Duck baseball claims second straight Big Ten series
Waiting over six hours for the rain to stop in order to get a ball game in as to play havoc on a team and it certainly did for the Oregon baseball team Sunday.
The Ducks didn't quite look like themselves as they dropped their first Big Ten contest of the season with an 8-1 loss to Minnesota. All is not lost, however. Oregon managed to win the series with two wins on Friday and Saturday.
With the series win, No. 10 Oregon is now 17-4 overall and 5-1 in league action. The Ducks remain home this week as they will host Rutgers for a weekend set for the first time in program history.
Weather was the story of the weekend with Oregon moving around game times, hoping to avoid a huge downpour or stoppages in the action. For the most part, the Gophers and Ducks were able to play uninterrupted, but rain did affect pitching as the ball as a little more slick than usual.
In Friday's game, starting pitcher Grayson Grinsell improved his record to 3-1 with five scoreless innings. He gave up just five hits and struck out seven Gophers. Jason Reitz threw the next three innings and Cole Stokes came in for the ninth to earn his first save of the season.
The Duck offense jumped on Minnesota starter Cole Selvig with four runs in the second. They added one more in the third on Maddox Molony's solo home run to left field and it was 5-0. That would be more than enough for Grinsell and the relievers as they combined for 12 whiffs for the day.
It was a quick turnaround for both teams on Saturday with an 11 am start time. The clock didn't affect the Ducks too much, but the offense did a little longer than usual to get going. Minnesota held a 1-0 lead, but that was erased on a sacrifice fly from Mason Neville and it was 1-1 in the fifth. Oregon grabbed the lead in the seventh on Ryan Cooney's double to left that scored Jack Brooks. Neville later knocked home Brooks and it was 3-1.
While the offense was figuring some stuff out, starting pitcher Collin Clarke was mowing down the Gophers. He went seven strong innings, giving up one run on three hits and striking out eight. He lasted just long enough to notch his second win of the season.
This article originally appeared on Ducks Wire: Duck baseball claims second straight Big Ten series
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