Ducks edge Ole Miss at CWS, on Kedre's 10th-inning bases-loaded walk

Dezianna Patmon smashed a two-out, two-run single in the first inning to give Oregon a 2-1 lead over Ole Miss in their elimination game at the College World Series.
Dezianna Patmon smashed a two-out, two-run single in the first inning to give Oregon a 2-1 lead over Ole Miss in their elimination game at the College World Series. | Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Oregon won an elimination game in Oklahoma City, beating the Rebels in the 10th inning 6-5 when Kedre Luschar walked with the bases loaded.

Oregon led 5-2 after a three-run rally in the 5th, but an Ole Miss three-run rally in the 7th sent the game into extra innings at the College World Series, the loser going home.

They got off to a shaky start on defense, muffing a throw to give the Rebels a baserunner, falling behind the next hitter 3-0.

Jaden Pone came around to score on a wild pitch and a single to left, an unearned run for a 1-0 lead.

Dez Patmon hit a two-run single to score Kai Luschar and Paige Sinicki as the Ducks took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the first.

Grein pitched a 1-2-3 second.

Emma Cox walked on four pitches in the Ducks' second. A popped up bunt and a soft fly to center kept her at first.

Another muffed throw at first put the leadoff hitter aboard for Ole Miss, so far a repeat of the first inning, Rylee McCoy's first game on defense since taking a line drive to the face two weeks ago.

A bunt base hit put two on, no outs. Grein fell behind 2-0, then 3-1, but Flannery fielded an one-hopper at the bag and threw over to Ma'ake (defensive substitution) at first for the double play.

Kedre Luschar glided over to snare a line drive to end the inning.

A leadoff walk to McCoy, now at designated player followed by a flyout to center. Sinicki, the senior shortstop from Henderson, Nevada, dropped a double into center, fighting off a curve ball.

With two runners in scoring position Patmon took a pair of strikes, stayed alive by spoiling one, took high, swung through a changeup. A popup to third stranded two, still a one-run game.

A rare error by Paige Sinicki on a tough backhanded chance put a runner aboard for Ole Miss in the 4th. Grein struck out one, but a wild pitch moved Taylor Strain to second. Mackenzie Pickens walked.

A soft fly to left made it two away with two on. Grein got Angelina Deleon to a 3-2 count. Deleon scorched a fat pitch over the plate foul. A foul off Cox's mask, then a ball outside loaded the bases, still with two out in a one-run game.

Ahead of the hitter 1-2, Grein induced a slow roller to Jones, who tossed it underhanded to Ma'ake at first, no damage, still a 2-1 Oregon lead.

A hit batter put the tying run aboard for Ole Miss in the 5th. The Rebels bunted Pone to second. A ball down the line ripped foul. Jones scooped up a ground ball for out number two, Pone to third, two outs .

Staci Chambers came in to pitch, so clutch in the Super Regional. Grein left after 4.2 innings, struck three, one unearned run, responsible for the runner at third.

Chambers hurled two quick strikes, missed low, missed wide, nice pickups by Cox behind the plate. 2-2. The freshman Persy Llama drilled a single into left to tie the game.

Elise Sokolsky took over in the circle. A grounder to Flannery ended the inning, the Ducks with six outs to extend their season.

Kai Luschar slashed a double over the third base bag to start the 6th. Kedre bunted, the throw wild into right field, Kedre Luschar all the way into third with the Ducks taking back the lead.

Rylee McCoy took low, then high. She drove the next pitch into the left centerfield gap to make it 4-2, a double, the Oregon dugout and crowd on their feet.

Two for two today, Sinicki laid down a sacrifice bunt to move pinch runner Elyse Kresho to third. Jones plated her with a two-out single, barreled up the middle, Ducks 5-2.

Ole Miss got a pair of singles in the 6th, tying run to the plate. Grein returned to pitch, got a strike out and a flyout, and the Ducks held on to their three-run lead.

The Rebels started the 7th with a single and a double, bringing the tying run to the plate. A walk loaded the bases. A fielder's choice scored one.

A two-run single by Jamie MacKay tied the score, 5-5 with the Ducks coming to bat in the bottom of the 7th. They got a single from Flannery but that was all, sending the game into extras.

Grein held the Rebels to a single in the 8th.


Rylee McCoy came up in the 8th with two outs and no on in a 5-5 tie. The count went to 3-2. She tapped back to the pitcher on to the 9th.

Grein fielded two comebackers as she pitched a 1-2-3. 9th.

Aliyah Binford matched her, sending it into the 10th. Binford had struck out 7 over 4.2 innings of scoreless relief, baffling the Ducks with her drop ball.

Nine-hole hitter Taylor Malvin bounced a chopper over Sinicki. Pone singled through the hole, two outs, two on. Jones flipped a grounder to Sinicki for the force, the Ducks with another chance to break through.

Cox lead off with a infield single in the hole. Flannery bunted, wild throw, runners on second and third, Regan Legg, the pinch runner and winning run at third.

Ma'ake up, no outs, takes a strike outside. A huge fly to left, but left of the foul pole. It had home run distance, a little early. Count goes to 1-2.

Binford calls for time, twice. Misses outside. Outside again, full count. Tapper to the mound, Legg too far off third, out at third for one out.

Luschar beat out a chopper to load the bases, an infield hit. Kedre Luschar up with one out. She took a 3-1 pitch low and outside to win the game. The Ducks will play on Sunday.



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