Oregon Ducks Top UC Davis, Bennett’s Patience Pays Off

The Oregon Ducks made the most of UC Davis mistakes to earn a 7-2 win as Jake Bennett scored three runs off two walks and a hit.

Senior Jake Bennett has shown his patience at the plate this season an it is paying off. He worked two walks against the Aggies to get on base an managed to score twice on errors following a missed double play opportunity and a passed ball. On the mound, the Oregon Ducks were solid.

Zach Noll saw his first career win in an Oregon Uniform after throwing five innings of four hit ball and giving up just one run. Isaiah Carranza earned the save as George Horton saved his bullpen and the Ducks used just two pitchers to dispatch UC Davis on Monday night.

Kyle Kasser coming off a solid weekend that saw homerun to win the opener against UC Davis batted in the leadoff spot. He had two hits in five at bats with a double raising his batting average to .326. Kasser and Gabe Matthews lead five Oregon Ducks batting over .300 entering the second month of the season.

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Oregon is 7-4 on the season and will host Santa Clara for four games starting on Thursday at PK Park.