Saturday, May 27
Eugene, Ore.
2:00 PM
University of Oregon
1
vs
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UCLA
Ducks drop regular season finale
05/27/17 | Baseball
EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon couldn't dig itself out of an early hole in a 10-1 Pac-12 Conference loss to UCLA on Saturday at PK Park.
How It Happened: UCLA (30-25, 19-11 Pac-12) wasted no time jumping on Oregon starter Cole Stringer (4-3) for two runs on three hits in the first inning. Michael Toglia drove in the first run with a run-scoring double before Chase Strumpf's RBI groundout.
Sean Bouchard added to the Bruins' lead in the second with a two-out, two-run single making it 4-0.
The Bruins continued to pour it on in the fourth, scoring three runs on five consecutive one-out singles. Daniel Amaral singled home the first run before Toglia followed two batters later with his second and third RBI of the day on a two-run single.
Gabe Matthews drove in the only run of the game for the Ducks (30-25, 12-18 Pac-12) with a run-scoring single in the seventh, driving in Spencer Steer who led off with a double.
UCLA starting pitcher Jon Olsen (7-1) held the Ducks in check offensively, giving up just one run on four hits with eight strikeouts over eight innings. Olsen retired 17 straight batters after allowing a double to Kyle Kasser to start the game.
Box Score Notes: Kasser went 2-for-3 with a double to extend his hitting streak to 15 games which ties the program record set by Kyle Garlick (2014) … He finished the season with the highest batting average in the modern era at Oregon hitting .352, besting Danny Pulfer (2011) who hit .351 … Kasser recorded 75 hits this season putting him in a tie for fifth with Mitchell Tolman (2015) and Eddie Rodriguez (2010) on Oregon's single-season hits list … Steer finished 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored … Senior Connor Zwetsch pitched a perfect eighth inning in his final collegiate game.
How It Happened: UCLA (30-25, 19-11 Pac-12) wasted no time jumping on Oregon starter Cole Stringer (4-3) for two runs on three hits in the first inning. Michael Toglia drove in the first run with a run-scoring double before Chase Strumpf's RBI groundout.
Sean Bouchard added to the Bruins' lead in the second with a two-out, two-run single making it 4-0.
The Bruins continued to pour it on in the fourth, scoring three runs on five consecutive one-out singles. Daniel Amaral singled home the first run before Toglia followed two batters later with his second and third RBI of the day on a two-run single.
Gabe Matthews drove in the only run of the game for the Ducks (30-25, 12-18 Pac-12) with a run-scoring single in the seventh, driving in Spencer Steer who led off with a double.
UCLA starting pitcher Jon Olsen (7-1) held the Ducks in check offensively, giving up just one run on four hits with eight strikeouts over eight innings. Olsen retired 17 straight batters after allowing a double to Kyle Kasser to start the game.
Box Score Notes: Kasser went 2-for-3 with a double to extend his hitting streak to 15 games which ties the program record set by Kyle Garlick (2014) … He finished the season with the highest batting average in the modern era at Oregon hitting .352, besting Danny Pulfer (2011) who hit .351 … Kasser recorded 75 hits this season putting him in a tie for fifth with Mitchell Tolman (2015) and Eddie Rodriguez (2010) on Oregon's single-season hits list … Steer finished 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored … Senior Connor Zwetsch pitched a perfect eighth inning in his final collegiate game.
