Ryon Healy
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#11 Oregon(22-6, 8-1 Pac 12) hits the road this week after sweeping Washington, Portland and Arizona last week. The Ducks are currently on a 7 game winning streak and are 15-3 in the friendly confines of PK Park. Oregon is 7-3 on the road and they look to improve that number this weekend.

Arizona State (15-8-1, 4-5 Pac 12) welcomes Oregon for a three game set this weekend. Coach Horton’s team swept the season series last year with the Sundevils. Junior Outfielder Casey Hoffman has heated up for the Arizona State. In last weekend’s series with UCLA he went 5-for-14 (.357) with six RBI, two home runs, two doubles and five runs scored. He finished the series with #4 UCLA last weekend  with a .929 slugging percentage and a .400 batting average.

On the mound for the Sundevils, the hot hand is currently Righthander Trevor Williams, who threw seven shutout innings last weekend against the Bruins, helping Arizona to a series opening win. He gave up eight hits, but stranded six runners on base. Williams also picked up his fourth win of the season.

Arizona State just finished a two game series with Wichita State and won both games as they head into the series with the Ducks this weekend.

Following a three game stint with Arizona This Weekend, Friday(6:30PT), Saturday(6:30PT), Sunday(12:30PT), Oregon heads to Corvallis for a showdown with Oregon State next Tuesday(4pm PT, Pac 12 Networks) and finish out the roadtrip at Cal and Portland. The Ducks return home on April 19th and welcome UCLA to PK Park.

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Oregon Starting pitcher Jake Reed began a solid night on Friday. The game would unravel in the fifth and sixth innings and Cal State Fullerton scored seven runs in two innings. Oregon’s offense could not keep up led by First Baseman Ryon Healy(2-4, RBI) and Brett Thomas(1-3, Run Scored, RBI). They fell 8-2.

On Saturday, Healy continued to have the hot hands at the plate with two hits. Oregon Starting Pitcher Tommy Thorpe gave up three runs in the first. It was a hit of the worst kind for the Ducks, two men on and two out. Fullerton’s Michael Lorenzen hit a three run homer off the left field foul pole. The Ducks were able to score two for the game, but it wasn;t enough. Justin Garza took the win for the Titans, allowing two runs on six hits in eight innings.Cal State Fullerton won 5-2.

In the Sunday Finale Oregon turned to Freshman Cole Irvin on the mound and he was able to give the Ducks what the needed. He pitched seven innings, giving up eight hits while giving up a run and striking out three. At the plate Brett Hambright went 3-4 with 3 RBI’s. Closer Jimmie Sherfy got some work to close it out in a non save situation as Oregon won 9-1.

The Ducks return home to PK Park this week and get right back to it. Oregon hosts Cal State Northridge for two games Monday(6pm) and Tuesday(Noon) and This Weekend will host Vanderbilt for a three game set Friday(6pm), Saturday(2pm), and Sunday(Noon) followed by a two game series with Texas State Tuesday and Wednesday(both games at 6pm) before kicking off the Pac 12 schedule in Los Angeles against USC.

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The 10th ranked Oregon Softball team(14-3) is playing in the Citrus Classic in Orlando, Florida this weekend and face some more solid competition in non conference play, including #11 and fellow College World Series Returnee LSU, who the Ducks beat 10-2 to open the series on Friday. In the second game Friday, Oregon beat LIU Brooklyn 10-2.

The Ducks face Boston College Saturday(7am) and Temple(9:15am). Sunday’s action includes games against Michigan(6am) and James Madison(9:15am). All Times are Eastern.

Oregon Baseball Set to Face Coach Horton’s Former Team on the Road

Oregon Baseball began their trip to Cal State Fullerton with a loss on Friday night, 8-2.  Oregon looks to even the series Saturday afternoon. Coach George Horton spent 11 seasons with the Titans and led them to the College World Series six times, winning it all once. The Ducks look to continue their early season momentum.

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The five starting pitchers the Ducks have used this year have combined for an ERA under 2 and 1.97 – Oregon starts a stretch of eight games in the next 10 days, and if that’s not tough enough early in the season, six of those games are against teams ranked in the Top 20.

Oregon’s Three Game Series with Cal State Fullerton continues Saturday at 6pm, and the final game of the series will be on Sunday at 12pm.

The Ducks then return home to face Cal State North Ridge for a two game series.

Oregon Track Athletes Look to Solidify Spots for NCAA Championship

Several Ducks are looking to help their chances of making the NCAA Championship by working on their skills and hopefully improving times in Qualifiers. On Friday Oregon’s Mike Berry won 400 meter hurdles in a season best 46.03 seconds, which ranks fourth nationally at the UW Final Qualifier.

Oregon Track and Field Last Chance Meets on Deck for Track Teams

The Men of Oregon moved up to No. 5 in this week’s USTFCCCA poll, while the women remained at No. 2

Oregon Men’s Basketball, Next Game, Thursday March 7th at Colorado

Oregon Women’s Basketball, Friday vs Colorado, Sunday vs Utah

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