The Oregon Ducks baseball team lost to the USC Trojans 4-2 on Sunday afternoon in the final game of a three-game series. Oregon won the first two games of the series — 4-1 and 5-3 — so it was still a successful series for the Ducks.
Oregon got off to a decent start in the game, scoring two runs in the second inning to go up 2-0. The Ducks held their lead until the sixth inning when the Trojans scored two to go up 3-2. Oregon’s first run came from a Dominic Hellman solo home run in the second.
The pitchers were a dominant force in Sunday’s game. USC finished with just three hits and Oregon had just five. Kevin Seitter, the Ducks starting pitcher, went seven full innings, allowing just two earned runs and three hits, while striking out three.
Most of the Ducks’ offensive output came early on, and USC did a good job of icing out Oregon’s bats. After the second inning, the Ducks picked up just two hits, both of which were singles. Oregon was without star hitter Jeffrey Heard until the final third of the game when he replaced Hellman.
Next week, the Ducks will host the Gonzaga Bulldogs for a one-off midweek game before heading to Palo Alto for a three-game series with the Stanford Cardinal. Both opponents have losing records on the season, so the Ducks should be looking to win at least three of their four games next week.
