Charles Fischer

4-3 Washington after five innings. Oregon's Burke-Lee Mabeus continued his hot hitting with a high bouncing infield hit that he beat to first base. Then Maddox Molony blasted a pitch over the LF wall for a two-run homer! Leo Uelmen comes in for relief, and continues the success of our bullpen the last couple of games giving Our Beloved Ducks a scoreless inning from UW.

4-1 Washington after four innings. On offense...Ducks stranded two and got nothing in the inning. Collin Clarke is just not sharp, and he has given up a run each inning thus far.

3-1 Washington after three innings. Oregon's catcher, Burke-Lee Mabeus, is feeling it in Seattle, as he nailed a deep fly to the CF/RF gap to get a triple, and then Maddox Molony hit a sacrifice fly to score him. But Collin Clarke allowed some hits, and then he had a fielding error at first base to allow another run. (With the damn Huskies in the lead...I gotta go get the barf-bag)

2-0 Washington after two innings. Nothing on offense, and Oregon's Collin Clarke is giving up hits tonight...

1-0 Huskies after the first inning. The Washington pitcher already threw at 96 and 97 mph, so we need to get a bead on his fastballs! Oregon's Collin Clarke has the hill tonight with a similar ERA as his counterpart. Who can bat better decides the game? Clarke gave up a solo HR to their hitting star.

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2026 BASEBALL | @OregonBaseball Ducks Rally Late to Win at Washington SEATTLE, Wash. — Burke-Lee Mabeus and Naulivou Lauaki Jr. belted back-to-back eighth-inning home runs while four Oregon relief pitchers combined to throw 5.2 scoreless innings to lead the No. 13 Ducks to a 6-4 come-from-behind win over Washington at Husky Stadium on Friday night. Washington led 4-2 in eighth inning thanks to a pair of spectacular defensive plays by the Huskies late in the game. Right-fielder Aiden Dougherty robbed Jack Brooks of what would have been a game-tying two-run home run in the seventh inning. In the eighth, shortstop Sam DeCarlo made a leaping grab to take away a hit from Drew Smith that would have put two runners on with no outs. The two defensive plays only put off the pain Oregon was going to inflict on the Huskies. After Smith was robbed, Angel Laya picked up his second hit of the game, putting runners at the corners. After the second out of the inning, Mabeus stepped to the plate and launched a three-run home run over the right-field wall to give Oregon the lead. Lauaki followed four pitches later with a monster shot that traveled 433 feet with an exit velocity of 113 miles per hour. Tanner Bradley Tanner Bradley came out of the pen to get the final six outs to pick up his first career save. Gabe Howard (1-0) tossed a scoreless seventh inning to pick up the win. How It Happened: Oregon (34-11, 16-6 Big Ten) took advantage of some Washington (20-25, 9-13 Big Ten) mistakes to take an early lead in the top of the first. After Brayden Jaksa reached on a hit-by-pitch, he moved to third on a throwing error on a Ryan Cooney ground ball to put runners on the corners. Smith executed a squeeze bunt to score Jaksa for a 1-0 lead. Washington responded with three in its half of the first, before adding a fourth run in the second without the benefit of a hit. Oregon cut the lead to two with an unearned run in the fourth. Angel Laya reached on an error before moving to second on a Maddox Molony ground out. After a walk, Lauaki banked a ground ball off the pitcher which ricocheted through the hole between first and second, allowing Laya to score. Oregon had to go to the bullpen in the fourth inning after a pair of runners reached with one out. Luke Morgan came in to retire both of the batters he faced to get out of the jam. Toby Twist Toby Twist entered the game to start the bottom of the fifth. He tossed a pair of scoreless innings, escaping a bases-loaded jam in the seventh with a strikeout to end the frame. That brought on Howard and Bradley to wrap up the win. Box Score Notes: Cooney returned to the lineup after missing Tuesday’s game against Gonzaga … Tyler Jones made his second consecutive start in left field and the second of his career … Oregon starter Will Sanford lasted just 3.1 innings, his second shortest outing of the season … The Ducks have won six in a row against the Huskies … Lauaki led Oregon with three hits while Laya had two … On Deck: Game two of the series is Saturday at 7:05 p.m. (Big Ten Network). TV!

