Oregon baseball wins road series at Michigan State
Oregon baseball wins road series at Michigan State
There are much easier ways to win a weekend series, but Oregon Ducks baseball didn't choose the easy route at Michigan State.
Oregon dropped the Friday opener 2-0 despite a pitching gem from Grayson Grinsell. Unfortunately for the Ducks, the Spartans' ace, Joseph Dzierwa pitched just a bit better to get the victory. Oregon rebounded from that rare shutout loss to take the series by winning Saturday's game easily 13-5 and then received another gem on the mound from Jason Reitz to take the rubber game, 3-1, Sunday.
Reitz is becoming a very reliable Sunday starter, which is going to be a huge bonus when the NCAA tournament rolls around. He pitched into the seventh innings, allowing just a run on three hits and striking out four. It was his third win of the season.
The offense scored just enough to support Reitz' efforts. Burke-Lee Mabius' run-scoring double put the Ducks on the board in the second and then in the next inning, Oregon made it 2-0 thanks to a wild pitch that scored Parker Stinson.
After that, it was all Reitz. It remained 2-0 until the Spartans got on the scoreboard with a sacrifice fly. Oregon was in trouble of giving up the lead in the seventh as Reitz ran out of gas. Reliever Cole Stokes came in with the tying run in scoring position, but coaxed Michigan State into a ground out and a strikeout to end the threat.
Stokes found himself in trouble again in the eighth as the Spartans managed to have runners on first and second with two out, but the right-hander whiffed Randy Seymore to get out of said trouble.
Oregon added some much-needed insurance with a solo homer from Anson Aroz to left field. Up 3-1, closer Seth Maddox came on and earned his fourth save of the season.
There wouldn't be any anxious moments for the Ducks on Saturday as they hit four home runs, two coming off the bat of Mason Neville. The game was knotted up at 4-4, but after that, Oregon scored in every inning to put the home team away. Jacob Walsh and Aroz also hit big flies in the winning effort.
Oregon is now 33-13 overall and 16-8 in Big Ten play. It has two more league series remaining with Washington and at Iowa before the conference tournament.
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