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USA Today
17-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Oregon baseball rallies to pull within a tie of first place
Oregon baseball rallies to pull within a tie of first place No one can say this Oregon baseball team isn't resilient. In a must-win game if the Ducks want to win the Big Ten regular season title, Oregon erased a 6-2 deficit and scored seven unanswered runs to stun Iowa 9-6 with just one game left on the schedule. With the win, their ninth straight, the Ducks are now 40-13 overall and 21-8 in conference play. They are tied with the Hawkeyes for first place. The winner of the series finale are the champs. For a long while, it didn't look as if it would be Oregon's day as Iowa jumped on Duck starter Collin Clarke for six runs and eight hits in just 4.1 innings. But the bullpen consisting of Ian Umlandt, Cole Stokes, Santiago Garcia and Seth Maddox held the Hawkeyes scoreless for the rest of the game, allowing the offense to rally. That rally began in the sixth inning with Anson Aroz's solo home run to make it 6-3. Then the crucial comeback came an inning later as the Ducks scored four runs to take a 7-6 lead. Jacob Walsh smacked an RBI double to make it 6-4 and with Drew Smith's infield single to score Dominic Hellman, Oregon was within a run of the home Hawkeyes. But it was Ryan Cooney's double down the left field line that scored both Chase Meggers and Smith that gave Oregon the lead for good. The Ducks added two big insurance runs in the ninth on Meggers' bunt single to score Aroz and a wild pitch scored Maddox Molony for the three-run lead. Iowa did its best in the bottom half of the ninth to possibly tie the game as the Hawkeyes had the tying run at the plate, but Maddox coaxed pinch hitter Mitch Wood to ground out for the win. These two teams play one for time in Iowa City with first pitch scheduled for 10 am PST.
USA Today
11-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Oregon baseball wins sixth straight game and takes the series with the Huskies
Oregon baseball wins sixth straight game and takes the series with the Huskies Everything is clicking for the Oregon baseball team right now. The Ducks won their sixth straight game, 6-4, against Washington, taking the weekend series over the Huskies. They will go for the sweep on Sunday. At 37-13 overall, it's Oregon's best record through 50 games since it was 39-11 in 2013. This team is attempting to do what that team failed to do 12 years ago: finally make it to Omaha for the first time in program history. Washington jumped on Oregon starter Collin Clarke right away with a two-run first inning, but the Ducks were able to answer in the second with Maddox Molony run-scoring single to left. Clarke settled down and held the Huskies scoreless until his offense could take the lead. That happened in the fourth thanks to some two-out lightning. With two out and none on, the Ducks tied the game after a hit-by-pitch and a single. Carter Garate's infield hit and a Washington throwing error brought Chase Meggers home to tie the game 2-2. Mason Neville then lined a double into the right field corner to give Oregon a 4-2 lead. That lead didn't last long as the Huskies blasted two homers in the fifth inning, and the game was tied once again at 4-4. But Jacob Walsh gave the Ducks the lead once again, this time for good, as he put one in orbit for his 17th home run of the season. Neville added to the lead in the sixth as he got the green light with a 3-0 count and cranked his nation-leading 25th home run on the year. That was all the Oregon bullpen of Santiago Garcia, Cole Stokes, and Seth Maddox needed. Those three combined to throw four innings of no-hit ball. Maddox pitched a perfect ninth to earn his sixth save of 2025. The win for the Ducks kept the team in the hunt for the Big Ten championship. They currently sit 2.5 games behind Iowa, a team Oregon faces for a three-game set next week. But first, Oregon could use a conference series sweep, and they have that chance Sunday afternoon with the first pitch against the Dawgs scheduled for 12:05 pm at PK Park.
