Live Updates: Oregon vs. Oral Roberts at the Eugene Super Regional — Game 1

Postseason baseball is back at PK Park as the Oregon Ducks host their first super regional in over a decade.

Oregon (40-20) is set to kick off a best-of-three series with Oral Roberts (49-11) this evening at the Eugene Super Regional. The winner will secure a trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The Ducks reached this point by capturing the Pac-12 Tournament title in Scottsdale, Ariz. last month and then sweeping their way through the Nashville Regional last week. The Golden Eagles, who won the Summit League regular season title, became just the eighth No. 4 seed in NCAA Tournament history to reach a super regional when they won the Stillwater Regional.

Oregon and Oral Roberts are set for a 5 p.m. PT first pitch and the game will air on ESPN.

Follow along for live updates throughout the evening.

FINAL: Oregon 9, Oral Roberts 8

Ninth Inning

B9

Gavin Grant drew a leadoff walk, and Rikuu Nishida followed with a walk of his own.

After a Bryce Boettcher bunt, Drew Cowely ripped a walk-off RBI single to win the game for the Ducks.

T9

Mollerus got three quick outs to hold the score at 8-8.

Eighth Inning

B8

Oregon’s 6-7-8 hitters were retired in order.

T8

With one out and one on, Oregon reliever fell behind 3-0 to ORU star Jonah Cox. But Dallas battled back and struck Cox out for the second out of the inning.

The Ducks then called on closer Josh Mollerus to face cleanup hitter Matt Hogan with two outs. Hogan popped up to third to end the inning.

Seventh Inning

B7

Drew Cowley’s RBI single cut the ORU lead to 8-7. Then, two batters later, Tanner Smith deposited an RBI single to right field to plate Bryce Boettcher and tie the game.

But Smith got caught in a rundown while trying to take second base, and Drew Cowley was eventually thrown out while trying to score from third to end the inning.

T7

Mercado issued back-to-back two-out walks but then struck out Blaze Brothers to escape the jam.

Sixth Inning

B6

Drew Smith lined a solo homer into the Oral Roberts bullpen to cut the Golden Eagles’ lead to 8-6.

T6

Logan Mercado produced another scoreless inning for the Ducks.

Fifth Inning

B5

Oregon’s 2-3-4 hitters were retired in order.

T5

Logan Mercado came on in relief in the fifth and worked around a leadoff walk to deliver a scoreless frame.

Fourth Inning

T5

Bennett Thompson smashed a three-run homer for his second long ball of the day to cut the ORU lead to 8-5.

T4

Matt Hogan reached on a bunt single but was thrown out attempting to steal second to end the inning.

Third Inning

B3

Jacob Walsh and Bennett Thompson smashed back-to-back solo homers to lead off the inning for the Ducks.

Oregon put runners in the corners with one out, but Hall induced a 3-6-1 double play to escape the jam.

T3

Blaze Brothers drew a leadoff walk, stole second, and advanced to third on a single. Oral Roberts then took a 1-0 lead on Justin Quinn’s groundout to first.

Grinsell proceeded to walk the next batter, Jonah Cox, on four pitches, and Matt Hogan followed with a three-run homer to make it 4-0.

From there, the inning unraveled for the Ducks. ORU sent 15 total batters to the plate and led 8-0 by the time the dust settled.

Second Inning

B2

Hall got three more quick outs and has now retired the first six batters of the game.

T2

Grinsell produced a timely 6-4-3 double play to wipe out Mac McCroskey’s leadoff single and delivered another scoreless inning.

First Inning

B1

Oregon’s 1-2-3 hitters were retired in order.

T1

Grayson Grinsell struck out the first two batters he faced. Jonah Cox laid down a two-out bunt for Oral Roberts’ first hit of the night, but Grinsell stranded him by getting Matt Hogan to pop up and end the inning.

Pregame

Oregon lineup

1. Rikuu Nishida RF
2. Bryce Boettcher CF
3. Drew Cowley SS
4. Sabin Ceballos 3B
5. Tanner Smith LF
6. Drew Smith DH
7. Jacob Walsh 1B
8. Bennett Thompson C
9. Gavin Grant 2B

LHP Grayson Grinsell

Oral Roberts lineup

1. Jake McMurray 1B
2. Justin Quinn LF
3. Jonah Cox CF
4. Matt Hogan RF
5. Mac McCroskey SS
6. Holden Breeze 3B
7. Drew Stahl DH
8. Jacob Godman C
9. Blaze Brothers 2B

RHP Jakob Hall