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Photo by: Jackson Fisk
Ducks Clinch Series, Walsh Sets Another Record
04/05/25 | Baseball
EUGENE, Ore. — Jacob Walsh added to his legacy at Oregon on Saturday afternoon while leading No. 15 Oregon to a second run-rule and series clinching win over Michigan at PK Park in front of 4,130 fans.
The Ducks' senior first baseman added the program's career RBI record to his resume while reaching base four times (2-for-3, 2 BB), hitting a home run and driving in four runs in a 13-3, 8-inning win over the Wolverines.
Walsh now owns three career Oregon records, adding the RBI mark to the home run and multi-RBI records he set earlier in his career.
How it Happened: Anson Aroz continued to swing a hot bat to start the game. After homering in the Ducks' last five games, the Ducks' leftfielder gave UO an early lead with a two-run ground-rule double in the first scoring Mason Neville and Jeffery Heard with two outs.
Michigan (16-14, 7-7 Big Ten) took the lead with a two-run homer in the top of the fourth and another run in the fifth, but Oregon regained the lead it in its half of the fifth. The Ducks loaded the bases on two walks and a hit-by-pitch before Chase Meggers drove in the tying run with a fielder's choice.
After an Aroz walk loaded the bases again, Maddox Molony pulled a 2-2 pitch through the hole between short and third scoring Heard and Meggers for a two-run lead. Back-to-back walks to pinch-hitter Dominic Hellman and Ryan Cooney pushed the lead to 6-3.
Oregon (22-8, 10-4 Big Ten) added three more runs in the bottom of the sixth. Walsh delivered his record-breaking RBI after Mason Neville walked to leadoff the inning. Walsh smoked a full-count pitch over the left-center field wall for a two-run homer to push the UO lead to 8-3. Meggers followed the Walsh homer with a double into the right-field corner and eventually scored on a wild pitch for a six-run lead.
The Ducks weren't done, adding three runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to end the game. After a pair of walks and a bunt hit to lead off the seventh loaded the bases, Walsh came to the plate and added to his RBI record ripping a base hit between first and second that scored Carter Garate and Neville. Meggers tacked on a sacrifice flying scoring Heard for a nine-run lead.
In the eighth, Cooney singled before stealing second and moving to third on a Garate fly out to center. He ended the game scoring on a wild pitch.
Box Score Notes: The attendance matched the sixth largest crowd in stadium history and the largest regular-season crowd as well … Walsh now has 162 career RBI, breaking Tanner Smith's (2019-23) record of 158 … Walsh extended his reached base streak to 24 games … Aroz saw his consecutive games with a home run snapped at five, matching the longest in program history … The Ducks homered in the sixth straight game … Four Ducks' relief pitchers combined to toss 3.1 scoreless innings … Ryan Featherston (2-0) picked up the win tossing 0.1 innings after inheriting a two-on, two-out situation.
On Deck: Oregon will go for the series sweep on Sunday. First pitch is at 12:05 p.m. at PK Park.
Quotes:
Head Coach Mark Wasikowski
On how it feels to see fans showing out this weekend...
"Really good. And thanks to the fans for coming out and supporting the ball club. It's a really good ball club, we haven't played that way at times and the club is well aware of it. To have their support and trust and to be able to play good two days in a row in front of really big crowds here is obviously awesome. And the fans showing up and showing out here at PK, I mean, it's really cool. It's great for the guys and we'll try to continue to earn your trust, we know we haven't at a 100% clip yet. But still, I think this one heck of a ball club and we got a chance to be really, really good if we do our jobs."
On what Jacob Walsh has meant to the program...
"He's just a wonderful kid. First of all, he's brought up well. He's not perfect, none of these kids, none of us, are perfect, right? I mean, it's, he's just kind of who everybody is out there right now. He's a guy that has his days where he struggled and he's fought through them, you know, and he's a guy that's tremendously talented. The things you listed off, that's a lot of success for one guy with all those records. And I love being around him, because he's got a good impact in that clubhouse, in the locker room. And when he leaves I'm going to miss him, just like I did the Tanner Smiths and Aaron Zavalas and so many other kids that we've had that are just really special human beings."