For as old as I am....I should not be as crestfallen when we're losing to Washington, or so joyous when we're winning... But I never said I was noble.

Ducks win 6-4! Oregon had chances to score more as they stranded two in the first half of the ninth inning. Tanner Bradley came out and mowed Washington down the ninth with just 25 pitches for both the 8th and 9th inning. He'll be there for us on Sunday? The Ducks' offense finally came alive against opposing relief pitchers, but after Sanford gave up four runs--the bullpen gave up nothing to keep us in the game! This group of young pitchers are improving and turning the corner at just the right time...

End of the eighth inning....6-4 Ducks! Ryan Cooney walks, and Angel Laya hits deep to RF for a hit that puts Cooney on third. Laya steals second, and then Burke-Lee Mabeus gets a beautiful swing under a hanging slider to blow it over the RF wall for a 3-Run Homer! First lead since the first half of the first inning! Then Naulivou Lauaki hits a massive solo homer over the CF wall--wow! Tanner Bradley comes in and gives up a walk, but generates a sweet double-play. What a clutch guy for us at key moments...

4-2 Washington after six innings. Nothing on offense this inning. Of course Husky pitchers are having their best game....of course the crowd is the biggest this season, and of course their fielder robs a two-run homer on a ball the just cleared the wall. Gabe Howard came in and pitched a scoreless inning for Oregon. Since Sanford left after 3 and third innings...relief pitchers have held them scoreless. We got to get the bats going!

4-2 Washington after six innings. Nothing on offense this inning. Oregon's Toby Twist allowed bases-loaded, but pitched his way out of it!

4-2 Washington after five innings. Nothing on offense this inning. Toby Twist came to pitch for the Ducks, and kept them scoreless in the fifth.....due to a sweet play by Drew Smith.

4-2 Washington after four innings. Angel Laya got on base due to a fielding error, moved to second by a Burke-Lee Mabeus walk, and then we saw Naulivou Lauaki hit a weird bounce through the pitcher's legs that spun into the outfield while Laya scored from second. Oregon's Will Sanford gave up two base runners at one out, and his sad night ended as Luke Morgan came in to relieve him. Morgan got the outs!

4-1 Washington after three innings. Nothing on offense. Oregon's Will Sanford was good this inning, but he is nearly at 70 pitches. Losing to the Bastard Huskies grinds my stomach...how much can I watch? The good news? We still six innings left.

4-1 Washington after two innings. Nothing on offense. Oregon's Will Sanford is not in control tonight, as he gave up two walks and a run on a wild pitch. Damn.

3-1 Huskies after one inning. Brayden Jaksa was plinked, then got to third on an throwing error to first base, and then was driven home by a sac-bunt down the first baseline by Drew Smith. This is not a good night for Oregon's Will Sanford to be off. He gave up a hit, a double that cleared the bases, a plink and a walk. Yikes!

We don't know who the Bastard Huskies are starting at pitcher, but we know that our Friday night ace, Will Sanford will be on the hill for Our Beloved Ducks. It is supposed to be warm up there today....is their park conducive to home runs as PK Park is?

Really good article, David, and THANKS. Some great stuff in the article about the two new coordinators, and I gotta say that Hampton has just killed-it on the recruiting trail with defensive backs. We have half the depth at offensive line that DBs do, as their talent stacked up is crazy. Oregon has never recruited this good at DB with both HS and transfers as we are doing now with Hampton.

How can you not love any article written by Darren Perkins? His surprises of three teams who had NOONE drafted raised my eyebrows! (Good research!)

I will not bore you with the very long story, except to say that a huge portion of my day was wasted on tech issues with FishDuck.com, this forum, and the publishing platform we use. Very frustrating for all, and I appreciate your patience when the site was down...although mine is running out. Tech is Wonderful When it Works. Otherwise...

College Baseball: 64 teams get to the playoffs out of 308 total D1 teams = only 21% make the NCAA playoffs. (20.77% to be precise)

Absolutely. Waz stated in an interview recently that he needs to play them and get them experience--and a home game yesterday, and a hostile environment in Corvallis last week was perfect. It worked out well to give them a taste of experience....and yet still win the game. It is also evident that some of the young pitchers have some high upside for the future--the next Tanner Bradleys being molded.

