The Oregon baseball team (31-13, 10-8 Pac-12) tallied one hit off of Oregon State (31-8, 14-4) starting pitcher Jace Fry and lost 7-1, giving the Beavers a sweep of the Ducks in the three-game set at Goss Stadium in Corvallis this weekend.
Fry (8-1) recorded 11 strikeouts over eight innings of work and allowed three walks. The one run he allowed was unearned. The junior left-hander induced 11 groundouts and two flyouts.
Oregon’s lone hit came in the first inning, an Austin Grebeck single with one out. Getting runners on base was a recurring theme for the Ducks, who left runners on in each of the first six innings.
The Ducks scored their run in the fifth inning when Tyler Baumgartner reached on an error, allowing Aaron Payne to score from second.
Oregon State scored in each of the first three innings, but had its biggest inning in the second.
Michael Howard scored on Logan Ice’s groundout, and he was followed by Trever Morrison, who singled home Billy King.
Two batters later with the bases loaded, Michael Conforto drove in his second run of the game when he was plunked by Oregon starter Trent Paddon. Paddon (1-3) was subsequently yanked, ending his outing after 1.2 innings. Reliever Stephen Nogosek recorded the final out of the inning to end the threat.
Paddon, who was given the starting nod over Brando Tessar, gave up four earned runs on two hits with two walks and no strikeouts.
As a whole, Oregon’s pitching staff walked seven and struck out two on the day, both fans coming courtesy of Tessar in relief.
Oregon State tacked on two more in the sixth off of Oregon’s Jordan Spencer. Andy Peterson’s RBI single scored Jeff Hendrix, and Peterson scored three batters later on Howard’s RBI single.
No Oregon batters reached base over the final three innings. Oregon State’s Brandon Jackson retired the side in order in the ninth to end the game and complete the sweep.
Oregon State holds a firm lead of first place in the Pac-12 conference with the win and Oregon remains fourth with less than a month left in the regular season.
The in-state rivals face-off two more times this season, May 6 and May 20, at PK Park.
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