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So today is a double-header!

Beat the Bastard-Huskies!

Darn it, I've been waiting all day!

The good news is this.

I live in the Eastern time zone. The game was scheduled to begin at 10:00 PM tonight. Since it will be moved to tomorrow I can go to bed before 10:00 tonight, and stay awake to see the final inning tomorrow. It’s an “old nan” thing.

We have been told it will be at 8:03 AM PST, but yet the Big-10 Channel on TV has the game from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM PST? I don't know which it is, but will find out soon...

0-0 after one inning. Oregon is staying with their new rotation, and thus the new Saturday starter, Cal Scolari, is on the hill. He is pitching at a 3.27 ERA, and fanned the first three batters easily. The last one he nailed the inside corner at 95 mph, and so good to see his control there to start.

The Bastard Huskies start Noah Kenny with a good 4.40 ERA, so this will be a battle.

On offense...Ducks stranded two in scoring position!

2-0 Ducks after two innings. Cal Scolari did well again to give up a hit, but retire the rest.

Naulivou Lauaki nailed a base hit up the middle, and Jack Brooks was plinked. Gabe Miranda was pinch-hitting for Jax Gimenez, and drove a liner into RF to load the bases with one out.

Ryan Cooney waited out a walk to score Lauaki, and then Angel Laya did the same thing to score Brooks. But Our Beloved Ducks stranded bases-loaded after that!

3-0 Ducks after three innings. Cal Scolari walked a batter, but then generated a sweet double-play!

Naulivou Lauaki was patient, and found his pitch--and drove it into the Husky Bullpen for his 11th home run in his short season. Whew!

3-0 Ducks after four innings. Cal Scolari struck-out the side, and has seven punch-outs in four innings...

thanks for the updates Charles

5-0 Ducks after five innings. Cal Scolari got into a bases-loaded jam...and then got out of it with more strikeouts. He has ten KOs for the game!

Drew Smith gets things going with a solo homer into the Oregon Bullpen! Then Brayden Jaksa just crushes a pitch and sends it over the same Bullpen, over the seats, and into the concourse! Whew!

These three freshmen of Jaksa, Laya and

Lauaki have been sensational for Oregon!

Wow I love seeing this after the mutt traitor came in and struck out three and then he gets rocked for two homers

7-0 Ducks after six innings. Toby Twist came in with his good 4.01 ERA, and gave up two base runners, but stranded them with two strikeouts.

Then Jack Brooks pummelled a pitch into the RF stands for a solo homer, and then Gabe Miranda blasted one to the same in the same area for back-to-back-JACKS!

First game this year for Oregon with FIVE home runs, and as JDuck noted above...the last two were off a transfer pitcher who left Eugene to go to Seattle. Figures!

7-0 Ducks after seven innings. Toby Twist cruised through the inning with three flyouts, and the difference in being a top-four seed becomes evident. Oregon has strong, rested pitching, while Washington has already played two games and doesn't have as much pitching depth available.

Well, that and we hit pretty-darn-good!

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....

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!

That intense series against Nebraska in Eugene really sets the table for this one. Gonna feel more like an away than a tourney game with all that red in the stands.

Always great to beat the Dawgs.

In any sport.

Let's go Ducks!

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2026

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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.