Charles Fischer

Oregon pitchers Cal Scolari and Will Sanford will win this series in two games; they are hot right now and are peaking at the perfect time. They will hold the Longhorn batters in the feed-lot, while Oregon batters will pick away and score enough to win. I see 4-2 kind of scores in this... Our entire pitching staff only gave up ONE RUN average per game in the Eugene Regional. If they can keep that up--and with our superb batters.....

Good thing the Big-10 added the West Coast teams, as their only representation in the Baseball Super-Regionals is from Oregon and USC!

Steven A was thinking that the field needs to be reseeded, and there is a very good case for that. Consider all the national seeds that went down over the weekend: No. 1 UCLA lost to St. Mary's twice, who then lost the Regional to Cal Poly. (Who beat us last year in our regional) No. 2 Georgia Tech lost to Oklahoma, who won the Regional. No. 8 Florida lost to Troy, who won the Regional. No. 9 Southern Miss lost to Little Rock, who won the Regional. No. 10 Florida State lost to St. Johns, who won the Regional. No. 12 Texas A&M lost to USC, who won the Regional. No. 13 Nebraska lost to Ole Miss, who won the Regional. Good gosh, seven of the seeded hosts lost their Regional? Half of the top eight who were predicted to be in the CWS? I cannot recall seeing that before... If Oregon can win this weekend and get to the College World Series--it opens up more opportunity for Our Beloved Ducks! And I believe that our starting pitchers are playing their best of the year right now, thus Oregon can beat Texas in Austin! We CAN Do It!

In their three games this weekend winning 14-2, 4-0, and 4-1....Our Beloved Ducks only gave up three runs over the whole weekend? In a Regional Playoff, and not some weak non-conference chump? An average of only ONE RUN per game? Nobody saw this coming! It was an incredible performance by both the starters, and the relievers to keep the games in reach until Duck batters could get to the opposing relievers in the late innings. It was notable that Will Sanford went six and a third innings, not five, and Miles Gosztola went seven innings last night; it is so key because the truth is that our bullpen is not deep with reliable pitchers. Most of the Oregon team is made up of high school players recruited and developed at Oregon, but the exemption is at pitcher. Transfers Cal Scolari, Miles Gosztola, Luke Morgan and Devin Bell has been crucial to Oregon's success. Our weakness has been pitching over the recent years, and while we have a good nucleus, but are not a deep bullpen...yet. The growth and development of the pitchers by new pitching coach Matt Flores--happening so quickly, is astonishing. I wrote off Will Sanford after last year, hoping he would return as a reliever that would improve into something decent. Now he is one of the nation's best, as he and all the pitchers are hitting their best at precisely the right time. Cal Scolari The development of Miles Gosztola over the season...from shaky to stud last night has been stunning. The resurgence of Cal Scolari again has come at the perfect time, as I think he and Sanford could win the series in Austin this next weekend. Tanner Bradley was just another freshman last year who pitched on occasion; this year he has become an elite reliever and shouts becoming a mainstay starter next year. The stout Luke Morgan out of Grants Pass has progressed SO MUCH from being shelled his first time or two out on the hill, to where he is now a reliever we can turn to in high-leverage situations. Toby Twist saved the middle game the Regional, and he has recovered from a near two-year injury and progressed into a valuable reliever at key moments. Keep in mind that two relievers that won a ton of games for us last year...Ryan Featherston, and Ian Umlandt were lost for this season due to injury. I sure wish we had them to complete the depth, but the good news is that it gave development time for other pitchers to emerge. The result is that we lost games we shouldn't have earlier in the season as these young pitchers were learning, but now they are helping us win at the time it matters most. It hasn't been perfect, as we have a couple of pitchers take a step back this year, just as Sanford did last year. But they can turn it around for next year as others have done... Finally, we have a boatload of freshman pitchers that show a ton of promise and raw talent. The future looks bright! Preach it!

