Media Credit: Christin Palazzolo Sophomore Kyle Knapp pitched four innings, allowing only one hit and no walks and runs in the Ducks' three game sweep against Seattle University last weekend.

The Oregon club baseball team (13-4 overall) continued its winning ways, adding three victories of 5-1, 16-2 and 13-0 in a sweep of Northern Pacific Conference rival Seattle University last weekend. The wins furthered the current streak to 11 games. During this period, the Ducks have outscored teams a combined 120-33.

The three wins were especially sweet for the Ducks after Seattle took two of three games from them in 2007, along with the division title.

"It felt good to sweep Seattle after they took a couple from us last year," sophomore outfielder Cam Gaulke said.

Freshman Bennett Frazier led the way to the 5-1 win for the Ducks in game one, throwing a complete game three-hitter. Frazier allowed only one run in the game, and struck out 14 Redhawks. From the plate, Oregon managed seven hits, including two each from Scott Marchione and Andrew Murphy.

The offensive pace picked up in game two of the doubleheader on Saturday. The Ducks scored 16 runs on 15 hits, while holding Seattle to two runs. Third baseman Matt Zabriskie and second baseman Jack Carpenter each had three hits, and Zabriskie, Murphy and Bryan Hansen all ended up with three RBIs. Outfielder Vincent Hulstrom also had four RBIs. In response to the offensive outburst, Gaulke said it only takes one guy to get it going.

"Hitting is contagious, and when a couple guys get hot, it seems like the whole team puts it together," Gaulke said.

Hansen agreed, saying that the first game's slow start was due to not reacting well to what the pitcher was throwing them.

"A lot of our success in the second game came from making adjustments at the plate," Hansen said.

Sophomore Kyle Knapp continued to impress the coaches from the mound, going four innings and giving up zero earned runs on one hit. Freshman Dustin Tanquary closed out the game, giving up two runs for the final margin.

The final game of the series showcased the Ducks' power hitting. Marchione and Hansen hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning, and junior Quentin Clark added his own in the fifth. The home runs highlighted another 11 hits for the team, and Marchione added three RBIs.

Continued...

Page 1 of 2 next >

Article Tools

Be the first to comment on this story

• Name: (required)
• Email: (required)
• NOTE: Email address will not be published
• Website:

Notify me of followup comments via e-mail

Email notify will not work because you are not currently logged in.
Click here to quickly login or create a free account.

Type your comment below (html not allowed)

  I am not posting spam. I understand posting spam or other comments that are unrelated to this article will cause my comment to be flagged for deletion and possibly cause my IP address to be permanently banned from this server.