No Shelstad, but a 3-Star point guard? Yeah, that will win games...

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2026 BASEBALL | @OregonBaseball Early Runs Back Nine Pitchers in Midweek Win EUGENE, Ore. — Two streaking teams collided Tuesday at PK Park, and in the end Oregon was still standing. The No. 13 Ducks ended Gonzaga’s 14-game win streak in a midweek matinee, relying on nine pitchers to throw an inning each on the way to a 4-3 victory. Oregon extended its own win streak to six entering a weekend road trip to Washington. “We just try to focus a day at a time,” UO center fielder Jack Brooks said. “So tomorrow's gonna be practice; we’re gonna focus on tomorrow. And then when we get to the weekend, we'll focus on Washington. But right now it was Gonzaga, and we did that and we won. So that's kind of our mentality.” Brooks had two hits and scored a run for a UO lineup that scored all four of its runs in the first two innings. Nine pitchers made that enough offense to win, with Shane Johnson (1-0) earning his first win of the season and Devin Bell closing it out for his 10th save. Tanner Bradley got some BIG outs... “That helps us a lot, especially with the upcoming schedule we have,” said Tanner Bradley, who escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning. “UCLA and Washington and USC, these guys are all great teams. Having that depth is going to be good — very, very helpful.” Oregon’s nine pitchers, including Jonah Barkoff in his season debut, combined to allow seven hits and two walks over nine innings, with 10 strikeouts. That came on the heels of a win the week before in which 10 pitchers helped Oregon win at Oregon State. “Every guy that we have on our staff is good,” Brooks said. “They can all go out there and pitch. They can throw every one of their pitches for strikes, and they're really good. So seeing them go out there is just fun to watch.” How It Happened: A triple by the leadoff hitter and a wild pitch put Gonzaga up 1-0 just moments into the game. But Oregon quickly gave its pitching staff the chance to play with the lead. Brooks doubled to lead off the bottom of the first, and advanced on an error that put Brayden Jaksa at second base. Both runners scored on sacrifice flies, and Angel Laya’s 12th homer of the season made it 3-1 as Oregon punched back after Gonzaga landed its early jab. “Just kind of showing the pitchers that we're there for them,” Brooks said. “We got their back, no matter what happens — no matter if that run goes up or doesn’t, we're going to try to score. That's our offense. We're going to come out swinging.” The Ducks made it 4-1 in the second on Maddox Molony’s second sacrifice fly of the day. That scored Tyler Jones, who led off the bottom of the inning with his first hit of the season after Barkoff pitched around a two-out single in the top half. Angel Laya views his hit clear the wall! Gonzaga got a run back in the third inning, and another in the seventh. The Bulldogs threatened to tie it up or take the lead in the eighth, loading the bases with one out. But Bradley struck out the next two hitters on seven combined pitches after allowing a hit and two walks. “That's gonna happen, that's baseball,” Bradley said. “I just kind of kept my composure and had a flat heartbeat, not too pumped up where I can't control anything. And so I just stayed calm and got three outs and got off the field.” The Ducks held on despite stranding runners in scoring position in the seventh and eighth innings, and despite playing without regulars Ryan Cooney and Jax Gimenez, who were unavailable. That broke a streak of 99 consecutive starts for Cooney. On Deck: The Ducks open a series at Washington on Friday (7 p.m., B1G+).

Ducks win 4-3 with a ton of late drama. First....Waz used NINE pitchers to win this game, with a ton of newbies that only gave up three runs? Fantastic. Michael Meckna Jonah Barkoff Cooper Markham Shane Johnson Gabe Howard Luke Morgan Toby Twist Tanner Bradley Devin Bell Bradley had runners on the corners with NO outs in the 8th inning, and then bases loaded with one out. Three strikeouts rescued the inning and Our Beloved Ducks. Then Devin Bell showed his mental growth and fortitude putting down the 'Zag batters 1-2-3 for the save. Whew! This puts Oregon at a 75% win percentage at 33-11, going up to take on the Bastard Huskies this weekend.