Ducks Travel to Purdue, Indiana

ON DECK
Spring Break finds No. 18/16 Oregon visiting the Midwest with stops in Indiana (West Lafayette, Bloomington) and Illinois (Rosemont). The 11-day, seven-game excursion starts at Purdue (Friday-Sunday) and Indiana (Monday), before heading up to Chicagoland and Northwestern the following weekend. The Ducks swept Penn State last weekend and have won 14 of their last 15 games. Oregon and Purdue have played seven times previously, but haven't met since 2012. The Ducks lead the series, 6-1. Oregon swept Indiana last season to take a 3-2 series edge. This year's meeting is a nonconference game..

NUMBERS
* 13 - Oregon is No. 13 in the current RPI rankings.
* 12 - Oregon has played the 12th most difficult schedule nationally.
* 20 - 20 of Oregon's 28 games have come against teams in the top 75 of the RPI.
* 16 - 16 of Oregon's 23 remaining games are against teams currently in the top 75 of the RPI.
* 7 - The Ducks will play seven Big Ten series against teams in the RPI top 100 (four top-100 series last year).
* 6 - Oregon is sixth nationally in average attendance per game (1,968).
* 7 - Oregon averages 8.14 strikeouts per 7 innings, which ranks 7th nationally.
* 9 - Oregon has won 9 straight Big Ten series, dating back to last season.
* 17 - Oregon has 17 sacrifice flies, No. 1 in the Big Ten and sixth nationally.

CAN'T RUN ON COX
Emma Cox has thrown out nine base runners (five caught stealing, four picked off) this season.

PITCHING NOTES
* Lyndsey Grein leads the Big Ten in WHIP (0.90) and fewest hits allowed per seven innings pitched (3.86). She's also third in both wins (11) and strikeouts (80) and fourth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.00) and strikeouts per seven innings pitched (9.7).

GREIN, MILHORN THROW COMPLETE GAMES VS. PENN STATE
Lyndsey Grein and Maddie Milhorn threw back-to-back complete games versus Penn State last weekend. Grein tossed a two-hitter while striking out 12 in an 8-2 win in game one, while Milhorn allowed one run on three hits in the Ducks' 10-1 run-rule win in game two.

30 FOR 30
Elon Butler has 30 RBI over the last 15 games. She's hitting .542 (26-48) with nine doubles and six home runs in that span. Butler drove in eight runs (five in game two) in the Penn State series on a double and three home runs. She leads the Big Ten in doubles (12). She is one of four players ranked in the Big Ten's top six in batting average (.447), on base percentage (.551) and slugging percentage (.929) joining Megan Grant (UCLA), Aly VanBrandt (Indiana) and Jordan Woolery (UCLA). Butler has also scored a run in 10 straight games (and 15 of the last 16).

BATS HEAT UP IN BIG TEN OPENER
Oregon had one of its best offensive weekends of the season during the Penn State series. As a team, the Ducks hit .372 with four doubles, six home runs and 22 RBI. Six Ducks hit .300 or better - Amari Harper (.833), Stefini Ma'ake (.625), Elon Butler (.500), Emma Cox (.333), Taryn Ho (.333) and Kaylynn Jones (.300). Harper had a hit in all three games to match her longest hitting streak - 10 games.