Oregon Baseball vs. Huskies Game One
INNING NINE
Thronton recorded the most impressive inning for an Oregon pitcher on the day, recording two strikeouts and a ground ball out to end the inning. Oregon was unable to get anything going in the bottom of the ninth and Washington takes the first game of this three-game series. The Ducks will be back in action tomorrow at 1 p.m. at PK Park.
INNING EIGHT
Thornton settled down nicely in the top of the eighth, recording two quick outs before giving up a base hit to center field off the bat of pinch hitter Kevin Komstadius. Thornton ended the inning without giving up a run.
Freshman Darrell Hunter came reached second base after Washington left fielder dropped the ball as he tried to backhand the line drive. Hunter, a Thurston High School graduate, was stranded on third to end the inning.
INNING SEVEN
Oregon was able to rally against UW reliever Tyler Cheney in the bottom of the seventh inning. Tommasini hit an RBI single into left field, scoring Hogan from second base. Cheney settled down after that, ending the inning with a comfortable nine-run lead.
INNING SIX
Whitmore ran into more trouble in the top of the sixth, as he gave up a three-run home run to Washington’s designated hitter Jake Rife. The ball sailed into the bullpen well over the right field fence with a heavy tail wind behind it. The Huskies tallied another run on an RBI double by Cherry to extend their lead to 11-1.
Oregon catcher Mitch Karraker led of the bottom of the sixth with a line drive single, but Washington first baseman Troy Scott ended the inning with a 3-6 double play.
INNING FIVE
Whitmore put forth hsi best inning of work so far, retiring the Huskies in three straight batters.
Hart led off the bottom of the fifth with an opposite field triple, and scored as senior Caleb Tommasini hit a ball sharply to the third baseman who bobbled the ball, forcing him to throw over to first allowing Hart to score. West settled down after that and finished out the inning with a six-run lead intact.
INNING FOUR
The Washington Huskies continued to execute at the plate throughout the top of the fourth inning as Huskie center fielder Caleb Brown hit a one out RBI ground-rule-double. Washington recorded two runs on two hits before Duck right fielder Jett Hart made a great play deep in the right centerfield gap to finish the inning.
West began to loss control of the strike zone during the early going of the bottom of the fourth, giving up his first two walks of the day with one out. Yet again, the Huskies turned another inning-ending double play. The Huskies are on top 7-0 at the start of the fifth inning.
INNING THREE
Feudell recorded an early strikeout to begin the top of the third before tagging Conley in the helmet the next at-bat. Head coach George Horton brought in junior relief pitcher Bennett Whitmore who was able to finish out the inning unscathed.
Serna knocked a base hit through the middle of the Huskie infield to try and spark a two-out rally, but Oregon was unable to advance him. Washington still leads 5-0 at the end of the third.
INNING TWO
The Huskies continued their aggressive play throughout the top of the second, notching one run on two hits before shortstop freshman KC Serna and junior second baseman Josh Hogan turned a double play up the middle to finish the first half of the inning.
Duck first baseman Andrew Schmidt recorded Oregon’s first hit of the day in the bottom of the second, and advanced to third on freshman Danny Pulfer’s single through the right side of the Huskie infield. West then walked Hogan to load the bases for Oregon, but Washington turned a 6-4-3 double play to conclude the second.
INNING ONE
Keudell got off to a bit of a shaky start, hitting the Huskies leadoff batter in the foot who advanced shortly thereafter on a passed ball. After a walk to the huskies number three batter, cleanup man Kyle Conley teed off on his Pac-10 leading 15th home run of the season over the left center field wall. Huskie first baseman Troy Scott followed up with a towering home run of his own to give Washington a 4-0 lead in the top of the first.
Ducks first baseman Curtis Raulinaitis reached on an error by Wasington second baseman Doug Cherry, but was not able to advance as the Huskies retired the next two Oregon batters.
The Oregon baseball team is looking for a strong performance on the mound from freshman right-hander Alex Keudell as they take on the Washington Huskies here at PK Park. Keudell enters the game with a 4.21 era in his nine appearances and will be looking to pick up his first win of the season.
Freshman Aaron West will be on the bump for the Huskies. West has started three games on the year and his 1-0 in his 22.1 innings of play. Washington is 15-22 on the year with a 4-8 record in Pac-10 play, while Oregon enters the game at 13-25 overall, 3-9 in Pac-10.
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