Six Oregon baseball players earn all-Pac-12 honors

Originally Posted on Emerald Media via UWIRE

Six Oregon baseball players made the all-Pac-12 team, the conference announced Wednesday. The Ducks have four players on the all-conference team and two players who received honorable mention.

The four who earned spots on the all-conference team are starting pitcher Tommy Thorpe, closer Jake Reed, catcher Shaun Chase and infielder Mitchell Tolman. Second baseman Aaron Payne and starting pitcher Jeff Gold earned honorable mentions.

For Thorpe, this is his second straight all-conference team honor. Thorpe finished the season with 10 wins and a 2.20 earned-run average in 98.0 innings of work while holding opponents to a .216 batting average.

Of his four years of eligibility, Jeff Gold pitched his best season as a redshirt senior. Gold also finished the season with 10 wins along with a 3.14 ERA while walking just eight batters all year — fewest among Pac-12 starters.

Shaun Chase became the everyday catcher for the Ducks and posted career-high numbers. This season, Chase hit a Pac-12 leading 12 home runs, along with eight doubles, posted a .625 slugging percentage while knocking in 30 RBIs — all career highs.

Mitchell Tolman led Oregon with a .315 batting average and 46 RBIs and led the Pac-12 with 17 doubles. The sophomore spent time at both first base and third to fill the holes left by Scott Heineman, who missed most of the season due to an early injury.

The Ducks begin NCAA Regional play against Clemson in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday at 10 a.m.

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