On Anson Aroz's performance...
"Yeah, critical hit too. I mean, it was early in the game, but it was a two out double to score two. At that time their starter was out there, 94-95 with heavy sink. I haven't seen the metrics on his sink on his fastball, but I'm sure he was at least average on a pro scale. Yeah, heck of an arm. And we were able to get to him, Anson was able to get to him there. That was huge. And for us to get him out of the game as early as we did, I thought was the real critical piece. I don't think they wanted him to be out of the game that early."
Jacob Walsh
On becoming Oregon's all-time RBI leader…
"It's cool. I'm just out there playing ball and having fun. Records come and come, but we got a good win today."
On feeling at the plate…
"I feel good. When you're having a good approach and are quiet with everything, the ball comes in a lot easier and it's easier to make good decisions, so I'm just trying to stick to that."
On the team's momentum right now…
"It's awesome. We're showing the lineup that we all knew we had. (Dominic) Hellman hits a ball 800 feet yesterday and is the player of the game yesterday and he's not in the lineup today. That just shows how strong our lineup is and it's good to finally have that come around."
Maddox Molony
On seeing the ball better at the plate…
"Yeah. I've been ready to hit and I'm seeing the ball well."
On driving in runs in a variety of ways…
"It says that we're a mature group of guys. We can have those days with a lot of home runs and we can also be mature enough to stay in, take some pitches, and get on base."
The Ducks' senior first baseman added the program's career RBI record to his resume while reaching base four times (2-for-3, 2 BB), hitting a home run and driving in four runs in a 13-3, 8-inning win over the Wolverines.
Walsh now owns three career Oregon records, adding the RBI mark to the home run and multi-RBI records he set earlier in his career.
How it Happened: Anson Aroz continued to swing a hot bat to start the game. After homering in the Ducks' last five games, the Ducks' leftfielder gave UO an early lead with a two-run ground-rule double in the first scoring Mason Neville and Jeffery Heard with two outs.
Michigan (16-14, 7-7 Big Ten) took the lead with a two-run homer in the top of the fourth and another run in the fifth, but Oregon regained the lead it in its half of the fifth. The Ducks loaded the bases on two walks and a hit-by-pitch before Chase Meggers drove in the tying run with a fielder's choice.
After an Aroz walk loaded the bases again, Maddox Molony pulled a 2-2 pitch through the hole between short and third scoring Heard and Meggers for a two-run lead. Back-to-back walks to pinch-hitter Dominic Hellman and Ryan Cooney pushed the lead to 6-3.
Oregon (22-8, 10-4 Big Ten) added three more runs in the bottom of the sixth. Walsh delivered his record-breaking RBI after Mason Neville walked to leadoff the inning. Walsh smoked a full-count pitch over the left-center field wall for a two-run homer to push the UO lead to 8-3. Meggers followed the Walsh homer with a double into the right-field corner and eventually scored on a wild pitch for a six-run lead.
The Ducks weren't done, adding three runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to end the game. After a pair of walks and a bunt hit to lead off the seventh loaded the bases, Walsh came to the plate and added to his RBI record ripping a base hit between first and second that scored Carter Garate and Neville. Meggers tacked on a sacrifice flying scoring Heard for a nine-run lead.
In the eighth, Cooney singled before stealing second and moving to third on a Garate fly out to center. He ended the game scoring on a wild pitch.
Box Score Notes: The attendance matched the sixth largest crowd in stadium history and the largest regular-season crowd as well … Walsh now has 162 career RBI, breaking Tanner Smith's (2019-23) record of 158 … Walsh extended his reached base streak to 24 games … Aroz saw his consecutive games with a home run snapped at five, matching the longest in program history … The Ducks homered in the sixth straight game … Four Ducks' relief pitchers combined to toss 3.1 scoreless innings … Ryan Featherston (2-0) picked up the win tossing 0.1 innings after inheriting a two-on, two-out situation.
