Gabe Matthews went 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs, Robert Ahlstrom gave up three runs over eight innings and Oregon beat Gonzaga 7-3 on Saturday night at the Eugene Regional. Top-seeded Oregon (39-14) needs one win Sunday to clinch a Super Regional berth. Tanner Smith fouled off four two-strike pitches before hitting a lead-off double to right-center that sparked a four-run first inning for the Ducks.
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2 down, 1 to go: Cal clinches huge series against UCLA, eyes Oregon
Theo Wyss-Flamm/Staff
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Baseball seasons are notoriously long and grueling. In college, clubs play more than 50 games during 11 straight weeks. Single games become less important in this scenario, and a solitary heartwarming or heartbreaking performance rarely makes or breaks a season.
Sometimes, however, a season can come down to one game, one inning or one pitch. For Cal, that moment came out on the 2,756th out of the season.
Trailing 2-0 in Saturday’s matchup against then-No. 18 UCLA, Keshawn Ogans hit a screaming liner into the left-center gap on a 3-2, two-out pitch, clearing the bases and giving Cal a one-run lead.
May 16, 2021
OGDEN, Utah – Kenyon Yovan and Aaron Zavala both drove in a pair of runs while Brett Walker gave Oregon another quality start in Oregon s 9-2 Pac-12 Conference win at Utah on Sunday.
The Ducks, who have won six straight, completed their second consecutive sweep of a Pac-12 Conference rival, and the third of a Pac-12 Conference team this season. It is the first time Oregon has swept back-to-back conference opponents since the 2013 season, when Oregon took three from both Stanford (April 26-28 at PK Park) and Washington State (May 3-5 in Pullman).
Oregon (33-11, 17-7 Pac-12) swept its fifth opponent this season, which includes two four-game non-conference sweeps. The Ducks also won their ninth series of the year.