Charles Fischer

2-1 Ducks after six innings. How about BACK-TO-BACK-JACKS? UCLA brought in a reliever, Justin Lee, who had a very low ERA of 2.45 and I remember him shutting us down in our series in LA a few weeks ago. But Burke-Lee Mabeus took the second pitch and sent it into the RF stands! But wait....Naulivou Lauaki does the same thing to LF! Whew! Collin Clarke comes in to relieve Gosztola, and gives up a triple, but strands him!

1-0 Bruins after five innings. Oregon is so close...but this time stranded bases-loaded. Aaaarg! Miles Gosztola got a 1-2-3 inning...

1-0 UCLA after four innings. Oregon is getting on base, but not finishing...as yet. Miles Gosztola gave up a run off of a great hit--it happens. The star center fielder the Bruins--Gasperino--was ejected for malicious contact. He body-slammed Drew Smith on a pickle at 3rd base, and threw an elbow as well. He has 19 HRs, so it could be an impact...

0-0 after three innings. Oregon is close, but not getting the timely hit yet. Stranded another in scoring position... Miles Gosztola is throwing 94 mph heat that generates easy innings for the fielders--again.

0-0 after two innings. On offense, Oregon stranded a runner in scoring position, but we face a loaded pitching stable. Everyone is good, and we need an equal pitching effort to stay in contact. As a result, we are seeing more "small-ball" plays because hitting homers might be more difficult today. The Duck's Miles Gosztola had a shaky start to the inning with a plinked batter and a walk, but the defense backed him up with what the Sportscasters stated as, "The Best Defensive Play of the Tournament." Then Miles struck out the final out...

0-0 after one inning. Nothing on offense, and Oregon pitcher Miles Gosztola was robbed when they erroneously credited a base hit to the Bruins, but it did not matter as Gosztola disposed of the rest.

I have written about this so many times, and I just don't think a number of people are going to understand until it happens, they come to the new address, and see that...."Oh, the forum looks the same! Charles is still here as before...nothing has changed except the web address going from forum.fishduck.com to discussobd.com and that is it!" Yep. The forum will look as it does now, it is like we are moving a comfortable house to a new location. We will still reside in the house, but just in a new address. I have NOT sold the forum, thus I will, as an old saying goes...."darken your door" via this forum for a long time. Once the move happens I will explain more, but for now--take down the new web address, my new email address and my phone number to be on the safe side. And my thanks to you, and all for your patience with this. Charles

I know what the system currently does, and what the usual arguments in favor for it are. I am simply giving my opinion that none of the conferences in any sports should be doing it, as it cheapens the value of the regular season. And no...a hot team for three games should not be placed higher or even equal value in performance to a team that played 30 conference games, as they do in basketball and baseball. But what do I know?

We have not made the change yet. So when you now put in discussobd.com you will be automatically redirected to this original web address. When we make the change on Sunday--the new address will work.