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2026 OREGON BASEBALL | @OregonBaseball Ducks Punch Super Regional Ticket With Rivalry Win EUGENE, Ore. — Behind pristine pitching, patient hitting and a fan base that had their back from start to finish, the Oregon Ducks are moving on to the NCAA Super Regionals. The No. 11 UO baseball team gave a third straight sellout crowd at PK Park everything it deserved on Sunday night, punching its ticket to the next round of the postseason with a 4-1 win over in-state rival Oregon State. “We were really blessed tonight,” head coach Mark Wasikowski said. “The blessings are countless. To be around these guys, this team is a very special team. The team that we played tonight is an outstanding program, as we all know, and we have respect for that, and we really embraced the opportunity to be able to take the hardest path." “I think they've embraced that to go up against a very, very historically strong program and do it here at PK Park, where the fans were just unbelievable.” More than 25,000 total fans flocked to PK Park across six games of the NCAA Regional, which featured three Pacific Northwest teams and former conference rivals in Oregon, Oregon State and Washington State. The weekend came to a crescendo on Sunday night, after OSU defeated the Cougars to set up the first-ever Ducks vs. Beavers postseason matchup in the regional final, and the Ducks emerged victorious. Miles Gosztola “It's a fantastic feeling to move on, regardless of who we play,” starting pitcher Miles Gosztola said. “I think Waz has done a fantastic job of coaching our mentality, not necessarily to play against the opponent, but to play against the game itself. It's a great feeling to beat the team down the road, along with Washington State, two phenomenal clubs. They had great years, and honestly, it's a great feeling to move on and represent Oregon.” A decisive three-run seventh inning to break a 1-1 tie secured Oregon’s third Super Regional bid in the last four years, and fourth in program history. The Ducks will move on to face No. 6 seed Texas in the NCAA Austin Super Regional next weekend, with dates and times for the three-game series still to be determined. “Being a part of this place is really special,” senior Drew Smith said. “It's deeper than just family … This has been the greatest four years of my life, and I don't plan on it ending anytime soon.” That seventh inning was a perfect demonstration of the impact of the home crowd, after the Ducks loaded the bases with one out and prompted OSU to turn to star closer Albert Roblez. PK Park roared with every pitch, and Roblez couldn’t find the zone as the Ducks drew back-to-back walks to take the lead before adding a third run on an RBI fielder’s choice. That gave Oregon’s pitching staff all the support it needed, coupled with an RBI single by Smith in the third inning that promptly tied the game after OSU took the lead in the bottom of the second. The pitching quartet of Gosztola, Luke Morgan, Tanner Bradley and Devin Bell held the Beavers to just one run with 14 strikeouts, punctuating a tremendous weekend on the mound for the UO staff. Luke Morgan from Grants Pass.. A year after going 0-2 at home in the NCAA Regional, the Ducks left little doubt of their talent and potential with a dominant 3-0 weekend. A trip to Austin awaits, needing two wins to earn the program’s first-ever trip to the College World Series. Sunday’s game was the last of 2026 in PK Park, but expect the Oregon faithful to follow the Ducks for as long as this postseason run continues. “We just want to thank the fans and all the supporters for everything that they've done for our program,” Wasikowski said. “We truly are grateful.” How it Happened: The assigned home team in its rival’s ballpark, Oregon State struck first in the bottom of the second against Gosztola (3-3). The junior lefty got two quick outs after a leadoff single, but a walk and a base hit gave the Beavers a 1-0 lead. The Ducks picked their starter up in the top of the third, tying the game at one run apiece after Jack Brooks singled and came in to score on an RBI base knock to the opposite field by Drew Smith. “I was basically just doing my job, get on base, and I got teammates around me like Drew Smith, who hit me home,” Brooks said. “But I'm just doing my job to get on base. It's a thrill to be out there with those guys, and to be able to be with the team.” Gosztola worked around baserunners in each of the next three frames, keeping the Beavers to just one run on five hits with eight strikeouts and three walks across 6.0 strong innings. “The crowd tonight was fantastic,” Gosztola said. “I felt them on every single pitch. I almost felt like they carried me through some of that ball game when fatigue started to set in.” OUT at HOME! Oregon was able to break through in the seventh, and the PK Park crowd played as big a role as the Ducks’ patience at the plate. Burke-Lee Mabeus worked a leadoff walk and, after a tremendous diving play in left field by Josh Proctor robbed Naulivou Lauaki Jr. of extra bases and a go-ahead RBI, the Ducks loaded the bases with one out on a Maddox Molony single and a Jax Gimenez walk. The Beavers went to one of college baseball’s best closers in Roblez. With the home fans roaring, Roblez walked Brooks on five pitches to bring in the go-ahead run. The crowd ramped up even more, and Roblez walked Ryan Cooney on a 3-2 pitch to make it 3-1. Angel Laya then beat out a potential double play for an RBI fielder’s choice, giving Oregon a three-run lead. “Going into that at bat, I relied on our coaches more than anything,” Brooks said of his go-ahead walk. “They kind of drew up our game plan for what we're going to do for that at bat, and the guys before me, they all did their job. They got on base, so at that point, it was just time for me to kind of go out there and just let my game play.” Morgan turned in a dominant bottom of the seventh inning, striking out the side while stranding a two-out double. Bradley also worked around a double in the eighth to preserve the Ducks’ lead, and Bell set the Beavers down in order in the ninth to send Oregon to the NCAA Super Regional for the third time under Wasikowski. That was a MISS! Box Score Notes: Gosztola completed 6.0 or more innings for the third time this season and struck out eight or more batters for the third time … Gosztola’s eight strikeouts moved him past 200 for his career (204) … Bradley threw 2.2 scoreless innings of relief with five strikeouts and just one hit allowed in two appearances on the weekend … Bell earned his 12th save of the season, sixth-most in UO history, after twirling his second scoreless inning of the weekend … Molony went 2-for-4 for his 11th multi-hit game of the season. All-Tournament Team: Six Ducks were named to the NCAA Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team … Starting pitcher Will Sanford was named the tournament’s MVP after his 14-strikeout performance on Saturday vs. Washington State, and he was joined on the team by Brayden Jaksa, Cooney, Smith, Laya and Lauaki. On Deck: Oregon and Texas will open the NCAA Austin Super Regional on either Friday or Saturday. Dates, times and TV information will be announced after the completion of the other NCAA Regionals around the country.

