Live updates: Oregon baseball vs. Utah — Game 2
After a disastrous start to its final series of the regular season, Oregon will look to get back on track on Thursday morning in Salt Lake City.
The Ducks (31-20, 14-14 Pac-12) were trounced 12-5 by last-place Utah (22-30-1, 9-18-1) in Thursday’s opener.
As Oregon looks to break out of its five-game losing streak, freshman right-hander Turner Spoljaric will get the starting nod for the Ducks Thursday at 10:05 a.m. PT.
Follow along for live updates throughout the day as the Ducks take on the Utes.
FInal: Oregon 9, Utah 1
Ninth inning
B9
Oregon reliever Ian Umlandt stayed on in the ninth inning and retired the Utes without surrendering a run to close out the ball game.
T9
Bennett Thompson cracked his second double of the day to plate another run and push Oregon’s lead to 9-1.
Eighth inning
B8
Utah got a run back on Roberts’ single to left, but the play was reviewed and the run was taken off the board.
T8
Gavin Grant cracked a run-scoring double to push Oregon’s lead to 8-1.
Seventh inning
B7
Utah got its first run of the day with a run-scoring double from Jackson Kiernan. But Spoljaric avoided further damage and got through the seventh inning.
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T7
Colby Shade reached first after striking out and then reaching on a wild pitch. He then advanced to second on another wild pitch, moved to third on a sac fly, and later scored on another wild pitch to push Oregon’s lead to 6-0.
Sixth inning
B6
Spoljaric stayed on in the sixth inning and produced another scoreless inning to hold the Ducks’ lead at 5-0.
This marks the longest outing of Spoljaric’s Oregon career.
T6
Bennett Thompson cracked a double to the left field gap but was stranded.
Fifth inning
B5
Turner Spoljaric worked his way out of a bases-loaded jam to hold Oregon’s lead at 5-0.
T5
Sabin Ceballos ripped an RBI single to extend Oregon’s lead to 5-0.
Fourth inning
B4
Spoljaric worked around a leadoff double to hold the Utes scoreless.
T4
Gavin Grant cracked a one-out single but was left stranded.
Third inning
B3
Spoljaric stranded a runner at third and produced another very good inning.
T3
Oregon pushed its lead to 3-0 when Sabin Ceballos cracked an RBI single. Then, the Ducks tacked on another run when Drew Cowley scored on an errant pickoff attempt.
Second inning
B2
Spoljaric produced a 1-2-3 inning to hold the Utes in check.
T2
Bennett Thompson cracked a leadoff single for the Ducks but was stranded at first.
First inning
B1
Oregon starter Turner Spoljaric stranded a pair of runners to escape a first-inning jam and hold the score at 2-0.
T1
Drew Cowley continued his recent hot streak for the Ducks and cracked an RBI double to open the scoring. Two batters later, Tanner Smith followed with a hustle double to make it 2-0.
Pregame
Oregon batting order