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2026 BASEBALL | @OregonBaseball Rinse and Repeat, Ducks Power and Pitch their Way Into Championship Game OMAHA, Neb. — No. 14 Oregon used the same formula to advance to Sunday’s Big Ten Tournament Championship game against No. 1 UCLA that it used earlier in the day to beat Washington. The Ducks’ belted three home runs while getting stellar pitching from three pitchers in an 8-0 win over No. 20 Nebraska on Saturday night at Charles Schwab Field in front of 12,083 mostly Huskers fans. Oregon starter Will Sanford (8-2) followed teammate Cal Scolari’s dominant performance against Washington with maybe a more dominant outing. The Ducks’ right-hander allowed just two hits over 6.0 innings of work while fanning nine. Will Sanford Sanford retired the first 10 batters he faced, seven on strikeouts before allowing back-to-back walks in the top of the fourth. The Ducks’ sophomore responded, getting the next two batters including a strikeout to end the threat. In the fifth Sanford escaped a runners at the corners with one out situation, getting a pop out on a bunt attempt and a weak ground ball to end the inning. In the sixth, Oregon turned a line drive into a double play after the leadoff batter doubled on a soft seeing-eye hit inside the first-base bag. Sanford wrapped up his night fanning the final hitter he faced. Tanner Bradley came out of the bullpen to toss two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Luke Morgan got the final three outs of the game. How It Happened: Oregon (40-15) drew first blood scoring a run in the top of the first. Ryan Cooney led off the game with a two-bagger before moving to third on an Angel Laya ground out. Drew Smith picked up the RBI with a ground out giving UO a 1-0 lead. The Ducks built the lead to 3-0 with a couple of solo home runs. Maddox Molony hit one into the left-field bullpen in the fourth and Laya followed with one into the right-field bullpen in the fifth. Angel Laya hits his Home Run Oregon broke the game open scoring four runs against Nebraska (42-15) in the seventh inning. Cooney reached on a fielder’s choice and moved to second on a Laya walk, where the freshman worked a nine-pitch at-bat that included three foul balls with two strikes. After the walk, Smith ripped a two-run triple into the right-center field gap scoring Cooney and Laya. Freshman Brayden Jaksa made it a four-run inning when he belted his second homer of the day, with the first coming vs. UW in the morning game. The Ducks tacked on a run in the ninth when Elijah Cook scored on a Smith sacrifice fly. Box Score Notes: Cooney’s leadoff double moved him into sole possession of seventh on Oregon’s single-season doubles list with 19 … Naulivou Lauaki Jr. lined a ball of the fence in the second inning with an exit velocity of 118 miles per hour … Oregon’s hardest hit ball coming into the game was 115 miles per hour … Will Sanford recorded his 100th strikeout of the season in the second inning, becoming just the sixth Duck to have a 100-strikeout season … He joined David Peterson (2017), Tyler Anderson (2011, 2010), Ryne Nelson (2019) and Grayson Grinsell (2025) … Sanford ended the game with 105 career Ks, which ties Anderson (2010) for the third most in school history. Up next: Oregon will face UCLA in the championship game at 12 p.m. (PT) on Sunday (Big Ten Network) at Charles Schwab Field.

Attendance at Oregon home baseball games is poor until the last four weeks of the season, and very, very few will travel. Football? Yes, many will, Basketball? Some... But non-revenue sports like Baseball and Track generally have audiences primarily consisting of players' relatives, IMHO. Yep, the background of the Washington game this morning reminded me of the Covid days... Of course I am the least qualified fan to offer an opinion, because I think that conference tournaments in all sports are simply a scam to squeeze more teams into the Playoffs. But now that all the conferences have one--not much value in that. The team that wins the most games over a 30 game conference schedule should be the ONLY champion, and not have their accomplishment diminished by a tournament where another team got hot for a few days...

It will be quite interesting to watch this game, because the Bruins could lose their No. 1 overall seed with a loss. Oregon will want it more, and with the stadium clear of 'Husker fans....UCLA won't have the crowd with them as in LA recently. If the Ducks play like today...

Ducks win 8-0, and a very, very impressive performance by the whole team. Great hitting and pitching, as Nebraska was trailing the whole game. I believe that win secured hosting a Regional... In the ninth...Elijah Cook zipped a grounder through the left infield, and then stole second base. Ryan Cooney walked, and Josh Schleichardt sac-flies to move Cook to 3rd. Then Drew Smith sac-flies to score Cook! Game recap coming at roughly 10:00 PM...

I'm thinking Miles Gosztola, who has pitched really well as the starter on Sundays recently. We have TONS of fresh arms to use, and our guys are going to be fired up!

7-0 Ducks after eight innings! Nothing on offense, and Tanner Bradley was studly putting them down 1-2-3...

7-0 Ducks after seven innings. Gabe Miranda got plinked, and then thrown out at second on a grounder by Ryan Cooney. Angel Laya had a long AB to pull a walk, as Drew Smith hit a liner to the deep CF/RF gap that gives him a triple and scores Cooney and Laya! Then freshman Brayden Jaksa blasts a pitch into the 'Husker bullpen for a two run homer! Tanner Bradley came in and dispensed with the batters, 1-2-3...

3-0 Ducks after six innings. Will Sanford gave up a double, but then generated a line-drive to Maddox Molony, who then threw to second base and Ryan Cooney for a double play! Then after throwing a 96 mph heater--Sanford gets the third strike on the batter with a vicious curve that drops a ton! Nine strikeouts, and Will has 85 pitches through six...will we see him in the seventh?

3-0 Ducks after five innings. Angel Laya crushed a pitch and put it over the RF fense and into the Oregon bullpen! Oregon's Will Sanford got into a jam with runners on 1st and 3rd with only one out...but he got out it!