From a Media Posting: 2026 NCAA Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team P – Will Sanford – Oregon (MVP) P – Nick Lewis – Washington State C – Jacob Galloway – Oregon State 1B – Brayden Jaksa – Oregon 2B – Ryan Cooney – Oregon SS – Tyler Inge – Oregon State 3B – Drew Smith – Oregon LF – Garrett Larsen – Yale CF – Easton Talt – Oregon State RF – Angel Laya – Oregon DH – Naulivou Lauaki Jr. – Oregon Drew Smith...our best power hitter, had three bunts this weekend that were perfect.

With this result...Oregon wins the Civil War series this year, two games to one, and has won eight of the last nine Civil War Baseball Games!

Amen...all through the Regional. So many young-gun pitchers in Eugene have progressed through the season to become important now. And....with all the abuse I enjoy heaping upon the Beavers--they were clearly a very good team. They just keep rolling out pitchers with great ERAs, and their hurling depth is amazing. With that--be proud, Oregon fans. We BEAT a good team, and the Ducks are rounding into a pretty darn good team too! "It makes you want to dance...."

Ducks win 4-1! Closer Devin Bell came in and followed the pattern of giving up a hit, and then putting away the side. On to Austin Texas to play the Longhorns in the Super-Regional next weekend!

4-1 Ducks after eight innings. Tanner Bradley comes in and gives up a walk, and a hit...but keeps them scoreless for the inning!

4-1 Ducks after seven innings. The Oregon scoring got going, but Oregon State contributed to it... Burke-Lee Mabeus waits out a walk, and Maddox Molony hit a bouncer up the middle to get on base. Jax Gimenez walks, and now the bases are loaded! Jack Brooks lets the orange reliever self-destruct, and walks...bringing in a run. Ryan Cooney does the same thing! Angel Laya hits a difficult bouncer in the infield that creates a throwing error to get him on base and score another run! (The bad news is that the OSU reliever got his mojo back and stranded the bases loaded remaining.) Luke Morgan came in for relief, and continued the pattern of giving up a hit, and then putting down the side. But Morgan got three strikeouts...all looking!

1-1 after six innings, as Oregon's Miles Gosztola has a familiar pattern of allowing one base runner by a hit or walk...and then disposes of the rest of the side. He has been stellar, and gone a full six innings. He is at 97 pitches...is there some gas left for more?

1-1 after five innings. This has become quite a pitchers' duel...

