Ducks Head to Bay Area for Four Games

Series History - Stanford

• Oregon opens a three-game series at Stanford on Friday.
• During the Mark Wasikowski era, the Ducks hold a 6-4 advantage in the series while winning five of the last seven games including a victory in last year's Pac-12 Conference Tournament.
• Overall, Stanford holds a 42-25 advantage in the series, as well as an 18-9 edge in games played at Stanford.
• In the modern era of Oregon baseball, the Cardinal hold a narrow 23-20 lead in the series.
• After Stanford ran off a streak of 12 wins in 13 games from the 2015 series finale through the 2019 series, the Ducks answered winning two of the next three series.
• The team have played 14 series since the return of baseball with both winning seven of those series.

 
Ducks tie program HR record

• Oregon hit six home runs in a 14-9 win over Gonzaga on Tuesday to match the program's single-game home run record.
• Jacob Walsh hit a pair of bombs, while Bryce Boettcher, Chase Meggers, Maddox Molony and Mason Neville all hit one.
• The six home runs matched the Ducks' six homers hit vs. Northwestern St. in 2023.

 
Four game road trip for the Ducks

• After wrapping up the three-game Pac-12 Conference series at Stanford, Oregon will stay in the Bay Area and face San Francisco in a single game on Monday at noon.
• Oregon leads the all-time series against the Dons 12-4, including a 4-0 record during the Mark Wasikowski era.

 
Home run record set again

• Oregon set a new school record for home runs in each of the last three seasons.
• The Ducks have increased the home run record by 53 long balls during the first three full seasons of the Mark Wasikowski era.
• Last season, Oregon broke the school record of 75 home runs set during the 2022 season, which came a year after hitting 56 to break the old record of 48 that was set in 1974.
• This year's team has already moved into fourth all-time with 53 homers.

 
Another assault on record books?

• During head coach Mark Wasikowski's three full seasons at Oregon, the Ducks have rewritten the program's record book on offense.
• Oregon's record-breaking offensive season ended in 2022 with the Ducks setting records in eight major statistical categories.
• In 2022, Oregon set school bests in batting average, hits, runs, home runs, RBI, doubles, total bases and at-bats.
• Of the eight new records, three broke school records set in 2021 when the team broke long-time records for runs (376 in 2010), home runs (48 in 1974) and RBI (332 in 2010).
• In 2023, Oregon re-set four of the records with 101 HRs, 142 doubles, 1,057 total bases and 2,167 at-bats.
• Oregon had also cracked the top 10 in RBI (2nd), runs (2nd), stolen bases (2nd) and hits (2nd).
• Oregon had a .298 team batting average, which ranked fourth all-time.
• While increasing the home run record by 53 during the Wasikowski era, the Ducks have increased the runs scored record by 76 and the RBI record by 84.

 
Ducks looking for third series win vs. Stanford in Wasikowski era

• Oregon's series win at Washington State in 2023 allowed Oregon head coach Mark Wasikowski to check the last box in regards to winning a series vs. the other teams in the Pac-12 Conference.
• The Ducks had at least one series win over the other nine Pac-12 teams during his first two seasons at the helm of the Ducks.
• Oregon has four series wins over Arizona State and California, three over Arizona, USC and Utah, and two over Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA and Washington during the Wasikowski era.
• The Ducks are 72-48 (.600) in games vs. Pac-12 teams under Wasikowski including nonconference games vs. Oregon State and Pac-12 Conference Tournament games vs. Arizona (2), Arizona State, California, Stanford and Washington.

 
Walsh closing in on program home run record

• After hitting 12 HRs in the last 26 games, JR 1B Jacob Walsh has moved into first on the Oregon career home run list.
• He has also cracked the top 10 in RBI (6th), doubles (T5th) multi-RBI game (T8th) and at-bats (T10th).
• A three-year starter at first base, Walsh has hit 36 home runs in his two-plus seasons while batting .273 with 38 doubles and 116 RBI.
• Last season, Walsh hit 16 bombs finishing one long ball short of the previous school record (Kenyon Yovan - 2021) that was broken by Sabin Ceballos who had 18 HRs in 2023.
• In 2022, Walsh became just the Ducks' 10th freshman All-American after setting freshman program records for doubles (18) and total bases (103) while tying the record for home runs (6).
• In addition to the home run, doubles, RBI and at-bats records, Walsh is approaching the program's top 10 in starts, runs scored and multiple-hit games.

 
Walsh claims second career Pac-12 Player of the Week honor

• Coming off a 4-1 week where Oregon won series at both Grand Canyon and Arizona State, JR 1B Jacob Walsh earned Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week honors.
• The Las Vegas native claimed his second career conference player of the week award after batting .500 with three home runs and 10 RBI on Oregon's five-game road trip to the Grand Canyon State.
• The Ducks' first baseman reached base at a .579 clip while slugging 1.063.
• In the Ducks Pac-12 Conference series win at Arizona State, Walsh slashed .400/.538/.700 with a home run, five RBI and three walks.
• In two games at Grand Canyon, he went 4-for-6 with two home runs, five RBI and two runs score while slugging 1.667.
• He entered the first game in the top of the ninth inning as a pinch hitter and the Ducks leading 7-4 and proceeded to launch a two-run home run over the right-field wall for a pair of insurance runs.
• In game two at GCU, Walsh went 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and a run scored.
• He hit a two-run home run in the top of the fourth to tie the game, before singling in the fifth and sixth while adding a RBI.
• At ASU, he reached base multiple times in both of Oregon's wins while getting a hit in all three games.
• On Saturday, Walsh went 2-for-4 with a walk, RBI and run scored. He singled and scored in the second before driving in a run with a hit in the top of the fifth to pull the Ducks to within a run.
• In the Sunday's series finale, Walsh homered and walked twice. In the fourth inning with Oregon down two, the Ducks' lefty hit a two-out, opposite-field grand slam to give the Ducks the lead for good.
• Walsh is the 20th Duck to be named Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week since baseball returned to Oregon and the sixth to earn the award multiple times.

