Charles Fischer

4-4 after five innings. Oregon's Tanner Bradley allowed two walks, but left them stranded! Angel Laya beats a dribbler to first base, and Ryan Cooney shows bunt, but then pulls it back for a slash to short-LF. Drew Smith sac-bunts a groundout to move both runners into scoring position. Brayden Jaksa walks to load the bases, and then Burke-Lee Mabeus hits a groundout to second base area to score Laya and tie the game. Ducks stranded two on base, though.

4-3 Texas after four innings. Oregon's Will Sanford got two outs, but loaded the bases. He was relieved by Tanner Bradley who pitched three straight balls, and then three straight strikes to leave the orange burnt-on-the-bases! THIS is good baseball...

4-3 Texas after three innings. Ducks' Will Sanford finally had a scoreless inning, thanks to Jax Gimenez making a tough catch that created some rib pain for tomorrow morning, I'm sure. Drew Smith zings one down the 3rd baseline, and into the corner to give him a double and Oregon a run from Cooney jetting from first base! Brayden Jaksa hits a liner to RF, to score Smith from second! Finally....hits with runners on base! We GOT A GAME AGAIN!

4-1 Texas after two innings. Oregon's starting pitchers have done the opposite of how I thought they would pitch...like the starters last year in our home regional. Drew Smith hit a deep one to RF, for a double and Junior Lauaki hit to RF as well to score him in. And then we stranded two base runners.... It is not over yet, but....

2-0 Texas after one inning. Oregon's Will Sanford gave up two solo homers... An unusual, but sweet double-play!

Rob Mullens told him that he was already being paid at Oregon the highest of any Softball coach in the US who had NOT won a National Championship.

Ducks lose 11-3.

10-2 Texas after seven innings. Ducks strand two more on base for an astounding total of 16 stranded on base. With some timely hits--this game is different, but we also needed pitching that let us down. Collin Clarke kept them scoreless this inning...

10-2 Texas after six innings. I don't think I can watch/listen to this ESPN/SEC circle-jerk any longer.... Yes, Oregon scored on bases loaded walks twice, and then we stranded bases loaded again, for a total of 14 stranded base runners this game.

7-0 Texas after five innings. Oregon stranded two on base again... Barkoff loaded the bases on walks and between hits and being replaced by Leo Uelmen...another two runs given up. Not fun getting our butts-kicked on ESPN...

5-0 Texas after four innings. Oregon stranded two this inning... Cal Scolari loads the bases with walks, and is replaced by freshman Jonah Barkoff...who stumbles on the mound and balks in a run.

4-0 Texas after three innings. Oregon stranded bases loaded... The Ducks' Cal Scolari plinked a batter, but kept the inning scoreless...due to a great pick-off.

4-0 Texas after two innings. Junior Lauaki hit a double, but got picked off between bases. Oregon's Cal Scolari gave up a solo HR, then a walk, and then with two steals and a sac-fly...another run scored.

2-0 Texas after one inning. Oregon got two walks but left them both stranded on-base. The Ducks' Cal Scolari gave up two walks and a deep double that scored two--not the start I was hoping for!

The SEC hubris is so strong....it reminds of something I've heard recently. Do you think any of them are part-Iranian? Iraqi? We are the Mother-of-All-Conferences...

USC is playing their Super-Regional at No. 5 North Carolina, and stunned them yesterday with a 9-5 victory, and the chance to make the CWS today when they play on ESPN at 11:00 AM PST. Good start for the Big-10! The Ducks are just one of three teams out of the 16 in the Super-Regionals who has advanced to the Super-Regionals three times in the last four seasons. Oregon's starting pitchers, and first-line relief pitchers are hot right now, as the three starters only gave up ONE RUN TOTAL in last weekend's NCAA Baseball Regional Eugene Tournament. The entire pitching staff at Oregon only gave up an average of one run per game in that regional! Since the start of the USC series in the final weekend...they have been killing it, and they are truly peaking at the perfect time! The staff has combined for a total ERA of just 1.81 since then, and the starters have a 1.47 ERA in the last nine games. The starters have given up an average of ONE RUN per game during that nine game stretch, and that is something I never thought I'd keyboard. This is not during the early season stretch against easier non-conference opponents; this was against USC, the Big-10 tournament, and the Eugene Regional. Talk about great timing! I believe that Texas is a very good team, with great starting pitching...but I believe Cal Scolari and Will Sanford will continue their hot pitching and carry the Ducks to a 2-0 sweep at Texas this weekend. I have never felt this good about our starting pitching and first-line relievers since the peak George Horton years, but we have hitting now to go with it. That is my Oregon FANTASY, and I'm Sticking to It! Cal Scolari on the Hill tonight...

No, you nailed it. I would say it is worse than that....as the new football coach came up WAY short in recruiting, which was a surprise as he was considered a great recruiter. (Perhaps he was....at Alabama) Your summary of the situation had me shaking my head at the continued "Cluster-F" of administrative decisions that Oregon State has had since the 1970s. One step forward, and three steps back.... It makes me very grateful for what we have in Eugene.

