2-0 Texas after one inning. Oregon's Will Sanford gave up two solo homers...

An unusual, but sweet double-play!

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....

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!

Finally calming down and settling in.

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...

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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...

Yes, really good baseball! Getting out of the 4th without giving up any runs was awesome!

The Ducks pitcher has some serious movement on his pitches!

Really fun classic game, Ducks starting to feel it playing small ball.

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.

Texas pitcher is closing in on 100 pitches, time for the Ducks to start beating him up!!!🤞

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4-4 after six innings. Tanner Bradley had another scoreless inning for Oregon, but on offense we stranded a base runner.

5-4 Ducks after five innings. Oregon's reliever, Tanner Bradley, was studly keeping the Longhorns in the barn.

Ryan Cooney drills a pitch to the LF wall for a double, and a passed ball moves him to 3rd! Brayden Jaksa hits a groundout to deep INF between 2nd and 3rd to force the throw to first base and score Cooney to take the first lead this series!

I found it very surprising to hear the announcers mention that the Ducks have only made it to the CWS 1 time, but found it even more surprising that this is in large part due to the fact that the Oregon baseball program was disbanded in 1981 and didn’t restart the program until 2009! I had no idea about this.

6-5 Texas after eight innings. Oregon's Toby Twist let two on base, and Devin Bell made it bases loaded....and then gave up a double that scored two.

Ducks lose 6-5. Relief pitching....never mind.

Dang, that stinks. I can’t stand Texas. Tough break

Almost.....

Way to fight guys. Great season.

Far better effort. The team played hard all season. Keep knocking on the door, and one day it will open.

Thanks again, Charles, for the terrific coverage of the Diamond Ducks.

If you had told me before the season began that our Ducks would finish 3rd in the B1G, be the runner-up in the conference championship, win a regional and advance to a super regional I would have been stoked. Those are fine accomplishments that this current team achieved.

Unfortunately, they fell short against Texas. Oregon's Achilles heel has been their pitching and inability to get runners home. Against the Longhorns their were 16 walks, 5 wild pitches, 1 balk, 6 hit batters and a whopping 24 guys left on base. Even with the pitching woes, I can't help think that with a few well place hits

the Ducks would have won at least one of these games. But baseball can be a funny game. Look no further that the UCLA Bruins, ranked 1st all year long, only to lose at home in a regional. And # 2 Georgia Tech was also eliminated. All in all, it was a good season. Hats off to Coach Waz and the team. Go Ducks!

Oregon is an SEC-like team. Thanks, coach, I think?

Football, and Men's and Women's CBB are debatable, but there is no question that the SEC leads the league when it comes to baseball.

The climate helps. Up North it's🥶.

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