1-1 after four innings. Oregon's Miles Gosztola gave up a hit--but nothing else.

1-1 after three innings. Oregon's Jack Brooks slipped a hit past the infield, and Angel Laya hit a liner to get on base as well. Then Drew Smith gets a hit to RF to score Brooks! The Duck Crowd at PK Park went crazy as Miles Gosztola struck out three straight Beavers!

1-0 OSU after two innings. Gotta get the bats going! Great play at Home...

0-0 after the first inning. Oregon starter Miles Gosztola gave up two walks, but got it done and stranded them both.

They lost to St. Mary's a SECOND time! (6-5)

It is hard to believe that there are not enough cable channels to televise Oregon's regional final tonight, but perhaps the audience is not big enough? Bottom line is that this morning it appears that both the elimination game this afternoon at 1:00 PM of Oregon State vs Washington State will be on ESPN+, as will the Ducks' final tonight at 6:00 PM PST. I will be watching and reporting on it in this gameday thread as before, and I've been asked who I want to face in the final? Both teams will be on their fourth starting pitcher when they face the Ducks, but Beavis has a much deeper pitching staff than does Butthead, so I think I'd rather take on Washington State in the final. But if Oregon faces Oregon State--a win would be that much sweeter... Miles Gosztola on the Hill for Oregon...