2-0 Ducks after four innings. Maddox Molony pulverized the first pitch and sent it into the 'Husker bullpen. Will Sanford lost some control, and walked two batters, but got out of it scoreless! The Nebraska crowd is huge, and loud...a great home-field advantage for them.

1-0 Ducks after three innings. We stranded bases-loaded, with one out.... Will Sanford is in a zone, and has six strikeouts in just three innings. Not even a base runner yet...

1-0 Ducks after two innings. Nebraska is a very good hitting team, so great pitching is mandatory to keep them in check. So far, Will Sanford has really delivered, with another 1-2-3...

1-0 Ducks after one inning. Oregon is the lower seed, and thus the visiting team and bats first each inning. We are taking on a Cornhusker pitcher with a 3.81 ERA... Ryan Cooney drilled a liner to the RF-CF gap that was almost caught, but put him on second base. An Angel Laya groundout moved him to third, and a Drew Smith groundout scored him! Will Sanford put the Nebraska batters down...1-2-3.

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2026 BASEBALL | @OregonBaseball Ducks Pitch, Slug Their Way into B1G Semifinals OMAHA, Neb. — No. 14 Oregon slugged a season-high five home runs while Cal Scolari and Toby Twist held Washington scoreless through eight innings in a 9-4 Ducks win in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Conference Tournament on Saturday morning at Charles Schwab Field. With the win, Oregon advances to the semifinals later today against two-seed Nebraska. Scolari (5-0) dominated from the start, striking out the side in the first inning. The Ducks’ starter finished with 10 strikeouts, one off his career high, in five innings of work. He finished his outing striking out Huskies’ two-hole hitter Braeden Terry to end the fifth with the bases loaded. Cal Scolari Twist took the ball out of the bullpen and proceeded to keep UW scoreless through the next three innings. He left the game with a 9-0 lead after retiring the first batter in the top of the ninth before giving up a base hit and a walk. After Twist departed, UW hit a grand slam to cut the lead to five. All five of Oregon’s home runs were solo shots, with back-to-back bombs in both the fifth and sixth innings. The Ducks scored a pair of runs in four different innings in the win. How It Happened: Oregon (39-15) took the early lead with a pair of runs in the second inning with the help of some free passes. Naulivou Lauaki Jr. led off the frame with a base hit and moved to second on a Jack Brooks hit-by-pitch and third on a Gabe Miranda pinch hit. With the bases loaded, Washington starter Noah Kenney walked Ryan Cooney and Angel Laya to force in Lauaki and Brooks to give UO a 2-0 lead. Oregon pushed the lead to three in the third. Lauaki hit an opposite field solo home run into the Huskies (24-32) bullpen. Naulivou Lauaki blasting his homer... In the fifth, the Ducks went back-to-back with solo home runs to lead off the inning. Drew Smith belted his 15th of the season, while Brayden Jaksa followed with his ninth. In the sixth, the bottom of the order got in on the long-ball parade. Eight-hole hitter Jack Brooks pulled one over the Huskies bullpen in the right-field corner before Miranda followed with one into the Huskies bullpen. Brooks’ homer was his sixth while Miranda belted his fifth. Box Score Notes: The two back-to-back home runs marked the first time in Charles Schwab Field history that one team has had a pair of back-to-back homers in the same game … Smith’s homer moved him into a tie for 10th on the single-season list at Oregon … It was also the 27th of his career, tying Guy Krause (1971-74) for sixth in the career list … Lauaki’s home run was his 11th, all coming since April 8 … The five home runs tied for the fourth most in program history … It was the first time Oregon hit five homers since May 31, 2025, vs. Cal Poly. Up next: Oregon will face Nebraska in the semifinals tonight. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. (PT) on the Big Ten Network.

Ducks win 9-4, as relief pitcher Michael Meckna gave up a grand slam, but finished the inning. A BIG semifinal today against Nebraska on the Big-10 Network at 4:00 PM PST!

9-0 Ducks after eight innings. Toby Twist gave up a hit, but erased it by generating a sweet double-play! Maddox Molony got plinked, and Jack Brooks hit a sharp-angled drive on the RF line and to the side-wall to get a double. Ryan Cooney was intentionally walked, and then Angel Laya nailed a hit up the middle to score Molony. Drew Smith sacrificed-fly to score Brooks! Destroying the Huskies....