Whoa! Those would be HOT-HOT-HOT must-see games for us!

The Athletic predicts Texas to win this Super-Regional, but had this to say about Our Beloved Ducks... "The 2026 Ducks are flying a bit under the radar. Dating back to a series win over USC, Oregon’s pitching staff has allowed a total of 20 runs in the last nine games. And Washington is the only opponent in that stretch that did not play in the NCAA Tournament." "Winning in Austin will be a tough task, but the Ducks’ pitching gives them a chance." So an average of only 2.22 runs given up per game over the last nine games? We can WIN with that kind of pitching! Burke-Lee Mabeus and Tanner Bradley!

Actually...I think Oregon State Baseball is in fine shape, as they can recruit pitchers at a level we are not at yet. They had the BEST ERA of any staff in the US, and they field the ball superbly. Their problem, as their fans point out, is that this year the batting isn't on par with the past. Frankly--that is easier to fix with coaching and the portal, than is attracting pitchers. I believe that the Ducks have a good nucleus of pitchers, but if we make to Omaha....I fear we will run out of quality pitchers quickly. We do not have the pitching depth yet, but Coach Waz has done an excellent job bringing in talent and coaching to make this year special. You can argue that last year's team was a little better batting, but it was our pitchers that let us down in last year's regional. We can WIN with our starting pitchers this year. I think both programs have a bright future.... But right now....we gotcha!

No surprise, but their distaste of Oregon is off the charts. Now some fans did give credit where due, but not many. Of course we do not claim to have the history OSU Baseball does, and they should be very proud of three 'Nattys that are very hard to achieve in the PNW. But the present is different; Oregon has beaten Beavis eight of the last nine Civil War Baseball Games... Beavis fans on a pay site comment below... "The rich history of Oregon's program - my goodness. They have no history. They are losers and pathetic at that." "Waz owns Canham. Wins and losses don’t lie." "Took em 18 years but they finally caught us. Another relegation ripple effect." "Oregon has caught us? My god some of you are dramatic. We've made seven CWS since 2005 with three national titles. Oregon has made zero. Super regionals are 10 to 4. They've definitely stepped their game up under Waz, I'll give them that. But they haven't even made it to Omaha yet. Caught us? Give me a freaking break." "Yeah, they are regularly hosting regionals, they have beaten us pretty regularly the last 2 seasons and they are headed to the Supers and we are staying home. Now that NIL is a thing, they’ll be able to outbid us for players as well. Oh, and if their fanbase gets a taste of Omaha, watch out, because more money will come flooding in. Relegation has ripple effects that take time. It’s only going to get harder for OSU to stay a blue blood in baseball. not easier." "Phil paid someone to get a Eugene regional host over us. It was all contrived. ***** them." Beavis Education at Work... "Some serious copium here. No one wants to see the landscape shift but to deny that it isn’t happening is unwise." "Dude…Players on our roster were not even born when we won our first CWS title. They’ve caught us. You can deny it. But it’s true." "Oregon might accomplish more than us in baseball over the next 10 years due to resources. But they haven't accomplished ANYTHING yet. Literally nothing." "I guess I don't really think beating us in one regional (without our best player) means they've passed us but I do agree that we're probably on equal footing as programs now. That's the more reasonable, non-hot take way of saying it. Wasikowski has turned Oregon into a perennial top 20 team and this is the 3rd year in the last 4 they've made a Super Regional. They have the benefits of financial stability and play in a major conference that will likely churn out 4-6 tournament teams every year. Those two factors make their path to maintaining their status as a top 20 team much easier than it is at Oregon State right now." Who can Argue with these Beavis beauties? "Ducks drew arguably the easiest regional and basically needed us to walk them in runs to beat us." "Yes, I do think hole has caught us. They are on equal footing for sure." "The only reason their baseball program exists is because of jealousy of our success." "Oregon will do what they always do… choke." "The Ducks were the better team. I’ve got no problem saying that. Go Horns." "Go Longhorns! I want to puke. They might be worse than oregon fans." "I think we’ll all feel a lot better when Texas pulverizes Waz and his Duckies, dropping Oregon to 0 for whatever in super regionals."

"We can't do anything that makes common sense...."

From the article above...."The best thing that the Texas Longhorns have going for them is their batting consistency. The Texas Longhorns have four batters who are averaging over .300 at the plate..." Yes, but Oregon has more... Ryan Cooney .335 Drew Smith .332 Brayden Jaksa .320 Naulivou Lauaki Jr. .320 Angel Laya .307 And Burke-Lee Mabeus is darn close at .295 Home Runs: Oregon 104 Texas 85 Naulivou Lauaki Jr. after a massive blast out of the park at Illinois...

Like on Sunday....