Ducks Look To Continue Winning Ways at Michigan State

#6 Oregon at Michigan State
Friday – May 2 – 3:02 p.m. (PT)
Saturday – May 3 – 12:32 p.m. (PT)
Sunday – May 4 – 8:32 a.m. (PT)
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Radio: 590 AM - (Eugene), 910 AM (Portland)

Series History - Michigan State

Oregon State and Michigan State have met four times on the diamond with the Spartans holding a 4-0 series advantage.
Two of the games were decided in extra innings.
The Spartans swept a series in Eugene in 2015, while taking the first game of a three-game series in East Lansing in 2016 before the final two games were canceled because of cold and snow.

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 (187) among teams in the West while boasting the fourth-best winning percentage (.662).
UO trails just Oregon State, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine in wins and winning percentage.

Down The Stretch (Remaining Schedule):

IOWA (20-4): at WASH, vs. ORST, vs. ORE
UCLA (16-5): at USC, at ILL, vs. NWSTRN
ORE (14-7): at MSU, vs. WASH, at IOWA
USC (14-7): vs. UCLA, vs. MSU, at WASH
WASH (13-8): vs. IOWA, at ORE, vs. USC

Neville Is Golden

Oregon JR CF Mason Neville is on the Golden Spikes midseason watch list which was released 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).

Ducks sweep Beavers

For the first time since 1972, Oregon swept the season series against in-state rival Oregon State.
The Ducks swept a three-game home series last weekend before picking up another win in Corvallis on Tuesday.

Ducks having a grand ole time

Oregon belted a pair of grand slams at Georgetown on April 14, giving the Ducks seven for the season.
The two grand slams in one game, hit by JR OF Mason Neville (4th inning) and JR 3B Carter Garate (7th inning), marked the third time Oregon has hit two in a game this season.
Against Rhode Island on Feb. 23, FR C Burke-Lee Mabeus (4th inning) and C/OF Anson Aroz (7th inning) belted a pair of grand slams in a 15-2 win.
In game one of the Columbia series on Feb. 28, JR DH Dominic Hellman's hit two in the same game by himself (2nd inning, 7th inning).
On April 4 against Michigan, Hellman hit a third grand slam which tied him with Shaun Chase (2012-15) for the most in a career by a Duck.
Oregon's seven grand slams this season are two more than the most the Ducks had hit in any previous season (5 in 2019).

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 third place during the Oregon State series.
The Ducks 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 83 home runs in 43 games (1.93 HR/Game), the Ducks are on pace to belt 104 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 national HR leader as well as Oregon single-season record holder

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 .329/.478/.826 with a 1.304 OPS while tallying 35 extra-base hits (21 HR, 14 2B), 57 runs scored (2nd in B1G/23rd nationally) and 44 walks (2nd in B1G/15th nationally).
The Las Vegas native currently leads the nation in home runs and HR per game.
He has homered in 19 of the 42 games he has played, including a pair of two home-run games, giving him home runs in 35 of his 78 career starts at Oregon.
The Ducks' centerfielder has hit a home run every 7.4 at-bats through 43 games this season after belting a home run every 9.3 at-bats last season.
He has extra-base hits in 28 of Oregon's 43 games this season with 13 multiple-hit games.
He is also slugging his way into the Oregon record book.
His 21 homers this season has set a new program record and given him 37 in the last two season, second behind teammate Jacob Walsh (55 HR) on the Oregon career list.
Last season, he finished two home runs behind the single-season HR leaders at Oregon.

Molony's monster weekend continues stellar play

Oregon SO SS Maddox Molony had the best series of his young career at Ohio State on March 28-29.
The Ducks' shortstop 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 11 weekends of the 2025 season are any indication, Molony is proving his record-setting freshman season was not a fluke.
The Springfield, Ore., native, has led Oregon to 10 series wins batting .335.
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, who already owned the career home run record and the multiple-RBI game records, added the career RBI mark to his resume during the Michigan series.
Walsh's 55 homers are 24 more than former HR record holder Tanner Smith (2019-21), who hit 31 during his career with the Ducks.
Teammate Mason Neville is 18 behind Walsh and has moved past Smith into second, hitting his 34th and 35th in the series vs. No. 10 UCLA before adding 36 and 37 vs. Oregon State.
The Ducks' first baseman has also cracked the top 10 in runs (2nd), at-bats (2nd), multi-hit games (2nd), doubles (3rd), hits (3rd) and games started (4th).
In his fourth year as a starter at first base, Walsh is a career .280 hitter with 57 doubles and 181 RBI.
Last season, Walsh tied the then 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.
After the UCLA series, Oregon centerfielder Mason Neville joined Hellman and Mabeus as Ducks who have won the player of the week award.

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 234 Ks during his first two-plus campaigns with the Ducks.
He passed Tommy Thorpe (2012-14) for fourth against UCLA and now need 14 more to move past Alex Keudell (2009-12) for third.
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.

Clarke in control, named B1G Pitcher of the Week

It was 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 the first seven series this year, Clarke did not allow a run in his first 18.1 inning pitched (Clarke did not pitch vs. Michigan but returned to the rotation the next week).
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.
After missing the Michigan series, Clarke has filled the Saturday starters spot each of the last three weeks.