On Deck: Oregon will go for the series sweep on Sunday. First pitch is at 12:05 p.m. at PK Park.
Quotes:
Head Coach Mark Wasikowski
On how it feels to see fans showing out this weekend...
"Really good. And thanks to the fans for coming out and supporting the ball club. It's a really good ball club, we haven't played that way at times and the club is well aware of it. To have their support and trust and to be able to play good two days in a row in front of really big crowds here is obviously awesome. And the fans showing up and showing out here at PK, I mean, it's really cool. It's great for the guys and we'll try to continue to earn your trust, we know we haven't at a 100% clip yet. But still, I think this one heck of a ball club and we got a chance to be really, really good if we do our jobs."
On what Jacob Walsh has meant to the program...
"He's just a wonderful kid. First of all, he's brought up well. He's not perfect, none of these kids, none of us, are perfect, right? I mean, it's, he's just kind of who everybody is out there right now. He's a guy that has his days where he struggled and he's fought through them, you know, and he's a guy that's tremendously talented. The things you listed off, that's a lot of success for one guy with all those records. And I love being around him, because he's got a good impact in that clubhouse, in the locker room. And when he leaves I'm going to miss him, just like I did the Tanner Smiths and Aaron Zavalas and so many other kids that we've had that are just really special human beings."
On Anson Aroz's performance...
"Yeah, critical hit too. I mean, it was early in the game, but it was a two out double to score two. At that time their starter was out there, 94-95 with heavy sink. I haven't seen the metrics on his sink on his fastball, but I'm sure he was at least average on a pro scale. Yeah, heck of an arm. And we were able to get to him, Anson was able to get to him there. That was huge. And for us to get him out of the game as early as we did, I thought was the real critical piece. I don't think they wanted him to be out of the game that early."
Jacob Walsh
On becoming Oregon's all-time RBI leader…
"It's cool. I'm just out there playing ball and having fun. Records come and come, but we got a good win today."
On feeling at the plate…
"I feel good. When you're having a good approach and are quiet with everything, the ball comes in a lot easier and it's easier to make good decisions, so I'm just trying to stick to that."
On the team's momentum right now…
"It's awesome. We're showing the lineup that we all knew we had. (Dominic) Hellman hits a ball 800 feet yesterday and is the player of the game yesterday and he's not in the lineup today. That just shows how strong our lineup is and it's good to finally have that come around."
Maddox Molony
On seeing the ball better at the plate…
"Yeah. I've been ready to hit and I'm seeing the ball well."
On driving in runs in a variety of ways…
"It says that we're a mature group of guys. We can have those days with a lot of home runs and we can also be mature enough to stay in, take some pitches, and get on base."
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Featherston, Ryan (2-0)
L: Dylan Vigue (0-2)
Batting:
HR: Cole Caruso 1
RBI: Brayden Jefferis 1 ; Cole Caruso 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Brayden Jefferis 1 ; Cole Caruso 1 ; Greg Pace Jr 1
SB: Greg Pace Jr 1
CS: Will Rogers 1
HBP: Brayden Jefferis 1 ; Will Rogers 1
Batting:
2B: Heard, Jeffery 1 ; Meggers, Chase 1 ; Aroz, Anson 1
HR: Walsh, Jacob 1
RBI: Walsh, Jacob 4 ; Meggers, Chase 2 ; Aroz, Anson 2 ; Molony, Maddox 2 ; Cooney, Ryan 1
SF: Meggers, Chase 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Neville, Mason 4 ; Heard, Jeffery 3 ; Walsh, Jacob 1 ; Meggers, Chase 2 ; Aroz, Anson 1 ; Cooney, Ryan 1 ; Garate, Carter 1
SB: Cooney, Ryan 1
HBP: Heard, Jeffery 1
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