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2026 OREGON BASEBALL | @OregonBaseball Sanford’s Gem Sends Ducks To Regional Final EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon Ducks are a win away from the NCAA Super Regionals and, one way or another, they are going to have to get through a familiar opponent to move on to the next round. The No. 11 seed UO baseball team improved to 2-0 in the NCAA Eugene Regional with a 4-0 win over Washington State on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd at PK Park, putting the Ducks in the driver’s seat in the four-team, double-elimination tournament. Oregon (42-16) will play in the regional final on Sunday at 6 p.m. in what will either be a rematch with Washington State (31-27) or a showdown with in-state rival Oregon State. The Cougars and Beavers will play first on Sunday in an elimination game at 1 p.m., with the winner staying alive to face the Ducks in the nightcap and needing a win to force a winner-take-all game seven on Monday. “Really competitive game tonight,” head coach Mark Wasikowski said. “They have a really, really good team and they pitched really well. They were competitive, and I was really excited about the effort that the club that I represent gave … I just love this team. I think these guys are really, really good. Excited to play for a regional championship tomorrow.” Will Sanford celebrates another scoreless inning before a B1G PK Park Crowd... The Ducks were led by a brilliant performance from starting pitcher Will Sanford (9-2), who struck out a career-high 14 batters while surrendering just one hit across 6.1 scoreless innings. Relievers Tanner Bradley and Devin Bell followed Sanford with 2.2 scoreless inning of relief with five more strikeouts to give the UO staff 19 total punchouts on the night. “The pitching performance of all three guys that touched the mound tonight,” Wasikowski said, “I thought that was really remarkable.” Jax Gimenez delivered a clutch RBI single in the fifth inning to give Oregon the lead, and Naulivou Lauaki Jr. crushed a three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to give the Ducks all the cushion they needed. Bradley relieved Sanford and delivered 1.2 scoreless innings before giving way to Bell, who slammed the door in the ninth inning and sent 4,278 fans home happy and eager to return on Sunday. “That environment PK brought tonight with the crowd and how competitive It was, it was unmatched,” Gimenez said. “It’s the best there is in the country.” How it Happened: Sanford and Washington State starter Luke Meyers (4-5) were locked in a pitcher’s duel from the get-go. Oregon was the assigned visiting team on Saturday, and Meyers needed just six pitches to get through the top of the Ducks’ lineup. Sanford upped the ante in the bottom half, striking out the side on 16 pitches while filling up the zone with 10 strikes. He would strike out the first five batters he faced and racked up seven punchouts through three scoreless innings while allowing just one baserunner on a hit batter. The San Diego native ran his strikeout total up to 10 after striking out the side in the fourth, and the Ducks’ offense broke through against Meyers in the top of the fifth. Burke-Lee Mabeus ripped a one-out double to give Oregon its first baserunner of the game, and Gimenez scored him with an RBI single through the right side. A B1G hit from Jax Gimenez The clutch knock was momentous for Gimenez, who picked up his first hit since April 22 after going more than a month without an at-bat while battling an injury. “I just really wanted the moment when I was on deck,” Gimenez said. “Burke with a really good at-bat in front with a double and Maddox (Molony) works a great walk, so some really good at-bats in front of myself to put me in that position and just really excited to come through for the team.” Sanford struck out the first batter he faced in the bottom of the fifth, extending his punchout streak to six in a row. A walk and Washington State’s first hit of the game gave the Cougars two runners on with two outs, but Sanford thwarted the threat with strikeout No. 12. Sanford cruised through a 1-2-3 sixth inning while notching his career-high 13th strikeout of the night, raising his hands to the sky as he walked off the mound. He added to that total with No. 14 to start the seventh before issuing his second walk, after which he left to a standing ovation from the PK Park faithful. “It just gives me more confidence and more belief in myself,” Sanford said. “There is no tired when you have a crowd like that. Pure adrenaline, it was great. I just love it.” Bradley took over for Sanford with one on and one out and quickly ended the inning with a groundout and a strikeout. He then needed just 10 pitches for a 1-2-3 eighth inning while adding two more strikeouts. Angel Laya opened the ninth inning with a single and a walk to Brayden Jaksa set the stage for Lauaki, who once again showed off his prodigious power with a three-run homer to right-center field. The freshman matched Laya for the most home runs in a season by a UO freshman with 14, all coming in the last 26 games. Junior Lauaki strolls to home plate after his 3-run bomb secured the game... “Same approach as always,” Lauaki said. “Stick right side, don’t get too big and just hunt my pitch.” Bell worked around a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth and struck out the final two batters to secure Oregon’s spot in the regional final. Oregon’s pitchers combined for 19 strikeouts while allowing just two hits with two walks in UO’s ninth shutout win of the season. “We have one of the best staffs in the country,” Sanford said. “Every time someone comes in there’s no doubt they’re going to get it done. Tanner and (Devin) tonight were amazing and it was just fun to watch, especially Tanner picking me up in the seventh.” Box Score Notes: Sanford delivered one of the most dominant starts in UO postseason history, tying for the most strikeouts by a Duck in a NCAA Regional and tying for the fourth-most in UO single-game history … Sanford became the first Duck to strike out six consecutive batters since Brock Moore on April 30, 2024 … Sanford’s first strikeout of the game was a strikeout looking to give him 33 on the season, breaking a tie with David Peterson (2017) for the most in UO single-season history … Sanford passed Tyler Anderson (114, 2011) for No. 2 in UO single-season history with 119 strikeouts … Oregon’s pitching staff matched its season high with 19 total strikeouts … Lauaki now has two home runs and seven RBIs in two NCAA Regional games … Gimenez finished 2-for-3 his 11th multi-hit game of the season. On Deck: Oregon State and Washington State will play an elimination game at 1 p.m. on Sunday at PK Park, with the winner advancing to face Oregon in the regional final at 6 p.m.

Oregon plays at 6:00 PM PST tomorrow night vs. the winner of....Beavis vs Butthead! (I never thought I'd ever get to write that!) (TV not yet known) What I loved about this game, is that Oregon can play small ball, by pitching well, bunting and great fielding, and win a tight game such as this after scoring 14 runs last night. The crowd was incredible! Loud and rowdy...THAT was a home field advantage!

Ducks win 4-0! Angel Laya got a hit to shallow CF, and Drew Smith did a sac-bunt to move pinch runner Elijah Cook to second base. Brayden Jaksa stays cool and waits out a walk, and then Junior (He likes being called that) Lauaki does what he does best; blast a 3-run homer as he did last night! Closer Devin Bell came in and gave up a hit, but whiffed the rest...

1-0 Ducks after eight innings! One runner wasted on offense... Tanner Bradley disposed of the Cougars 1-2-3 with the last two being strikeouts! Three more outs!

1-0 Ducks after seven innings. We gotta get the bats going again! Will Sanford came back to get an out and a walk, and was relieved by Tanner Bradley who left that runner stranded on base.

1-0 Ducks after six innings. Oregon strands two on base... Will Sanford got his 13th strikeout in his six innings, but he has 99 pitches. As hot as he is..I'm sure his night is done. What a performance!