Live updates: Oregon baseball vs. No. 25 Arizona

There is plenty on the line for the Oregon baseball team as it enters its final series of the regular season.

The Ducks (32-21, 15-12 Pac-12) begin a three-game set with No. 25 Arizona (35-18, 16-11) this evening at PK Park in Eugene. A big weekend for Oregon could help catapult it back into the national conversation to potentially host a regional.

In its latest field of 64 projection, D1Baseball tabbed the Ducks as a No. 2 seed and predicts they will travel to play in the Spokane regional. Of course, earlier this week, Oregon delivered a thrilling walk-off win over No. 11 Gonzaga.

With a sweep of the Wildcats, the Ducks would not only bolster their national ranking but could also potentially climb up the Pac-12 standings. They currently sit in fifth in the conference, one game behind the Wildcats and two games behind third-place UCLA.

The next three days will be very telling for how Oregon’s season unfolds. Follow along with the action here and in the ScoopDuck forums.

First inning

T1 — Arizona’s first three batters of the night reached base, and the Wildcats scored on Tanner O’Tremba’s RBI single to take a 1-0 lead. Bennett Thompson threw out a runner at second on a stolen base attempt to end the inning.

B1 — Oregon was retired in order in the first inning.

Second inning

T2 — Oregon starter Christian Ciuffetelli delivered a clean second inning and struck out the final two batters of the frame to hold the Arizona lead to 1-0.

B2 — Anthony Hall launched a two-run homer, his 13th homer of the season, to give Oregon a 2-1 lead. Four batters later, Tanner Smith hit a three-run blast over the right-field fence to extend the Ducks’ lead to 5-1.

Third inning

T3 — Arizona threatened, and put two runners on. RJ Gordon came on to relieve Ciuffetelli with two outs and got Arizona cleanup batter Chase Davis to line out to right field, where Anthony Hall made a leaping catch to save a run and end the inning.

B3 — Drew Cowley and Josh Kasevich led off the inning with back-to-back singles, and Cowley later scored on a fielders choice to make it 6-1 Oregon. Bennett Thompson then blooped a two-out double into left field to score Anthony Hall from first and tack on another run.

Fourth inning

T4 — RJ Gordon put two Arizona runners on with no outs, but retired the next three batters he faced to end the threat.

B4 — Tanner Smith blasted his second home run of the game, a solo shot to right, to lead off the inning and push Oregon’s lead to 8-1.

Fifth inning

T5 — RJ Gordon struggled with command and walked two batters, but kept the Arizona bats silent and delivered another scoreless inning.

B5 — The Ducks were retired in order.

Sixth inning

T6 — Garen Caulfield ripped a leadoff single, and later scored on Tommy Splaine’s triple to center to cut the Oregon lead to 8-2.

B6 — Oregon was retired in order.

Seventh inning

T7 — Arizona was retired in order. Oregon reliever R.J Gordon touched 94 miles per hour on the radar gun midway through the inning.

B7 — Drew Cowley scorched a one-out double to center field, but he was left stranded.

Eighth inning

T8 — Tony Bullard lined a leadoff double, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and then scored on Garen Caulfield’s single to cut the lead to 8-3. Caulfield later scored when an Arizona batter was walked with the bases loaded to make it 8-4.

Kolby Somers came on in relief with the bases loaded and struck out Arizona’s No. 2 and No. 3 hitters to escape the jam.

B8 — Oregon pushed its lead back to six runs when Colby Shade ripped a two-run double to center to make it 10-4.

Ninth inning

T9 — Somers worked around a one-out double from Tony Bullard and closed out the game, recording his ninth save of the season.

Final: Oregon 10, Arizona 4