Oregon Baseball Rises Again in Polls after Weekend Series

Oregon baseball (24-10, 10-5) again ventured to California to take on a ranked Pac-12 opponent over the weekend. The Ducks went to Klein Field at Sunken Diamond in Palo Alto, winning the first two games against the Stanford Cardinal (22-9, 5-7) before losing Sunday.

Just like last weekend it resulted in a jump in the national polls for Oregon. The biggest jump came in the Baseball America polls which the Ducks jumped from 16^th to eighth which is the highest ranking since the program was revived in 2009.  In the Perfect Game top 50 they went from 18^th to 11^th and are also 11^th in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll where they were 17^th last week.

Breaking down the conference by each poll, here is how the Pac-12 did.

• Baseball America – UCLA 11^th, Arizona 13^th, Stanford 14^th and Arizona State 20^th
• Perfect Game – UCLA 7^th, Arizona 10^th, Stanford 13^th, Arizona State 20^th, Oregon State 25^th and California 43^rd
• USA Today/ESPN Top 25 – UCLA 7^th, Stanford 10^th and Arizona 16^th

The team returns home tonight at 6 p.m. to PK Park against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, who was swept at Oregon State over the weekend. After tonight’s game the Ducks will play Portland at Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer before returning home over the weekend against Washington State.