scored record by 76 and the RBI record by 84.

Neville tied for 14th in nation in home runs, tied for fourth in B1G

JR CF Mason Neville has picked up in 2025 where he left off at the end of last season.
The Ducks' leadoff hitter is slashing .308/.433/.731 with a 1.144 OPS while tallying 20 extra-base hits (12 HR, 8 2B) and 34 runs scored (T8th in B1G).
He has homered in 11 of the 27 games he has played, including a two home-run game, giving him home runs in 27 of his 63 career starts at Oregon.
The Ducks' centerfielder has hit a home run every 8.7 at-bats through 28 games this season after belting a home run every 9.3 at-bats last season.
The Las Vegas native currently ranks 14th in the nation in home runs and 15th in home runs per game.
He has extra-base hits in 17 of Oregon's 28 games this season with nine multiple-hit games.
Last season, he finished two home runs behind record holders Jacob Walsh (2024) and Sabin Ceballos (2023) and three shy of setting a new program record.

Neville already up to fourth in career home runs at Oregon

In just 83 games (63 starts), Mason Neville is already fourth in career home runs at Oregon with 28.
He needs three more to pass Tom Dodd (129 games/1977-79) and tie Tanner Smith (253 games/2019-23) for second on the all-time on the home run list.
Last season, he finished two home runs behind Walsh (2024) and Sabin Ceballos (2023) and three shy of setting a new single-season program record.

Molony's monster weekend continues stellar play

Oregon SO SS Maddox Molony had the best series of his young career at Ohio State last weekend.
The Ducks' leading hitter slashed .538/.571/1.692 with a 2.263 OPS while slugging five home runs in just 14 plate appearances.
He homered in all three games, going deep twice in both games of a Saturday doubleheader.
If the first seven weekends of the 2025 season are any indication, Molony is out to prove his record-setting freshman season was not a fluke.
The Springfield, Ore., native, led Oregon to six series wins batting .367.
It did not take Molony long to put his name in the Oregon record books.
In 2024, the Ducks' shortstop became just the second Oregon freshman, and first position player to ever be named first-team All-Pac-12 Conference.
He joined Kenyon Yovan, who was named All-Pac-12 in 2017 as a relief pitcher following his freshman season.
The all-league honor came after Molony etched his name in Oregon's record books earlier in the season.
The then-freshman belted his seventh career home run in his 93rd career at-bat and 26th career start to set a new Oregon freshman home run record (he finished the season with 10 HR).

Walsh back to finish what he started

During his three-plus seasons at Oregon, SR 1B Jacob Walsh has compiled some staggering numbers that have him either holding a program record or closing in on adding a record to his resume.
The Ducks' first baseman already owns the career home run record at Oregon with 46 long balls, 15 more than former record holder Tanner Smith (2019-23) hit during his career, and the multi-RBI record with 41 multiple-RBI games.
He has also cracked the top 10 in RBI (2nd), runs (2nd), doubles (3rd), hits (3rd), multi-hit games (3rd), at-bats (3rd) and games started (4th).
In his fourth year as a starter at first base, Walsh is a career .274 hitter with 54 doubles and 157 RBI.
Last season, Walsh tied the single-season home run record (18) and finished tied for fifth all-time on the single-season RBI list (56).
In 2022, Walsh became just the 10th Ducks' freshman All-American after setting freshman program records for doubles (18) and total bases (103), while tying the record for home runs (6).

Hellman, Mabeus garner weekly awards in consecutive weeks

JR DH Dominic Hellman earned a pair of weekly awards following the Columbia series, which came on the heels of FR C Burke-Lee Mabeus earning the Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor.
The NCBWA honored Hellman with its National Hitter of the Week award after he had a monster series in a four-game sweep of Columbia, while the Big Ten named him its player of the week.
Hellman slashed .500/.583/1.056 with a 1.639 OPS, while slugging three home runs (2 grand slams) with 13 RBI and nine runs scored.
Oregon's first conference honoree as a member of the Big Ten Conference went to FR C Burke-Lee Mabeus the previous week.
The Henderson, Nev., product earned Big Ten Conference co-Freshman of the Week honors after a big weekend series win over Rhode Island.
He started a pair of games behind the plate for the Ducks leading Oregon to wins in both games while slashing .444/.500/.778 with a 1.278 OPS.
He slugged his first career home run, a grand slam, while driving in a team-high eight runs with two runs scored and a stolen base.

