Oregon baseball rallies late to complete sweep of Xavier

Oregon’s offense rallied after the seventh and its bullpen threw three hitless innings to finish a collection sweep of Xavier.

Josiah Cromwick and Gavin Grant homered, Tanner Smith hit an RBI single, and Logan Olson, Dylan McShane and Josh Mollerus mixed to seal a 3-1 Geese win over the Musketeers on Sunday afternoon at PK Park.

Xavier obtained on the board with an RBI double off Jackson Tempo within the fifth. Oregon stranded the bases loaded within the backside of the inning however ultimately broke by means of in opposition to XU’s Luke Bell when Cromwick led off the seventh with a house run, his second in as many days, to tie it.

Grant (2 for two) led off the eighth with a go-ahead blast and Rikuu Nishida singled, stole second and later scored on a single by Smith.

In the meantime, Olson labored into and out of a bases-loaded jam within the seventh, McShane labored a 1-2-3 eighth and Mollerus obtained his second save of the weekend by working round a leadoff stroll within the ninth.

Oregon (4-0) travels to UC Santa Barbara for a four-game collection beginning at 5 p.m. Friday.

— James Crepea