Oregon Baseball Stays Alive to Face Rice in Championship Game Monday Night

The Oregon Baseball team started out the weekend on a winning note. On Friday, the Ducks rallied past South Dakota State thanks to a two run double from Ryon Healy in a 3-2 win. It didn’t go so well for the Ducks on Saturday as they lost to Rice 1-0 and their bats didn’t get the chance to rally thanks to Rice’s Jordan Stephens and a stellar pitching performance. He retired the first 13 batters he faced and only allowed two hits for the game.

The loss put Oregon in a ‘need to win’ situation for Sunday to force a Monday ‘Championship’ game and they came through. In the first game on Sunday Oregon took care of San Francisco 6-1 with Cole Irvin on the mound and his fourth complete game of the season.

Game two was against Rice and Oregon’s bats finally woke up. Ryon Healy took control with a 4-4 performance, 4 RBI’s and two runs scored. Pitcher Jeff Gold, who has been out with an injury allowed two hits in five innings of work forcing a decisive ‘Championship’ game on Monday night at PK Park.