Clarke in control, named B1G Pitcher of the Week

It has been an impressive start to the season for SO RHP Collin Clarke, who moved into the rotation to start the season after pitching out of the bullpen as a freshman.
Making Saturday starts in all seven series this year, Clarke did not allow a run in his first 18.1 inning pitched.
After his week-five start, he earned Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors after allowing just one unearned run on three hits while matching a career high in strikeouts (8) and innings pitched (7.0) vs. Minnesota.
The Ducks' righty fanned a then career-high seven hitters in a five-inning no-decision against Toledo on Feb. 15.
He followed that outing tossing a career-high seven innings of scoreless ball while allowing just four hits and a walk with five Ks against Rhode Island.
He went 6.2 innings while picking up his first win of the season vs. Columbia, allowing three runs on five hits with a new career high in Ks with eight.
He did not give up a run in the first five innings at USC before the Trojans scored in the sixth.

Grinsell joins 200-K Club while climbing top 10 in career Ks at Oregon

Friday night starter Grayson Grinsell became just the sixth Ducks' pitcher to strike out 200 batters during his career when he surpassed the 200-K mark vs. Rutgers.
The Ducks' lefty enters this weekend's series with 212 Ks during his first two-plus campaigns with the Ducks.
He needs 11 vs. Michigan to pass Jon Wheeler (1967-69) and move into fifth in program history.
Last year, Grinsell fanned 99 batters in 79.1 innings finishing the year with the fifth most Ks in a single season at Oregon.
As a true freshman in 2023, Grinsell struck out 67 in 48.1 innings of work while making 30 appearances with 27 coming out of the bullpen.

Grinsell named to Golden Spikes preseason watch list and preseason All-America teams

Oregon's lone returning weekend starter, LHP Grayson Grinsell was named to the Golden Spikes watch list, while also earning second-team preseason All-America recognition from D1Baseball and third-team honors from the NCBWA.
The Ducks' lefty finished the 2024 season 7-2 with a 4.08 ERA with 99 strikeouts in 79.1 innings of work while allowing 37 runs (36 earned) on 54 hits with 44 walks.
The Ducks' Saturday starter held opposing hitters to a Pac-12 Conference-best .196 batting average, while finishing with six quality starts including a pair against nationally-ranked teams (at #13 Oregon State, at #18 UC Santa Barbara).
He led the Pac-12 and ranked 19th nationally in hits allowed per nine innings (6.13), finished third in the Pac-12, and ranked 51st nationally in strikeouts per nine innings, while ranking fourth in strikeouts in league play and 53rd nationally.

Friday night guy

For the first time in his career, Grayson Grinsell took the mound as the starter on Opening Day.
The previous names of pitchers who have taken the mound on opening day are impressive with future Major League Baseball pitchers, an MLB all-star, an eventual Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year and high MLB draft picks who have toed the rubber as series game-one starters.
Eleven of the 13 previous opening day starters have been drafted with four of them playing in the big leagues.
Three of the starters (Tyler Anderson, Alex Keudell, David Peterson) earned All-America honors the season they served as the "Friday Night" guy.
Of the 15 seasons played since the return of baseball at Oregon, the Ducks' opening day starter has earned first-team all-conference recognition six times (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017).
The 13 pitchers who have served as opening-day starters have a combined 10 first-team all-conference selections on the mound during their careers.

University of Oregon Athletics

Players Mentioned

Collin Clarke

Grayson Grinsell

Dominic Hellman

Burke-Lee Mabeus

Maddox Molony

Mason Neville

Jacob Walsh

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