Duck Baseball Take Series Victory Over UCLA

Oregon baseball left PK Park making a statement with a victory over #2 UCLA, 4-3, ending their series Sunday. The win ends the regular season and gave the Ducks its second consecutive walk off win, putting their names in NCAA talk.

The Story: Oregon took an early 1-0 lead with Phil Craig-St.Louis and Scott Heineman delivering a pair of singles and a sacrifice bunt by Brandon Cuddy. This allowed Daniel Patzlaff to bring home St.Louis with a groundball to the shortstop.

The Bruins were able to make a small comeback in the fourth with a home run by Kevin Kramer. However, Oregon’s Heineman hit his own home run in the bottom of the inning, giving the Ducks the lead, 2-1.

By the sixth inning, it seemed to get a bit worrisome for the Ducks as UCLA took over with a one-out, two-run single with bases loaded putting them ahead 3-2. Nevertheless, Oregon continued to be relentless tieing the score, 3-3, in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI double by Jakob Goldfarb.

The rest was history once Tim Susanara’s RBI single in the 11th inning became the game winning play, sending a strong message for an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament.

Seniors Say Goodbye: With the win, two of Oregon’s starting players, seniors Shaun Chase and J.B Bryant, ended their time at PK Park on a high note.

In the final words leaving the field, Chase gave a shoutout to all Duck fans saying, “Goodbye guys, I love you! Wouldn’t change this for anything in the world. Go ducks!”

Coming Up:  The Ducks will be keeping a close watch when the NCAA tournament participants are announced at 9 a.m. Monday on ESPNU.