 
Cooney matches Oregon freshman home run record

• He is only 35 games (22 starts) into his freshman season, but Oregon SS/2B Ryan Cooney has already tied Oregon's freshman single-season home run record.
• The Portland native slugged three home runs in a week with one against Portland in a midweek game and one in both games two and three of the Cal series to run his season total to six.
• The six bombs matched the previous record set by Jonny DeLuca in 2018 and matched by Jacob Walsh in 2022.
• Walsh played in 58 total games (55 starts) and hit his sixth home run in his 50th game, while DeLuca played in 55 games (54 starts) and hit his sixth home run in his 51st game.

 
Bryce is right

• Playing both baseball and football at Oregon, SR OF Bryce Boettcher is one of just 13 players nationwide playing both sports.
• The Ducks outfielder and inside linebacker has made starts in both sports during his time doing double duty.
• He has started 29 of Oregon's 35 games this season, after starting all three of the Eugene Super Regional games and the Nashville Regional Tournament championship game last year.
• Overall, Boettcher has started 58 games during his baseball career while playing in 164 games over the last three-plus years.
• In football, Boettcher played in all 14 games for Oregon's Fiesta Bowl winning team while making two starts at inside linebacker.
• He finished fifth on the team with 37.0 tackles while finishing with a sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

 
Power coming from slew of Ducks

• Just 36 games into the season, Oregon's recent trend of getting power from all parts of the lineup has continued.
• Twelve Ducks have already hit a home run this year with 11 of those players hitting multiple home runs and four (Walsh, Cassella, Cooney, Neville) already pounding more than five homers.
• Oregon's 53 homers already ranks in fourth all-time in a season at Oregon.

 
Anderson garners preseason recognition

• Oregon reliever Austin Anderson was named a preseason second-team All-America pick by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), while also being named to the Stopper of the Year watch list.
• He earned the honors after putting together a stellar season out of the bullpen in 2023.
• The Roseburg, Ore., native finished his junior season with a 4-0 record and a 0.66 ERA while holding opposing hitters to a .111 batting average.
• The right-handed pitcher allowed just two runs on 10 hits in 27.1 innings pitched with 39 strikeouts.
• The reliever is entering his second season at Oregon after spending two seasons at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg.
• As a sophomore at UCC, Anderson earned second-team South Division All-Northwest Athletic Conference honors after going 2-0 with a 0.68 ERA.

 
Grinsell, Mercado named preseason All-Pac-12 Conference

• A pair of Ducks pitchers -- LHP Grayson Grinsell and RHP Logan Mercado -- are a part of the Pac-12 preseason all-conference team selected by the league's coaches.
• As a true freshman, Grinsell was second on the team in appearances with 30 while finishing 2-1 with a 4.47 ERA and one save.
• The Ducks' lefty earned a spot on both the Pac-12 Conference and Nashville All-Regional teams.
• In Pac-12 games, Grinsell finished with a 2.42 ERA and a 1-1 record while holding opposing hitters to a .190 batting average.
• The right-handed Mercado has been a versatile member of Oregon's pitching staff for the last three seasons making 48 career appearances, including 12 starts.
• He finished the 2023 season 5-1 with a 5.95 ERA with one complete game and one save, while fanning a team-best 78 hitters in a team-high 81.2 innings pitched.
• He excelled in relief appearances finishing 2-0 with a 3.94 ERA and one save while holding opposing hitters to a .218 average.
• As a sophomore in 2022, Mercado led Oregon in wins and earned run average while going 6-2 with a 2.61 ERA in 25 appearance out of the bullpen.

 
Friday night guy

• After missing all of the 2023 season with an injury, JR RHP RJ Gordon got the call on opening day on the mound, as well as in game one of the Lafayette, UCSB, Arizona State, Cal and Arizona series.
• The previous names of pitchers who have taken the mound on opening day are impressive with future Major League Baseball pitchers, a MLB all-star, an eventual Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year and high MLB draft picks who have toed the rubber as series game-one starters.
• Ten of the 12 previous opening day starters have been drafted with four of them playing in the big leagues.
• Three of the starters (Tyler Anderson, Alex Keudell, David Peterson) earned All-America honors the season they served as the "Friday Night" guy.
• Of the 15 seasons played since the return of baseball at Oregon, the Ducks' opening day starter has earned first-team all-conference recognition six times (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017).
• The 12 pitchers who have served as opening-day starter have a combined 10 first-team all-conference selections on the mound during their careers.

 
Who is next?

• Oregon boasts a proud tradition of fantastic closers who have locked up wins for the Ducks with clutch performances late in games.
• Coming out of the first 36 games of the season, SR RHP Logan Mercado (6), SR LHP Bradley Mullan (4), SR RHP Michael Freund (1), and FR RHP Ryan Featherston (1) have picked up saves.
• In the Lafayette series, SR RHP Brock Moore came in late in a game and hit 101 mph on the radar gun.