Oregon Starting Pitcher Jessica Moore
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It’s a good week to be a Duck. Oregon now has a 33-6 record overall and are 10-2 in the Pac 12 this season. Looking at the weekend, the Ducks turned to Senior Jessica Moore. She came through big. For the weekend she led the Ducks in ERA (1.59), starts (3), appearances (4), innings (22) and fewest walks (3).

She leads the Ducks with 17 victories on the season with 118.1 innings pitched.

According to a Press Release from the U of O, (Oregon) is off to a best-ever conference start under White, the No. 9 Ducks (33-6, 10-2) staked multiple wins in Berkeley (2) for the first time since 1995, and its sweep of the Utes raised its series win streak to 10 games.

Looking ahead, No. 9 Oregon hosts No. 19 Arizona (26-13, 4-5) for three single games this Friday-Sunday, April 12-14, and the finale will be televised live by the Pac-12 Network.

Promotions-wise, fans that wear pink to ‘Strike Out Cancer Day’ to Friday’s game vs. Arizona (4/12) at 5 p.m. will get $3 admission. The Ducks’ special pink jerseys will be auctioned off during the game sponsored by Carl’s Jr.

Saturday’s game vs. the Wildcats (4/13) at 2 p.m. is Spirit / Yellow Out Day, and fans that wear yellow will get reduced ticket prices ($3 adults / $2 kids). Duck softball player trading cards will also be available for the first time as well as 50 mini-posters, and kids can get autographs after the game.

Sunday’s Arizona finale (4/14) at noon is ASA Day, and kids that wear their softball/baseball uniforms to the game will get $2 tickets. The contest is also a BiMart 2-for-1 ticket deal for fans that show their BiMart cards at the gate.

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Game 1 went to Oregon as the #9 Ducks hit three homers on the way to an 11-3 win. Game 2 of the Doubleheader five Ducks hit safely twice in another 11-1 win and Coach Mike White’s team finished off Utah in Game 3 on Wednesday as Jessica Moore picked up her 15th win on the season 5-3 over Utah.

In the opener on Tuesday, two Oregon hitters had three hits, Sophomore CenterfielderJanie Takeda (3-4. RBI) and Junior Catcher Alexa Peterson(3-4, 2 RBI’s). Senior Jessica Moore(14-3) pitched her fourth complete game of the season, striking out two and allowing seven hits and three earned runs. 

In Game 2 on Tuesday Oregon picked up where they left off in Game 1. Pac 12 Pitcher of the Week Cheridan Hawkins(13-2) went 5 innings, struck out eight, gave up 4 hits and an unearned run. The Oregon hit parade continued with Janie Takeda (2-for-3, RBI),Courtney  Ceo (2-for-3, BB), Kaylan Howard (2-for-4, 2 RBI), Janelle Lindvall (2-for-3, 3 RBI) and Danica Mercado (2-for-2, RBI, BB) all hit safely not once, but twice for Oregon.

Wednesday’s Finale was more the same. Jessica Moore picked up the win. Karissa Hovinga and Cheridan Hawkins started the finale. At the plate Second Baseman Kaylan Howard and Catcher Alexa Peterson both had two hits for the Ducks(Peterson also had 2 RBI’s).

Up next for Oregon a weekend series with Cal, starting with a doubleheader in Berkeley on Saturday starting at 1pm.

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Starting Pitcher Cheridan Hawkins was named Pac 12 Pitcher of the Week after earning two of three wins on the week, including a 10-3 win over the Cardinal(last weekend) and a 4-2 win over the Huskies(Friday). In her second complete game of the year on Friday she logged 7 strikeouts with two hits and two walks in 7 innings.

It’s the third Pitcher of the Week honor for Hawkins and her second in a row.

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Turning to offense for the other Player of the Week, Junior Kailee Cuico led the team in homeruns(3), RBI(6) and slugging percentage over the past week. She hit a home run in 3 of 4 games versus the Huskies and leads the team in several categories including, multi-RBI games (12), homers (10), RBI (34) and total bases (64).

The Ducks return home to Howe Field to face Utah for three games (Tuesday, 3pm(Doubeheader), and Wednesday at 11:30, before heading south to face California for a two game set this weekend.

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