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Baseball topples No. 10 UCLA as Grimsley shines

ByDale Bliss|
Ryan Cooney and Dominic Hellman were the hitting stars for Oregon Friday night. Cooney single and walked and stole two bases, while Hellman drove in both runs in a 2-1 victory over UCLA.
Ryan Cooney and Dominic Hellman were the hitting stars for Oregon Friday night. Cooney single and walked and stole two bases, while Hellman drove in both runs in a 2-1 victory over UCLA. | Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Pitching ace Grayson Grimsley tossed a complete-game two hitter, striking out seven and walking one as No. 16 Oregon edged No. 10 UCLA 2-1 at PK Park Friday night.

The win moved Iowa into the Big Ten league at 15-4 and dropped the Bruins into second place at 12-4, with the Ducks third at 13-6. It's the biggest win of the season thus far for Mark Wasikowski's squad.

In the bottom of the third with second baseman Ryan Cooney led off with a single and stole second. Dominic Hellman laced a two-out single to left for a 1-0 lead.

In the sixth, Hellman mashed a leadoff solo home run to make it 2-0, his 10th of the season.

Grimsley gave up a homer to UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky to lead off the 7th, but Drew Smith's leaping catch over the wall in right center for the third out of the inning kept the Ducks in front.

Grimsley (6-1) threw just 105 pitches to complete his gem, setting down the Bruins 1-2-3 in the 8th and 9th.

The Bruins turned double plays in the first, fourth and seventh innings to choke Oregon rallies. Grimsley kept matching them with scoreless innings and his seven punch outs.

Game two of the three-game series begins Saturday at 2:05 p.m. PDT from PK Park, streamed for television on Big Ten+, radio on the Oregon Sports Network, 910 AM in Portland.

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